The Central Government has urged regional governments to establish and speed up the issuance of smoke-free zone bylaw and its implementation in schools. “The obligation of regional governments to implement smoke-free zones is regulated in Law Number 36 of 2009 on Health, Article 115 paragraph (2), Government Regulation Number 109 of 2012 on the Safety […]

The Selection Committee assigned to choose new leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has announced that 192 out of 376 candidates passed the administrative selection process. Head of the Selection Committee Yenti Garnasih said the successful candidates are dominated by state apparatus and high-ranking officials, retirees, entrepreneurs, and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) employers (43 candidates), […]

Government reminded all parties to provide cheap flights with 50% discounted rate from Low Cost Carrier (LCC) price ceiling on 30% of the seats starting from Thursday (11/7). The cheap flights have been agreed upon by the Government and all related entities, namely Garuda Indonesia Airlines Group, Lion Air Group, state airport operators PT Angkasa […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Thursday (11/7) visited Labuan Bajo Port in East Nusa Tenggara to inspect the development of the port and tourism area in the region. In the future, the Government is planning to develop Labuan Bajo Port  to be a special port that only serves tourist ships. After inspecting the port, President […]

The number of tourists visiting Komodo National Park in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara province has doubled in recent years. In 2014, 80,000 tourists visited the park and the number soared into 170,000 in 2018.

Processing industries still become a major contribution to the country’s export value, Minister of Industry Airlangga Hartarto has announced. In the period of January until May 2019, manufacturing sector imported products worth US$51.06 billion, or 74.59 percent to the country’s export value, he added.

In a bid to increase connectivity, to reduce logistics costs in Riau Islands and to support industrial and tourism sectors in Tanjung Sauh Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Galang Island as well as Bintan Island, the Indonesian Government is preparing development studies on the construction of Batam-Bintan Bridge in Riau Islands. “The construction is slated to […]

The Government has announced a grand design to designate areas for tourists and those functioned as conservation areas in Rinca island and Komodo island. “The two islands should not only about tourism but should also become conservation areas,” President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo told reporters during his visit to Rinca island in East Nusa Tenggara, Thursday […]

Capital relocation is a common thing and there have been 30 countries which relocate their capitals in the past 100 years, according to Minister of National Development Planning/Head of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Bambang Brodjonegoro. According to Bambang, Indonesia can learn from other countries with similar socio-economic condition, citing Brazil as one of […]

The Government has announced it will speed up the expansion project of Labuan Bajo airport in East Nusa Tenggara province. “We will expand capacity of the terminals (of Komodo airport in Labuan Bajo) and extend the runways. (The development) will be completed not later than next year,” President Jokowi told reporters during his two-day working […]