Cempaka Business and Economy: City to cut red tape in foreign investment

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Saturday, April 12, 2008

City to cut red tape in foreign investment

Mustaqim Adamrah, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 04/10/2008 11:25 PM

The Jakarta administration and the private arm of the World Bank have joined forces to find ways to attract foreign investors to the city.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the city administration signed an agreement Wednesday at the office of the Jakarta Bureau of Capital Investment and Regional Monetary Management.

The agreement secures for the administration the two-year appointment of an advisory assistant from the IFC to make recommendations on improving the city's business climate.

The IFC consultant will make recommendations on how to reduce the processes required for issuing business permits.

An IFC survey showed red tape in obtaining licenses discouraged foreign investors from doing business in the capital.

Because of conditions in Jakarta, Indonesia was ranked 123 out of 178 countries in the survey in terms of business climate.

"We hope with this assistance, investors will only have to wait 38 days to receive a permit -- considerably less than the 169 days it takes currently -- and will only have to process eight permit applications, more than halving the current number of 19," said bureau head Sukri Bey.

"Consequently, it will cost less for investors to register their businesses here."

IFC associate operations officer Farida Lasida Adji said the first step would be to conduct field studies to determine the actual time and money businesses spend for every permit required.

"Later, we'll work out which steps need to be eliminated to expedite business-related license applications and find ways to improve efficiencies," she said.

She said the IFC's assistance in Denpasar and Tabanan in Bali, and in Tulungagung in East Java, enabled the administrations to cut costs incurred processing business permits by 70 percent.

Sukri said he did not expect foreign investment to increase significantly this year, despite the two institutions' ultimate goal of attracting more investors through the bureaucratic reforms.

"We can only hope foreign investment this year will increase by 65 percent on the Rp 44 trillion posted last year," he said, adding that amount would not be sufficient to keep the city's economic growth at 6.3 percent.

He said it would require Rp 112 trillion (US$12.19 billion) in foreign investment alone to reach the growth rate this year.

The bureau is expecting 400 projects run by foreign investors this year, compared to 365 last year, he said.

Last year, the city's economy grew by 6.4 percent, with a total regional domestic output of Rp 332.7 trillion.

The administration initiated a single-window business registration system early this year in an attempt to lure foreign investors.

The system's effectiveness has yet to be proven.

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