Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Twenty-two Singaporean investors have expressed readiness to invest up to Rp1 trillion in Indonesia this year, the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) said. "The Singaporean investors mostly want to invest in the small- and medium-scale manufacturing business sectors," the chairman of the chamber`s Singapore committee, Iwan Dermawan Hanafi said on the sidelines of a business meeting with the Singapore Manufacturers` Federation (SMF) here Friday.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) is streamlining the country`s negative investment list (DNI) to avoid different interpretations among investors, its chairman Gita Wirjawan said. "In the past four years the DNI has become a source of uncertainties because it is subject to multi-interpretations. We will streamline each of the sectors in it," he said on Friday.

NUSA DUA, Bali - Palm oil plantations play a major role in the growing problems of deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions in Indonesia and tropical woodlands around the world. Last week's gathering of the International Conference on Oil Palm and Environment (ICOPE) is one move toward making the industry part of the solution.

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Petroleum Association (IPA) will hold its 34th Convention and Exhibition themed "Investing Together for Future Growth". Indonesia's premier event for the oil and gas industry aims to help boost and attract investment. The convention and exhibition will be held at the Jakarta Convention centre (JCC) from May 18th to May 20th, 2010.