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RI had 30.2 million poor people by March 2011 :BPS

The Central Bureau of Statistics or BPS has recorded the number of poor people in Indonesia until March 2011 at 30.02 ...

Indonesia needs to increase food production

Indonesia should increase food production in a bid to maintain its food security. Food security can be defined ...

Some national figures gather on preventing bankruptcy

Some national figures gathered at the headquarters of Muhammadiyah Islamic organization here on Thursday on the theme ...

RI lags far hind in insurance security system

Indonesia is lagging far behind other countries in social security and protection system, a legislator said. ...

RI's 2012 economic growth projected highest in ASEAN

Indonesia`s economic growth in 2012 is predicted to be higher than those of other ASEAN countries, Finance Minister ...

President: do not base development on market mechanism

Development and efforts to reduce the number of poor people should not be based only on the law of economy and market ...

Subsidy must meet target: Official

A finance ministerial official said that energy subsidy must be provided to those who really needed so that it could ...

Govt Begins Serious Efforts To Develop Miangas Island

The government appears to be seriously initiating efforts to develop Miangas island in North Sulawesi which has ...

Housing ministry to build two million houses

The People`s Housing Ministry set a target of building two million houses in Indonesia, including in West Kalimantan, ...

Australia increases development assistance to Indonesia

The Australian Government will increase its development assistance to Indonesia from Rp923 billion in 2010-2011 to ...

Asean seeking food security amid surge in global prices

The current global food and energy price hikes have concerned President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as this year`s ASEAN ...

President calls on Asean to prepare food security program

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on ASEAN member countries to prioritize food security programs for the ...

Police ready to maintain security on May Day

The Jakarta Regional Police are ready to maintain security in the capital city during the observance of International ...

Labor confederation urges govt to endorse social insurance bill

The Confederation of the Indonesian Prosperous Labor Union (KSBSI) has called on the government and the House of ...

President Yudhoyono calls for save-electricity-fuel movements in regions

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered all regional heads to join a movement to save fuel and electricity to ...