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Chile, Indonesia announce major stimulus programs (Journal of Commerce Online)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:13:23 GMT
In a further sign that developing nations around the world are enacting initiatives to revive economic growth and international trade, Chile and Indonesia both announced major government stimulus programs.

Indonesia may post 5pc growth this year (Business Times (Malaysia))
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:36:56 GMT
SINGAPORE: Indonesia's economy may expand about five per cent in 2009 as the government's stimulus package and election-year spending stokes demand, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said.

Indonesia GDP May Grow 5% This Year, Sri Mulyani Says (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:53:57 GMT
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Indonesia’s economy may expand about 5 percent in 2009 as the government’s stimulus package and election-year spending stokes demand, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said.

Indonesia eyes 43.8% growth of non-oil and gas export this year (People's Daily)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:40:14 GMT
Indonesia forecasts that non-oil-and-gas exports will ease to between 4.3 percent to 8 percent this year due to global recession, Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu said here Tuesday. The routs on the global economy has sapped demand and slumped prices of Indonesia's export products, including textile coal, palm oil, rubber and fabricated goods. Indonesia is the world's biggest palm oil producer ...

Minister: ASEAN charter's implementation is one of Indonesia's priorities (People's Daily)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:49:03 GMT
Indonesia will put its efforts to prepare the basic arrangements and infrastructure of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) based on the grouping's recently adopted Charter as one of the priorities of the country's diplomacy in the region, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda said. "The arrangements cover among other things the finalization of the blueprints for the formation of an ASEAN ...

Indonesia sees non-oil-and-gas export growth slowing (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:07:53 GMT
JAKARTA, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Indonesia's non-oil-and-gas exports are expected to grow between 4.3 and 8.0 percent this year, amid a global economic slowdown, after rising an estimated 18 percent in 2008, Trade Minister Mari Pangestu said on Tuesday.

FACTBOX-Indonesia's measures to fight global slowdown (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:41:55 GMT
JAKARTA, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Indonesia has announced a $6.5 billion fiscal stimulus package in its latest measure to support Southeast Asia's biggest economy amid a sharp global downturn.

ASEAN charter's implementation is one of Indonesia's priorities: Minister (Philippine News Agency)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:45:37 GMT
JAKARTA, Jan. 6 (PNA/Xinhua) -- Indonesia will put its efforts to prepare the basic arrangements and infrastructure of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) based on the grouping's recently adopted Charter as one of the priorities of the country's diplomacy in the region, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda said.

Indonesia: Ex-Indonesian Lawmaker Gets Eight Years For Graft (Sin Chew Jit Poh)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:25:28 GMT
JAKARTA, INDONESIA: Indonesia's Corruption Court on Monday (5 Jan) handed down its verdict to former legislator Al Amien Nur Nasution, sentencing him to eight years in prison for bribery and blackmail.

Indonesia: Volunteers offer to fight against Israel (Adnkronos)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:02:19 GMT
Indonesia: Volunteers offer to fight against Israel (AKI) – More than 4,000 Indonesians have offered to support Hamas and fight against Israel, a radical Islamist group has told Adnkronos International (AKI). The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) has been mobilising jihadists to support the ruling Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip against the current Israeli offensive."We started the list ...

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