"Satukan lagi Kepedulian, Hidupkan lagi Kebersamaan, Tingkatkan Kedisiplinan, Bangsa ini sedang membutuhkannya"
Archive for June 2, 2011
House passes currency bill with no major changes
Jun 2nd
Jakarta – Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo (right) shakes hands with House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Anis Matta on Tuesday. Legislators assembled for a plenary session on Tuesday that approved a long-delayed Law on Currency.Antara/Andika Wahyu The House of Representatives finally passed the currency bill into law at a plenary session on Tuesday, granting the Finance Minister the right to sign banknotes.
Although the bill was passed without major changes, provisions proposing to redenominate the rupiah were taken out with promises made to revisit the issue under a different law.
Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo expressed his happiness More >
Menkeu: Rupiah Wajib Digunakan di Perbatasan
Jun 2nd
Jakarta – Setelah Undang-Undang (RUU) Mata Uang disahkan di sidang paripurna DPR RI, Selasa (31/5/2011), Menteri Keuangan Agus Martowardojo berharap, semua warga negara diwajibkan cinta atas mata uang Indonesia. Kini, tidak ada alasan lagi warga di perbatasan menggunakan mata uang asing untuk urusan transaksi perdagangan.
”Kalau nanti kamu ada di daerah perbatasan, misalnya daerah Batam, Bintan di daerah Nunukan, di daerah Atambua itu harus menggunakan mata uang rupiah,” kata Agus Marto saat di gedung DPR RI, Jakarta, Selasa (31/5/2011).
Menurutnya, UU Mata Uang More >