It is products of domestic automotive industries that should flood Indonesian market, not imported cars, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “We should continue to be export-oriented. We must control our domestic market and increase export market. We will provide incentives for export-oriented industries so that they can continue to develop,” the President said at […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo asserted that among all industrial sectors, automotive is among other sectors that are able to penetrate global markets. “Production chain, economic scale, and branding in this industry have met international standard. We indeed must notice the development of global automotive industry ,” President Jokowi said at the opening of the 26th […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo reminded to beware of short term cycle in automotive industry that starts to show its impact on big markets in the US and China. “All of us must understand that automotive industry has its cycles which are responsive to economic cycle,” the President said at the opening of the 26th Gaikindo […]

In an effort to restore the Citarum River that is currently experiencing severe pollution, the Government is planning to relocate a number of companies operating in the Citarum river basin area (DAS). “The goal is that the place to dispose of the waste from those factories can be centered in one place so it will […]

The Indonesian Government will receive Rp11.3 trillion in non-tax state revenue (PNBP) from state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina based on the signature bonus proposed to operate the Rokan Block – the largest oil and gas block in Indonesia – located in Riau province. Special Staff of Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Hadi M. Djuraid […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo expressed his gratefulness for the birth of his granddaughter at YPK Mandiri Hospital, Menteng, Central Jakarta, Wednesday (1/8) morning. “Alhamdulillah, at 05.50 a.m., Bobby and Kahiyang’s daughter was born,” the President told the press at YPK Mandiri Hospital after visiting his newborn grandchild.

State-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina (Persero) welcomed the Government’s decision through Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) that Pertamina will take over the Rokan Block – Indonesia’s most productive oil block, located in Riau province – from Chevron on contract expiry in August 2021. “We would like to thank the President of […]

The Indonesian Government through Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has decided to assign state-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina to operate the Rokan Block, Indonesia’s most productive oil block, located in Riau province. “The decision was reached purely based on business and economical consideration after evaluating PT Pertamina’s proposal, considered to be better […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday (31/7) at Bogor Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java, met with several regents. In his remarks, President Jokowi said through the meeting, it is expected that the regents can be aware of problems Indonesia is facing so that measures to solve those problems can begin from regencies, provinces and […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo inspected cash labor-intensive program of Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing in Pernek Village, Moyo Hulu Subdistrict, Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), Monday (30/7). The President on that occasion witnessed the construction of 319-meter length irrigation to irrigate 5,500 ha  of rice fields included in Batu Bulan Kiri Irrigation Areas. […]