The Bill redefines several basic matters which relate to the construction industry, including the scope of construction businesses, business classifications, the development of construction services, working standards, working health and safety and so forth.

One of the measures suggested involves reducing the administration costs involved in the collection of taxes and taxpayer-compliance fees

At least three types of punishable hoax are currently regulated under the ITE Law.

In order to reflect the current euphoria which is the result of Indonesia having won the investment dispute that it was embroiled in with Churchill Mining and Planet Mining on 6 December 2016, this edition of ILD will examine the basic features of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) forum. Furthermore, ILD this week will also be reviewing all of the ICSID cases to date which have involved Indonesia as one of the disputants.

A number of parties consider the Amendment to be impairing the freedom of expression and speech in the cyber-world

Baleg has approved 49 draft bills to be incorporated into the 2017 National Legislative Program

This edition of Indonesian Law Digest (ILD) follows up on last weeks ILD publication No. 485, which featured a discussion of several issues surrounding the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) concept, including matters pertaining to the general exposition of PPP, the implementation of PPP as initiated by government institutions, the appointment of business entities, the whole land-procurement process and the investment-return scheme.

The government of Indonesia finds itself under a number of financial constraints amid persistent calls that the country invests adequately in its infrastructure. However, the private sector has at the same time also been taking another look at its options, as investing in Indonesian infrastructure has now become a riskier and more expensive proposition. As a result, the government will have to work hard in order to regain investors trust in the Indonesian economy. Therefore, as an alternative approach to filling the sizeable gap that still remains as regards budget allocations for infrastructure development, itself a result of the government's limited resources, the government has decided to implement a Public Private Partnership (PPP) approach. This weeks edition of ILD is the first of two which will focus upon matters relating to Public-Private Partnership schemes within Indonesia. This week, we offer part one of this two-parter, which sets out a general exposition of PPP and also looks at the implementation of PPP schemes by government institutions. Part one also addresses the appointment of business entities, the whole process of land procurement and returns on investments.

The government will issue a regulation concerning the excise once approval from the House of Representatives has been secured.

One of the objectives behind the new Bill is the need to tighten up requirements for foreign construction companies seeking to operate within Indonesia