Stories About ‘Industries’

The following stories talk about the subject ‘Industries’.

Cheap Economy Compact Cars

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009, by Patung. 6 Comments

Development of a hyper mass-market automobile industry and cheap cars for as many as possible.


Building Construction Contracts

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008, by Guest Writer. 42 Comments

Building Construction ContractsPurba on the quality levels of Indonesian construction methods, and building contracts in Dubai.


Partial Privatization & IPO’s

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008, by Guest Writer. 6 Comments

CallumCallum criticizes partial privatization plans for Kratakau Steel, Garuda Indonesia and Bank Tabungan Negara.


Tin Mining

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008, by Guest Writer. 9 Comments

CallumCallum on the tin mining industry, government limiting of production and exports, and illegal mining.


Oil Exploration, Production & Consumption

Saturday, August 16th, 2008, by Guest Writer. 22 Comments

Callum on the causes of Indonesia's oil woes and the way forward.


Current Minimum Wage

Saturday, January 19th, 2008, by Patung. 17 Comments

Minimum wage rates for 2008 throughout Indonesia.


Top Exporters

Monday, October 29th, 2007, by Patung. 1 Comment

The top Indonesian exporters for 2007.


Geothermal Energy

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007, by Patung. 7 Comments

Developing geothermal energy with Iceland.


Palm Oil Plantations

Saturday, September 15th, 2007, by Patung. 24 Comments

Foreign buying of palm oil estates and plantations.


Batik Fashion

Monday, September 3rd, 2007, by Patung. 1 Comment

Light, airy batik fashion is best.


Best Island Vacation

Thursday, July 26th, 2007, by Patung. 28 Comments

Bali is (still) the best island in the world.


Indonesian Airlines

Friday, June 29th, 2007, by Patung. 31 Comments

Indonesian airlines to be banned from flying into Europe.


Visit Indonesia Year 2008

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007, by Patung. 71 Comments

The government is to hold a "Visit Indonesia Year" in 2008.


Cement Industry

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007, by Patung. 17 Comments

Cement demand and investment.


National Brand

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007, by Patung. 12 Comments

Creating a national brand for Indonesia.


Media Porn & Profit

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007, by Patung. 2 Comments

Much of the media in Indonesia is bad quality, pornographic and unprofitable.


Biofuel Production

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007, by Patung. 12 Comments

Making Indonesia number one in biofuel production.


Nationalization

Monday, May 7th, 2007, by Patung. 26 Comments

On nationalizing foreign businesses.


Land Reform

Friday, April 20th, 2007, by Patung. 7 Comments

Land ownership in Indonesia is grossly unbalanced.


Jamu Products

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007, by Patung. 26 Comments

Indonesian herbal medicine, jamu, and quality standards.


Top Companies

Monday, April 2nd, 2007, by Patung. 2 Comments

The top four Indonesian companies, according to Forbes.


Singapore Housing

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007, by Patung. 2 Comments

Indonesians have a taste for luxury in the Singapore property market.


Tourism Competitiveness

Sunday, March 4th, 2007, by Patung. 19 Comments

Indonesia is ranked 60th in the tourism beauty stakes.


Freeport

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007, by Patung. 16 Comments

Freeport contributed over $1.5 billion in revenues to the state in 2006.


Farming Technology

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007, by Patung. 28 Comments

Farmers in Indonesia are judged to be far behind their peers in comparable countries.


Jakarta MRT

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007, by Patung. 31 Comments

The Jakarta MRT, Mass Rapid Transit train system, is planned to open in 2014.


Modern Designer Furniture

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007, by Patung. No Comments

Current trends in the furniture industry are to the modern designer end.


Bali Villas

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007, by Patung. 25 Comments

Advice for foreigners on buying villas and land in Bali.


Syariah Banking

Monday, January 15th, 2007, by Patung. 7 Comments

Jusuf Kalla says a syariah based banking system will better create prosperity.


Cigarette Production & Consumption

Friday, December 22nd, 2006, by Patung. 11 Comments

A slow decline is forecast for cigarette production and consumption.


Apartment Buying

Sunday, December 17th, 2006, by Patung. 44 Comments

Foreigners may soon be able to buy apartments.


Toyota Rush, Daihatsu Terios

Sunday, December 17th, 2006, by Patung. 37 Comments

The Toyota Rush and Daihatsu Terios will soon be launched.


Bank Artha Niaga & Swadesi

Saturday, December 16th, 2006, by Patung. No Comments

Bank Artha Niaga & Swadesi are being bought out by foreigners.


Toyota Fortuner & Avanza

Saturday, December 16th, 2006, by Patung. 30 Comments

Toyota hopes to export the Fortuner model and increase exports of the Avanza.


Richard Ness of Newmont

Sunday, November 12th, 2006, by Patung. 4 Comments

The cautionary tale of Newmont executive Richard Ness.


Bajaj Pulsar

Friday, November 10th, 2006, by Patung. 31 Comments

Bajaj of India intends to take on the Indonesian motorbike market.


Shoe Industry

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006, by Patung. 1 Comment

The Trade minister says the Indonesian shoe industry is still competitive and sound.


Adidas Factories

Friday, November 3rd, 2006, by Patung. 7 Comments

Three Adidas shoe factories in West Java close down.


Railways Law

Sunday, October 29th, 2006, by Patung. No Comments

The railways industry will be opened up to limited competition but not fully privatised.


Base Transceiver Stations

Saturday, October 28th, 2006, by Patung. No Comments

Construction of one thousand Base Transceiver Station units is being tendered out for the Telkom Flexi service.


Business Electricity Charges

Saturday, October 28th, 2006, by Patung. 2 Comments

The state electricity company has intentions to reduce prices for industry.


Fiber Optic Investment

Thursday, October 26th, 2006, by Patung. No Comments

The government is restricting the level of foreign investment permissible in the fiber optic industry.


Black Market Electronics

Monday, October 23rd, 2006, by Patung. 5 Comments

The electronics manufacturing industry is struggling to compete with black market, parallel import, and smuggled goods.


Bank Profits

Friday, October 20th, 2006, by Patung. No Comments

Profits reported by major Indonesian retail banks year to date have generally witnessed respectable gains on last year's performance.


Textiles Companies’ THR Troubles

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006, by Patung. No Comments

The number of companies experiencing difficulties in paying workers their annual bonus has increased, particularly in the textiles sector.


Palm Treo 750

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006, by Patung. No Comments

Palm, Microsoft and Excelcomindo Pratama (XL) are working together to bring the Palm Treo 750v smartphone to the Indonesian market.


Nissan Livina

Thursday, October 12th, 2006, by Patung. 69 Comments

Nissan has committed $60 million over the next few years to increase its market share in Indonesia, and plans to shortly launch the new Livina model.


Rights of Use on Property

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006, by Patung. No Comments

It is proposed that non-Indonesians be able to have right of use over land for up to 70 years.


Toy Industry

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006, by Patung. No Comments

Indonesian toy and games manufacturers struggle to compete with Chinese competition, even in the domestic market.


Foreign Bank Acquisitions

Thursday, October 5th, 2006, by Patung. No Comments

Bank Indonesia says it regards foreign players in the banking market no differently than their local counterparts.


TVS Motor Company

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006, by Patung. 13 Comments

TVS Motor Company of India sees Indonesia as the base for its operations in South East Asia.


PT Krene, Gresik

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006, by Patung. No Comments

Chinese and Vietnamese competition claims PT Krene, a manufacturer of bags and computer carry cases in Gresik, East Java, which has gone out of business.


Royal Doulton

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006, by Patung. 20 Comments

The Royal Doulton Company is happy with its investment in Indonesia and plans to put another $125 million into its operations here.


Fabulous BCA

Friday, September 29th, 2006, by Patung. 1 Comment

Bank Central Asia is the sole Indonesian listing in Forbes' Fabulous 50 Asian Companies list.


Bank Halim & ICBC

Friday, September 29th, 2006, by Patung. No Comments

Bank Halim may be bought out by ICBC of mainland China.


50 Banks Unsound

Thursday, September 28th, 2006, by Patung. 1 Comment

Bank Indonesia says there are fifty banks in the country which are in an unhealthy state.


Frozen Eel Exports

Thursday, September 28th, 2006, by Patung. No Comments

Frozen eel exports from Indonesia have met with rejection from European health officials.


Textiles Producers Equipment

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006, by Patung. 1 Comment

Textiles producers are being encouraged to modernise their equipment with the offer of subsidies on loan repayments.


Chinese Transhipments

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006, by Patung. No Comments

Indonesia fears its textiles industry could suffer sanctions from the US over the Chinese transhipments issue.


Cruise Ships & Surfing in NTT

Sunday, September 24th, 2006, by Patung. 2 Comments

East Nusa Tenggara province is being touted as a hot property in the tourism sector in years to come.


Globalization Hurts

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006, by Patung. 1 Comment

Free trade, or globalization, has caused much financial suffering in Indonesia, says a scholarly body, but the blame is laid squarely on the nation itself.


Contaminated Food Products

Monday, September 18th, 2006, by Patung. No Comments

Reliance on chemical pesticides harms Indonesian food and agriculture exports to Europe.


Yogyakarta Knowledge Park

Sunday, September 17th, 2006, by Patung. No Comments

The city of Yogyakarta plans to build a Knowledge Park, or "Taman Pintar", to spur on childrens' interest in information technology.


Pirate Software Sellers

Saturday, September 16th, 2006, by Patung. No Comments

The courts may be getting serious about the selling of pirated computer software.


Car Sales

Saturday, September 16th, 2006, by Patung. No Comments

Sales of cars in August 2006 bucked the recent downward trend but year-on-year comparisons paint a still bleak picture. Some say the market will not recover until 2008.


Cable TV

Saturday, September 16th, 2006, by Patung. No Comments

Great opportunities are said to exist in the Indonesian cable television industry, as research shows television viewers hanker for more than terrestrial stations offer.


3G Phone Licenses

Friday, September 15th, 2006, by Patung. No Comments

Three new licenses have been granted for the provision of 3G phone services.


Industrial Parks

Thursday, September 14th, 2006, by Patung. 1 Comment

The government is gearing up to force the movement of manufacturing industries to industrial parks, while some lament the lack of infrastructure in such places.


Balinese Tourism Woes

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006, by Patung. No Comments

Balinese tourism continues to struggle with tourist arrivals to Bali declining 20% from January to May 2006, on the same period last year.


Small Business Subsidies

Sunday, September 10th, 2006, by Patung. No Comments

Small and medium sized businesses are to receive subsidies on their loans.


Tourist Arrivals

Saturday, September 2nd, 2006, by Patung. 1 Comment

Tourist arrivals in Indonesia continue to decline overall.


Jepara Furniture Exports

Friday, September 1st, 2006, by Patung. 1 Comment

The level of exports of furniture from Jepara, central Java, continues to decline.


Indonesian Furniture Exports

Thursday, January 5th, 2006, by Patung. 4 Comments

Exports of Indonesian furniture continue to stagnate.


Sharia Compliant Banking

Thursday, January 5th, 2006, by Patung. 1 Comment

The sharia compliant banking sector in the country continues its rise.


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