MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is collaborating with Indonesia to help boost productivity of Filipino coffee farmers in efforts to address declining supply of the commodity. The Department of Agriculture has partnered with Philippine Coffee Board Inc. (PCBI),Indonesian food and beverage manufacturer PT Mayora Indah Tbk, and the Embassy of Indonesia in the Philippines to […]
Read MoreKasikornbank (KBank) has applied for a licence to open a branch each in Vietnam, Indonesia and Myanmar as part of its continued overseas business expansion, president Kattiya Indaravijaya said on Friday (December 13). She expects the bank to be awarded at least one of these licences next year. There is a high chance that the […]
Read MoreThe government has said that it will soon submit two omnibus bills to lawmakers so that the two parties can begin deliberations over them. If passed, the bills on job creation and on taxation will amend more than a thousand articles in prevailing laws that some say have deterred investment into the country. “We will […]
Read MoreINDONESIA’S sales of cooling equipment – refrigeration and air conditioning (AC) – is expected to grow rapidly from 2018 to 2030, at 5.1 per cent annually, only second to India’s annual growth rate of 5.6 per cent, according to a report conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) across six countries. Indonesia’s annual cooling sales […]
Read MoreA series of new digital infrastructure projects are strengthening Indonesia’s information and communications technology (ICT) sector as the country prioritizes the digital economy as an area of growth. In late September, Japanese telecom giant NTT announced it would invest US$500 million in a new data center in Indonesia, the company’s third in the country. Due […]
Read MoreTEN years after the enactment of the Language Law, President Joko Widodo finally signed its implementing regulation. When it was first enacted, the Language Law raised alarm because it imposed additional burden on contracting parties by requiring them to translate agreements into Indonesian. Over time, the Language Law also created uncertainties, which can be broadly categorised into three areas: […]
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