JAKARTA, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia is expanding its regional investment desk network to six cities to accelerate investment and address business licensing bottlenecks, Deputy Minister of Investment and Downstream Industry Todotua Pasaribu said on Monday.
Speaking at the inauguration of an investment desk in Medan, North Sumatra, Pasaribu identified the six locations as Batam, Denpasar, Medan, Semarang, Balikpapan and Makassar.
The desks aim to strengthen coordination between central and regional governments and businesses, while improving licensing services through the Online Single Submission system, which involves 38 ministries and government agencies as well as local governments, he said.
Pasaribu said the investment desk in Batam had helped accelerate investment realization by two to three times. ■
