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“The projects include the long-delayed development of the fibre-optic network Palapa Ring, rescheduled to start construction this year, five hydropower plants, and |seaports for PT Pelindo I and PT Pelindo IV,” IIF president director Sukatmo Padmosukarso said on Friday. 

Sukatmo said the company chose to finance telecommunications infrastructure because regulations regarding |construction were already quite clear and would guarantee development. 

The Palapa Ring project, aimed |at improving Indonesia’s telecommunications signal by setting up 50,000 |kilometres of fibre-optic cable across the archipelago, was originally scheduled to begin construction in 2007 but was delayed for various reasons. –The Jakarta Post

 

Asean tourism ministers meet

The tourism ministers of the 10 member countries of Asean are meeting in Manila at the 35th Asean Tourism Forum (ATF) to map out an integrated tourism-development plan and policy framework for the entire region.

The ministers, according to the Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT), will also meet with the officers of the national tourism organisations of the Asean-member countries during the ATF.

Comprising the tourism organisations are industry players and regulators of the various tourism sectors of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

The daily meetings are being held at the Hotel Sofitel Philippine Plaza from yesterday to Friday as DOT marketing arm the Tourism Promotions Board rolls out the ATF exhibits at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia, for the entire duration of the eight-day international event, ending next Monday. – Philippine Daily Inquirer

 

‘Jobs for Malaysians’

There are jobs for Malaysians despite the current global economic slowdown, said Dr Wee Ka Siong, minister in the Prime Minister’s Department.

He said the government had projected economic growth of between 4 and 5 per cent this year due to both domestic and foreign investments, meaning that there would be opportunities for all.

“Seven out of 10 employers have stated that they were maintaining or even increasing their human-resource intake in the third and fourth quarters of 2015.

“The government believes that there will be jobs for Malaysians and there will be growth in our economy this year,” he told reporters after launching the fourth Johor Career and Post Graduate Expo.

Wee also urged Malaysians, especially graduates, not to be choosy in finding jobs as they needed to start from the bottom to become successful in their careers. – The Star