The Constitutional Court will conduct a preliminary hearing today to examine a request for a judicial review of the Coastal Zone and Small Island Management law of 2007, which traditional communities claim could threaten their economic livelihoods and the sustainable management of coastal areas.

PT United Tractors, the country’s biggest supplier of heavy equipment, said on Tuesday that it expected sales to increase 15 percent this year thanks to rising demand from the mining sector. “We have seen a recovery in the mining business.

Japanese electronics giant Toshiba has chosen Indonesia as the company’s regional production hub for liquid crystal display (LCD) television sets and has relocated its Vietnamese factory to Indonesia.

Property analysts expect the condominium market to benefit this year from a revision to government regulations that will allow an extension of foreign ownership from 25 years to 70 years. The expectation follows a statement from Public Housing Minister Suharso Monoarfa earlier last month, promising...

The Industry Ministry plans to employ tighter regulation for the import of blank optical discs and also machines, tools and ingredients needed in the discs production, a director general said Wednesday.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Finance Minister Sir Mulynai Indrawati said there were indications that the trade sector, particularly exports, would recover along with the general economic recovery this year. "The latest figures show indications of recovery in the export sector," the minister said at a...

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A finance minister`s expert staff, Chatib Basri, said the implementation of the Asean-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) should not cause fear as what would happen is the smuggled products from China is legalized.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Economic observer Farial Anwar said the government has been asked to immediately overcome the entry of Chinese products into Indonesia by issuing new policies, and the situation was one of the impacts of the China-Asean free trade cooperation agreement of January 1, 2010.

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The government has targeted bureaucratic reforms in all ministries and state departments to be completed by 2011. Meanwhile, reforms in all provincial governments are expected to be completed by 2025.