During his working visit to three provinces in Sumatra, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo who was in North Sumatra Province, on Wednesday (2/3) evening, received a report regarding a 7.8 magnitude earthquake located 682 km northwest of Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra. At the same time, President Jokowi instructed the Head of National Agency for Disaster Management […]

After inspecting the construction of the toll road connecting Medan and Kualanamu Tebing Tinggi, in Deli Serdang, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and his entourage continued his working visit to Binjai Station, Binjai City, on Wednesday (2/3) afternoon by car. President Jokowi inspected the construction of the 80 kilometers Trans Sumatra railway re-activation connecting Medan and […]

President Joko Widodo urged regional governments to follow central government that continues to improve investment licensing process which at the moment, through one door licensing service, only needs three hours to finish. “The process should not take months or even years. It should be finished in several hours,” the President said when inaugurating Rembele Airport, […]

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 […]