The whole elements in the country need to welcome positively program of
15 state-owned enterprises (BUMN) planning to expand business to Myanmar. State
Minister for state-owned Enterprises Dahlan Iskan said recently that the state
companies would start to expand business this year through investment or
business consultant in Myanmar.
The plan should be called as a program, an intention already prepared
thoroughly and measurably so as to be able to meet the target, to differentiate
it from only a will in the heart. If the program really materialized,
Indonesia’s state enterprises start an important step to demonstrate their
power and capability to International communities. If state companies have so
far been rather business entity constituting home champion and partly treated
as dairy cow by the ruler, the people, starting this year, want to see the
state representative to hoist state flag and corporate banner abroad, minimally
in Southeast Asia.
ASEAN is increasingly considered in global economy. It’s attributable to
not only huge population (around 600 million) but also capability of the region
to record good economic growth even though global economy is in the state of
crisis. Especially for Indonesia, the economic growth rate exceeding six
percent in the last several years constitutes the best record achieved by ASEAN
member countries. These all become elements strengthening the position of ASAN
and Indonesia, in particular in global economy.
Giant companies in ASEAN have prepared to reap profit from ASEAN Market.
Air Asia in an example; The Malaysia-based airliner has asserted its commitment
to eyeing ASEAN market having a total population of over a half of billion.
Flight route is extended to various regions, including East Indonesia Region.
We chose the world “Management” for the title of this article because of
reasons. Firstly, ASEAN would become an economic community saving extraordinary
potentials: huge population, rising purchasing-power and abundant natural
resources. In this context, it’s the right time for regional companies to play
greater role in regional economic dynamics. Secondly, ASEAN also constitutes a
political community bound by the same past, even the same future expectations.
In addition, in certain cases, it constitutes a historic community having root
traceable up to hundreds of years before. These all constitute basic capital
for whatever entity, including Indonesian companies (not only BUMN) to expand
wing to all over the region.
Moreover, managing is a constructive effort to ascertain developments of
economy, politics and regional security simultaneously. Here, sophisticated
diplomacy is needed. Relations between Indonesia and Malaysia frequently
heating the two counties are mutually needing, related to overseas Indonesian
worker, for instance. Economic diplomacy must become important part of
political diplomacy between the two countries.
Our interest in ASEAN is related to not only economy. As the third
largest democratic state in the world, democratization of ASEAN, mainly
Myanmar, constitutes a political task which must be taken by Indonesia because
the democratization could contribute political and economic benefits and open
opportunity for BUMN to play role.
Jakarta, March 24,2013
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