Aditya Suharmoko, The Jakarta Post, SemarangThe government on Monday expanded its National Single Window (NSW) scheme, an online service for importers to register for permits, to include Tanjung Emas port in Semarang, Central Java.

Three cellular phone manufacturers, possibly including world leader Nokia, are constructing plants in Indonesia to take advantage of the rapidly growing industry, an association and a ministry official say.Many of the plants are scheduled to begin operating before the end of this year.

Tuesday, 12 August, 2008 | 14:41 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Bandung: The Government has allocated Rp19 trillion from the state budget for developing Indonesian railways within the next three years.“This is a challenge for the Directorate General of Railways,” said State Minister for State...

Tuesday, 12 August, 2008 | 15:00 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Trade between China and Indonesia during the first half of 2008 amounted to a total US$15 billion.Deputy Director for the Shanghai Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Commission Wang Qing Jiang said that trade was growing fast as this...

Tuesday, 12 August, 2008 | 14:43 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Business electricity customers (offices, hotels, and shopping centers) are waiting for the new electricity tariff structure from the Government.

Vincent Lingga, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAlthough tourist arrivals in Indonesia increased by a respectable rate of almost 12 percent in the first half of the year to 2.9 million, that record is still far from the target of 7 million visitors set for the Visit Indonesia 2008 campaign.

Monday, 11 August, 2008 | 18:01 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:Deputy-Coordinating minister for the economy, Bayu Krisnamurthi, explained that the collaboration will not be in the form of a cartel or a monopoly. “Malaysia and we have common interests,’ he said in Jakarta last week.

Monday, 11 August, 2008 | 18:15 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:Lee said Singapore and Indonesia have collaborated well in Batam, Bintan and Karimun, islands grouped under the Riau Archipelago. “Certainty on Batam’s status will motivate Singaporean businesspeople to increase investment there,”...