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  • Chinese flock to Bali celebrating new year

    Chinese flock to Bali celebrating new year

    Thousands of Chinese have flocked to Bali to cerebrate Chinese new year using chartered flights of a number of airlines including Garuda Indonesia

    Tourism Minister Arief Yahya said here on Monday at least 65 chartered flights carrying 23,000 Chinese from 11 cities in China had landed on Bali.

    “It seems Bali has become the favorite destination of Chinese tourists . More than 114 million Chinese travel abroad every year,” Arief said.

    Other airlines carrying Chinese to Bali on chartered flights include HongKong Airlines, Shenzen airlines, Air Asia, China Southern, China Eastern, Dragon Air, Cathay Paciific, Eva Air, Singapore Airlines, Brunai Air, etc.

    Arief said the airlines could serve to promote Bali in China.

    “They speak good things about Bali, its beauty and generosity of its people, ” he said.

    He attributed the success in luring Chinese to Bali to intensive advertising, and sales by a marketing team of the tourism ministry.

    He said he had instructed the provision of 6,000 souvenirs for the tourists and facilities to entertain the visitors.

    The tourism ministry has launched promotion campaigns to attract Chinese to cerebrate Chinese new year in Bali since early January.

    “Winter in northern China including Beijing and the province of Heilongjiang is extreme 15 degree Celsius below zero prompting people from that region to leave for warm place and choose Bali to celebrate the new year,” he said.

    In 2016, the tourism ministry sets the target for foreign visitors to Bali at 1.7 million . In February alone the target is set at 200,000 visitors.

    “China is a potential market , a big market. Therefore it needs special handling,” Arief said.

    Arief said currently only 1.14 million Chinese tourists visit Indonesia a year far smaller than 8 million to Thailand.

    “We have been lagging too far behind . If they are so interested in visiting Thailand , they should be more so in Indonesia,” he said, adding Indonesia needs only to intensify promotion.

    Generally Chinese tourist like beach resorts and shopping, he said.

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  • Indonesia to host 30th IAPH World Ports Conference 2017

    Indonesia to host 30th IAPH World Ports Conference 2017

    Indonesia will host the 30th World Ports Conference of the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) in 2017, the spokesperson of the state port operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) III Edi Prayitno noted here on Friday.

    “In 2017, Pelindo I, II, III, and IV will be active IAPH members to host and hold the biannual conference that will take place at the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center on May 7-12, 2017,” Edi stated.

    The conference would serve as a platform to share experiences and common interests on certain issues faced by port officials globally.

    Currently, Pelindo I, II, and III are holding a preparation meeting in Bali, which is being attended by more than 1.5 thousand members and delegations from around the world.

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    “Pelindo, a state-owned enterprise involved in the management of Indonesian ports, must actively play an important role in local and global port activities, one of which is by participating in the IAPH,” he pointed out.

    The conference is considered as one of the measures to deepen business relations with other port officials in the world in addition to improving and updating their knowledge.

    “This conference is expected to be a potential forum for Indonesian seaport businesspersons to mutually promote ideas and products along with serving as a means of promotion and learning about port management in the country,” affirmed Edi.

    The IAPH, established in 1955, represents more than 200 ports in 90 countries, with total cargo being serviced reaching 60 percent of the global trade by sea, as well as nearly 80 percent of the flow of containers around the world.

    In addition, individuals and organizations that are interested or are involved in a variety of port and maritime businesses in this organization are the associate members.

    “The IAPH is a non-profit and non-governmental organization that is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan,” Edi added.

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  • Wyndham Hotel Group Introduces Days Inn brand to Indonesia

    Wyndham Hotel Group Introduces Days Inn brand to Indonesia

    Continuing its robust expansion in South East Asia, Wyndham Hotel Group today announced the opening of its first Days Inn® hotel in Indonesia, the 119-room Days Hotel & Suites Jakarta Airport.

    Located in the capital of Jakarta at the site of the former Padjadjaran Suites, the hotel is the eighth property to open under the Days Inn® brand flag in South East Asia and the Pacific Rim region. It is owned by PT Graha Bandung Sentosa, an affiliate of the Sun Motor Group, and managed by PT Wyndham Hotel Management, an Indonesian subsidiary of Wyndham Hotel Group. The hotel is the second to be opened by Sun Motor Group and Wyndham in Indonesia in just over a month, the first being the 271-room Ramada Bali Sunset Road Kuta.

    Said Barry Robinson, President and Managing Director of Wyndham Hotel Group South East Asia and Pacific Rim, “We are looking to introduce more affordable business hotels in prime locations across the region and Days Hotel & Suites Jakarta Airport will be a valuable addition to our portfolio in Indonesia targeting business travellers and leisure makers on transit. Indonesia represents a tremendous opportunity for Wyndham, with its growing middle class who have demonstrated an increased demand for globally-known and value-driven brands such as Days Inn.”

    Situated just 5.3km from Soekarno-Hatta Intl Airport in the Cenkarang district of West Jakarta, the Days Hotel & Suites Jakarta Airport is a full service property catering to business and leisure travellers. The hotel will undergo light renovations to offer tastefully designed guestrooms and suites complemented with an all-day dining restaurant, a lobby lounge and bar, as well as eight meeting rooms with banqueting services.

    Additional facilities include a rooftop pool, a spa and wellness centre, high speed Wi-Fi access throughout the hotel and complimentary airport shuttle bus transfers.

    Hartono Hosea, Director at the Sun Motor Group commented “Wyndham Hotel Group’s extensive global distribution, flexibility and management expertise will definitely help to solidify our position as a market leader in Indonesia. The hotel will greatly complement our Bali property and will set the standard for hospitality in Asia.”

    Days Inn® is a globally recognised brand with nearly 1,800 economy to upper-midscale hotels located around the world. Most offer free Wi-Fi, complimentary DayBreak® continental breakfast, meeting rooms, banquet facilities, copy and fax services, fitness centres and more. All Days Inn hotels in Indonesia participate in Wyndham Rewards®, the simple-to-use, revolutionary loyalty program from Wyndham Hotel Group that offers members a generous points earning structure along with a flat, free-night redemption rate.

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  • Telkom Indonesia Blocking Netflix For Pornographic Content

    Telkom Indonesia Blocking Netflix For Pornographic Content

    At CES earlier in the month, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced that the popular streaming service was being made available in over 130 countries around the world – essentially in every country except China. The Wall Street Journal said the block came “after concluding that Netflix didn’t have a permit to operate as a content provider in Indonesia”. Either way, the situation has brought forth more questions about how the company will regulate content provided by Netflix.

    News of the service’s entry was quickly embraced by social media by Indonesia’s young and urban population who were familiar with the service due to pop culture references, as well as Netflix’s award-winning productions.

    Netflix has indicated that it is willing to adhere to Indonesia’s laws and regulations, but it believes that it doesn’t have to follow the same procedures as cable networks.

    Be that as it may, it’s hard to imagine that the decision wasn’t also influenced by a desire to protect the company’s own business interests. Uber argued that it does not own any vehicles, but eventually said it will set up a subsidiary to better comply with local regulations.

    Regardless, many worry that Telkom’s move suggests that a blanket ban on Netflix is imminent.

    Some Telkom competitors were capitalising on the ban Thursday, promoting their Netflix packages in a bid to lure Telkom customers angered by the move. The ministry now monitors websites and blocks content on a case-by-case basis.

    Arif Prabowo, Telkom’s vice president for corporate communications said in a statement that Netflix needed to adjust to Indonesia’s regulations-namely a 2009 film law. With technological advancement comes both increased access to tools such as virtual private networks, and the debate on censorship.

    On the other hand, Netflix is also posing a threat to Telkom’s pay TV business, which is jointly operated with an Indonesian conglomerate.

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  • Jakarta Economy Slows Down in 2015

    Jakarta Economy Slows Down in 2015

    Data from the Central Bureau Statistics (BPS) of Jakarta revealed that the Jakarta economy grew by 5.88 percent, slower than in the previous year at 5.91 percent. The economic growth was measured based on the regional gross domestic product (GDP).

    “The regional GDP per capita in Jakarta last year reached Rp194.87 million or US$14,570,” BPS Jakarta head Syech Suhaimi said on Friday, February 5, 2016.

    From the production, Suhaimi explained, the highest growth was achieved by the financial services sector at 10.72 percent. From the spending, the household consumption gained the highest growth by 5.04 percent.

    The Jakarta economy structure is currently dominated by three sectors, namely car and motorcycle reparations (16.65 percent), the processing industry (13.84 percent), and construction (13.16 percent).

    The Capital’s economic growth had been slowing down over the last three years. In 2013, the Jakarta economy grew by 6.07 percent, and dropped to 5.91 percent in 2014.

    “The trend continues to decrease. Since 2011, the government and the business community have been watching this trend,” he said.

  • Garuda Indonesia to set up new company for non-core units

    Garuda Indonesia to set up new company for non-core units

    Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) is planning to establish a new holding company to contain subsidiaries that do not contribute to its core business.

    Airline president Arif Wibowo told the Asia Nikkei newspaper that the plan has already secured shareholder approval – including that from the Ministry of Transportation – with a proposal set to be submitted to the Ministry of State Enterprises in the middle of the year.

    “We hope this will increase the company’s leverage, as each business unit will have clearer management and they can develop more specific focuses,” he said.

    Garuda currently operates five subsidiaries including: budget carrier Citilink (QG, Surabaya); PT Aero Wisata which deals with travel, hotel, transportation and catering services; PT Abacus Distribution Systems Indonesia which handles GDS services; PT Garuda Maintenance Facility Aero Asia (GMFAA) which deals with aircraft MRO; and PT Aero Systems Indonesia which is an IT solutions provider.

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  • Bali welcomes tourists with typical souvenirs for Chinese New Year

    Bali welcomes tourists with typical souvenirs for Chinese New Year

    Balis entrepreneurs and craftsmen are ready to offer some unique and affordable souvenirs to foreign tourists who plan on celebrating the upcoming Chinese New Year in the Island of God.

    “Various typical Chinese New Year souvenirs are especially being offered to the tourists from China and Hong Kong,” Ni Nyoman Sukiati, a Balinese craftswoman, stated here on Thursday.

    To welcome the upcoming Lunar Year 2016, various souvenirs, such as wall decorations, hanging lanterns bearing Chinese characters, and porcelain god statues are on sale at some supermarkets, shops, and tourism sites.

    Sukiati believes that the number of Chinese tourists visiting Bali will increase following the implementation of the visa-free policy for several countries, including China.

    “Chinese tourists, who spend their holidays here in Bali, will certainly want to buy some Balinese souvenirs,” she remarked.

    Beside the Chinese souvenirs, Balinese craftsmen have created some unique and creative merchandise, such as bracelets, necklaces, and brooches, which are also considered as the main export commodities to be shipped to some destination countries such as the United States, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, and Europe.

    Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali, the realization of non-oil products and handicrafts during 2015 reached US$498.6 million, a decrease of 7.02 percent compared to US$536.3 million in 2014.

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  • Australia, Indonesia boosting tourism and economic growth

    Australia, Indonesia boosting tourism and economic growth

    Australia is expanding efforts to encourage two-way tourism between Australia and Indonesia as a key driver of shared economic growth and more knowledge of each others country.

    Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Paul Grigson said tourism powers economies and supports communities.

    “We want to increase tourism in both directions. The Indonesian Government has already recognised the potential economic boost a strong tourism industry can deliver,” the ambassador was quoted as saying by the Australian Embassy here on its website.

    According to the ambassador, Australian tourism can help Indonesia realise that vision. More than a million Australians visit Indonesia every year. Australian tourists contribute 18 trillion IDR (AUD$1.8 billion) a year to the Indonesian economy, Ambassador Grigson said on Tuesday.

    He said as Indonesia seeks to develop its tourism industry beyond Bali, ease of travel is integral to its success. Indonesia has already experienced a 19 per cent increase in tourists from countries which were granted visa free access in 2015.

    “A quarter of all tourists to Bali are Australian. We want to see more Australians come to Indonesia and experience sunrise at Mount Bromo, taste the spices of Padang and watch the sunset at Borobudur,” Grigson told Indonesian tourism industry representatives in a speech in Jakarta.

    Beyond these economic benefits, tourism builds links between people. It challenges stereotypes. It opens up new worlds and greater understanding.

    “I want more Indonesians to visit Australia.We have world class cuisine, galleries and unique experiences. With famous wildlife, fabulous wine and fantastic weather, Australia beats any other destination,” he said.

    Australia was the tenth most popular destination for Indonesian tourists in 2014 with a total of 149,800 visitors, up 7.6 per cent from 2013.

    More Indonesians travelling to Australia will make expanded flight routes between Australia and Indonesia more viable in the long-term, bringing benefits to both our economies.

    “Indonesian investors may also be missing out on opportunities to capitalise on some of the major tourism infrastructure projects currently underway in Australia. In 2014 alone, investment in the Australian tourism industry was valued at $53.7 billion,” he said.

    He added that the more Australians and Indonesians experience each others countries, the deeper their connections become.

    “The tourism industry is integral to the prosperity of both our countries. Now is the time for us to reach out to each other as neighbours and shape our futures together,” Grigson said.

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  • Starwood Hotels & Resorts to Debut Ultra-Luxury St. Regis Brand in Jakarta

    Starwood Hotels & Resorts to Debut Ultra-Luxury St. Regis Brand in Jakarta

    Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide announced today that the company has reached a management agreement with Rajawali Property Group to open The St. Regis Jakarta and The Residences at The St. Regis Jakarta. Centrally located on Jalan H.R. Rasuna Said, Kuninganin in South Jakarta, the hotel and residences will be part of a new mixed-use development, which will also feature a commercial office tower that will serve as the headquarters of Rajawali Property Group. Slated to open in 2019, The St. Regis Jakarta and The Residences at The St. Regis Jakarta are poised to become the premium address for well-heeled travelers and residents.

    “The St. Regis Jakarta and The Residences at The St. Regis Jakarta are a great testament to the growing wealth and appetite for luxury in Indonesia’s capital,” said Stephen Ho, President, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Asia Pacific. “We are delighted to foster our relationship with Rajawali Property Group by bringing the St. Regis brand’s bespoke service, contemporary design and refined elegance to the ever-bustling city of Jakarta.”

    Shirley Tan, CEO of Rajawali Property Group, added, “Jakarta currently features some upscale residences that are located above or next to hotels, but few offer the heights of refinement tied to the St. Regis name. Today’s signing with Starwood is part of Rajawali’s greater residential strategy to develop a collection of truly branded residences with unique ownership privileges in Southeast Asia, including The Residences at The St. Regis Langkawi in 2016 and The Residences at The St. Regis Jakarta in 2019.”

    The St. Regis Jakarta will offer 280 luxuriously-appointed guestrooms and suites, all bearing elements of the brand’s rich heritage infused with modern inspiration. The hotel will feature four distinctive restaurants, including an all-day dining venue, a fine dining restaurant, The Deli, and the signature St. Regis bar. For meetings and events, the hotel will offer expansive function space that spans 3,600 square meters. Guests will also be able to indulge in world-class leisure facilities, including a spa with six treatment rooms, a fitness center and a swimming pool. To further enhance the guest experience, The St. Regis Jakarta will provide signature St. Regis Butler Service, offering guests 24-hour anticipatory service that customizes each stay to specific needs, tastes and preferences, allowing guests to savor the rarest luxuries of all time.

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    Following the success of the residences at St. Regis hotels in Singapore and Bangkok, and the soon-to-open St. Regis Kuala Lumpur, The Residences at The St. Regis Jakarta will set new standards for luxury living in Jakarta. Located in a separate tower adjacent to the hotel, the 164 branded residences will offer homeowners and investors refined luxury and privacy, with each home expressing a sense of intimacy, grandeur and panoramic views of the vast city skyline.

    The Residences at The St. Regis Jakarta will feature three types of apartments: a 3-bedroom Sky Residence occupying 355 to 373 square meters; the Sky Villa, a 750 square meter, 4-bedroom unit; and the Sky Palace, featuring over 1,250 square meters. Residents will enjoy exclusive concierge service, a multi-function room and wine room, private garden pool, private dining and library lounge, fitness center and dedicated car parking space. Residence owners will also be able to enjoy the renowned St. Regis services at their doorstep, including St. Regis Butler Service, as well as access the hotel’s fitness and dining facilities.

    “Starwood is pleased to expand its portfolio of St. Regis residences in Asia Pacific, as we see strong continued growth opportunities in this area,” said Rajit Sukumaran, Senior Vice President, Acquisition & Development, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Asia Pacific. “The Residences at The St. Regis Jakarta will cater to the lifestyle needs of the increasingly affluent and appeal to luxury property investors, while remaining deeply rooted in St. Regis’ distinctive legacy of uncompromising elegance and the ability to provide the finest experiences imaginable.”

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    The announcement further strengthens the partnership between Starwood and Rajawali Property Group, which currently owns eight Starwood properties, with a total of more than 1,500 rooms throughout Malaysia and Indonesia. This distinguished portfolio includes The St. Regis Bali Resort and the all-suite St. Regis Langkawi Resort. The latter is on track to open in April 2016, as part of an integrated complex comprising The Westin Langkawi Resort & Spa and the ultra-modern Langkawi International Convention Centre (LICC), both owned by Rajawali Property Group.

    Starwood currently operates 18 hotels in Indonesia, five of which are located in Jakarta. The company is accelerating its growth in the country and is on track to open 13 additional hotels in the next three years. In addition to The St. Regis Jakarta, Starwood’s pipeline also includes Aloft hotels in Kebon Jeruk and Wahid Haysyim, The Westin Jakarta and W Jakarta.

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  • Indonesia studying Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

    Indonesia studying Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

    Indonesia is studying 6,000 pages of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement to see possible impacts on domestic industries if it finally decides to join it.

    “There are 30 sub-sectors involved in the 6,000 page agreement that have to be studied one by one,” Director General of Resilience and International Industrial Access Development of the Ministry of Industry, Achmad Sigit Deiwahjono, said here Thursday.

    The focus of the study was not put on the policy of domestic content (TKDN) which is not allowed in the agreement, he said.

    The government hoped the TKDN would not be abolished if Indonesia later joins the TPP, he said.

    He would negotiate so that the TKDN would remain, but the portion would be divided for the interest of the TPP, he said.

    “Indonesia wishes it (TKDN) would be exempted, for example, by allowing the TKDN to some value of the project,” he said.

    He did not know when the study would be finished, and he also did not know if Indonesia would finally join it or not, Sigit said.

    “We will still study it. It is not yet finished,” he added.

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  • Indonesia’s growth in 2015 slows for fifth consecutive year

    Indonesia’s growth in 2015 slows for fifth consecutive year

    Growth in South East Asia’s largest economy, Indonesia, has come in at 4.76% for 2015, marking the fifth consecutive yearly decline. Weaker commodity prices and consumer spending, together with a slowdown in its key trading partner, China, has hurt growth. Towards the end of last year, however, the economy expanded by just over 5%, boosted by government spending. President Joko Widodo had promised to lift annual growth to 7% on average.

    However, the country has seen an average of just under 6% growth over the past decade and analysts have said growth is unlikely to improve for some time.

    “The fourth quarter data is a positive surprise,” economist Tony Nash told.

    “But unfortunately the uptick will likely be short lived. We expect deterioration in the first quarter and it’ll be tough to regain growth momentum before 2017,” he added.

    Mr Widodo made his promise to raise growth when his five-year term began in 2014, but he has faced problems boosting government spending and has seen several large infrastructure projects delayed.

    A $5.5bn high-speed railway project, funded by China, was signed last year and is scheduled to be up and running by 2019.

    But the project has faced widespread objections from transport experts and its long-term viability has been questioned.

    Mr Widodo has also faced international condemnation for the country’s man-made forest fires, which have caused serious economic and environmental damage.

    In December, the World Bank said Indonesia’s forest fires last year had likely cost the country more than twice the amount spent on reconstruction efforts after the 2004 Aceh tsunami.

    In its quarterly report, the bank said the fires had cost some 221tn Indonesian rupiah ($15.72bn; £10.5bn).

    It added that regional and global costs would be much higher.

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  • Custodian Banks Officially Become DPP Members

    Custodian Banks Officially Become DPP Members

    The Financial Services Authority (OJK), the Indonesian Securities Investor Protection Fund (P3IEI/SIPF) and relevant stakeholders had established the Investor Protection Fund (DPP). The goal is to improve the security of investing in Indonesia’s capital market.

    The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) announced that custodian banks listed in the IDX have been DPP members since January 1, 2016. Thus the number of DPP members now reaches 133 custodians.

    “One hundred and twelve of them are securities brokers (PPE), which administrate customers’ securities accounts, and 21 are custodian banks,” SIPF president director Yoyo Isharsaya said on Thursday, February 4.

    DPP protects investors’ assets deposited at brokers or at a custodian bank. The protected assets are securities that are collectively entrusted to a custodian and recorded in a securities account in a central securities depository (LPP).

    The DPP also protects investors’ funds that are deposited to a fund custodian by opening an account.

    With custodian banks becoming DPP members, the value of investors’ assets are protected by the DPP increased to by 295.27 percent from Rp765.25 trillion per December 31, 2015 to Rp3024.78 trillion per January 1, 2016.

    Investors whose assets are protected by the DPP are those who entrusted their assets and a securities account at the custodian, opened securities sub-accounts at the LPP by a custodian, and have a single investor identification issued by the Central Securities Depository.

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  • West Sulawesi provincial government to maximize use of cacao plantations

    West Sulawesi provincial government to maximize use of cacao plantations

    The West Sulawesi provincial government will, this year, maximize the use of cacao plantations to annually produce one million tons of the commodity, according to Provincial Estate Service spokesman Tanawali.

    “The government of Southeast Sulawesi this year will maximize the use of cacao plantation areas in order to support its determination to achieve a production target of one million tons of cacao,” he remarked here on Friday.

    He noted that of the 168 thousand hectares of cacao plantations in West Sulawesi, efforts have been intensified in 65 thousand hectares since 2009 to improve the quality and production.

    “We hope to maximize the use of all cocoa plantations in West Sulawesi within the next three years to support the program to make Indonesia the worlds largest producer of the commodity,” he stated.

    In addition, Tanawali noted that the cacao processing industry in Indonesia should continue to grow stronger to increase the processing capacity.

    Due to growth in the cacao processing industry in 2015, the processing capacity increased to 765 thousand tons from 345 thousand tons in 2010.

    During a visit to the cacao processing company PT Mars Symbioscience Indonesia in Makassar, South Sulawesi, in August last year, Industry Minister Saleh Husin stated that the number of cacao processing companies rose to 19 from 15 units in the previous year.

    “The government has encouraged development of the cacao processing industry by restricting exports of cacao beans since 2010,” the minister noted at the time.

    Husin remarked that under the Cacao National Movement Program, the government was optimistic of boosting the productivity of the countrys cacao plantations from 0.5 ton to 2 tons per hectare.

    Therefore, the minister emphasized that the government will facilitate investment in the cacao processing industry by helping provide infrastructure, one-stop service, fiscal facility, and exemption of import duty on factory machines.

    Indonesia is the worlds third-largest producer of cacao beans after the Ivory Coast and Ghana in Africa, and Sulawesi is the largest cacao producing region in the country.

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  • Furniture giant IKEA loses its trademark dispute in SC in Indonesia

    Furniture giant IKEA loses its trademark dispute in SC in Indonesia

    There is Samsung of South Korea, Sony of Japan, BMW of Germany and IKEA of Indonesia. Wait! IKEA of Indonesia? Yes, at least in Indonesia, if not worldwide.

    Furniture giant IKEA, founded in Sweden in 1943, has lost a trademark dispute in Indonesia after the country’s highest court agreed the name was owned by a local company.

    Indonesian furniture company PT Ratania Khatulistiwa registered its IKEA trademark in December 2013. It’s an acronym of Intan Khatulistiwa Esa Abadi.

    The Supreme Court’s ruling was made in May last year but only surfaced publicly this week with its publication online by the court on Thursday.

    It said IKEA had not actively used its trademark in three consecutive years for commercial purposes and it could be deleted under Indonesia’s trademark law.

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  • Angkasa Pura has world-class logistics warehouse in Bali

    Angkasa Pura has world-class logistics warehouse in Bali

    State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura-I now has a logistics warehouse of international standard in the Indonesian island resort of Bali, according to the companys President Director, Sulistyo Wimbo Hardjito.

    Speaking to reporters here on Friday, Hardjito remarked that the international standard warehouse, named the Bali Logistics Park, is projected to boost the distribution of logistics in the eastern Indonesian region.

    “The presence of the Bali Logistics Park is expected to facilitate the flow of goods and encourage the growth of the logistics services sector and tourism in Bali,” he noted.

    According to Hardjito, the logistics warehouse building is located in proximity to the eastern side of the Ngurah Rai International Airports runway.

    In the meantime, Director of Angkasa Pura Property Miduk Situmorang explained that the Bali Logistics Park was built on a 1.6-hectare plot of land, with a building area of 7.2 thousand square meters.

    Situmorang said the building, constructed in nine months, has eight storage rooms, each measuring 960 square meters.

    “We hope the Bali Logistics Park would be able to address the needs of warehousing facilities of customers and businesses,” he affirmed.

    Angkasa Pura Director for Logistics Affairs Garniwa Irwan explained that the Bali Logistics Park has a loading and unloading area, which is able to serve 40-feet trucks, equipped with forklifts.

    Irwan remarked that the logistics warehouse, with a capacity of five thousand kilograms per square meter, can be operated by using advanced technology that allows users to store and organize their items accurately.

    Further, he remarked that the customers can choose and manage their own storage and distribution of several products in the warehouse or store a pallet unit in one of the storage consoles.

    He noted that the Bali Logistics Park in Bali will serve as an example for the central and eastern regions of Indonesia.

    “With the presence of the Bali Logistics Park complex, the businesses will not hesitate to expand their distribution of goods in Bali. We are also planning to build a similar facility in Surabaya, East Java,” Irwan added.

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