INDONESIA, JAKARTA | YEARENDER 2022: BUSINESS-ECONOMY | TRANSPORTATION | ENTERTAINMENT
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TRANSPORTATION
Yearender 2022: Two steps forward, one step back for Jakarta public transportation
Vehicles travel on busy roads in Jakarta on March 29.(AFP/Bay Ismoyo)
As Jakarta resumes normal service in 2022 with the worst of the pandemic in the rearview mirror, the capital’s 10 million residents, plus 18 million more from the surrounding satellite cities, have found themselves dealing again with one of the city’s perennial problems: heavy traffic.
While the Jakarta Transportation Agency was quick to pat itself on the back when the TomTom Traffic Index showed that the capital’s congestion level in 2021 was 34 percent, down from 36 percent in 2020 and 53 percent in 2019, recent data shows that the pandemic was largely to thank for the decrease.
The abundance of privately owned cars is still a major problem, with data from Statistics Indonesia (BPS) showing a sizable increase in the number of cars over the past few years, 4.1 million in 2021 compared to 3.3 million in 2019.
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BUSINESS- ECONOMY
Yearender 2022: Charging the Indonesian EV battery megaproject
Shift to electric: President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo inspects an electric car and battery charging device on the sidelines of the groundbreaking of South Korean EV battery plant in Karawang, West Java on Sept. 15, 2021.(Antara/Media Press Bureau of Presidential Secretariat/Agus Suparto)
The Indonesian electric vehicle (EV) industry ecosystem has attracted billions of dollars of commitments from foreign investors to the country this year, a boon that will face hurdles going forward.
Both state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and private firms are getting the investment pledges they need to develop high value-added technologies, such as raw material smelters and battery-manufacturing plants.
Data from the Investment Ministry from January to September this year showed that realized investment in the metals industry increased by around 59.37 percent year-on-year (yoy) to Rp 131.8 trillion (US$8.5 billion), with a huge amount of this coming from foreign investors.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Yearender: 2022’s best Indonesian films
Impressive debut: Rising filmmaker Wregas Bhanuteja tells the story of exploitation and gender-based violence in his award-winning debut film ‘Penyalin Cahaya’. (Instagram/Penyalin Cahaya @penyalincahaya) (Instagram/Penyalin Cahaya @penyalincahaya)From breaking box office records to breaking their own genres’ boxes, The Jakarta Post picks the top-10 Indonesian films this year.
Something is in the water this year that makes Indonesian films, collectively, seem to be bigger, stronger and better. All of the releases seem to be fusions of each other: The dramas are getting calmer, the actions are getting wilder, the thrillers are getting more thoughtful and the horrors are getting more… fun?
It is not just the post-pandemic elation; the filmmakers and the audiences are all enjoying making and watching films this year. That mutual love resulted in jam-packed theaters with 53 million admissions across 2022, and local movies targeted for festival releases also charmed mainstream audiences.
Radhiyya Indra (The Jakarta Post)
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ENTERTAINMENT
Yearender: Viewers’ top TV serial hits in 2022
Lovable duo: Neti (left) and Pritta, two characters from “Imperfect 2”, are seen in the teaser promo for the second season of the series, a small-screen adaptation of the 2019 feature film “Imperfect”. (Instagram/Imperfect the Series @imperfect_theseries) (Instagram/Imperfect the Series)As the cinematic quality of Indonesian soap operas and local web series improved to match those on the big screen, local viewers had a wide selection of great serial entertainment to watch this year.
Saying that 2022 was the year that Indonesian television series ruled the nation is no understatement. With a boom in limited series on streaming services and the massive viewership that followed them, it’s safe to say that the country’s TV industry is bursting with creativity.
Recent years have seen a shift in viewership from TV to digital platforms to watch their favorite shows. Local over-the-top (OTT) streaming services have grasped this opportunity to rake in more viewers by producing high-quality web series, and many have been successful in this endeavor, according to Kompas.
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