PLN MUST SAVE RP6.2 TRILLION IN 2009

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Jakarta, Aug 267 (ANTARA) - State-owned electricity company PT PLN, based on the 2009 Draft State Budget, is required to save some Rp6.2 trillion in 2009, a senior official said.

GOVT SUGGESTED TO DISSOLVE OIL/GAS REGULATING BODY

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Jakarta, Aug 27 (ANTARA) - Oil expert Dr Kurtubi said that it would be better for the government to dissolve the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulating Body (BP Migas) because there was no control on its

BANK PERMATA'S H1 PROFIT UP 40 PCT

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Jakarta, Aug 27 (ANTARA) - Bank Permata said on Wednesday its profit after tax in the first half of 2008 rose 40 percent to Rp277.5 billion from Rp198.2 billion in the same period last year.

IFC'S INVESTMENT IN RI NOW EXCEEDS $700 M

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Jakarta, Aug 27 (ANTARA) - International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank's private investment arm, said its total investment in Indonesia now reaches more than US$700 million and expresse

RI'S ECONOMIC GROWTH TO EXCEED 6.2 PCT IN 2009: BI

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Jakarta, Aug 27 (ANTARA) - Bank Indonesia (the central bank/BI) predicts Indonesia's economic growth rate in 2009 will exceed the government-set target of 6.2 percent if the country does not experi

PLTU REMBANG'S 1ST UNIT 52 PCT COMPLETED

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Semarang, C Java, Aug 27 (ANTARA) - The construction of the first unit of a thermal power plant (PLTU) in Rembang district, Central Java, has been 52 percent completed, a spokesman said.

RI TEA PRODUCTS CONSIDERED MARKETABLE IN AUSTRALIA

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Sydney, Aug 27 (ANTARA) - A number of Indonesian tea products have the potential to penetrate the Australian market now that Chinese products are trapped in a pesticide residue case, a researcher

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