#regional development

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Ministry calls on banks to actively distribute housing loans

The Public Housing Ministry has urged all banks in the country to be more active in distributing credits under Housing ...

Morotai to become rocket launch site

Ternate, N Maluku (ANTARA News) Officials from the National Institute of Aeronautics and Space of Indonesia (LAPAN) ...

Govt to raise budget allocations for Papua

The government will raise the amount of general allocation funds for mountainous districts in Indonesia`s eastern-most ...

Yogyakarta`s rural tourism sector has good prospects

Yogyakarta is one of the leading cultural centres in Java, and it is blessed with beautiful villages. Therefore, ...

Gunung Kidul promotes and develops tourist spots

The Gunung Kidul local government in Yogyakarta is making efforts to promote and develop the district`s tourist spots ...

Chinese investor wants to build cement factory in Lebak

A Chinese investor wants to build a cement factory in Lebak , Banten, a local official said. The project will ...

Govt ensures scholarships reach poor students: VP

Indonesia`s Vice President Boediono stated that the government is looking into the distribution of scholarships for ...

VP calls for use of integrated database in poverty eradication efforts

Vice President Boediono has stated that all poverty eradication program should use the government`s integrated ...

Government Develops RI-Timor Leste Border Areas

The government is making efforts to improve the development of RI-Timor Leste border areas through adequate provision ...

Southwest Maluku Needs Better Transportation Service

Bereft of most methods of transportation and communication, the Southwest Maluku (MBD) district in the province of ...

President urges Kadin to create more business opportunities

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on the members of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry ...

Indonesia calls for immediate settlement of crisis in Syria

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for an immediate and concrete solution to the crisis in ...

Iran says military intervention in Syria detrimental to regional security

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Tuesday that foreign military intervention in Syria would ...

President Yudhoyono to establish Bitung Economic Zone in September

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono plans to establish Bitung Special Economic Zone (KEK) in North Sulawesi in ...

news focus - govt trying to "bring Papua in harmony with unitary state of Indonesia"

The situation in Jayapura city, in particular, and Papua Province, in general, seems to be peaceful, after being hit ...