Indonesian President Joko Widodo will visit Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (China) on April 30 after attending the 30th ASEAN Summit in the Philippines.
Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo willvisit Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (China) on April 30 afterattending the 30th Summit of the Association of South East AsianNations (ASEAN) in the Philippines. According to Indonesia’s Foreign Minister, the President plansto meet with the region’s Chief Executive on measures to increase cooperationbetween Indonesia and Hong Kong. The two sides are also expected to consider accelerating thepace of a bilateral free trade agreement. Two memoranda of understanding on business and culturalcooperation are slated to be signed on the occasion. The Indonesian President will also meet with CEOs of majorgroups and firms in Hong Kong to call for their investment in infrastructureand the innovation industry in Indonesia. The investment flow from Hong Kong into Indonesia has surgedduring recent years, with a more- than-three-fold increase compared to 2015 to2.25 billion USD in 2016. However, bilateral trade only rose slightly from 3.8billion USD in 2015 to 3.9 billion USD. Around 172,000 Indonesian workers are working in Hong Kong,and the protection of those workers is also one of the issues to be mentionedduring the visit.-VNA
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Photo: Reuters) 
