Jakarta began a new chapter in reducing plastic waste on July 1, when a gubernatorial regulation banning single-use plastic bags in traditional markets, modern supermarkets and minimarkets across the capital city of Indonesia took effect.
Taiwanese state-owned oil refiner CPC Corp. has pledged to invest 22 billion USD in the development of the Balongan petrochemical refinery, said Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan.
Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has called on Singaporean investors to invest in a number of sectors in the country's new capital city in East Kalimantan Province.
The Jakarta administration has issued a long awaited regulation banning such plastic bags from traditional and modern markets starting in June this year.
Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) recently signed many cooperation and business agreements in the fields of energy, agriculture and sovereign wealth fund (SWF).
Hyundai Engineering Co., a major industrial plant builder of the Republic of Korea, has won a 2.17 billion USD deal to upgrade a refinery plant in Indonesia.
Indonesia’s Ministry of Forestry and Environment on September 15 closed more than 30 plantation companies in Kalimantan and Sumatra as part of efforts to minimise wildfires.
At least four people died and more than 30 others were missing after a ferry went up in flames off Indonesia’s Java island, an Indonesian official said on August 23.
Indonesian rescuers are searching for 30 passengers still missing after a passenger ship caught fire off East Java province, central Indonesia, local authorities said on August 23.
The international community continued to provide relief aid for Indonesia whose Central Sulawesi province was hardly hit by strong earthquakes and tsunami ten days ago.
The death toll following a powerful earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi on September 28 has now climbed to 1,249 and may continue rising as hundreds are said to be trapped under the debris.
The Sepinggan airport of Balikpapan in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan island has been named the second best in service in the world for those with annual handling capacity of 5 million to 15 million passengers.
The Indonesian Government has warned its citizens against flu as it can lead to fatal complications such as pneumonia, as the government learns that many Indonesian people do not seek medical help until the disease becomes worse.
Indonesia and the US have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on
cooperation in green technology on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings from October 1 – 8 in Bali,
Indonesia.
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