Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The number of foreign tourist arrivals in Indonesia during the first quarter in 2007 reached 989,492 or up by 12.65 percent compared to that in the same period last year, an official said. Of the overall first-quarter figure, 363,686 were tourist arrivals in Bali which thereby recorded the highest figure of foreign tourist arrivals for the past 10 years, Thamrin B Bahri, marketing affairs director general at the Culture and Tourism Ministry, said here Friday.

Palembang, S Sumatra (ANTARA News) - HDZ Biodiesel Corporation Sdn Bhd of Malaysia wished to invest US$50 million to US$60 million in oil palm plantations in South Sumatra, a Malaysian official said.