"FTZ has launched twice but always tainted with the overlapping regulations issued by the Central Government so that its implementation becomes stagnant," said Muhammad Sani, Governor of Riau Islands Province in the presence of the Minister of Industry, MS Hidayat in Discussion Limited 'Refreshment FTZ Batam, Bintan and Karimun' Planet Holiday some time ago.
Sani explained that the cause of some regulatory overlap, among others, rules on customs and the Ministry of Finance Decree number 45, 46 and 47.
In fact, he added, if it does not overlap the regulations he felt confident of economic growth in the Riau Islands would be amazing.
Sani said the current provincial nicknamed Pepper Segantang Affairs was designated as a corridor of Sumatra as a center for energy production in the province of regional GDP reached 10 percent and was above the national average.
"We challenged pleh president to grow in the next five years over 10 percent of the Gross Regional Domestic Earning 42.5 percent of the industrial sector," said Sani.
Hope it will be realized, said Sani, if the Riau Islands is able to optimize the potential of marine, agriculture, tourism and services that are not currently maximized. In fact, if the best optimized, this potential can support the needs of Singapore that require the production of marine and agricultural sectors.
Meanwhile, Bambang Suryo Sulisto, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry said that according to data owned by a foreign organization is mention of investment in the Riau Islands during 2010 reached 114.5 million USD.
"To achieve economic growth target of above 10 percent, Kepri still requires an investment of 5.6 billion USD over five years," said Suryo.
In addition, he also said the decline in bank interest rates is also one important requirement for realizing economic growth. (Net)
