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Boat wrecked in Malaysian waters

A boat with 48 Indonesian passengers bound for Batam, Indonesia, has been wrecked in Ramunia Bay, Pengerang, Malaysia, ...

Thousands of workers conduct rally in Jakarta on Wednesday

About 5,000 to 10,000 labor workers are planning to conduct a rally in Jakarta on Wednesday (Jan 16) to protest ...

Batam coastal areas to be developed into coconut plantation

The government plans to develop Batam municipality`s coastal areas into a coconut and cassava production center to ...

Probe into migrant workers` deaths in Malaysia badly needed

The peculiarity surrounding the recent death of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia has become the ...

Tanjung Kasam power plant needs 40,000 tons of coal

The Tanjung Kasam steam power plant which has a capacity of 2x55 MW in the Batam city, Riau Islands needed some 40,000 ...

Manpower agency forms team to investigate shooting of workers

The National Agency for Placement and Protection of Indonesian Workers Overseas (BNP2TKI) has formed a team to ...

Ten foreign jazz musicians to perform in Batam

Ten foreign international jazz musicians will perform at the Asean Jazz Festival from June 22-23 in Harbour Bay, ...

Batam receives investment applications worth $9.850 mln in April

The Batam authorities have received investment applications worth US$9.850 million from six companies since early this ...

100,000 inexpensive houses to be built in 50 Indonesian cities

The state-owned enterprise for housing, Perum Perumnas, will build 100 thousand inexpensive houses in 50 Indonesia ...

PDIP member hopes transparent voting on fuel price hike

A parliament member from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), Rieke Dyah Pitaloka expressed hope that ...

Kepri trauma clinic center for RI migrant workers

The Riau Islands province (Kepri) is establishing a trauma clinic center for troubled Indonesian migrant workers (TKI) ...

Indonesia potential for international cargo port investment

Indonesia`s strategic geographic position in the North Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean shipping lanes has the ...

DPD rejects plan to raise fuel prices

The Regional Representative Council (DPD) has rejected the government`s plan to raise the price of subsidized fuel, ...

Fifteen Indonesian lakes in critical condition : Minister

Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta said there was a total of 15 lakes in different parts of Indonesia that ...

Slovakian companies to invest us$1 bln in RI

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that a number of private Slovakian companies want to invest US$1 billion in a ...