Bloomberg TV Focuses on a Changing Indonesia - This Coming Week

Bloomberg TV Focuses on a Changing Indonesia - This Coming Week

November 09, 2007

Bloomberg Jakarta Bureau Reports on the Country's Economic
Future During "Indonesia Focus Week"

    NEW YORK, and HONG KONG, Nov. 9 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --


    Ten years ago, Indonesia was pounded by the Asian
financial crisis.  A decade later, the Indonesian stock
market is among the best performers in the world, the
economy is growing and a democratic government is in place.
What does this mean for investors and businesses?

    Starting Monday, BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R) viewers across
Asia will get an in-depth look at the state of the economy
and prospects for investors and foreign businesses during
Bloomberg Television's "Indonesia Focus Week."  A
special series of reports and exclusive interviews from
Jakarta will examine the changing role of Islam in the
nation's politics, the challenge of Indonesia's energy
future as the only Asian member of OPEC and market and
financial conditions in Southeast Asia's largest economy.

    The BLOOMBERG TELEVISION series will feature interviews
with Indonesia's Trade Minister Mari Pangestu and Energy
Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, as well as Hilmi Panigoro,
President of Indonesia's largest listed oil company, PT
Medco Energi Internasional; Garibaldi Boy Thohir, President
of PT Adaro Indonesia, the operator of Indonesia's largest
coal mine; and Joachim von Ambsberg, Country Director of
the World Bank.       

    "Indonesia Focus Week" will air Monday,
November 12th through Friday, November 16th. Segments will
air on the BLOOMBERG TELEVISION programs Bloomberg Live,
Bloomberg Now, Bloomberg Today and Asia Business Tonight. 

    This exclusive content and follow up reports are
available to the public on the BLOOMBERG TELEVISION
network, as well as to users of the BLOOMBERG
PROFESSIONAL(R) service. Clips from the interviews will be
archived and available via the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL
service.     

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