Transshipment Eradication Agreement to be Signed End of SeptemberMonday, 18 September, 2006 | 12:48 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: An agreement between the Indonesian and United States governments to eradicate the practice of transshipment of exports from Indonesia will be signed at the end of this...

Government to Raise Expenditures in Order to Create Work OpportunitiesMonday, 18 September, 2006 | 12:28 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Singapore: The government will raise state expenditures up until the end of this year especially for sectors that are capable of creating work opportunities and reducing...

Indonesia's PT PGN to develop coalbed methane gasJakarta (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - State-owned gas firm PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PT PGN) plans to develop coalbed methane gas as an alternative energy source to replace fuel oil, a spokesman said.

What Teguh is writing (above) is .... well, starry-eyed ... the JK administration doesn't give a hoot about people! Sutiyoso is a dastardly figure, about whom I heard the most disgusting things!And here's what ParasIndo says about the wonderful city admin ....

I guess because some of "us guys" dont see it as a them and us situation. I enjoy my time here but also would like to contribute to the country I live in and help if i can rather than just take what i can from indonesia while giving nothing back.

Can anybody ever see a time when Jakarta sorts out the problem. I mean to sort the issue out they need to scrap all the old broken down bus, register Ojek and Bajij driver (and enforce standards), buid sidewalks, bring in congestion charging .... re-design the flow of traffic in Jakarta.