Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa closed a week-long meeting of ambassadors on Tuesday, saying that Jakarta should boost its role in ASEAN for national economic benefits ahead of its chairmanship of the group in 2013. “Our role in and contribution to ASEAN should not only be maintained but enhanced for the economic interest of Indonesia… We [...]
Dozens of turtles were released back to the sea along with offerings prepared for the Mandi Sapar bathing ritual to cast away bad luck at Gili Islands in West Nusa Tenggara. Hundreds of residents and tourists have been showing up for the ritual since Wednesday morning at the popular tourist islands, comprising three small islands [...]
The government will keep a close eye on Euro zone debt worries, which may send jitters to stocks and bonds as well as the local currency, the Finance Ministry said. But there is no real threat to Indonesia’s economy with its strong fundamentals, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said Tuesday. Global stocks fell amid concerns [...]
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Indonesia must be able to overcome various challenges after it had successfully overcome a number of crises in the past decade. In his lecture on “Why Indonesia Must Be Successful” to students of the Indonesia School of Journalism given at the National Press Day here on Tuesday the head of [...]
Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik has appointed Eddy Silitonga, a senior Indonesian singer, as promoter of Indonesia around the world traveling by land. The journey would include visits to 49 countries in five continents and take more than nine months, a press release from the culture and tourism ministry said here on Tuesday. Silitonga’s [...]
The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) said Indonesia’s economic growth in 2009 was recorded at 4.5 percent, down from 6.1 percent in 2008. “According to our computations, gross domestic product growth reached 4.5 percent in 2009,” BPS deputy chief for analysis and statistics affairs Slamet Sutomo said here on Wednesday. The decline in the country’s [...]
The government has raised the cost for Aceh and Nias reconstruction by Rp6.64 trillion in the 2010-2012 period. “The money will include Rp 5.6 trillion for Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) province, and Rp 1.06 trillion for Nias Island,” Director for Special Regions and Underpriviliged Areas Suprayoga Hadi said in Jakarta Monday (8/2). He said the [...]
The government on Monday defended its ambitious plan to plant 1 billion trees this year to check carbon emissions, saying the program would comply with international standards in which all trees must be verified on the ground. Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said his office would allocate 500,000 hectares of land to plant about 500 million [...]
The peak event of “Sail Banda” is scheduled on August 3. Banda is famous for the beauty and richness of its deep sea, cultural heritage and historical remains.
National economic growth in 2009 is expected to exceed 4.3 percent, Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) chief Rusman Hermawan said here Wednesday. “Although the official figures will only be made known by February 10, it seems economic growth in 2009 will exceed 4.3 percent,” he said. BPS would officially make known the growth figures of [...]
