Investors for the ‘Spice Islands’
Despite an abundant supply of natural resources, the Maluku Archipelago remains “untouched” and has not been optimally utilized. On Maluku Investment Day, large corporations were brought together with stakeholders in Maluku and North Maluku, to look into investment possibilities. How did it turn out?
April 28, 2010
ON that day, April 13, from morning until night Governor of the Province of Maluku Karel Albert Ralahalu and Governor of North Maluku Thaib Armiyn were visibly busy. These two governors in the Maluku Archipelago an area first famed for being spice-rich islands were making a big push to offer the top natural resources in their region to 143 large corporations in Indonesia, whether private or state-owned, such as the Harita Group, Wijaya Karya, and
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