News Source: The Jakarta Post
| 2 months ago
For director Riri Riza, revising the law on the film industry is a good initiative. Or it would be, he says, if only it substantially involved those who are deeply involved with the industry, the Indonesian Film Community. “We have expressed our...
News Source: The Jakarta Post
| 2 months ago
Foreign energy companies may also be be looking at the possibility of bidding for this project, a government official said on Thursday. “Eight to nine domestic companies are interested in purchasing BHP’s concession. Among them are Medco and...
News Source: United Press International
| 2 months ago
Protesters urging speedy passage of anti-corruption legislation spread rat poison Thursday at the entrance to the Indonesian House of Representatives. Students and members of non-governmental organizations joined the demonstration, The Jakarta Post...
News Source: The Jakarta Post
| 2 months ago
They also encouraged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to make a government regulation-in-lieu of law if the House failed to pass the bill into a law before December 2009...This initiative was taken during a seminar regarding efforts against...
News Source: The Jakarta Post
| 2 months ago
The government insists it is difficult and potentially counterproductive to regulate the domestic sub-sector and the House of Representatives has not made the issue a top priority. However, the government and civil society groups have cried out...
News Source: The Jakarta Post
| 2 months ago
Bambang Setiawan, the director general for coal, minerals, and geothermal at the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, said the House of Representatives’ budget committee had asked the government to set a non-tax revenue target of Rp 15 trillion (...