1. Neraca, page 11: "Government Prepares 60 Thousand Ha of Ha for Garlic"
The Indonesian government is preparing 60,000 hectares of land for increasing production, domestic garlic. "Garlic is now we are actually importing only 500,000 tons, it needs 60,000 hectares of land," said Minister of Agriculture Amran Sulaiman. BPS noted that imports of garlic from China as of April 2017 reached 22,650 tons. While the import of garlic from India in the same period reached 1971 tons. Although now imported, Indonesia has achieved self-sufficiency in garlic throughout l990 until early 1988 ago.
2. Bisnis Indonesia, page 26: "The Little Divakini Trade Impact"
A number of parties believe the diplomatic crisis that occurred in Qatar did not have a major impact on the country's trade with Indonesia. Director General of International Trade Negotiations Ministry of Trade, Iman Pambagyo, said that the crisis will not affect the Indonesian economy. The reason, the percentage of goods exported from the country to Qatar is small. BPS noted that some non-oil commodities from Indonesia exported to Qatar include tubers, seasonal fruits, tea, fish, and magarin. Meanwhile, goods entering from the country to the country include oil, aluminum, and sulfur.
3. Jakarta Newspaper, page 10: "Hotel Mudik Okupansi In DKI Declining"
Room Occupancy Rate (TPK) or occupancy of starred hotels in the area of DKI Jakarta Province in April 2017 reached 59.17 percent. Based on data from BPS DKI, the number decreased by 5.08 points from March 2017 (mtm) which reached 64.25 percent. However, it increased by 3.53 points when compared to April 2016 (yoy) occupancy which reached 55.64 percent. In April 2017, if observed by the star-rated hotel classification, the occupancy of three-star hotels is the highest at 67.40 percent.
4. Kompas, page 18: "Fiscal Stimulus for Spurring Spice Production"
The Ministry of Agriculture allocated Rp 2.1 trillion in the 2018 APBN for the development of horticultural crops and plantation crops. These include commodity spices, such as nutmeg, cloves, and pepper, which has export potential. Head of Planning Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture Kasdi Subagyono said, spice export market is still potential. However, attention to these commodities is lacking, reflected in the government's allocated budget in recent years. BPS data show that the export of spices during January to November 2016 worth 653.3 million US dollars, down compared to the same period in 2015 amounted to 770.42 million US dollars. At the same time, the value of imports rose, from 17.35 million US dollars to 90.08 million US dollars. Imported commodities include pepper, cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
5. Republika, page 18: "Transjakarta Bus Adorned with Ad Danger to Smoking"
PT Transjakarta strongly agreed and supported the tobacco control campaign. President Director of PT Transjakarta Budi Kaliwono welcomed the public service announcement. The National Commission for Tobacco Control (Komnas PT) in cooperation with PT Transportasi Jakarta (Transjakarta) launched a public service advertisement entitled "Ngerokok Cuma Bakar Uang". The advertisement is installed on the Transjakarta bus to remind the public about the loss of smoking activity. According to BPS, the number of poor people in Indonesia still reach 11.13 percent or about 28.51 million (September, 2015). Worryingly, at the same time, cigarettes (or more specifically filter clove cigarettes) became the second highest commodity that had a major impact on the poverty line after rice.
6. Kompas.com: "Hotel Tariff War in Bali Worrying"
Bali Tourism Promotion Board and Bali Provincial Government began to worry about the hotel tariff war on the island of Bali is no longer healthy. This is indicated by the increasing number of star hotels lower the room rate. In fact, the rate of three-star hotel starts to be equal to the price of jasmine hotels, which is below the price of Rp 300. 000 per room per night. By creating a legal umbrella, the minimum tariff can be used as a benchmark for pricing. He invites all components and academics to prepare a study for this. In addition to the legal umbrella, he also asked for sanctions and to be included. Based on data from Bali Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), the number of star hotels in the province was recorded 281 hotels in Bali. Most are 89 hotels with three star predicate. (AYS)
7. Republika, com: "2017, Hajj Satisfaction Index Expected Very Satisfactory"
Plt Director General of Hajj and Umrah (PHU) Implementation which is also Secretary General of Ministry of Religious Affairs Nur Syam hoped, the index of Hajj pilgrims' satisfaction this year increased by two percent so that the category is very satisfactory. This expectation was delivered by Nur Syam when opening Socialization of Service Improvement Hajj pilgrims in Arab
