Gov't Announces Fourth Economic Policy Package
15 October 2015 19:24 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta-The government released the fourth economic policy package on Thursday, October 15, aiming at providing job opportunities in the country, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said.
“The business community will be facilitated to open job vacancies,” Pramono said at the Presidential Office on Thursday.
According to Pramono, the fourth economic package contains three points related to the wage system, micro-loan follow ups, and micro-loans for small and medium enterprises for exports and to prevent layoffs.
Pramono added that President Joko Widodo expected public and business owners would fully grasp the fourth economic package. He explained that the government would take actions to help workers when the country’s economy started to improve.
“The government will help particularly with the social safety net, so that workers would be insured and facilitated,” he added.
The fourth economic package was delivered by Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution and Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro. In the previous economic package, the government aimed at encouraging and facilitating business owners to make investments and reducing fuel prices.
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