JAKARTA – Facebook finally opens its office in Indonesia as the country has 65 million daily users. Social media giant Facebook opened its office in Indonesia on Monday, after years of operating in the country. Facebook Indonesia country director Sri Widowati invited journalists for a tour of the office in South Jakarta. “With the opening of our office here, we want to show our commitment to […]
Read MoreTEMPO.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 […]
Read MoreTEMPO.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 […]
Read MorePromising opportunities are emerging for Myanmar’s oil and gas service providers. Leonard Oh, executive chair of Myanmar Offshore Supply Base, discusses his company’s plan. Last week, gas was discovered at Block A-6, off the coast of Southern Rakhine, at water depths of up to 4,570 meters. It was the deepest gas well ever drilled in […]
Read MoreAbout 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 […]
Read MoreSome 23 million unskilled and semi-skilled labourers in the agricultural and industrial sectors are at risk of becoming unemployed once implementation of high technology and innovation in production hit their stride. Thanit Sorat, vice-chairman of the National Labour Development Advisory Council, said the government’s ambitious Thailand 4.0 scheme, which focuses on high-tech industries and innovation, will […]
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