The Chairman of the Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), Pak Gita Wirjawan, has committed to working closely with Kadin Indonesia to improve the investment climate in Indonesia over the next five years. He has asked Kadin for a position paper to lay out some of the priorities of local and foreign investors and has suggested regular consultation with Kadin. Wirjawan was speaking in December on his first visit to Kadin as the new Chairman of BKPM at a Kadin BSD Business Briefing attended by more than 100 Kadin members and representatives of Industry Associations and foreign chambers. Wirjawan said that he was seeking very practical measures that would make a difference for investorsearly in the Government’s term. He identified implementation of the new One Door Service (PTSP) for investors, established under a Presidential Decree in Septembers 2009, as the one of his first priorities. He said that he was already in discussion with the various departments and agencies to bring requirements for investors into the PTSP system and he was confident that to PTSP would soon be operational.

 

SOUCRE: BSD Bulletin - Indonesia Trade & Investment News 01/10