With a surge in sales during November and likely this month, electronics traders are hopeful a 15 percent sales target for television, DVD players and other audio devices can be achieved.

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The mining bill cannot be endorsed as scheduled as the government and legislators are still at loggerheads over the transitional arrangements, a source close to the negotiations says.

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The telecommunications regulatory body is preparing a number of policies in order to gradually lower Internet charges, currently among the highest in the world, by 50 percent within four years."Compared to other countries, our Internet connection charges are too high.

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The government needs to place more focus on the development of labor-intensive manufacturing industries, and the agricultural and mining sectors in order to maintain sustainable growth and reduce the country's high unemployment, the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry says.

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