Good News From Indonesia

New capital ambitions in Indonesia Fast economic growth and rural-to-urban migration are straining Indonesia’s congested capital, reviving official talk that the country’s administrative center would be better placed in a peripheral location. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has voiced his support for such a move, giving the periodically revisited idea fresh impetus while the country surges [...]

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Investor Rusia berminat untuk membangun rel kereta pengangkut batu bara yang membentang dari Kalimantan Tengah ke Kalimantan Timur. Deputi Bidang Koordinasi Kerja Sama Ekonomi dan Pembiayaan Internasional, Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Perekonomian, Rizal Affandi Lukman mengungkapkan bahwa selama ini pihak Rusia melihat potensi bisnis batu bara di Kalimantan sangat besar. Namun, teknologi yang digunakan masih kurang [...]

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ATR wins 30 aircraft deal from Indonesia’s Wings Air Lion Air subsidiary Wings Air of Indonesia today announced the signing of a contract for the purchase of 15 ATR 72-500s, as well as options covering another 15 of ATR’s new 72-600 series turboprops. The value of the order, originally revealed in November last year as [...]

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An American entrepreneur who has invested in Indonesian start-up Go-Jek is confident the motorcycle taxi company can one day take on the world. “Go-Jek is currently preparing a larger business plan,” Arthur Benjamin told the Jakarta Globe during his recent visit to the country. The 64-year-old said Go-Jek’s Jakarta business model could be replicated overseas. [...]

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West Nusa Tenggara or NTB province near Bali Island will soon see the completion of its Lombok International Airport that can also accommodate Air Bus 330 or Boeing 767 aircraft. Lombok International Airport (BIL), located in Tanah Awu, Pujut sub-district, Central Lombok district, is about 40 kilometers south of the old Mataram Selaparang Airport. The [...]

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PALEMBANG, KOMPAS.com – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that the nation has a well-prepared development plan and strategy, and therefore he was optimistic the development targets would be achieved. “I am optimistic it’s achievable,” Yudhoyono said when speaking at a coordinating meeting of Sumatra governors here on Friday. Indonesia has short, middle and long term [...]

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TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:Indonesia is gearing up as of this month to work toward realizing long-term programs drawn up in the country’s economic master plan, known as the MP3EI. Under this master plan, aimed at the acceleration and expansion of the Indonesian economy to boost investment, the country is set to spend Rp 190 trillion this [...]

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Indonesian cultural practices and traditional designs shall influence and mark the construction and expansion plans for the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, state airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II pointed out on Monday. The grand design for expansion plans is being drafted out by a team of architects from the Bandung Institute of Technology, or ITB. “However, [...]

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The president of the International Civil Aviation Organization, Roberto Kobeh Gonzalez, says the quality of Indonesian airlines has improved 80 percent since his first visit in 2007. One of the areas of focus is the development and establishment of human resources in the airline business. For this reason, Garuda Indonesia will buy two Airbus 330-200 [...]

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Rita Komalasari, 42, a resident of Menteng Jaya will be registered as the first Jakartan – and quite possibly the first Indonesian – to have an electronic ID card issued in her name by local administration officials. Komalasari was the first person called up to sit in the Menteng subdistrict office where the E-ID card [...]

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