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Sulaiman and Muhammad Sarkawi were both born and raised in Kerinci. Today, both have their own businesses. Sulaiman is 38 years old and supplies coco peat which is used as a soil bed to the leaf cuttings prepared in Riau Andalan Pulp & Paper’s (RAPP) nurseries. Muhammad Sarkawi, aged 31 owns a manpower agency which […]
The town of Pangkalan Kerinci, commonly known as Kerinci, is part of Pelalawan – a regency of the Riau Province; the economic hub of the island of Sumatra and one of the richest provinces in Indonesia due to its abundance of natural resources. Travelling to Pelalawan involves firstly flying to Pekanbaru in Riau and then […]
Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy continues to see growth momentum despite the slowdown in the global economy. The World Bank expects Indonesia’s GDP to expand to 5.2 percent this year, picking up moderately to 5.5 percent in 2016; largely due to private consumption growth remaining relatively stable, increase in fixed investment spending and a gradual […]
RGE director Anderson Tanoto wrote a blog post for the World Economic Forum on East Asia 2015. The April 19-21, 2015 event – its 24th edition – is held in Jakarta, Indonesia. The following is an excerpt of the post: Nearly half (48%) of the population live in rural areas outside urban settings. We often forget […]
On 11 February 2015, members of the new Indonesian government, international experts and business leaders came together, in Jakarta, for the Indonesia Summit 2015 hosted by the renown business publication, The Economist. Titled ‘New light or false dawn’, the event facilitates a series of engaging discussions on the future of Indonesia. APRIL, the pulp and […]
Bracell Limited (“Bracell” or “the Company”; stock code: 1768), formerly known as Sateri Holdings Limited, a leading player in the global specialty cellulose market, announced today that it is taking on its new corporate name with immediate effect. The renaming comes after a corporate rebranding initiative following the spin-off of the Company’s viscose staple fiber […]
RGE Vice-Chairman Bey Soo Khiang and RGE Director, Anderson Tanoto represented RGE at the 2015 World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. They joined other prominent business, academic, civil society and political leaders at the conference, themed “The New Global Context.” The event brought together the global leaders to engage in high-level strategic […]
BC Environment Assessment Office (EAO) held Open Houses in January 28–30 2015 as part of the 45-day Public Comment Period on the Environmental Assessment Certificate (EAC) application for the Woodfibre LNG Project, a subsidiary of Pacific Oil & Gas. The open houses were organised over three days in Squamish, West Vancouver and on Bowen Island. […]
24 senior journalists and editors from Indonesia attended a three-day RGE Journalism Workshop in Singapore December 2-4 2014. This year’s workshop is in partnership with the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, and the Singapore Press Holdings. The workshop, running into its third year, is organised by RGE, a […]
RGE’s Director for External Affairs Goh Lin Piao recently met senior public officials at an exchange from Africa to share with the Group’s philosophy, practices and programmes on sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Ethics & Integrity Institute (EII), a three-year old NGO that advocates ethics in organisations, led the ten-member Kenyan delegation in Singapore for […]