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Michelin Chandra to set up $435m factory
Paper Edition | Page: 13 French tire maker Compagnie Financire Groupe Michelin has reached a deal with a subsidiary of Jakarta-listed PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical to build a US$435 million synthetic rubber plant.The two entities said on Monday that they had signed an agreement to establish a joint venture that would be 55 percent owned by Michelin and 45 percent by Chandra Asri's wholly ...
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Sritex climbs on first day of trading on IDX
PT Sri Rejeki Isman (Sritex) independent commissioner Sudjarwadi (second left) talks to deputy president director Iwan Kurniawan Lukminto (left), president director Iwan Setiawan (second right) and finance director Allan Moran Severino during the first trading day of the textile company's shares in Jakarta on Monday. ...
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PLN to expand power capacity as electricity demand increases
State electricity firm PLN president director Nur Pamudji (left) listens to finance director Setio Anggoro Dewo on the sidelines of the company's bond sale in Jakarta on Monday. ...
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Thai government set to cut rice intervention price
BANGKOK (REUTERS) - Thailand plans to cut prices and limit the amount of rice bought in a controversial support scheme for the grain as it attempts to retain vital political support from farmers and sustain a budget-draining programme. Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom told reporters a proposal will be put to the Cabinet on Tuesday under which the price to be paid to farmers for their ...
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Singapore fumes after pollution hits 16-year high
SINGAPORE -; Singaporeans are rolling back military training, keeping cough-stricken children indoors and considering wearing protective masks to work after a smoky haze triggered by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia caused air pollution to briefly hit its worst level in nearly 16 ...
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Dead American researchers mother slams Singapore sham
The family of an American scientist found hanged in Singapore last year dismissed the island’s findings that he committed suicide as ';a sham and a cover-up'' for a murder. ';I am not surprised by the state's findings because the state refused to consider murder, they only investigated suicide,'' Mary Todd, mother of the late electronics engineer Shane ...
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Lynas drops case against Malaysia greens
In April last year, Lynas initiated legal proceedings against Save Malaysia Stop Lynas.Two months later, independent media website Free Malaysia Today apologised for running stories sympathetic to the activists, who opposed plans for a processing plant.Lynas Corporation chief executive Eric Noyrez on Tuesday said solicitors had been instructed to discontinue legal action against the activist ...
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Award-winning photographer Mark Baker named AP bureau chief for Malaysia Singapore
BANGKOK - Mark Baker, photographer and acting bureau chief for The Associated Press in Kuala Lumpur, has been promoted to chief of bureau for Malaysia and Singapore. The appointment was announced Tuesday by Brian Carovillano, the AP's Asia-Pacific news director. Baker joined the AP in 2003 in Sydney as chief photographer responsible for photo coverage for Australia, New Zealand and the ...
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Badminton Singapore Open hit by late pull-outs
SINGAPORE (AFP) - A large-scale withdrawal on the eve of competition has robbed badminton's Singapore Open of several seeded players after superstars Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei also chose to skip the event.Eleven players pulled out on Monday, citing fatigue and injury, though many may be keen to avoid exerting themselves in what is the last Super Series event before the world championships ...
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RI PNG agree to ‘soft’ border approach
Indonesia and its neighbor Papua New Guinea (PNG) agreed to use a "soft" approach in the border areas between the two nations often used by separatists to evade Indonesian security forces, leaders of the two countries stated on Monday.PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill led a delegation of government officials and business leaders on a three-day visit to Jakarta on Monday, aimed at ...
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Jokowi opposed to govt’s poverty relief plan
Paper Edition | Page: 9 Despite his populist pro-poor policies, Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo says he is against the central government's planned poverty relief program following the expected cut in fuel subsidies.The central government is planning to compensate poor citizens with temporary direct cash assistance (BLSM), which many believe will be modeled on 2008's ...
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Traditional delicacies survive modern cake invasion
A woman buys traditional delicacies at the Bendungan Hilir Market in Central Jakarta. Traditional snack sellers say they survive despite the popularity of foreign alternatives. JP/Fikri Zaki ...
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Three remain at large following fatal attack
Paper Edition | Page: 9 The Jakarta Police are still looking for three men allegedly involved in the attack and murder of a member of the Betawi Brotherhood Forum (FBR), during an altercation between the FBR and the Pemuda Pancasila (PP) youth organization."It is alleged two of the suspects beat the victim before the other sliced his head with a machete," city police spokesman Sr. ...
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Money politics common at village level
Paper Edition | Page: 8 For many voters, elections are often perceived as nothing but an opportunity to generate something from the contesting candidates. This is at least true for the people of Banyumas, Central Java, where 250 of its 331 villages have to elect new leaders between May and September 2013."Every night our village is very busy. Each camp favors its respective candidate. ...
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Visitors told not to feed monkeys due to health reasons
Paper Edition | Page: 8 The management of top Ubud tourist attraction, the Wanara Wana Monkey Forest, is warning visitors not to feed the local monkeys any types of nut, citing health reasons. Nuts are high in cholesterol and protein, which could lead to weight gain and other health problems in the long-tailed macaques."Please do not carry nuts into the forest and do not feed the monkeys ...
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10 Cebongan witnesses require teleconferencing
Paper Edition | Page: 8 A team of psychologists examining 42 witnesses in the attack that took place in Cebongan Penitentiary, Sleman, Yogyakarta, said 10 witnesses would require teleconferencing facilities when giving testimony in the upcoming trial at the Yogyakarta Military Court."We recommend the 10 witnesses give their testimonies directly without being present at the trial," ...
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Correction Singapore beauty blogger posts horrific results of facial gone wrong
The following article (posted 8 June 2013 erroneously stated that a blogger had facial surgery at a clinic in Singapore called ‘MedLife Clinic & Surgery’ resulting in damaged skin. MedLife has informed that the blogger ';‘Juli’, Ms Juliana Phang never received a facial at MedLife Clinic and that the clinic does not provide facial services in any case'; and ...
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Philippines - Village chief sues Filipino blocktimer for libel
A village chief in Barili town, Cebu province, sued a radio blocktimer for libel last 14 June 2013, two months after the latter allegedly made a libelous comment.Cebu province in the Visayas island group is some 1,000 kilometers south of Metro Manila.Radio blocktimer Oscar Pasaporte told CMFR last 14 June 2013 that Patupat barangay (village) captain Leonida Gabales filed a libel case against him ...
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Cambodia - Factsheet Yorm Bopha Cambodian land rights activist
Yorm Bopha is a 29-year-old mother of one who has been actively involved in her community's struggle against forced eviction related to a high profile land conflict at Boeng Kak that has raged since 2007. When thirteen of her fellow land rights activists (the "Boeng Kak 13") were arrested, charged, convicted and imprisoned on 24 May 2012 as a result of a peaceful land rights ...
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Indonesia Guangxi to expand co-op in exclusive economic zone
coo peration in building exclusive economic zones in both countries, an Indonesian minister said on Monday. The plan was unveiled at a meeting between Peng Qinghua, secretary of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region CPC Committee, and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the State of Palace. During the meeting, both sides agreed to set up another economic zone for cooperation in the ...
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Petrol and diesel prices rise again in Pakistan
For the second time in a week after the federal budget, the prices of petroleum products went up by up to 2.70 Pakistani rupees (US$0.027) per litre on Monday with immediate effect because of imposition of 19 percent general sales tax on 95 percent retailers, instead of the standard rate of 17 percent. The ex-depot price of petrol rose by 1.72 rupees ($0.017) per litre to 102.35 rupees ($1.04), ...
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Islamic banks in Brunei sufficient
Competition unnecessary, says deputy state mufti. BRUNEI does not need another Islamic financial institution to spur the growth of the sector as existing institutions already ...
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Mentiri reels under Simpur typhoon
THE village of Kg Mentiri lies in ruins after being pummelled by weeks of heavy rain and strong winds of up to 135km/h.Tropical Typhoon "SIMPUR" which made landfall some 100km North East of Brunei Darussalam is now moving West-South-West at 110km/h, causing widespread flooding and mudslides throughout the country.This is the scenario set for the four-day ASEAN Defence Ministers' ...
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Secondary students refine prayer practice
Some of the students in a session of the Hayya 'Alas Solah programme at Pengiran Anak Puteri Norain Religious School, Tutong. Picture: BT/Hj Mohd ...
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Brunei needs to publish baseline of countrys carbon emmission
His Excellency Robert Dominic Russell Fenn pointed out that efforts should be made to ensure that energy in Brunei is consumed in a smarter way. Picture: ...
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Laos looking ahead
The new stock exchange in Laos may be a sign of changes to come in our otherwise centrally-run economy.
Laos is one of the poorest countries in South East Asia, but as the globally economy recovers and commodity prices pick up, the country looks set for a future of relatively strong growth, if not widespread prosperity, and this has been exemplified in the government’s recent decision to open a stock exchange in the country, which it is hoped will bring much-needed capital flowing into the country to fund investment projects in industry and infrastructure, catalysts for further growth in the economy. Read more
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