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Vol 3 No 45 - 29 November, 2012
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EMPLOYERS in Batam have voicedplans to boycott the implementationof the new minimum wage set by thelocal authority, arguing that thedecision was made under pressureand without the presence of theirrepresentatives.
This was supported by provincialChambers of Commerce and Industryhead Johannes Kennedy Aritonang,provincial Association of IndonesianEmployers (Apindo) ChairmanCahaya, Apindo Batam Chairman OKSimatupang and Small and MediumEnterprise Assn. ChairmanSyarifuddin Andi Bola in Batam.
The Batam Wage Council (DPK)announced to protesting workers lastweek that the 2013 wage was set atRp 2.04 million (US$211) per month,an increase of more than Rp 600,000from the 2012 wage.
Cahaya said the DPK’s decision wasnot legitimate because it was not adeliberation but rather a process ofcoercion by the workers.
“How could they talk if thousands ofworkers surrounded the deliberationsite. A deliberation needs a neutralenvironment,” Cahaya said.
Cahaya added that it would bedifficult for the employers to meetthe minimum wage, as theirmaximum capability was Rp 1.7million for the coming year. This iswhy he called on Apindo membersnot to comply with it. Johannesconcured.
“Wage components are calculatedover two to five years and we haveexperienced two jumps already. The
Batam employers to boycott minimum wage?
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Hundreds of bikers and cars line up at a fuel station in Batam onMonday. On Tuesday, this station closed its gates in total becausethere was no more fuel left. (Batam Pos)
FUEL SHORTAGES are hitting citiesall over Indonesia, including Batam,where long lines of motorists waitedfor the limited fuel supplies thisweek. In some cases, gas stationshave closed for lack of fuel.
The consumption of subsidized fuelsthis year has twice exceeded thequotas set in the 2012 state budget– even after approval of thegovernment’s request for a revisionin September following a spike indemand.
According to state oil and gas pro-ducer PT Pertamina, the consumption
Fuel shortages hit Batamof subsidized fuels as of Nov. 24 hadreached 25.2 million kiloliters forpremium and 12.9 million kilolitersfor diesel. The official state budgetquotas for the fuels are set at 27.8million kiloliters and 15 millionkiloliters, respectively, up by 15%and 8% prior to the revision.
Both types of transportation fuels arecurrently sold for Rp 4,500 (49 U.S.cents) per liter, half the price ofnon-subsidized fuel and the cheapestin Southeast Asia.
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government must also listen toemployers and not just to workers,”he said.
Johannes said he would file asummons to the State AdministrativeCourt if the decision was endorsedby the Riau Islands governor.
The meeting in which the DPKdecided on the minimum wage, heldlast week, was only attended byrepresentatives from the localadministration and workers unions.It was a continuation of a previousmeeting, which had ended indeadlock, as neither Apindo norworkers unions could agree on theamount. Apindo did not attend thefollowing meeting.
Bowing to pressure from business-people, however, the governmenthas decided to allow labor-intensivefirms, including textile, garment andshoe manufacturers, to seek a delayin raising the minimum wages fortheir workers.
Small and medium enterprises,meanwhile, are completely excludedfrom the new minimum wagepolicies, according to IndustryMinister MS Hidayat.
In West Java, the 2013 minimumwage in cities and regencies has beenraised by 25.6% on averagecompared to the previous year. Theincreases range from between Rp50,000 and Rp 827,800.
“I did not make any changes to thefigures proposed by the 26 regentsand mayors. All I did was endorse it,”West Java Governor AhmadHeryawan said in Bandung.
He said there were 17 regencies orcities whose minimum wage washigher or equal to the their respectivebasic cost of living (KHL).
“For eastern part of West Java(Ciamis, Tasikmalaya and Banjar),the minimum wages remain underthe KHL,” Heryawan said.
West Java Manpoweer andTransmigration Agency head HeningWidiatmoko said the differences weredue to the result of KHL surveys andmeetings of the DPK in the respectiveregions.
In anticipation of employers’ incap-ability to pay the minimum wage,Heryawan welcomed them to fileobjections before 10 days prior to it’simplementation on Jan. 1, 2013. –The Jakarta Post
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A LEADING Singapore player hasbeen focusing on building its fab-rication muscle in Batam to bid forhigher-value projects being tenderedin the Indonesian and internationalbid circuits.
The Batam yard of Singapore-basedSMOE - the fabrication unit ofSembCorp Marine - has expandedover the years and is set to occupy68 hectares, or twice the land areashared by SMOE and SembawangShipyard in Singapore.
The proximity of Batam - separatedby just 20 kilometers of waterwayfrom Singapore - as well as itsdemarcated free trade zone providingfor tax-free export and import ofmaterials and semi-finished pro-ducts, are huge draws to SMOE.
Batam also provides the roomnecessary for expansion for a Singa-pore-based yard operator facingspace constraints on the home front.
However, as SMOE ManagingDirector Ho Nee Sin points out, amajor drawing card in Batam andelsewhere in Indonesia is theavailability of good quality skilledlabor, which he says is comparableto other Asian shipbuilding countries.
“Indonesian fabrication yards are noless (cost) competitive compared totheir Chinese rivals,” Ho says, whileadding the company’s statistics havefurther verified the quality of workdelivered from its Batam facility iscomparable to that of Singapore.
It is from this vantage point thatSMOE embarked on the expansion ofits Batam yard to take on large-scaleoffshore fixed and floating structures,as well as onshore LNG plantsotherwise not feasible to fabricate inSingapore. SMOE has invested morethan $100 million on the first threedevelopment phases in Batam, whichwill see the addition of a 10,000-tonskidway, a 20,000-ton bulkhead jettyand the potential extension of theyard’s waterfront to one-kilometerwide and the jetty to 10 meters deep.
These additional facilities will allowthe Batam yard to undertake thedelivery of topsides modules of up to30,000 tons via spread loading andthe construction of floating pro-duction units.
SMOE has already built a track recordof delivering both central processing
SMOE's focus on Batam paying offand wellhead platforms from Batamfor Indonesian offshore oil and gasdevelopments.
SMOE recently won a subcontractfrom Bechtel to fabricate in Batamthe modules for the first two LNGtrains of the APLNG project inQueensland. A total of 69 pipe racksand modules weighing about 41,000tons are being assembled in Batam.
Scoring an LNG project in the highlyregulated Australian oil and gassector is a boost to the Batam yard’sresume. Ho is looking to up the antefurther by pitching the Batam yardfor prefabrication work on platformmodules in the North Sea.
SMOE is presently bidding againstSouth Korean giants for platformcontracts with Det Norske and Total.
While SMOE is expected to continueto remain active through its Batamyard in the Indonesian tender circuit,Ho says the yard operator will placeincreasing emphasis on securingprojects outside the country. –Upstream Online
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Tuesday, a plan by Pertamina tolimit the opening hours of gasstations from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. inBali, Balik-papan, Batam, Java,Makassar, Medan and Palembangon Dec. 2 was cancelled by theEnergy and Minerals ResourcesMinistry.
Pertamina plans to use its backupreserves to continue distributingthe subsidized fuels even after ithas surpassed the quotas, whichmeans the company would likelyspend an additional Rp 6 trillionfrom its budget.
With its daily distribution ofsubsidized fuels normally reaching80,000 kiloliters of premium and42,900 kiloliters of diesel per day,Pertamina expects the quotas torun out in mid-December.
In addition, downstream oil andgas regulator BPH Migas orderedPertamina to limit its daily fueldistribution to each city, startingon Nov. 19. However, thecompany decided on Monday toend the policy due to the potentialfor social unrest.
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THE 2013 minimum wage set forworkers in Jakarta is considered toohigh by employers, who fear that itmay backfire as businesses considera recruitment freeze.
An entrepreneur in the food andbeverage sector, Adhi Lukman, saidthe Rp 2.2 million (US$228) mini-mum wage for a single worker hadpersuaded him and his fellowbusinessmen to find a more afford-able way to compensate for theincreased labor costs.
“The alternative we have in mind isto invest more in machinery toreplace human workers. That way,employment opportunities will belimited, thus creating a new socialproblem,” said Adhi, chairman of the
Jakarta employers say wage hike to impact hiringIndonesian Food and BeverageAssociation.
He said that in his industry, thesignificant wage hike would lead to a4% to 5% increase in products’ basicprices. “That increase means higherselling prices. And every increase willhave a significant impact on businessin this sector.”
Jakarta Governor Joko “Jokowi”Widodo made official last week thedecision to raise the minimum wagefrom the current Rp 1.5 million. Thenew minimum wage will come intoeffect in January.
The increase of nearly 44% wasslightly lower than the recommendedRp 2,216,243 issued by the JakartaRemuneration Board. The main
reference point behind the decisionwas the basic cost of living for asingle worker, which the board set atRp 1,978,789.
The board is chaired by officials fromthe city administration and represen-tatives from labor unions andemployers’ associations. The tripar-tite forum makes recommendationson the minimum wage to the gov-ernor on an annual basis. The Jakartagovernor has the final say on thecity’s minimum wage.
Eddy Kuntadi, chairman of theJakarta branch of the IndonesianChambers of Commerce and Indus-try, said that although they wouldcomply with the decision, there wereconsequences they may have to facein the implementation.
“The new wage will definitely impactall businesses - large and small.Some may have to conduct layoffs oreven close their businesses,” he said.
Although employers were beholdento pay severance to any staff laid-off,Eddy said it needed to be calculatedaccurately by employers. “Layoffs areprobably necessary to cut total costs,but maybe it is better than having tosuffer prolonged losses.”
Based on the existing Labor Law,business owners who fail to complywith the minimum wage policy couldface a fine of Rp 400 million and upto four years in prison.
“Small and medium enterprises(SMEs) will be the ones who suffermost in this wage hike. But they canrequest a postponement from thegovernor if they feel it will burdenthem too much,” Eddy said.
The government plans to be lenientwith SMEs by not insisting that theypay their workers the new minimumwage immediately.
Manpower and TransmigrationMinister Muhaimin Iskandar saidrecently that SMEs could propose apostponement if they felt the newminimum wage was too burdensome.
There are around 18,000 SMEs listedas members of Kadin Jakarta.
The city’s Manpower and Trans-migration Agency head, DededSukendar, said the administrationwould raise awareness about the newwage among employers and workersin the city. – The Jakarta Post
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IGNORING COMPLAINTS from thebusiness sector, the Manpower andTransmigration Ministry has issued acontroversial decree that will limit theuse of contract workers through theso-called outsourcing scheme.
Manpower and Transmigration Minis-ter Muhaimin Iskandar said he hadalready signed a revised decree onlabor outsourcing and that it hadbeen sent to the Law and HumanRights Ministry to be passed beforeits immediate enactment. Under thedecree, companies will be given sixmonths to alter the status of theircontract workers into permanentstaff.
According to the planned decree,companies will not be permitted tooutsource their core business,leaving outsourcing limited to fivetypes of job: cleaning services,security, driving, support services onmining sites and catering.
“Businesses are required to complywith the Labor Law and respectworkers’ normative rights on
remuneration, allowances, annualleave and bonuses,” said Muhaimin.
“They are allowed only to subcontracttheir temporary jobs, such asbuilding repairs, painting and cardprinting, which can be finished withinseveral months,” he said.
Due to the inflexibility of the LaborLaw, labor-in-tensive com-panies, such asfootwear andtextile firms,prefer to outsource their core workto third parties on a contract basis inorder to avoid making thempermanent employees.
Companies, meanwhile, argue thatthey employ contract workers to docore jobs because, under the existingLabor Law, it is costly and difficult tofire under-performing permanentstaff.
According to a recent labor survey,around 20 million people areemployed under the outsourcingscheme. Most of the workers are
concentrated around industrialestates in Banten, Batam, East Java,Riau Islands and West Java.
The new decree will also prohibitcompanies from employing workersoutsourced from third-party firms toundertake core jobs.
In response to the decree, Confed-eration of Indonesian ProsperousLabor Union Chairman Mudhofir saidthe decree was a starting pointtoward improving the country’s poor
labor conditions.
“The decree isnot a victory forworkers, but it isa major step
toward repairing poor laborstandards and conditions. Now,workers will be able to enjoy jobsecurity and their normative rights,”said Mudhofir.
The revision to the decree wasdrafted after the government bowedto pressure from unions followingmajor rallies - some ending inviolence -— during the past coupleof months in several industrial cities.Due to the violence, a number oflabor-intensive companies threat-ened to relocate their factoriesoverseas. – The Jakarta Post
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AN AERIAL view of Batu Ampar seaport, Batam. Intensive effortsare underway to improve and upgrade the seaport to give it acompetitive edge. (Courtesy of BPK FTZ Batam)
BATAM FREE Trade Zone Authority(BPK-FTZ) is concertedly developingBatam as a main investment destin-ation in Asia Pacific. The seriousattitude and efforts in achieving thisgoal are clear from the preparationof the necessary infrastructure at itsseaport and airport, as well as otherrelated facilities to make Batamhighly competitive in the region.
The revamping of Batu Amparseaport is vital in supporting theoperations of factories in Batam. Theseaport project, costing Rp 360billion (US$37.36 million), startedthis year and will be completed by2014. It will enable direct shipmentsto destinations and remove depen-dence on Singapore as a transitpoint.
Batu Ampar portwork continues
The project started at the end ofAugust with the installation of apiling mast for reclamation at theNorth Pier.
Funds for the project will come fromthe national budget until 2014: Rp63billion is allocated in 2012, Rp200billion in 2013 and, finally, Rp 97billion in 2014. – The Jakarta Post
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THE BATAM Free Trade ZoneAuthority (BPK FTZ) Techno Park andPT Kinema Systrans Multimedia(KSM) are collaborating to advancethe country’s animation industry toentertain audiences in Indonesia andworldwide.
KSM, or Infinite Frameworks (IFW)Studios, will serve as an incubator tonurture local talent and developanimation businesses in the hopethat the local animation industry willbe able to compete with othercountries’ animation businesses.
KSM is currently training 30 poly-technic students majoring inmultimedia and vocational schoolstudents majoring in computer andanimation, to introduce them to thelatest technology in the animationindustry, as well as businessopportunities.
KSM technical director DanielHardjanto said the global animationindustry was estimated to be worthUS$242 billion by 2016.
“I hope that Indonesia can at leastearn 1 percent of the total value,”said Daniel.
To achieve the target, he said, it wasimportant to develop local talentbefore it reached the industry.
Successful participants will beencouraged to establish small-scaleenterprises in the animation field.Daniel said that KSM would provide
technology and give opportunities forparticipants to secure internships.
KSM, which is located at Turi BeachResort, was established in 2005 andhas produced a series ofanimation works. Thecompany, Daniel said,had produced around400 hours of animationwork in seven years.
One of its productions isTatsumi, a 2D animatedmovie directed bySingaporean filmmakerEric Khoo. The film is atribute to the life andwork of the Japanesemanga artist YoshihiroTatsumi.
The movie was pre-miered at the 2011Cannes Film Festival inthe “Un Certain Regard”section and wassubmitted to 84th Academy Awardsin the Best Foreign Languagecategory in 2012.
Other works include animated TVseries such as The Garfield Show,Leonard/Dr. Contraptus, Lucky Luke,and Franklin & Friends.
KSM also created Dead Mine, afeature film produced by Singapore-based HBO Asia and starred in by anumber of Indonesian actors, suchas Aryo Bayu, Joe Taslim, Mike Lewisand Jaitov Yanda.
“We hope the Batam Techno Park willdevelop the technology for theanimation production, which will beable to be implemented in the
market,” said Daniel.
BPK FTZ monitoring andindustrial affairs eval-uation sub-directoratehead Tri Novianta Putrasaid he was setting hissights on preparing localtalent to delve into thebooming industry.
“So far, here in Indo-nesia, animation and thefilm industry are facinghard times, as piracy isso rampant. KSM, withall its experience, mayserve as an engine todevelop the animationindustry,” said Novianta.
Siti Aisyah, a vocationalstudent, said such
training encouraged her to produceanimation work like Upin and Ipin, aMalaysian animation series that ispopular in Indonesia.
BPK FTZ is currently developingBatam Techno Park, aimed atbridging small and medium-scaleenterprises (SMEs), academics andthe manufacturing and electronicsindustries that have set up factoriesin Batam.
The success of the Solo Techno Parkin developing the Esemka car inSurakarta, Central Java, has inspiredBPK FTZ to adopt a similar concept.– The Jakarta Post
Singapore flightsdiverted to BatamSINGAPORE’S Changi Internat-ional Airport diverted four flightsto Batam’s Hang Nadim on Sundaydue to bad weather.
“Bad weather in Changi made itimpossible for them to land in thatairport,” Hang Nadim generalaffairs division head Suwarso said.
Hang Nadim airport is the closestairport to Changi. Its 4,010-meters-long runway is able toaccommodate wide-body aircraft.A Qantas’s Airbus A380 made anemergency landing in Hang Nadimin August. – The Jakarta Post
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AFTER “SUCCESSFULLY” elimin-ating BPMigas, some of theindividuals who ultimately broughtdown the former upstream oil andgas regulator through the Consti-tutional Court are currently keepingtheir eyes on the fate of theMahakam block in East Kalimantan.
Indonesian Resources Studies(IRESS) Ddirector Marwan Batubaragave a list of demands to the Houseof Representatives asking lawmakersto push the government to hand overcontrol of the gas-rich block to state-
owned oil and gas firm PT Pertaminaafter the concession expires in 2017.
“We want the government to stopdragging its feet and award themajority stake of the block toPertamina, appointing it as itsoperator once the contract expires,”Marwan said after meeting HouseDeputy Speaker Pramono Anung.
The fate of the Mahakam block,currently jointly held by France-based Total E&P Indonesie andJapan’s Inpex, with the former beingthe block’s operator, has been themost anticipated of the 29
concessions due to expire between2013 and 2021.
The so-called Mahakam petition wasendorsed by several individuals whopreviously supported the dissolutionof BPMigas through a judicial reviewof the 2001 Oil and Gas Law, severalparts of which were granted by thecourt last week.
The individuals supporting thepetition include energy analystKurtubi, who is associated with stateoil and gas company PT Pertamina,as well as former ministers Kwik KianGie and Rizal Ramli.
The chairman of Indonesia’s second-largest Muslim organization, Muham-madiyah, Din Syamsuddin, has alsosigned the Mahakam petition,Marwan said. Marwan, who hasaffiliations with the Islamic-basedProsperous Justice Party, confirmedthat the disband-ment of BPMigaswould ease the group’s steps to pushthe govern-ment to meet itsdemands.
“BPMigas had the role of givingrecommendations to the govern-ment. They will not receive any fromthem again,” he said.
The government has created a newtask force, filled with former officialsof BPMigas- under the supervision ofEnergy and Mineral ResourcesMinister Jero Wacik, to temporarilytake over the regulatory functionsuntil a permanent body is formed.
Pertamina has been dubbed as thebeneficiary of the court’s decision toserve as the operator and theregulator of the nation’s oil and gasindustry, a role that Pertamina didbefore the inception of BPMigas in2002.
While brushing off the idea ofPertamina “going back to old times”,Pertamina President Director KarenAgustiawan said the firm would carryon with its ambition to become theoperator of the Mahakam blockfollowing the dissolution of BPMigas.
Elisabeth Proust, president directorand general manager of Total E&PIndonesie, said the company wouldcontinue its investment plans in theblock even though its future wasuncertain.
“We have submitted our work planand budget for 2013 to the new taskforce,” she said, citing that both Totaland Inpex combined investment forthe block was around US$2 billion to$2.5 billion per year. – The JakartaPost
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THOUSANDS of workers went onstrike in cities across the country inopposition to national social securityprograms that they say are againstthe Amended 1945 Constitution.
In Jakarta, demonstrators called onPresident Susilo Bambang Yudho-yono to issue a regulation in lieu oflaw (perpu) to replace Law No.40/2004 on the national socialsecurity system, in line with therecent decision of the Constitutional
Workers strike, rejectnational healthcare program
Court. The Constitutional Courtstated that the social securityprograms were part of workers’rights and therefore, the expense oftheir employers.
“We reject the national social securityprograms if workers are required topay their own contributions,” saidAsep Saifullah, a worker fromTangerang.
Asep said workers do not need to paycontributions to receive social secur-ity protection and their registrationwith the Jamsostek social securityprogram should be at the expense oftheir employers. He referred toarticle 28 of the 1945 Constitution,which stipulates that the people ofIndonesia have the right to receivesocial security protection to improvetheir human dignity.
The draft government regulation thathas been prepared to implement thenational healthcare programstipulates that workers pay 2% oftheir gross monthly wage and theiremployers pay 3% of their monthlypremium to the program.
Deputy Chairman of the NationalWorkers Union Djoko Heryono con-curred and said the president shouldissue a perpu to replace the 2004national social security system law,which required all participants to paytheir contributions to the fivemandatory programs.
The Constitutional Court reviewedChapter 15 of the 2004 NationalSocial Security System Law and, on
Oct. 8, 2012, decided that employerswere obliged to register themselvesand their workers to the socialinsurance providers. In addition, theyalso decided that workers had a rightto the five mandatory social securityprograms at the expense of theiremployers.
In Semarang, Central Java, hundredsof workers flocked to the provinciallegislative council, voicing theirprotest against the laws on socialsecurity providers (BPJS) and thenational social security system(SJSN).
Protester coordinator NanangSetyono said that the law did notregulate the free social securityprotection - as promised by theHouse of Representatives - or life-time health insurance. He said thatonly a limited number of diseaseswere actually covered.
A similar demand was also expressedby workers from Sidoarjo, Mojokerto,Gresik, Pasuruan and Surabaya, EastJava.
“We urge the government to issue aregulation that guarantees lifetimefree health insurance and pensionfunds for workers,” said strikecoordinator Kholid Bahasuan.
Separately, Bambang Purwoko, asocial security expert at the PancasilaUniversity, said workers shouldunderstand that the national socialsecurity system was a blend of socialsecurity and social insurance.
“For social security, the mandatoryprograms are covered by employersand workers do not need to paycontributions. However, in terms ofsocial insurance, workers have to paytheir premium to get the maximumbenefits,” he said. – The Jakarta Post
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Gorgon LNG costsremain uncertainCHEVRON CORP. said the cost ofcompleting the Gorgon liquefied-natural-gas, or LNG, project remainsuncertain and it will wait a few moremonths before updating its current43 billion Australian dollar (US $44.9billion) price tag.
Chevron’s comments came after theAustralian Financial Review news-paper reported that the giantdevelopment faced acost increase of morethan A$20 billion toover A$60 billion dueto the strength of theAustralian dollar andconstruction delays.Citing unidentifiedsources, the FinancialReview report saidthe U.S. company will announce theA$20 billion increase by the end ofthe year.
Investors are anticipating a sub-stantial increase after Chevron saidin July it was reviewing the cost ofGorgon amid a 20% rise in theAustralian dollar since constructionbegan in 2009. Around half of theGorgon project’s costs are in localcurrency.
Since the project was approved inSeptember 2009, Chevron exec-utives have subsequently spoken ofchallenges faced sourcing skilledlabor amid a booming Australianmining and energy sector. The LNGprocessing plant for Gorgon is beingbuilt on the nature reserve of BarrowIsland offshore Western Australia.
A large cost increase could cast acloud over expansion plans forGorgon, which is slated to produceup to 15.6 million metric tons of LNGa year from three production units inits foundation stage. Chevron wantsto start early design work on a fourthLNG processing unit by the end ofthe year. - RigZone
Halliburton signs $1.2billion contract dealDIALOG GROUP Bhd has said it hassigned an agreement with HalliburtonInternational or a contract worth$1.2 billion, which aims to boostoutput from a mature field in EastMalaysia.
The agreement is aimed at boostingrecoverable reserves in the Bayan
Field, located offshore Sarawak, asMalaysia tries to boost flaggingproduction from its existing oil fields.
“This is in line with Dialog’s strategyto continue developing its upstreamcapabilities, which include therejuvenation and redevelopment ofmature oil fields,” Dialog said in anannouncement.
Equal interest would be held byDialog’s unit Dialog D&P Sdn Bhd andHalliburton’s Asia Energy ServicesSdn Bhd in Halliburton Bayan
Petroleum Sdn Bhd(HBP) under theagreement runningfor a term of 24years, the statementsaid.
A memorandum ofunderstanding wassigned in June byDialog and
Halliburton to jointly pursue businessopportunities in Malaysia.
HBP has tied up with PetronasCarigali Sdn Bhd, the exploration andproduction arm of state-ownedPetroliam Nasional Bhd, to boostreserves in the Bayan Field. - OilVoice
Santos makes offshoregas discoverySANTOS HAS announced that it hasmade a significant gas discovery atits Crown-1 exploration well in theBrowse Basin offshore WesternAustralia.
Crown-1, which lies in 1,444 feet(440 meters) of water in the WA-274-P exploration permit, is sitedaround 311 miles (500 kilometers)off Broome and approximately 37miles (60 kilometers) west of Inpex’sIchthys field.
Santos said that wireline logging hadto date confirmed 200 feet (61meters) of net gas pay in theJurassic-aged Montara, Plover andMalita reservoirs between 15,988 and16,398 feet (4,873 and 4,998meters).
The company added that Crown-1has not intersected a gas-watercontact, which implies that the wellhas potential to yield further gasresources. Following its announce-ment, Santos disclosed that it plansto drill Crown-1 to a proposed totaldepth of 17,060 feet (5,200 meters).
Santos is the operator of WA-274-Pand holds a 30% stake in the permit.- RigZone
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THE WAVE MASTER ferry servicebetween Singapore and HarbourBay has been suspended. PrimaFerries and Batam Fast (as ofNov. 23.2012) are the only ferryservices between Singapore andHarbour Bay, Batam.
Ferry passengers using theHarbour Bay terminal for trips toand from Singapore will need tobook through Prima Ferries:
Singapore tel. +65 6276 6711/[email protected]
Batam tel. +62 778 741 5007/primaferriesbatam@ hotmail.com
Or BatamFast:
Singapore tel. +65 6270 2228/[email protected] tel. +62 778 321 120
For best results, go online to:www.batamfast.com/booking/index.ashx)
The Prima Ferries Singapore ticketoffice is at Lobby D at HarbourFront Centre.
TO GET to the BatamFast ticketdesk in Singapore: From theground floor shopping center, takethe escalator up one floor, turn leftat the hawker stands and then leftagain (past MJG Bags and theFruition outlet). Then turn left yetagain up a short escalator to thebaggage check-in area and theticketing desks for the WaveMaster (Berlian), Penguin andBatamFast Ferry Services.BatamFast is located directly infront of the escalators, and to theright of the other ticket counters.
To get to the Prima Ferries ticketdesk, go left at the Wavemasterdesk and through the doors, thengo up a short flight of stairs to thePrima Ferries ticket office, whichis outside.
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INDONESIA HAS rejected arequest for an increase in beefimport quotas, an industry groupsaid, urging the government toreconsider its beef sustainabilitypush after prices in many parts ofthe country nearly doubled.
Indonesia slashed 2012 cattle andbeef import quotas by as much as62% to stimulate domestic beefproduction and help reach an ambit-ious 2014 self-sufficiency target.
Domestic beef prices have spiked inparts of Java province, as retailersstruggle to find supplies after thegovernment drive to boost self-sustainability by cutting importsbackfired, a trade ministry officialsaid last week.
Indonesia rejects industry plea for more beef importsThe move has caused turmoil indomestic beef prices, said SarmanSimanjorang, chairman of theJakarta Beef Committee.
“That’s why we have to evaluate thepolicy,” he added. “We proposedthat the government add 30,000tons of beef import quotas, theyrefused it.”
Beef prices in many parts of Javahave climbed from Rp 65,000-70,000 ($6.75-$7.27) per kilogramto as much as Rp 105,000 ($10.91)per kilogram in recent weeks,Deputy Trade Minister BayuKrisnamurthi said.
“The agriculture ministry arguedthat Indonesia has a beef surplus of20,000 tons, which business people
do not believe,” added Simanjorang,whose group has more than 4,000members, among them beef orcattle producers, importers,processing industries and retailers inthe capital.
Other areas also hit by the shortage,said to be caused by cattle supplyproblems from East Java, West Java,Central Java, Lampung and Jakarta,include Bogor, Depok, Tangerangand Bekasi. Beef producingprovinces were refusing to sendcattle to be slaughtered in Jakarta,so as to ensure supplies forthemselves, Simanjorang added.
Indonesia consumed about 430,000tons of beef in 2011 and this isestimated to rise by about 13% thisyear, as the growing affluence of itspopulation of 240 million boostsconsumption.
Beef consumption next year is likelyto rise to 550,000 tons, said JoniLiano, executive director of theIndonesian Feedlot Association,while domestic supplies are seen atonly 432,000 tons.
The archipelago’s beef and cattleimports come mostly from Australia,New Zealand and Canada. - Reuters
Non-taxable incomethreshold increasedTHE FINANCE Ministry has issueda regulation that raises the non-taxable income threshold ofindividual taxpayers to Rp 24.3million (US$2,524) per year, upfrom Rp 15.8 million previously,in a bid to maintain thepopulation’s purchasing poweramid the global economicslowdown.
The decision took intoconsideration the rising prices ofbasic needs, said the spokesmanof the Finance Ministry’s taxationdirectorate general, KismantoroPetrus.
Dubai plans new ‘city,’world’s largest mallDUBAI has announced a new devel-opment to open the world’s biggestmall and a park larger than London’sHyde Park. The ruler of the Gulfdesert city state, Sheikh Mohammedbin Rashid al-Maktoum, announcedthe plan for a “new city withinDubai,” according to an officialstatement, naming it after himself.
No cost was stated for “Mohammedbin Rashid City,” to be carried out byhis Dubai Holding and the publiclylisted Emaar Propertiesr. The planalso features new residential areas,although the emirate continues tohave a surplus of units built during afive-year bubble that burst in 2009.
The “Mall of the World” will have acapacity of 80 million visitors a year,to become the “largest in the world,”said the statement, while its parkwill be “30% bigger than Hyde Parkof London.” The mall will beconnected to a family entertainmentcenter to be developed in coop-eration with Universal Studios Inter-national that will be the largest inthe region, aiming to attract sixmillion visitors a year.
Dubai’s tourism is growing by 13% ayear, according to the statement,with hotel occupancy hitting 82% in2011, while hotel revenues grew22% last year, exceeding 16 billiondirhams ($4.4 billion). - AgenceFrance-Presse
Britoil Batamto build 2 shipsSINGAPORE-BASED owner BritoilOffshore Services has ordered adesign and equipment package for
two platform supply vessels toUlstein’s PX121 design. The shipswill be built at Britoil’s Batamyard.
Britoil has a fleet of 40vessels, mainly anchor hand-ling tugs and barges, andthese X-Bow ships will be theowner’s first PSVs. The BritoilPSVs will be modified to theowner’s requirements, with anextra accommodation deck, allow-ing for a total complement of 50persons. The ships will be built at P.T.Britoil Offshore Indonesia and willhave OILREC class notation for oilspill recovery
The contract includes basic design,engineering support and mainequipment supplied by Ulstein (e.g.,generator sets, DP system, mainazimuth propellers, tunnel thrusterand retractable thruster, FiFi system,cargo handling system). It alsoincludes a large power and controlpackage (electric propulsion system,integrated bridge solution, consoles,and radio/navigation equipment, –The Motorship
CPI increasesto 13-month highINDONESIA’S inflation rate rose toa 13-month high in October on theback of increases in the prices of
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processed food, drinks and tobacco,but was still within the central bank’starget.
The Central Statistics Agency (BPS)reported that the country’s annualconsumer price index (CPI) rose4.6% in October from a year earlier,the highest since October last year.
Month-on-month inflation rose 0.16%in October, higher than the 0.01% inSeptember, while total inflationduring the period between January toOctober reached 3.66%.
Although there was an increase lastmonth, inflation was still within thecentral bank’s target range of 3.5%and 5.5%. – The Jakarta Post
Pacific Royale losesroute permitTHE TRANSPORTATION Ministryrecently revoked the route permit ofnew domestic full-service carrierPacific Royale Airways for failing toresume its flights by the deadline setby the ministry.
Ministry spokesman Bambang S.Ervan said the permit was revokedbecause the airline had not flown for30 consecutive days since earlyOctober.
“We have revoked Pacific Royale’sroute permit so they will need toprocess a new (route) permit whenthey are ready to fly again,” Bambangsaid.
The airline temporarily halted itsoperations in October in order tosupport the implementation of itsbusiness restructuring programincluding the use of aircraft. PacificRoyale was originally grantedpermission to operate 62 domesticroutes and 11 international routes. –The Jakarta Post
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A husband and wife are on the 9th green whensuddenly she collapses from a heart attack!“Help me dear,” she groans to her husband.
The husband calls 911 on his cell phone, talksfor a few minutes, picks up his putter, andlines up his putt. His wife raises her head offthe green and stares at him.
“I’m dying here and you’re putting?”
“Don’t worry dear,” says the husband calmly,“they found a doctor on the second hole andhe’s coming to help you.
“Well, how long will it take for him to gethere?” she asks feebly.
“No time at all,” says her husband.“Everybody’s already agreed to let him playthrough.”
He said - she saidHe said to me – “I don’t know why you wear a bra; you’ve gotnothing to put in it.”
I said to him: “You wear pants don’t you?”
He said to me: “Shall we try swapping positions tonight?”
I said to him: “That’s a good idea - you stand by the stoveand sink while I sit on the sofa and do nothing but fart.”
He said to me: “What have you been doing with all thegrocery money I gave you?”
I said to him: “Turn sideways and look in the mirror!”
He said to me: “What do you call a woman who knows whereher husband is every night?”
I said to him: “A widow.”
He said to me: “Why are married women heavier than singlewomen?”
I said to him: “Single women come home, see what’s in thefridge and go to bed. Married women come home, see what’sin the bed and go to the fridge.”
The irony of life is that, by the timeyou’re old enough to know your wayaround, you’re not going anywhere.
Federal court ruling fromthe Courier Mail, BrisbaneA seven-year-old boy was at the center of acourtroom drama when he challenged acourt ruling over who should have custody ofhim.
The boy has a history of being beaten by hisparents and the judge initially awardedcustody to his aunt, in keeping with the childcustody law and regulations requiring thatfamily unity be maintained to the degreepossible.
The boy surprised the court when heproclaimed that his aunt beat him more thanhis parents and he adamantly refused to livewith her. When the judge suggested that helive with his grandparents, the boy cried outthat they also beat him.
After considering the remainder of theimmediate family and learning that domesticviolence was apparently a way of life amongthem, the judge took the unprecedented stepof allowing the boy to propose who shouldhave custody of him.
After two recesses to check legalreferences and confer with child welfareofficials, the judge granted temporarycustody to the New South Wales State ofOrigin team, whom the boy firmly believesis not capable of beating anyone.
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