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Indonesia's lubricant industry is expected to achieve its targeted four-percent growth in 2019, Director General of Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Textile Industry of the Industry Ministry Muhammad Khayam stated.

"We believe that (the growth) can reach four percent, with industrial expansion and vast market potential," Khayam noted in Jakarta on Thursday.

A total of 44 national lubricant producers operate in the country, with total installed capacity of two million kiloliters per year.

The annual production of lubricants has reached 908,360 kiloliters comprising 781,189 kiloliters of automotive lubricant and 127,170 kiloliters of industrial lubricant.

The industry has absorbed a total of 4,898 workers in 2018, of which 3,157 were employed in the production sector, while the rest worked in 140 importer firms and 580 were distributor agents.

Khayam remarked that with local demand reaching two million kiloliters, the country will need to import the product.

He is upbeat about new investment and expansion of the domestic lubricant industry to substitute imported products.

Since September 10, 2019, the ministry has made it mandatory for all lubricant products to meet the Indonesian National Standard (SNI) to ensure consumer protection and creation of a conducive climate for its business.

The move is projected to thwart the distribution of low-quality lubricant products in the domestic market that could impinge upon public health and safety, as well as affect environmental protection in addition to distorting the domestic lubricant market. (ANTARA) .

Indonesia will host the China-ASEAN conference on the people-to-people friendship organization from November 10 to 12, 2019, in Bandung, West Java.
Head of Indonesia-China Organization (LIC), Sudrajat, said at a press conference in Jakarta, Thursday (8/11) the LIC is organizing the 12th conference which Indonesia will host for the second time after the third event was also held here in 2008.
The biennial event aims to promote people-to-people friendship between the ASEAN members and China, focusing on the economy, social, and cultural sectors, while highlighting development and the involvement of millennials. Some 91 delegations of non-government organizations from 10 ASEAN members and China are expected to attend the conference, along with hundreds of investors and businessmen. Governor of West Java, Ridwan Kamil, is scheduled to open the conference.//Antara

The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy held a media discussion featuring the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Wishnutama Kusubandio and his Deputy Minister, Angela Tanoesudibjo, in Jakarta on Tuesday (11/05/2019). In the discussion, Wishnutama said that the tourism industry can become a source of welfare for the Indonesian people if it is managed properly.

"So the natural wealth and beautiful scenery is a gift from God but with our ability to manage it, package it, it will create attraction and will become a sustainable source of welfare. This is also an extraordinary potential because Tourism and the creative economy being the core of this nation, can earn foreign exchange with a very extraordinary future,"said Wishnutama.

Minister Wishnutama added that Ambon City in Maluku Province is a good example for the tourism industry after being designated as the City of Music some time ago. For this reason, the Ministry of Tourism and Crative Economy can assist the City in developing infrastructure to various tourist destinations in Ambon City. This is also a manifestation of a real collaboration between the Ministry of Tourism and the Creative Economy to trigger the younger generation of Ambonese to be more creative in preserving their traditional music and culture and attracting more foreign tourists visit. (VOI/NK/AHM)

Indonesia’s demographic bonus is a challenge in meeting food and agriculture needs in the future. In the National Coordination Meeting on Agribusiness, Food and Forestry and Food Processing, and the Animal Husbandry Industry, Tuesday (5/11) Minister of Research and Technology / Head of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Bambang Brodjonegoro explained the priorities of research and technology development in the food sector and animal husbandry.

Bambang Brodjonegoro stated that the Government will make a plan in coordination with relevant Ministries/Institutions, to increase food production and animal husbandry. The government will prioritize the use of technology and research results, and collaborate with industry and manufacturing in meeting the domestic food and livestock needs.

"Agricultural products, food, tree crops and all kinds, including fisheries, are the agriculture-based industry. It is a priority in the context of economic transformation. If the agricultural industry is developed, the farmers will automatically increase their production, so that it can be absorbed to become input from the manufacturing sector," said Bambang Brodjonegoro.

Bambang Brodjonegoro stated that the Government will ensure agriculture and animal husbandry using technology and research have high competitiveness in the market. The government wants to ensure the welfare of farmers and the progress of the world food and livestock industry will be increasingly competitive and profitable. The National Coordination Meeting for Food and Agriculture themed "Productivity and Competitiveness of Agriculture and Food Industry" was attended by members of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) from various sectors. (rri.co.id/RIZKY S/AHM)