Archive: 22 December 2008
6 articles found
Mon, 22 Dec 2008
Businesses seek extension to tax deadline policy
Mustaqim Adamrah and Aditya Suharmoko, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has requested the government to postpone a deadline to improve tax filing and undertake tax registration until March next year as businessmen are busier than ever coping with the...
Mon, 22 Dec 2008
Rocky Outlook for CPO Could Mean Seed Import Suspension
The government may halt imports of oil palm tree seeds next year as domestic demand for the seeds slows amid the global economic slowdown and a drop in crude palm oil prices.“We are still trying to figure out how much domestic demand there will be for [oil palm seeds] next year,” Achmad Mangga...
Mon, 22 Dec 2008
Finance minister calls for help to fight port mafia
The Jakarta Post | Sun, 12/21/2008 4:08 PM | BusinessFinance Minister Sri Mulyani has called on local business people to help her ministry fight what she called the "port mafia"."Currently, I'm fixing our port, which includes reforming the customs office.
Mon, 22 Dec 2008
Government To Support Handicraft Industry
The government plans to host hundreds of promotional events and trade shows in 2009, which it has dubbed the “Year of Creative Industries” in response to complaints that it isn’t doing enough to stop foreign producers from cashing in on Indonesia’s cultural heritage by selling imitation...
Mon, 22 Dec 2008
A 'Sacred' Figure: 7 Million Foreign Tourists?
Originally Posted By: MarmaladeSad but true that more people want to visit that over-sanitised little dump Singapore than here... Indonesia is the main source of tourists visiting Singapore. Numbers will only likely increase once Singapore opens its casinos in a couple of years.
Mon, 22 Dec 2008
A 'Sacred' Figure: 7 Million Foreign Tourists?
Pretty good reporting. Sad but true that more people want to visit that over-sanitised little dump Singapore than here...