Venue changed
THE Indonesian government, confronted with the worsening haze conditions and raging forest fires in its largest provinces, made a last-minute change in
Author: Derwin Pereira
S’pore ‘encouraged’ by efforts to douse fires
THE BIG HAZE
SINGAPORE is encouraged by steps being taken by Indonesia to tackle forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan, Health and Environment
Suharto apologises for the worsening haze condition
PRESIDENT Suharto yesterday apologised for the worsening haze condition from forest fires in Indonesia that is affecting neighbouring countries.
He said that Indonesia
Indonesia sends aircraft to seed clouds
THE BIG HAZE
INDONESIA'S air force yesterday sent four aircraft to Pekan Baru in Sumatra for cloud-seeding operations as forest fires threatened more
Indonesia criticised for not doing enough
THE BIG HAZE
INDONESIA was hit by criticism yesterday for its handling of the haze situation, with a senior Malaysian opposition politician demanding
Exhausted Sarwono fazed by the haze
Environment Minister Sarwono Kusumaatmadja is fazed by the haze in Indonesia.
"This bugs me to tell you the truth. I'm so stressed out
Jakarta spells out more measures to halt fires in Sumatra, Kalimantan
INDONESIA, anticipating that the haze problem will worsen in the weeks ahead, yesterday spelt out measures it was taking to prevent more
Indonesians can now go on strike and still keep wages
But they can't mass on streets, rules House.
THE Indonesian Parliament has passed a controversial labour Bill which allows workers to go on
Jakarta may ban phone chat lines
'We have to shield our young from these disguised phone-sex services'
THE Indonesian government is set to ban telephone "chat lines" amid concerns
Jakarta under pressure to solve fire problem
FOREIGN Minister Ali Alatas acknowledged yesterday that Indonesia was under pressure to solve the problem of forest fires because of the wider
Alatas backs review of UN rights charter
FOREIGN Minister Ali Alatas yesterday gave tacit support to a proposal by Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad to review
Again, Jakarta’s economic planners show their mettle
BAD times, as the saying goes, often produce good policies.
Economic planners in Indonesia seem to be guided by this dictum, seen once