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Wed, 07 Jun 2006
RI aims to become major producer of biofuels
RI aims to become major producer of biofuelsBenget Simbolon Tnb., The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe price of oil continues to increase and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted the trend will persist for the next two decades. The Jakarta Post's Benget Simbolon Tnb.
Wed, 07 Jun 2006
The forgotten present from God
The forgotten present from GodRobert Manurung, who researches castor oil at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), said castor oil is the most appropriate crop to use to produce biodiesel blended fuels.Castor oil requires a smaller investment than palm oil.
Tue, 06 Jun 2006
Guarantees offered for nervous investors
Guarantees offered for nervous investorsUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government has unfurled a range of risk-sharing, guarantee schemes for investors in major infrastructure projects in the country, part of its effort to realize crucial infrastructure development for higher economic...
Mon, 05 Jun 2006
Wali criticizes ministry ruling
Wali criticizes ministry rulingJAKARTA: The Indonesia Franchising and Licensing Society (Wali) has criticized the latest Trade Ministry decree, calling it ineffective and a waste of time as the government is in the process of issuing a new regulation on franchise businesses.
Mon, 05 Jun 2006
Unfinished bills may stall economic reform
Unfinished bills may stall economic reformRendi Akhmad Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaInvestor confidence in the country's economy may further dwindle as the government and lawmakers are showing no sense of urgency about completing the deliberation of key bills related to economic reform, even...
Sat, 03 Jun 2006
Indofood plans palm unit IPO
Indofood plans palm unit IPOThe Jakarta Post, JakartaGiant instant noodle maker PT Indofood Sukses Makmur is set to launch an initial public offering (IPO) for its crude palm oil business.The publicly listed company's president director, Anthoni Salim, said that the IPO plan had been adopted to...
Sat, 03 Jun 2006
Kutai Administration to buyback coal producer, why?
Kutai Administration to buyback coal producer, why?The rich Kutai Regency Administration in East Kalimantan province want to buyback 13% shares of PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC), the giant coal mining company which just divested by PT Bumi Resources Tbk to PT Borneo Lumbung Energi, at market price.
Sat, 03 Jun 2006
Indonesia faces huge rebuilding job
Indonesia faces huge rebuilding jobBy CHRIS BRUMMITT, Associated Press Writer Fri Jun 2, 2:23 PM ETTELAN, Indonesia - It is 7:30 a.m., and Soliman and his wife are hard at work, digging through the rubble of their quake-destroyed house and neatly stacking reusable bricks, tiles and wooden posts.
Sat, 03 Jun 2006
Bali dream homes: resiliently ever-rising
Bali dream homes: resiliently ever-risingBy Vaudine England International Herald TribuneFRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2006SEMINYAK, Indonesia Although hotel reservations in Bali plummeted - at least temporarily - after the terrorist bombings of October 2002 and October 2005, investments in dream homes have never...
Fri, 02 Jun 2006
EPFM sets sights on Java to double sales growth
EPFM sets sights on Java to double sales growthThe Jakarta Post, JakartaSouth Sulawesi-based PT Eastern Pearl Flour Mills (EPFM) is aiming to expand its market in the crucial Java region by introducing new 1 kilogram packs of its flour products.
Fri, 02 Jun 2006
CPO, coal drove RI exports in April
CPO, coal drove RI exports in AprilUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, JakartaIndonesia's main commodities -- crude palm oil and coal -- continued to keep the country's export performance on track in April, with the overall value of exports rising 2 percent to US$7.
Fri, 02 Jun 2006
Jasa Marga looking to IPO in Q4
Jasa Marga looking to IPO in Q4Rendi Akhmad Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAfter several delays caused by regulatory uncertainties, state-owned turnpike operator PT Jasa Marga is now gearing up to go public via an initial public offering in the fourth quarter of this year.
Fri, 02 Jun 2006
Investment From Middle East Doubtful
Investment From Middle East DoubtfulFriday, 02 June, 2006 | 15:16 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Economist Faisal Basri doubts the entry of investment from Middle East countries to Indonesia. He believes that the government is mistaken to expect funds to be transferred from the leaders of these...
Thu, 01 Jun 2006
Indonesian cement deal cracks open
Jun 2, 2006 Indonesian cement deal cracks openBy Bill GuerinJAKARTA - Cemex SA de CV, the world's third-largest cement maker, and Indonesia are parting ways after a bitter, protracted contractual dispute.
Thu, 01 Jun 2006
HSBC Indonesia gets capital injection
HSBC Indonesia gets capital injectionJAKARTA - The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp Ltd (HSBC) has given a capital injection of US$300 million to HSBC Indonesia to support expansion plans by its Indonesian unit.
Thu, 01 Jun 2006
Dutch businessmen to invest in Indonesia
Dutch businessmen to invest in IndonesiaJakarta (ANTARA News) - A number of Dutch businessmen have expressed interest to invest in the infrastructure, drinking water, health equipment and financial sectors, Chief Economic Minister Boediono has said.
Thu, 01 Jun 2006
Hard for Industry to Reach 7.7 Percent Growth
Hard for Industry to Reach 7.7 Percent GrowthWednesday, 31 May, 2006 | 10:08 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The target of industrial growth of 7.7 percent set by the Department of Industry is going to be difficult to achieve.Muhammad S.
Thu, 01 Jun 2006
HSBC expands into personal loan market
HSBC expands into personal loan marketThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), already well known in Indonesia as a credit card issuer, is keen to further tap Indonesia's personal loan market as shown by its latest product -- a collateral-free loan scheme for...
Wed, 31 May 2006
World Bank Assisting Reconstruction in Yogyakarta
World Bank Assisting Government to Assess Losses and Support Reconstruction in YogyakartaJakarta, May 30, 2006 -- The President of the World Bank, Mr. Paul Wolfowitz, has promised the full support of the World Bank Group for reconstruction in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in...
Tue, 30 May 2006
Sinar Mas boost shares in toll road operator
Sinar Mas boost shares in toll road operatorSinar Mas Group has been aggresively expanded its business in the last few years. After the banking business comeback last year with the acquisition of small bank PT Bank Shinta through PT Sinar Mas Multiartha, the listed financial sub-holding of Sinar...
Tue, 30 May 2006
Indonesia damage raises tourism worries
Indonesia damage raises tourism worriesPrambanan, Indonesia (ANTARA News) - Damage to some of Java's cultural treasures in the Indonesian earthquake has raised fears about long-term effects on the local economy, which depends heavily on tourism.
Tue, 30 May 2006
PLN's Future Competitors
PLN's Future CompetitorsTuesday, 30 May, 2006 | 14:38 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The government will form several new electricity companies. These State-owned enterprises will operate in distribution and generating, not in the transmission.
Tue, 30 May 2006
WB to push infrastructure development
WB to push infrastructure developmentEndy M. Bayuni and Prodita Sabarini, The Jakarta Post, JakartaIt's full steam ahead for World Bank infrastructure lending thanks to the insistence of its new president, Paul Wolfowitz, who feels that the bank needs to be part and parcel of poverty eradication...
Tue, 30 May 2006
Government signs seven turnpike contracts
Government signs seven turnpike contractsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Public Works Ministry and a number of investors signed contracts Monday for the development of seven sections of expressway totaling 155 kilometers in length.
Mon, 29 May 2006
Losses Due to Yogya Disaster Estimated at Rp2.5 Trillion
Losses Due to Yogya Disaster Estimated at Rp2.5 TrillionMonday, 29 May, 2006 | 18:45 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Yogyakarta: It is estimated that losses due to Saturday’s tectonic earthquake throughout the Special District of Yogyakarta will reach Rp2.5 trillion.
Mon, 29 May 2006
Indonesians seek food; toll passes 4,300
Yes Kitasatu I agree with you, and now just let see, how much money or helps will accept by people who really needs it, there must be any and always "back door" for "naughty people"!!!
Mon, 29 May 2006
Indonesians seek food; toll passes 4,300
Yes Kitasatu I agree with you, and now just let see, how much money or helps will "go through" the people who really needs it!
Mon, 29 May 2006
Indonesians seek food; toll passes 4,300
It is times like this that we most put aside all are difference and work together in unity to help all does affected... unfortunately like it was said, there are always some people that will take advantage of the situation......Money..money...money Yes... it's ashamed.....the way some humans behave.
Mon, 29 May 2006
President's plan to form new economic task force slammed
President's plan to form new economic task force slammedThe Jakarta Post, JakartaExperts have criticized a plan by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to form a new working unit to help address the country's economic problems and improve the investment climate, saying the only thing the business...
Mon, 29 May 2006
Govt must create business-friendly tax regime: Experts
Govt must create business-friendly tax regime: ExpertsUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThis year's sluggish start to the collection of tax revenues shows the remaining problems in the government's taxation policies, analysts say, particularly in its failure to make taxes and economic growth...
Mon, 29 May 2006
M'sian palm firm eyes RI expansion
M'sian palm firm eyes RI expansionJAKARTA: Malaysian company Negeri Sembilan Oil Palms Bhd (NSOP) has expressed a keen interest in developing oil palm plantations in Indonesia as part of its expansion plan.
Mon, 29 May 2006
Indonesians seek food; toll passes 4,300
Good point, I had overlooked probably the biggest killer after a disaster.....The real tragedy is our inactivity in the face of disaster.
Mon, 29 May 2006
Indonesians seek food; toll passes 4,300
Quote:Originally posted by Sausage Master Polar Bear: I never quite understand how so many people die AFTER an disaster, just because aid doesn’t reach them in time. You would think the UN would create a massive food, blanket and tent stockpile in each major continent, just for such events.
Mon, 29 May 2006
Indonesians seek food; toll passes 4,300
I never quite understand how so many people die AFTER an disaster, just because aid doesn’t reach them in time. You would think the UN would create a massive food, blanket and tent stockpile in each major continent, just for such events. I am told that economics start to interplay.
Mon, 29 May 2006
Indonesians seek food; toll passes 4,300
APIndonesians seek food; toll passes 4,300By CHRIS BRUMMITT, Associated Press Writer BANTUL, Indonesia - Tens of thousands camped out for a second night Sunday in streets, cassava fields and the paths between rice paddies as the death toll from Indonesia's earthquake topped 4,300.
Sat, 27 May 2006
Eterindo sales jump 284%
Eterindo sales jump 284%Listed chemical company and the first major producer of biodisel, PT Eterindo Wahanatama Tbk reported 284% growth in sales revenue in 2005 at Rp407.44 billion.According to its behind the schedule publication of 2005 financial report, Eterindo recorded lower operating profit...
Sat, 27 May 2006
Govt plans new scheme for turnpike projects
Govt plans new scheme for turnpike projectsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaA proposed new financing scheme for turnpike projects will only require private investors to provide 30 percent of the money needed for land acquisition, while the rest can be obtained from bank loans.
Fri, 26 May 2006
Plaza Indonesia plans to build new apartment building
yeah-jakarta has hardly any of those LOL
Fri, 26 May 2006
Plaza Indonesia plans to build new apartment building
Quote:Originally posted by Ena: really wow!but what will go there instead? no doubt, yet another sterile shopping mall.
Fri, 26 May 2006
Plaza Indonesia plans to build new apartment building
really wow!but what will go there instead?
Fri, 26 May 2006
Plaza Indonesia plans to build new apartment building
they have, sort of. all the street traders have been moved on, and pasar senen itself, the original pasar maling, is going to be phased out.
Fri, 26 May 2006
Plaza Indonesia plans to build new apartment building
heyho.why they dont beautify senen hmmmmmm????????
Fri, 26 May 2006
The Split Nation: Porn-Investment Bills
The Split Nation: Porn-Investment BillsParliament members are bussy to discuss two important bills on pornography and investment. Do these bills negates each other? The supporters of Porn Bill says it has nothing to do with investment appetite on Indonesia.
Fri, 26 May 2006
Plaza Indonesia plans to build new apartment building
Plaza Indonesia plans to build new apartment buildingThe Jakarta Post, JakartaPT Plaza Indonesia Realty Tbk, the listed company that operates the Plaza Indonesia shopping center and Grand Hyatt hotel in Jakarta, plans to build a new apartment building near the shopping complex as part of the...
Fri, 26 May 2006
Kalla urges Japan to establish LNG plant in Indonesia
Kalla urges Japan to establish LNG plant in IndonesiaThe Jakarta Post, JakartaVice President Jusuf Kalla has invited Japan, heavily dependent on Indonesian exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), to develop a plant here as Jakarta focuses on using the fuel for its growing domestic demand.
Fri, 26 May 2006
VP calls for similar platform to create Asian community
VP calls for similar platform to create Asian communityTokyo (ANTARA News) - Visiting Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla on Thursday called for a similar platform to create a democratic and economically transparent Asian community.
Fri, 26 May 2006
Indonesia, Malaysia sign MOU on commodity development coop
Indonesia, Malaysia sign MOU on commodity development coopPutrajaya (ANTARA News) - Malaysia and Indonesia Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to launch a new series of joint efforts to develop their commodity sectors with the aim of further strengthening their positions as the...
Thu, 25 May 2006
The fall of rupiah & bad timing of statements
The fall of rupiah & bad timing of statementsRupiah lost its value against greenback by almost 8% in just one week, from 8,700 to 9,400, partly due to bad timing of statements delivered by high-level government officers.
Thu, 25 May 2006
Japan understands RI`s LNG export policy, says VP
Japan understands RI`s LNG export policy, says VPTokyo (ANTARA News) - Japan understands Indonesia`s position that in the future it will export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Japan only if there is a production surplus, Vice President Jusuf Kalla said here on Wednesday.
Thu, 25 May 2006
PLN begins rotating electricity outages
PLN begins rotating electricity outagesThe Jakarta Post, JakartaState-owned electricity company PT PLN began to cut its power supply from the Java-Bali power grid system Tuesday after appealing to household and industrial consumers to limit usage during peak hours.