Originally Posted By: KuKuKaChu Palembang to have compost plant soon That's nice. Good on 'em. I was hoping that would happen.

Leading Expert Examines Why Indonesia Continues to Get Less than its Share of the Tourism Pie. (1/5/2008) The former Executive Director of the Indonesian Promotion Board and a frequent contributor to balidiscovery.com, Wuryastuti Sunario, wrote the following article that appeared in the December 17, 2006 edition of Media Indonesia..

Oversupply of Rooms and Diminishing Water Supply Should Cause Government to Refuse New Accommodation Licenses. (1/5/2008) A leading academic and observer of Balinese tourism from Udayana University’s Tourism Study Department, Drs. I Putu Anom, has called on the Government to call a halt to the building of new accommodation in order to stop the diversion of land from agricultural purposes and to allow existing accommodation operators to consolidate their business positions.

The government eyes up to US$5 billion in investment from the Middle East this year in financial services, natural resources, infrastructure, property and plantations. Alwi Shihab, special government envoy to the Middle East, said he was optimistic about the target with the country having secured investment commitments from high profile companies such as Qatar Investment Authority last year.

 Originally Posted By: KuKuKaChu "The directorate general has also simplified the authorization of legal status for companies," Andi said. oh yes. since when?  Originally Posted By: KuKuKaChu "It usually takes more than 60 days for companies to obtain their licenses, but now it takes between three and seven days," he said. absolute crap. nothing has changed. it still takes my firm 60 days to set up a company from investment permit to TDP.

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights has claimed progress and achievements in 2007, but has pledged to improve and simplify its services for the public in 2008. "Our directorate general of legal administration has reinstated the citizenship status and passports of 14,653 Indonesian workers in Malaysia who wished to retain their Indonesian citizenship in 2008," Minister of Justice and Human Rights Andi Mattalatta said.

Palembang, S Sumatra (ANTARA News) - PT Organic Recovery Group Indonesia, a subsidiary of an Australian company, will soon build a compost plant in Palembang, capital of South Sumatra province, at a cost of US$1.5 billion.

Bandarlampung (ANTARA News) - Lampung province`s coffee exports in the first eleven months of 2007 dropped in volume to 168.12 million kg but increased in value to US$276.48 million from the same period in 2006. Lampung earned US$264.87 million from exporting 230.63 million kg of coffee in the January-November 2006 period, Sunarto, executive secretary of the Indonesian Coffee Producers Association (AEKI)`s branch in Lampung, said on Friday.