Vote for Komodo National Park
Region: IndonesiaThe Indonesian government has called on its citizens to vote online for the Komodo National Park to become one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature. People can vote on http://www.new-7wonders.com. The voting period for each category will be closed by July 7. The park now ranks 9th among 56 nominees in the category of Forest, National Parks and Nature Reserves. The Culture and Tourism Ministry said it would have several citi... more
Views: 1482Bali, 1.9 Million Foreign Tourists Visit Indonesia In Early 2009
Region: IndonesiaMore than 1.9 million tourists visited Indonesia in the first four months of 2009, up 1,5 percent from the same period last year, a tourism official said. The increase suggested the Indonesian tourism industry was immune to the impact of the global financial crisis, Director General of Marketing at the Culture and Tourism Ministry Sapta Nirwandar said. “We should thank God that amid the global economic crisis, the I... more
Views: 1486Malaysian Prince Denies Sex Slavery.
Region: IndonesiaA Malaysian Prince has denied claims by Indonesian teen model that he slashed her with razor blades, locked her up and used her as a sex slave during their year long marriage. Tengku Temenggong Tengku Mohammad Fakhry, the prince of the northen Kelantan state, filed a police report against his 17-year-old wife and her mother for making false allegations, lawyer Mohamad Haasiq Pillay said. Manohara Odelia Pinot returne... more
Views: 1070Indonesia woos India, China over Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi
Region: IndonesiaIndonesia has sought support from Asian giants India and China to push reforms in military-ruled Myanmar, following the latest twist in the trial against its opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Both the comminist China and democratis India have kept backing Myanmar’s notorious junta with close economic ties in a time when the Western countries and international organizations have considered imposing more economic sa... more
Views: 1630Indonesia: Deteriorating Primary Defense Weapon System
Region: IndonesiaAnother Indonesian military helicopter crashed on Monday in Cianjur, West Java, raising concerns among Indonesians regarding the country's deteriorating Primary Defense Weapon System (Alutsista). Last month, Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yuhoyono (SBY) admitted [id] defense weapons procurement budget alleviation. However, he claimed that the government didn't cut the weapons maintenance budget. Indonesia is cur... more
Views: 2260Bulls Dismiss Slump Warnings
Region: IndonesiaHopes are mounting among financiers that the recent rally in emerging market assets is setting the scene for a bull market in 2010, despite warnings from senior economists of a long and deep global recession. Mark Mobius, executive chairman at Franklin Templeton Investment, told Emerging Markets yesterday the rally was “ sustainable in the long term “. Mobius predicted markets would remain volatile until... more
Views: 1406Vigilance Urged on Asian Inflation
Region: IndonesiaAsian central banks are being urged to stay vigilant on the medium term threat of inflation as they are locked in a prolonged period of loose monetary policy. This week, Indonesia reported 7.3% inflation in April, its lowest level since December 2007, and South Korea announced a 3.6% inflation rate for last month a 14-month low. Asian central banks have this year aggressively slashed interest rates and bank reserve ... more
Views: 948RELIGION, MARXISME AND SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Region: IndonesiaWhy such a film Slumdog Millionaire, which displays a very negative image about India - slums settlement, exploitation, poverty, corruption, anti-Muslim pogrom - create so much ripple in the Western world, pre-and post-Oscar?. India and why the government does not protest, as will be done by the Chinese government, for a depiction of the reality they have twisted There are some answers: When the missionaries began eva... more
Views: 2866VIGILANCE URGED ON ASIAN INFLATION
Region: IndonesiaAsian central banks are being urged to stay vigilant on the medium term threat of inflation as they are locked in a prolonged period of loose monetary monetary policy. This week, Indonesia reported 7.3% inflation in April, its lowest level since December 2007, and South Korea announced a 3.6% inflation rate for last month a 14 month low. Asian central banks have this year aggressively slashed interest rates and ... more
Views: 1900Asia Bears Growl as Bulls Charge
Region: IndonesiaThe bull market rally for Asian equities may prove unsustainable, as regional economic activity will stay weak once the initial boost from fiscal stimulus packages fades, analysts have said this week. “The market rally is coming on the back of an unprecedented amount of policy stimulus”, Johanna Chua, Citigroup’s chief Asia economist in Hong Kong, said. “But even though Asian economies are s... more
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