President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 22 November 2019 signed Presidential Instruction Number 7 of 2019 on Measures to Accelerate Improvement of Ease of Doing Business index. The Instruction aims to improve the country’s Ease of Doing Business index in a bid to boost investment, stimulate economic growth, and provide employment.

During his working visit in Banten Province, President Joko ”Jokowi” Widodo visited booths owned by participants of Mekaar program (which stands for Membina Ekonomi Keluarga Sejahtera (Fostering the Economy of the Prosperous Family) from state-owned community development institution PT Permodalan Nasional Madani (PNM) at the town square of Cilegon, Banten, Friday (6/12). On that occasion, […]

The Government has found a solution to tackle the deficit faced by the Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) that has sparked complaints from hospitals, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “The Government aims to resolve the issue for the past four years, but the solution has not been found yet,” President Jokowi […]

The newly-inaugurated polyethylene plant owned by publicly-listed petrochemical company PT Chandra Asri in the coastal town of Cilegon in Banten province is expected to cut the country’s petrochemical products import, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. For the record, the new plant is expected to add production capacity of the company’s existing factory by 400,000 […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Friday (6/12)  began a working visit to Banten province to inaugurate polyethylene plant owned by publicly-listed petrochemical company PT. Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk and Kunciran-Serpong Toll Road. The President is also scheduled to inspect the implementation of the Fostering the Economy of the Prosperous Family program (known as Mekaar) developed […]

The Indonesian Government has announced it will use Kertajati International Airport in the West Java town of Majalengkafor the departure of hajj pilgrims from West Java during next year’s hajj season. “There will certainly be obstacles this move but we will solve them together,” Minister of Religious Affairs Fachrul Razi said in Jakarta, Friday (6/12).

A number of US businessmen have expressed commitments to expand their business or make investment in Indonesia, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahendra Siregar has said. “The companies’ representatives attending (the meeting) specifically expressed their commitments to make bigger investment in Indonesia,” Mahendra told reporters after accompanying President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo during a meeting with […]

Through his social media accounts, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said he is grateful for being named as 2019 Asian of the Year by Singaporean daily the Straits Times. “This is not only an honor for me, but for Indonesia,” the President wrote on Wednesday (5/12).

Singaporean most-read newspaper The Straits Times has named President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo as its 2019 Asian of The Year. As quoted from the media, the editors unanimously voted for President Jokowi of having “cemented his local and global standing by not only retaining his office with a handsome margin, but also spearheading the Asean Outlook […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, accompanied by several ministers of the Indonesia Onward Cabinet, received the United States-Association of Southeast Asian Nations Business Council (the US-ABC) Delegation, at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Thursday (5/12). In his introductory remarks, President Jokowi said that the meeting was a golden opportunity for the development cooperation between Indonesia, ASEAN, and […]