The government claims it will have the best online single submission (OSS) system in the world to help the ease the process of obtaining business licenses. The OSS Indonesia system, which is expected to launch in April, will be equipped with comprehensive information on investments, according to Edi Putra, head of a special task force […]
Read MoreThe government is making a stringent effort to simplify the process for investors to obtain tax allowances and tax holidays, assuring that an upcoming regulation would be simpler and offer more certainty. “We are preparing a new regulation that will be simpler, no lengthy red tape anymore,” Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution said on Thursday […]
Read MoreThe Indonesian government has prohibited the import of rockmelon from Australia following the death of a fourth person who had eaten a melon contaminated with listeria monocyctogenes bacteria. The decision is detailed in the new Agricultural Decree No. 207/2018 on the prohibition of Australian rockmelons, Banun Harpini, head of the Agriculture Ministry’s quarantine agency, said in Jakarta […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Labor Minister Hanif Dhakiri said the government plans to simplify the foreign workers’ employment (TKA) permit and promised to tighten the supervision. Hanif explained that one of the plans is to remove the recommendation terms from a particular ministry or institution. “The recommendation will be eliminated because so far it takes a long time enough,” […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia should take the necessary measures to stabilize the rupiah against the US dollar, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution remarked. He said Indonesian currency rupiah weakened against the US dollar as market players were responding to economic developments in the United States. The rupiah may encounter serious pressures in the year […]
Read MorePresident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has insisted on maintaining the current prices of electricity and certain types of fuel until at least the end of 2019, when he completes his term, saying it was part of an effort to preserve the people’s purchasing power. Subsequently, the prices of Premium gasoline (RON 88) and subsidized diesel Solar […]
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