President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to officiate a new cancer treatment facility, touted to be Indonesia’s largest private-owned cancer hospital, in Jakarta on Thursday morning.
The construction of the Mochtar Riady Comprehensive Cancer Center (MRCCC) Siloam Hospital, cost US$138.8 million, tribunnews.com reported Thursday.
Located in the Semanggi area in Central Jakarta, the hospital will be one of the largest cancer hospitals in Asia.
The 30-story facility has 375 beds, digital imaging information systems, laboratories, pharmacies and information technology services

[at Minyanville] – A call to nationalize the mining industry is gaining momentum while its opponents paint it as a doomsday scenario in the making.

Australia has lifted a suspension on live-cattle exports to Indonesia, put in place over concerns about cruelty.

Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig said he was satisfied that the animals would not be mistreated.

Australia suspended the trade a month ago when a TV documentary showed steers being whipped, beaten and slashed repeatedly in Indonesian abattoirs.

Indonesia is Australia’s largest live-cattle market, with exports worth more than AU$300m (£200m; $320m) a year.