Many Malaysian girls reported missing by their families have ended up in Indonesia, PAS vice-president Datuk Husam Musa said. Husam through his non-governmental organisation Kijang Care and in collaboration with other NGOs, has traced two Malaysian girls who were taken to Lombok, Indonesia, without the consent of their families.

He claimed that many of the girls had either eloped with their boyfriends or were conned by tricksters and that he planned to head to Indonesia in July to negotiate with community leaders for their safe return. “At this juncture, we cannot reveal the number of girls over there but we hope to bring them back to Malaysia,” Husam said after opening a homestay programme at Kampung Mek Mas in Kijang here.
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Emaar Properties, the Dubai-based property developer with a significant presence in 36 markets globally, has accelerated its development plans for Indonesia with the opening of its country office in Jakarta. The office will steer the development of Emaar’s first project in the country, the mega-tourism and mixed-use project in Lombok, and also explore new opportunities for growth.

Emaar is one of the first developers from the Middle East and North Africa region to expand into Indonesia, an emerging market with strong growth potential, especially in the tourism sector. The Lombok site, to spread over 1,175 hectares, will be an environmentally friendly project that will energise the country’s tourism sector.
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