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Ridwan Kamil dreams of transforming Bandung into technopolis

Bandung Mayor Ridwan Kamil, better known as Emil, harbors an ambitious dream to transform his city into a technopolis, ...

Indonesia prepares national report for International Habitat Conference

The Indonesian Ministry of Public Works and Peoples Housing is preparing a national report for the International ...

Ahok plans to remove all slums in Jakarta by 2015

The acting governor of Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, said that he plans to rid the capital city of all slum areas ...

Hult Prize Finals To Be Hosted at the Clinton Global Initiative

- On September 23, 2013, global leaders will converge at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting at the ...

US assists Indonesian government in combating tuberculosis

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided US$12 million in assistance to help combat ...

Daniel Craig Closes Down NYC for Live Drive

- Tonight, in a scene reminiscent of a Hollywood movie, actor Daniel Craig revealed the all-new Range Rover Sport as ...

Venezuela`s Hugo Chavez dead from cancer

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died after a two-year battle with cancer, ending the socialist leader`s 14-year ...

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 ...

New Jakarta governor to be inaugurated on Monday

Monday, October 15, 2012 will be the historical moment for Joko Widodo popularly called as Jokowi and Basuki Tjahaja ...

Jokowi pledges to start Jakarta development from slum areas

Joko Widodo (Jokowi) pledged he would start Jakarta`s development from the slum area if he is elected governor of the ...

Over 14 thousand Jakarta slum dweller families to be relocated

A total of 14,075 families living in slums on the banks of the Ciliwung river in Jakarta are to be relocated to ...

Slum inhabitants near Ciliwung river to be relocated

Inhabitants of the slums along the Ciliwung riverside are going to be relocated to government-subsidized apartments, ...

VP: Economy cannot be fully left to market mechanisms

Vice President Boediono said the government could not fully leave the economy to market mechanisms and therefore it ...

Indonesia commited to solving urbanization problem

Indonesian Public Housing Minister Suharso Monoarfa said his country was committed to solving the urbanization ...

Torrential rains kill 10: Sao Paolo officials

Torrential rains killed at least 10 people in Sao Paulo overnight, adding to a wet-season death toll in Brazil`s ...