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August 2013

News/Indonesia
Tribune News – August 16, 2013

Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician Rieke Diah Pitaloka has criticised President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s (SBY) state of the nation speech as being no different from a work of science fiction.

News/Indonesia
Berita Satu – August 8, 2013

Shesar Andriawan/FMB, Jakarta – According to Budi Wardoyo, the national secretary of Politics of the People and the Joint Labour Secretariat (Sekber Buruh) working body, complaints [by employers] about the large number of public holidays that cause a drop in productivity are simply a red herring.

June 2013

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – June 29, 2013

Sign reads ‘Economic, Political Policies’, hand (right) reads ‘Prices’

January 2013

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – January 2, 2013

Cart reads Economy.

December 2012

News/Indonesia
Detik – December 18, 2012

Rina Atriana, Jakarta – National businessperson Prabowo Subianto has criticised Indonesian workers who ask for very high wage increases, saying they should first understand the current conditions faced by companies and the Indonesian economy.

News/Indonesia
Koran Jakarta – December 11, 2012

Jakarta – The growth in the number of wealthy individuals over the last 10 years has been spectacular, increasing by five fold or by 500 percent. This can be seen from the total wealth and bank deposits that continue to increase.

August 2012

News/Indonesia
Kompas – August 7, 2012

Jakarta – In the midst of a global crisis, Indonesia’s economic growth recorded a positive result. Economic growth for the second quarter of this year reached 6.4 percent compared with the same period last year.

May 2011

News/Indonesia
Kompas – May 25, 2011

Jakarta – Foreign penetration through multi-national companies in the food sector is increasing and spreading.

News/Indonesia
Kompas – May 23, 2011

Jakarta – Foreign domination of strategic economic sectors is spreading and deepening. It has been suggested that the government reorganised strategic economic development so the benefits are more evenly felt by the ordinary people and greater competitiveness in the face of global competition.

April 2011

News/Indonesia
Kompas – April 28, 2011

Jakarta – Indonesia is currently facing a second phase of deindustrialisation. One of the indicators is the dependency on foreign companies. Renegotiation of the Asean-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) will not be effective in overcoming the problem of national deindustrialisation.