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PUPR Ministry supports expediting efforts to eradicate extreme poverty

The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR), through the Regional Infrastructure Development Agency (BPIW), ...

Minister of Social Affairs allocates social assistance to orphans

Minister of Social Affairs Tri Rismaharini, will allocate funds to aid orphans, highlighting the ...

Social assistance not enough to eradicate extreme poverty: minister

Extreme poverty cannot be resolved through just social assistance programs, Coordinating Minister for Human Development ...

PUPR Ministry to build 1.5 million self-support houses in 2020-2024

long toll roads, three thousand-km-long new roads, and 60-km-long bridges to boost the nation's ...

Bappenas pushes local governments to make detailed residential plans

The National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) encouraged  local governments across Indonesia to make ...

Risma to receive award from UN Habitat in early October

Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini will receive the highest award "Scroll of Honor Award" from the United ...

News Focus - Indonesia`s population growth to increase by Otniel Tamindael

Indonesia`s population is estimated to continue to increase and reach some 319 million by 2045, with 67 percent of ...

Surabaya`s air temperature falls 2c: mayor

Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini claims air temperature in the East Java provincial capital has declined by up to 2?C ...

Policy reforms are paying-off in Indonesia: World Bank

World Bank Vice President for the East Asia and Pacific, Victoria Kwakwa, said policy reforms are paying-off in ...

Earth Wire -- Jakarta succeeds in saving 66 kelurahans from flooding this year

The Jakarta Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) said the capital city has succeeded in reducing cases of ...

Ahok wants more flats for Jakarta

Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama hopes Jakarta can have more flats built for the public, as it turns 489 ...

IsDB agrees to $824 million loan for Indonesia

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group has agreed to a US$824 million loan commitment to be extended to Indonesia ...

Clean water connections to be prioritized for low-income families: Kalla

Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla affirmed that priority should be given to providing clean water connections to ...

Jakarta Reclamation Affects Thousands of Fishermen

Fishermen in Muara Angke in North Jakarta are the most affected by the ambitious giant sea wall and reclamation ...

Urbanization gives rise to social problems

The influx of new migrants seeking employment in cities usually gives rise to social problems if the existing ...