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 […]
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 […]
Gebyar Tomini Batik Stand that organized by the Cabinet Secretariat in cooperation with the Indonesian Batik Foundation, Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Education and Culture, which is held on the sidelines of the implementation of Tomini Sail 2015 in Parigi Moutong, Central Sulawesi, 15-20 September 2015, in great demand by visitors. Since […]
According to Head of the National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) Willem Rampangilei, President Joko Jokowi Widodo during the meeting instructed all government ranks to immediately extinguish the forest and peat land fire and clean six provinces in Sumatera and Kalimantan from the haze caused by the fire. Willem added that time needed to extinguish […]
Head of Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Franky Sibarani said that through a one-stop integrated service (PTSP), his office had simplified investment licenses. For instance, he said, for electrical investment license, previously it required 49 licenses and took 923 days and since January this year, after the PTSP was launched, the license process has been simplified […]
Even though the realization of investment during the first semester of 2015 rose by 16.5 % compared to the same period last year, which increased from Rp 222.8 trillion to Rp 259 trillion, President Joko Widodo still thinks that so far, the procedure to obtain permit to invest in Indonesia is still not satisfying. For […]
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) instructed Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti to immediately establish Law Taskforce on Fisheries which has been postponed for a long time and it is only waiting for an approval from Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs. The President, Susi said, also agreed with the revocation licence for foreign fisheries […]
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) asked the Minister of Health, Nila F Moeloek to alert the health center and health personnel for 24-hour standby, in order to immediately serve the residents in areas that hit by smoke from the land and forest fires. After meeting with President Jokowi, at the State Palace, Jakarta, Thursday (17/9), Health […]
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) requested the Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, CY Leung, in order to increase the investment in Indonesia. “The investment of Hong Kong in Indonesia around US $ 600 million. Then I say it is still small. Could be improved. I express also the projects that may be entered, […]
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) denied the opinion of some parties on the cancellation of the plan of Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train project. The President stressed that there was no cancellation, but he just wanted that the project was not constructed by using the State Budget (APBN). President emphasized on 3 (three) things, namely: 1) the project […]
