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To Agents' Disappointment, Indonesia Keeps Ban on Foreigners Buying Property

Quoting: biznews “It’s also not clear what happens if the foreign owner dies - inheritance is not clear in these circumstances.”I'm sure its pretty clear in reality. "Clear out your filthy bule rubbish and sling yer hook.

To Agents' Disappointment, Indonesia Keeps Ban on Foreigners Buying Property

Didn't even see it coming....

To Agents' Disappointment, Indonesia Keeps Ban on Foreigners Buying Property

yep, right outta left field, that was.

To Agents' Disappointment, Indonesia Keeps Ban on Foreigners Buying Property

My goodness, wot a shokka...

Singapore's East Ventures Acquires Urbanesia

VIVAnews - Singapore-based East Ventures acquired some shares of Urbanesia.com, a lifestyle city directory based in web 2.0.Despite the acquisition, two founders of Urbanesia.com, Selina Limman and Natali Ardianto, will still play a role in the company's operations.

Tax Office to Monitor Some Industrial Sectors

VIVAnews - The Directorate General of Taxes will be seriously paying attention to oil palm companies, gold, sand and lead mining firms.The company's reports in the sector will be audited by the Directorate General of Taxes due to negative tax collection from the sectors.

HSBC Targets Small Corporations With New Service

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: HSBC operation in Indonesia cooperating with US payment technology firm Visa launched a new product on Thursday (3/6) targeting corporate customers especially small and medium scale businesses, claimed to be the first kind of service in Indonesia.

To Agents' Disappointment, Indonesia Keeps Ban on Foreigners Buying Property

JAKARTA - Hopes for a change in Indonesia’s restrictive rules on foreign ownership of property were dashed when a major conference of real estate agents on Bali ended last week without an expected government announcement.

Global Giants Stand On Sidelines Amid Boom in Indonesian Coal Production

Indonesia is the world’s largest exporter of power-station coal during a global energy and commodities boom, but none of the world’s major global mining companies operate in the country, largely as a legacy of nationalistic resources policies. Will this change? Maybe, maybe not.

Bali is Bursting at the Seams

Quoting: biznewsKirmanto also promised that the Serangan bridge project and Simpang Siur overpass would be seriously examined by his office. ♬ We're in the money ♫

Bali is Bursting at the Seams

Bali's Governor: Island's Infrastructure Under Intense Strain.Bali is drowning in its own popularity. Traffic jams, virtually unheard of 10 years ago, are an increasingly common facet of daily life on the island.

Cruise Ship Abandons East Bali Anchorages

Authorities Failure to Address Complaint of Insufficient Draft for Ships' Tender Operations in Karangasem Cause Cruise Ship to Shift Bali Operations to Benoa Harbor Anchorage.Karangasem regency is expected to suffer a loss of Rp.

Bali New Zoning Laws in a Sate of Confusion

Bali's Regencies Resist Governor's Efforts to Bring Order and Regulation to the Island's Zoning Practice.Although Bali has approved a new and comprehensive Provincial Zoning Plan (RTRWP), violations of the new rules are rife due to resistance by island officials to relinquish their personal power...

Two Foreign Nationals Facing Prison for Involvement in Bali Property Fraud

(6/1/2010) Christopher James Forbes and Angus Knowles Jackson, accused on involvement in a US$195,000 fraudulent property deal are facing the possibility of 2.5 years in prison if prosecutors sentencing demands are met by the Denpasar Court.

Microsoft: Indonesia Is Better Than China

Chinese intellectual piracy is driving out foreign business.Last week Steve Ballmer said his company saw less potential in China than either in Indonesia or India. Why? The piracy of software. "There are two things that make a country interesting," said the Microsoft chief executive.

VP launches "oil palm for people"

Yogyakarta (ANTARA News) - Vice President Boediono here on Wednesday launched an Oil Palm for the People Program designed to improve the oil palm industry`s structure from upstream to downstream.The vice president made the declaration by granting palm oil prime seedlings to representatives of...

Indonesia in Top 3 of Asia’s Most Inefficient Bureaucracies

Singapore. Indonesia, India and the Philippines have Asia’s most inefficient bureaucracies, with red tape a blight to citizens and a deterrent to foreign investment, a new survey has said.Regional financial centers Singapore and Hong Kong had the most efficient bureaucracies, according to a...

Concerns as Trade Deficit With China Surges in April

Indonesia’s non-oil and gas trade deficit with China grew by fivefold in April, while the country’s overall trade surplus fell sharply, prompting more concerns from local business groups that the country was being flooded with cheap Chinese imports following the implementation of the...

Indonesia coal sector frets over new law, climate

NUSA DUA, Indonesia, June 1 (Reuters) - Indonesia's new forestry law, a changing climate and rising mining costs are the challenges coal producers face in their efforts to boost production, a conference heard on Tuesday.

Sweden to open trade office in Jakarta

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Swedish government has decided to open a trade representative office in Jakarta to expand cooperation between the two countries."Swedish Trade Office will be opened on August 1, as an indication of Swedish increasing interest in Indonesia," Swedish ambassador...

Indonesia`s industrial product exports up 36 pct

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia`s industrial product exports in the first four months of 2010 jumped 36.66 percent to US$28.68 billion from the same period last year, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) said.The figure accounted for 60.