Indonesians are the world’s biggest rice-eaters, consuming 139kg per person per year. With the global commodity markets in turmoil, producing all that rice at home is a point of national pride. In fact, self-sufficiency in rice is a key policy priority - and that’s why such controversy has been stirred this week by unconfirmed reports that Indonesia has resumed rice imports from Thailand.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct 06, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Tidewater Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!tdw/quotes/nls/tdw (TDW 44.00, -0.04, -0.09%) announced today that it has entered into a contract with Drydocks World for the construction of four 265-foot deepwater platform supply vessels at its shipyard in Batam, Indonesia. The delivery of these high-performance, high-capacity, 3,200 metric ton deadweight platform supply vessels is estimated to begin in April 2012 and conclude in late 2012.

TEMPO Interactive, Yogyakarta:The government’s plan to revise the Law no. 13/ 2003 on Manpower raised protests from workers in Yogyakarta. The revision draft was judged to favor businessmen compared to the existing law. “The existing law does not satisfy workers or businessmen. But compared to the revised draft, Law No.

Pacitan, East Java (ANTARA News) - The government will build a commercial port in Pacitan district, East Java, Regional Development and Capital Investment spokesman Edy Junan Ahmadi said on Wednesday. "The Detail Engineering Design (DED) has been made at Transportation Ministry and hopefully early next year the construction of commercial port in Pacitan will start," Edy Junan said.