President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo praised the visit of Singaporean President Halimah Yacob and stated that the visit will strengthen cooperation between Indonesia and Singapore. “As Minister of State for Community Development and Sports in 2012, Mrs. Halimah inaugurated 697 Indonesian domestic workers who graduated from secondary education at Indonesian schools in Singapore,” President Jokowi said […]

Indonesian Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said that Indonesia and Singapore had signed a Double Tax Avoidance Agreement. “This is an amendment to the Double Tax Avoidance Agreement signed in 1990,” the Minister said during a press conference after a Limited Cabinet Meeting at the Bogor Presidential Palace, West Java, Tuesday (4/2).

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has expressed gratitude to the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) for always being alert and being the first to rescue disaster victims. “However, even though we already helped the victims, they (the victims) had suffered because of the disaster,” President Jokowi said in his remarks to the participants of the 2020 […]

Indonesia and Singapore have decided to update their double-tax avoidance agreement. “I am very satisfied with the progress of our cooperation, including the signing of the first one, namely the completion of negotiation on the agreement on double-tax avoidance which we have witnessed and signed,” President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo told reporters at the Bogor Presidential […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo welcomed President of Singapore Halimah Yacob in her four-day state visit to Indonesia at Bogor Presidential Palace on Tuesday (4/2). “This is the first state visit of President Halimah to Indonesia,” President Jokowi said during the joint press statement.

Indonesia and Singapore addressed cooperation in investment and human resource development during recent bilateral meetings. “Singapore is the largest source of investment in Indonesia since 2014.  I really appreciate Singapore’s commitment to continue investment cooperation including infrastructure projects in Indonesia,” President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo stated during a joint press conference with Singapore President Halimah Yacob […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo praised Government Ministries/Agencies that have assisted the evacuation of Indonesian citizens from Wuhan. The President also expressed his gratitude to residents of Natuna for welcoming the evacuees. “I applauded what has been done by the team consisting of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the TNI (Indonesian National Defense Forces), the Polri (Indonesian […]

In a bid to tackle floods and landslides issues occurring in various regions, including in Bogor Regency, the Government will conduct a disaster mitigation program through a reforestation project across the country, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “We are prepared to improve the existing ecosystem across Indonesia, including in Sukajaya Subdistrict so that it […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Monday (3/2) inspected rehabilitation of landslide-affected areas in Harkat Village, Sukajaya Subdistrict, Bogor Regency, West Java. The rehabilitation including construction of gabion wall as sediment barriers was conducted by Ministry of Environment and Forestry.

Minister of Communication and Informatics Johnny G. Plate stated that as of Monday, 3 February 2020, as many as 54 hoaxes about Novel Coronavirus were found on social media and instant messaging platform. “The monitoring results of the AIS Team of Ministry of Communication and Informatics showed that 54 hoaxes related to Novel Coronavirus have […]