September 20, 2016 edition

Two low-cost green cars (LCGC), the Toyota Calya and the Daihatsu Sigra, exhibited at the Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show last August at BSD City, South Tangerang, Banten, were the center of visitors' attention. At that event, 12,000 units of both types were sold. Astra Internasional CEO Prijono Sugiarto, 56, said the public had long been waiting for these two inexpensive and environmentally friendly automobiles. "The price, starting at Rp100 million, is affordable," he told Tempo.
In a report released last week, the Joint Indonesian Automotive Industry Association (Gaikindo) said by last August, the two 'sister' makes dominated total sales of 96,294 units in Indonesia. In the LCGC class, their market share was 33 percent.

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On July 20, President Joko Widodo appointed Pol. Comr. Gen. Suhardi Alius to head the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) to replace Tito Karnavian, who was recently appointed as National Police chief. He flew straight to Poso in Central Sulawesi, following his swearing-in ceremony to observe the location where the Tinombala joint task force had shot and killed terrorist suspect Santoso on July 18.
Suhardi stressed that BNPT must always anticipate all forms of terrorism, including the new trend of crashing a car onto crowds of people, like what happened in Nice, France on July 14. "In the past, it was bombings. People hated bombs. Bombings meant failure," Suhardi said during a visit to the Tempo office last week.

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