Oil palm: Wonder crop but most controversial commodity

Vincent Lingga The Jakarta Post  Jakarta   /   Tue, November 12, 2019   /   09:13 am  A worker moves bunches of oil palm fruit at a plantation in Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan. Sustainability standards for oil palm, a wonder crop that has lifted...

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China's leaders unite to boost confidence

Vincent Lingga Senior editor at The Jakarta Post Hong Kong   /   Mon, September 16, 2019   /  02:45 pm   The opening of 4 th Belt-and-Road Initiative (BRI) summit in Hong Kong. (Hong Kong Trade Development Council/File) Senior officials of the Hong Kong Special...

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Auditors’ findings weaken Indonesia’s defense of palm oil industry

Vincent Lingga / The Jakarta Post Jakarta   /   Wed, August 28, 2019   /   09:23 am      The Supreme Audit Agency’s (BPK) findings that millions of hectares of oil palm estates in Sumatra and Kalimantan are currently managed under problematic permits...

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Executive column: Infrastructure: Clearly defining roles of public, private sector

The Jakarta Post  Mon, August 12 2019   /  02:26 am Infrastructure development will remain one of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s priority programs in his second term. However, with government debt rising to a new all time high, it has become most imperative to source the...

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Taking lessons from 2015 forest fire disaster

Vincent Lingga The Jakarta Post Jakarta   /   Mon, July 29, 2019   /   03:00 pm   Burning peatland is seen in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan. Uncontrolled peat fires can spread for kilometers underground and by air, causing a deadly smog. In 2015, this...

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Plastic waste: The blame is on us, convenience-minded consumers Vincent Lingga / The Jakarta Post Jakarta   /   Mon, July 22, 2019   /   09:06 am  A 3-year-old boy is helping his parents sorting the waste. (JP/Sigit Pamungkas)   Indonesia’s problem of...

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Jokowi, Prabowo challenged to reveal income tax returns

Vincent Lingga The Jakarta Post Jakarta   /   Wed, February 27, 2019   /   09:05 am Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, who has been campaigning vigorously for social justice and more equality in income distribution and asset ownership, turns out to legally...

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Second round of presidential debates short of great ideas

Vincent Lingga The Jakarta Post Jakarta   /   Tue, February 19, 2019   /   08:47 am Warm ending: Presidential candidate Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (left) embraces his contender, Prabowo Subianto, after the 2019 presidential candidate debate at Hotel Sultan in Jakarta...

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Reinvigorate manufacturing or remain trapped in 5 percent growth Vincent Lingga Senior editor at The Jakarta Post Jakarta   /   Wed, February 13, 2019   /   09:06 am Illustration of economic growth (Shutterstock/Number1411) Even under the...

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Replanting, downstream plants key to rubber industry

Vincent Lingga Senior Editor at The Jakarta Post Jakarta   /   Wed, January 23, 2019   /  10:08 am A man collects raw rubber on the banks of the Subayang River in Riau in this file photo. Rubber is currently selling for Rp 6,500 (44 US cents) per kilogram down...

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