TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Industry Minister MS Hidayat said the government maximize protection for domestic market by intensifying and reactivating non tariff regulations in facing the ASEAN-CHINA free trade starting next year. Hidayat said on Monday (21/12) at the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy "Major measures which have not been intensified are now should be taken," and smuggling is one of the problems that should be solved.

Aditya Suharmoko, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The political debate over the Bank Century bailout may harm Indonesia’s economy as the country loses momentum to bolster growth, while other nations gear up to attract investors, economists say. “We need to be cautious in the first quarter of 2010 if political conditions continue to heat up.

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The Business Competition Supervisory Commission have regretted President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's meeting with Chief Executive Officer of Carrefour Group Lars Olofsson in Paris last week amid the legal proceedings on monopoly faced by the retailer's operation in Indonesia. Head of the commission Benny Pasaribu said on Monday “The case has been decided by the business competition commission and now is being examined by the district court.

Samarinda (ANTARA News) - Four seaports in Indonesia will operate 24 hours a day as of February 2010, the Director General of Sea Transportation, Sunaryo, said here on Monday. The four seaports are Belawan in Medan, North Sumatra, Tanjung Priok in Jakarta, Tanjung Perak in Surabaya, East Java and Soekarno-Hatta in Makassar, South Sulawesi. "The 24-hour service includes ship escorting service and readiness of the port administration to serve docking ships at any time," he said.