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UNHCR asks Sri Lankan immigrants to disembark from boat

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative in Indonesia has asked 87 Sri Lankan ...

Sri Lankan immigrants under marine police watch

Sri Lankan illegal immigrants caught in the Indonesian waters in Riau Islands recently still remained aboard their ...

Malaysia deports 153 RI migrant workers

The Malaysian government deported 153 illegal Indonesian migrant workers through Pasir Gudang port to Tanjungpinang, ...

Bintan fishermen complain about foreign poachers

Fishermen in Bintan, Riau Province, have complained about fish poaching by foreign boats in Bintan waters. "We ...

Koranic literacy to be required at Makassar schools

Makassar`s City Council has proposed a bylaw to make proficiency in the reading and writing of Koranic texts a ...

Ships hijacked at Muara Jungkat, Pontianak

A tugboat Mitra Jaya V and a barge Makmur Abadi V had been hijacked 15-20 miles west of the Muara Jungkat buoy in ...

74,444 Singaporean tourists to Kepri in March

The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) said that 55.71 pct of 133,620 foreign tourists visiting Riau Island Province ...

PKS denounces Bintan`s planned beach party fashion show

The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has denounced the Bintan district tourism office`s plan to organize a beach party ...

Indonesia, Singapore to develop BBK Free Trade Zone

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

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 ...

President back in Jakarta

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrived back in Jakarta on Sunday after paying a working visit to Riau Islands ...

President Kicks Off Integrated Tourist Zone Project in Bintan

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Saturday inaugurated the construction of the first-phase of an integrated ...

At Pamedan Square students criticize president`s visit to Tanjungpinang

Thirteen activists of the Riau Islands Intellectual Student Movement for Care of the Indonesian People criticized ...

President Yudhoyono to give Treasure Bay a new name

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will give a new name for the integrated tourist area Treasure Bay in Bintan, Riau ...