PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) III has invited 27,882 cruise ship passengers to visit different parts of Indonesia in 2010. “Many cruise ship passengers have been eyeing our operating areas for making tours in Indonesia,” spokesman for PT Pelindo III Iwan Sabatini said here Friday on the number of cruise ship passengers who visited his working [...]
Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta said he fully supported the East Kalimantan provincial government’s “Kaltim Green” policy to reduce the region’s green house gas emission by 26 percent until 2020. “The One-million-tree planting drive as part of the “Kaltim Green” policy is quite effective to reduce green house gas and carbon emission,” the minister said [...]
The government is ready to open two million hectares of farm land in anticipation of declining food production due to global climate change and extreme climate, a minister said. Agriculture Minister Suswono said here on Friday food-producing countries had of late seen a shortfall in their production due to the uncertain climate, leading to a [...]
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for international cooperation to correct global economic imbalances and accelerate reforms in the financial sector and international financial institutions. He made the appeal in his speech before the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday. “Certainly like what has been discussed in the G20, we must cooperate to [...]
The government has set itself a target of saving up to Rp35.34 trillion net from its kerosene-to-gas conversion program, a senior gas and oil official said. Director General for Oil and Gas of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), Evita Legowo said here on Thursday that the total amount of money that could [...]
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 [...]
Sekolah Indonesia Nederland (SIN) – Wassenaar di Belanda adalah sekolah yang didirikan dan diselenggarakan untuk anak masyarakat warga negara Indonesia di tempat yang ada Perwakilan RI, dan terbuka bagi masyarakat Indonesia yang menginginkan putra-putrinya untuk memperoleh pendidikan dengan kurikulum Indonesia. SIN diselenggarakan dalam rangka memberikan akses dan pelayanan pendidikan yang bermutu, kompetitif, relevan, dan berstandar [...]
The Agriculture Ministry and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) work together in the development of superior rice seeds which is resistant to pest. Agriculture Minister Suswono said here Saturday that the cooperation in research between the Sukamandi Rice Crop Research Institute and IRRI based in Los Banos in the Philippines is an effort to anticipate [...]
Indonesia will ratify the Asean Agreement on Trans-boundary Haze Pollution, environment minister deputy for environment destruction control and climate change Arief Yuwono said here on Monday. “Of the ten ASEAN members only Indonesia that has not ratified the agreement. Following Indonesia’s appointment as ASEAN chair for 2011 we will try to speed up the ratification,” [...]
Indonesia has been selected to host the ASEAN Coordinating Center for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management which will operate starting this year, a minister said. “The heads of state/government of ASEAN member countries have agreed that the AHA Centre should be set up in Indonesia this year,” Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare Agung Laksono said [...]
