Mr Widodo declared June 28 and 30 as leave days around the Eid al-Adha holiday on June 29. Read more at straitstimes.com.
JAKARTA – Most Indonesians will get to enjoy a five-day weekend at the end of the month after the government announced extra holidays in a bid to boost travel and consumption.
The leave days apply to all civil servants, with companies usually following suit by giving their employees time off. The stock exchange will be shut on those days. It’s not the first time Mr Jokowi has turned to uncommon tactics to drive consumer spending in South-east Asia’s largest economy.
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