The Government has announced President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo will attend the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Annual Session on 14 August this year. “The MPR normally holds the annual session every 16 August; however, since this year the usual date falls on Sunday, we move it forward to 14 August,” MPR Speaker Bambang Soesatyo said Wednesday […]
The Government through Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing has built 393 kilometers out of 2,878 kilometers Trans Sumatra Toll Road which is scheduled for completion in 2024. “The road from Bakauheni to Banda Aceh is the backbone, while the wings are roads from Bengkulu, Palembang, Padang, Sibolga, and Medan,” Minister of Public Works […]
The Government has renewed commitment to encourage low-carbon development including guidelines and plans on carbon trading and carbon offsets. “If one cleared the land for a project then he had to plant it again, it is called offset. Some are in the forms of carbon contracts,” Minister of the Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya said […]
The Government and Bank Indonesia (BI) have agreed on a burden-sharing scheme for Government Securities (SBN), Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani has said. The Minister went on to say that the budget for COVID-19 handling is Rp695.2 trillion, including Rp397.56 trillion for public goods, which cover the health sector (Rp87.55 trillion), social protection (Rp203.9 trillion) […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday (7/7) chaired a Limited Cabinet Meeting on the Acceleration of the National Strategic Project Development for the trans-Sumatra and the Cileunyi-Sumedang-Dawuan (Cisumdawu) Toll Road “The acceleration of the 2,765 kilometers trans-Sumatra Toll Road project aims to speed up our national economic recovery,” President Jokowi said in his remarks at […]
Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono said that the Cileunyi-Sumedang-Dawuan (Cisumdawu) Toll Road in West Java Province which spans 60 kilometers is slated to operate in September 2021. “Of 27.62 km, the construction now reaches 81.6% and the land acquisition process is 91.23% complete. This will all be completed and start operation […]
Following President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s strong rebuke of a sluggish response to the COVID-19 outbreak, Minister of State Secretary Pratikno stated that the Indonesian Onward Cabinet has responded to it by speeding up the Government’s programs and increasing budget absorption in order to maintain people’s purchasing power. “In a relatively short time, we are seeing […]
Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) continues to improving five super-priority National Tourism Strategic Areas (KSPN), namely Lake Toba, Borobudur Temple, Mandalika, Labuan Bajo, and Manado-Likupang “The sector that can rebound quickly in this new normal era is the tourism sector. Thus, no development activities in the five KSPNs that are stopped,” Minister […]
The Government has announced that the country will celebrate its Independence Day this year on a smaller scale as the country is still battling to contain the spread of COVID-19. “The Independence Day celebration this year must still be carried out solemnly. However, we will celebrate it in a much simpler way while still maintaining […]
Indonesia and Norway will extend cooperation on reducing greenhouse gas emissions until 2030, Minister of the Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya Bakar has said. The Minister said that payment for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and plan for regulating carbon economic values (carbon pricing) will be drafted in the form of Presidential Regulation (Perpres). “The cooperation […]
