July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Indonesia’s economy is resilient enough to withstand yesterday’s bomb attacks on the Ritz Carlton and JW Marriott hotels in Jakarta, economists said. “Terrorist threats in Indonesia are nothing new,” said Johanna Chua, head of Asian economic research at Citigroup Inc. in Hong Kong.

The state enterprises ministry has rejected a proposal by the Customs and Excise Office that the government allow more companies to import alcoholic drinks, to prevent smuggling of liquor. State-owned PT Sarinah remains Indonesia’s sole importer of alcoholic beverages. “It’ll be difficult to control more companies importing liquor,” Muhammad Said Didu, secretary to the State Minister for State Enterprises, said Friday in Jakarta.

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Hotel Association in Yogyakarta one of the main tourist attraction in Java predicted that hotel occupancy rate in Yogyakarta to slip by 5-10 percent after the bombings in Jakarta which killed nine people an injured around 60 others. Head of Yogyakarta chapter of Hotel and Restaurants Association, Istijab appealed for security support from police.

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The government program to support products produced by local industry is considered ineffective as it does not encourage local consumption. The Indonesian Machine and Tool Industry Association (ASIMPI) chairman, Dasep Ahmadi, said that the implementation of the program had not been maximum. “This is because there is no cooperation yet among departments,” he said yesterday (16/7).

Quoting: kazi Indonesia: The President is a target of terror attacks Indonesian President is target of attacks i'm a little suspicious about the information given to SBY concerning the assassination plot against him. seems just a little too convenient. if it was someone's intention to spook SBY, then it certainly succeeded in doing that.

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