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 […]
Minister of Religion, Lukman Hakim Saifuddin said that he got a lot of questions, related to the news that the compensation from the King of Saudi Arabia Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, to the unfortunate victims of the collapse of a crane at Masjidil Haram, Saturday (12/9). The compensation of 1 million Saudi Riyal (RS) or […]
President Joko Widodo said that compared to 1998, the condition of politics and security in Indonesia at the moment is better. However, the President admitted that Indonesia is facing economic pressure, although we are not alone, and we are better than other countries. The President referred to rupiah exchange rate to US$ that these days […]
Even though the ranking ease of doing business in Indonesia in 2015 has increased slightly from the previous year, i.e. from rank 117 to rank 114 of the 189 countries, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) keep asking to the ministers and officials concerned to conduct breakthrough step to provide ease to invest . “Investors could be […]
