The New KPU & Bawaslu Line-Up
The House of Representatives (DPR) Commission II has elected the 7 commissioners of the General Election Commission (KPU) and the 5 commissioners of the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu), who will lead the KPU and the Bawaslu respectively for the period of 2017-2022.
The New DPD Speaker Oesman Sapta Odang
Oesman Sapta Odang may be having the time of his life. Only a few months ago, he was crowned the new chairman of Hanura Party. And now, Oesman is the new speaker of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD).
Job Rotations in the Military: Territorial Commanders
The Indonesian Military (TNI) has announced the rotation of middle and high ranking officers. Precisely 47 officers from the three military branches (Army, Navy & Air Force) were affected, and 4 of them are commanders of regional military commands (Kodams).
Eka Tjipta Widjaja’s Family
The family of Eka Tjipta Widjaja, tsar of Sinarmas Group, has released a family tree this morning as part of obituary of Trinidewi Lasuki, Eka’s wife, who passed away on Monday (Feb 6). Trinidewi leaves behind eight children and 26 grandchildren.
Sukandamulia Group
Sukandamulia Group is one of major property groups in Indonesia. The group owns Holiday Inn Hotel in Kemayoran, Jakarta and Ibis Style in Kuta, Bali Island. One of its family members, Mr Albert Cahyadi Sukandadinata, has just passed away on Sunday, February 5.
Getting To Know Hijup.com
Hijup was established by Diajeng Lestari, the wife of Achmad Zaky who is also the founder of bukalapak.com, in 2011. The company claims to be the world’s first Islamic fashion e-commerce platform. As a marketplace, Hijup sources its products from Indonesian Islamic fashion designers such as Dian Pelangi, Restu Anggreini and, Jenahara. Targeting a group of modern, cosmopolitan muslim woman, Hijup has been able to attract 15 premium brands and 290 local brands. Hijup also sells collection for kids and home-living products.
Uluwatu Balinese Lace
Minister of State-owned Enterprises (SoE) Rini Soemarno revealed on Wednesday (Feb. 17) that state investment firm PT Danareksa had been chosen as the holding company for 4 state banks, i.e., Bank Mandiri, Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI), Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI), and Bank Tabungan Negara (BTN).
Getting to Know Setipe
We’ve frequently heard about the growth of Indonesia’s online classified platforms (OLX, Bukalapak), marketplace (Lazada, Bhinneka), and ride-hailing applications (Go-Jek). But we haven’t yet hear about Indonesia’s, home-grown online matchmaking platforms/applications. So today, let’s talk about Setipe, one of Indonesia’s own matchmaking platforms.
Revisiting Grab (Taxi): The Quiet Competitor
When compared to other companies offering ride-hailing applications like Uber of Uber Inc, and Go-Jek of PT Go-Jek Indonesia, GrabTaxi have enjoyed a relatively quiet operations in Indonesia. Uber has had to play cat and mouse with local government authorities for being accused of violating the law. Go-Jek was subjected to a short-lived ban. But GrabTaxi—though it too was subjected to the shortlived ban on the usage of motorcycle for public transportation—never really went loud, for anything. The loudest they’ve been was when the Company recently announced a rebranding to just “Grab”.
LINE
Smartphone’s applications (apps) ecosystem gave rise to messaging apps. That his has moved people away from using text messages. The early, and once extremely popular messaging app was the Blackberry Messenger by the Canadian company Blackberry Ltd (Nasdaq: BBRY). But ever since the fall of Blackberry, more and more people are using WhatsApp by WhatsApp Inc, WeChat of Tencent Inc and also LINE of Line Corporation. Interestingly enough, Indonesia is one of the top four market for LINE Corp.