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Museum Nasional, Historical or History
Posted on May 6, 2012 | No CommentsMuseum Nasional, or Museum Gajah as many Indonesians would like to call it because of the elephant statue in front of the building, is house to 1,400 pre-historic, archeological, overseas ceramics, numismatic/heraldic, colonial ethnographic and geographic items. The bronze elephant statue was a gift from... -
Scientists Identify Protein Contributing To Symptoms of Parkinson`s Disease
Posted on May 6, 2012 | No CommentsScientists at the San Francisco-based Gladstone Institutes, an independent and nonprofit biomedical-research organization, have identified a protein that exacerbates symptoms of Parkinson`s disease. It is a discovery that could one day lead to new treatments for people who suffer from this devastating neurodegenerative illness. In... -
Smartphones and Tablets Transforming Workplace
Posted on May 6, 2012 | No CommentsThe soaring popularity of smartphones and tablets is eroding the distinction between our business and personal worlds, says the head of British telecoms giant BT. Ian Livingston, BT’s chief executive officer, told Marketplace Europe the “consumerization” of business — the trend for personal consumer devices... -
Who Gets More Vacation Days?
Posted on May 6, 2012 | No CommentsEarlier this week, voters in Switzerland went to the polls and said “no” to an additional two weeks vacation a year. In a national referendum, 66.5% opposed the chance to put Switzerland in line with its neighbor Germany, where employees enjoy six-week paid vacation every... -
Heart of Borneo Designated As “World`s Lungs”
Posted on May 6, 2012 | No CommentsKalimantan Island or also known as Borneo is host to a vast area of the country`s remaining tropical rainforests where various endemic flora and fauna can be found. Rainforests in the Heart of Borneo also have a crucial function as the lungs of the world... -
Tourist Attractions Support Visit South Sulawesi 2012
Posted on May 6, 2012 | No CommentsThe `Visit South Sulawesi 2012` tourism campaign is touted to be a great success as it is supported by many tourist attractions in the province of South Sulawesi. The province is rich in marine, natural, cultural, historic and agro tourism destinations that will make Visit... -
Ambon Now Cruise Ships’ Regular Port of Call
Posted on May 6, 2012 | No CommentsOnce torn by a three-year period of sectarian violence from early 1999 to 2001 that tarnished its image and the area?s tourism, the Maluku provincial capital city of Ambon is now becoming a regular port of call for foreign cruise ships. Between January 26 and... -
Hotel Association Wants Govt Control Over Tourists to Bali
Posted on May 4, 2012 | No CommentsBali`s Chief of Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI), Tjokorda Oka Arta Ardhana Sukawati, suggests that the government controls the number of tourists coming to Bali. “The development of tourism in Bali during the past few years has emphasized quantity instead of quality of tourists coming... -
Indonesia Sees 10% Increase in Number of Malaysian tourists
Posted on May 4, 2012 | No CommentsIndonesia is targeting an increase of 5-10% in the number of Malaysian tourists coming to the country in 2012 from 1.03 million last year. “We have set three kinds of target for tourists from Malaysia,” deputy director for tourism promotion for ASEAN region, Chrismiastutie, when... -
Chinese Investor Mulls Investing in W. Kalimantan`s Rubber Plantations
Posted on May 4, 2012 | No CommentsA Chinese company is mulling to develop rubber plantations in West Kalimantan province at a cost of more than Rp10 trillion, a local investment official said. “They (the Chinese company) have invited the West Kalimantan provincial government and legislative body to visit China to show...