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PLN Gradually Recovers Electricity Supply (0)
State-owned electricity firm PT PLN has recovered electric power to Balaraja Extra High Voltage substation in Banten Province, and furthermore it will be channeled to Suralaya steam-fueled power plant (PLTU) to gradually recover its operation to reach its capacity of 2800 MW of electricity.
In addition, power supply from Gandul Extra High Voltage substations in Depok, West Java Province, will be channeled to Muara Karang gas and steam power plant (PLTGU) to supply electricity to the Indonesian capital city, Jakarta.
Acting President Director of PLN Sripeni Inten Cahyani said here on Sunday that the power supply to Jakarta was expected to recover within three hours.
"We apologize for the inconvenience today, and currently all efforts have been made to recover the Java-Bali power system, especially in the area of West Java, Banten, and Jakarta," Cahyani said.
The company has focused on power supply to PLTGU Muara Karang and PLTGU Priok to recover the system in the capital city.
Previously, PLN has recovered the operation of hydro-generated power plant (PLTA) Saguling and PLTA Cirata which are functioned as power stabilizer, and, at the same time, supply the electricity to PLTU Suralaya through Cibinong, Depok, Gandul, Lengkok, Balaraja and Suralaya extra high voltage substations.
PLTU Suralaya is expected to return to its normal operation within six hours to normalize power system in West Java and Banten.
Blackout that affected thousands of homes and public facilities in West Java, Jakarta, and Banten was caused by several troubles in the extra high voltage 500 kV transmission of Ungaran - Pemalang.
"PLN has taken its best efforts and will have evaluation to prevent recurrence of today's incident," Cahyani said.
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June
Meeting Aung San Suu Kyi, President Emphasizes the Importance of Security at Rakhine State
Written byIndonesia emphasizes the importance of a good security situation for the implementation of voluntary, safe and dignified repatriation.
This was conveyed by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) when meeting the State Counselor of the Republic of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi on the sidelines of the 34th ASEAN Summit held at Bangkok's Athenee Hotel on Saturday (22/6).
"If the security situation does not improve, it will be difficult for voluntary, safe and dignified repatriation to be carried out," said President Jokowi.
"Indonesia also has a high commitment to continue to contribute to solving the Rakhine State issue," said President Jokowi.
President Jokowi also stressed the importance of immediately following up on recommendations from the Preliminary Needs Assessment (PNA) report. Indonesia is ready to again contribute to the follow-up to the recommendations of the PNA Report.
Also present accompanied President Jokowi, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Wiranto, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution, Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung, Minister of Trade Enggartiasto Lukita, Special Staff President Ari Dwipayana, and Indonesian Ambassador for Thailand Ahmad Rusdi. (setkab)
June
On his 58th birthday, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) continued to fill it with work. Accompanied by Minister of State (Minister of State) Pratikno, President Jokowi suddenly reviewed the progress of the construction of the runway 3 at Soekarno Hatta Airport (Soetta), Tangerang, Banten, Friday (6/21) morning.
"We see that this runway 3 at Soekarno Hatta has already finished 86 percent. We expect 100 percent by the end of this month, and it will be operational as soon as possible. Maybe July will be already operational, "said President Jokowi.
If the third runway of Soekarno Hatta Airport is operated, according to the President, we will have 120 aircraft movements every hour, up 50 percent compared to the current 81 movements. Thus, requests from airlines from other countries that have been queuing, from Qatar, Saudi, India, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Japan, all of which want to enter but are already full of slots, can now be added to enter Soekarno-Hatta. again.
"We hope that it will not be like yesterday, if we want to go down for half an hour, it's not there after it's finished. God willing, it doesn't exist. That is, the additional large capacity is immediately closed because the replacement is long, "continued the President.
Terminal Four
After this, according to the President, the government will enter additional capacity for the terminal. He claimed that he had ordered the Transportation Minister and Director of PT Angkasa Pura II two years ago to prepare another fourth terminal plan.
"This has already started with the pictures, designs already. We hope that later in 2021 the fourth terminal will also be built again. Three years completed. So that we will expect a total of 110 million passengers here with a fourth plus terminal, "said President Jokowi.
President Jokowi admitted that indeed the flight growth was very fast. Therefore, if the construction of the runway, development such as east cross taxiway is not pursued, the terminal construction is not pursued, we will just go ahead again. "This is what we don't want. Infrastructure must overtake existing growth, "he said.
While related to supporting infrastructure towards the terminal at Soekarno Hatta Airport, according to President Jokowi, if indeed there is now an airport train. You can later use LRT to get to the airport, or the fast train will continue to Soekarno-Hatta.
"We are racing with a speed of growth," said the President. (kemensetkab)
June
President Jokowi Optimistic In 2025 All Indonesian Land Certificates Will Be Completed
Written byPresident Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is optimistic that in the next 2025 the process of land certification throughout Indonesia will be completed. To that end, President Jokowi urged the National Land Agency (BPN) office to continue to raise the target of completing the issuance of land certificates from year to year.
"Next year I ask for 5 million, next year I will ask for 7 million, next year I will ask for 9 million, next year again 12 million, next year will continue to rise. So that our target in 2025 for all of Indonesia whose names are completed, God willing, will be completed, "said President Jokowi when delivering a speech on the submission of 3,200 land certificates to the people, at Tri Dharma PT Petrokimia GOR, Gresik Regency, East Java, Thursday (6/20) noon
According to the Head of State, in 2015 the certificate held by the community should reach 126 million parcels of land. But in reality, at that time only 46 million plots of land had been certified. The remaining 80 million land parcels have not been certified.
"Previously, in the past one year it could only produce 500 thousand per year, in Indonesia 500 thousand. If it is lacking 80 million, it means it is 160 years old. 80 million, a year is only 500 thousand, meaning that the use of this certificate must wait 160 years, "said the Head of State.
Therefore, President Jokowi conveyed to the Minister of Agrarian and Spatial Planning (ATR) / Head of BPN that this could not be continued. He asked the ATR Minister / Head of the National Land Agency to be able to complete the land certification target as stated.
"Earlier, the Minister of BPN had promised, the promise of the Minister, you know, Gresik 2024 was all over. The Minister promised, I just have to promise, all of you also promise, "said the President.
Be careful
To the people who already hold the land certificate, the Head of State entrusted the message to be covered in plastic so that if the tiles were leaked, the certificate would not be damaged. The second is photocopied so that the original one is missing, still the copy exist. Managing it to the BPN office is easy.
Thirdly, the Head of State reminded, so be careful if you want to be used for collateral, for collateral to the bank.
"Please count first, it is calculated before you can install it or not, you can install it or not. If the count doesn't come in, don't borrow, don't use it for collateral. We just received it today, tomorrow at the bank, right? "Because you are in a hurry to get a loan, keep forgetting that it's not counted, you can't pay it off, you lost the certificate ," said the Head of State.
Attending the occasion included First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo, Minister of State Secretary (Minister of State) Pratikno, Minister of ATR / Head of BPN Sofyan Jalil, and Governor of East Java Khofifah Indar Parawansa. (kemensetkab)
June
Presidential Regulation No. 30/2019 concerning Indonesian Membership in International Organizations
Written byConsidering that the Presidential Decree (Keppres) No. 64 of 1999 concerning Indonesian Membership and the Contribution of the Government of the Republic of Indonesia to International Organizations are no longer in line with the development of law and community needs, the government considers this Presidential Decree to be revised.
Based on that consideration, on May 10, 2019, President Joko Widodo has signed Presidential Regulation Number 30 of 2019 concerning Membership and Indonesia's Contributions to International Organizations.
Mentioned in the Perpres, Indonesian Membership and Contribution to International Organizations aims to: a. Indonesia's role and performance in international forums; b. relations between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the governments of other countries; and c. international community trust.
"Indonesia's membership and contribution is devoted as much as possible to national interests," read Article 2 paragraph (2) of this Presidential Regulation.
Indonesian membership, according to this Perpres, is carried out according to procedures and procedures that apply to International Organizations by considering: a. national priorities; b. state financial capacity; and c. Indonesian membership in similar International Organizations. (kemensetkab)
June
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June
The government made a breakthrough to gain investment and increase exports as much as possible. One of the breakthroughs that was made was to immediately undertake massive tax cuts in several business sectors. Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) had requested that the Ministry of Finance provide more facilities but not just instruments, but more importantly whether it could work in the field.
"So if there are decreases such as tax holidays and tax allowances or even our plans to make changes to the PPH (Income Tax) law so that the tariffs are lower, that is now how fast it is being exercised, and it must really be calculated. The rate drops to 20 percent, how fast and how much fiscal risk can be borne and how it is implemented, "said Sri Mulyani, answering reporters after attending the Limited Meeting to discuss the issue of Breakthrough Investment, Exports and Taxation, at the Presidential Office, Jakarta, Wednesday (6/19) ) afternoon.
Then regarding the super deduction tax, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati hopes that the Government Regulation (PP) will come out soon. She pointed out examples such as those for motorized vehicles that are expected to have finished harmonizing, and can be released this week or early next week. "Because it's finished so we can expect it to come out soon," he said.
Minister of Finance detailed, there was also the exemption of VAT (Value Added Tax) for leasing aircraft from abroad which had been imposed to reduce the burden on airlines.
In addition there is also a decrease in PPH rates for bond interest for infrastructure, where the government will reduce from 15% to 5%.
Regarding the property sector, according to Minister of Finance, after increasing the price limit of houses / apartments by Rp30 billion which was subject to PPnBM 20 percent from the previous Rp20 billion and Rp10 billion, the government will also increase the VAT (Value Added Tax) limit for simple houses according to their respective regions -one.
Furthermore, the rate of luxury housing article 22 income tax also fell from 5% to 1%, and the validation of PPH land sales will also be simplified.
"That is all so that the property sector will stretch better," explained the Minister of Finance. (setkab)
June
Indonesia-UK Continue to Expand and Strengthen Their Relationship
Written by“Indonesia is UK's best friend", stated British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt at the bilateral meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister in London (18/6).
Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno L.P. Marsudi affirmed that the commemoration of 70th year of Indonesia and UK's diplomatic relationship should become a momentum for improving their partnership, especially in trade and investment.
This meeting also discussed cooperation in a number of other sectors, including education. “Within the next five years, Indonesia will focus on human resource development," Minister Marsudi stated. In that account, Indonesia will continue to expand its partnership with the UK.
After the Brexit, the UK also gives more commitment to improving its relationship with Indonesia, including that in economic sector.
Both foreign ministers expressed their commitments in establishing strategic cooperation as part of the solution to address a number of international issues, especially during Indonesia's membership period in UNSC.
Indonesia expected the UK's support for its candidacy at the Human Rights Council for the 2020/22 period.
Minister Hunt also expressed his eagerness to visit Indonesia. (kemenlu)
June
Indonesia to Put Spotlight on Global Economy at G20 Summit
Written byIndonesia will draw attention to global economic and financial issues at the Group of Twenty (G20) Summit to be held on June 28-29 in Osaka, Japan.
"At the G20 Summit in Japan, we will continue to bring up the same issues. The first issue pertains to the global economy and finance, particularly trade and investment," President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) remarked while opening a limited meeting at the Presidential Office in Jakarta on Wednesday.
The meeting covered discussions on preparations for the president's working visits to Bangkok, Thailand, to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and to Osaka, Japan, to attend the G20 Summit.
At a time when technological developments are taking place at a swift pace, Indonesia will also discuss innovative steps for benefiting from developments in digital economy and artificial
intelligence, he remarked.
Furthermore, the head of state highlighted the importance of deliberating on efforts to address disparities in the quality of infrastructure, manpower, and women's empowerment.
The G20 Summit will bring together leaders of G20 member states: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The summit will highlight several issues encompassing the global economy, investment, trade, innovations, environment and energy, job opportunities, women's empowerment, development, and health.
The other topics of discussion at the summit will be the US-China trade war and reforming the World Trade Organization (WTO). (ant)
June
President Optimistic Indonesian MSMEs Can Grow Rapidly
Written by Ani HasanahPresident Joko Widodo received an envoy from a number of micro, small and medium business associations on Tuesday afternoon at Merdeka Palace, Jakarta. There are 4 (four) associations of micro, small and medium entrepreneurs visiting the Presidential Palace. In the meeting, the President said that he was optimistic that micro, small and medium enterprises in Indonesia had wide opportunities to continue to be developed. Until now, there are around 62.9 million Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) business units in Indonesia. According to Jokowi, the existing business opportunities can continue to be developed, especially in the service and industry sectors. On the occasion, the President also asked for input from entrepreneurs to be able to design proportional policies for the development of MSMEs in the country.
"I want to get input in order to design policies, especially micro, small and medium enterprises, which we know the latest data that I received was 62.9 million small, micro and medium enterprises in Indonesia. I think we have a very, very wide opportunity in our country to develop the existing businesses and the opportunities that we have used as good as possible both the small and medium industry trade service business that I have experienced," said President Joko Widodo.
Furthermore, President Joko Widodo also reminded Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) entrepreneurs that the government could facilitate national MSME businesses through policy aspects. But the President reminded that excessive facilities can actually weaken the micro, small and medium industries, especially weakening the character of entrepreneurship in the community. (VOI / Ndy / AHM)
June
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) accompanied by First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo opened the XLI Bali Arts Party (PKB) in 2019 by releasing the parade of the arts party, in front of the Bali Perjuangan Rakyat Monument, in Denpasar, Bali, Saturday (15/6) afternoon.
"By asking for Wara Nugraha Ida Shang Hyang Widi Wasa, this afternoon, I opened and released the 41st Bali Art Festival parade in 2019," said President Jokowi when releasing the 2019 Bali Art Party march, which was marked by pemukuulan kul with the Minister of Education and Culture Muhadjir Effendy.
The opening of the parade was enlivened with Pendet Dance which was played colossally by 100 dancers from SMAN 3 Sukawati, Kab. Bangli. In addition there are performances from various regions and abroad, one of which is the People's Republic of China.
President Jokowi with First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo and the ministers who accompanied him took part in the parade with the vehicles already prepared.
Attending the occasion included Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung, Minister of Education and Culture Muhadjir Effendy, Bali Governor I Wayan Koster and wife of work cabinet ministers who are members of OASE (Organization of Work Cabinet Era Solidarity Action). (kemensetkab)
