President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Wednesday (2/3) inaugurated Rembele Airport located in Bener Meriah Regency, Aceh Province. The CN-295 plane that carried the President landed at the Airport at around 9.50 a.m. local time. The President was welcomed by Minister of Transportation Ignasius Jonan, Governor of Aceh Zaini Abdullah, Aceh Military Commander (Pangdam) and Chief […]

On Wednesday (2/3) morning, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo continued his working visit to Sumatra that planned for three days and headed from Kualanamu Airport, Medan on a CN-295 aircraft to Bener Meriah Regency, Aceh, to inaugurate the expansion of Rembele Airport. For the record, Rembele Airport is located at Gampong Bale Atu, Bukit Subdistrict, Bener […]

After holding several meetings discussing the development of Lake Toba as one of the 10 priority tourist destinations, the final meeting was held at the Niagara Hotel, Simalungun Regency, North Sumatra, on Tuesday (1/3) afternoon. Based on the results of the meeting adopting the theme ‘United for Lake Toba’, the Government has decided to establish […]

President Joko Widodo felt very happy seeing the synergy between the Acting Governor of North Sumatera and the regents surrounding Lake Toba in preparing Lake Toba as a priority tourist destination. “I ask regents, governors, as well as ministers to deliver the problems as well as solutions. I already knew the problems at the meeting […]

As the follow up of the limited meeting on 2 February 2016 on the acceleration of the development of tourism sector in 10 priority tourist destinations, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Tuesday (1/3) paid a working visit to Lake Toba in North Sumatera. Lake Toba is one of the ten priority tourist destinations, in addition […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo conducts a working visit to North Sumatra on Tuesday (1/3) morning to inspect Toba Lake tourist destination. It is a follow-up of a limited meeting on 2 February 2016 at the Presidential Office. On the limited meeting, President Jokowi asked Minister of Tourism and related ministers to accelerate the development of […]

Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung delivered press statement to the reporters after a limited meeting, at the Presidential Office, Jakarta, on Monday (29/2) afternoon. Pramono said that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has received inputs from the Minister of State-owned Enterprises (BUMN) as well as other ministries to strengthen BUMN holding companies. Pramono also said that it […]

After leading a Limited Meeting on State-Owned Enterprises on 29 February at Presidential Office, Jakarta, President Joko Widodo then discussed the construction of facilities at ministries and institutions. Starting his introductory remarks, the President reminded that in a Cabinet Meeting in December 2014, he had mentioned about moratorium of ministries’/institutions’ buildings. “I ordered to apply […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Monday (29/2) at the Presidential Office, Jakarta, led a limited cabinet meeting on state-owned enterprises (SOE). In his introductory remarks, the President encouraged state-owned enterprises to take a bigger role to become the ‘locomotive’ to move national economy. “We also hope that state-owned enterprises are not only profit-oriented but also […]

The government would hold a meeting with International Football Federation (FIFA) in order to discuss a reform agenda for Indonesian football. The meeting plan with FIFA officials under the command of President Gianni Infantino was mentioned by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to the press at the Ministry of ESDM building, on Monday morning (26/2). Related […]