One afternoon in March 2018, at around 5 pm, western Indonesia time, I met Ir. Mawardi Yusuf M. Si., Former boss at the Lhokseumawe City Financial Management Office and senior at Gajah Mada University, Faculty of Master of Development Economics, Department of Regional Finance. He currently serves as Deputy Director of Patriot Nusantara Limited Liability Company (Wadir, PT Patna.), A business entity for the development and management of Arun Special Economic Zone. Deputy Director of PT. Patna. based in Lhokseumawe while Dir. PT. Patna. based in Jakarta. A meeting of about half an hour in a restaurant area of Lhokseumawe City we fill with chats around PT. Patna.
He explained that the two shareholders of Aron Special Economic Zone are PT. PIM (Iskandar Muda Fertilizer Company) and PDPA (Aceh Regional Development Company) on Friday, December 8, 2012 established a joint venture company, PT. Patna. which is assigned the task to develop optimally Arun special economic region. The size of the area in the map is 2,622.48 Hectares; consisting of 1,840.8 H in Arun Lhokseumawe refinery area. and 199,6 Hectares of Aceh Utara, which is in accordance with Government Regulation Number; 05 Year 2017 about KEK Aron Lhokseumawe. The assets are still controlled by the State Asset Management Agency and are still in the process of handover to PT. Patna. He further explained that the government has also delegated between 7 and 12 licenses through administrators representing Governors, Regents and Mayors in KEK Arun. The administrator takes shelter in a One Stop Integrated Licensing Institution, allowing investors to easily and quickly manage the licenses.
A brief impromptu meeting with him is certainly not very focused, occasionally he received a call HP, but I am very enthusiastic to ask the problem KEK Arun on the number two in PT. Patna. When I asked if there were any investors coming in, he replied already, but had not had time to explain that there was an HP call that signaled he should immediately meet other people who have been waiting. To appreciate other people I invite to meet the person, although there are still too many things I want to ask and discuss, yet I can meet the other time. The last information I received where US News which gives second rank for Indonesia as the best investment destination country, can give a positive impact for the development of KEK Arun, just how isue is utilized by PT. Patna invites investors to invest in KEK Arun, hopefully .....
