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Domestic Issues Political Issues
President instructs continuation of security operations in poso
Kalla calls on press to reduce news which may trigger radicalism
Pks welcomes change in tni's doctrine
World appreciation for ri increasing, says foreign minister
Economic Issues
Indonesia's exports of built-up cars increase by 70 pct
Ro should take advantage of eu market
Imf executive director to visit indonesia
Foreign investors begin eyeing ri as investment destination: bi governor
Vp hopes s kalimantan becomes center for national steel industry
Ri not to seek any new loans from imf
Ri to cease seeking financial aid through cgi
National fishery production projected at 4.9 million tons in 2007
Fdi drops by 32.2 pct in 2006
Investment in cement industry in 2007 about us$1.4 billion
Social and Cultural Issues
Rescue workers find 27 fragments believed parts of missing adam air plane
United states helps bring clean water to families in indonesia
Over 9,000 small islands in indonesia have no names
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Vol. X No.03 February 01, 2007


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Contents

Domestic Issues 3

Political Issues 3

1. ELECTED STATE OFICIALS CAN'T BE REPLACED ANY TIME: PRESIDENT 3

2. PRESIDENT INSTRUCTS CONTINUATION OF SECURITY OPERATIONS IN POSO 3

3. KALLA CALLS ON PRESS TO REDUCE NEWS WHICH MAY TRIGGER RADICALISM 4

4. PKS WELCOMES CHANGE IN TNI'S DOCTRINE 4

5. WORLD APPRECIATION FOR RI INCREASING, SAYS FOREIGN MINISTER 5

Economic Issues 5

1. AGRICULTURE AND AGRO-INDUSTRY TO BE KEY SECTORS IN DEVELOPING IMT-GT: PRESIDENT SAYS 5

2. INDONESIA'S EXPORTS OF BUILT-UP CARS INCREASE BY 70 PCT 6

3. RO SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EU MARKET 6

4. IMF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO VISIT INDONESIA 6

5. FOREIGN INVESTORS BEGIN EYEING RI AS INVESTMENT DESTINATION: BI GOVERNOR 7

6. VP HOPES S KALIMANTAN BECOMES CENTER FOR NATIONAL STEEL INDUSTRY 7

7. RI NOT TO SEEK ANY NEW LOANS FROM IMF 8

8. RI TO CEASE SEEKING FINANCIAL AID THROUGH CGI 8

9. NATIONAL FISHERY PRODUCTION PROJECTED AT 4.9 MILLION TONS IN 2007 9

10. FDI DROPS BY 32.2 PCT IN 2006 9

11. INVESTMENT IN CEMENT INDUSTRY IN 2007 ABOUT US$1.4 BILLION 9

Social and Cultural Issues 10

1. PRESIDENT: CAMPAIGNS AGAINST BIRD FLU NOT ONLY TO PROTECT TOURISM, TRADE 10

2. RESCUE WORKERS FIND 27 FRAGMENTS BELIEVED PARTS OF MISSING ADAM AIR PLANE 10

3. UNITED STATES HELPS BRING CLEAN WATER TO FAMILIES IN INDONESIA 11

4. OVER 9,000 SMALL ISLANDS IN INDONESIA HAVE NO NAMES 12

5. GOVT TO RAISE RETAIL PRICES OF CIGARETTES: OFFICIAL 12

6. BALI GLOBAL FORUM TO BE HELD ON JANUARY 21-23 12

7. RI TOURISM UNAFFECTED BY BIRD FLU CASES: MINISTER 13

8. BALI HOPES TO ATTRACT 1.6 MILLION FOREIGN TOURISTS IN 2007 13

9. RI TO TAKE PART IN TOURISM WEEK IN SPAIN 13

Regional/International Issues 14

1. INDONESIA TAKES PART IN NORWAY'S GREATEST TOURISM BOURSE 14

2. RI, BRAZIL EXPLORING COOPERATION IN FORESTRY 14

3. INDONESIA, QATAR TO SET UP JOINT INVESTMENT FUND 14

4. PRESIDENT: RI STIL CONCERNED ABOUT SITUATION IN PALESTINE, LEBANON 15

5. GLOBAL FORUM ENDS WITH ADOPTION OF 'SPIRIT OF BALI' DECLARATION 15

6. US GOVT TO ESTABLISH COOPERATION WITH PAPUA 16

7. RI TO STRIVE FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN REGIONAL COOPERATION 16

8. US PROVIDES US$15 BILLION TO FIGHT HIV/AIDS 16

9. RI READY TO PARTCIPATE IN UN MISSION IN NEPAL 17

10. PRESIDENT WANTS MORE INTENSIVE ECONOMIC, TRADE RELATIONS WITH LAOS 17

11. RI FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT LEBANON, BRITAIN, SYRIA IN FEBRUARY 18

12. FOREIGN MINISTER ATTENDS RI-UK PARTNERSHIP FORUM IN LONDON 18

13. YUDHOYONO, MUSHARRAF TO DISCUSS MIDDLE EAST CONFLICTS IN JAKARTA 19



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Domestic Issues




Political Issues




      1. ELECTED STATE OFICIALS CAN'T BE REPLACED ANY TIME: PRESIDENT



Jakarta - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here Saturday (Jan 20) warned groups in the community that were critical of the government to desist from arbitrarily demanding the replacement of public office holders any time they want, especially state officials who had been directly appointed by the people through a general election.

"A district head elected by the people should not be changed every year. The same applies to governors. And also to those in office at national level (president and vice president)," the President said at a meeting with Star Reform Party (PBR) executive board members.

Yudhoyono was commenting on recent public activities launched by certain groups to express their dissatisfaction about the government's performance. One of those activities was a demonstration led by Hariman Siregar, a key figure in the 1974 "Malari" riots, which called for the revocation of President Susilo Bambang Yudhyoyono's and Vice President Jusuf Kalla's mandate.

With reference to the Hariman Siregar-led demonstration, the president said he had received support from many elements in the community who had contacted him by telephone, cellular text messages and letters urging him to respond to the rally.

"The point is not whether I am afraid or not. But if I react to every expression of discontent , the situation will become more complicated and precarious," Yudhoyono said.

He said government officials, especially those who had been elected by the people through general or regional elections, should learn to restrain themselves (in reacting to manifestations of public discontent) so as not to worsen the situation.

The president made the statements in the presence of PBR chairman Bursah Zarnubi and Transportation Minister Hatta Radjasa.

Earlier, at a function to mark Islamic New Year, 1 Hegira (Muharram) 1428-H in the Istiqlal mosque here, the president said the people should not bemoan or complain about the situation or blame one another in the face of the problems in daily life including the occurrence of natural disasters.

"We should not bemoan and complain about the situation or blame one another," he said when attending the function in the company of First Lady Ani Yudhoyono.

He said Moslems in particular and Indonesian people in general should keep in mind that God Almighty would not help them if they themselves did nothing to change their own fate.

      1. PRESIDENT INSTRUCTS CONTINUATION OF SECURITY OPERATIONS IN POSO



Jakarta - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has instructed the continuation of security operations in Poso, Central Sulawesi, to search for and arrest perpetrators of criminal and terrorist acts without exposing the local community to negative excesses, a senior cabinet minister said.

"The President wants the operations to uphold the law in Poso to be continued because they are inherent in the role, functions and tasks of the law enforcing agencies," Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Widodo A. Sutjipto said following a limited cabinet session led by the President at the presidential office here Thursday (Jan 25) .

He said the President had also asked that the local people be familiarized with and given explanations about the purpose of the police operations which was the capture of perpetrators of criminal and terrorist acts.

To ensure the effectiveness of the operations, the President had also called for good synchronization and coordination among the security agencies involved, Widodo said.

In conducting the operations, the law enforcing agencies concerned were also expected to prevent excesses by upholding the principles of accountability, sense of proportion, professionalism and paying due heed to the required procedures, Widodo said in the presence of State Intelligence Agency (BIN) Chief Syamsir Siregar and National Police Deputy Chief Makbul Padmanegara.

About reports that many firearms were to be found in the local community in Poso, the minister said they were probably remainders of arsenals used in the past communal conflict in Ambon, Maluku province, where the local Mobile Brigade headquarters was broken into some time ago.

Earlier this week, police in Poso exchanged fire with a group of armed civilians in the former's efforts to hunt down 29 men wanted for criminal and terrorist acts committed since 2004.

Twelve people including a police officer were killed in the gun battle which created a tense atmoshere and a temporary stanstill in the local people's activities.

      1. KALLA CALLS ON PRESS TO REDUCE NEWS WHICH MAY TRIGGER RADICALISM



Denpasar, Bali - Vice President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla called on the press to reduce the publication of news which might trigger radicalism and contribute to bringing about peace in the world.

"A journalist's pen is much sharper than a soldier's bayonet, and thus the media plays a strategic role in creating peace," he said here on Sunday (Jan 21) when opening the Bali Global Forum.

Addressing 300 participants from 30 countries, Kalla said the impact of news broadcasts or coverage as well as short-message-services could be much stronger than the capabilities of a tank.

The mass media and electronic coverage give a strong impact on creating peace, he said, adding that the press should be able to encourage the establishment of peace and dialogue among people of different religious creeds.

State Minister for Communications and Information Sofyan A. Djalil said the meeting organized jointly by the Indonesian government and the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) is aimed at identifying practical parameters that might benefit both the mass media and means of information and communications.

This was meant to gain free access to information, the ability to use the mass media and the means of information and communications in bringing about peace, he added.

The current era of technology and information provides chances to find practical ways to use the means of communications and information in expressing a statement in the creation of peace.

Indonesia is using this opportunity to promote tourism and culture through the "Bali Landscape" in the hope for inclusion in the World Cultural Heritage, Sofyan said.

Some international panelists are scheduled to deliver lectures at the meeting held from January 20 to 23, including former foreign affairs minister Ali Alatas, telecommunications expert and former rector of Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) Prof Dr Ir Iskandar Alisyahbana, and managing Director of Kompas daily Jakob Oetama.

The Bali Global Forum is a follow up of the 22th UNESCO general assembly in Paris on October 10, 2005, and the discussions between the Indonesian delegation and the UNESCO at the 4th Intergovernmental Council for Information of All Programs (IC-IFAP) UNESCO in Paris in March 2006.

Several leading international media, including CNN, AlJazeera, international non-governmental organizations, Nobel Prize winners, religious leaders, political journalists and journalists take part in the meeting.

      1. PKS WELCOMES CHANGE IN TNI'S DOCTRINE



Jakarta - The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) welcomes the change in the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) doctrine from "Catur Darma Eka Karma" to "Tri Darma Eka Karma" and hopes it will make the TNI more professional, a party executive said.

Tatang Wahono, PKS associate chairman for political affairs, said here on Thursday (Jan 25) the party welcomed the change in the TNI's doctrine because it meant that the TNI would no longer interfere in the country's social and political affairs.

"It is also in line with the political will of the people who want the TNI and the National Police (Polri) to be professional after having played a political role for 32 years during the New Order era," said Untung who is also a member of the PKS faction in the House of Representatives (DPR).

TNI Chief Marshal Djoko Suyanto had earlier said the military would this year change its doctrine from Catur Darma Eka Karma to Tri Darma Eka Karma following the separation of Polri from the TNI seven years ago.

Speaking to the press after a meeting at the TNI Headquarters in Cilangkap on Wednesday, Djoko said following the change in its doctrine the TNI would concentrate on its national defence mission and conduct itself in accordance with the state's political decisions.

"The important thing is that after the doctrine change, the TNI will no longer meddle in social and political affairs like it did in the past. The TNI in the future will play its role in maintaining the sovereignty and integrity of Indonesia," Djoko said.

Commenting on the question of servicemen's right to vote in the 2009 general elections, Untung said it should be separated from the TNI's essential role because the voting right belonged to every Indonesian citizen, including TNI personnel.

Asked about the TNI's plan to send troops to the restive Central Sulawesi town of Poso to back up the police there, Untung said it was not necessary.

      1. WORLD APPRECIATION FOR RI INCREASING, SAYS FOREIGN MINISTER



London - The world is increasingly appreciating a new and democratic Indonesia with its predominantly moderate Muslim population, Foreign Affairs Minister Hassan Wirajuda said here Tuesday (Jan 30).

"The appreciation has been expressed by many international quarters and is enabling Indonesia to pursue its active and independent foreign policy," Wirajuda said at a gathering with members of the Indonesian community in Britain.

Present at the function were also Indonesian Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ireland Marty M. Natalegawa, Kartika Soekarno Puteri, a daughter of the late President Soekarno.

Wirajuda is visiting London together with Trade Minister Mari Pangestu and Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono to attend an Indonesia-UK Partnership Forum and to inaugurate the newly-established Indonesia-UK Islamic Advisory Group (IAG).

The Group's formation was agreeed on at a meeting between President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Prime Minister Tony Blair when the latter visited Jakarta in March 2006.

Wirajudha said Blair's visit to Indonesia had become a new pillar in Indonesia-UK bilateral relations.