President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called for investment opportunities in import-substitution industries to be wide open due to large contribution of raw/auxiliary material import to the country’s trade balance deficit. “It means that steel industry, chemical industry or petrochemical industry must really be opened (for investment) because this is a trap of import substitution,” President […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo instructed Minister of State-owned Enterprises Erick Thohir to search for experienced figures as candidates for president director of state-owned electricity company PLN. “We search for experienced figures because electricity is very crucial, not only for people’s daily lives but also for economic growth,” Erick told reporters after a limited meeting at […]

In a bid to develop research and innovations in Indonesia, strengthening regulations and institutional capacity, enhancing quality of human resources, improving incentive system, increasing budget allocated for research and innovation, and establishing connection with patent industry are vital, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “Our focus is not only to increase budget allocated for research […]

In order to support vocational training program for Pre-Employment Card holders, the Government is considering Private Training Institutions (LPK) and Vocational Training Centers (BLK) that will serve as workforce trainers. “It includes BLK owned by Ministries and Institutions, considering that they have training centers and also training centers in several companies,” Minister of Manpower Ida […]

Cabinet Secretariat has received Public Service Award from Ministry of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform for its high achievement on Public Service Index with a score of 4.16 or A- category (Very Good). The achievement shows that Public Service Unit of tCabinet Secretariat has applied all aspects of good public service performance based on […]

In a bid to improve the quality of Indonesia’s human capital, the Government has announced plans to roll out Pre-Employment Cards for job seekers, workers who are laid off, as well as workers who are in search of a new job. The cards will be provided for Indonesian citizens aged 18 years and above, those […]

In a bid to accelerate development of agriculture and fisheries sector, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has instructed his Cabinet to make three breakthroughs. The first thing that must be done to advance the two sectors is to pay attention to off-farm activities.

President Joko “Jokowi “Widodo on Monday (9/12) summoned Chief of the Indonesian National Police General Idham Azis related to the development of the acid attack case of Novel Baswedan, an investigator at the anti-graft body Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). “I have asked directly to the National Police Chief. I want to get the assurance about […]

In a bid to accelerate Social Protection Program, the Government ensures that the 2020 State Budget is ready to fund various programs including National Health Insurance (JKN) for 96.8 million beneficiaries, Family Hope Program (PKH) for 10 million families, and Non-cash Food Assistance Program (BPNT) for 15.6 million families, which will be distributed through Affordable […]

Pre-employment Card is not intended to provide financial assistance to unemployed people, but to provide financial assistance for vocational training to people aged 18 and over when they are looking for jobs, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “Let me reiterate since there are rumors that the Government will give allowance for the jobless. (The […]