Indonesia plans to introduce a slew of changes to address problems in its infrastructure, logistics, electricity and labour sectors in order to attract more investment and create jobs, said Trade Minister Mari Pangestu.

TEMPO Interactive, Makassar: The Real Estate Indonesia (REI) has issued the good news that in 2010, Jakarta entrepreneurs will invest in and develop several strategic housings in Makassar .“Investment and property development in Jakarta and Java has reached a saturation point.

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:It will take a lot of hard work to offset the foreign workers invasion as a result of the ASEAN – China free trade era which begins in January 2010, Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar, said in Jakarta yesterday.

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:Investments in the property sector next year may be rising as a result of stable economic condition and low interest rates. “Compared to 2009, investments may be up by 10 percent,” Cushman Wakefield analyst, Andi Susanto Loe, said Jakarta yesterday.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia has concluded cooperation agreements with 58 other countries to avoid losses from transfer pricing, a Finance Ministry official said."We have cooperation agreements with 58 countries to prevent losses from transfer pricing," Djoko Slamet Surjoputro,...

Sustainable Oil Palm plantation conference meets in Jakarta on 21-22 Jan 2010 to offer clarity on sustainable palm oil plantations and pinpoint opportunities & challenges of investing in Indonesia's oil palm sector.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The government is likely to liberalize the import of around 8,000 commodities from other ASEAN member states in January 2010 as a follow-up to the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), a Finance Ministry official said.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - BNI economist Tony Prasetyantono said it is difficult for Indonesia to compete with imported Chinese products as the result of the Free Trade Agreement between ASEAN and China."It is difficult to seek a win-win solution from the agreement, a win-lose solution appears to...

Four ministries and the Investment Coordinating Board on Wednesday signed a joint regulation aimed at slashing the time needed to license a new business from 60 days to just 17.Vice President Boediono said the new policy was designed to raise the country’s ranking in the annual “Doing...