Monday 6th February, 2012

• Jakarta: train stowaways now dodging goop mops

  General Sources

  ducking skull-bashing concrete balls won't deter them, perhaps this will. The broke commuters who hitch rides atop Jakarta's trains now face city workers flinging putrid waste. The ...

• Indonesia to hit train roof riders with nasty goop

  San Francisco Chronicle

  (02-06) 00:02 PST JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesia has come up with another bizarre plan to keep commuters from riding on the roofs of trains: Swat them with brooms drenched in putrid goop. ...

• Indonesian Economic Growth Holds Firm at 6.5%

  CNBC

  Indonesia's economy expanded 6.5 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, as surging domestic consumption and investment offset weakening exports growth, giving the central bank room ...

• Indonesia GDP Expands Fastest Since 1996 as Investment Gains

  Business Week

  Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Indonesia’s economy grew last year at the fastest pace since before the Asian financial crisis as rising investment and domestic spending countered a slowdown in export ...

• Labour unrest spooks investors

  General Sources

  Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) - Japanese and South Korean emissaries along with a representative of the Taiwan administration have filed complaints to the Indonesian government over its handling of ...

• Indonesia's state budget under pressure as ICP hits US$115 per barrel

  General Sources

  Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) - The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry announced on Friday that the Indonesian Crude Price (ICP) had reached US$115.91 per barrel in January, up $5.21 from ...

• Indonesia growth at 15-year high

  BBC

  Indonesia's economy grew at its fastest pace in 15 years in 2011 boosted by increased investment and growing domestic demand. Southeast Asia's largest economy expanded by 6.5% in 2011, ...

• Indonesia's new barrier to deter train roof riders

  The Miami Herald

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• Indonesian president calls for party unity

  Asia News Network

  Indonesia n President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday broke his silence on recent rifts within his Democrat Party, urging members to stay united amid a swirl of graft allegations involving ...

• Indonesian workers want share in boom

  Turkish Daily News

  About 20,000 Indonesian workers occupy Jakarta's main toll road in Bekasi during a protest to demand a minimum wage increase in this January pnoto. AFP photo For years big-name ...

• Indonesians agitate for bigger slice of boom pie

  The China Post

  Now, Indonesian workers are hitting back with a wave of industrial strikes, demanding a bigger chunk of profits in one of Southeast Asia's fastest growing economies. In the latest major strike ...

• Pertumbuhan Harga Residensial di Jakarta Tertinggi di Asia Pasifik

  General Sources

  JAKARTA (IFT) – Kenaikan harga residensial mewah di Jakarta tahun lalu mencapai 14,4%. Pertumbuhan ini merupakan yang tertinggi di Asia Pasifik, menurut perusahaan riset dan konsultan ...

• Indonesian Coffee: Cream of the Crop

  World Press Review

  A Civet eats ripe coffee fruits at a coffee plantation that produces what's thought to be the world's rarest and most expensive coffee in Liwa, a town in Sumatra, Indonesia, on Oct. 7, ...

• Pilots go on strike in Indonesia, some flights delayed, cancelled

  People's Daily

  Hundreds of pilots of leading carrier Garuda Indonesia staged a strike on Thursday that cause flight delays and cancellations in several airports in the country.The strike started since midnight ...

• Indonesia customs foil drug smuggling

  General Sources

  Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) - Indonesian customs and excise officers have seized 1 kilogram of crystal methamphetamine, locally known as "sabu", worth 2 billion rupees (US$222,000) and ...

• Four Indonesian workers deported from malaysia hospitalized

  Antara

  They are hospitalized and receiving medical treatment at Tanjungpindang General Hospital (RSUD) as a result of nerve disorders, bone fractures and lung ...

• Lawmaker wants to crack down on junkie pilots

  The Jakarta Post

  A | A senior lawmaker wants stern punishment of any pilot found using drugs after police arrested several aviators for alleged drug use."We must set an example and teach them the hard way ...

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