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Cheap car policy`s pros and cons must be evaluated

The government`s recently proposed Low Cost Green Car (LCGC) policy must be seen from two perspectives in terms of ...

Ports still packed with returning holidaymakers

After celebrating Lebaran festivities in their hometowns and villages for a week, thousands of returning holidaymakers ...

Thousands pour into Bakauheni Port

On Monday, thousands of Muslims on Sumatra Island made their way to Bakauheni Port in Lampung to travel back to Java ...

Eid al Fitr holiday travelers start packing ferry ports

It is only five days until Indonesian Muslims observe the 2013 Eid al-Fitr festival to end the month-long Ramadan ...

A main port packed by holiday travelers

Large groups of 2013 Eid al-Fitr holiday travelers from Java Island have begun arriving at Bakauheni port in South ...

ASDP prepares 42 ferries during holiday exodus

State-owned inland waterway transportation service PT ASDP has prepared 42 ferries to anticipate increasing number of ...

Indonesia`s rattan furniture exports increase in 2013

Indonesia`s exports of rattan furniture and crafts experience a significant increase in 2013 as the result of ...

Indonesia to restore polluted rivers

Indonesia is a tropical country having at least 5,590 rivers and 65,017 tributaries with a total length of the rivers ...

Spill-over effects of Rohingya issue on Indonesia

As the tension has escalated in Myanmar due to sectarian conflicts between two different ethnic groups, more refugees ...

Kadin suggests reallocation of fuel subsidy budget to infrastructure

The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has suggested the Indonesian Government to divert the ...

Pros and cons on idea to move capital city from Jakarta

Following major floods that almost crippled Jakarta recently, an idea to move Indonesia`s capital city to another ...

Flash flood damages 500 houses in E Java

Flash flood hit 500 houses in Situbondo district, East Java, last Saturday night, Situbondo District`s Chief of ...

Lampung seaport police confiscate 10 kgs of marijuana from passenger

Lampung`s Bakauheni seaport police have confiscated a package containing 10 kilograms of dried marijuana from an ...

Long and winding road towards Sunda Strait Bridge

Indonesia has been dreaming of building the Sunda Strait Bridge, a mega project that will connect Indonesia`s two ...

Becak Must Be Indonesia`s Tourism Icon

The traditional vehicles of Indonesia, popularly known as "becaks", which are basically pedicabs or tricycles, are ...