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Maluku Intensifies Cooperation with Foreign Investors
WINDONESIA November 4, 2024
Acting Maluku Regional Secretary Suryadi Sabirin when interviewed in his office at the Maluku Governor's Office on Oct. 24, 2024. (Antara/Mesya Marasabessy)
The Maluku Provincial Government is intensifying cooperation with foreign companies and investors to open up investment opportunities in the region.
"In meeting the investment realization target, commitment and seriousness are needed from the leaders of 11 regencies and cities to open up investment opportunities," Acting Maluky Regional Secretary Suryadi Sabirin stated on Sep. 25, 2024.
The Maluku Provincial Government enacts that commitment by welcoming investors or companies from abroad who want to invest in this region. One of them is the Japanese fishing industry, which is now starting to look into Maluku's fisheries products that has achieved progress such as the usage of tag technology and quick response codes.
The two technologies could provide information on the location of the catch, the method of catch, and the type of ship used when going to sea. The application of that technology is being pushed more widely in Maluku. There is also American investor Troy Bradbury, who is currently exploring the potential for superior investment in Maluku Province.
Therefore, Suryadi said that consolidation was needed to achieve the 2024 investment realization targets set by the Investment Ministry/Coordinating Board (BKPM) to each regency and city in Maluku.
"At the beginning of the year the target was Rp2.48 trillion. Then we divided that out to 11 regencies and cities in Maluku. We want to evaluate how much has been realized for the first half of 2024," he explained.
In addition, Suryadi noted an example of an important evaluation for Maluku's regencies and cities is to provide training so that they are more observant for investment opportunities.
"How they [the investors] gets convenience not in the sense of violating the rules, but in being served well and then encouraged by the local community that the investment is for them. Therefore, there could be a transfer of labor, economic growth, and all kinds of CSR (corporate social responsibility) such as roads and education. So, don't hinder investment either," he said.
Suryadi divulged currently there are 200 investment projects, such as shrimp producers, that are in operation within Maluku.
Source: ambon.antaranews.com