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Indonesia, Malaysia launch joint move to defend palm oil industry

Indonesia, Malaysia launch joint move to defend palm oil industryThe Jakarta Post, MedanIndonesia and Malaysia have agreed to allocate 500,000 euro (about US$394,000) to pay the fees of a consultant or joint spokesman to counter campaigns launched by non-governmental organizations against palm oil...

Bio-Solar Marketing to be Extended

Bio-Solar Marketing to be ExtendedWednesday, 19 July, 2006 | 16:16 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: PT Pertamina (Persero), the state oil and gas company, will extend its marketing of bio-solar (automotive diesel oil) in Jakarta.

RI to spend Rp 200t by 2010 to promote biofuels

you could have a point. but i'm still putting all my cash into Pangandaran real estate.

RI to spend Rp 200t by 2010 to promote biofuels

Buy UNSP stocks! It is the Bakrie family plantations unit (regardless of what one thinks him and his ilk, 'business is business') and already has plans to build the largest bio-diesel factory in the world.

RI to spend Rp 200t by 2010 to promote biofuels

RI to spend Rp 200t by 2010 to promote biofuelsJAKARTA (Bloomberg): Indonesia plans to invest Rp 200 trillion (Rp$22 billion) over the next five years to promote the use of alternative fuels using crops such as palm oil, Energy Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said.

DPR passes new citizenship bill into law

DPR passes new citizenship bill into lawJakarta (ANTARA News) - All political party factions in the House of Representatives (DPR) here Tuesday agreed to pass a new citizneship bill into law.The approval was expressed in a DPR plenary meeting, which was led by DPR Deputy Speaker Soetardjo...

New bill threatens corruptors with annulment of citizenship

in the old law that could not happen

New bill threatens corruptors with annulment of citizenship

if the Indonesian Gal marries a bule and moves to his country and is over the age of 18 then the President at HIS discretian can take away her Indo Citizenship

New bill threatens corruptors with annulment of citizenship

Then how different is the new law in respect of the old one, in this area, which is to say how would the loss occur?

New bill threatens corruptors with annulment of citizenship

of course it does

New bill threatens corruptors with annulment of citizenship

Does it also threaten Indonesian women who marry foreigners with loss of citizenship?

Has the corruption battle gone too far?

The economic development in INA still should looking by holistic perspective which means, every economic development for success should be plan for prosperity and people justice. It means welfare economy which set aside for wage and proper social security should be maintenance, beside strongly...

Has the corruption battle gone too far?

Quote:Originally posted by KuKuKaChu: From The Jakarta PostHas the corruption battle gone too far?Leonard Ginocchi, Washington D.C....(anti-corruption environment) could be adversely affecting the country's economy and national development.......

Has the corruption battle gone too far?

Has the corruption battle gone too far?Leonard Ginocchi, Washington D.C.There appears to be a growing debate concerning Indonesia's robust anti-corruption campaign. Views are beginning to emerge that the anti-corruption campaign may have gone too far and could be adversely affecting the country's...

Government to draft law on special economic zones

Government to draft law on special economic zonesThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government is planning a new law to legalize the creation of special economic zones (SEZs) in the country, Coordinating Minister for the Economy Boediono said during the weekend.

New bill threatens corruptors with annulment of citizenship

New bill threatens corruptors with annulment of citizenship Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The new bill on citizenship to be approved by the House of Representatives on July 11, 2006, threatens corruptors fleeing to foreign countries with annulment of their Indonesian citizenship if they fail to report to...

Latest BPS survey 'difficult'

Latest BPS survey 'difficult'The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Central Statistics Agency (BPS) is having problems carrying out its 2006 economic survey on private companies."We've found it is difficult to collect data on private companies, especially foreign companies, since their Jakarta offices are...

Infrastructure More Interesting Than Fiscal Incentives

Infrastructure More Interesting Than Fiscal IncentivesThursday, 06 July, 2006 | 17:41 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Entrepreneur groups consider that improvement to infrastructures is far more interesting to investors than the granting of fiscal incentives.

Rise in Investment During First Half of 2006

Rise in Investment During First Half of 2006Thursday, 06 July, 2006 | 15:19 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: According to the Capital Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), the realization of investment during the first half of this year reached Rp45.24 trillion.This is a rise of 12.

Rise in Investment During First Half of 2006

Rise in Investment During First Half of 2006Thursday, 06 July, 2006 | 15:19 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: According to the Capital Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), the realization of investment during the first half of this year reached Rp45.24 trillion.This is a rise of 12.

Govt hopes hard sell will draw investment

Govt hopes hard sell will draw investmentRendi Akhmad Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government is changing its strategy to lure more direct foreign investment by picking up the ball earlier to persuade multinational companies to come here, offering them a number of incentives.

Govt urged to provide tax incentives

Govt urged to provide tax incentivesThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government needs to include fiscal incentives -- in the form of a tax holiday and tax amnesty -- and simplify its taxation system in the proposed tax laws in a bid to attract foreign direct investments, a former senior minister has...

Exporters 'need strategies' to tap into European market

Exporters 'need strategies' to tap into European marketThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe European Union, the world's second largest market, offers huge opportunities but Indonesian exporters have failed to tap this potential because of their inability to meet market requirements.

Why is investment in the mining industry stagnant?

Why is investment in the mining industry stagnant?Montty Girianna, JakartaExploration and investment in the mining industry have seen a significant downturn. This has resulted in a considerable decrease in production.

Infrastructure conference finally gets go-ahead

Infrastructure conference finally gets go-aheadThe Jakarta Post, JakartaIndonesia is due to hold its twice-delayed 2nd infrastructure conference and exhibition in November in an effort to drum up much needed private-sector investment to bring the country's woefully inadequate infrastructure into...

Govt to issue new license for int'l call services

Govt to issue new license for int'l call servicesThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government plans to allow another telecommunications company to provide direct international call services in competition with the two existing operators, PT Indosat and PT Telkom Indonesia.

Tax breaks for investors

Tax breaks for investorsSahminan, JakartaAs reported in The Jakarta Post on June 9, the government is now considering offering tax breaks for foreign investment in the automotive industry. The policy is obviously intended to help attract foreign direct investment.

Indonesia Achieves Highest Export Record Since Independence

Indonesia Achieves Highest Export Record Since IndependenceTuesday, 04 July, 2006 | 12:48 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Indonesia achieved export value amounting to US$8.34 billion in May this year, a 9.79 percent increase over the previous month.

Fahmi Proposes Tax Holiday

Fahmi Proposes Tax HolidayTuesday, 04 July, 2006 | 12:45 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Industry Minister Fahmi Idris believes tax holiday incentives (tax exemptions within a certain period) are necessary to be included in the Investment Bill.

Government blamed for messy port management

Government blamed for messy port managementRendi Akhmad Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaSmall domestic-bound ports that manage international containers are to blame for the massive scale of smuggling in the country and are preventing international ports from providing better services, an...

Bio-diesel may reduce oil bills by 10% up to 2010

Bio-diesel may reduce oil bills by 10% up to 2010The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government is targeting a 10 percent reduction in the country's consumption of oil-based fuels by 2010 from the current level of 41 million kiloliters (kl) by promoting the production and use of bio-diesel.

Bio-fuel Factory Construction Plan to be Prepared

Bio-fuel Factory Construction Plan to be PreparedMonday, 03 July, 2006 | 14:25 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Purnomo Yusgiantoro, the Energy and Mineral Resources Minister, has said that the government is preparing an action plan for the construction of bio-fuel factories up to 2010.

Want to Job-Hop in Comfort? Move to Indonesia

he's got it wrong,.the labor law changed in february 2006,.if an employee resigns he has no entitlement if he is sacked for gross Misconduct and the proper procedures have been adhered too then he gets nothing,.

Want to Job-Hop in Comfort? Move to Indonesia

Want to Job-Hop in Comfort? Move to Indonesia: Andy Mukherjee June 29 (Bloomberg) -- A newspaper editor in Jakarta recalls his experience a few years ago when he resigned from a job to take another and the human-resources officer asked him to come and collect five months' pay before he left.

Batam to Become Investment Center

i think he mean Research and development of the ladies there

Batam to Become Investment Center

i sort of wondered too what he mean't by R&R ...but anyway, how many of these damn "one-roof" (sic) centres have we seen now?? all they accomplish is to add yet another layer of bureaucracy to what are already massively cumbersome processes.

Batam to Become Investment Center

Quote:Originally posted by mal-indo: (3) Implement R & R. And so fore. Doesn't Batam already have an established Rest and Recreation (R&R) industry with all those brothels, call girls, escort services, Jawa girls etc. etc.??

Batam to Become Investment Center

it will take a hell of year to do that. Saying some time is much easy that doing it or implimentation.In order to do that, my opinion. (1) to form a board (2) Invite some investors to be in the board. (3) Implement R & R. And so fore. It not easy at all.

Batam to Become Investment Center

Batam to Become Investment CenterThursday, 29 June, 2006 | 16:12 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The government will turn the islands of Batam, Bintan and Karimun into investment centers.“Those areas will be opened up to companies that can contribute a direct impact to the economy,” said...

Labor rights may be curbed to up investment SEZs

Labor rights may be curbed to up investment SEZsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta, BatamThe government plans to relax the implementation of the labor legislation in the newly declared special economic zones (SEZs) on three major islands in Riau Island province, says the head of the Investment Coordinating...

Investors offered permanent residence

Investors offered permanent residenceThe Jakarta Post, JakartaProcedures for permanent residence will be eased for foreign investors and top executives in an effort to boost investment, an official said Tuesday.Government Regulation No.

RI, S'pore sign deal on economic zones

RI, S'pore sign deal on economic zonesTony Hotland, The Jakarta Post, BatamIndonesia plans to transform three major islands in Riau Islands province into special economic zones (SEZs) in a bid to draw much-needed direct foreign investment.

BKPM defends validity of its foreign investment data

BKPM defends validity of its foreign investment dataThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has defended the validity of its data on realized foreign investment, saying the figure is based on the total spending on implementation of foreign investment projects.

Singapore to help Jakarta build special zones to attract investors

Singapore to help Jakarta build special zones to attract investors Batam, Indonesia (ANTARA News) - Marked by the signing of an agreement, Indonesia invited Singapore on Sunday to help Jakarta establish special economic zones on three islands to lure foreign investors, particularly from Japan and...

Indonesia, Singapore ink economic zones deal

Indonesia, Singapore ink economic zones dealBATAM, Indonesia (AFP) - Indonesia and Singapore have signed an agreement to work together to establish special economic zones (SEZs) on three Indonesian islands.

Indonesia, Singapore to boost island cooperation

Indonesia, Singapore to boost island cooperationBATAM, Riau Islands (AP): The leaders of Singapore and Indonesia met Sunday to sign a deal that would help set up special economic zones on three islands that lie close to the city-state to attract much-needed foreign investors.

Indonesia speeds up partnership with Japan

Indonesia speeds up partnership with JapanJAKARTA - Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for the speeding up of ongoing negotiations on the proposed Indonesia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) so that it can be signed this year, a spokesman said.

Expensive House Market Still Promising

Expensive House Market Still PromisingFriday, 23 June, 2006 | 16:57 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Up to the beginning of the second half of this year, the market for expensive houses is still considered to be still promising.

Bakrie Brothers Target 30 percent Increase in Growth

Bakrie Brothers Target 30 percent Increase in GrowthFriday, 23 June, 2006 | 17:05 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: PT Bakrie and Brothers Tbk is targeting a 30 percent growth in revenue this year.According to Bobby Gafur Umar, President Director of Bakrie and Brothers, the growth will mainly be...

FDI up slightly in first five months

FDI up slightly in first five monthsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaActual foreign direct investment (FDI) in Indonesia rose by 5.1 percent during the first five months of the year compared to the same period last year, the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) reported Tuesday.