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Menperin luncurkan kapal Iriana, lebih canggih dari Jepang
Sabtu, 25 Maret 2017 18:24 WIB - 742 Views

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Menteri Perindustrian Airlangga Hartarto (kedua dari kiri) berfoto dengan latar belakang kapal MV Iriana, di PT Sumber Marine Shipyard, Tanjung Uncang, Batam, Sabtu (25/3). ( ANTARA News/Try Reza Essra)

Batam (ANTARA News) - Menteri Perindustrian Airlangga Hartarto meresmikan peluncuran MV Iriana, yang merupakan kapal angkutan semen curah dengan teknologi electric propulsion pertama dibangun di Indonesia oleh PT Sumber Marine Shipyard.

"Pembuatan kapal ini harus diapresiasi karena menjadi pembuatan kapal pertama menggunakan teknologi terbaru electric propulsion yang seluruhnya dibuat di dalam negeri, dan menggunakan baja juga dari dalam negeri," katanya dalam peluncuran di Batam, Kepulauan Riau, Sabtu.

Airlangga mengatakan, teknologi tersebut sama dengan yang digunakan oleh Jepang sebagai negara pertama yang menerapkannya, namun buatan Indonesia lebih canggih karena mampu menghemat bahan bakar lebih besar.

"Teknologi di jepang dilakukan dgn saving energi sekitar 10 persen, di sini bisa rencananya 20 persen," kata dia, tentang kapal berkapasitas 10.000 tonase bobot mati (deadweight tonnage) terebut.

Kapal dengan spesifikasi panjang 117 meter, lebar 25,5 meter, tinggi 7,9 meter, kedalaman ke air 6,3 meter, dan kecepatan 10 knot tersebut dikerjakan oleh putra putri Indonesia.

Menurut Menperin, pembangunan kapal ini sejalan dengan langkah pemerintah yang menempatkan sektor maritim sebagai salah satu program prioritas dalam pembangunan nasional, termasuk juga di dalamnya adalah pengembangan industri galangan kapal.

“Melalui visi kemaritiman, saat ini pemerintah berupaya agar sektor industri galangan kapal nasional mempunyai daya saing di tingkat global,” ujarnya.

Oleh karena itu, pemerintah semakin serius untuk memperkuat sektor kelautan dalam negeri dengan menjadikan Indonesia sebagai poros maritim dunia.

“Salah satu program utama untuk mencapai target tersebut adalah program pengembangan infrastruktur dan konektivitas maritim, melalui pembangunan tol laut, deep seaport, logistik, dan industri perkapalan,” papar Airlangga.

Di sisi lain, lanjutnya, visi kemaritiman memberikan peluang bagi industri galangan kapal nasional untuk terus tumbuh karena program tersebut mampu meningkatkan jumlah kebutuhan armada kapal di pasar domestik.

“Dengan bertambahnya potensi pasar tersebut, kami mengharapkan mampu dimanfaatkan industri perkapalan kita untuk menambah kapasitas dan kemampuannya dalam memenuhi kebutuhan armada kapal dalam negeri,” tegas Airlangga.

Editor: Tasrief Tarmizi

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World Bank approves new loan for Indonesian infrastructure
Sabtu, 25 Maret 2017 18:01 WIB - 0 Views

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Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The World Bank has approved a new loan of US$200 million for Indonesia to help finance the countrys infrastructure projects.

The loan fund would be used to support PT Indonesia Infrastructure Finance (IIF), a non bank private institution," chief representative of the World Bank in Indonesia Rodrigo Chaves said here on Saturday.

"There is a big need for investment in Indonesian infrastructure and population on its way to become a high income country," Chaves said.

Earlier, the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) already provided fund for PT IIF to finance commercial infrastructure projects in the country.

Currently Indonesia is facing shortage of around US$60 billion a year to finance infrastructure projects. Meanwhile, the country suffers losses equivalent to more than one percent of its GDP on inadequate infrastructure.

Inadequate infrastructure, caused problem in transport and logistics and poor sanitation and quality of water caused problem in the public health.

Therefore, additional fund will help PT IIF in finance more longer term infrastructure projects, Chaves said.

Lead Financial Sector Specialist Christopher Juan Costain said Indonesian infrastructure market needs long term and sustainable capital especially in rupiah to ensure the infrastructure projects to last financially.

"Fund from the government alone would not be enough to finance the countrys infrastructure projects," Costain said.

In 2009, the World Bank already provided US$100 million for PT IIF for use to finance 18 projects in the transport, electricity, renewable energy and telecommunication sectors.

President Director and CEO of PT IIF Ari Soerono said the additional fund would support long term vision to be the main catalyst for financing development of infrastructure especially by the private sector.

"Bigger participation of the private sector is needed to build large infrastructure in Indonesia," Ari said.(*)
Editor: Heru

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Currently Indonesia is facing shortage of around US$60 billion a year to finance infrastructure projects. Meanwhile, the country suffers losses equivalent to more than one percent of its GDP on inadequate infrastructure.

That's why we heard on the news lately that Indonesian Gov currently lobbying S&P to upgrade its credit rating to investment grade. Even the speculation that S&P will finally granted that upgrade has already succeed to push IDX composite to its new high just a few days ago.

 

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MNC and Hyatt to build six star hotel in Jakarta
Jumat, 24 Maret 2017 22:09 WIB - 0 Views

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - PT MNC Land Tbk of the MNC Group will build a Rp2.6 trillion hotel and office building tower in Jakarta in cooperation with Hyatt Hotel Corporation.

"The investment for the hotel and MNC News Center tower is around Rp2.3 trillion-Rp2.6 trillion not including the land price," Chairman & CEO of the MNC Group, Hary Tanoesoedibjo said here on Friday.

Hary said the hotel named Park Hyatt Hotel will be built in the MNC Center, Jakarta. Park Hyatt Hotel will be a six-star hotel targeting foreign tourists and local high class guests.

He said hotel industry in Indonesia is predicted to grow with expected increase in the number of foreign tourist to the country.

The number of foreign tourists visiting the country is only around 10 million much smaller in number than tourists visiting Singapore and Malaysia per year.

The government, however, is set to double the number of visits of foreign tourists to 20 million in 2019.

Hary Tanoesoedibjo said the Park Hyatt Hotel is to be operational in the first half of 2018. The hotel will occupy 20 upper floors of the 39-floor building.

Group President of Hyatt Hotels Corporation Asia Pacific, David Udell, said he hopes the hotel would draw more tourist to the country.


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Indonesia eyes IDR 863 trillion (US$65 billion) FDI

The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) hopes to attract Rp 863 trillion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2018, a 27 percent increase from the 2017 goal of Rp 678.8 trillion amid the global race to be the most attractive investment destination in the world.

“Don’t be discouraged by the target. This should make us work even harder to realize it,” said Azhar Lubis, BKPM deputy for investment monitoring and implementation, during a meeting with regional investment agency leaders from eastern Indonesia on Tuesday.

The proactive steps by regional investment agencies, including those in Area IV of eastern Indonesia, are needed, he added.

For this year alone, the board has set a target of reaping more than Rp 119.3 trillion for the area, a similar amount to that earned last year.

Area IV includes provinces like Bali, East Nusa Tenggara, West Nusa Tenggara, Maluku, North Maluku, Papua and West Papua.

The leaders should make sure that locals benefit from the investment, including by empowering them to farm enough food to sustain industrial workers, Azhar emphasized.

“Agencies in regions can channel food locally. Don’t ask firms [only] to guide the locals to plant vegetables or for eggs production or even worse, to import from Java or other countries,” he added. (bbn)

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/03/22/indonesia-eyes-rp-863t-investment.html

 

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AccorHotels to operate 200 hotels in Indonesia by 2020

• Anton Hermansyah
  The Jakarta Post
  

Makassar | Sun, March 26, 2017 | 08:55 pm

An Ibis Hotel, run by global hotel management chain AccorHotels, is seen in Legian, Bali. (Tribunnews/.)

Global hotel management chain AccorHotels is seeking to operate a total of 200 hotels in Indonesia by 2020 on the back of the country’s rapid development.


At the end of 2016, the company was managing 106 hotels, an increase of 11 units compared to 2015.
“We aim to have 200 hotels in Indonesia by 2020,” AccorHotels Malaysia-Indonesia-Singapore chief operating officer Garth Simmons said in Makassar on Saturday after launching its latest addition, Ibis Styles Makassar Sam Ratulangi.


In 2017 alone, it plans to open between 15 and 20 new hotels, five of which will be located in the eastern part of Indonesia, mostly on Sulawesi.


The chain is planning to make Sulawesi its eastern hub to help expand operations to the other parts of the country, especially Papua.


“Frankly, we really want to expand to Papua, but we have to strengthen the distribution network first,” Simmons said.


In 2016, the group had a 70 percent average occupancy rate, with Bali and Jakarta as its strongest bases, where the rate reached 90 percent.


The Sumatra region has a 70 percent occupancy rate, while eastern Indonesia had around a 55 percent occupancy rate. (tas)

 

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Hindu believers Perform Tawur Agung Ritual at Prambanan Temple

Yogyakarta: Umat Hindu melakukan pradaksina atau berjalan mengitari Candi Prambanan di Sleman, DI Yogyakarta, Senin (27/3/2017). Prosesi Tawur Agung yang diikuti ribuan Umat Hindu dari DI Yogyakarta dan Jawa Tengah tersebut merupakan rangkaian perayaan Hari Raya Nyepi tahun baru saka 1939.

 

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Indonesia Tourism Booth in Changi International Airport
Hunting in the ZOO strategy to boost tourist arrivals

 

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Indonesia`s economic transformation has not run well: Darmin
Senin, 27 Maret 2017 14:22 WIB - 0 Views

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Chief Economic Minister Darmin Nasution said economic transformation has not run well in the country over the past 20 years .

"For over 20 years, economic transformations in the primary sector - the agricultural and mining sectors - has gone to the tertiary service sectors," Darmin said here on Sunday.

The shift of the primary sector to the tertiary sector has resulted in the domination of the countrys industrial sector by service industry, he said at a media discussion organized by the Communications and Informatics Ministry.

He said the transformation of the economy from primary industry should result in secondary industry or processing industry, instead of service industry.

Darmin said in the period of 1993-2016, the country sector of primary industry shrank from 25.8 percent to 23.2 percent, the secondary sector declined from 24.4 percent to 22.3 percent and the tertiary sector rose from 49.8 percent to 54.5 percent.

He said the economic growth after the regional monetary crisis in 1997-1998 could reduce unemployment rate and the number of people living below the poverty line.

However, the growth tended to be lopsided in the distribution of the peoples consumption excepting in the period of 2015-2016 when improvement began to show.

Darmin said the present government is seeking sustainable economic structural reform that would benefit the whole people.

"No people should be left behind by the economic growth and not take part in the dynamics of development," he said.

One way adopted by the government to create equitability synchronization between economic policies and fairness in distribution, he said.

The attempt is carried out through development of infrastructure and deregulation to boost investment, he added. .

In industrial development, the government will give greater emphasis on basic industry like steel, petrochemical and base chemical industries.

"The government hopes to revive the role of the manufacturing sector in the countrys economic development," he said.

Analysts have said with the globalized economy, well-educated youth will be critical to Indonesia s competitiveness in the future. Demand for skilled workers will increase with skill-oriented technological change.

In addition, a large pool of skills also facilitates knowledge spillover and attracts technology imports. In the past decades, significant changes of Indonesia s labor market have already taken place. Non-agricultural jobs increased significantly, and skilled labor in non-agricultural sector is on higher demand.

In the meantime, higher level professional and managerial jobs have also increased. In contrast, unskilled, agricultural, and administrative workers are on lower demand. Overall, the earnings differentials between people with different education levels are significant. The marginal returns to higher levels of education - senior secondary or tertiary level - are increasing, they said.(*)
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Urban population growth needs adequate housing: Sri Mulyani
Senin, 27 Maret 2017 19:50 WIB - 0 Views

Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati. (ANTARA)

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said that the increased urban population should be balanced by adequate housing supply to support economic growth.

"If we want to have sustainable domestic economic growth, which is healthy, and high purchasing power, housing development strategy is crucial," Sri Mulyani stated here on Monday.

According to the minister, urban population growth in Indonesia has reached 4.1 percent, higher than other developing countries such as China (3.8 percent) and India (3.1 percent), which also faced the problem of urbanization.

Therefore, adequate housing in urban areas is urgently needed to provide multiplier effect to the domestic economy.

"We need more houses because of the urbanization process and high urban population growth. Housing sector would provide a huge multiplier effect, as it can boost the economy," she remarked.

Sri Mulyani noted that housing demand in Indonesia has reached 820 thousand to one million houses a year.

Some 40 percent of the demand could be met through the involvement of private sector, 40 percent though independent wealthy citizens, and some 20 percent through the governments subsidy to poor people.

The government in 2016 had allocated Rp24.4 trillion of its state budget for the development of 21,763 units of apartments and 158,367 stimulant assistances for housing quality improvement.

In 2017, the number of apartments has increased to 13,253 units and stimulant assistances to 108 thousand for housing quality improvement.

The government has also provided Rp9.2 trillion of funds for 83,493 low-income families in 2016 and Rp9.7 trillion of funds for 175 thousand low-income families in 2017 through Housing Finance Fund Management Center (PPDPP).

As of now, state-owned secondary mortgage company PT Sarana Multigriya Finansial (SMF) has received Rp27.39 trillion of funding, including Rp1 trillion of state capital participation (PMN) in 2017, for 570 thousand lenders.

"Under the state budget instrument, we hope we can support the remarkable growth of housing with unequal public and regional incomes," Sri Mulyani remarked.

(Reported By Satyagraha/Uu.S022/INE/KR-BSR/A014)
Editor: Priyambodo RH

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Huhuhuuu .. Malaysia don't want to be part of Indonesia ... but .. Indonesia should be part of "Melayu Raya" ...

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AIIB approves loans to finance infrastructure in Indonesia, Bangladesh

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) said Tuesday that it had approved three new loans totaling 285 million U.S. dollars to finance infrastructure in Indonesia and Bangladesh. This announcement brought the multilateral development bank's total lending to over 2 billion dollars so far, according to a press release from the AIIB.

The new loans included $125 million for a dam project in Indonesia, and $100 million for the Indonesian Regional Infrastructure Development Fund, both projects co-financed with the World Bank.

Another 60-million-dollar loan was granted to improve a gas transmission network in Bangladesh, which was co-financed with the Asian Development Bank.

The loans were "different in their focus, but united in their efforts to leverage infrastructure spending to stimulate growth and improve the quality of life for local communities", said D.J. Pandian, vice president and chief investment officer of AIIB.

The bank values the ongoing collaboration with its multilateral development bank partners, Pandian said.

The AIIB was established in 2015 and started operation in January 2016 to provide financing for infrastructure improvement in Asia. Its membership has increased to 70, with 13 new members approved last week.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-03/28/c_136164211.htm

 

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