Month: November 2014

PT Maritim Timur Jaya of Tomy Winata

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The new Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture Susi Pudjiastuti has been making headlines with her aggressive approach in the sector. Susi’s work drew our attention into the sector and inspired us to map players in the industry. Today, we’d like to talk about one of the big players in Indonesia’s fisheries, i.e., Artha Graha Group’s PT Maritim Timur Jaya. [continue reading]

Jokowi Film Withdrawn from Screening

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Indonesian media outlets have been abuzzed with the film about President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. The biopic “Jokowi Adalah Kita” (Jokowi Is Us) is 80 minutes long. It was produced by PT K2K Production of KK Dheeraj, and was scheduled to hit the cinema screen by Nov. 20. But the film was withdrawn just one day after it was released. [continue reading]

Jokoways & the Challenge of Tackling Illegal Fishing in Indonesia

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President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo issued his strongest warning yet to those illegally fishing in Indonesian waters. The President told journalists that he would have the authorities sink foreign vessels fishing illegally in Indonesian waters. The government recorded approximately 5,400 vessels of such vessels stealing in Indonesian waters and over 300 trillion rupiah in losses as a consequence . And apparently enough is enough. [continue reading]

The e-KTP Fiasco: Offshore Civil Registry Data Server

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Last week, the Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo told the press that his ministry would stop the electronic identity card (otherwise known as e-KTP) service because the government recently found out that the server holding the data for the cards was located in the Netherlands. [continue reading]

Expansion of Social Media Platforms into Indonesia

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In the past few years, Indonesia has become an interesting investment destination for social media and search engine platforms. Several major social media enterprises have decided to open their office in Indonesia to get closer to the country’s social media savvy population. But despite new entrants seeing opportunity in the Indonesian market, some old players decided to close shop [Continue reading]

Conversation with Bambang Sugiarto, The Head of Pasar Santa

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Pasar Santa is a traditional market located on Jalan Cipaku, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta. The market was left empty for the years. But things started to change. The market managed to attract new kinds of tenants. Since then, Pasar Santa grew in popularity and has now transformed to become one of the most interesting youth scene in Jakarta. We spoke to the man managing the Pasar Santa Market Bambang Sugiarto to understand what’s happened. [continue reading]