Sep 3, 2014 | Politics, Profiles
Today (Sep. 3), the National Police office is going to hold a handover ceremony for a number of police officers that have been promoted according to the Secret Telegram ST/1717/IX/2014 issued on Monday (Sep.1). The Jakarta police chief Inspector General Dwi Priyanto...
Sep 3, 2014 | Politics, Profiles
Apart from the impending changes in the leadership of the 2014-2019 House of Representatives (DPR) and the ministries, the changes of leadership in the State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) are also interesting to watch. As you may know, massive state-owned companies such as...
Sep 1, 2014 | Politics, Profiles
In March 2014, tempo.co reported that Indonesia’s tourism and creative economy industry was been able to contribute foreign exchange (devisa) of up to 10 billion USD in 2013, this figure is 10.99 percent higher than the 9.87 billion USD of previous year. Indeed,...
Sep 1, 2014 | Politics, Profiles
On Mar. 18, 2014, the Minister of Industry M.S. Hidayat—a politician of the Golkar Party —met with the entourage of PT Sulawesi Mining Investment—a Joint Venture (JV) company between Bintang Delapan Group and Dingxin Group, a member of Tsingshan Group of Companies...
Sep 1, 2014 | Politics, Profiles
Lt. Gen. (ret) Sintong Panjaitan is one of the retired generals in the inner circle of President-elect Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. Sintong is an interesting figure to look into because he’s more than just a widely-respected military general; he too is a very well-connected...
Aug 28, 2014 | News Group, Politics, Profiles
As one of the retired generals in the inner circle of President-elect Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, Sintong Panjaitan is interesting not only because of his military background but also because of his extensive connection in politics and business in the country. We’ve talked...
