At The National Chamber Of Commerce And Industry, The Governor Of Southeast Sulawesi Invites Entrepreneurs To Invest In The Province

JAKARTA - The Governor of Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra) Ali Mazi invites businessmen who are members of the management of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) to invest in the province. "Southeast Sulawesi is one of the provinces in the country that has the wealth and diversity of natural resources on land. as well as at sea," said Ali Mazi at the VIII National Conference of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Kendari, reported by Antara, Friday, July 2. In 2021, the surplus will be sent to North Sulawesi as much as 1,000 tons. "Seeing this potential, we aspire to become one of the national food granaries, especially in the Central and Eastern regions of Indonesia," said Ali Mazi. Apart from rice, he said, several agricultural commodities in Southeast Sulawesi potential to be developed, including copra, cocoa, cashew nuts, corn, and so on. Some of these commodities have been exported abroad both in the form of seeds and processed. Furthermore, the mining sector, where deposits of mining materials in Southeast Sulawesi such as nickel, asphalt, gold, and other mining potential are abundant, are not expected to be exhausted for the next tens or even hundreds of years. "That way, it has the potential to be processed and developed in order to advance the economy of the people in the Indonesian region," he explained. Then, he said, the marine and fishery sector in which about 72 percent of this province is an ocean area which contains abundant potential, for example millions of species of fish and coral that are found in Indonesia. The market has penetrated foreign countries. Next, tourism with geographical conditions makes Southeast Sulawesi have a lot of tourism potential, especially nature tourism, including Wakatobi nature tourism, Labengki Island in North Konawe Regency, as well as Toronipa Beach and Bokori Island in Konawe Regency. m includes accommodation, transportation, financial services, information services, trade services, communication services, health services, and other services.

According to him, if this potential is managed properly and responsibly, it will become a source of driving national economic growth in the region, now and in the future so that Southeast Sulawesi becomes the main pillar of Indonesia's stage in the future for Indonesia to progress. I am sure that all those present here are big businessmen, meaning that all the potential in Southeast Sulawesi will be better if managed by our fellow countrymen," said Ali Mazi. He said that the potential for natural resources in Southeast Sulawesi is large and supported by regional security conditions. For this reason, he hopes that Kadin and all national entrepreneurs who are members of Kadin as an important element of the nation's economy to invest in Southeast Sulawesi as well as increase their contribution to support the National Economic Recovery (PEN) program to encourage national and regional economic growth. "Through job creation for For the people in the regions, it will increase people's income, while reducing the domestic unemployment rate," he said.