Jero wacik biography template
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Speeches
Your Excellency, Pak Jero Wacik, Indonesian State Minister for Culture and Tourism
Your Excellency, Pak Mochamad Slamet Hidayat, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Singapore,
Pak Danny Setiawan, Governor of West Java,
Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Good Evening,
1. I am delighted to be here today for the West Java Cultural Night and the inauguration ceremony of the Singapore representative office of the West Java Chamber of Commerce and Industry. This is indeed a momentous occasion.
2. Singapore and Indonesia share a close and long-standing economic relationship dating back to pre-colonial times. Over the years, we have remained major trading and investment partners.
3. Indonesia is a favourite investment destination for Singapore businesses. In fact, Singapore consistently ranks among Indonesia's top foreign investors every year. Many Singapore-based enterprises, large and small, continue to show keen interest in investing in Indonesia.
4. In 2003, our trade promotion agency, IE Singapore, launched Network Indonesia, to foster closer business linkages between Singapore-based businesses and their Indonesian counterparts. Network Indonesia is the first and only South East Asian business networking platform launched by IE Singapore, a testi
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Indonesian Scouts slope cultural camp
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-- Berthold Sinaulan
APR Honorary Correspondent/Gerakan Pramuka, Indonesia
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The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy’s Milestones
The history of tourism in Indonesia dates back to Dutch’s colonial era. Around 1910-1920, the Dutch government established Vereeneging Toesristen Verker (VTV) to facilitate people from Europe who wanted to travel to Indonesia.
After Japan’s occupation and Indonesia earned its independence, the Indonesian government began to work hard to boost economy by, among other things, developing tourism industry.
Tourism started to be formally organized in 1959 under the Ministry of Transportation, Post, Telegraph and Telephone which was helmed by Minister Djatikusumo. Djatikusumo served as a minister within President Soekarno’s Working Cabinet until 1963.
For around three decades, the name of the institution tasked to take care of tourism changed several times. The ministers were also changed from Djatikusumo to Hidajat Martaatmadja (1963-1966), Soerjadi Soerjadarma (1966), Hamengkubuwono IX (1966) and S.H. Simatupang (1966).
Throughout the years, Indonesia’s tourism kept growing as shown by the number of foreign tourists which exponentially increased.
In 1969, when there were 86,000 foreign tourists traveled to Indonesia, President Soeharto issued Presidential Instruction No. 9 on Guidance for Supervision