Indonesian Political, Business & Finance News

Archive: 1 February 2008

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Furniture companies seek wood certification

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Furniture companies seek wood certification

The government and furniture associations have begun to promote wood certification in response to a movement among many global buyers to procure products derived only from legally cut logs."Recently, we received massive orders for window and doorframes from abroad and we had difficulty in finding...

RI`s cellular phone subscribers grow 51 pct

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The number of cellular phone subscribers in Indonesia in 2007 rose 51 percent to 96.41 million from a year earlier, a minister said."The increase in the number of cellular phone and FWA (fixed wireless access) subscribers indicates that Indonesia has made remarkable...

Lapan to develop second satellite

JAKARTA (JP): After successfully launching its LAPAN-TUBSAT satellite last year, the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (Lapan) is preparing to construct a second generation version of the earth surveillance satellite for orbit in 2010.

More incentives sought to stabilize food prices

Businesspeople grouped in the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) called on the government to act to help stabilize the soaring prices of staple foods."We want the government to provide free fiscal, zero import tax and drop the value-added tax for staple foods," Kadin chairman M.