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President Jokowi: Subsidies for MRT from the Implementation of ERP or TOD

Date 22 September 2015

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) recognizes,  the construction of mass transportation project such as the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project is not profitable. However, the government chose to continue the project after calculating what kind of the benefit to the state, to society, to the city. “If the calculated profit economically, mass transit projects are not […]

President Joko Widodo Leads a Limited Meeting on Sinabung

Date 22 September 2015

Mount Sinabung located in Karo Regency, North Sumatera erupted again, last Tuesdayspewing hot clouds up to four kilometers fromthe eruption centre. Head of Information Data Centre and Public Relations of National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said that on Tuesday (15/9) at 08.20 a.m. Sinabung spewed hot clouds reaching 4,000 meters to […]

Two Indonesians Held Hostage in PNG Have Been Released, Minister Says

Date 21 September 2015

Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi said that two Indonesian citizens held hostage by an armed civilian group in Papua New Guinea have been released and they are in a healthy condition currently. “I have talked with them. They are in a good condition,” Minister Retno said at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Friday […]

To Accelerate Deregulation, Government Finishes 31 Economic Policies

Date 21 September 2015

Since President Joko Widodo launched Economic Policy Package Stage I on 9 September 2015, the Government has finished the discussion of deregulation of 31 from 134 regulations which include in the Economic Policy Package. “We continue to work simultaneously to finish the deregulation package as soon as possible,”  Coordinating Minister for the Economy Darmin Nasution […]

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