Sunday March 04, 2007 Last Saturday, 24 February, Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Boediono was inducted as Professor at his Alma Mater University, Gajah Mada in Yogyakarta. His inaugural speech raised the issue on the problems faced to Sustaining Democracy and Economic Growth, an abstract of which was published in Bisnis Indonesia of 26 February. A shortened version translation into English is given here for rea...read detail
Wednesday February 21, 2007 Indonesia will not share bird flu virus samples with foreign laboratories until the World Health Organization has rules in place to ensure they are not used commercially, a senior Indonesian health official said on Friday (9/2/07).
Experts say sharing H5N1 samples is crucial as it allows specialists to study the makeup of the virus and trace its evolution and the geographical spread of any parti...read detail
Wednesday February 21, 2007 The WWF announced that an historic declaration to conserve the “Heart of Borneo” was officially signed on 2 February, between the three adjoining countries that make up the island of Borneo (known as Kalimantan in Indonesia). These are Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia and Malaysia. The three countries promised to conserve and sustainably manage one of the most important centres of biologic...read detail
Wednesday February 21, 2007 The Indonesia Trade and Investment News published by the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy mentioned that Indonesia’s flag-carrier, Garuda Indonesia, and privately owned airlines Lion Air, Mandala Airlines and Batavia Air will bring in new aircrafts to strengthen their respective fleet.
Director General for Air Transport M Iksan Tatang said that Garuda Indonesia will bring in a Boeing 7...read detail
Wednesday February 21, 2007 After a working meeting with the Department of Culture and Tourism on Monday, 12 February, Vice President Yusuf Kalla announced that the government had decided to accelerate tourist arrivals to Indonesia this year to 6 million, up from the previous target of 5.25 million 6o 5.5 million tourists.
To achieve this goal, the government plans to reactivate the 12 promotional offices in Indonesia&rsqu...read detail
Wednesday February 21, 2007 After weeks of sweltering heat in Jakarta, where the air-conditioning seemed just not to work at all, suddenly on Thursday, 2 February the skies opened up over the capital and torrential rains fell unrelentingly until the following Friday morning. Thursday evening, office workers found themselves wading through waist-deep water to reach home, while others were stuck in paralyzed traffic for hours ...read detail
Saturday February 03, 2007 On manufacturing, Indonesia's manufacturing sector output is expected to grow a faster 7.9% in 2007, helped by higher consumption and lower interest rates, an Industry Department official said.
The government estimated that manufacturing probably grew 5% in 2006, less than a 6% official forecast made at the start of last year, partly due to weak domestic demand and high interest rates. Manu...read detail
Saturday February 03, 2007 Further, Indonesia’s Trade and Investment News reported that Corporate expenditure on advertising in 2006 rose 17% to Rp30 trillion, according to Nielsen Media Research.
It noted that TV absorbed Rp20 trillion, or 67%, of the total spending, with the remainder shared by newspapers, magazines, radio and online media, XFN-Asia reported on Thursday (18/1/07).
Ananto Praktikno, executive direc...read detail
Saturday February 03, 2007 The government has pledged to help revive the country’s sea fishing industry by providing more cash collateral this year to boost fishermen's access to bank loans, reported Indonesia’s Trade and Investment News published by the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy.
Fisheries Minister Freddy Numberi said Monday (15/1/07) his department would disburse Rp173 billion (about $19.2 million...read detail
Saturday February 03, 2007 The Lombok Tourism Development Center (LTDC) has attracted investors from the Middle East to develop the area into an integrated tourism resort akin to the Nusa Dua in Bali, reported Culture and Tourism Minister, Jero Wacik, after meeting VP Jusuf Kalla. The meeting was also attended by Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani, State-Enterprises Minister, Sugiharto and Transportation Minister Hatta Rajasa....read detail
Saturday February 03, 2007 Rumours had been circulating in tourist industry circles that in a recent Cabinet Meeting, Vice President Jusuf Kalla had urged Minister for Culture and Tourism, Jero Wacik to review upward Indonesia’s tourism arrival target for 2007, from 5.5 million – as projected by the Department – to 7 million, to be followed by 8 million in 2008 and 9 million in 2009. However, no offi...read detail
Saturday February 03, 2007 One of Indonesia’s crucial economic problems today lies in the fact that despite much improved macro-economic indicators, yet the real sector has remained stagnant, while most regional economies have remained sluggish. On the macro-economic front, economic growth in 2006 reached 5.5%, inflation for the year was pressed down to 6.6%, down from the 17.1% the year before. Exports reached a reco...read detail
Thursday January 25, 2007 Launching Unicef 2007 Report on the State of the World’s Children, Gianfranco Rotiglioni, UNICEF Representative to Indonesia recently urged the government to continue efforts to advance gender equality. The most important issues to improve gender equality are greater access for women to higher education and to economic opportunities, improved reproductive healthcare, and the eradication of r...read detail
Thursday January 25, 2007 With the death of a 19-year-old woman from West Java on Friday, Indonesia today counts a total of 62 persons who have died from the bird flu in Indonesia, the Ministry of Health said on Saturday (20/1/07). In an urgent bid to contain the spread of the disease, the government further announced that it will expand the ban against backyard poultry farming to 9 regions, that was at first to take affec...read detail
Thursday January 25, 2007 Preliminary findings of the National Committee for Transport Safety, KNKT, concluded that two most probable reasons for Adam Air Boeing 737-400 disappearance were: Structural Failure and Abnormal Weather Conditions, said Chief Investigator, Frans Wenas to Bisnis Indonesia’s Hendra Wibawa. The plane, with 102 passengers and crew on board was on a routine direct flight between Surabaya o...read detail
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