Originally Posted By: chewwyUK "The President urged businesspeople to instead open up dialogues to solve workplace disputes. Yudhoyono said he was concerned about news reports of companies dismissing their employees. Every time massive layoffs occur, I cannot sleep, as many people gather outside the palace and a barrage of text messages floods my mobile phone to protest the dismissal," the President said." So is old SBY looking at this whole situation as a way to get a better nights sleep?

Former Minister of Tourism Ardika Calls for a Stock-Taking Between Business and Tourism Interests to Keep Bali Sustainable. Bali News: An Island Over-Saturated by Development (3/29/2008) Indonesia's former Minister of Tourism, Gde Ardika, is quoted by Tempo Interaktif as saying that Bali's tourism product has reached it saturation point due to a lack of variety in tourism objects and the the way in which the island is currently managed.

 Quote: Ironically, the Justice and Human Rights Ministry ranked last with a score of 4.15. The Ministry of "Justice" and Human Rights includes the Immigration Office and Companies Registrar; offices that foreigners are often required to deal with, directly or indirectly. Recently, time taken by the Companies Registrar to "legalise" a company has blown out from 14 days to over 50 days. So much for the streamlining of companies setup procedures, so often promised by the government!

The country’s fight against graft has been dealt a big blow after a survey Friday found the public sector and the general public alike condoned corruption. Conducted by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) between August and October last year, the integrity survey discovered 30 government offices and state companies providing public services had low integrity scores, averaging only 5.33 on a scale of one to 10.