Govt Ready To Facilitate Investors Of SOE's Projects

Jakarta, May 17 (Antara) - The Indonesian government is ready to facilitate investors of state-owned enterprises` (SOEs) projects to sit with investees in formulating the ease of making investment including finding solutions to problems hindering investment, an official said. "We will challenge any regulations that do not support investment. The point is that we are ready to become a leader and to create formulas that facilitate investors and investees for our SOEs," said Deputy Head of Restructuring and Strategic Planning of the State-Owned Enterprise Ministry Wahyu Hidayat in the SOE`s Investor-Investee Synergy Seminar in Supporting the National Economy here Thursday. Wahyu said that both investors and investees need to sit together to create a joint strategy that supports investment in state-owned enterprises. Moreover, the characteristics of investment in various sectors or projects vary and depend on the sectors, he added. Citing an example, he said the characteristics of investment in infrastructure projects are volatile. "To make thing worse, many people do not know the regulations and instruments that can be used in investment so we need to familiarize the public with them," he said. Wahyu also expects that the meeting could serve as one of the efforts to take advantage of available investment opportunities to improve corporate performance. Besides, investment is also needed to accelerate the growth of the national economy, he said. At the event, 54 SOEs presented their projects in various business sectors such as banking, insurance, infrastructure, plantations, flight and services.