New rulings on tourism and telecoms
New rulings on tourism and telecoms
JAKARTA (JP): The government will issue eight new and revised
regulations on tourism, post and telecommunications later this
week.
Ministry of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications' Secretary-
General Jonathan L. Parapak told a ministry workshop yesterday
that minister Joop Ave is expected to sign the planned
ministerial decrees and regulations when the workshop ends
tomorrow.
The planned ruling will regulate the operations of
international hotel chains, star-rated hotels, tour guides,
telecommunications for specific purposes, public telephones,
radio frequency allocation, certification on telecommunications
equipment and the fundamental technical plans on
telecommunications.
"We expect to report to President Soeharto the results of this
workshop as well as the regulations on Friday. I can't give more
details on the planned regulations," Parapak said.
Director General of Tourism Andi Mappi Sammeng said that the
planned regulation on international hotel chain operations will
require foreign hotel chains to set up Indonesian-incorporated
companies before establishing or managing hotels in the country.
The planned regulation, prepared two years ago, aims to reduce
the flow of foreign currency out of Indonesia. Currently, large
amounts of money go to pay royalties and other payments to
foreign hotel chains.
Andi said that the planned regulation on star-rated hotels
will be related with morality affairs, while the planned tour-
guide regulation will require travel agents to hire
professionals.
Director General of Post and Telecommunications Djakaria
Purawidjaja said the planned revised and new regulations on
telecommunications will include a law on new structures of
interconnection tariffing.
He said telecommunications operators, including state-owned
domestic provider PT Telkom and private cellular operators,
deserve proportional shares from calls made by customers.
"Currently we adopt the principle of 'senders keep all',
meaning that revenue-sharing among related operators are not
fair.
"New revenue sharing of 35:30:35 among telecommunications
operators is being proposed during this workshop," he said.
According to Djakaria, a planned regulation on specific
telecommunications operations will license such an operation --
like private radio communications systems -- in particular areas
having inadequate telecommunications networks.
He said another planned regulation on postal and
telecommunications equipment will require equipment intended for
usage in Indonesia to be approved by the government for consumer
protection.
The workshop, opened yesterday, is scheduled to close
tomorrow, when Joop will report the results of the workshop to
President Soeharto, who will present the Adikarya awards on
tourism, post and telecommunications. (icn)