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Mon, 02 Oct 2006
Adhi Karya higher on Saudi Arabia projects news
Adhi Karya higher on Saudi Arabia projects newsJakarta (ANTARA News) - State-construction firm PT Adhi Karya was sharply higher in active early trade on news that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Bin Ladin group of Saudi Arabia to construct monorail and other transport projects...
Sat, 30 Sep 2006
RI, Qatar to set up $1 billion trust fund
RI, Qatar to set up $1 billion trust fundThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta PostThe Indonesian and Qatar governments have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the establishment of a trust fund that will provide investment funds of up to US$1 billion for infrastructure projects in Indonesia.
Sat, 30 Sep 2006
Kalla satisfied with US visit
I guess they couldn't find a copy editor/proofreader. Gracious sakes, that is an embarrassment. This is really an issue that most folks in RI do not seem to understand or see the importance of getting things right.
Sat, 30 Sep 2006
Kalla satisfied with US visit
Quote:Originally posted by KuKuKaChu: Cheney supports Indonesia to be the world’s biggest democracy country populated by Muslims. what a classic final paragraph!! must have been written by a former Jakarta Post journalist who moved to the GoI's PR office.
Sat, 30 Sep 2006
Kalla satisfied with US visit
KALLA WAS SATISFY WITH THE RESULTS OF HIS VISIT TO THE UNITED STATESVice President Jusuf Kalla Vice President Jusuf Kalla stated that he was satisfy and very optimistic with the result of his visit to the US and his meeting with the Vice President of the US Dick Cheney and the officials as well as...
Fri, 29 Sep 2006
Visa records almost 90% increase in card transactions
Visa records almost 90% increase in card transactionsAndi Haswidi, The Jakarta Post, JakartaIncreasing numbers of people appear to be moving away from cash and turning to plastic.Visa Indonesia announced Thursday that the total value of transactions made using Visa electronic cards grew by 89.
Fri, 29 Sep 2006
Govt wants quid pro quo for risk guarantees
Govt wants quid pro quo for risk guaranteesUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government, in return for agreeing to provide loan guarantees for major infrastructure projects, will expect investors to deliver the projects on time and to fulfill their output targets.
Fri, 29 Sep 2006
GE pinning high hopes on Indonesian economy
GE pinning high hopes on Indonesian economyBenget Simbolon Tnb., The Jakarta Post, JakartaDespite Indonesia having yet to fully recover from the financial crisis, and bedeviled by seemingly intractable problems with the legal system and bureaucracy, giant multinational General Electric still has...
Fri, 29 Sep 2006
Four private firms win CPO auction
Four private firms win CPO auctionJakarta (ANTARA News) - Four private companies have won a crude palm oil (CPO) sales bid which was held at the joint marketing office of PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) plantation company on Thursday, a PTPN official said.
Thu, 28 Sep 2006
Thames Water to sell stake in Indonesia's Thames PAM Jaya to Acuatico
Thames Water to sell stake in Indonesia's Thames PAM Jaya to AcuaticoJakarta (ANTARA News) - PT Thames PAM Jaya (TPJ) said in a statement that its major shareholder, U.K.-based firm Thames Water Plc, has agreed to sell its entire 95 pct stake in the joint venture to Acuatico Pte Ltd for an...
Thu, 28 Sep 2006
House wants SOEs to pay more dividends
House wants SOEs to pay more dividendsUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe House of Representatives has asked the government to up its efforts to increase budget revenues from state companies, and ensure higher dividend payments next year.
Thu, 28 Sep 2006
Indonesia's data storage market still wide open
Indonesia's data storage market still wide openAndi Haswidi, The Jakarta Post, JakartaDemand for data storage systems around the world will continue to increase, according to top data solutions provider Hitachi Data System, which also says that Indonesia has the fifth highest growth in Asia in the...
Thu, 28 Sep 2006
Big Friend, Small News
Big Friend, Small NewsSeptember, 28 2006 @ 10:07 amRoy TupaiVice President Jusuf Kalla boasts that his US visit will bring major benefits to the Indonesian people. Indeed? US State Secretary Condoleezza Rice hailed Indonesia as a "great friend", but apart from that, US officials have so far said...
Thu, 28 Sep 2006
Singapore visitor arrivals higher in August, led by Indonesians
Singapore visitor arrivals higher in August, led by IndonesiansSingapore (ANTARA News) - Singapore's visitor arrivals in August rose 7.2 percent from the same month last year to reach 870,000, the city-state's tourism board said Wednesday.
Thu, 28 Sep 2006
Bank BRI to allocate Rp13 trillion for biofuel plantation program
Bank BRI to allocate Rp13 trillion for biofuel plantation programJakarta (ANTARA News) - Publicly-listed Bank BRI will finance a biofuel plantation program with Rp13 trillion in the second semester of 2006 after the national bank allocated Rp6 trillion to Rp7 trillion for the scheme in the first...
Wed, 27 Sep 2006
Exxonmobil, Pertamina urged to expedite explorations
Kalla at his best! You cannot explore if you dont have rigs, and to be honest with you, there are currently not many available (in the world!) Duh..homework time again Jusuf....or maybe he's just been watching too many movies.
Wed, 27 Sep 2006
Honda to boost motorcycle production in SE Asia
Honda to boost motorcycle production in SE AsiaTokyo (ANTARA News) - Honda Motor Co Ltd plans to boost production of 100cc- to 150cc-class motorcycles in Southeast Asia and South America to raise global sales to 18 mln units by 2010, up some 50 pct from 2005, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported,...
Wed, 27 Sep 2006
Rupiah`s weakening no reason for worry, says BI executive
Rupiah`s weakening no reason for worry, says BI executiveJakarta (ANTARA News) - Bank Indonesia (BI) Deputy Senior Governor Miranda S Goeltom said there was no reason to worry about the current weakening of the rupiah`s exchange rate against the US dollar as it was only a temporary developent.
Wed, 27 Sep 2006
Exxonmobil, Pertamina urged to expedite explorations
Exxonmobil, Pertamina urged to expedite explorationsWashington DC (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian government has urged ExxonMobil and state-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina to expedite gas and oil explorations for mutual benfit although their production schedule would only commenece in 2009.
Wed, 27 Sep 2006
President Asking Infrastructure Project to be Accelerated
President Asking Infrastructure Project to be AcceleratedTuesday, 26 September, 2006 | 16:01 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is asking that the implementation of the infrastructure project be accelerated.
Tue, 26 Sep 2006
Indosat Passes 3G Test
Indosat Passes 3G TestTuesday, 26 September, 2006 | 12:22 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: PT Indonesian Satellite Corporation (Indosat) passed the operational acceptance test for the third generation cellular telecommunication (3G) in the Jakarta area, yesterday (25/9).Kaizad B.
Tue, 26 Sep 2006
Kalla tells U.S. businesses to take a chance on RI
Kalla tells U.S. businesses to take a chance on RIAvian E. Tumengkol, The Jakarta Post, WashingtonVisiting Vice President Jusuf Kalla challenged U.S. corporations in Washington to invest in Indonesia on Monday, saying their commitment would yield significant profits.
Tue, 26 Sep 2006
Rp 13 trillion earmarked for biofuel development
Rp 13 trillion earmarked for biofuel developmentUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government is setting aside a total of Rp 13 trillion (US$1.4 billion) and nearly 500,000 hectares of land for the development of the country's fledgling biofuel industry next year.
Tue, 26 Sep 2006
RI safe for foreign investment: VP
Indonesia capital aims to replace dirty taxisDrivers resist using compressed natural gas in three-wheel bajajsBy Diyan Jari and Sugita KatyalUpdated: 3:17 p.m. ET Sept. 25, 2006JAKARTA - For years, their acrid fumes have been as much a part of the Indonesian capital as the distinctive smell of the...
Tue, 26 Sep 2006
RI safe for foreign investment: VP
RI safe for foreign investment: VPWashington (ANTARA News) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla said Indonesia was a very safe place to invest in and intent on respecting all trade contracts that had been and would be concluded with foreign investors."Our security situation is guaranteed.
Tue, 26 Sep 2006
RI domestic affairs crucial to U.S. investors, Kalla says
RI domestic affairs crucial to U.S. investors, Kalla saysAvian E. Tumengkol, The Jakarta Post, WashingtonVice President Jusuf Kalla has named domestic reform and stability as overriding factors for U.S.
Sun, 24 Sep 2006
Stability is more important than democracy for investors: Kalla
Stability is more important than democracy for investors: KallaWASHINGTON D.C. (Antara): Vice President Jusuf Kalla said Saturday evening (Sunday morning Jakarta time) that political stability and investment security were more important to foreign investors than democracy.
Sun, 24 Sep 2006
Government urged to reduce export of CPO
Government urged to reduce export of CPOPadang, West Sumatera (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian Government was urged to take an important political decision by reducing export of crude palm oil (CPO) in order to encourage development acceleration and enlarge local processing industries so that it...
Sat, 23 Sep 2006
'Indonesia is safe for foreign investment'
'Indonesia is safe for foreign investment'Vice President Jusuf Kalla is embarking on a "strictly business" tour of the U.S., Spain and Saudi Arabia from Sept. 22 to Oct. 4. Kalla was supposed to visit Canada but canceled the trip at the eleventh hour, replacing it with Spain.
Fri, 22 Sep 2006
Singaporean Entrepreneurs to Invest in Manufacturing
Singaporean Entrepreneurs to Invest in ManufacturingFriday, 22 September, 2006 | 14:49 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: A number of Singapore entrepreneurs intend to expand business partnerships in Indonesia especially in the areas of shipping , agroindustry and services.
Fri, 22 Sep 2006
Corruption Hampers Indonesian Economic Growth
Corruption Hampers Indonesian Economic GrowthFriday, 22 September, 2006 | 14:56 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The high rate of corruption has been the cause for the low economic growth in Indonesia compared to other developing countries.
Fri, 22 Sep 2006
Private Ownership to Join the Railway Business in Early 2007
Private Ownership to Join the Railway Business in Early 2007Friday, 22 September, 2006 | 15:27 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Private ownership can join the railway business starting at the beginning of next year.
Fri, 22 Sep 2006
Mobile-8 gets $70 million loan from Lehman Brothers
Indonesia's Mobile-8 gets $70 million loan from Lehman BrothersJakarta (ANTARA News) - Lehman Brothers has given Cellphone carrier PT Mobile-8 Telecom, a 76.01 pct-owned unit of PT Bimantara Citra, a 70 mln-usd loan facility, Mobile-8 said.
Mon, 18 Sep 2006
Transshipment Eradication Agreement to be Signed End of September
Transshipment Eradication Agreement to be Signed End of SeptemberMonday, 18 September, 2006 | 12:48 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: An agreement between the Indonesian and United States governments to eradicate the practice of transshipment of exports from Indonesia will be signed at the end of this...
Mon, 18 Sep 2006
Government to Raise Expenditures in Order to Create Work Opportunities
Government to Raise Expenditures in Order to Create Work OpportunitiesMonday, 18 September, 2006 | 12:28 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Singapore: The government will raise state expenditures up until the end of this year especially for sectors that are capable of creating work opportunities and reducing...
Mon, 18 Sep 2006
Indonesia's PT PGN to develop coalbed methane gas
Indonesia's PT PGN to develop coalbed methane gasJakarta (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - State-owned gas firm PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PT PGN) plans to develop coalbed methane gas as an alternative energy source to replace fuel oil, a spokesman said.
Mon, 18 Sep 2006
Getting people out of their cars
What Teguh is writing (above) is .... well, starry-eyed ... the JK administration doesn't give a hoot about people! Sutiyoso is a dastardly figure, about whom I heard the most disgusting things!And here's what ParasIndo says about the wonderful city admin ....
Mon, 18 Sep 2006
Getting people out of their cars
I guess because some of "us guys" dont see it as a them and us situation. I enjoy my time here but also would like to contribute to the country I live in and help if i can rather than just take what i can from indonesia while giving nothing back.
Mon, 18 Sep 2006
Getting people out of their cars
Can anybody ever see a time when Jakarta sorts out the problem. I mean to sort the issue out they need to scrap all the old broken down bus, register Ojek and Bajij driver (and enforce standards), buid sidewalks, bring in congestion charging .... re-design the flow of traffic in Jakarta.
Sun, 17 Sep 2006
Getting people out of their cars
Getting people out of their carsTeguh Utomo Atmoko, JakartaThere is a tremendous effort by the city administration to make people shift from private vehicles to public transit in order to ease traffic jams and to avoid wasting time and money.
Sun, 17 Sep 2006
Japan Wants To "Cherry Pick" In Trade Talks
Indonesia Min:Japan Wants To "Cherry Pick" In Trade Talks09-16-06 08:39 AM ESTSINGAPORE -(Dow Jones)- Indonesia's trade minister said Japan wants to "cherry pick" in the ongoing bilateral trade talks that the two countries began last year.
Sat, 16 Sep 2006
Govt able to carry out 27 of 161 infrastructure development policies
Govt able to carry out 27 of 161 infrastructure development policiesJakarta (ANTARA News) - The government has been able to carry out only 41 or 27 percent of a total of 161 infrastructure development policies set forth by the coordinating minister for economic affairs last February 2006, a...
Sat, 16 Sep 2006
PT PGN to develop coalbed methane gas
PT PGN to develop coalbed methane gas as alternative energy sourceJakarta (ANTARA News) - State-owned gas firm PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PT PGN) plans to develop coalbed methane gas as an alternative energy source to replace fuel oil, a spokesman said.
Fri, 15 Sep 2006
Government Targets Investment Bill Completed in November
Government Targets Investment Bill Completed in NovemberFriday, 15 September, 2006 | 16:45 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The government targets the Investment Bill to be completed in November.Fahmi Idris, Industry Minister, said he has met several investor candidates and foreign financial...
Fri, 15 Sep 2006
Trading the nation's future for false sense of security
Trading the nation's future for false sense of securityJohn Riady, JakartaPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's confidence-inspiring speech last week at the Forbes Global CEO Conference in front of more than 400 top business leaders received a standing ovation.
Fri, 15 Sep 2006
‘Indonesian Power’ Proposed to be State-Owned Company
‘Indonesian Power’ Proposed to be State-Owned CompanyFriday, 15 September, 2006 | 15:38 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: PT Indonesia Power is proposed to be a state-owned company and no longer to be the subsidiary of PT PLN (Persero).
Fri, 15 Sep 2006
Country better under Yudhoyono: Survey
Country better under Yudhoyono: SurveyThe Jakarta Post, JakartaIn contrast to Indonesian pollsters who have recently reported poor approval ratings for the Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono administration, an Australian pollster said Thursday the public felt the government had done a good job of improving...
Fri, 15 Sep 2006
Indonesia begins rolling out 3G service: report
Indonesia begins rolling out 3G service: reportIndonesia has begun rolling out its first-ever third generation (3G) cellular services, a report has said.Telkomsel, an associate company of Singapore Telecommunications, began offering high-speed wireless service for mobile phones on Thursday after a...
Fri, 15 Sep 2006
1st Indonesian-developed satellite to be launched in Oct.
1st Indonesian-developed satellite to be launched in Oct.The Indonesian National Aeronautics and Space Agency (Lapan) is expected to launch the first Indonesian-developed satellite next October, a milestone that will put the country on the world map of space technology.