19 January 2012
Dubai’s Jumeirah Group, operators of the iconic Burj Al Arab, has sealed a deal to open its first hotel in Bali as it looks to grow its brand outside of its home market. The operator, owned by Dubai’s ruler, will open its second Asian hotel, Jumeirah Bali, in 2015, the group said on Tuesday. The [...]
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19 January 2012
Indonesia may be more attractive to investors than China, especially for corporate debt buyers, thanks to better governance and management, a Fitch Ratings executive says. Andrew Steel, head of Asia-Pacific corporate ratings group at the major international ratings agency, said in Jakarta on Tuesday that he often got asked by US investors about investment conditions [...]
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19 January 2012
Indonesia’s Trade Minister has hailed the country’s entrance into an exclusive club – one in which South-east Asia’s largest economy has joined such money-making giants as China, India and South Korea. “We have just joined what people call the trillion-dollar club. Indonesia’s GDP stands at a little bit more than US$1 trillion,” said Mr Gita [...]
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18 January 2012
Despite the sputtering global economy of 2011, most people around the world are optimistic that 2012 will be a better year, according to a new poll. Nearly three quarters of citizens in 24 countries questioned in an Ipsos/Reuters survey see a rosier year ahead than what they experienced in 2011. “This is the first glimmer [...]
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18 January 2012
Hati-hati menggunakan kata “kelak” di Indonesia.. Saya masih ingat ketika banyak ekonom memprediksi bahwa kelak pada 2010, PDB Indonesia akan mencapai US $ 500 milyar, padahal pada akhir tahun 2010, PDB Indonesia sudah mencapai lebih dari US$750 milyar (dengan dollar rate saat itu). Ada juga yang memprediksi bahwa kelak pada 2015, cadangan devisa Indonesia akan [...]
18 January 2012
Oleh Ahmad Cholis Hamzah, MSc* Ada pepatah bahwa perbuatan keji itu menular; kita berharap kebalikannya bahwa perbuatan baik itu menular. Dalam hubungan ini kalau kita melihat memang gaung upaya yang tidak pakai pamrih apapun anak-anak SMK Solo membuat produk buatan sendiri sangat mengagumkan karena telah menular ke sejumlah sekolah-sekolah sejenis di Indonesia ini, misalkan SMK [...]
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18 January 2012
Dari Ambon, sekarang kita kembali lagi ke Lombok. Pada hari ke-6, foto pantai Bloam diambil dari laut. Sekarang, foto di atas di ambil dari pantai. Inilah dia. Jika Anda mengunjungi ke tempat-tempat indah, jangan lupa mengambil foto dari berbagai sudut. Atau mungkin Anda bisa merekam seluruh tempat dengan video, itu lebih baik. Silakan Anda pilih [...]
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18 January 2012
Teenager Meeghan Henry seems like a young woman in a hurry. A university student and accomplished singer, the Indonesian-born 17-year-old is also the current Miss Teen Asia USA. California-based Meeghan balances the work that comes with the title, an ambitious music career and her work load at the University of La Verne in California, where [...]
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18 January 2012
Indonesia has ordered six additional Sukhoi Su-30MK2 aircraft, with the first two to be delivered in 2012. Jakarta will receive two more in 2013 and the final pair in 2014, said Indonesian air force chief of staff Imam Sufaat. His comments were quoted in a report by official government news agency Antara. The report added [...]
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18 January 2012
Indonesia’s aviation industry has grown significantly and is even considered one of the world’s top three today after India and China in the Asia Pacific region said the President of the Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). With this growth, safety factors must be of top priority and needs to be further improved, stated Gonzales when he [...]
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