"The Japanese industry has a number of philosophies."Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Chairman of the Indonesian-Japanese Friendship Association Rahmat Gobel said that cooperation between businessmen from Japan`s Ehime Prefecture and their Indonesian counterparts would encourage value transformation of the Indonesian industry.
"The Japanese industry has a number of philosophies. One of them is the philosophy that to produce quality products, the quality of human resources should be built first," Rahmat said on Wednesday.
Rahmat Gobel, who is the chief commissioner of PT Panasonic Gobel Indonesia, said with developing quality human resources, the company would have quality human resources with responsibility and commitment to producing added value to consumers.
Because of the commitment, the Japanese industry and its human resources always have the orientation to producing the best product for their consumers.
"Indonesia has to encourage the development of its human resources with characters. Therefore, I encourage very much the cooperation between the investors of the two countries," Rahmat said.
Therefore, with the cooperation and investment from Japan, Rahmat hoped that Indonesian companies would follow the Japanese philosophies and values. One of it is the development of green industry.
"The global market nowadays demanded green products. In this case, Japan has been doing it and it does it in advance," he said.
Rahmat made the remarks when speaking as a key speaker in a panel discussion on investment challenges and opportunities organized by state-owned Bank BNI in Jakarta.
In the meantime, the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) and state-owned Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) have agreed to launch joint investment promotion particularly in encouraging Japanese investors to relocate their businesses to Indonesia.
"This cooperation between BKPM and BNI is expected to be able to facilitate Japanese businessmen wishing to invest in Indonesia and serve Japanese businessmen intending to relocate their businesses to the country," BKPM chief Chatib Basri said in a press conference here last week.
Both sides have agreed to cooperate in carrying out joint promotion and benefiting from banking products and services related to foreign investment, he said.
In the first phase of the cooperation, both sides will organize joint investment promotion to attract Japanese investment to Indonesia, he said.
"Under this cooperation agreement between BKPM and BNI, we aim to build strategic partnership between the two institutions in promoting investment in Indonesia. This is in line with the focus of our activities to help increase economic growth," he said.
BNI President Director Gatot M Suwondo meanwhile said the cooperation agreement may lay a basis for the formation of strategic alliance to encourage Japanese companies to relocate their businesses to Indonesia.
"The relocation of Japanese businesses to Indonesia will help the government create more jobs," he said.
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