Bank Mandiri Maluku Investment Facilitation Day
Portfolio April 26th, 2010
JAKARTA – PT Bank Mandiri Tbk will facilitate the meeting of major corporations with stakeholders in Maluku and North Maluku in Maluku Investment Day event.
This is for exploration investment in both the province. The plan will be meeting in early April 2010.
The objective, namely to optimize the economic potential in these two provinces so as to promote significant economic growth in that region.
Earlier in October 2009, Mandiri also has held similar events for the province of Papua and Papua Barat. In these events some investors interested in investing in plantation sector in Papua and West Papua and, among others, Sinarmas Group, Wings Group, Sampoerna Agro, Medco Agro, Wilmar, Sungai Budi, BEST, Harita, Union and Wake Sampoerna Triputra Copyright, Example Resources , Taniti Group and other investors.
Chief Economist, Bank Mandiri Mirza Adityaswara, in his written statement received by Legal to say, this meeting is very important to create synergy between the corporation as an investor with the government and banks to remove obstacles to investing in the province of Maluku and North Maluku.
“Both provinces have a lot of potential in several sectors like fisheries, tourism and mining,” he said.
Mirza continued low investment realization in the midst of high economic potential in these two provinces due to several obstacles. Like, geographical conditions and most of the conditions of infrastructure, especially roads, housing, electricity, and transportation are not sufficient to support the business activities and daily life.
In addition, other barriers are associated with the development of human resources (HR) which must be improved, so that communities can play an active role as agents of development.
Other factors, management needs stability and security environment conducive to investment move. Bank Mandiri to see local government in Maluku and North Maluku shows a strong desire to build a better region to create a climate of business certainty and invest in the long term.
“Keep in government and private partnerships to facilitate economic activities so that the potential of these provinces can be used optimally for the national interest,” said Mirza.
