There Is Little Netherland In Semarang, An Ancient City Of Trade That Is Now Controlled By The State

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Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani today shared a video of a medieval European-style building complex through her personal social media page. In the digital record, the state treasurer informed that the location of the property in question was in Central Java.

"This is not in the Netherlands. This is Little Netherland, the nickname for the Semarang Old Town Area. Has anyone been there?" he said at @smindrawati on Monday, July 10.

The Minister of Finance said that in the past Semarang was a center of trade and economics in the 19-20 century. There are many relics of Dutch colonial buildings, especially in the Semarang Old Town area.

Investigate a calibaration, the reason for uploading the video is to provide an explanation to the public about the existence of a number of important assets that are now controlled by the state.

This area is one of the state assets whose regional arrangement comes from APBN funds. The goal is of course to provide comfort to tourists when visiting," he said.

The Minister of Finance revealed that fiscal instruments have a very important role in maintaining these assets and also all that the government has.

The results of this regional arrangement of State Property (BMN) have been donated to the Semarang City Government to be managed optimally. Hopefully it will be useful for the people of Semarang, Central Java and Indonesia. Jakarta, July 10, 2023," he concluded.