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The omnibus law on job creation would benefit both workers and businessperson as it would improve investment climate and absorb more workers, the Indonesian Young Entrepreneurs Association (Hipmi) said.

"I think the omnibus law on job creation will benefit both businessperson and workers," Himpi's head of foreign department for energy, industry and trade, Aelyn Halim said in a statement here on Sunday.

The association welcomed the government's policy to enact job creation law as it would create positive climate for investment in Indonesia.

In addition, the law will create more jobs and reduce unemployment, Halim said.

"I can see President Jokowi's good intention in approving the omnibus law on job creation. I think the government has taken the right decision to increase investment," she said.

The law, she continued, would ensure a better job, income and social protection, and open wider opportunities for the development of micro, small and medium-scale enterprises (MSME) and cooperative units.

Sharing the same opinion, an economist Harits Hijrah Wicaksana said the job creation law would facilitate foreign investment inflows to Indonesia, thereby creating more jobs in the country. .

"The job creation law is aimed to provide licensing facility for investors," he said, adding that the law will ease the licensing process as it will eliminate overlaps with other laws.

According to Wicaksana, business licensing which previously was costly and took a long process, not to mention the potential of corruption, would be simplified with the issuance of the law.

"The job creation law would be able to revive the economy and benefit both businessmen and workers," he said. (antaranews)

President Joko Widodo congratulates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on their victory in the 2020 US elections, as stated in a post on his official Instagram account.

"My warmest congratulations @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris on your historic election. The huge turn out is a reflection of the hope placed on democracy," he said on Sunday.

In the post that featured an image of him and Biden shaking their hands, Jokowi also expressed his eagerness to work together with the United States of America under Biden's leadership.

"Look forward to work closely with you in strengthening Indonesia-US strategic partnership and pushing forward our cooperation on economy, democracy, and multilateralism for the benefit of our two people and beyond," he said.

It was previously reported by a number of media outlets that Democrat Joe Biden emerged victorious in the 2020 US presidential race on Saturday (Nov 7).

Biden's victory in the states of Pennsylvania and Nevada won him 290 Electoral College votes, 20 votes over the threshold of 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the presidential election.

Biden, who will become the States' 46th president, can still acquire another 16 Electoral College votes from Georgia, and is closely following Republican Donald Trump in North Carolina with 15 Electoral College votes.

The former American Vice President during Barack Obama's presidency, and his running mate Kamala Harris, won in the numbers of both Electoral College votes and popular votes.

The pair's popular votes surpassed those of incumbent Trump's with 75 million votes against 70.6 million votes.

Meanwhile, Reuters reported that President Donald Trump's campaign would begin challenging US election results in court next week after media outlets called the race for Democrat Joe Biden, saying "this election is far from over." (antaranews)

Brunei reported zero cases of COVID-19 on Sunday (8/11) with 148 cases. It marked the 17th consecutive day without a new case of COVID-19 since October 22, when the country recorded one imported case from Kuala Lumpur.

According to the Brunei Health Ministry, they recorded another patient as recovering, bringing the total to 145 patients. There are no active cases currently under treatment at the National Isolation Center.

There are currently 316 individuals who are undergoing compulsory isolation at government surveillance centers because they only arrived in Brunei after traveling from abroad.

Until now, Brunei has only reported three deaths due to COVID-19. According to the Worldometer website, which records COVID-19 data from 218 countries, Brunei is ranked 194th among the countries hit by COVID-19.

The first rank is still occupied by the United States with 10,283,063 cases and a total of 243,737 deaths.

Meanwhile, China, which was the initial source of the COVID-19 outbreak, is currently in 59th position among the countries hit by the new type of coronavirus, with a total of 86,212 cases and a total of 4,634 deaths.

The statistics show that China has more control over the spread of COVID-19 than many countries such as the US, Brazil, India, France, Britain, Italy, France, and Spain. Apart from China, countries praised for dealing with the pandemic were New Zealand and Australia. (Antaranews)

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin said that implementing religious moderation in Indonesia is being looked at by other countries, especially in the West, because it prioritizes tolerance amid differences in society.

"Now the world is looking at what's going on in Indonesia, even though there are different ethnicities and religions, how come they get along, can be one. Yes, because we use moderate, moderate religious methods,” said Ma'ruf Amin in a video statement received in Jakarta, Monday.

Ma'ruf said that religious tolerance in Indonesia is also supported by the application of tolerant Islam by most of the population.

"Religious moderation in Indonesia is a national asset that can be promoted to other countries, especially Europe and America," he said.

"This is actually a tremendous advantage and is now a model that is being sought after, the world is currently looking for, Europe, America, and the Western world are looking for what kind of harmonious interfaith relations are," he said again.

The current turmoil in European countries, said Ma'ruf, is one of the consequences of unlimited freedom of expression.

“Europe is making a fuss because it has unlimited freedom. We have freedom but there are limits, free expression but there are limits, there are standards, "he also said.

Regarding the recent protests against France, as a result of President Emmanuel Macron's statement regarding Islam, Ma'ruf said the country needed to take an example from Indonesia in implementing tolerance.

"In the West, it was separated, so there was a commotion like what happened in France. Now they are looking for a new formula. I said the formula is in Indonesia,” he said.

Therefore, the Vice President hopes that the practice of moderate, fair, and balanced religious teachings can be maintained amidst the diversity of Indonesian society.

"This is what we must maintain. I am sure that this model, social relations like this will be the model that I now say is being sought in this world," said Vice President Ma'ruf Amin. (antaranews)