Archive for November, 2011
The Mahakam II bridge, also known as the Kutai Kartanegara bridge, connecting Tenggarong and Tenggarong Seberang districs in Kutai Kartanegara collapsed on Saturday (26/11/2011). This is the picture of the bridge, before and after. The bridge was constructed from 1995 to 2001 by State-Owned Corporation PT Hutama Karya. In the course of 10 years (an awfully [...]
Filed under: Economy, Politics | 1 Comment
Tags: corruption, East Kalimantan, infrastructure
McKinsey Global Institute launched an interactive map showing the 600 cities projected to be the global cities of the future, which will account for 60 percent of the global GDP growth in 2025. Out of these 600, 9 Indonesian cities are featured, namely: Jakarta, Medan, Samarinda, Tangerang, Bandung, Balikpapan, Pekanbaru, Kediri and Surabaya. Not surprisingly, [...]
Filed under: Economy | 3 Comments
Tags: cities, development, growth, Jakarta, urban planning
FT.com’s beyondbrics is optimistic about the future of agriculture in Indonesia: Agriculture already accounts for at least 15 per cent of Indonesia’s GDP, employs nearly 43 per cent of the country’s available labour force and generates annual trade flows of $44.5bn In the article, a Rabobank report also elaborated on Indonesia’s key agricultural products, where palm [...]
Filed under: Economy, Environment | 10 Comments
Tags: Environment, Indonesia, orangutan, palm oil
Last week US President Barrack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard unveiled the plan of establishing a US base equipped with 2,500 US marines in Darwin, Australia’s Northern Territory, only 820 kilometers from Indonesian territory. The Jakarta Post reported that the new US base should not be a threat to Indonesia, as President Yudhoyono was reassured by Gillard [...]
Filed under: News, Politics | 13 Comments
Tags: Australia, Indonesia, International Relations, security, US
A Tale of Two Prisons
What Indonesia can learn from Singapore on how to manage their prisons.
Filed under: News, Politics | 1 Comment
Tags: corruption, Indonesia, prison, public management, Singapore
Oh, Komodo
The voting of the Komodo Island in the New7Wonders of Nature contest serves as another example of lack of coordination in the Indonesian government.
Filed under: News, Politics, Social | 3 Comments
Tags: Indonesia, Komodo, Tourism
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