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President Jokowi Begins 8th Working Visit to Papua

Date 11 April 2018

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday (11/4) began working visit in Papua, Jayapura to distribute land certificates to the residents  and to visit Mama Mama Market in Jayapura City. The President is also slated to monitor the progress of Holtekamp bridge, which is under construction.

Gov’t Issues List of 2018 Haj Pilgrimage Travel Fees

Date 11 April 2018

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 10 April 2018 has signed Presidential Decree Number 7 of 2018 on Haj Pilgrimage Travel Fees (BPIH) of 1439H/2018M. The decree regulates the amount of BPIH for regular pilgrims in every embarkation and the amount of BPIH for Regional Haj Guide Team (TPHD) per embarkation. The lowest BPIH is Rp31,090,010 […]

VP: Indonesia and Africa Continue to Work Together

Date 10 April 2018

Vice President Jusuf Kalla said that Indonesia and Africa have a long history that was initiated by the organization of the Asian-African Conference (KAA) in Bandung, 1955. The spirit of cooperation between Indonesia and Africa continues, marked by 50 and 60 years anniversary of KAA in 2005 and 2015. “Indonesia and Africa continue to work […]

Gov’t Continues to Improve People’s Welfare, Reduce Poverty, President Jokowi Says

Date 10 April 2018

The Indonesian Government continues to improve welfare of the people, reduce poverty, increase equity, and improve economy of the people, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “We are building infrastructures throughout country, such as roads, bridges, ports, airports, electricity (facilities),” the President said in his remarks at Isra Mi’raj Celebration 1439 H at Bogor Presidential […]

Gov’t to Allocate Rp823 Trillion for Ministries, Agencies in 2019

Date 9 April 2018

The Government hopes to lower the deficit figures less than 2 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the next draft 2019 State Budget, with assumption that next year’s GDP will rise considerably above Rp16,000 trillion. This was conveyed by Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati to the journalist after Plenary Cabinet Meeting […]

President Jokowi: Infrastructure Built to Connect the Islands in Indonesia

Date 9 April 2018

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said that Indonesia is a great country with the population of 263 million, 17,000 islands and 714 different ethnicities. The country has also become the world’s 16 major economies, the President said. “This means that our country is a plural and diverse country and has more than 1,100 local languages,” the […]

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