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William Kuan, President Director, Prudential Indonesia: Interview
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Interview: William Kuan How do you assess the overall development of the insurance sector? What drives the industry’s growth? WILLIAM KUAN: There are huge opportunities for insurance growth currently present in the market. Indonesia continues to enjoy very good economic growth, and had a GDP of 6.3% in 2011. Based on recent World Bank reports, it is estimated that Indonesia will grow 6-7% over…
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Alwinsyah Lubis, President Director, Antam: Interview
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Interview: Alwinsyah Lubis What sort of infrastructure will be required for mining firms to accommodate the scaling up of the minerals extraction sector? ALWINSYAH LUBIS: Currently, mining facilities are often established in remote areas, so it is not easy to guarantee their economic viability. In the future, this could be achieved if companies consolidated and cooperated in operating mines and smelting…
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Purnomo Yusgiantoro, Minister of Defence
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Interview: Purnomo Yusgiantoro How can the Indonesian defence industry capitalise on the current economic environment? PURNOMO YUSGIANTORO: Our defence industry collapsed in 1997 during the economic crisis and only in the past few years has the government sought to develop the industry again. A notable development being the creation of the Defence Industry Policy Committee in 2010. Chaired by the…
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Rozik B Soetjipto, President Director, Freeport Indonesia: Interview
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Interview: Rozik B Soetjipto What is your assessment of Indonesia’s current regulatory framework in the mining sector? ROZIK B SOETJIPTO: While local and international stakeholders seem to be concerned only with divestment obligations, taxation and downstream obligations, I actually prefer to talk about the government’s overall policy, which started with the enactment of Law No. 4 of 2009 and…
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Karen Agustiawan, President Director, Pertamina: Interview
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Interview: Karen Agustiawan How can further collaboration and cooperation between stakeholders be achieved to increase oil and gas production in Indonesia? KAREN AGUSTIAWAN: First, investors would like to see a one-door policy whereby investment, permits and all procedures to enter the market are handled by one office in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources; they want a relatively straightforward…
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Ketut Budi Wijaya, President Director, Lippo Karawaci: Interview
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Interview: Ketut Budi Wijaya What segments of the real estate market do you see as significant areas of opportunity? KETI BUDI WIJAYA: There will be major opportunities in real estate for the middle and upper-middle market, backed by the recent growth of the middle class. The market is still not that large, but it will grow sharply once this segment reaches a certain level of income. I was positively…
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Johnny Darmawan, President Director, Toyota Astra Motor: Interview
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Interview: Johnny Darmawan What are the main competitive advantages that put Indonesia ahead of other regional countries in terms of foreign investment in the auto industry? JOHNNY DARMAWAN: The first thing is the size of Indonesia’s domestic market. If you look at it, the country has more than one-third of ASEAN’s total population. Second, Indonesia is a country rich in commodities and natural…
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Harun Hajadi, Managing Director, Ciputra: Interview
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Interview: Harun Hajadi How will the recently imposed rule on down payment obligations affect the growth of the real estate sector in the short term? HARUN HAJADI: The 70% loan-to-value (LTV) ratio required by Bank Indonesia will have an overall impact on the sector, but it will mostly affect first-home buyers, as they are the main users of financial instruments for purchasing property. If the ultimate…
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Ir. Hermanto Dardak, Vice-Minister of Public Works: Interview
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Interview: Ir. Hermanto Dardak What are the main infrastructure priorities of the Ministry of Public Works for 2012-14? IR. HERMANTO DARDAK: In particular, road is key in making the country competitive. A World Economic Forum study on the quality of road infrastructure ranked Indonesia 95th in 2009, 84th in 2010 and 83rd in 2011. There is a need to further modernise infrastructure. Our first priority…
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Arsjad Rasjid, President Director and Group Co-CEO, Indika Energy; Sinthya Roesly, CEO, Indonesia Infrastructure Guarantee Fund; and Raj Kannan, Managing Director, Tusk Advisory
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Interview: Arsjad Rasjid,Sinthya Roesly,Raj Kannan How should coordination amongst ministries, central and regional governments be improved? ARSJAD RASJID: Overall I think we are moving in the right direction, although much remains to be done. Indonesia needs alignment and a sense of “project ownership” across all levels of the government, from central to regional, in order to improve…