Flag carrier Garuda Indonesia received a four-star rating from Skytrax, a United Kingdom-based research company specializing in the rating of commercial airlines, improving from its previous rating of three stars, Garuda said in a statement published Wednesday. Skytrax conducted a series of audits since 2009 on a number of Garuda’s routes serving Beijing, Denpasar, Hong [...]
Foreign tourists and businesspeople from 64 countries have welcomed the new policy allowing a visa-on-arrival extension for up to 60 days, saying it will encourage people to spend more time in the archipelago. A new regulation stipulates that from Jan. 26 onward, Indonesia will provide a 30-day visa-on-arrival, with the possible extension of another 30 [...]
The Norway-based paint producer PT Jotun Indonesia is optimistic that it will be able to increase its sales by about 40 percent to at least Rp 550 billion (about US$58 million) this year thanks to a surge in the country’s demand for paint. “The target seems sensational, but an improvement in the economy will boost [...]
gasIndonesia has revised downward the planned capacity for geothermal-fired power plants under the second 10,000 megawatt (MW) crash program by about 700 MW as some of the initially proposed projects cannot be finished within the program time frame. The government initially planned to produce as much as 4,733 MW under the second 10,000 MW power [...]
The government has issued its first-ever decree on green building standards to promote low-carbon architecture and as part of national efforts to mitigate and adapt the severe impacts of climate change. The decree, scheduled to be enforced this year, would still be on a voluntary basis for the country’s building owners. “We will first target [...]
Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa here Monday officially opened the first Indonesia-US interfaith dialogue that will run until January 27, in Jakarta on Monday. He said he hoped the dialogue would further enhance bilateral relations between the two countries, especially in the social and cultural sectors. Themed “Building Collaborative Communities: Enhancing Cooperation among People of Different [...]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved Indonesia`s proposal to declare July 28 as World Hepatitis Day. The world body gave the approval at the 126th session of its executive board in Geneva on Saturday with the aim of creating a momentum to fight hepatitis in every country, first secretary of the Indonesian permanent representative [...]
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said Indonesia wanted to boost innovation in science and technology in the coming years with the government to continue increasing the budget allocation for such in the state expenditure. For 2010, the Indonesian government has only allocated Rp 1.9 trillion (approximately US$205 million) or less than 1 percent of the [...]
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inaugurated here Wednesday 20 new ambassadors who will serve in a number of countries in Asia, Europe, North and Latin America and Africa. Three of the new envoys are non-career diplomats, including Indonesian Ambassador to Switzerland Djoko Susilo, who is a former politician from the National Mandate Party (PAN), and Indonesian [...]
