Archive: 6 March 2007
5 articles found
Tue, 06 Mar 2007
Government to Start Intensifying Tax
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Job-based tax extensification is to start tomorrow (6/3).For the initial phase, the Directorate General of Taxes will give tax-payer identification number (NPWP) to workers of PT Sampoerna and PT Petrokimia in Surabaya.
Tue, 06 Mar 2007
ABB keen to strengthen local footprint in Indonesia
A global leader in power and automation technologies, ABB (Asea Brown Boveri) is keen to deepen its footprint in Indonesia amid signs, it claims, of significant improvements in the country's economy and investment climate.
Tue, 06 Mar 2007
Central bank sees 20% lending growth this year
The central bank expects Indonesia's banking sector to be able to provide up to 20 percent more loans this year, as business and investment in the country improves amid recent macroeconomic stability.The expected increase in the industry's credit figures -- which Bank Indonesia (BI) had previously...
Tue, 06 Mar 2007
Foreign firms eye local gasoline retailing business
A unit of a U.S-based energy company, PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia (CPI), is set to open gas stations in Indonesia following the footsteps of other foreign firms, including Malaysia's Petronas and Dutch company Shell, an official says.
Tue, 06 Mar 2007
Accountability is an alien concept in Indonesia
Accidents happen. Sure. But the spate of recent disasters in Indonesia's transportation industry can no longer be counted as accidents. The frequency with which they are happening suggests a much deeper problem in the way we run our public transportation.