Where's the Fire Brigade?
Several shoe, textile, children's toy and electronics factories have relocated their production lines to other countries. This must be stopped, because the manufacturing sector is Indonesia's mainstay in export revenues. Striking workers also play a role, but the main problem is illegal levies and weak enforcement of the law.
January 30, 2001
Various manufacturing companies associations are sending out red alerts, making people think that the business world is dying. All week last week, the Indonesian Association of Shoe Factory Owners (Aprisindo), Indonesian Textile Association (API), Indonesian Association of Toymakers (APMI) and the Electronic and Electrical Home Appliances Industries (GABEL) took turns in announcing that dozens of their members had either relocated, were in the p
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