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CastleAsia manages the Indonesia Country Program (ICP), the largest and most prestigious CEO forum in the country. With over 100 of Indonesia's largest and best corporations and institutions as its member base, the ICP provides a series of written reports  &
meeting opportunities 
designed to keep corporate leaders fully informed on the most important economic, political and regulatory issues facing business.
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                            INDONESIA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
   
 
Indonesia Considers 23% Increase in Power Subsidy, Bisnis Says
Bloomberg News, June 27, 2009
Indonesia: another Bric in the wall
MoneyWeek, 26 Jun 2009
Bumi cuts stake size, price in Fajar deal
Reuters, 26 Jun 2009
Indonesia investors eye BHP Billiton coal project
Reuters, 26 Jun 2009
Farallon Sells Stake in Indonesia’s Bank Central Asia
Bloomberg News, 26 Jun 2009
China's Geely to invest $30 mln in Indonesia
Xinhua, 26 Jun2 009
Korea agrees to hike Tangguh price
Upstream Online, 26 Jun 2009
Indonesia finmin Indrawati nominated central bank chief
Forbes.com, 25 Jun 2009
FACTBOX-Facts about Indonesia's nominee for c.bank chief
Forexyard, 25 Jun 2009
Indonesian exchange's new chief is ready to modernise
FT.com, 25 Jun 2009
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 CASTLEASIA OPINIONS
   
 
 REMEMBERING SUHARTO
 By James Castle
 Business Times Singapore, 1 Feb 2008
 THE YEAR AHEAD: Economic prospects for Indonesia
 By James Castle
 The Jakarta Post, 3 Jan 2008
 A Democratic Indonesian Tiger?
 By James Castle & Craig Charney
 (The Washington Post, 1 Aug 2007 - pA17)
 The Asian Crisis -- Why was it so much worse here?
 By James Castle
 (The Jakarta Post - Jul 23, 2007)
 Strong Currency, Hot Stock Market - No 1997 Replay
 By James Castle
 (Globe Asia, June 2007, Volume 1, Number 5)
 
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INSTANT INDICATORS
 
  GDP
     4.4% (Q1 2009, y-o-y)
  INFLATION (CPI)
     6.04%
  NET FX RESERVES *
     US$57.87 billion
  SBI INTEREST RATE **
     7%
  JSX INDEX +
     2,040.19
  CURRENCY ++ US$  1.00
     IDR   10,130
                           Euro 1.00 
     IDR   14,222.02
                           Yen  100
     IDR   105.59
 Click the item for historical tables
 * end of May 2009
 ** as of June 2009
 + as of 26 Jun 2009 (Indonesia Stock Exchange)
 ++ as of 26 Jun 2009 (Bank Indonesia)
 
   
                                         NEW PUBLICATIONS
   
 
  
  INDONESIAN OUTLOOK SURVEY 2007
  Business, Politics and Society Ten Years
  After The Crisis
 
 
 
  
 INDONESIA CONSUMER  2007
 The most comprehensive study of the  Indonesian
 consumer and market-place trends
 
 
 
    
 WHO'S WHO IN YUDHOYONO'S INDONESIA
 Understand the political scene and its impact
 on your organization
 
 
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                    INDONESIA INVESTMENT REGULATION
   
 
THE NEW MINING LAW (Law Number 4 of 2009)
(Unofficial Translation by ALI BUDIARDJO, NUGROHO, REKSODIPUTRO - Counselors at Law www.abnrlaw.com)
 
MEMO ON THE NEW MINING LAW (Law Number 4 of 2009)
(ALI BUDIARDJO, NUGROHO, REKSODIPUTRO - Counselors at Law) www.abnrlaw.com)
 
TAX REGULATION UPDATE:  DRAFT AMENDMENT OF INCOME TAX LAW
INSIGHT NEWSLETTER, ERNST & YOUNG, AUGUST 2008
(Ernst & Young Indonesia)
 
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE (PERPRES) No. 77 / 2007 CONCERNING LISTS OF BUSINESS THAT ARE CLOSED TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND THOSE OPEN SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS (Bilingual) 
(Unofficial Translation by ALI BUDIARDJO, NUGROHO, REKSODIPUTRO - Counselors at Law www.abnrlaw.com)
 
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 112 ON MODERN RETAIL MARKETS (Bilingual)
(Unofficial Translation by ALI BUDIARDJO, NUGROHO, REKSODIPUTRO - Counselors at Law www.abnrlaw.com)
 
THE 2007 LAW ON CAPITAL INVESTMENT & ELUCIDATION (Bilingual)
(Unofficial Translation by ALI BUDIARDJO, NUGROHO, REKSODIPUTRO - Counselors at Law www.abnrlaw.com)
 
 
THE 2007 LAW ON CAPITAL INVESTMENT - COMMENTARY
(with specific reference to foreign investment)
Commentary by PETER FANNING
(HUTABARAT, HALIM & REKAN and Chairman of IBC)
 
PRESS RELEASE: GOVERNMENT POLICIES TO ACCELERATE REAL SECTOR AND SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
(Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs www.ekon.go.id)
   
 

 

 

ICP
Protect your interests with the best business intelligence in Indonesia. Delivering the news behind the news, CastleAsia's Indonesia Country Program is an exclusive corporate monitoring program aimed at facilitating a deeper understanding of the political and economic complexities of doing business in Indonesia
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UPCOMING EVENT
INDONESIA COUNTRY PROGRAM 
MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
Members Breakfast
Presidential Election:
Pre-election Analysis
 Speaker:
JAMES CASTLE
Commentary by
UMAR JUORO
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
07:30 – 09:00 a.m.
J.W. Marriott Hotel
Dua Mutiara Ballroom 2
Lingkar Mega Kuningan, Jakarta
 
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INDONESIA COUNTRY PROGRAM 
MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
Members Luncheon
 "Fear, Regret, and Corporate Goodwill”
 By
PETER VERHEZEN
Verhezen & Associates
Thursday, 11 June 2009
12:00 – 14:00 p.m.
J.W. Marriott Hotel
Dua Mutiara Ballroom 3
Lingkar Mega Kuningan, Jakarta
 
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INDONESIA COUNTRY PROGRAM 
MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
Members Luncheon
Recent Developments in HR Management and Policies
in Indonesia
 By
DR. PRI NOTOWIDIGDO
Senior Partner
Amrop Hever Indonesia
Thursday, 28 May 2009
12:00 – 14:00 p.m.
J.W. Marriott Hotel
Dua Mutiara Ballroom 3
Lingkar Mega Kuningan, Jakarta

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INDONESIA COUNTRY PROGRAM 
MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
Members Luncheon
 Indonesia Elections 2009:  Their Meanings and Their Messages
By
DR. ANIES BASWEDAN
President of Paramadina University
Thursday, 23 April 2009
12:00 – 14:00 p.m.
Ritz-Carlton Hotel Ballroom 1
Lingkar Mega Kuningan, Jakarta

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INDONESIA COUNTRY PROGRAM 
MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
Members Luncheon
50th Semi - Annual
Economic & Political Forecast

"Elections & Transition in a Time
of Economic Crisis"
By
JAMES CASTLE
(1) Tuesday, 31March 2009,
12:00 – 14:00 (Dua Mutiara 3)
(2) Wednesday, 8 April 2009,
12:00 – 14:00 (Dua Mutiara 1)
J.W. Marriott Hotel,
Jl. Lingkar Mega Kuningan, Jakarta


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