EV, Hybrid Incentives / Jkt's Air / Seats Promised for Parties / Islamists Slammed / Haze Redux
Tax changes mark a fundamental overhaul of auto-sector regulation, designed to move from taxing based on model and engine size to rates based on...
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The Week that Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma - Smartphones, Indonesian Cement, and Tobacco
This past week's offering of Insights across ASEAN@Smartkarma is filled with another eclectic mix of differentiated, substantive and actionable...
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Cabinet Rumbles Bode Ill / IMF Poaching SMI? / WB Cites Risks / Beneficial Ownership MOU
Prospects for a significantly better cabinet in a second Widodo administration are highly questionable, judging from the rumors circulating and...
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'Soft Crackdown' / Demos Mount / Reshuffle Plan / SOEs + China V KPK / Lembong on BRI / E-Forex OK'd
A soft crackdown -- issuing charges of money laundering and treason against key lieutenants organizing demonstrations for Prabowo - entails both...
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No Narrowing / Moderate Unrest Risk / Overseas Ballot Case / Tax Rule Tweaks / Quick Count Methods
Prabowo's rhetoric has become even more strident, but there is no reason -- and no data -- to suggest that he is drawing any closer. Reliable...
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