According to the President, the visit was aimed at tightening bilateral ties between Indonesia and those countries. “The Middle East is an important partner for economic cooperation particularly trade and investment. Thus, this visit is expected to be able to open a bigger market access for Indonesian products in the Middle East market,” President Joko […]

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs (CMEA), Darmin Nasution, targeting a number of regulations, particularly the Government Regulations and the Presidential Regulation, which will be deregulated, the process is expected to be completed by mid September 2015. “The process of completion regulation rules, will be completed in the second week of September as the President visited […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo answered questions from several sides as to how frequent he conducts improptu visits (blusukan) to several places, either during a working visit to some regions or in Jakarta. “I conduct ‘blusukan’ in order to hear directly the voices of the people, for example their needs and their complaints,” President Joko Widodo […]

Regulation of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Number 98 of 2015 on Acceleration of the Implementation of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) connecting Jakarta, Bogor, Depok and Bekasi, which was signed by President Joko Widodo on 2 September 2015, stated that the construction of the LRT utilizes spaces of highway and arterial road. […]

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), accompanied by Minister  of State Secretary, Pratikno, Chief of Staff of the President, Teten Masduki, and Special Staff of President met with the rectors of the various parts of Indonesia joined in Foruk Rector, at the State Palace, Jakarta, Thursday (10/9) afternoon. On that occasion, President Jokowi conveys optimism that Indonesia […]

In order to stimulate national economy, President Joko Widodo, on Wednesday (9/9) afternoon launched a Policy Package under a name Policy Package Stage I, September 2015, at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta. President Joko Widodo mentioned 3 steps in the Package, such as: 1. To stimulate national industry competition through deregulation, debureaucratization, law enforcement and business […]

After the signing of the Joint Decree (SKB) by 3 (three) ministers, namely the Minister of Finance Bambang Brodjonegoro, Interior Minister Tjahjo Kumolo, and Minister for Villages, Underdevelopment Regions (PDT), and Transmigration Marwan Jafar, in Jakarta, on Tuesday (8 / 9), the Village Fund disbursement certainly now much simpler. Therefore, there is no longer any […]

Eventhough Government has takena number of actions to create a condusive macro economic condition among others by promoting the acceleration of government’s spending, through an acceleration of budget absorpsion and also doing the steps for strengthening payments’ balance, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) admitted that the actions are not enough. Therefore, he added, the Government continuedmaking […]

Vice Cabinet Secretary Bistok Simbolon said that expert staff in ministries and institutions, which number around 170-200 persons or almost 30 percent of the number of all echelon 1 officials, have not been functioned maximally. In fact, he said, in terms of experience and agility, he ensured that those expert staff is great asset.  “There […]