JAKARTA, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono supported moves for increasing the production of efficient solar-cell energies and has ordered solar-cell energy to be explored in the country, the Jakarta Post reported on Tuesday. Managing director of state-owned solar cell producer PT LEN Industri, Wahyuddin Bagenda was quoted as saying that "The president is hoping that the price will be reasonable for the public.

Palmira P. Bachtiar, Jakarta The recent law on regional taxes and user charges should be seen as a serious counteraction from the central government against the dramatic increase in problematic regional regulations (Perda). Under the new law, local governments can only collect 11 taxes and 30 user charges. This closed list system will then shift the regime of regional regulations from a preventive system to a repressive one. Previously, Law No.