This handout photograph taken and released by the Indonesia's Presidential Palace on September 23, 2024 shows Joko Widodo (3L), Indonesia's President, posing after the inauguration of PT Freeport Indonesia's new copper smelter at the Java Integrated Industrial and Port Estate (JIIPE) Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Gresik, East Java. (Photo by Indonesia's Presidential Palace/ AFP)/ RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/ Indonesia's Presidential Palace" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
JAKARTA: Foreign businesses say the plan of Prabowo Subianto’s incoming administration to expand the Cabinet risked increasing bureaucratic hurdles, which might complicate doing business and harm the investment climate in Indonesia, though it could help focus policies if done right.
A representative from the British Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia (BritCham Indonesia) told The Jakarta Post last Friday that it was critical for any upcoming changes to be structured “in a way that is perceived to ease the challenges of doing business”, to encourage more foreign direct investment and attain the envisioned 8% growth in gross domestic product.
