Tuesday (April 30) might be National Bubble Tea Day – but you can be sure that lovers of the addictive drink are indulging way, way more than just once a year. Data shared with Business Insider from GrabFood – the food delivery arm of Southeast Asian (SEA) decacorn Grab – revealed that last year, people in the region ordered […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo has decided to move the capital of Southeast Asia’s largest economy away from the crowded main island of Java, the planning minister said on Monday. “The president chose to relocate the capital city to outside of Java, an important decision,” Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro told a news conference after a cabinet meeting, adding that the administration […]
Read MoreInvestment Alert Tax Force chairman Tongam L. Tobing has said the investment watchdog found 144 unlicensed peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms, including those operating from foreign countries such as China, Malaysia, Singapore and the United States. The Financial Services Authority (OJK) previously said it had blocked hundreds of unlicensed P2P lending websites and applications. However, unlicensed platforms could easily be […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: Indonesia’s palm oil output in March likely rose from a month earlier, while inventories were seen lower on the back of a pickup in exports and domestic consumption, according to a Reuters survey. Palm oil output in top producer Indonesia was seen rising to 3.95 million tonnes in March from 3.80 million tonnes in the previous month, according to […]
Read MoreIndustry Minister Airlangga Hartarto is saying that business players still have a great opportunity to expand their production of glass products for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry to supply both domestic and international markets. He said the government gave strong support to the development of the industry through Presidential Instruction No. 6/2016 on the acceleration […]
Read MoreThe Financial System Stability Committee (KSSK) has said that during the global economic slowdown in the first quarter of 2019, Indonesia managed to maintain its financial system stability. “The peaceful democratic fiesta [legislative and presidential elections] contributes to the public confidence in the financial system,” KSSK coordinator Sri Mulyani Indrawati in Jakarta on Tuesday as […]
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