> help clients build relationships with governments, politicians, business, NGOs and media.
What do you mean by this?
Thomas Martin
How much is the escort/slut price in Indonesia?
Luke Phillips
Think this question should be answered in a different forum. But generally USD75-USD1000 depending on the escort and services rendered.
Nolan Mitchell
Well basically if you are a foreign bank looking at acquisitions in the region I help you engage the regulators, central bank, ministry of finance, etc to ensure your stakeholders don't block or disagree with the acquisition. I also advise you on how best to position the acquisition plan with different stakeholders in order to have their explicit or implicit support for the acquisition.
Another example would be if you are being protested against by environmental/social NGOs. My job would be to figure out an amicable middle ground in the short-term and a long-term plan to prevent such things from repeating by better engagement with key NGOs.
Angel Phillips
This is relevant because everyone use escort services whenever they travel for business.
Anyway, where are you based now? Singapore?
I heard buying property in Jakarta is the best investment right now. Is it true?
Julian Wilson
Based in Malaysia. Well longer-term definitely property prices in Jakarta have a long way to go. Primarily because: 1. There is a restriction on foreign ownership of property. 2. You can't take out a loan using land as collateral.
Right now property market (residential and office in particular) have taken a hit. Some of the mid-sized players are getting financially stressed.
Leo Morales
So, all the haze/forest fires are swept under the carpet?
Christopher Cook
Indonesian here, what's your impression of Indonesia in general? How hard did the Government fuck you in the ass with their stupid bureaucrachy and stupidity?
Also got any job vacancy? Would love to work in an English-speaking environment
Jayden Allen
Actually I do work with oil palm companies to figure out solutions to mitigate fires. The issues are complicated. There a poor farmers with no alternative but to burn to clear land. But I have to say a key to this is better monitoring by the government. Indonesia does not have enough people on the ground to effectively police all of its forest areas. If you look at the data you will see that because of the international and political attention in Riau last year, the province recorded a significant decrease in fires despite Indonesia recording one of its worst forest fire outbreaks in its history. The year before, Riau has the most recorded fire outbreaks. The key here is that more resources were deployed in Riau than in any other province and this made a difference. The main challenge is that the Ministry of Environment and Forestry is not thinking of more innovative ways to police forest area (ie using drones) rather than trying to have more men on the ground. This is one of my successful projects: channelnewsasia.com/mobile/asiapacific/indonesian-universities/2714500.html
Luke Torres
If it wasn't difficult in Indonesia. I wouldn't have a job. We invest a lot of resources in building relationships. Yes there are challenges but if your view on Indonesia is long-term it can be managed. Our Indonesian office is very Indonesian speaking though. If you are keen we can always chat. What are you doing now?
Daniel Walker
How do you feel about Mainlanders thinking they own all the sea?
Cameron Thompson
What do you mean mainland err?
Dominic Sanchez
China. My feeling is that ASEAN should do less business with them if they still want to have a country left.
James Brooks
Your posts are interesting. Thank you for replying. I'm dying of fucking chicken pox at the moment. Have just started looking for a job. I don't have a degree though, quit university years ago.
Where is your Indonesian office located? I live in Batam, just across Singapore and Malaysia.
Aaron Miller
How would one get into this field?
Christian Cruz
Not OP, but most likely considering this is in a public sector: >Need a degree.... >Suck up to higher ups >probably a dash of nepotism
Singapore is literally this.
Nathan Jackson
I think there is a balance that needs to be achieved. I think the approach Singapore, Indonesia & Thailand have taken towards their relationship with China is more nuanced and thought-out.
Indonesia clearly tries as much as possible to pit China, South Korea & Japan against one another for large infrastructure projects in the country - using the opportunities in Indonesia as leverage. Meanwhile Singapore continues to collaborate with China, in many ways becoming the "Accenture" or managing consultant for China's ambitious infrastructure and projects - leveraging off the pool of expertise China requires from Singapore.
China took the opportunity to strengthen ties with Thailand when ties with the USA deteriorated slightly over the disapproval of the military coup in 2014. I sense that Thailand appears to be comfortable with increased Chinese influence to balance out the historically strong Japanese and American influence in the country.
What I'm trying to say is that the approach of Malaysia (openly welcoming China) and Philippines (very much confrontational) are not ideal. It's important that ASEAN is weary of Chinese influence but we cannot shut them out and must be more tactical in our approach.
Ryder Russell
Our office in Indonesia is in Jakarta. Batam is an interesting place to be. Well if it's any consolation there is someone in our team that was once the handyman and gardener for us 10 years ago. You'd be surprised what he does for us today.
Ethan Mitchell
Well to be honest public affairs was not what I imagined doing right out of university. I was a mathematics & statistics graduate. But the opportunity to learn more about ASEAN and travel appealed and mostly learned on the job. I'd say that the key to everything we do is the media. Politicians and governments come and go. But the media are always there and many times have been our bridge across the region and different stakeholders.
Easton Johnson
Hi. Just wanted to let you know that we are in fact a private consultancy. Our clients range from private equity funds, infrastructure companies, as well as politicians.
Aiden Torres
Hi famalam, looks like you have an interesting position. Im based in jakarta. Hit me up @ [email protected]
