Sosialisasi Terpadu Renja-KL, RKA-KL, Pelaksanaan Dipa dan JFD

Addis Ababa, tanggal 19-21 Desember 2006

PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO MEETS WITH LAO PRIME MINISTER

Jakarta  - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday morning at the Presidential Office received Lao Prime Minister  Bouasone Bouahavanh, who are here for a state visit from  January 25 to 28.

GOVT TO FORM TEAM TO INTENSIFY DISCUSSION ON PALAPA RING PROJECT

Jakarta  - The government is to set up a team to intensify a discussion about a concept on Palapa Ring's broad band fibre optic project worth US$1.517 billion, which would go to a tender in October, 2007.

WORLD BANK BACKS RI'S DECISION TO TERMINATE CGI

Jakarta - The World Bank has expressed support to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's decision to terminate the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI) and hoped that Indonesia would maintain dialogs with the international community on issues relating to capital, trade and technology.

PRESIDENT WANTS MORE INTENSIVE ECONOMIC, TRADE RELATIONS WITH LAOS

Jakarta - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expressed hope that Indonesia and Laos could intensify their bilateral relations in the economic and trade sectors as there were no more problems in their politcal ties, a presidential spokesman said.

RI GOVT INFORMED ABOUT DULMATIN'S SHOOTING IN RP

Jakarta - The Indonesian government has received information from the Philippine government that Indonesian terror suspect Dulmatin was shot in a recent security operation in the neighboring country but it remains unclear whether he had died, a presidential spokesman said.

POLICE TO COOPERATE WITH FBI TO UNCOVER RIGHTS ACTIVIST'S MURDER CASE

Jakarta - The Indonesian police will cooperate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in their effort to unveil the murder case of the country's human rights activist Munir.

AUSTRALIA STEPS UP PATROL ON TIMOR SEA

Kupang, E Nusatenggara - Australia continues to step up its security patrol on Timor Sea to prevent Indonesian fishermen from encroaching on its territorial waters, a local official said.

FIRST LADY ASKS GOVERNOR TO DISSEMINATE LAW ON BIO NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION

Jakarta - First Lady Ani Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on the Central Kalimantan governor to disseminate  Law No.5/1990 on conservation of bio natural resources and the ecosystem among the local people.

FOUR STATE FIRMS GET QUALITY AWARD

 Jakarta - Four state firms have won Indonesian Quality Awards (IQA) as the best state companies.
    "The awards are based on various aspects such as business, financial and managerial performance," chief of the BUMN Executive Club Rudjito said Wednesday.

PRESIDENT TELLS RI ATHLETES TO DO THEIR BEST IN ASIAN GAMES

 Jakarta - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on 132 Indonesian athletes to do their best in the Asian Games XV scheduled to take place in Doha, Qatar, from December 1 to 15, 2006.

RI PRESIDENT LEAVES HANOI FOR JAKARTA

Jakarta - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono left Vietnam's capital of Hanoi for Jakarta  on Sunday evening after attending the APEC summit and upon arrival in the Indonesian capital he was scheduled to directly proceed to West Java's town of Bogor to prepare for the US president's visit on Monday.

PRESIDENT TO SPEND THE NIGHT IN BOGOR

Jakarta  - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrived at the Halim Perdanakusumah airbase in Jakarta at 11.05 pm and directly proceeded to West Java's town of Bogor to spend the night there.

GREEN PEACE ACTIVISTS URGE BUSH TO STOP NUCLEAR ENERGY PROMOTION

Jakarta - Indonesian Green Peace activists staged a rally at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle from 11.30 am to 5 pm here on Sunday urging the United States to reduce its gas emission which had deteriorated the ozone layer,  and to stop promoting its nuclear energy to other countries.

PRESIDENT: AGENDA WITH BUSH IS RI GOVERNMENT'S OWN INITIATIVE

 Hanoi - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said the agenda on his talks with his US counterpart George W Bush  at their meeting on November 20 at West Java's Bogor Palace, some 60 kilometers south of Jakarta, is the initiative of the Indonesian government.

POLICE: TERROR THREATS TO BE MAIN TARGET IN SECURITY PRECAUTIONS FOR BUSH

Bogor, W Java - Terror threats became the main target in the security precautions taken by the police especially ahead of US President George W Bush's visit to West Java's town of Bogor as several terrorists are still at large, a police officer said.

SYARI'AH LAW APPLIED IN ACEH TO STOP CRIME, ACADEMICIAN SAYS

BANDA ACEH- The application of Islamic Syari'ah law in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) is intended to stop the commissin of crimes in the province, not just to whip offenders of syariah law in punishment, an academician  said.

TNI TO DISCUSS SERVICEMEN'S VOTING RIGHT AT LEADERSHIP MEETING

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) plans to discuss TNI members' voting right in a  two-day national TNI leadership meeting at TNI Headquarters starting Wednesday.

BI TO CONTINUE PROMOTING SMALLHOLDER'S CREDIT BANKS

JAKARTA - Bank Indonesia (BI) or the central bank will continue its efforts to promote Smallholder's Credit Banks (BPRs) so that they can fulfill  a  strategic function in spurring micro-, small- and medium-scale enterprises development enabling  the rural economic sector to make progress in the long run, a BI official said.