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Mon, 16 Jun 2008
Regulatory support needed to boost solar power competitiveness
Ika Krismantari, The Jakarta Post, JakartaFor 58-year-old Ratna Ariati, the sun is not just the source of light and life for everything on earth, but also the energy that keeps her household economic wheels spinning amid a time of high power costs.
Mon, 16 Jun 2008
Asia Development Bank says inflation threatens Asia's growth
The Associated Press, Kuala LumpurAsia's growth is threatened by spiraling inflation from higher food and fuel costs, an Asian Development Bank executive warned Sunday, and called on governments to tighten monetary policies to deal with the scourge.The bank is reviewing its growth forecast of 7.
Sun, 15 Jun 2008
Japanese Numbers to Bali Surge Ahead.
While Japanese Travel Declines Elsewhere, Bali Japanese Arrivals Continue to Grow.(6/14/2008) Japanese outbound travel is showing signs of being on a continuing decline in 2008 following a year (2007) in which 1.35% fewer Japanese traveled abroad (17.29 million).
Sun, 15 Jun 2008
Villa Suluban's Building Permit Revoked
Bali's Chief Legislator Calls for a 'Do or Die' Commitment to Protecting Bali's Sacred Sites.(6/14/2008) Radar Bali reports that the regional government of Badung has yielded slightly to local lawmakers' demands for stronger enforcement of zoning laws by revoking the building permit (IMB) of the...
Sun, 15 Jun 2008
Indonesia, Australia to speed up ASEAN-ANZ free trade
Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest economy, and Australia pledged Friday to help accelerate a negotiation to secure a free-trade agreement (FTA) between the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN), Australia and New Zealand (AANZ-FTA).
Sun, 15 Jun 2008
Corruption still rampant in RI: Report
Despite tougher measures to combat graft, Indonesia remains at the top of the corruption index in the East Asia region, the latest UN Development Program report says.The report, Tackling Corruption, Transforming Lives, gave Indonesia a score of 4.
Sat, 14 Jun 2008
RI expects to finalize negotiations on FTA with Australia next year
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia hopes to complete its bilateral negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Australia in 2009 if talks on FTA at ASEAN level (including Australia and New Zealand) are concluded this year, Indonesian Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu said.
Sat, 14 Jun 2008
Textile makers demand govt protection against illegal imports
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian Textile Industries Association (API) is urging the government to issue a policy to protect domestic textile and textile product industries against illegally imported goods currently flooding the home markets, a spokesman said.
Thu, 12 Jun 2008
Jakarta lags in living quality and safety
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/justice/article946362.ece
Thu, 12 Jun 2008
SBY asks oil and gas firms to 'share pain'
OK SBY, tell BPMIGAS to get their finger out and approve all of the current projects quagmired withinn that institution....*May contain facts
Thu, 12 Jun 2008
SBY asks oil and gas firms to 'share pain'
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono renewed calls on Wednesday for oil and gas contractors to help increase output following recent failures to reach production targets.Yudhoyono, as quoted by Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, told the contractors that it was a time for them...
Thu, 12 Jun 2008
Jakarta lags in living quality and safety
Kuku, perhaps you could move this thread to the media section because the Jakarta Post's parochialism hit a new low today."Malnutrition kills 21 people"I am pretty sure they were slightly more than malnourished. Looks like the dying baby photographed is pretty much starving. Ethiopian starving.
Thu, 12 Jun 2008
House enacts law to empower MSMEs, promote partnerships
Aditya Suharmoko and Desy Nurhayati, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe House of Representatives endorsed Tuesday a law on micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) aimed at empowering the sector with partnerships with larger business.
Thu, 12 Jun 2008
Private plantation company to import oil palm seedlings from Costa Rica
Muara Teweh (ANTARA News) - PT Antang Ganda Utama (AGU), a major private plantation company, in Teweh Tengah subdistrict, North Barito District, Central Kalimantan, planned to import 1,150,000 seedlings of oil palm trees from Costa Rice, a Central American country.
Thu, 12 Jun 2008
New envoy to encourage more Japanese investment in Indonesia
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Japan`s Ambassador to Indonesia Kojiro Shiojiri said he would encourage more businessmen from his country to invest in Indonesia."More than 1,000 Japanese companies are operating in Indonesia and we hope the number will increase further in the years to come," Shiojiri said...
Thu, 12 Jun 2008
Jakarta lags in living quality and safety
fuck 'em! let it be our little in-joke ...
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Jakarta lags in living quality and safety
Originally Posted By: KuKuKaChuthe name alone would rank it below Baghdad! Please do not torment the tourists.
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
RI to suffer milder food crisis impacts
Originally Posted By: Piss SalonFeed the rich The DPR would have it no other way, they are the future of Indonesia..........
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Jakarta lags in living quality and safety
the name alone would rank it below Baghdad!
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Jakarta lags in living quality and safety
it seems they are trying to say, "at least we're better than Baghdad, so there!"No. 146 in the world, and we is so proud!
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Govt preparing policy on investment in food sector
True enough. They are divvying up the remaining forested areas in Papua using a complex formula of seats in the DPR plus money politics minus sexual scandals for concessions to convert to palm oil production areas.Of course the palm oil will be used for biofuels but that is beside the point.
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Jakarta lags in living quality and safety
Jakarta trails Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Manila in terms of the quality of living, but is ahead of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, a survey of 215 cities worldwide revealed Monday.Trust the Post to get one over Vietnam. Bloody parochial journalism.Call a spade a spade.
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Jakarta lags in living quality and safety
I thought I felt a disturbance in the force..........
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Govt preparing policy on investment in food sector
I would assume the legislators writing this legislation have made the proper deals and investments too match..........
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
RI to suffer milder food crisis impacts
Well that and if the prices rise faster than the wages of the lower income class then there is obviously less demand and more food for the wealthy............
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Overhaul needed to root out abuses in oil, gas sector
They have abuses? What good is Dilli if this kind of thing continues after he has been here so long, must just be another overpaid drunk expat, replace him with a local............
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Investing in Indonesia: A case of ironing out the ironies
Harry Su , AnalystInvesting in Indonesia is strewn with ironies. Take the case of the Indonesian Regional Investment Forum (IRIF 2008), which took place at the end of May, and which was aimed at attracting between $6 billion and US$8 billion in investment.
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
RI to suffer milder food crisis impacts
The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe World Bank (WB) predicts Indonesia will experience a shorter period of repercussions from the global food price crisis compared to other countries in Southeast Asia.Country director Joachim von Amsberg said Tuesday Indonesia was relatively better suited to weather...
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Overhaul needed to root out abuses in oil, gas sector
Expense rebates, or cost recovery claims, from oil and gas contractors to the government have long been the subject of debate over inefficiencies costing the state losses in potential revenue. Aside from the whopping total cost, a major concern has been the dubious nature of many expenses,...
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Govt issues guidelines to determine renewable energy electricity prices
The government has issued a regulation setting benchmarks for electricity production costs in 13 regions to guide state power firm PLN in its pricing of electricity generated by renewable energy sources.
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
RI has thousands of hectares of land ideal for wheat cultivation
Originally Posted By: KuKuKaChu"Wheat needs to be cultivated on dry lands with no water, so the most ideal climate for planting would be at the end of the monsoon season or in the early dry season, namely between April and September, particularly between June and August," she said.
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
RI has thousands of hectares of land ideal for wheat cultivation
Contrary to previous agricultural reports, certain regions in Indonesia may be ideal for wheat production.Indonesia has at least 1.5 million hectares of land located in a cool and dry region that may allow wheat cultivation.
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Facing Indonesia's Problems Clearly
Indonesia has changed in the past decade and so must our attitudes, according to Andrew MacIntyre from the ANU and Douglas Ramage from the Asia Foundation writing in The Age (27 May). Duncan Graham has a different...
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Jakarta lags in living quality and safety
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakarta trails Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Manila in terms of the quality of living, but is ahead of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, a survey of 215 cities worldwide revealed Monday.
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Indonesian economy still performing well
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Despite a persistent steep rise in global crude oil and food prices, the Indonesian economy is still performing better than the rest of the world, an economist said."The Indonesian government can actually manage the good condition by means of financial policies.
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Govt preparing policy on investment in food sector
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The government is preparing the adoption of a special policy on investments in the food sector to boost production of such important staples as rice, corn, soybean and cassava, a senior economic official said.
Tue, 10 Jun 2008
House proposes across-the-board tax cuts
Aditya Suharmoko, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A House of Representatives committee is proposing a cut in income tax for both businesses and individuals to help stimulate the economy amid record crude oil prices and a global economic slowdown.
Tue, 10 Jun 2008
Indonesia Threatened by Potable Water Network Crisis
Monday, 09 June, 2008 | 15:28 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Indonesia is facing the threat of a potable water network backlog for up to nine million people in 2009.Budi Yuwono, Director General of Housing, Building, Planning and Urban Development at the Public Works Department, said that regional...
Tue, 10 Jun 2008
Vocational Schools to Produce Computers
Monday, 09 June, 2008 | 15:33 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The Education Department in cooperation with the Zyrex Computer Company will develop a computer assembling industry through vocational schools.It is targeted to have 200 computer assembling workshops in schools throughout Indonesia.
Tue, 10 Jun 2008
Indonesia set to become exporter of corn
Indonesia is optimistic it could become an exporter of corn after recording a steady increase in production in the past five years, an official said, Asia Pulse reported Friday.The country's corn production has increased by 10-15% annually in the past five years, Agriculture Minister Anton...
Tue, 10 Jun 2008
Thaksin interested in Indonesia investment
Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand’s former prime minister, is interested to invest in Indonesia because of its growth and political stability, presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said Wednesday, Antara reported."Thaksin was impressed with the growth of Indonesian economy," he said.
Tue, 10 Jun 2008
Foreign investors to build biofuel plant
Foreign investors from the United States, Australia and South Korea have expressed interest in building a biofuel plant with a capacity of two million kiloliters worth $500 million in Gorontalo province, Gorontalo Governor Fadel Muhammad said, Asia Pulse reported Tuesday.
Tue, 10 Jun 2008
IMF maintains growth forecast
The International Monetary Fund is maintaining its growth forecasts for Indonesia, saying that steady exports and investment will support the momentum of growth, Milan Zavadjil, assistant director in the Asia and Pacific department, told Reuters in an interview.
Mon, 09 Jun 2008
Kadin, Amcham say U.S. travel ban removal good for business
A number of organizations in the country have come out in support of the United States' decision to lift its travel warning for Indonesia, and hope the policy reversal will benefit trade between the countries.
Mon, 09 Jun 2008
RI's tire exports to Egypt may grow 15%
Egypt's decision to drop dumping allegations against Indonesia could result in a 15 percent increase in Indonesian tire exports to Egypt, an ambassador said.With the removal of the main trade barrier, there would be greater room for Indonesia to increase its tire exports to Egypt, Indonesian...
Mon, 09 Jun 2008
RI firms' position in Asia
Asian companies are quickly becoming global players. The UNCTAD recently compiled a list of the hundred largest multinationals from developing economies, and firms from most of the larger Southeast Asian nations were represented, including Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines -- but...