Government Must Maximize MSME Empowerment

JAKARTA- Indonesia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) appraise that the government must be firm about the development of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises. According to the Vice Chairman of Chamber of Commerce Cooperatives and MSME Division, Sandiaga through vivanews.com, MSME development is still needed.

Government must apply different coaching for each business. For each MSME policy needs to be intensified so that small and micro businesses can be encouraged. He said, government need build a particular agency to manage MSME. "So MSME can handle not only in ministry," he said.

West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan through pikiran-rakyat.com also suggested for a bank credit facilities to MSME. Now, mortgage banking regulation is still able to be understood as the principle of banking. But banks should be use collateral form of trust in a business feasibility. (WTD/MZ)

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Pertamina Open Tube and LPG Stove Tender

JAKARTA-PT Pertamina is planning to open LPG tube 3 kg tender this weekend. According to the VP Communication PT Pertamina (Persero) Basuki Trikora Putra statement in the detik.com, Pertamina will tendered approximately 7 million Tubes and Velve, 5 million the stove sets and 5 million sets of regulator and hose. "Preparation for the tender has been done," he explained.

Previous in kompas.com, Director of the Department of Industrial Metal Industry (Depperin) I Putu Suryawirawan said, until yesterday (10 / 7) there is no decision from Pertamina on the enforcement of this tender and likely delays will occur until the end of July 2009. Ministry of Industry has issued a rule that the price of LPG tubes came down from per Rp 127,081 to Rp 108,863 per tube. The prices is adjusted with the price of raw materials in the country (WTD / MZ)

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