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Indonesia focuses on ‘all directions foreign policy’

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Monday that Indonesia could now focus on all directions foreign policy where it had a million friends and zero enemy. “Our movement at international level is getting bigger and bigger. We could better address regional and global problems,” Yudhoyono said in the state of the nation before the House of [...]

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Indonesia’s GDP to grow by 6.3% next year

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The government has projected that Indonesia’s economic growth will improve further to 6.3 percent next year, from an estimated 6 percent this year and 4.5 percent last year. Addressing the nation on Monday, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono revealed that Indonesia booked a better-than-expected economic growth in the first half of this year. Indonesia’s economy grew [...]

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The government sets 2011 budget at $130b

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono unveiled on Monday the 2011 state budget that would have a total spending of Rp 1,200 trillion (US$130 billion), up 6.7 percent from this year’s budget. Speaking before the House of Representatives (DPR), Yudhoyono said that the government aimed to collect Rp 1,086 trillion in revenues for next year budget, mainly [...]

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President calls for national harmony

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called for the need to maintain national harmony in his state address on Monday. “I would like to underline the need for all of us to continuously maintain and streghthen our brotherly spirit, harmony and tolerance as a nation,” he said. His first state address in his second term in office [...]

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President concerned about high cost local elections

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Monday he was concerned about high cost local elections despite a successful democracy in the country. “We often heard that candidates have to spend a lot of money in local elections,” Yudhoyono said in his speech at the House of Representatives building to mark the 65th anniversary of Indonesian Independence. [...]

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