ジョコウィ副大統領はすぐにハラル産業投資について報告する

JAKARTA - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin immediately reported to President Joko Widodo regarding the need for incentives for prospective halal industry investors to stimulate investment in the Islamic economic and financial sectors, especially the halal industry.

"The vice president will report to the President as the Chair of the KNEKS, so that there are special incentives as an excitation for investors to invest in the halal industrial area that can be given," said Spokesperson for the Vice President Masduki Baidlowi as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, June 9.

Masduki said that the Vice President as Deputy Chairperson and daily executive of the National Committee for Sharia Economics and Finance (KNEKS) has often visited the regions for the formation or inauguration of the Regional Committee for Sharia Economics and Finance (KDEKS).

Masduki likens KNEKS at the central level as a vehicle, while badminton is the driving wheel of the vehicle.

He said that although there were already KNEKS andlands in a number of areas, the current problem is that there are not enough entrepreneurs or investors in the halal industry.

"There are not many entrepreneurs. So it's like a bus, there is already a bus, there is already a driver, you need a passenger. Now what the Vice President is talking about is industry," he explained.

The vice president on Thursday (8/6) visited the International Halal Industry Hub in Bintan, Riau Islands.

According to Masduki, the Vice President assessed that the international halal industrial area in Bintan is already very active in its industry and there have been many investments that have come there both from within the country and from abroad, especially from Singapore.

"So the prospects for the future I think are good. We see that the current halal industry is appreciated. The Adinata Syariah Award, which was carried out by KNEKS yesterday, illustrates that in various regions many investors have started to be interested in producing halal goods, whether it's cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, food and others, I think this is interesting and God willing, in the future it will be good," he said.

He said there needed to be affirmations from the central and regional governments regarding the investor's interest by providing conveniences, both licensing, incentives, and others.

"That is what the vice president hopes so that both the governor and the central government will provide convenience (incentives) later," he explained.