Tax anmesty program has been conducting for 8 months since March 2016, and it now enters its final phase. President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo admitted that he realizes that tax officers particularly those working at the Directorate General of Tax have been working 24 hours a day. “It is true that Directorate General of Tax opens […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi Widodo underscored that each region, province should focus on developing its potential. The President gave an example that the Government of Sunnylands, California, only focuses on developing golf tourism and transforms the city into the best golf tourist destination in the world which has 34 golf courses. “Yes, it needs focus to […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo reminded that as a country that is categorized as a middle-income country, malnutrition problem should no longer exist in this country. “It’s embarrassing if this problem still exists. Thus, it must be solved immediately,” President Jokowi said when delivering his remarks at the Opening of the 2017 National Working Meeting on […]

In order to develop economic activities in Lhokseumawe and North Aceh Regency considered having strategic values for the development of national economy, the Government deems it necessary to develop the areas into a Special Economic Zone (SEZ). Moreover, the areas of Arun Natural Gas Liquefaction in Lhokseumawe, Dewantara, and Jamuan in North Aceh Regency, Aceh […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo admitted that many people find his policy to develop infrastructures around the country with the budget worth Rp342 trillion is too ambitious. “My policy indeed is ambitious, but working should be ambitious,” President Jokowi said when meeting Indonesian citizens in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday (26/2).

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo expressed his gratitude to the Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull for his warm welcome and dinner invitation upon the President’s arrival in Sydney, Australia, Saturday (25/2) morning. “Last night’s dinner has solved almost all problems,” the President said when delivering his remarks at a bilateral meeting in Admirality House, Sydney, […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo expressed his gratitude to all Chief Executive Officers (CEO) who took time to attend a business meeting on the weekend in the framework of a working visit to Sydney, Australia (25/2). “I do not know how it is in Australia, but in Indonesia, we sometimes work on the weekends. In fact, […]

In relation to the plan of PT. Freeport Indonesia which keeps persisting to carry out its Contract of Work (CoW) and will take the case to International Arbitration, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that the Government wants to reach a win-win solution. “We want a win-win solution because this is a business matter. Therefore, I […]

After inspecting Simpang Susun Semanggi Project, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Thursday (23/2) inspected the completion of Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) tunnel (connecting Patung Pemuda (Statue of Youth) – Hotel Indonesia Traffic Circle) in Setiabudi, Jakarta. “Today, I would like to inform you that all MRT tunnels are connected,” the President said. President Jokowi further […]

In order to reduce the gap ratio which is increasingly widening, the Government will soon issue a policy of economic equality which covers three things, namely, the agrarian reform and the redistribution of assets, granting access to capital, and vocational training. “We will allocate unproductive lands to the people in the form of small concessions […]