Jakarta honours Suharto’s eldest daughter
PRESIDENT Suharto's eldest daughter Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana has been honoured with one of Indonesia's highest national awards.
Mrs Rukmana, better known as Tutut,
Author: Derwin Pereira
S’porean, Indonesian youths join hands in project
THEY are the young "eco-preneurs". Thirteen Singaporean and Indonesian youths are doing their part to save the environment by joining an ecological
Jakarta to watch gas fields with new radar
THE Indonesian military planned to station an enormous radar balloon above the Natuna gas fields in the South China Sea to detect
Alatas wants economic zone borders delineated
FOREIGN Minister Ali Alatas yesterday called for the boundaries of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) between Indonesia and Malaysia in the Malacca
Jakarta probes radio stations for alleged fraud
THE Indonesian government has placed several private and local government-run radio stations under scrutiny for alleged fraud and has threatened to ban
Indonesia to take back illegal workers in Malaysia in stages
Thousands held in 11 camps and waiting to be deported.
INDONESIA and Malaysia have edged closer to resolving a long-standing problem of several
Indonesia to deploy jets to protect Natuna gas field
INDONESIA will deploy six Nomad-22 reconnaissance aircraft purchased recently from Australia to safeguard the Natuna gas project in the South China Sea.
The
Tougher steps against fires to be taken
Asean task force meeting on haze --------------------------------
A MULTI-LATERAL task force set up to combat the haze currently enveloping the region yesterday agreed
To Alatas, East Timor is mother of all boredoms
Foreign Minister Ali Alatas is bored with countering critics of Jakarta's policy towards East Timor.
"East Timor is really the mother of all
Ajit Singh suggests forming cultural troupe
ASEAN Secretary-General Ajit Singh has called on the grouping to form a cultural troupe to promote the region's diverse traditions and art
Businessmen seek closer links to spur growth
ASEAN businessmen, pointing to challenges to the region's economies in the next decade, called for greater economic integration to spur growth in
Hartono joins Islamic group ‘to learn more about Islam’
But speculation rife he will use it as platform for political ambitions
INDONESIA'S Information Minister, Mr Raden Hartono, has denied any political motives