JAKARTA – Australia’s Tigerair said on Friday it has permanently ended all flights to the popular resort island of Bali after Indonesian authorities required “an alternative regulatory solution” for its operations. Hundreds of passengers were stranded in early January when Tigerair Australia suddenly canceled its Bali flights, citing what it called new administrative requirements from […]
Read MoreJAKARTA – Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab on Thursday said it will invest US$700 million to expand in Indonesia over the next four years, marking its biggest-ever investment in any country. Grab’s push in what has become its largest market is set to intensify the competition among ride-hailing firms in Indonesia. Grab’s rivals in the […]
Read MoreIndonesia has so far seen more than 600,000 taxpayers join its tax amnesty programme, generating US$8 billion from the first two phases of the programme. Indonesia has entered the third phase of its tax amnesty programme, which was first launched in July 2016 to boost the country’s meagre revenue by collecting previously unreported funds hidden […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – State-owned port operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia II (Persero) is targeting the operation of parts of Kijing Port terminal in Mempawah, West Kalimantan, by 2019. The international port will serve the province’s downstream sector, which includes crude palm oil and aluminum. PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) II official Dani Rusli Utama said that the […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Chief of Legal, Organization and Public Relation Division of the National Standardization Agency Nudi Rahardjo said that the Agency will accelerate the implementation of standardization principles for micro, small and medium enterprises (UKM) this year. “The target is that 90 percent of small-medium enterprises can get the Indonesia National Standard [SNI] this year,” […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Directorate General of Customs and Excise has decided to facilitate capital goods and raw material imports for small-medium enterprises (SMEs). The initiative is expected to reduce production costs and at the same time, increase cash flow. The new regulation is also hoped to improve businesses activities in the domestic and international market. […]
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