Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Palm oil output and exports from Indonesia, the biggest producer, may increase to a record next year as the global economic recovery stokes demand for the most- consumed vegetable oil, according to industry officials.

The newly established Government Procurement Regulatory Body (LKPP) plans to implement electronic procurement systems in all government institutions as its main target, in a bid to save the state money from inefficiencies.

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: State Electricity Company has appointed Japan's Sumitomo to build the 20 megawatt geothermal plant in North Sulawesi which was part of the second batch of the 10,000 megawatt project, an official with the state company said on Thursday.

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Head of the National Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Marzan Aziz Iskandar, has said that the agency will build a geothermal power plant in Cibuni, West Java.“We have found the source,” Marzan told Tempo, on Thursday (19/11).

JAKARTA, Nov 19 (Bernama) -- Indonesia would begin constructing the world's would-be longest bridge in Sunda Strait connecting two main islands of Sumatra and Java in 2014, as an effort to boost infrastructure development in the southeast Asian largest economy.

PARIS, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Private consumption and a pick-up in investment will drive Indonesia's economy, with annual growth seen above 5 percent in the next two years, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said on Thursday.