Moving Beyond Bali: Indonesia’s New Tourism Push
With the 10 New Bali Project, the shift in focus beyond Bali to other underexplored destinations within the archipelago, this is an outlook on the economic impact and investment opportunities that this project brings about. Amidst the concerns over recent Coronavirus outbreak and the travel…
Top 10 Prominent Figures Reported by Media in 2019
President Joko Widodo Prabowo Subianto Sandiaga Uno Vice President KH Ma’ruf Amin Anies Baswedan Jusuf Kalla Febri Diansyah Tito Karnavian Wiranto Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Throughout 2019, mass media coverage in the country was dominated by political figures. Indonesia Indicator noted 100 widely reported names by…
More Toll Roads: Better or Worse for Traffic?
In your opinion, will the construction of six inner-city toll roads in Jakarta be effective in overcoming traffic congestion or increase it? 64,4% Effective in Overcoming Traffic27,0% Increase Traffic Congestion8,6% Do not know/Did not answer Which solution is prioritized in the process to overcome congestion…
Top 10 National Universities in 2019
Source: The Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education/Kompas The Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education announced the top Indonesian state and private tertiary institutions of 2019 to realize quality tertiary institutions and to improve them through policies. The list was based on indicators…
Indonesia Economic Forum 2019 Building a $7 Trillion Economy Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow
Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow, National University of Singapore, Asia Research Institute discussed his inputs on The Coming Economic War in Asia, at the JW Marriott Hotel, November 20 2019.
SoftBank Offers to Invest Up to $40bn in Indonesia’s New Capital
Source: BangkokPost, January 19 2019 JAKARTA: Japan’s SoftBank Group has offered to invest between US$30 billion and $40 billion in the development of the new Indonesian capital on Borneo Island, a close aide of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said Friday. In a meeting last week…
Badung Targets 6.2 million Foreign Tourists in 2020
Source: ANTARA News, January 17 2019 So in 2020, based on the Regional Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMD) we set a target of 6.2 million people I Made Badra, the Head of the Badung Tourism Office Badung, Bali (ANTARA) – Badung District in Bali Province, has…
PLN to Increase Renewable Energy-Based Power Plant Capacity in 2020
Source: Antara News, January 17 2019 Edited by: INE Jakarta (ANTARA) – State-owned electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) has outlined a target to step up the capacity of renewable energy-based power plant by 1.5 gigawatts (GW) in 2020. “Renewable energy (power plant) capacity…
Indonesia to Tackle Investment Red Tape with Job Creation Bill
By: Maikel Jefriando JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s government plans to submit a bill to parliament on Monday designed to replace dozens of overlapping laws viewed as a barrier to investment, a senior official said on Friday. With growth in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy having been…
Microsoft to Invest USD1 Billion in Indonesia, Luhut Says
Source: Tempo, January 18 2019 Editor: Mahinda Arkyasa TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said that Microsoft Corporation is interested in investing USD 1 billion in Indonesia, or around IDR 14 trillion. “The USD 1 billion investment will be used for the…