Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The House of Representatives passed Government Regulation in lieu of Law (Perpu) on a Free Trade Zone (FTZ) in Batam, Bintan and Karimun islands in Kepulauan Riau (Kepri) province into a law at a plenary meeting here Tuesday. The decision to pass the Perpu into law was endorsed by nine of the House`s 10 factions which attended the plenary session led by deputy House Speaker Soetardjo Soerjoguritno of the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDIP).

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Director General of Post and Telecommunications Basuki Yusuf Iskandar has urged Indosat to step up the construction a CDMA fixed and local network in Indonesia in securing telephone subscribers of network. Basuki made the remarks on the sidelines of a fast-breaking get together with executives of the Ministry of Communications and Information in Jakarta on Tuesday.

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Executive Director of the Indonesian Palm Oil Board, Rosediana, said the black campaign being carried out by several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in London, England, on palm oil does not much affect the commodity’s production rate. However, she acknowledged that there is an influence from the moral aspect.