We need to collectively ensure the readiness of the entire construction industry supply chain, starting from the construction service business agency, workforce, material, equipment, technology, and construction service peopleJakarta (ANTARA) - Public Works and Public Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono reminded that infrastructure development spending must prioritize domestic products, especially if the development utilizes the state budget funding.
State budget funding was collected from the people's taxes, the minister noted in his statement at the 19th Mega Build Exhibition here on Thursday.
Hence, the ministry is keen to ensure that not a single rupiah of the state budget, which the government has worked hard to collect, is wasted.
The movement to spend on domestic products should be realized within the scope of infrastructure development, as it can open more jobs for Indonesians, he affirmed.
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The government places infrastructure development as one of the pillars and keys in improving Indonesia's competitiveness.
To this end, all entrepreneurs and the entire workforce are expected to improve their business capabilities and competencies in order to win over competitions, especially in the ASEAN regional market.
"We need to collectively ensure the readiness of the entire construction industry supply chain, starting from the construction service business agency, workforce, material, equipment, technology, and construction service people," Hadimuljono remarked.
He also took the opportunity to laud the efforts been undertaken by people offering construction services in realizing national infrastructure development, such as through the routinely held Mega Build Exhibition.
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"This exhibition activity is a platform to bolster insights toward the development of technological innovation and products in construction as well as to exchange knowledge and experience between every construction service actor," he affirmed.
Earlier, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) had urged government ministries, institutions, and regional authorities to continue to purchase domestic products through the e-catalogue system despite them being more expensive than imported items.
During the 2022 Government's National Coordination Meeting for Internal Supervision at the Presidential Palace here on Tuesday, the president emphasized that purchasing domestic products was efficient and would drive national economic growth.
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