Monday July 10, 2006 Minister for Transportation, Hatta Rajasa has instructed the management of Garuda to take immediate measures to rescue the airline, which are conditional to the government bailing out the ailing airline from its debts. The government plans to take over Garuda debts through a debt-to-equity swap with other State-owned enterprises.
The four conditions are:(1) cut down o...read detail
Monday July 10, 2006 In a bid to boost tourist arrivals to , visitors may soon be given refunds on VAT on purchases made in the country, said Director General for Taxations, Darmin Nasution. Its application now only awaits the enactment on the Revised Bill on Taxations that is now before Parliament, reports the Kompas daily.
The Law provides that VAT refunds will be given on minimum purchases of...read detail
Monday July 10, 2006 Visitor arrivals to during the first five months of 2006 were down by 8.77% compared to January-May last year, reported the newly appointed Head of the National Statistics Bureau, Rusman Hertawan. Comparing May to April, there was a slight increase of 0.89%, which was brought about by improved arrivals at Juanda airport in
Surabaya
, up 18.89%; up 6.18% at Polonia airport,
Medan
, 3.9...read detail
Monday July 10, 2006 The weekend of the 1st of July, President Yudhoyono, accompanied by a number of cabinet ministers, went for a retreat at the Losari Coffee Plantation Resort and Spa at Magelang,
Central Java
. Their purpose was to develop a national blue print on the production and distribution of bio-energy.
Emerging from their retreat on Sunday, the President informed the press t...read detail
Monday July 03, 2006 During the past weeks, saw extreme weather, both extreme rains as extreme drought. Floods with raging rivers spilling over banks, causing erosion and carrying homes and belongings as well as waist-deep floods in cities, are reported in South Sulawesi, Gorontalo and Bolaang Mongondow, all on the island of Sulawesi; also in the provinces of East and South Kalimantan, in the Moluccas and lately also...read detail
Monday July 03, 2006 It was a simple, technical seminar on “Devising a Marketing Strategy to attract Tourists from the
Middle East
”. Keynote speaker was Vice-President Jusuf Kalla, who had been active in establishing economic relations between and the
Middle East
. But, in his off-the-cuff speech, Kalla unintentionally dropped a bombshell.
Speaking about the fact that
...read detail
Monday July 03, 2006 Last week VP Jusuf Kalla officiated the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of
Medan
’s new Rp. 4 trillion Kuala Namu international Airport in
North Sumatra
. Expected to replace
Medan
’s
Polonia
Airport
in 2009, Kuala Namu is located some 40 km. from Medan in the district of Deli Serdang, and is strategically located to be the region’s hub airport,...read detail
Monday July 03, 2006 Much has been written on damages incurred to the
province
of
Yogyakarta
by the 27 May earthquake, but little has been published about damages to the adjoining
province
of
Central Java
. For, next to the district of Bantul in
Yogyakarta
, the other worst damaged district affected is Klaten, which lies within the
province
of
Central Java
. One thing is cert...read detail
Monday July 03, 2006 After five months of diplomatic standoff between and , relations finally thawed when on Monday, 26 June Australian Prime Minister John Howard met ’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the
island of
Batam . Later to the press, PM Howard underlined ’s recognition of the
Unitary
State of the
Republic of
Indonesia , which includes the
province of
...read detail
Thursday June 22, 2006 Bali Workshop to Seek Wider Business Ties with European Business Community on Saturday, July 8, 2006.
(6/22/2006) A global business to business (B2B) workshop co-sponsored by the Global B2B Network, British Chamber of Commerce (BritCham), the Euro Export Network and the Kuta Small Business Association (KSBA) will be held in Bali on Saturday, July 8, 2006.The session, running all day from 9:00 ...read detail
Wednesday June 21, 2006 INDONESIA DIGEST
Indonesia’s complex Issues in a Nutshell
Published by: TBSC-Strategic Communication No.: 21.06 – Dated: 26 June 2006 In this issue:
MAIN FEATURE:
TOP TEN COMMODITIES AND SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES TO BOOST ECONOMY
NEWS AND BACKGROUND:
Health, Culture and the Environment
200 Swept by South Sulawesi Flash Floods and Landslides
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Thursday April 13, 2006 Kapanlagi.com - Kawasan uni Eropa yang merupakan gabungan --pasar tunggal-- 25 negara dengan total penduduk 450 juta jiwa dengan pendapatan kapita wargannya cukup tinggi, merupakan pasar potensial bagi produk Bali yang hingga kini belum digarap optimal.
Kadisperindag Bali, I Gusti Ngurah Suteja, mengemukakan hal itu dalam kesempatan pelatihan jaringan EuroBali Export, yang diikuti 36 pengusaha ke...read detail
Sunday October 23, 2005 Bombings, Fuel Costs and Intense Competition Abroad are Blamed for Bali's Lackluster Sales of Furniture and Handicrafts.
(10/23/2005) Recent dramatic increases in the cost of fuel and the October 1, 2005, bomb attack in Bali have apparently had a devastating effect of Bali's furniture and handicraft sector.According to the Chairman of the Bali branch of the Indonesian Furniture and Handicraft ...read detail
Wednesday June 01, 2005 Badung (BisnisBali)- Dalam upaya program pelatihan yang diberikan EuroBali terhadap UKM di Bali, European Union dan Asia Invest siap membantu dalam hal sumber pendanaan. Ini dilakukan dalam upaya membantu pengusaha atau perajin kecil di Bali, agar dapat memasuki dan tahu bagaimana cara mengeksp...read detail
Saturday May 21, 2005 Denpasar (BB) - Kuta Small Business Association (KSBA), the Austrian Chamber of Commerce (WIFI), and Milan Chamber of Commerce (Formaper) are cooperating to handle SME (Small and Medium Enterprise’s) projects in Indonesia. It aims to give access for local SMEs to enter European market. ...read detail
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