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Agung Podomoro Group (APG) will invest Rp. 800 billion for 3-4 new projects on this year (2009).

Actually, for temporary their investment will not influence by global financial crisis currently.

One of these project is Cosmo Terrace Appartment at Hotel Indonesia area which initial investment is around Rp. 200 billion.

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Toll Road Regulator asking the investor to evaluating and prepare the strategy to realize the toll road projects in 2009.

Head of Indonesian Toll Road Association, Fatchur Rochman said that investor was ready and also giving the progress report to continue the toll road project in this year.

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General Secretary of Organda, T. R. Panjaitan said that the organization agree to decrease the transportation tariff 6% refer to government regulation who also decreasing the oil price.

6% of decreasing is the realistic number for Organda, caused by for this time the spare parts of vehicles still influenced by our currency depreciation to US Dollar.

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The authorized agent of Chevrolet, PT General Motors Autoworld Indonesia (GMAI) very optimistic that in a second semester, automotive market will better and of course they will meet their sales target for this year around 3.000 unit.

Managing Director of GMAI, Makiat Sutikno agree that the automotive market will be decreasing refer to a global crisis at now, but for all, Indonesia market still potential to realize their sales target.

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Refer to “Gaza” conflict after Israel forces seized control of high-rise buildings and attacked smuggling tunnels in the tenth day of fighting with Hamas in Gaza on Monday, oil price was increase above US$ 48 per a barrel to day (06/01/09).

For the information that untill this time, the Israel’s offensive has killed at least 500 people, and about 25 percent of wom were civilians.

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In 2009, cigarette tax will be rising 7 percent. The government plans to increase the tobacco tax by roughly 7 percent in 2009 to curb the growing rate of consumption at 5 percent.

For the next year (2009), hopely the government who representative by the ministry’s head of fiscal policy, Anggito Abimanyu said that it will receive around Rp. 48.2 trillion from tobacco tax revenue.

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To support the expansion for this year (2009), state-owned company, PT Garuda Indonesia Airways (GIA) has planning to add the new armada about 14 unit aircraft for type Boeing 737 New Generation (B737NG).

With these armada, Garuda Indonesia Airways will increase their flight number for domestic and international route.

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President Soesilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that our economic growth for this year (2009) estimately will be above 4.5 percent and it is the reason number to be reached by the government.

In the global crisis currently, the number’s of economic growht is a conservative target. As we know that every countries in the world also was decrease their economic growht and adjusted by the current situation.

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Indeks Harga Saham Gabungan (IHSG) pada perdagangan hari pertamanya di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) setelah resmi dibuka oleh Presiden SBY terus menguat dan bergerak positif.

Dibuka pada level 1.355,41, IHSG terus mengalami rebound hingga 81,93 poin atau naik sebesar 6,04% dan akhirnya berhasil ditutup pada level 1.437,34.

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Perdagangan Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) resmi dibuka hari ini (05/01/09) oleh Presiden Republik Indonesia, Bapak Dr. H. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY).

Tema pembukaan perdagangan BEI pada tahun ini  adalah “Building Confidence in The Global Market Turbulence” yang diharapkan dapat memberikan optimisme pada industri Pasar Modal Indonesia di tahun 2009 ini, setelah di tahun 2008 mengalami guncangan akibat krisis finansial global yang melanda dunia. 

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