Bismillahirrahmanirrahim Assalamu’alaikum warahmatulllahi wabarakaatuh. Good morning, May peace be upon us all. Distinguished Ministers of the Indonesia Onward Cabinet; Distinguished Country Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB); Acting Governor of Central Sulawesi and all ranks of Central Sulawesi Regional Leadership Coordination Forum (Forkopimda), Acting Regent of Donggala, religious and community leaders; Ladies and Gentlemen. […]

Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Good afternoon, Peace be upon us all. Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, We know Mutiara Sis Al-Jufri Airport suffered severe damage from an earthquake in Palu several years ago. The runway and terminal were damaged. So, we rehabilitated and reconstructed it and three other airports in Central and North Sulawesi. We felt that […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Good afternoon, Peace and prosperity be upon us. Ladies and Gentlemen, We are still grieving following the 2018 earthquake and tsunami in Central Sulawesi province. We remember that the death toll reached 4,340 people, 175,000 people were displaced, and 68,000 houses were damaged. The total damage reached, we calculated, approximately Rp15 […]

The local people in Banggai Islands Regency are very friendly. We all received a very warm welcome here. I just checked the prices of basic commodities, all are at a good price. Rice is Rp13 thousand (per kilogram), products of SPHP (Stabilisasi Pasokan dan Harga Pangan – Stabilization of Food Supply and Prices) from BULOG (Logistic […]

President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo) The area experienced very extreme rainfall, since the extreme rainfall is 150 millimeters, but here it reached 238 millimeters. The very extreme rainfall has overwhelmed the existing embankment, causing erosion and breakage. A wide section of the embankment, measuring 16 meters, broke last night but was successfully […]

President of the Republic of Indonesia Well, ahead of Ramadan month and Eid al-Fitr, the price of some products is increasing. For example, the medium price of rice is Rp13,000 per kilogram. Then, the price of SPHP rice is Rp10,800 per kilogram and the stocks are abundant. I think everything is alright. I also saw […]

Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Good morning, May peace be upon us all.   Ladies and Gentlemen, This morning, thank God, the Duplication of Kapuas 1 Bridge has been completed and we will inaugurate it. The bridge, with a length of 430 meters and a width of 8 meters, was constructed with a budget of Rp275 billion. […]

I visited Sultan Syarif Mohamad Alkadrie general hospital in Pontianak to inspect health services provided to patients and communities. I think the hospital provides good queue management system and services even though there was a long queue. I was informed that the hospital serves 600 daily patients. A significant number. The hospital has 168 beds […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim Assalamu’alaikum warahmatulllahi wabarakaatuh. Good afternoon, may peace be upon us all. Distinguished Chairperson of Commission V of the House of Representatives; Distinguished Ministers of the Indonesia Onward Cabinet; Distinguished Acting Governor of West Kalimantan and Regent of Mempawah; Ladies and Gentlemen. Today, we would like to inaugurate 24 road sections in West Kalimantan province […]

Journalist: Sir, any response to this smelter?   President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo): Yes, this is what I often convey. It’s called downstreaming. After nickel, which is in the mining sector, after nickel is produced and also while some are still in process, we move on to bauxite. Now, here with bauxite […]