Kuala Lumpur, (ANTARA News) - Malaysian Religious Affairs Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said Malaysia`s Hajj Saving Institution was seeking 200,000 hectares of land for oil palm plantations in Kalimantan.

Mustaqim Adamrah and Aditya Suharmoko, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government and businesses seem to have agreed on one solution that could mitigate the impact of the global slowdown while also creating millions of new jobs -- to accelerate government-led infrastructure projects.

The Jakarta Post | Sat, 01/03/2009 5:17 PM | BusinessVice Presiden Jusuf Kalla said Saturday that the government would expand and revitalize the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denspasar, Bali, and that the construction would begin in April.

Commuters from Depok commuting to Jakarta will have to wait to enjoy driving down the planned widened 21.7 kilometer Depok-Antasari turnpike as the developer has said it is in difficulty financing the new express lane due to a huge increase in costs.

Java and Bali will receive an additional 1,535 megawatts (MW) of power supply this year, although the increased capacity would still not still reach an ideal level, state power firm PT PLN said over the weekend.

With shrinking demand from the main buyers of Indonesia’s exports, such as the United States and the European Union, the country’s food and beverage producers urgently need to diversify their markets, the head of an industry association says.