Banjarbaru, S Kalimantan (ANTARA News) - South Kalimantan`s non-oil/non-gas exports in the first half of 2011 rose significantly to Rp3.99 billion from Rp2.6 billion in the same period last year.

Malang, E Java (ANTARA News) - An Osaka businessman said he became interested in building a tuna processing plant in Malang regency, East Java. The Indonesian Consul General in Osaka Ibnu Hadi when accompanying a group of Japanese businessmen in Malang on Friday said besides the plan to build a tuna processing plant, they are also wished to invest in the raising sugar cane.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The investment made on 19 projects in the framework of the Master Plan for Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesia`s Economic Development (MP3EI) in the first semester of 2011 was recorded at Rp55.01 trillion, a minister said. "Up to June 2011, a total of 19 projects have entered the ground breaking stage (inauguration) while 63 others will be inaugurated in the second semester of 2011," State-owned Enterprise Minister Mustafa Abubakar said here over the weekend.