Indonesian Political, Business & Finance News

Archive: 9 May 2011

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Palm Oil Companies Hope to Persuade EU to Lower Its Standards for Imports

From: The Jakarta Globe Indonesian palm oil producers hope the Asean-European Union Business Summit leads to a breakthrough in exports of crude palm oil to Europe, which fell sharply after more stringent environmental regulations were put in place last year.

Australian tourists to Bali up 28.89 pct

Australian tourists to Bali up 28.89 pct Denpasar (ANTARA News) - The 155,093 Australian tourists who visited Bali in the January-March 2011 period, increased by 28.89 pct compared to the 120,328 in last year`s same period. "Some of them arrived at Ngurah Rai airport straight from Australia, and only 3,241 arrived by yachts," head of the Bali statistics office I Gede Suarsa said here Sunday. He said Australia was on top of the 10 countries whose tourists visited Bali.

Boediono Assures Foreign Investors

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:Vice President Boediono has assured foreign investors about Indonesia’s economic strength and stability. The government, he said, was carefully implementing its fiscal and monetary policy.