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November, 2017 | Vol. 7 No. 11
INTERNATIONAL
Indonesia - Iran Agree to Enhance Cooperation on Science and Technology Innovation Page A4
INFRASTRUCTURE
TOURISM
Minister Budi Karya Assures LRT Sumsel will Fully Operate in May 2018
PATA Motivates Young Generation on Tourism through PATA Indonesia Youth Forum Page A7
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Rank of Indonesia’s Ease of Doing Business Jumps 19 Levels The rating of Indonesia’s ease of doing business (EODB) has improved significantly. This month, Indonesia is on the position of 72 or jumps 19 levels from the last month’s rank. The increase indicates it is easier to take care of investment licensing in Indonesia. Unfortunately, despite the increase, the position is still far below what has been targeted by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) at the 40th. “Indonesia is accelerating the pace of reforms in the recent years and its effort paid off. We praise the government’s determination to improve the business climate in Indonesia,” said World Bank Country Director Rodrigo A. Chaves in Jakarta on Wednesday (11/1). pikiran-rakyat.com
There are several aspects that influence the increase in the rank, such as the cost of starting business which is now more affordable, the cost to get electricity network installation which is cheaper by reducing the installation and cable certification fees. Aside of that, the access to get credit is increasing as well with the presence of new credit channeling institutions. The international trading is also getting better with the electronic billing for taxes, customs and non-tax revenues. The impact is the time to get, prepare, process and send documents for import drops from 133 hours to 119 hours. The time to get the business permit is shortened too. In 2004, it needed 181 days to get the permit. Now it only needs 22 days. Unfortunately, there are still too many procedures in registering the business. Investors have to go through 11 procedures to register their businesses, while in the developed countries they only need five procedures only. (JWP/TPP)
Quote Of The Month
“To be advanced is a lot of challenges and obstacles.Sat a minute two minutes allowed, but after that must rise again” President Joko Widodo
In 3 Years Jokowi Builds 568 Kilometers of Toll Roads, Here are the Data On October 20, 2017, President Joko Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla have governed Indonesia for three years. One of their achievements in three years is the construction of 568 kilometers of toll roads across Indonesia. This is a spectacular record never had done before by the previous presidents of Indonesia. The incessant infrastructure development undertaken by the current government aims at lowering the high cost of logistics. The infrastructure development, especially the toll roads, has become the government’s priority in promoting the regional equality and boosting the national economy. When Jokowi took the presidential office, Indonesia only had 780 kilometers of toll roads. According to Viktor Sirait, Commissioner of PT Waskita
Karya, the rapid development of infrastructure, especially the toll roads in the Jokowi era, proves that with hard works and determination it can be done. “In 3 years the government has built 568 kilometers of toll roads, compare it with the only 780 kilometers built from the Independence Day to the three years ago,” said Viktor. He added the increasing number of the toll roads all over Indonesia will increase the competitiveness of the country. “In the future, people will soon get the benefits economically from this infrastructure development,” Viktor said.
Data from the Toll Road Regulatory Agency (BPJT), by the end of this year 12 more toll roads will be opened. They are 2 toll roads of Trans Sumatera, 4 segments of non-Trans Java, and the rest are the sections of Trans Java. Here are the toll road data that have been and will be inaugurated: 2015 (132 km) Porong-Gempol: 3.55 km, Gempol-Pandaan: 12.05 km, Cikampek-Palimanan: 116.75 km 2016 (44 km) Surabaya-Mojokerto Section IV:
18.47 km, Pejagan-Pemalang Section 1 & 2: 20.2 km, Kertosono-Mojokerto Section 3: 5,02 km 2017 (124.9 km) Tanjung Priok Access: 11.4 km Gempol-Pasuruan Section 1: 15.7 km, Kertosono-Mojokerto Section 2: 19.9 km, SemarangSolo Section 3: 17.6 km, MinerIndralaya Section 1: 7.75 km, Medan-Binjai Section 2-3: 10.45 km, Medan-Kualanamu-Tebing Tinggi Section 2-6: 42.1 km Scheduled to operate by the end of 2017: October 2017 Bekasi-Cawang-Kampung Melayu Section of IB-IC (segment of Pangkalan Jati-Jakasampurna) 8.24 km, Surabaya-Mojokerto Section lB-III (Sepanjang-Krian) 15.47 km November 2017
Soreang-Pasirkoja Section 1-2: 8.15 km, Bakauheni-Terbanggi Besar Package 1 (Segment IC Bakauheni Port-Bakauheni): 8.90 km December 2017 Bakauheni-Terbanggi Besar Package 2 (Segment KotabaruLematang): 5.03 km, Solo-Mantingan-Ngawi: 87.19 km, Pejagan-Pemalang Section III-IV (Brebes Timur-Pemalang): 37.30 km, Ngawi-Kertosono Section IIII (Ngawi-Wilangan): 52.57 km, Batang-Semarang Section I (Batang-East Batang): 3.20 km, Palembang-Indralaya Section 2-3 (Pamulatan-Simpang Indralaya): 14,18 km, Cinere-Jagorawi Section 2 (Raya Bogor-Kukusan): 5.5 km, Ciawi-Sukabumi Section I (Segment Ciawi-Caringin): 7.3 km, Pemalang-Batang (Sewaka-IC Pemalang): 6 km (TGR/TPP)
Building 12 Special Economic Zones, RI Attracts Investments at Rp221 T The President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) Administration has development 12 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) throughout Indonesia. The investments booked for the 12 SEZs reached a fantastic value of Rp221 trillion until the end of July 2017. Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution said to improve the welfare of the community, the government develops physical and industrial infrastructure as the basis for the society to do businesses. For the industrial infrastructure, the government has set up the industrial estates, SEZs, and national strategic tourism areas. “The SEZ and tourism are united in one location called Mandalika. The government together with the business com-
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munity and the local government have been developing three other areas like that,” said Darmin during the inauguration of SEZ Mandalika, Central Lombok, on Friday (10/20). According to Darmin, 12 SEZs have been set up by the government. They consist of eight SEZs for manufacturing
and four SEZs for tourism. Out of the 12 SEZs, four are already operating, i.e. SEZ Sei Mangkei, SEZ Tanjung Lesung, SEZ Palu, and SEZ Mandalika. “It is expected that by the end of this year, there will be two more SEZs in operation, namely SEZ Lhokseumawe and SEZ Galang Batang, Bintan, while
six more SEZs will be open in the first half of 2018,” he explained. The six SEZs are SEZ Kuala Tanjung in North Sumatera, SEZ Pulau Asam Karimun in Riau Islands, SEZ Merauke in Papua, SEZ Melolo in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), SEZ Nongsa in Batam and Bangka Island Tourism Area. Darmin further said that the investments flowing into the 12 SEZs are quite promising. Until the end of July, he added, the value of committed investments in the 12 SEZs reached Rp221 trillion. The government targets to establish 25 SEZs until 2019. “In 2030 the investment in the SEZs may reach Rp726 trillion,” said the former Governor of Bank Indonesia (BI). To accelerate the realization of 25 SEZs and attract more invest-
ments, the government has issued the Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 91 Year 2017 on the Ease of Business Acceleration Policy. With this policy, the investors who will invest in SEZs are given various incentives and facilities, so they can immediately realize their investment plans. “The ease of business is expected to be utilized by the investors. It is one of the instruments to get the outside Java regions out of their lagging development,” said Secretary of National Council of SEZs, Enoh Suharto Pranoto. The SEZs aim to accelerate the development, especially outside Java, and reduce the interregional gaps, as well as increase the value added and value chain on the raw materials or natural resources. (LPT/TPP)