All Sectors Must Cooperate To Boost National Economic Growth

Illustration of housing (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Collaboration with various sectors is an important effort to encourage national economic growth.

Corporate Marketing Director of PT Agung Podomoro Land Tbk (APLN) Agung Wirajaya said, APLN openly cooperates with various other sectors.

"With the hope that we can all join hands and continue to advance for the progress of Indonesia," Agung said quoting Antara.

He said the company had collaborated with various sectors to encourage a sustainable economy, by intensifying the development of property areas with a green environment concept in order to reduce the impact of climate change.

He gave an example, the company's collaboration in the education, property and retail sectors, including the collaboration between Podomoro Tenjo City with Soluix, Linktown, and Indomaret.

Then, the company cooperates in the Food & Beverages (F&B) sector, health, beauty and property, including Bakmi GM, Dental Clinic at Bukit Podomoro, Lavees Cosmedics, and Linktown in realizing an integrated premium area.

Then, the company cooperates with the home & living, transportation, and F&B sectors, including IKEA, Rent & Travel and Coffeeright.

Furthermore, other strategic sectors in collaboration with the company are tourism and restaurants with the presence of Talaga Sampireun and Kopi Oey in Vimala Hills, Puncak, Bogor.

"Cafes and restaurants are the needs of today's modern society in carrying out activities with families and communities so that this collaboration has a very good economic and social impact," said Agung.

In the future, continued Agung, the company will be open in implementing collaboration in every business unit, to achieve joint progress.

"Our main focus is building projects with value and impact, where consumers don't only feel it, but also for the wider community," said Agung.

During the first quarter of 2023, the company posted a comprehensive profit attributable to the parent entity of IDR 107.69 billion, or reversed from the previous loss position of IDR 87.85 billion in the same period last year.

The company's sales and operating income were recorded at IDR 1.15 trillion, or a decrease of 8.6 percent year on year (yoy) compared to the second quarter of 2022.