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Archive: 20 March 2008

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Dubai investors to invest US$3.5 billion in Indonesia

Dubai (ANTARA News) - A number of investors from Duba, the United Arab Emirate (UAE), have expressed commitment to investing US$3.5 billion in Indonesia, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said before concluding his working visit here on Thursday. President Yudhoyono pointed out that a number of companies in the Middle East such as Bin Ladin Group, Emaar Properties, Gulf Petroleum, Pacific Inter Link, Jumeirah Group, and Ras Al Khaimah would invest in Indonesia.

South Bangka holds 275,288.05 hectares of tin ore deposits

no, not 275,000 ha, not 276,000 ha, but 275,288.05 ha. the South Bangka Regency is very careful about counting these kinds of things.

South Bangka holds 275,288.05 hectares of tin ore deposits

Toboali, South Bangka (ANTARA News) - This year South Bangka Regency in Bangka Belitung (Babel) Islands Province has a total of 275,288.05 hectares of tin ore deposits, Head of the South Bangka industry, trade, cooperatives, and investment agency Endang S. Hermansyah said here on Wednesday. The tin ore deposits are located in five subdistricts, namely Toboali, Air Gegas, Payung, Simpang Rimba and Lempar Pongok.

RI resolved to become leading coffee producer by 2025

I like the kalosi toraja coffee. Oh I didn't know Vietnam produced coffee!

President Yudhoyono meets 75 Dubai businessmen

Dubai (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday morning held a meeting with 75 businessmen from 37 companies during his working visit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The president and his entourage arrived at Dubai`s Royal Air Wing international airport at 7.15 local time on Tuesday after flying for about 10 hours from Johannesburg, South Africa.

RI resolved to become leading coffee producer by 2025

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Agriculture Ministry is resolved to make Indonesia a leading prime coffee and coffee product producer in the world by 2025, the ministry`s plantation affairs director, Achmad Mangga Barani, said here Wednesday. He said Indonesia now ranked fourth in the world as a coffee producer and exporter although its coffee plantation area was the second largest in the world.

Entrepreneurs Urging Government to Increase Fuel Prices

Wednesday, 19 March, 2008 | 17:11 WIB TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Entrepreneurs are urging the government to immediately save the budget by increasing fuel prices and electricity tariffs. It is considered that the government’s unclear policies will only reduce the general public’s purchasing power. “The government should not be worried about winning votes again in the next election.

Criticism over Regulation for Integrated Cellular Towers

Wednesday, 19 March, 2008 | 17:14 WIB TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: There has been criticism about the issuing of a ministerial regulation about integrated cellular towers, especially about international investment limitations. Telecommunications expert Mas Wigrantoro Roes Setadi, who is also Chairman of the Telecommunications Society, said he considers that the Communication and Information Minister acted beyond his authority.