Indonesian Political, Business & Finance News

Archive: 8 June 2009

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Govt Chewing Over Food Plantation Rule

The Ministry of Agriculture plans to change land use and limit foreign ownership in a new regulation on staple food production outside the island of Java, a senior ministry official said.Sutarto Alimoeso, the ministry’s director general of food crops, said the revisions - necessary to reduce the...

Bali BYOB

Bali's Lawmakers and Businessmen React Strongly to Customs and Excise Raids as Island Runs Short of Grog.(6/7/2009) Sweeping raids conducted by Customs and Excise officials (Bea Cukai) against Bali hotels and restaurants are being roundly criticized as heavy-handed and misguided by tourism...

Global Recession be Damned! Bali Arrivals are Growing

Bali by the Numbers: Arrival Numbers Grow as Australia Displaces Japan as Bali's Top Source Market for Foreign Visitors.(6/6/2009) Foreign tourist arrival to Bali in April 2009 totaled 179,879 representing the best April on record for Bali tourism and 21.94% improvement over April 2008 (147,515).

China to hold business seminars in Indonesia

Delegates from China Secretariat for ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) will hold a series of seminar in Indonesia aims at luring local companies to participate in the upcoming trade and industrial exhibition in Nanning, China.Kompas.