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RI, Malaysia agree to protect traditional fishermen

Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to protect their traditional fishermen who have been carried away by sea currents ...

Maritime ministry earmarks Rp212 billion for fishermen

The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries has set aside Rp212 billion to improve the welfare of fishermen through several ...

News Focus: Batam develops contemporary batik to support ASEAN trade center

Batam city administration develops a contemporary batik center in its bid to support the designation of the city as ...

Batam`s wholesale market suggested to be Batik market

Batam city councilor Rekaveny has suggested that Jodoh wholesale market in the city be developed into a batik market. ...

Batam designated as ASEAN batik trade center

The Trade Ministry has designated Batam city in Riau Islands province as an ASEAN Batik Trade Center, a local trade ...

Ministry proposes Chinese loans for ten infrastructure projects

Public Works Ministry said it has proposed that ten infrastructure projects worth US$863.07 million should be financed ...

Traditional herbs to be recognized in medical practice

A discourse is going on in the Indonesian medical world to recognize traditional medicinal herbs as legal medicine ...

Indonesia, Singapore to develop BBK Free Trade Zone

The Indonesian and Singaporean governments cooperate in the development of Batam, Bintan and Karimun into an ...

Embassy trying to get "open university" established branch in KL

The Indonesian embassy in Malaysia is making efforts to get an Open University (UT) branch opened in Kuala Lumpur to ...

Minister calls for improvement of free trade zone system

Finance Minister Agus DW Martowardojo has called for the improvement of the system and concept of the country`s Free ...

Finance minister to discuss FTZ with businessmen

Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo is scheduled to meet with businessmen and local government officials here on Monday ...

Ten kiosks in Batam catch fire

A fire ravaged 10 kiosks at Tanjung Pantun market in Batam island on Sunday. The source of fire which broke out at ...

Batam, Singapore predicted to be haze-free

Haze from Sumatran forest fires is not likely to reach Batam and Singapore as the winds in the region are ...

Hang Nadim Airport postpones all flights due to floods

Hang Nadim airport in Batam has postponed all its scheduled flights to all destinations for one hour because the road ...

Arrest of Nababan discriminatory : Megawati

The arrest of PDIP cadre Panda Nababan by anti-graft investigators for allegedly receiving bribes in the 2004 election ...