Jakarta (ANTARA) - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin, here on Wednesday, projected the Halal Industrial Estate (KIH) to become a pull factor in the domestic industry that results in the creation of more jobs for people.
"Development of the halal product industrial estate is aimed at making it a pull factor for the domestic industry that could create more jobs and enhance national economic development," Amin stated during a webinar on the Indonesian sharia economy.
The vice president believes that development of the halal industrial estate will additionally encourage more small- and medium-scale entrepreneurs to be part of the global halal value chain.
The KIH and halal zone development in an industrial estate have become strategic moves to boost productivity.
"With the establishment of the halal industrial estate, all services related to a product's halal status would be provided as a one-stop service," he remarked.
The government has named two KIH located in East Java and the Banten industrial estate. The two KIH are SAFE and LOCK Halal Industrial Park (HIP) in Sidoarjo, East Java, and Modern Cikande Industrial Estate in Serang, Banten.
Four other industrial estates -- Bintan Inti Industrial Estate, Batamindo Industrial Estate, Jakarta Industrial Estate in Pulogadung, and Surya Borneo Industrial Estate in Central Kalimantan -- are in the process of preparing to have halal cluster.
Amin stated that the development of KIH was expected to attract foreign investors to boost the production of halal products in the country.
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