Archive: 11 June 2008
24 articles found
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Jakarta lags in living quality and safety
Originally Posted By: KuKuKaChuthe name alone would rank it below Baghdad! Please do not torment the tourists.
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
RI to suffer milder food crisis impacts
Originally Posted By: Piss SalonFeed the rich The DPR would have it no other way, they are the future of Indonesia..........
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Jakarta lags in living quality and safety
the name alone would rank it below Baghdad!
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Jakarta lags in living quality and safety
it seems they are trying to say, "at least we're better than Baghdad, so there!"No. 146 in the world, and we is so proud!
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Govt preparing policy on investment in food sector
True enough. They are divvying up the remaining forested areas in Papua using a complex formula of seats in the DPR plus money politics minus sexual scandals for concessions to convert to palm oil production areas.Of course the palm oil will be used for biofuels but that is beside the point.
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Jakarta lags in living quality and safety
Jakarta trails Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Manila in terms of the quality of living, but is ahead of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, a survey of 215 cities worldwide revealed Monday.Trust the Post to get one over Vietnam. Bloody parochial journalism.Call a spade a spade.
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Jakarta lags in living quality and safety
I thought I felt a disturbance in the force..........
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Govt preparing policy on investment in food sector
I would assume the legislators writing this legislation have made the proper deals and investments too match..........
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
RI to suffer milder food crisis impacts
Well that and if the prices rise faster than the wages of the lower income class then there is obviously less demand and more food for the wealthy............
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Overhaul needed to root out abuses in oil, gas sector
They have abuses? What good is Dilli if this kind of thing continues after he has been here so long, must just be another overpaid drunk expat, replace him with a local............
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Investing in Indonesia: A case of ironing out the ironies
Harry Su , AnalystInvesting in Indonesia is strewn with ironies. Take the case of the Indonesian Regional Investment Forum (IRIF 2008), which took place at the end of May, and which was aimed at attracting between $6 billion and US$8 billion in investment.
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
RI to suffer milder food crisis impacts
The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe World Bank (WB) predicts Indonesia will experience a shorter period of repercussions from the global food price crisis compared to other countries in Southeast Asia.Country director Joachim von Amsberg said Tuesday Indonesia was relatively better suited to weather...
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Overhaul needed to root out abuses in oil, gas sector
Expense rebates, or cost recovery claims, from oil and gas contractors to the government have long been the subject of debate over inefficiencies costing the state losses in potential revenue. Aside from the whopping total cost, a major concern has been the dubious nature of many expenses,...
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Govt issues guidelines to determine renewable energy electricity prices
The government has issued a regulation setting benchmarks for electricity production costs in 13 regions to guide state power firm PLN in its pricing of electricity generated by renewable energy sources.
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
RI has thousands of hectares of land ideal for wheat cultivation
Originally Posted By: KuKuKaChu"Wheat needs to be cultivated on dry lands with no water, so the most ideal climate for planting would be at the end of the monsoon season or in the early dry season, namely between April and September, particularly between June and August," she said.
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
RI has thousands of hectares of land ideal for wheat cultivation
Contrary to previous agricultural reports, certain regions in Indonesia may be ideal for wheat production.Indonesia has at least 1.5 million hectares of land located in a cool and dry region that may allow wheat cultivation.
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Facing Indonesia's Problems Clearly
Indonesia has changed in the past decade and so must our attitudes, according to Andrew MacIntyre from the ANU and Douglas Ramage from the Asia Foundation writing in The Age (27 May). Duncan Graham has a different...
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Jakarta lags in living quality and safety
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakarta trails Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Manila in terms of the quality of living, but is ahead of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, a survey of 215 cities worldwide revealed Monday.
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Indonesian economy still performing well
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Despite a persistent steep rise in global crude oil and food prices, the Indonesian economy is still performing better than the rest of the world, an economist said."The Indonesian government can actually manage the good condition by means of financial policies.
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Govt preparing policy on investment in food sector
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The government is preparing the adoption of a special policy on investments in the food sector to boost production of such important staples as rice, corn, soybean and cassava, a senior economic official said.