The Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Ministry has said it will be involved in the development of a new residential area for Mount Semeru victims as a modern village. “We will support the business development of the disaster-affected residents with a new cooperative-based business model,” Cooperatives and SMEs Minister Teten Masduki said during a visit to the construction site of the new residential area in Sumbermujur Village, Candipuro Sub-district, Lumajang District, East Java Province, on Saturday. Residential housing and various community business centers will be built in the 79.6-hectare area,…

The Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono said he would relax business license in construction services to encourage a favorable business climate for the sector. Hadimuljono said the construction services in public works and public housing are among the sectors that still run well. “This was shown by the absorption of the ministry’s budget for 2021 that has reached 94.21 percent . Of the total budget of Rp152.09 trillion, the PUPR Ministry has managed to absorb Rp143.29 trillion,” the minister said in a written statement received here,…

Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno said product differentiation would become a way to increase qualified tourists visit to rest areas. “If there are several products that are different from each other, it will increase sales and will be remembered by visitors. Later this rest area will be a memorable spot,” Uno said at the 229B Kanci – Pejagan Toll Road Rest Area in Cirebon District, West Java Province on Saturday (Jan 22). For this matter, the minister urges the local creative economy players to create product differentiation for…