President Joko Widodo said that in five years ahead, the development of defence forces is not only intended to meet the minimum defence forces in national defence, which is called integrated Tri Matra, but also intended to strengthen the identity as a maritime country by developing the Indonesian National Defence Forces (TNI) as a regional […]

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) requested the breakthrough steps in order to accelerate the Smallholder Business Credit (KUR), which according to the data, the realization of the credit is still very low.  The President hopes that in next three months, October, November, December there will be important breakthroughs so that the micro, small and medium enterprises […]

President’s notion on Pertamina to recalculating the price of fuel (BBM), particularly premium and diesel fuel, as well as recalculating the possibility to lower the price is being followed up. Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said that State-owned electricity company (PT PLN)’s Managing Director Sofyan Basyir and State-owned oil and gas company (Pertamina)’s Managing Director Dwi […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo accompanied by Minister of Research and Technology and Higher Education M. Nasir received Indonesian Student Team of 2015 Asian Shell Eco Marathon (SEM) who competed in the 2015 Asian SEM event on 26 Pebruary – 1 March 2015, in Manila, the Philippines. Managing Director of PT. Shell Indonesia Darwin Silalahi who […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo asked Manager of the Indonesian Zoo Association (PKBSI) to name zoos which are not feasible as research, education, rescue places for endangered animals, as well as those that are not suitable as educated and low cost entertainment area to be renovated or rebuilt. “The President promised to give assistance on the […]

Minister of National Development Planning (PPN)/ the Head of National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Sofyan Djalil ensured that Japanese State-Owned Enterprise (BUMN) and private enterprise will not participate in the fast-train mega project connecting Jakarta and Bandung. However, the Government of Japan dan Indonesia are still intensively cooperating in other infrastructure projects. “Japanese private sector […]

Eventhough deregulation and debureaucratization packages through First Phase Policy Package on 9 September and Second Phase Policy Package on 29 September have been launched, President Joko‘Jokowi’ Widodo ensured that his administration would continue the breakthrough to solve the investment issues. “The breakthrough to solve the investment issues will continue,” President Widodo said on his facebook […]

After announcing the Economic Policy Package Phase I on September 9, followed by the Policy Package for Phase II on September 29, 2015, the Government in the near future will again launch a Policy Package Early October, which will be delivered next week. Cabinet Secretary Pramono Agung argued, the package on what, at present being […]