Travellers wait in line for a rapid Covid-19 antigen test at Terminal 2 of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, in this file picture from Dec 22, 2020. - Antara
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): While Indonesia plans to reopen to international tourists in the near future, medical policy failures, including the reuse of Covid-19 test kits and breaches of mandatory quarantine, have called the country’s preparation into question.
The government has established several travel rules in an effort to reduce CovidD-19 transmission risk.
Travellers must present negative results from either PCR or antigen tests, and people arriving from outside the country are required to quarantine at designated facilities for five days.
Newly-appointed Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia (centre) delivers a speech after his inauguration ceremony in Jakarta on Wednesday, April 28, 2021.(Courtesy of BPMI Setpres/.)
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Newly appointed Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia has pledged to boost investment and spread it out across the archipelago by cutting red tape and regulating big businesses as the government seeks to revive the economy.
Following his inauguration on Wednesday (April 28), Bahlil said that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo had ordered the newly established ministry to, essentially, implement the Job Creation Law in attracting domestic and foreign investment.
He said the ministry would promote investment in areas outside Java, simplify the permit procedures for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and “mate” big businesses with MSMEs to foster economic growth on top of carrying out other red tape-cutting measures stipulated in the jobs law.
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Juliari Batubara (centre) emerges from a Corruption Eradication Commission interrogation room after questioning in this file picture from Dec 6, 2020. -Tribunnews
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Prosecutors from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) accused former social affairs minister Juliari Batubara of accepting bribes up to Rp 32.48 billion (US$2.23 million) from contractors supplying Covid-19 food aid packages to people in need, in the first hearing of his trial on Wednesday (April 21).
The prosecutors said that Juliari accepted the bribes through his subordinates in charge of procuring goods for the social aid programme Adi Wahyono and Matheus Joko Santoso.
Both men are also standing trial.
Lines of vehicles pack kilometer 6 of the Jagorawi Toll Road in Jakarta on Oct. 30, 2020. - Antara
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Domestic car sales skyrocketed in March as a luxury tax (PPnBM) cut for small cars came into effect, but overall sales remained below prepandemic levels, meeting observers’ expectations about the effect of key incentives on consumer spending.
Nearly 85,000 cars were sold domestically in March, up 72.5 per cent from the previous month and up 10.5 per cent from March of last year, according to data from the Association of Indonesian Automotive Manufacturers (Gaikindo).
Some consumers decided in March to buy a new car, while others made purchases they had delayed from February – when the incentive was announced – to take advantage of the savings.