An increase in the current minimum wage in Indonesia.

The top Indonesian exporters for 2007, and investment prospects.

Indonesia’s developing of the geothermal energy and power industry.

Buying palm oil estates and plantations in Indonesia.

Light, airy batik fashion is best.

Bali is the best vacation island in the world.

Indonesian airlines to be banned from flying into Europe.

The government is set to stage a “Visit Indonesia Year” in 2008.

Cement industry demand and investment.

Creating a national brand for Indonesia.

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

Making Indonesia number one in biofuel production.

On nationalizing oil, gas, and mining industries.

Land ownership in Indonesia is grossly unbalanced.

Indonesian herbal medicine and jamu products, and quality standards.

The top four Indonesian companies, from Forbes.

Indonesians dominate the Singapore housing property market.

Indonesia is ranked 60th in the tourism beauty stakes.

Freeport contributed over $1.5 billion in revenues to Indonesia in 2006.

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

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

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

Advice on buying homes, houses, and villas and land in Bali.

Jusuf Kalla says a sharia based financial system will better create prosperity.

Cigarette production and consumption in Indonesia.

Foreigners may soon be able to buy apartments in Indonesia.

The Toyota Rush and Daihatsu Terios cars will soon be launched.

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

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

The cautionary tale of Newmont executive Richard Ness.

Bajaj of India intends to take on the Indonesian motorbike market, with the 180cc Pulsar.

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

Three Adidas shoe factories in West Java close down.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Palm Treo 750v smartphone on the Indonesian market.

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.

It is proposed that non-Indonesians be able to have rights of use over property and real estate for up to 70 years.

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

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

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

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.

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

Bank Central Asia, BCA, is the sole Indonesian listing in Forbes’ Fabulous 50 Asian companies.

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

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

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

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

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

East Nusa Tenggara province is being touted as a hot property in the tourism sector in years to come, with the cruise ship and surfing industries being targeted.

Free trade, or globalisation, is to blame for much financial suffering in Indonesia, says a scholarly body.

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

The city of Yogyakarta plans to build a Knowledge Park, or “Taman Pintar”, to spur on the information technology industry.

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

Sales of cars in August 2006 bucked the recent downward trend but year-on-year comparisons paint a still bleak picture.

Great opportunities are said to exist in the Indonesian cable television industry.

Three new licenses have been granted for the provision of 3G mobile or cell phone services in Indonesia.

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 continues to struggle with tourist arrivals to Bali declined 20% from January to May 2006, on the same period in 2005.

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

Tourist arrivals in Indonesia continue to decline overall in the period January to July 2006.

The Jepara furniture industry may be becoming a sunset industry as exports continue to decline.

Indonesian furniture exports continue to stagnate as a result of weaknesses in competitiveness.

Sharia Compliant Banking in Indonesia.