TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Eight Indonesian coffee entrepreneurs met with Chinese businessmen to form a strategy to increase the export value to the largest populated country in the world. “We had the initiative to gather them to construct a formula in increasing Indonesia’s coffee export value to China,” said Indonesia Consulate General in Guangzhou Ratu Silvy Gayatri on Monday, November […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo brought up the issue of digital economy in the first session of the 25th APEC Economic Leaders Meeting in Da Nang on Saturday (11/11). “The governments need to take the right position in facilitating transformation that does not always run smoothly and keep prioritizing inclusive, sustainable development and providing productive employment opportunities,” President said. Jokowi was the fifth […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has banned the use of Bitcoins in financial transactions. The central bank said that transactions using the virtual currency are against the law because the only valid instrument for payment in Indonesia is the rupiah. BI executive director of payment system policy and supervision Eny V. Panggabean said Eny said the ban was issued […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi travels to Vietnam and the Philippines on Friday, November 10. His visit to the two countries is to attend the 2017 APEC Summit and the 31st ASEAN Summit. “The delegates and I will leave to Da Nang, Vietnam. After that we will proceed to Manila, Philippines,” Widodo said at […]
Read MoreJAKARTA, Indonesia – The Indonesian government is encouraging Philippine firms to invest in infrastructure projects in this vast Southeast Asian state. Indonesian Minister for National Development Planning Bambang Permadi Soemantri Brodjonegoro told reporters in a chance interview the government wants to tap the expertise of foreign companies, including those from the Philippines, for infrastructure. He […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Surabaya – Vice President Jusuf Kalla said that the growth of Islamic economy in Indonesia is still several steps behind compared to Malaysia. “Malaysia’s Islamic economy has gone through a 22 percent growth, meanwhile, Indonesia’s is still at 5 percent,” said Jusuf Kalla during the 2017 Indonesia Sharia Economic Festival (ISEF) in Surabaya, on Thursday, November 9. The Vice President stated […]
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