THE fate of the mammoth Sunda Strait bridge and strategic zone has become uncertain. Enthusiasm about the prospect for the project to begin this year has slowly faded. "Its golden moment has now passed," Artha Graha Network Director Wisnu Tjandra told Tempo in an e-mail. Artha Graha Network is a subsidiary of Sunda Strait project initiator Graha Banten Lampung Sejahtera.

Wisnu said the basic design and feasibility study for the project should have started last year, so that construction could begin in 2014 in line with the government's timeline. Funding commitments were already made by China, the United States, Japan and South Korea.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta- Head of the Democratic Economy Studies Center at Gadjah Mada University, Revrisond Baswir, estimates that around 70 percent of the Indonesian market will be flooded by foreign products.

Revrisond stated that the Indonesian market has great potential but does not have good infrastructure yet. However, even with its limited infrastructure, foreign producers are still interested in flooding the Indonesian market.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Abraham Mose, Chefi Executive Officer of PT Len Industri (Len), a state-owned electronics company, confirmed that his company will be involved in the Rp 8-trillion (US$821,43 million) monorail project. "Len will be working on the Computer Based Train Control, which automatically manages and control the monorails," said Abraham at an event to celebrate National State-Owned Enterprises Revival in Jakarta on Tuesday, May 14.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - United States joint-entrepreneurs in PT Inti Solusi Optima was said to invest in the energy sector in Kupang, Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT). They plan to build a US$30 million Solar Power Plant. "The capacity will suffice 60 megawatts," said Thobias Uly, the Head of Regional Capital Investment Agency (BKPMD). He believed that the power plant will be used to provide electricity service for people in NTT. He said that the Americans did some surveys in Bolok Industrial Area, Kupang. To follow up the investment plan, the government is drafting investment cooperation documents. Thobias added that the investment will add-up to 103 Foreign Capital Investment (PMA) companies in NTT, with total investment of Rp 3 trillion.