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Director General of National Export Development at the Trade Ministry, Arlinda said that the trade mission of the Trade Ministry to Bangladesh achieved total transaction and potential transaction amounting $279.19 million dollars. Trade mission to Bangladesh, which was held starting from April 26 until 28, 2018 in Dhaka, was implemented on cooperation between the Trade Ministry and the Indonesian Embassy in Dhaka. The event was one of the government’s efforts in increasing Indonesia’s export reaching 11%. In addition, it was also the follow-up of the visit of President Joko Widodo in January 2018 when meeting Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina and President of Bangladesh, Abdul Hamid in a bid to boost economic cooperation and bilateral trade. The Indonesian trade mission was conducted by holding business forum, business matching, and Indonesia Fair exhibition in Dhaka. In the event, the Trade Ministry brought in 93 businesspeople from 43 companies. Arlinda also said that the success of the trade mission in Bangladesh proved that Bangladesh is potential trade partnership for Indonesia so that the market of Bangladesh needs to be improved more seriously, especially in transportation industry (train, automotive, and spare parts); the main commodities such as palm oil, spices and tea, and other manufacture products, such as foods and beverages, fashion, and furniture. 

Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand are committed to focusing on boosting economic growth through increased connectivity and infrastructure cooperation in the border areas. The agreement was discussed on the 11^th Summit of the Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand –Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) on Saturday (28/4) in Singapore. In the meeting, Minister of Trade, Enggartiasto Lukita was present at the meeting to accompany President Joko Widodo. Minister Enggartiasto Lukita also stated that the Indonesian President’s message which asserted that the member countries must play an active role and give real contribution in increasing trade in the IMT-GT. IMT-GT is sub-regional cooperation among Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand in the economic sector which involves 10 provinces in Sumatra, 8 provinces in Malaysia, and 14 provinces in Thailand. The cooperation is expected to play a major role in increasing economy in the region and to contribute economic growth all of the regions of the three countries, even ASEAN as whole.

The performance was part of Friday Tonic and Concrete Dreams Weekend series. Friday Tonic was a series of musical performance which was conducted on Friday evening. Meanwhile,  Concrete Dreams Weekend held on April 27-29 was conducted to celebrate the history of Queen Elizabeth Hall infrastructure in 1960s. 30 years ago, the government of Indonesia gave a set of Gamelan to British people as a sign of friendship. The Gamelan has been stored at  Southbank Centre until now. The Gamelan performance was conducted to celebrate 30^th anniversary since the Gamelan was stored at Southbank Centre, and to celebrate the re-opening of Queen Elizabeth Hall which was for the last two-year closed to be renovated. Meanwhile, dances, which colored the performance at the evening, were attended by dance group -Lila Bhawa Iindonesia Dance UK.