PT Microsoft Indonesia and the Indonesia Computer Business

PT Microsoft Indonesia and the Indonesia Computer Business Association (Apkomindo) signed on Thursday a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in order to promote the use of licensed software in Indonesia, where software piracy reaches 89 percent of the total sales.

Apkomindo would request its members, which amount to about 1,300 vendors in 15 cities across the archipelago, sell computer hardware installed only with genuine software, association chairman Hidayat Tjokrodjojo said.

2. KPPU 1 x 40 'Govt policies support unfair competition' Government policies support unfair competition

Antimonopoly watchdog KPPU said on Thursday that monopolistic practices are still flourishing, as the government often issues policies that create monopolies, and businessmen are still inclined to collude with policy makers.

"A number of the government's policies have hindered efforts to introduce healthy business competition. Deregulation and attempts to reduce state intervention in the economy and market are not yet apparent," chairman of KPPU Syamsul Maarif told a media briefing on Thursday.

3. Port 1 x 33 U.S. to check cargo at foreign ports U.S. inspectors to check U.S.-bound cargo at foreign ports

U.S. inspectors will check U.S.-bound cargo containers at seaports in Muslim nations and other countries in the second phase of a government program launched after the Sept. 11 attacks, The New York Times said on Thursday.

U.S. inspectors will remain indefinitely in Dubai -- a key transshipment for container cargo in the Arab world -- Malaysia, Turkey and other Muslim nations, senior administration officials told the daily.