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Sat, 04/17/2010 - 09:17
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BKPM : PRIOK RIOT NOT TO AFFECT INVESTMENT
Jakarta, April 16 (ANTARA) - Chairman of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Gita Wirjawan Friday turned down fears that the deadly riot that rocked Koja area in North Jakarta two days ago will affect investment in the country.
"No. No, they (investors) feel quite comfortable in Indonesia," he said on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific ministerial conference here.
He said foreign investors still held positive views on Indonesia as one of the few countries to register healthy growth amidst the backdrop of a global financial crisis.
The Indonesian economy last year grew 4.5 percent, the third highest after China's and India's.
Compared to other Asian countries, Indonesia also had stable democracy in the eyes of foreign investors, he said.
The riot broke out on Wednesday morning when about a thousand public order officers marched to the graveyard complex built on land owned by port company PT Pelindo II where Mbah Priok's tomb is located.
According to the Jakarta city government, the public order guards were mobilized to the complex to demolish illegal buildings erected within the complex.
The dead victims were identified as M. Tajudin, W. Soepono and Israel Jaya, all of them public order officers. The injured consist of 10 police officers, 69 public order officers, and 55 civilians.
"No. No, they (investors) feel quite comfortable in Indonesia," he said on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific ministerial conference here.
He said foreign investors still held positive views on Indonesia as one of the few countries to register healthy growth amidst the backdrop of a global financial crisis.
The Indonesian economy last year grew 4.5 percent, the third highest after China's and India's.
Compared to other Asian countries, Indonesia also had stable democracy in the eyes of foreign investors, he said.
The riot broke out on Wednesday morning when about a thousand public order officers marched to the graveyard complex built on land owned by port company PT Pelindo II where Mbah Priok's tomb is located.
According to the Jakarta city government, the public order guards were mobilized to the complex to demolish illegal buildings erected within the complex.
The dead victims were identified as M. Tajudin, W. Soepono and Israel Jaya, all of them public order officers. The injured consist of 10 police officers, 69 public order officers, and 55 civilians.
