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Bali`s ornamental fish exports up 9.9 pct

Denpasar, Bali (ANTARA News) - Bali province`s ornamental fish exports in the January-November 2010 period rose 9.99 percent to US$1.02 million from the same period the year before."The ornamental fish exports fell 0.

Make Sacrifices to Save PLN, Indonesia Govt Begs Miners

Dirty cavernophiles. Soliciting miners.

Make Sacrifices to Save PLN, Indonesia Govt Begs Miners

Quoting: Om Pong...and fuck PLN, I'm moving over to an orange peel and urine powered genset. this morning i actually spent some time on the web researching the possibility of generating electricity from a steam boiler. looks promising.

Make Sacrifices to Save PLN, Indonesia Govt Begs Miners

...and fuck PLN, I'm moving over to an orange peel and urine powered genset.

Make Sacrifices to Save PLN, Indonesia Govt Begs Miners

Yes don't try and get all clever trousers on me Figaro. I'm here for the cunts, not the cunts.

Make Sacrifices to Save PLN, Indonesia Govt Begs Miners

Quoting: figaroand yet you seem a fan of the place? he is indeed a fan. but none of us are fans of the morons in the govt/bureaucracy/military.

Make Sacrifices to Save PLN, Indonesia Govt Begs Miners

and yet you seem a fan of the place?

Make Sacrifices to Save PLN, Indonesia Govt Begs Miners

“I hope that all coal companies in Indonesia will sacrifice for the best interest of the nation,” he told reporters.Fuck the nation. It's run by cunts. Pfft. Unbelievable.

Make Sacrifices to Save PLN, Indonesia Govt Begs Miners

Darwin Zahedi Saleh, Indonesia's minister of energy and mineral resources, on Friday appealed to local coal companies to sell their fuel to state utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara at below global market prices.

Newmont Protests Mining Tax Levied by Sumbawa

Newmont Nusa Tenggara, the Indonesian unit of the United States mining giant, is contesting a local government’s new tax on miners designed to boost revenue.The West Sumbawa regional government, where Newmont’s Batu Hijau gold and copper mine is located, issued a regulation in an attempt to...

Bitung may be developed into special economic zone

Bitung, N Sulawesi (ANTARA News) - Head of the Bitung in industrial and trade agency Adri Mewengkeng said here Wednesday that Bitung may become the only special economic zone (KEK) in North Sulawesi.He said the Industry Ministry has it was about time to make an analysis on environmental impact...

Wakatobi Sea Currents To Be Used As Power Source

Kendari, S E Sulawesi (ANTARA News) - Wakatobi sea currents have the potential of generating one Megawatt (MW) of electricity per generator, a local official said."With their average velocity of 2.

Govt supports seaweed cultivation in Wakatobi and Muna

anyone interested in setting up a seaweed processing plant, contact me!

Govt supports seaweed cultivation in Wakatobi and Muna

wakatobi is a beautiful magnificent place to visit !!!!!!

RI-India trade in 2011 expected to repeat last year`s success

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Trade between Indonesia and India in 2011 is expected to be as successsful as last year and reach the value three times that in 2005, according to Indian Ambassador to Indonesia Biren Nanda.

Govt supports seaweed cultivation in Wakatobi and Muna

Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi (ANTARA News) - Southeast Sulawesi provincial government fully supports the development of seaweed cultivation in Wakatobi and Muna districts.Governor Nur Alam said here on Tuesday that the local government`s support was given to the two districts in their effort to...

Government Develops Business Port

TEMPO Interactive, Tegal:The Tegal Municipality will develop a business port to facilitate the delivery of goods and revive inactive port businesses.“Developing ports to be business ports can reduce the loading-unloading capacity at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta and facilitate the delivery of...

Central Java Speeds Up Coffee Exports

TEMPO Interactive, Semarang:The Central Java provincial government will continue to boost coffee production both for domestic consumption and export.“The coffee export target from Central Java by 2013 will be 50,000 tons,” Teguh Winarno, the Central Java Plantation Office chief said yesterday.

Why Indonesia deserves a credit upgrade

Indonesian stocks suffered a dramatic 4.2 per cent tumble on Monday, amid rising concern over inflation. But that should not distract attention from the underlying strength of south-east Asia’s largest economy, writes HSBC’s Wellian Wiranto.

Businesses blast power tariff hike for industry

Businesses condemned state electricity company PT PLN's decision to revoke a cap on the electricity basic tariff hike for industry starting this month, saying that such policies may hinder the development and competitiveness of the sector.

Mining Investment Target Too Low

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The Indonesian Mining Association’s executive director, Priyo Pribadi, believes the government’s investment target in the mineral and coal sector can be improved.“The figure does not reflect the reality. Every year, there are thousands of new mines.

Expensive Yogya Batik Hampers Exports

TEMPO Interactive, Yogyakarta:Yogya’s refined batik is not considered saleable enough for overseas sales. The main cause is its expensive price and the fact that it is not massively produced.In October 2010, batik exports was only 0.50 million kilogram with a value of US$ 2,92 million.

Waiting for Common Sense to Prevail

...just like everyone else here then. The glorious socialist 5 minute plan.

Waiting for Common Sense to Prevail

it's completely out of control. infrastructure is splitting at the seams. regency and provincial govts are run by complete utter morons still coming to terms with the 19th century. and absolute minimal planning.

Waiting for Common Sense to Prevail

Well yeah I guessed many would be villas, but don't you get the impression that Bali is fast approaching saturation point?

Waiting for Common Sense to Prevail

it's a rather broad definition of "hotel". Most are private villas that may be rented to 3rd parties from time to time. the govt and 5* hotels in bali get all rather hot and flustered about villas.

Waiting for Common Sense to Prevail

55,000 hotels on an island that size? Jesus. Bali's gonna sink soon. The irony being that every other tourist destination in the country is virtually deserted. I've seen paddling his canoe around one of them...

India, Indonesia to set $20 bn bilateral trade target

New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) India and Indonesia aim to strengthen bilateral economic ties setting a $20 billion trade target for 2015 and to begin negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA).

Waiting for Common Sense to Prevail

Bali's Governor Must Seek Regional Agreement to Call a Halt to New Hotel Development.Jakarta Globe reports that Bali governor Made Mangku Pastika may heed growing calls to institute a moratorium on new hotel development in the southern regions of the island.

The World's Beating a Path to Bali's Doorstep

Bali by the Numbers: Best Year Ever as Bali will End 2010 with Almost 2.5 million Foreign Visitors.Foreign tourist arrivals to Bali for November 2010 totaled 194,152 an improvement of 18.72% over November 2019.

Property industry projected to flourish this year

Bandung, West Java (ANTARA News) - A company president director said the prospect of property business in Indonesia is brighter and the business is projected to flourish with growth expected to be around 20 to 30 percent.

Government Remains Cautious Over Foreign Investment in Mining Sector

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Government Remains Cautious Over Foreign Investment in Mining Sector

The government expects $3.2 billion of investment to flow into the mining sector this year as foreign investors turn to Indonesia to capitalize on possible increases in global commodities, an Energy Ministry official said.

Faced With Skyrocketing Food Prices, Indonesian Govt to Speed Up Work on Food Estate

The government has pledged to speed up development of a large-scale food production area and curb farmland conversion in a bid to slow rising food prices.“We will go all out in tackling this problem. Last year, the food estate development encountered several problems related to spatial planning,...

New policy needed to secure agricultural lands: President

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Indonesia needs a new policy or regulation to secure agricultural lands to prevent them from being used for non-agricultural purposes."A new policy or regulation is really needed to secure agricultural lands.

Babel to cultivate 1 million tons of seaweed

Pangkalpinang, Babel Province (ANTARA News) - Bangka-Belitung (Babel) province has set itself the target of cultivating one million tons of seaweed up to 2015 in the region`s coastal waters.A spokesman of Babel`s marine and fisheries office, Fhores Fherado, said here on Thursday seaweed had a high...

Govt to pursue nine ways to stabilize food prices

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the government would implement nine solutions to keep the domestic food prices stable in the midst of rising world food prices."The solutions we are going to implement are approaches from first downstream and later to...

Vegetable seed exports reach US$22.67 million

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia`s exports of vegetables` seeds in 2010 reached US$22.67 million, up by more than US$9 million from US$13.71 million in 2009.The director general of horticulture of the ministry of agriculture, Hasanuddin Ibrahim, said here on Thursday the seeds exported come from...

More cruise ports can boost tourism: Govt

Indonesia is planning to build more cruise ports in efforts to increase numbers of foreign visitors who come here on cruises.Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik said Thursday he wanted new cruise ports in at least Bali and the Raja Ampat Islands in West Papua.

‘Eat Pray Love’ is helping Bali tourism: Official

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‘Eat Pray Love’ is helping Bali tourism: Official

Julia Roberts’ Eat Pray Love has apparently helped boost tourism in Bali, with the province’s tourism agency reporting an increase in the number of visitors after the movie was released.Bali tourism agency head Ida Bagus Kade Subhiksu said Wednesday there had been an increase in the number of...

Indonesia Expecting $145 Billion in Exports Outside of Energy Sector

Jakarta. Indonesia has forecast non-oil and gas exports to increase 15 percent this year as more companies sell their goods overseas, Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu said.Exports barring oil and gas are projected to reach $145 billion this year from last year’s forecast of $126.

Exports of Manufacturing Industry Achieve Highest Record

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:Industry Minister M.S. Hidayat is optimistic that exports of manufactured goods last year will surpass its 2008 performance. If this can be proven, the manufacturing industry’s export value will reach its highest point in the last five years.

Indonesia to Provide Clean Water to Singapore

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:Indonesia will provide clean water and energy to Singapore. The city-state is expected to experience a water shortage by 2015. The clean water supply will be sent from Batam, Bintan and Karimun (BBK) due to its close location to Singapore.

Bio-diesel Usage on the Increase

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:Paulus Tjakrawan, secretary-general of the Indonesian Bio-fuel Producer Association, estimated the usage of subsidized bio-diesel this year will reach 590,000 kiloliters, a slight increase compared to last year.

President cites need for government administration law

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stressed the need for a law on government administration for Indonesia so that good governmental management can be realized and a clear differentiation be made between the authorities, duties and responsibilities of the central and...

Golkar politician slams minister Hatta Rajasa for unrealistic statements

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A Golkar Party politician has criticized chief economic minister Hatta Rajasa for creating a "false sense of pride" by his statements that Indonesia now was one of the world`s 18 economic powers.

BI governor: Indonesian economy remains strong

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Bank Indonesia believes the country`s economy will remain strong with its gross domestic product in 2011 and 2012 growing by 6.3 percent driven by strong domestic demand, especially investment.

Cultured fish production grows strongly

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Marine Affairs and Fishery Minister Fadel Muhammad said on Wednesday fish production target set for 2010 was achieved, both from catching and aqua-culturing activities."Fish production from catching and culturing operations amounted to 10.

Govt to increase CPO exports by 16 percent

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The government intends to increase crude palm oil (CPO) exports in 2011 by 16 percent from the previous year`s figure, a minister said."CPO and all of its exportable derivatives are targeted to grow 16 percent with a 1.