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Ba,n,lei,ng OR FowerThe cent ra I bank seems to have favor i tes when i tcomes to g rv ing spec ia I d iscounted in te res t ra tes onsubord ina ted loans , a t leas t to Bank Ar tha Graha, wh ichhad been gran ted a reduced in te res t payment in thea m o u n t o f R p 1 . 0 1 9 t r i t t i o n . W h y d l d n ' t B a n k I n d o n e s i aaccord the same cour tesy to o ther f lounder ing bankst i k e B a n k M e g a , B a n k D a n a m o n o r B a n k l F l ? T h esuggest ion fo r the reduced in te res t came f rom thecent raLbank 's overs igh t d iv is ion , backed by sen io rdeputy governor Mi randa Gut tom, a t a meet ing o f BankIndones ia 's Board o f Governors in December 2008.

Speciat Report:Korean lnvestors ln l,nd,onesia

For the f irst t ime, South Korea this year became one ofIndonesia 's top f ive investors, pLunking in US$1.2 b i tL ion.One reason for thei r success is the K-Pop st rategy.Hundreds of businesses are tak ing advantage of the.popuLar'hatlyu'- Korean pop cuLture fever-to grabpotent iaL Indonesian customers and set [ thei r products.Tempo Engt ish Edi t ion looks at how companies custom-ize thei r approach to doing business in Indonesia, tomaximum effect.

ChrenicteF o* Matay Hist:oryThe government is rev iv ing the persona of Tun Sr iLanang, 1 7th century author of Suta latus Satat inIMatay History l and advisor to Sut tan lskandar Muda,the 12th Sul tan of Aceh.

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achieved i ts greatest terr i tor ia I extent , and was thestrongest power and wea[ th iest s tate in the westernIndones ian a rch ipe lago and the S t ra i t o f Ma lacca . 'For years, h is grave [ay unrecognized, unt iL Last De-cember when scores of overseas v is i tors paid thei rrespects, fo l towing a seminar on h is work. Today, theformer royaI comptex in Aceh where the gravesi teis [ocated is being redone in ant ic ipat ion of v is i torsf rom the three states he chronicted: Mataysia, Singa-oo re and l ndones ia .

Steating BeautyThe Cor rup t i on E rad i ca t i on .Commiss ion f i naLLy i n -d i c ted Ange t i na Sondakh , a Democra t Pa r t y Leg i sLa -toT and a f o rmer M iss I ndones ia , i n a b r i be ry case .L inked to t he cons t ruc t i on o f t he SEA Games a th le tesdormi tory. AngeLina is accused of accept ing moneyf rom M indo Rosa I i na Manu [an , a s ta f f o f f o rmerDemocrat Par ty Treasu rer M u ham mad N azarudd i n ,fo[ [owing h is ind ic tment in the same br ibery case.

Gattte,Ca,t[In mid-January, cat t te importers fought each otherto grab the h ighest quota of beef imports , foLLowingthe government s decis ion to Lower imports f rom1 56,000 to 85,000 tons per year . By 201 4, Indonesraaims to achieve beef set f -suf f ic iency. ALI ef for ts arenow expended to support th is object ive, incLudingprovid ing incent ives to cat t le breeders and Localgove rnmen ts . I n t he d i s t r i c t o f Ban taeng , Sou thSutawesi , and Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, cat t lebreeders have found a way to doubte the number ofthei r cat t te in a reLat iveLy shor t t ime. What innova-t ions have they d iscovered? Tempo Engt ish Edi t ionreports f rom South Sutawesi and West NusaTenggara.

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