Asia’s rapid economic expansion in the pastdecade has turned its skies into some of world’s most pollutedand is blamed for more than 500,000 premature deaths annually,delegates told a clean air conference.
Some 900 experts and government officials from 20 countriesmeeting in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta urged the region toimpose tighter regulations on emissions, boost investment […]
The imminent victory of former rebel candidates in the Aceh gubernatorial election is a signal of the popularity the movement in the resource-rich province and Aceh people’s rejection of Jakarta politics, observers say.
In the other regional elections across the province independent candidates are consistently polling in front of those endorsed by the traditional national political […]
Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces, Pehin Major General Dato Hj Awg Halbi Hj Mohd Yusof, said that when the numbers of collected aid from all international countries are counted, Brunei Darussalam’s assistance for the tsunami and earthquake victims is small, but it is very meaningful for Bruneians.
The people of Brunei saw the disasters […]
If 2006 has so far seen nothing on the scale of the tsunami that devastated much of Asia’s coastline in 2004, or the quake that shattered a remote region between Indian and Pakistani Kashmir in 2005, it has nevertheless brought its share of catastrophes, man-made and natural.
Some of the most deadly events, excluding acts of […]
Asia must impose tighter regulations on emissions and fuel efficiency standards to combat air pollution that contributes to some half-a-million premature deaths annually, Asian ministers and environmentalists said Wednesday.
The meeting in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta heard how Asia’s rapid economic development has turned the region into the one of the world’s most polluted, with […]
Indonesia’s government extended a hand yesterday to a former rebel leader set to become governor of Aceh after landmark elections in a province still fragile after decades of violence and a tsunami.
Unofficial results show Irwandi Yusuf, the former spokesman of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), and his running mate, Mohamed Nazar, likely to secure a […]
Air quality has improved in some Asian cities, but pollution remains a threat to health and quality of life in others, says a major new air quality report launched yesterday. One particular challenge is that while vehicle emissions are being reduced, the volume of vehicles is rising rapidly.
The book, Urban Air Pollution in […]
Although it has been seven months since the earthquake disaster in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, donations are still pouring in for the victims.
Yesterday, the Indonesian Ambassador to the Sultanate, Mr Herijanto Soeprapto received -two officers representing the Ministry of Development at the embassy’s chancery in Jalan Muara who dropped by to hand over cash donation for the […]
An oversupply of salt has prompted traditional farmers in West Java to call on the government to stop importing salt, which is blamed for the continued drop in prices to the lowest level of Rp 50 or less than one U.S. cent per kg.
Chairman of the Traditional Salt Farmers Association in Cirebon, West Java, Mochammad […]
Prominent women activists threw their weight over the weekend behind the government’s plan to expand the ban on polygamy.
The activists suggested that the government make polygamy a crime punishable by law.
Activist Siti Musdah Mulia of the Indonesian Conference on Religion and Peace said that a law that criminalized polygamy was used in some countries as […]
State Minister for the Environment Rachmat Witoelar launched Saturday a “reduce-reuse-recycle” campaign in Bandung, West Java’s capital city, once notorious for its trash problem.
Rachmat marked the occasion by donating two simple machines to process organic waste for Ciroyom market, where he was joined by Bandung Mayor Dada Rosada and the provincial administration’s secretary Leks Laksmana.
He […]
Chairman of European Union monitoring team Glyn Ford said Monday that the Aceh regional elections in Aceh province had taken place smoothly.
“There is no problem so far. The distribution of logistics is carried out on schedules,” Ford was quoted by Antara news agency as saying when he visited a polling station in Mearaya district, Banda […]