Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Good morning, May peace be upon us all. Distinguished Vice President, Distinguished Ministers. This morning we will discuss the acceleration of measures to increase added value of coal. First of all, I would like to remind you that we must shift from becoming a raw materials exporter country–and coal is one […]

Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Good Morning, May peace be upon us all. Honorable Ministers of Indonesia Onward Cabinet, industrial sector, Minister of Agriculture, Cabinet Secretary; Honorable Governor of Southeast Sulawesi and Regent of Bombana; Honorable Chairman of PT Jhonlin Group Haji Isam (Andi Syamsuddin Arsyad), Board of Commissioners and Board of Directors of PT Jhonlin and […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Good Afternoon, Peace and prosperity be upon us all. Distinguished Ministers of Indonesian Onward Cabinet; Honourable Governor of Southeast Sulawesi and Kendari Mayor, as well as all ranks of Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing; Ladies and Gentlemen. Alhamdulillah, praise be to God, the construction of Kendari Bay Bridge spanning […]

President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo)  Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh,  His Excellency Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, It is an honor for me and all Indonesian people to welcome the arrival of Prime Minister of Japan, His Excellency Yoshihide Suga and delegations. The visit to Indonesia is part of Prime Minister Suga’s first series of […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Good morning, May prosperity be upon us. Distinguished Vice President, Distinguished Cabinet Ministers, Commander of the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI), and Chief of the Indonesian National Police. In today’s Limited Cabinet Meeting we will discuss the measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during public holiday at the end of […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Good morning, May prosperity be upon us all. Distinguished Vice President, Ladies and Gentlemen. We need to prepare for the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) to be held in 2022. This is a biennial forum, a biennial forum initiated by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Good Morning, May prosperity be upon us all. Ladies and Gentlemen, The report I received from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) shows that the La Nina phenomenon is predicted to cause an increase in the accumulated amount of monthly rainfall in Indonesia by 20 to 40 percent above normal. […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamualaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh. Today, I would like to address several things regarding COVID-19 and the economy. First, based on the data I received as of 11 October, the average active case of COVID-19 in Indonesia is 19.97 percent. I think this is a good trend since the figure is lower than the global average […]

Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.   Ladies and Gentlemen, my Fellow Countrymen, This morning, I led a virtual Limited Meeting on the Job Creation Law with government officials and governors joining the meeting. The Law covers eleven clusters that generally aim to carry out structural reforms and accelerate economic transformation. The eleven clusters, namely, are simplification of […]

Today, I revisit Central Kalimantan Province, especially Pulang Pisau Regency, where we want to ensure the start of a food estate in the location for all of 168,000 (hectares) will be planted with rice. In Pulang Pisau, we want to start in 2020, we will develop 10,000 hectares of land. While in Kapuas Regency, we […]