F&B Business: NamNam Noodle Bar
Vietnamese food has been growing popularity amongst Indonesians in the past few years. A number of new Vietnamese restaurant chains opened are easily spotted across Jakarta. There are Pho 24, Saigon Delight, Do An and NamNam Noodle Bar. The most recent of the addition is NamNam Noodle Bar.
Fakhrurozi Ishak, FPI’s Governor of Jakarta
On Nov. 10, the high imam of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) Rizieq Shihab told attendees of a public rally that he would appoint Fakhrurozi Ishak, a Betawi cleric as the new governor of Jakarta to counter Ahok’s reign. The acting Governor of Jakarta Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama laughed upon hearing the news and jokingly said that he would establish a new organization to counter FPI. Who is this Fakhrurozi Ishak?
The Search for the New Chief of Tax
The committee for the selection of the Finance Ministry’s new Chief of Taxation Office is expected to start the open recruitment to search for Fuad Rahmany’s successor today (Nov. 12)—Fuad Rahmany will enter his mandatory retirement age on Dec. 1. The open recruitment will likely attract a lot of candidates both from inside and outside of the Taxation Office. This is a breakthrough by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s administration.
Minister of Elementary, Secondary Education, and Culture Anies Baswedan
Developing Indonesia’s human resources has always been a part of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s mission. The president sees human resources development as one of the key strategies for strengthening Indonesia’s competitiveness in an increasingly cosmopolitan world. This is why the President made it his mission to increase access to and improve the quality of education. One of the men to whom the President entrusted this job is Anies Baswedan, the Minister of Elementary, Secondary education, and Culture.
Acting Oil and Gas Chief Naryanto Wagimin
Replacement of senior officials comes naturally with a change of regime. One of which is the most recent rotation of leadership at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM). Edy Hermantoro, the Ministry’s Director General of Oil & Gas has been replaced with Naryanto Wagimin who is now the Acting Director General of Oil & Gas. Naryanto is now a new face. He’s a career bureaucrat at the ESDM Ministry. Let’s get to know him a little bit more.
Sudirman Said & Extension of Mahakam Block
So far, so good! This is the general impression we received from business people in oil & gas and mineral resources industry about Sudirman Said, minister of energy and mineral resources.
The Search for the New Chief of National Intelligence Agency
Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law & Security Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno recently told the press that five candidates are being considered for the position of Chief of the Intelligence Agency to replace incumbent Lt. Gen. Marciano Norman. According to the Tedjo Edhy said five candidates are Maj. Gen. (ret) Tubagus Hasanuddin, As’ad Said Ali, Gen. (ret) Fachrul Razi, Lt. Gen. (ret) Sutiyoso, and Lt. Gen. (ret) Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin.
Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono
In the morning of Oct. 21, the day after his inauguration, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo remained his coy self. The President told journalists in a door-stop that they should’ve hung around the night before, because otherwise the would’ve caught some of the would-be ministers visiting the State Palace. As it turned Jokowi had reportedly interviewed 5 would-be ministers. One of them is who we now know as the Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono.
Minister of State Secretary Pratikno
Instead of introducing his Coordinating Ministers first, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo decided to begin introducing his cabinet members by presenting the Minister of State Secretary Pratikno. And if you saw the cabinet structure, the Ministry of State Secretary—together with the Ministry of National Planning—is positioned directly under the President. Some therefore suggest that this is Jokowi telling the world that Pratikno is one of his most trusted advisors.
Curiosity Kills the Cat: the Case of Triomacan2000
The social media site Twitter contains a wealth of information. It is the crowd-sourced, information dissemination medium that netizens find attractive due to its simple, largely unfiltered, and widely accessible nature. Unfortunately, however, in this type of crowd-sourced information system, there is bound to be one or two controversial sources. A good example of such a source is the @triomacan2000 Twitter account.