Five of Japan for the Economic Impact of Tsunami Indonesia

JAKARTA - General Chairman of Indonesian Chamber of Commerce Industry (KADIN) Sulisto Bambang Suryo said the tsunami impact on Japan at least five related aspects of economic relations between Indonesia and Japan. "We know there are at least five aspects of the affected," said Suryo is also fondly called a press conference related SBS Rapimnas Kadin 2011 in Jakarta, Tuesday (15 / 3).

He said the five, among other aspects of Japan as the largest creditor to Indonesia, Japan as a significant trading partner for Indonesia, and Japan as the second largest investor to foreign direct investment in Indonesia. The other aspect is to Japan as a supplier of tourists or tourists who visited Indonesia, and Japan as a state aid for various development projects in Indonesia.

For that, he added, Indonesia will need to prepare some of the impact of these anticipatory steps. "We have to get ready and anticipatory of the possibilities that could have an impact on our economy," said SBS.However, Chairman of Kadin Indonesia also expressed relief after hearing the statement from the Coordinating Minister Hatta Rajasa that the Japanese side has expressed its commitment to continue implementing its investment in Indonesia. According to him, Japan is the nation's most prepared to deal with natural disasters like the tsunami so that the economy of the country believed to be rising in the near term.

Chamber of Commerce itself is also planning to meet with the Ministry of Trade and Industry Minister in the coming week to discuss assistance in the field of economy that can be done to help the recovery of Japan. Previously, Coordinating Minister Hatta Rajasa ensure the commitment of Japanese investment in Indonesia will not be disturbed related earthquakes and will continue to run according to the agreed commitments interstate. "The whole program is already a commitment by Japan to run," said Hatta in Jakarta on Monday (14 / 3).

Coordinating Minister for Economic ensure no delays and various infrastructure development projects associated with the help of Japan took place as planned. He explained that the meeting with deputy minister of the Japanese economy to talk about that 'kickoff' priority programs of metropolitan areas (Metropolitan Priority Area / MPA) worth 20 billion U.S. dollars will continue to run on March 17, 2011.