Head of the
Coordinating Board of Investment Franky Sibarani highly appreciated investors
who were now doing constructions and mobilized workforce from the communities
around the project. It showed that investment projects underway were beneficial
to the public and positive signal of Indonesia’s better future.
BKPM had their commitment to make
investment project beneficial to the people. The Tangible benefit was
employment of people from the communities around the project. And there would
be multiplier effect of rolling economic machine in that location.
One of the projects which employed
the local community was PT Holcim Indonesia TBK whose factory was recently
installed in Tuban, East Java. BKPM data had it that the workers absorbed by the
project numbered 4,000 people, 2,000 of which were people from the villages
around factory. Another 2,000 workers were local workers from outside Tuban
without employing foreign workers totaled 313 people. 100 of which were from
Tuban and 70% were contract workers from the villages around Tuban.
In the realization of this cement
investment project, the Government had been climate, whereby to promotions
economy of the provinces, including employment during construction or
operation.
BKPM data showed that investment realization
in Q II/2015 was Rp.135.1 trillion, or up by 16.3% again Q II/2014 worth Rp.116.2
trillion. Investment realization in January-June 2015 was posted at Rp.259.7
trillion, or up by 16.6 of the same period in 2014 at Rp.22.8 trillion. Workers
absorption in Q II/2015 was 370,945 people, an increase of 5.4% in Q II at
350,803 people. (SS)
Business New - September 2, 2015
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