Haze update Indonesia to use rain-making technology to stop fires

The Straits Times - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

An Indonesian firefighter extinguishes a fire near a forest area of Pekanbaru in Riau province located in Sumatra island on Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Indonesia plans to use weather changing technology to try to unleash torrents of rain and extinguish raging fires on Sumatra island that have cloaked neighbouring Singapore in thick haze, an official said on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: ...

Intrepid faces tough fight over Indonesia copper-gold mine

Mine Web - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

- 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 ...

Croc kills pregnant woman in Indonesia

News.com.au - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

A PREGNANT woman has been killed and her three-year-old son is missing after they were attacked by a crocodile in eastern Indonesia, a local official ...

Worsening haze from Indonesia angers Singapore tourists

West Australian - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

SINGAPORE (AFP) - Singapore's smog crisis from Indonesian forest fires worsened Wednesday as air pollution levels reached a 16-year high, triggering a run on medical masks and angry complaints from foreign tourists and locals.The city-state's Pollutant Standards Index soared to 172 at mid-afternoon, well past the officially designated "unhealthy" threshold of 100, according ...

SE Asia Stocks-Flat to weaker ahead of Fed Indonesia off high

Reuters - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

BANGKOK, June 19 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stock markets ended mostly weaker to flat on Wednesday as investors trimmed positions in the emerging region ahead of the results of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting. Share markets rose in early trade as the recently oversold region extended a rebound this week. But trading volume of all six Southeast Asian bourses dropped below a monthly ...

PM to visit Indonesia to discuss boats

SBS - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Prime Minister Julia Gillard will travel to Indonesia next month to discuss ways of combating people smuggling and terrorism.Ms Gillard will meet President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on July 5 to discuss a number of political, security and commercial issues.The talks, which are part of the annual Indonesia-Australia Leaders' Meeting, will canvas issues around education, trade, climate change ...

Indonesia April retail sales growth picks up to 9.7 pct yy

Reuters - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

JAKARTA, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:10am EDT JAKARTA, June 19 (Reuters) - Indonesia's retail sales in April rose 9.7 percent from a year earlier, bolstered by information and communication equipment, a Bank Indonesia survey showed on Wednesday. The growth rate accelerated from a revised 9.3 percent the previous month. But sales fell on a monthly basis due to a contraction in food, ...

Bali governor urged to take action against illegal turtle trade

The Jakarta Post - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Members of ProFauna wave banners and posters calling for an end to the illegal turtle trade while submitting of a petition to Bali governor Made Mangku Pastika in Denpasar, Bali, on Wednesday. As many as 15,000 people have signed the petition which urges the government to take tough measures against the illegal trade in turtles and their eggs that is common in ...

Indonesia to reduce mosque volumes

Arabian Business - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Indonesia's National Mosque Council is set to adjust the volume of more than 250,000 mosques, following complaints that they have become too ...

Singapore pollution soars as haze from Indonesia hits air quality

The Guardian - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

An office worker in Singapore walks to work. Smoke haze is an annual problem for the country and its neighbour Malaysia. Photograph: Edgar ...

PDI-P continues resistance against fuel price hike on the streets

The Jakarta Post - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Thousands of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) members launch a long march to the State Palace in Jakarta to protest against the recent subsidized-fuel price hike.Kontan.co.id reported that the mass gathered at the Tugu Proklamasi at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday and began their march at 10:30 a.m.PDI-P senior politician Ribka Tjiptaning said that the march was the last ditch of ...

SBY to conduct meeting on subsidized-fuel price hike

The Jakarta Post - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) will conduct a meeting on the subsidized-fuel price hike policy on Thursday, a close aide says.SBY spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha, however, did not provide any clarity on the meeting's agenda."I cannot disclose any details at this stage," Julian said as quoted by kontan.co.id.The subsidized-fuel price has been raised after the government and ...

KPK summons three UI lecturers in graft case

The Jakarta Post - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has summoned three University of Indonesia (UI) lecturers for questioning on the alleged graft in the information and technology installment project at the university's library.The three lecturers are Harun Asjiq Gunawan from the dental school, Emirhadi Suganda and Luki Wijayanti from the technical school."They are being questioned as ...

Indonesia remains upbeat on growth target despite planned fuel price hike

Global Times - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

The Indonesian government remains confident that it can achieve its target of 6.3 percent growth this year despite the scheduled implementation of the unpopular fuel price hike.The oil price increase is designed to plug the budget deficit this year which could reach 2.4 percent from initial assumption of 1.6 percent.On Wednesday, the Indonesian Parliament approved the government's revised ...

21 names of LPSK candidates submitted to President

The Jakarta Post - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

The selection committee of the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) members for the period of 2013-2018 submitted 21 candidate names to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, on Tuesday.Selection committee head Harkristuti Harkrisnowo said her team had completed the selection process. "The President will choose 14 out of the 21 candidate names submitted," she said in a statement as ...

Spore calls on Jakarta to tackle haze

Asia News Network - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Singapore has called on Indonesia to name those companies which are causing the haze in the region and take action against them for illegal burning. It noted that primary responsibility for dealing with these companies rests with Indonesia because they would have carried out acts on Indonesian territory and broken its laws. Singapore remained ready to work with Indonesia at the provincial ...

Indonesian govt bond auction met with cool reception

Asia News Network - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

The House of Representatives' approval of the revision of the 2013 state budget has apparently not impressed many fixed income investors, who are mostly still in a wait-and-see mode in Indoneia's bonds market. The government bond auction held by the Finance Ministry's debt management office on Tuesday received a cool reception from investors, reaping only 2.65 trillion rupiah ...

Green ‘ondel-ondel’ to enliven Jakarnaval

The Jakarta Post - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Paper Edition | Page: 9 At least 1,500 performers will take part in this year's Jakarnaval, slated to be held on June 30 in Central Jakarta. The annual carnival, which is part of a series of festivities to mark Jakarta's 486th anniversary, will also welcome participants from outside the capital, including Central Java, West Java and Kalimantan.Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo ...

Poso suicide bomber identified linked to Santoso

The Jakarta Post - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Paper Edition | Page: 4 The National Police confirmed the identify of the suicide bomber who attacked the police headquarters in Poso, Central Sulawesi, as being Zainul Arifin alias Arif Petak, an accomplice of the infamous terrorist Santoso.National Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Agus Rianto said on Tuesday that the identification was confirmed after DNA samples taken from the remains of the ...

Misbakhun drops out of BPK race

The Jakarta Post - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Golkar Party politician M. Misbakhun has quit the race for the membership of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), saying he would rather focus more on his legislative bid.The presence of Misbakhun, a former lawmaker who is also a graft convict, in the race, had raised concerns over the quality of the selection process for the BPK post.The House of Representatives Commission XI on financial affairs is ...

President calls for greater contribution to Post-2015 agenda

The Jakarta Post - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Paper Edition | Page: 4 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono claimed on Tuesday that he had done a good job in cochairing the United Nations-sanctioned High Level Panel (HLP) of Eminent Persons on the Post 2015 Development Agenda and that its final report had been well received.Speaking before Cabinet members, regional leaders, foreign ambassadors and representatives of civil organizations at the ...

RI’s top college in spotlight for corruption

The Jakarta Post - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

The central library at the University of Indonesia (UI) stands next to a picturesque lake at the heart of the university's massive complex in Depok, West Java. Antigraft activists at the university allege that corruption was committed during the complex's ...