Good News From Indonesia

Busway service operator PT Transjakarta announced plans to install cameras on buses in efforts to improve services and prevent sexual harassment on its services. “We have installed cameras on one bus for a trial period, and will soon install them on on the rest of our fleet,” Transjakarta spokesman Muhammad Akbar said Tuesday as reported [...]

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The presence of various small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia will contribute to positive national economic growth, a businessman said. Former Young Indonesian Businessmen Association (Hipmi) chairman Sandiaga S Uno said here on Sunday that the presence of SMEs across the country could make Indonesia the world`s fifth largest economy in the future. “The [...]

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Garuda Indonesia, the country’s flag carrier, has inaugurated 23 new pilots from a flight school in Bali in a bid to hire locally. Garuda said Monday that the new recruits were graduates from the Bali International Flight Academy. Demand for new aviators is growing as the airline plans to double the size of its fleet, [...]

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Jakarta- Kabar baik datang untuk para pengguna jasa kereta api indonesia. PT Kereta Api Pariwisita dibawah lisesni PT KAI  mulai mengoperasikan  kereta bintang lima. Kereta yang awalnya digunakan khusus untuk kepentingan kepresidenan kini dapat dinikmati oleh khalyak umum. PT KAI menciptakan gerbong ekslusif ini dengan membawakan kemewahan hotel bintang lima sehingga penumpang akan merasa senyaman [...]

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the government plans to build 14 new airports in various places throughout Indonesia, as well as develop and rehabilitate the 116 airports. Not only that, the government also plans to build a new rail network along the 150 kilometers. This is related to government efforts to improve connectivity between regions. [...]

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By Akhyari Hananto Bagi yang tinggal di Jakarta, tentu bukan hal yang asing lagi bahwa makin hari Jakarta makin macet. Dan membayangkan kondisi kemacetan Jakarta 5 tahun lagi, memerlukan keberanian khusus yang tak banyak orang mau sekedar memikirkannya. Tidak hanya rakyat biasa, para menteri, presiden, direktur2 perusahaan-perusahaan, pasien rumah sakit, anak sekolah..dijamin tidak bisa tenang [...]

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Transformasi Garuda Indonesia adalah sesuatu yang sebenarnya mengejutkan, dari salah urus yang luar biasa, menjadi salah satu perusahaan paling prospektif di Indonesia. Saat ini Garuda Indonesia telah mengantongi “Bintang 4″ dari SkyTrax, sebuah pencapaian dramatis. CAPA juga menobatkan Garuda Indonesia sebagai maskapai dengan pelayanan onboard terbaik di Asia. Suatu hal yang tidak terbayangkan 5 tahun [...]

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Garuda Indonesia has firmed up an order with Airbus for 15 A320s and 10 A320neos. The aircraft will be operated by Garuda’s low-cost unit Citilink, replacing its fleet of Boeing 737-300s and -400s. The engine selection for the aircraft will be announced “in the near future”, said Airbus. Garuda signed a preliminary agreement for the [...]

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The Environment Ministry has launched an environmentally-friendly building certification system, the ministry`s chief, Gusti Muhammad Hatta, said here on Friday. “The environmentally-friendly building certification system is one of our efforts to reduce green house gas emission which is predicted to reach 26 percent in 2020,” Gusti said. He said increasing efficiency was the cheapest way [...]

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New Routes, Planes, Logo for Garuda’s Citilink Expansion National airline Garuda Indonesia plans to more than quadruple the amount of people that Citilink, its budget carrier, will fly in the next four years with new routes and aircraft, a top executive said on Wednesday. Emirsyah Satar, president director of Garuda Indonesia, said the number of [...]

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