As reported by
NusaBali,
Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi revealed that the government would spend the fund to subsidize airline tickets to tourism destinations across Indonesia.
Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi
In a year-end Press Conference held on Wednesday, 23 December 2020, Sumadi said the Ministry spent Rp. 433 billion in 2020 with plans to allocate Rp.1.48 trillion in 2021.
The Director-General of Civil-Aviation, Novie Riyanto, said the public response to the Ministry’s support program has been positive, resulting in persuading the public to fly again. Novie said the Ministry’s current program of absorbing the
Passenger Service Charge (PSC) would continue in 2021.
In 2020 the government provided a stimulus to the airline industry in the amount of Rp. 215 billion. Rp. 175 billion provided for the elimination of
Patimban Port development to slash national logistics costs: Minister 21st December 2020
Newly inaugurated Petimban Port in Subang, West Java.
We are also working with the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries to provide fishing boats to fishermen through cooperatives Jakarta (ANTARA) - Development of Patimban Port will lower logistics costs, enable flow of goods, and reduce load of goods vehicles on highway in Jabodetabek (Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi) area, Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi stated. Patimban Port, which is synergized with the Tanjung Priok Port, is expected to streamline the logistics time and costs. In particular, to reduce the national logistics costs and boost cost efficiency of exporting Indonesian products abroad, one of which is automotive products, Sumadi noted in a statement here on Monday.
Supreme Court justice Dudu Duswara Machmudin died on Thursday evening at Sentosa Asih Hospital in Bandung, West Java, after testing positive for COVID-19. He was 69.
His death was confirmed by Supreme Court spokesman Andi Samsan Nganro on Thursday, kompas.com reported.
Before serving on the court’s panel of justices for nine years, Dudu was an ad hoc judge for corruption cases at the Central Jakarta District Court, which handles graft trials.
He obtained his bachelor’s degree at Langlangbuana University in Bandung, before continuing at Padjadjaran University for his master’s degree and later again at Parahyangan University for his doctorate.