National holidays and collective leave in 2022 will be regulated according to the development of the COVID-19 pandemic, Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy has said. “The 2022 collective leave will be regulated then by considering the updated development of COVID-19,” Effendy informed during an online press conference here on Wednesday. National public holidays will also be regulated based on the same considerations, he added. A number of aspects, including economic and tourism aspects, will be considered while setting national public holidays and collective leave next year,…

The Indonesian Transportation Ministry disclosed that it periodically evaluates its policy on imposing restrictions at the country’s entry points in the midst of ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “This restriction policy is being implemented and evaluated periodically depending on the dynamics of the pandemic,” the ministry’s spokesperson, Adita Irawati, said in a statement that ANTARA received here Wednesday. The evaluation will be done every week to know whether the country’s entry points remain sufficient and effective, or whether adjustments need to be made, she said. The policy of limiting international entry through land,…

Vice President Ma’ruf Amin has said that Indonesia’s halal value chain (HVC) in the agricultural and food sectors has grown positively to even beat GDP (gross domestic product) growth. “The growth of the main HVC sectors such as agriculture and food keeps increasing and is above the national GDP growth,” Amin noted while opening the Indonesia Sharia Summit 2021 via video conferencing from his official residence here on Wednesday. The positive growth has been strengthened by the increase in people’s online spending and consumption amid the enforcement of public activity…