by Andi Abdussalam Jakarta (ANTARA News) – The government is planning to build the country`s biggest harbour in an effort to expand and increase the capacity of the current Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta from 5 million to 18 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) of containers. The commencement of this groundbreaking construction is scheduled [...]
Jakarta Globe Banda Aceh. Giant quakes off Indonesia caused panic but little damage, in a successful test of warning systems and evacuation plans introduced after the catastrophic 2004 Asian tsunami, experts said on Thursday. In the tense hours that an Indian Ocean-wide tsunami watch remained in effect Wednesday, Indonesian meteorologists were monitoring offshore buoys that [...]
Jakarta Globe Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that there was “no tsunami threat, although we are on alert,” in a televised speech from the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Wednesday afternoon, according to Reuters. A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.5 hit waters 308 miles (495 kilometers) off Banda Aceh Wednesday afternoon, [...]
Tito Summa Siahaan, Jakarta Post Unless the government manages to improve governance and infrastructure development, Indonesia will fall into the “middle-income trap,” according to the Asian Development Bank. “Though the Indonesian economy has been one of the best performers in the region in recent years, it faces a number of challenges — poor infrastructure, good [...]
Wearing signature UN peacekeeper blue beret, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono walk during their visit at the International Peace and Security Center in Sentul, West Java, Indonesia on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. (AP Photo) Jakarta Globe Indonesia will provide United Nations peacekeeping forces with three transport helicopters and [...]
Bagus BT Saragih, The Jakarta Post Welcome: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, left, walks with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right, before a meeting at Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Tuesday. (AP/Achmad Ibrahim) President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is meeting UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the Bogor Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java, on Tuesday morning. [...]
Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked the National Energy Council to develop policies that would strengthen the nation`s medium and long-term energy security so that the country can address its rising energy needs. The council which is made up of government representatives and stakeholders in the energy sector should pay [...]
Jakarta Globe, Arientha Primanita President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Wednesday that state enterprises should play a more active role in boosting the country’s economic growth. “We have to start with a clear objective and goal. Our target should not be anything other than that we want state enterprises that can really become an important [...]
Jimmy Hitipeuw UNITED NATIONS, KOMPAS.com – Indonesia on Monday formalized ratification of the nuclear test ban treaty at the United Nations and its foreign minister called on eight key holdout nations to take a “calculated risk” and sign on. Indonesia is the 157th country to adopt the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) but eight more [...]
Ban Ki Moon (source: www.un.org) Jakarta Globe, Arientha Primanita Indonesia next month for an international defense meet and to visit the new peacekeeping center in West Java. Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro told reporters at the president’s office on Friday that Ban was scheduled to open and deliver the keynote speech at the Jakarta International Defense [...]
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