Jakarta, Feb. 27 -- Apple's commitment to building a research and development (R&D) facility in Indonesia could help boost the quality of national human resources, deputy chairperson of Commission VII of the House of Representatives (DPR), Chusnunia Chalim, said.

The development is the result of an agreement between the Indonesian government and Apple for the extension of the tech giant's domestic component level (TKDN) certificate, which will allow its products to be sold in the country.

"We fully support the government's efforts to ensure that this investment not only increases the penetration of Apple products in Indonesia, but also provides real benefits for the national technology industry, especially the development of digital tal...