TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:Cooperation between Chinese and Indonesian companies is still limited. “Normally, only big companies collaborate with Chinese companies,” said the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce’s (Kadin) ad interim Adi Putra Tahir, yesterday. Adi said most Indonesian businessmen collaborating with Chinese businessmen can speak Mandarin. “So they trust each other more,” he said.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Corruption has become a serious threat to Indonesia and therefore President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should immediately rescue the country, a senior politician said. Acts of corruption were not only rife in the executive body but also in the legislative and judicial organs, senior Golkar Party politician Pinantun Hutasoit said here Tuesday.

Tampang Siring, Bali (ANTARA News) - Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said Indonesia needs technological innovation, and competitive as well as productive data for the implementation of green economics.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The government has set itself the target of issuing Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) standards in August 2010 at the latest, an Agriculture Ministry official said. The ISPO standard would prove that development of oil palm plantations in the country did not destroy the environment, the ministry`s director general of plantations, Achmad Mangga Barani, said on Tuesday.