Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Dutch Economic Affairs Minister Maria van der Hoeven has encouraged Indonesian and Dutch business makers to step up business contacts and partnership among them, although global economic development was at its slow pace. "We want to improve Dutch and Indonesian bilateral relations and therefore the business makers of the two countries should as well step up their business contacts and partnership," van der Hoeven said at a banquet here on Tuesday evening.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - State-owned gas and oil company Pertamina is to start supplying biodiesel to 28 industrial consumers in Jakarta, Banten and West Java, here Tuesday, a Pertamina executive said.