Indonesian Political, Business & Finance News

Archive: 31 July 2007

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Indonesia to provide phone links to all villages by end 2008

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian government wants to provide telephone links to all villages in the sprawling nation by the end of 2008, Communications Minister Muhammad Nuh said Tuesday.A total of some 38,000 villages -- more than half of Indonesia's 70,000 -- were still without phone links,...

Local Telecommunication and Informatics Equipment Not Top-Level

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The high level of dependency on imported telecommunication and informatics equipment is because local products have not yet met the required quality.Head of the Indonesian Cellular Telephone Association, Johnny Swandi Sjam, said that domestic industry can only provide...

Indonesia Sees Slower Palm Oil Expansion from 2010

MEDAN, Indonesia - Indonesia expects palm oil output to grow sharply in the next two years but stricter forest protection may then slow expansion, a senior industry official said on Monday.Indonesia is set to take over from Malaysia as the world's top palm oil producer this year because of rapid...

Transactions value at real estate expo reaches Rp9 billion

Medan, N Sumatra (ANTARA News) - Transactions made at the Real Estate Indonesia (REI) Expo which ran for six days here reached a total value of Rp9 billion and transactions expected to be concluded after the event Rp20 billion, a spokesperson said.