Day: February 26, 2022

Banda Aceh, Aceh The Trade Ministry has ensured that cooking oil stocks are safe during the holy month of Ramadan, to be onserved in April 2022, Trade Minister Muhammad Lutfi said in Banda Aceh, Aceh Province, on Saturday.

“Insya Allah (God Willing), in the Ramadan month the cooking oil stocks are safe and their prices will be normal,” Lutfi said.

Lutfi delivered his statement during his working visit to the integrated market of Al Mahirah Lamdingin, Banda Aceh City, to check the availability and price of cooking oil there.

He guaranteed that in addition to cooking oil, the Trade Ministry also ensures there would be no price fluctuations on staple food supplies, such as sugar and soybeans.

“I would make sure that (the price of) sugar will not fluctuate. What we are currently focusing on is the problem of soybeans, as domestic supplies are not enough, with more than 85 percent of soybean stocks being imported,” he noted.

Source: Antara News

Mataram, W Nusa Tenggara The West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Provincial Government will offer 10-percent discounts on Mandalika MotoGP tickets to residents who hold an NTB ID card, an official has announced.

The 2022 Mandalika MotoGP will be held March 18-20, 2022 at the Pertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit, Central Lombok District, West Nusa Tenggara Province.

“In order to make Mandalika MotoGP a success, the NTB Provincial Government encourages the purchase of tickets to people with an NTB ID card by giving a 10 percent discount,” Governor’s Expert Staff for Economics, Finance, Infrastructure and Development of the West Nusa Tenggara Provincial Government Secretariat Sadimin said here on Saturday.

He added that the price cut refers to the Circular Letter of the Regional Secretary Number 005/001/SAG/UM/2022, which asks all regional officials to assist people with NTB ID cards in purchasing MotoGP tickets collectively.

“With the issuance of the Circular, Provincial Offices, District and City Secretariats throughout NTB are urged to facilitate the collective buying of MotoGP tickets for NTB residents,” he remarked.

Sadimin noted that for the first-day festival section ticket, NTB residents can purchase the ticket at Rp.100,000 from initially Rp.115,000 thousand.

He emphasized that the provincial government (Pemprov) is acting to encourage ticket sales, and not make a profit.

“This is purely to facilitate people who want to watch,” Sadimin said.

Source: Antara News

We have detained eight people. We are interrogating witnesses to decide their status

Jakarta The South Jakarta Metropolitan Police have detained eight people for allegedly selling 26 tons of cooking oil above the government-set retail price ceiling.

“We have detained eight people. We are interrogating witnesses to decide their status,” said Chief of the South Jakarta Metropolitan Police Senior Commissioner Budhi Herdi Susianto di Jakarta.

The police are investigating the role of the eight people to see whether the sale of cooking oil is a criminal offense.

“We have confiscated cooking oil that was to be allegedly sold at above the retail price ceiling,” he said.

The case came to light when the South Jakarta Metropolitan Police received a report of sales of cooking oil at above retail price ceiling.

Source: Antara News

Belitung, Bangka Belitung Isla The G20 Summit Ministerial Meeting in Belitung District, Bangka Belitung Islands, on September 7-9, 2022, should positively impact the economy for the betterment of the community, Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno stated.

“We want the people to directly feel the impact of the implementation of the G20 Summit,” Uno noted after reviewing the Nam Salu Open Pit Geosite in Kelapa Kampit, East Belitung, on Saturday.

The minister affirmed that in the last two years, the tourism sector in Indonesia was battered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Many people were out of work, and incomes were declining,” he pointed out.

Hence, implementation of the G20 Summit Ministerial Meeting is expected to offer a momentum to drive economic revival and tourism in Belitung, Uno explained.

“Hence, the economic revival that is triggered by the G20 Summit event should be fair for the community,” he stressed.

Uno pointed out that preparations to be made by Belitung District to host the G20 Summit Ministerial Meeting were not solely limited to physical infrastructure.

“The prepping also entailed readying Human Resources (HR) and creative economic products,” he stated.

Source: Antara News

Denpasar, Bali The Bank Indonesia (BI) Representative Office in Bali has recommended that the Regional Inflation Control Team monitor prices and stocks of food commodities ahead of the Nyepi Holy Day on March 3, 2022.

“We need to anticipate price hikes in several food commodities that often cause high inflation on Nyepi Day,” Bank Indonesia Bali Representative Office Chief Trisno Nugroho said in Denpasar on Saturday.

Nugroho mentioned the food commodities that often trigger inflation are onions, broiler meat, broiler eggs, and cayenne pepper.

“Another important thing to watch out for is cooking oil commodities that are still sold at prices above the maximum retail price set by the government,” he said.

Moreover, the supply of cooking oil is also limited, due to traders maintaining cooking oil stocks they had bought when prices were less expensive.

According to Nugroho, the Regional Inflation Control Team will also conduct market operations for cooking oil commodities and availability through cooperation with the Food Task Force.

Recently, in a high-level meeting of BI and the Bali Regional Inflation Control Team, Bali Governor Wayan Koster called for joint efforts in managing problems in Bali’s economy.

Source: Antara News