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Every drop counts
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 25/11/2019
» Residents of Claket village in Mojokerto district of East Java are facing an uncertain future that could include an absolute water scarcity by 2040. That has spurred them to act and they are now looking ahead with more optimism.
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Jokowi's new team
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 04/11/2019
» President Joko Widodo embarked on his second term with an inaugural speech that offered Indonesians a dream that their country would become one of the world's top five economies by 2045. The lineup of his new cabinet speaks volumes about his sharpened focus on spurring business and economic growth.
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Grab for good
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 14/10/2019
» The regional ride-hailing giant that has turned into an "everyday super app" for millions is seeking to make an even bigger impact on the lives of Southeast Asians with its technology and digital services.
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Palm oil backlash
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 30/09/2019
» With its palm oil diplomacy in Europe in tatters amid raging forest fires -- many of them set to clear land for palm planting -- Indonesia is working harder to shore up sales in markets such as China and India, while boosting the proportion of palm used in biodiesel at home.
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Bracing for the big smoke
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 26/08/2019
» Indonesia is bracing for the possibility of more regional embarrassment and condemnation as authorities battle to extinguish forest fires in more than a thousand hotspots in Sumatra and Kalimantan.
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Shifting the centre
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 02/09/2019
» After months of hype about a proposal to move Indonesia's capital, President Joko Widodo has confirmed the choice of a site in East Kalimantan, 1,900 kilometres northeast of overcrowded and rapidly sinking Jakarta.
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Pollution solution
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 05/08/2019
» The Indonesian do-it-all app Gojek is taking steps to tackle the mounting problem of plastic waste, to which it has inadvertently contributed through its hugely popular food delivery service.
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Indonesian brides lured into unhappy wedlock with Chinese men
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 22/07/2019
» Chinese men who are looking abroad for wives are turning increasingly to poor regions of Indonesia, where young women have become prey for scheming matchmakers promising a good life abroad. But the reality is often very different.
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Jakarta woos investors
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 24/06/2019
» The Indonesian government is preparing to introduce new tax incentives for investors and manufacturers, in line with its ambition to become Southeast Asia's manufacturing hub, and become the fourth largest economy in the world by the 100th anniversary of independence in 2045.
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Capital ideas
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 27/05/2019
» President Joko Widodo has revived the on-again, off-again idea to move the Indonesian capital from Jakarta, although this time he appears to mean what he said.
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