TERNATE, North Maluku (Antara): Publicly-listed oil palm company PT Astra Agro Lestari will invest Rp2 trillion in palm oil plantation which will be built on 50,000 hectares of land in West Halmahera district, a local official has said.

The Regional Representatives Council (DPD) has backed the stance of most factions in the House of Representative in rejecting a government regulation in lieu of law (emergency regulation) on free trade zones (FTZ).

Acknowledging the existence of a flourishing software piracy industry here, PT Microsoft Indonesia has warned against any tampering with its Windows Vista operating system, saying that it is equipped with an advanced protection system.Senior director for worldwide antipiracy at Microsoft Corp.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Up to September 9 this year, Indonesia imported a total of 1.22 million kg of entrails, according to the Ministry of Agriculture here on Thursday.The ministry`s data showed the innards were imported from Australia and New Zealand by five companies. It was part of the 20.

Manado, N sulawesi (ANTARA News) - The number of foreign tourist arrivals in North Sulawesi last August increased sharply by 15.3 percent compared to the figure in the previous month, a local statistics official said.