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Indonesia: Govt Pushes for Higher Tax Revenues in H – 2

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati is optimistic to meet this year’s tax revenue target, provided there are additional efforts in the second semester. Tax revenue i growth in the first half of 2017 reached 12.4 percent, year-on-year. “We continue to work in the second half, by going through state revenue sources,” he said, last weekend. Sri asked the Tax Directorate General to identify sectors with improving commodity prices and business climate, to boost the potential […]

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Indonesia, Vietnam Strengthen ASEAN Trade

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Indonesia and Vietnam have agreed to strengthen bilateral ties in order to enhance trade activities at the ASEAN level. “Our strategy is to strengthen Vietnam’s position as Indonesia’s main regional chain of supply in ASEAN,” said Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita on Monday, August 14. Enggartiasto said that the strategy is more practical for Indonesia instead of […]

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Myanmar workers march to call for minimum wage rise

About 2,000 workers have marched for a daily minimum wage increase and also called on the government to provide them with social welfare housings. The workers from the factories of Yangon, Bago and Thanlyin industrial zones on Sunday also asked authorities to impose penalty of imprisonment against employers who ignore the rules and orders of […]

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