Indonesia - Market factors to watch on June 20

Reuters - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

JAKARTA, June 20 (Reuters) - Following is some company-related and market news that could affect the local market. ---------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT AT 0020 GMT -------------- INSTRUMENT LAST PCT CHG NET CHG S&P ...

Garuda Indonesia Named The Worlds Best Economy Class By SkyTrax At Paris Airshow

Travel Blackboard - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Garuda Indonesia, the airline of Indonesia, was named "The World’s Best Economy Class" at the SkyTrax 2013 World Airline Awards at the Paris Air show yesterday. In addition to being voted "The World's Best Economy Class", Garuda was also named "The World’s Best Economy Class Seats" by SkyTrax – a result of Garuda Indonesia’s ...

AirAsia spreads its wings further into Indonesia

Travel Blackboard - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

AirAsia, the World’s Best Low-Cost Airline awarded by Skytrax for the fifth year running, today announced direct flights to two additional destinations within Indonesia, Medan and Surabaya. This announcement comes shortly after its previous direct flight launch to Makassar, another city within the archipelago. With the new routes, AirAsia now flies direct from Singapore to 17 other ...

Asylum detention and Indonesia politics live blog

The Guardian - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

10.31am Good morning and welcome to our live coverage from Canberra. Apologies for our late start this morning: I was unavoidably delayed. Last night was the Parliamentary Press Gallery’s mid-winter ball. We’ve got some lovely photos of that event thanks to Mike Bowers, who scrubbed up a treat. One attendee - national senator Barnaby Joyce - evidently thought a walk round the ...

Transjakarta gets new boss

Jakarta Informer - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Pargaulan Butar-Butar, the head of the transportation office and of the school bus unit in North Jakarta, has been appointed the new head of Transjakarta, replacing M. Akbar who is to lead the land … Full News here ...

US State Department Says Indonesia Failing to Protect Religious Minorities

Christian Post - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Indonesian youths gather outside the church that was attacked by Muslim hardliners in Temanggung, Central Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. Hundreds of Islamic hard-liners stormed a courthouse and set two churches on fire Tuesday in central Indonesia to protest what they considered a lenient sentence for a Christian convicted of blaspheming ...

Politician pleads ignorance on Lapindo funds

The Jakarta Post - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Pramono Anung Wibowo of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has claimed that most lawmakers were caught off guard with the inclusion of a Rp 155 billion (US$ 15.6 million) earmark in the revised state budget to pay for the mitigation effort in the Lapindo mudflow disaster in Sidoarjo, East Java."Honestly, I only found out about ...

Emerson says Indonesia talks long planned

SBS - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Trade Minister Craig Emerson had defended the timing of talks between Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Indonesian president Susilo Bambang ...

Brazil officials reverse subway bus fare hike

Lexington Herald-Leader - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

A demonstrator holds up a Brazilian flag in front of a group of protestors gathered in the main plaza of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Some of the biggest demonstrations since the end of Brazil's 1964-85 dictatorship have broke out across this continent-sized country, uniting multitudes frustrated by poor transportation, health services, education and security despite a heavy ...

Gillard announces trip to Indonesia to discuss asylum seekers with SBY

ABC Australia - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Australia Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced she will travel to Indonesia next month for talks on how to stem the flow of asylum seekers travelling to Australia by boat. The visit follows a challenge by the Coalition in Question Time to go to Indonesia to discuss the issue, although the PM's office says the trip has been planned for some time. However, her plan to travel overseas ...

Julia Gillard to travel to Indonesia

The Guardian - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Julia Gillard will travel to Indonesia next month to discuss ways of combating people-smuggling and terrorism.The prime minister will meet President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on 5 July to discuss a number of political, security and commercial issues.The talks, which are part of the annual ...

RPT-Australias Intrepid faces tough fight over Indonesia mine

Reuters - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:00pm EDT By Sonali Paul and Fergus Jensen MELBOURNE/JAKARTA, June 19 (Reuters) - Australia's Intrepid Mines Ltd is learning that business in Indonesia is personal as it wages a difficult fight to win back rights to a $5 billion copper and gold prospect in East Java. Intrepid was booted off the site last year by its Indonesian partner who transferred the Tujuh Bukit mining ...

Singapores air turns hazardous as Indonesian fires rage

The Star - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's air quality deteriorated to "hazardous" levels late on Wednesday as smoke from slash-and-burn land clearing in Indonesia enveloped the city-state, inflaming tensions between the Southeast Asian ...

Indonesia to raise subsidized fuel prices

Middle East Times - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono 's governing coalition pushed through this week. Because of its heavy subsidies, Indonesia the end of 2012 had the lowest fuel prices of any net oil-consuming nation in the world, the World Bank said. While the United States was ranked second-lowest, U.S. gasoline is nearly twice as expensive. The budget approved Monday calls for prices to increase 44 percent per ...

Singapore in smog alarm as Indonesia forest fires rage

West Australian - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

SINGAPORE (AFP) - Smog levels in Singapore hit a record high on Wednesday as raging forest fires from neighbouring Indonesia triggered a major health alarm and sent residents of the densely populated city-state scrambling for face masks.Singapore's air pollutant index soared past the government-designated "hazardous" level of 300 before midnight as officials in both countries ...

Fuel consumption up ahead of price rise

The Jakarta Post - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

State-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina's corporate communication vice president Ali Mundakir in Jakarta on Wednesday described significant increases in premium and diesel fuel consumption ahead of price rises expected later this week.On Tuesday, consumption of premium reached 90,000 kiloliters, up by 12.5 percent from the normal 80,000 kiloliters.Meanwhile, the diesel fuel consumption ...

Singapore chokes in smoke from Indonesian blazes

New Zealand Herald - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Singaporeans rolled back military training, kept cough-stricken children indoors and considered wearing protective masks to work after a smoky haze triggered by forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia caused air pollution to briefly hit its worst level in nearly 16 years. Singapore's main measurement of air quality has hovered in the "unhealthy" classification as smoke from roaring blazes on ...

Indonesia Military tribunals being used to shield human rights violators

Amnesty International - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

The trial of 12 Kopassus (Special Forces Command) soldiers accused of the extrajudicial execution of four detainees is likely to be little more than a sham warned Amnesty International as the military hearing opens on Thursday."These courts should never be used to try those accused of human rights violations. They are biased, and they create an intimidating environment for witnesses to ...

Indonesia To Make Rain To End Sumatra Fires

Sky News - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Indonesia is to use weather changing technology to try to produce rain to put out raging fires on Sumatra island that have cloaked neighbouring Singapore in thick haze. The city-state, home to 5.3 million inhabitants, has been pressing Jakarta to take action over the fires which have pushed air pollutant levels on the island to a 16-year high. The government planned to use a technology ...

Ibris Group plans $1.8 bln Indonesian nickel smelter

Reuters - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

JAKARTA, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:46pm EDT JAKARTA, June 19 (Reuters) - Ibris Group, a Singapore-based miner, announced plans to build a $1.8 billion nickel pig iron plant in Sulawesi, the latest in a series of smelter projects after Indonesia began tightening controls on ore exports. Indonesia, the world's top nickel ore exporter, has been pushing for greater returns from its ...

Early Spring 2013 Ushers in Yoga Retreats To Maui Bali and El Salvador

Asia Pacific News - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

The Travel Yogi, specialist in international yoga retreats and yoga adventures, announces late winter/early spring yoga programs in Bali, Maui and El Salvador. "We are gearing up for a banner 2013 season," says Jennifer Hoodevik, founder and director. "We are riding the wave of an industry experiencing tremendous growth and we are responding." According to July 2012 ...

RI knows what to do with haze says Marty

The Jakarta Post - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Amid criticism from neighboring countries Malaysia and Singapore, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa spoke firmly about the cross-border haze on Wednesday, saying that ASEAN members should have collaborated to address the situation rather than apportioning blame. "The sentiment must be one of collaboration, partnership, not blaming here and there. Let's focus on putting the fire ...