President Joko Widodo instructed to make a thorough improvement in providing ease of doing business to businesspeople in Indonesia. The aspects that must be improved are: (1) business start-up; (2) licensing; (3) property registration; (4) electricity; (5) tax payment; (6) cross country trading; (7) access to credit; (8) protection for minority investors; (9) contract enforcement; […]

After inaugurating Nazir Foead as the Head of the Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG), President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo inaugurated the boards of the National Commitee for the Economy and Industry (KEIN), at the State Palace, Jakarta, on Wednesday (20/1) morning. The inauguration of the boards of KEIN which was performed based on a letter of the […]

Shortly after the inauguration, members of the National Committee for the Economy and Industry (KEIN) conducted a meeting with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Wednesday (20/1) morning. On the occasion, members of KEIN gave a general description about the situation of the national industries and the national economy.

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Wednesday morning (20/1) at the State Palace inaugurated Nazir Foead as Head of the Peat Land Restoration Agency (Badan Restorasi Gambut/BRG) Nazir’s appointment is based on a Presidential Decree Number 3 of 2016 dated 18 January 2016. Nazir graduated from Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, in 1995 and has been active […]

The members of National Committee for the Economy and Industry (KEIN) which were inaugurated by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo under Presidential Decree (Keppres) Number 8 of 2016, at the State Palace, Jakarta on Wednesday (20/1) morning, have tasks to study the economy and industry. Therefore, with the studies, they will give recommendation to the President. […]

Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi handed over a letter from President Joko Widodo containing a message of peace to King Salman Abdulaziz Al Saud at the Al-Yamamah Riyadh, on Monday (18/1). Through the letter, President Jokowi stressed the importance of stability and peace in the region, the importance of good relations between Saudi Arabia […]

Considering to connect underdeveloped, remote, outermost, and frontier areas  with developing and developed areas, the Government needs pioneer shipping. Therefore, President Joko Widodo on 8 January 2016 signed a Presidential Regulation Number 2 of 2016 on the Implementation of Public Services on State-Owned Pioneer Shipping. In the regulation, in order to provide services to the […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that dualism in the authority and the management between Batam regional government and Batam Industrial Development Authority (BP Batam) should be settled as it could bring impacts to legal certainty for investors, provision of infrastructures, delay in the issuance of permits, and matters related to workforce. “I want those problems […]

A consultative meeting between the Government led by President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo and heads of state institutions at the State Palace, Jakarta, on Tuesday (19/1) discussed 6 major issues, among others prevention of terrorism, the ASEAN Economic Community, simultaneous regional elections, measures to resolve past human rights abuses so as not to make them ‘burdens […]

The Government’s intention, as delivered by President Joko Widodo, to revise Law Number 15 of 2003 on the Stipulation of Government Regulation in lieu of Law Number 1 of 2002 on Eradication of Criminal Acts of Terrorism got a positive respond from the Speaker of People’s Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia (MPR RI) […]