INDONESIA: November 11, 2008 JAKARTA - Greenpeace has blocked three tankers due to transport crude palm oil to China and Europe from leaving an Indonesian port in a bid to highlight deforestation caused by the cash crop, the environmental group said on Monday. The rapidly expanding palm oil industry in Southeast Asia has come under attack by green groups for destroying rainforests and wildlife, as well the emission of greenhouse gases.

Indonesia's property sector is already feeling the pinch from the global economic downturn as demand is slowing at a time when interest rate adjustments have become a necessity for developers to keep business going, a property consultant says.

Hyginus Hardoyo, Denpasar Concerted efforts designed to revive Bali's tourism industry, which had been devastated by two violent bomb attacks on the resort island in 2002 and 2005, have born fruit. The tourism industry in Bali -- an island which is known by many names, including the island of Gods, the island of paradise and the island with thousands of temples -- has recorded steady growth as proven, among other things, by the sharply rising number of foreign tourist arrivals.

Mustaqim Adamrah & Olivia Dameria, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Being single and fairly loaded won't be a guarantee that a big-spender like Jamie, an executive for a foreign-based financial giant in Jakarta, will be able to easily spend away his Rp 80 million (US$7,200) monthly income next year on palatial purchases.

Monday, 10 November, 2008 | 18:47 WIB TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The lack of adequate infrastructure and facilities for maritime tourism in the Thousand Islands is the reason why businesspeople are reluctant to invest in the area. A few resorts on the islands have even been closed down due to the high operational costs caused by the inadequate facilities.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Dutch businessmen are seeking to cooperate in renewable and sustainable energy development particularly biodiesel, geothermal energy as well as water management, visiting Dutch minister of economy, Maria van der Houven, said here on Monday. "In my visit here this time I brought a delegation of around 30 businessmen involving in water and energy sectors.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Bank Indonesia deputy governor Hartadi A Sarwono said here on Monday the country`s economic growth was expected to reach around five percent or below 6.1 to 6.2 percent predicted in 2008. "The growth of around five percent is very good because it can be 5.3 to 5.4 percent," he said a meeting with parliament members. He said all countries in the world had their economic growth corrected due to the world`s economic slowdown as a result of a financial crisis in the US.