i've actually done some fairly detailed research into the question of foreign medical workers in indonesia. basically, it is theoretically possible, however the conditions are so ridiculously stringent that very few ever make it. why? very simple. the local medical fraternity hates foreign doctors, as they so easily show them up for the dangerous incompetents they really are.

Are these investors going to get the government to allow non-Indonesian doctors to practice medicine? The problems here are not with the equipment available but with the quality of the medical staff ... I would imagine a few years of old people kicking the bucket for "treatable conditions" would see the place empty sooner than you can say "fair f*ckin dingkum"

The World Wide Web offers immense marketing opportunities for businesses of any industry and size, in any location, as it allows them to transcend traditional market boundaries. But in a country like Indonesia, where Internet penetration is still low, selling a product through the Internet is probably the last route any enterprise would dare to take. Taking a risk, however, has proved worthwhile for Tonton Taufik, a 34-year-old civil engineering graduate living in Cirebon, West Java.

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The government has confirmed that the Presidential Regulation on Modern Markets will be issued after the Presidential Regulation on the Revised Closed and Open Business List on condition that the Negative Investment List (DNI) is completed.

Indonesia needs to introduce market-friendly regulations in order to encourage more investors to explore the country's rich mineral resources, a senior executive of a major mining company says. Roberto Castello Branco, a director of one of the world's biggest miners, CVRD Inco, said during a panel discussion Friday that Indonesia should take advantage of soaring global mineral prices by encouraging more investors to tap into the country's natural resources.

i was more thinking about you, dill. i've got brochures for you and everything. the development will have nursing staff on call at a press of a button, so you won't need to worry about your colostomy bag. these "retirement developments" are attempting to turn bali into australia's costa rica. pretty soon we'll be calling bali North Darwin.

Brisbane (ANTARA News) - Some Australian investors are interested in doing business in Indonesia`s popular island resort of Bali where they can build an international hospital, a retirement village for Australian pensioners, and a luxurious cruiser pier, an Indonesian diplomat has said. Some Australian investors hoped that they needed some 25 hectares of land on which to realize their project, Minister Counsellor at the Indonesian Consulate General Jahar Gustom said here Sunday.