Category: Indonesia
Indonesia to promote locally produced cars
The Indonesian government is planning to introduce a platform to promote locally produced energy efficient vehicles in 2013. Jakarta Post reported that Indonesia’s [...]
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Wanted in Indonesia: Entrepreneurs hungry for more
As Indonesia faces the need to diversify its economy away from agriculture and mining, one crucial resource it is missing is hungry entrepreneurs. That is a bit of an irony [...]
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Indonesia should boost spending if risks materialise: IMF
Indonesia should use fiscal stimulus as a first policy response if risks to growth materialise because it has little room to cut interest rates, according to the [...]
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Lion Air eyes more jets for growing SE Asia market
Indonesia’s Lion Air may add more jets to recent plane orders in order to keep pace with Southeast Asia’s transport growth as a US analyst said the airline may [...]
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Indonesia president wants ‘international ban against religious blasphemy’
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is to address a United Nations general Assembly meeting in New York Tuesday, to propose an international protocol against [...]
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Indonesia’s president awarded for valuing nature
Three leading global environmental and conservation organisations are honoring Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono with the first-ever “Valuing Nature [...]
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Indonesia ferry sinks with more than 100 on board
At least eight people were killed Wednesday after a ferry carrying more than 200 people sank in the waters off Indonesia’s Sumatra island after colliding with a cargo [...]
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Indonesia remains open to foreign investors
Indonesia’s policy stance will remain open to foreign investors despite there being some form of protectionist measures to safeguard certain domestic sectors and small [...]
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Indonesia’s economic corridors to boost trade
There are a lot of business opportunities for small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia as the country foresees an upcoming trend on industrial estate and [...]
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Indonesia occupies Wall Street with its heft of resources, democracy
For about three hours on Monday morning Indonesia occupied Wall Street as President Bambang Susilo Yudhoyono addressed several American captains of industry and financial [...]
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Indonesia debt official hopes for S&P upgrade
Indonesia has long been a focus for foreign investors, having come a long way since its wrenching experience during the Asian financial crisis. Recently, it has burnished its [...]
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Indonesia urged to fund more teacher scholarships
A leading activist has urged the Education Ministry to use its ballooning endowment fund to grant more postgraduate scholarships to primary and secondary school teachers [...]
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Indonesia set to join global cocoa group
The International Cocoa Organisation said Indonesia, Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo will join the group under a cocoa agreement on October 1. That will bring [...]
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US plans $1.4b arms package for Indonesia
The Obama administration is proposing a potential $1.4 billion arms package for Indonesia, including eight Boeing Co Apache AH-64D attack helicopters, in a fresh tightening [...]
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Indonesia’s infrastructure can’t keep pace auto sales
With car sales set to hit a new record of one million units this year, more than double the amount just eight years ago, the rapid growth is not being matched by sufficient [...]
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