Government to Announce the 9th Policy Package Soon

Cabinet Secretary and Coordinating Minister for the Economy had a dialogue before a press conference after a Limited Meeting yesterday afternoon (12/1) at the Presidential Office, Jakarta

Based on President Joko Widodo’s promise to improve business opportunity inIndonesia, the Government will continue to launch economic policy packages. After a few months ago launched the 8th Policy Package, the Government will soon launch the 9th Policy Package.

Cabinet Secretary, Pramono Anung, said that the policy package is now on finalization process. “Hopefully, this week or at the beginning of next week, Coordinating Minister for the Economy Darmin Nasution will announce it to the public,” Pramono said to the journalists, at the Presidential Office, Jakarta, on Tuesday (12/1) afternoon.

The point is, Pramono Anung added, the purpose of the policy packages created by the Government is to increase competitiveness, to improve our investment climate so that it will be more attractive for investment and to protect domestic business people.

“It is all for the sake of, as mentioned by the President, work acceleration year or development acceleration year,” Mas Pram, the nickname of Pramono Anung,concluded. (GUN/SLN/OJI/ES)(MMB/YM/Naster)