Monday July 03, 2006 During the past weeks, saw extreme weather, both extreme rains as extreme drought. Floods with raging rivers spilling over banks, causing erosion and carrying homes and belongings as well as waist-deep floods in cities, are reported in South Sulawesi, Gorontalo and Bolaang Mongondow, all on the island of Sulawesi; also in the provinces of East and South Kalimantan, in the Moluccas and lately also...read detail
Monday July 03, 2006 It was a simple, technical seminar on “Devising a Marketing Strategy to attract Tourists from the
Middle East
”. Keynote speaker was Vice-President Jusuf Kalla, who had been active in establishing economic relations between and the
Middle East
. But, in his off-the-cuff speech, Kalla unintentionally dropped a bombshell.
Speaking about the fact that
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Monday July 03, 2006 Last week VP Jusuf Kalla officiated the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of
Medan
’s new Rp. 4 trillion Kuala Namu international Airport in
North Sumatra
. Expected to replace
Medan
’s
Polonia
Airport
in 2009, Kuala Namu is located some 40 km. from Medan in the district of Deli Serdang, and is strategically located to be the region’s hub airport,...read detail
Monday July 03, 2006 Much has been written on damages incurred to the
province
of
Yogyakarta
by the 27 May earthquake, but little has been published about damages to the adjoining
province
of
Central Java
. For, next to the district of Bantul in
Yogyakarta
, the other worst damaged district affected is Klaten, which lies within the
province
of
Central Java
. One thing is cert...read detail
Monday July 03, 2006 After five months of diplomatic standoff between and , relations finally thawed when on Monday, 26 June Australian Prime Minister John Howard met ’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the
island of
Batam . Later to the press, PM Howard underlined ’s recognition of the
Unitary
State of the
Republic of
Indonesia , which includes the
province of
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Wednesday June 21, 2006 INDONESIA DIGEST
Indonesia’s complex Issues in a Nutshell
Published by: TBSC-Strategic Communication No.: 21.06 – Dated: 26 June 2006 In this issue:
MAIN FEATURE:
TOP TEN COMMODITIES AND SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES TO BOOST ECONOMY
NEWS AND BACKGROUND:
Health, Culture and the Environment
200 Swept by South Sulawesi Flash Floods and Landslides
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