Step On The Gas, Rosan Roeslani Picks Up The Ball Offering IKN To Singapore Investors

Minister of Investment/Head of BKPM Bahlil Lahadalia. (Photo: Maria Trisnawati/VOI)

JAKARTA - Investment Minister/Head of the Investment and Investment Agency (BKPM) Rosan Roeslani revealed that he will go to Singapore in order to optimize investment for the State Capital (IKN) of the Archipelago.

Roeslan said this was in line with President Joko Widodo's mandate on the day of Rosan's inauguration as Minister of Investment on Monday, August 19 to bring foreign investment into IKN

"I will be there next week, early next week (Sngapore)," said Rosan to the media crew in Jakarta, Wednesday, August 21.

He added that investments that will enter in September and October will come from countries in Asia so that Singapore becomes one of Rosan's destinations.

"I will also pick up the ball next week. I will go to Singapore to meet with the companies there, including the Ministers there to speed things up and also provide an overview of Indonesia and IKN so that they can immediately enter," explained Rosan.

Rosan added that he would meet with the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), several ministers and large companies in the white lion country.

This is intended to accelerate and also provide an overview of Indonesia and IKN.

"So that they come in immediately, so next week I will, early next week I will be there," he concluded

Previously, at a speech when the handover of the position or certificate of the Minister of Investment/Head of BKPM at the BKPM Ministry Office, Rosan Roeslani promised to optimize investments that entered the country. Caranan, by expanding cooperation with the private sector and strengthening collaboration.

Even so, Rosan also reminded that various steps to encourage investment must also be accompanied by good governance.

"Incidentally, previously I was the Head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and in collaboration with the private sector, we must increase it to the maximum in existing rules and corridors," he said in his remarks during the handover of the position or certificate of the Minister of Investment/Head of BKPM at the BKPM Ministry Office, Jakarta, Monday, August 19.