Friday, August 25, 2006Vincent Lingga, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Past experience has taught us to welcome with qualifications the kind of agreement reached by ASEAN economics ministers in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. This accord is part of a push for the creation of European Union-style economic...
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
'Competition watchdog reduces unfair business practices'
Wednesday, June 14, 2006, The Jakarta Post
Indonesia's Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU), which last week observed what many analysts see as its sixth turbulent year of operations, has undeniably become a more effective watchdog of business competition in Indonesia. Even though it...
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
We need firm decisions and action, Mr. President!
Friday, June 02, 2006 Vincent Lingga, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Five months into his second year in office, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has yet to grow on his job.
Seemingly failing to learn from his failure to establish a national economic council early on in his presidency in late 2004,...
Vested regional interests win in Cemex divestment
Monday, May 22, 2006 Vincent Lingga, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta An acute lack of leadership on the part of President Susilo Bambang Yudhohoyono's government to act decisively on unpopular, yet good, measures is an apt way to describe this ongoing business saga.
For the ministers of finance and state...
The natural resource dilemma for government
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 Vincent Lingga, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
How the government resolves the imbroglio currently gripping mining firm PT Freeport Indonesia and its operations in Papua will have a very significant bearing on other big mining ventures already operating, as well as on new investment...
Job prospects for unemployed bleak as growth slows
Friday, February 17, 2006 Vincent Lingga, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The country's economic growth rose to 5.60 percent last year from 5.13 percent in 2004. While this may seem like good news, there is reason to worry, because expansion in 2005 was lower than the official target of 6 percent.
Quarterly...
What's it worth to let debtors off the hook
Monday, February 13, 2006 Vincent Lingga, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The rationale and pragmatism of the government's intention to protect big debtors from criminal charges -- if they fully resolve their debts to the state -- is similar to the idea of a nationwide tax amnesty proposed by the business...
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