Yogyakarta is one of the world’s largest student cities. As of late 2013, there were around 300,000 registered university students in the city, controlled by Yogyakarta Sultan Hamengku Buwono X. Accordingly, property and retail business have grown fast in the...
We have earlier reported about Gusti Kanjeng Ratu (GKR) Pembayun, eldest daughter of Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X, King of Yogyakarta, and her business in the Sultanate. Among five of Sultan’s daughters, GKR Pembayun is known to run majority of the Sultanate’s family...
Anyone, who wants to run a business or trying to get a political support from the society in Yogyakarta province, needs to build a relationship with Yogyakarta Sultanate family member. It is because Yogyakarta Sultanate is believed to have a certain power to influence...
Tissue is now a must in the shopping list of average Indonesian families for their toilets, dining table, cars, etc. Growing consumption has also encouraged some tissue producers to expand their capacities. One of them is PT Sopanusa Tissue & Packaging...
You might have noticed that the beauty treatment business has been growing in Indonesia lately. It can be seen by various types of beauty treatment salons opened in shopping centre from hair salon, nail salon, eyebrow salon to waxing salon. The waxing salon used to be...
Tempo Scan Pacific (TSPC) is famous for its headache medicine brand Bodrex. As you may have noticed, Dino Patti Djalal, one of 11 participants in the selection of president candidate from President SBY’s Democratic Party, is currently Bodrex’s icon...
Expect interesting news from PT Transportasi Jakarta (Transjakarta). The region-owned enterprise have just been established with an impressive board of commissioners and directors. The Governor of Jakarta Joko “Jokowi” Widodo appointed professionals with...
For many Jakartans, Hercules Rozario Marshal’s name may sound very familiar to their ears, especially for those living in the neighborhood of Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta. Hercules is known as one of the the most feared “security services” provider in Jakarta....
In recent years, members of radical groups such as the Indonesian Hizb ut-Tahrir (HTI) or Islam Defenders Front (FPI) have begun to move into established community organizations to promote their radical views over issues such as land or environmental issues. Noor Huda...
Ancora Indonesia Resources (OKAS), founded by former minister of trade Gita Wirjawan, who is one of contestants in the selection of president candidate from President SBY’s Democratic Party, is not an interesting stock to trade. With average trading volume of...
