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Indonesia To Place Tax Officers In Overseas Embassies
Published on 2010-08-24 04:13:00
As part of the government’s drive to increase budgetary revenue, its Tax Director General, Mochammad Tjiptardjo, has disclosed a plan to place tax officials in Indonesia’s embassies in selected countries.Tjiptardjo has to raise tax collections significantly next year to meet the budgetary targets. Tax revenue is forecast to increase by 13% in 2011, and that will have to be achieved mainly through tax administration measures and action against tax evaders.As part of the latter, he has disclos
Pertamina withdraws 2 million faulty gas canisters
Published on 2010-08-24 02:53:00
Indonesia's state oil and gas company Pertamina has withdrawn around 2 million faulty 3-kg gas canisters from circulation following a series of gas canister explosions in the country, Vice President Boediono said."I have just been informed that nearly 2 million 3-kg gas canisters have been replaced with new ones," he said as was quoted by Antara during an inspection at a gas canister crisis centre at the Pertamina head office in Jakarta on Monday (August 23).Boediono said that any other faulty 3
Panic but No Injuries as Gas Pipeline Explodes in Jakarta
Published on 2010-08-24 02:50:00
Residents of leafy Menteng in Central Jakarta were given a huge shock on Tuesday morning when an underground gas pipeline exploded.The blast, which occurred along 200 meters of the pipeline on Jalan Cikini Raya at 9:30 a.m., caused panic among street vendors but no injuries. The sidewalk was also badly damaged.Menteng Police and Central Jakarta Police officers are currently at the scene, as are officials from state gas company PGN.A PGN spokesman said the gas supply had been turned off so there
