Jakarta, June 20 -- Chairperson of the Indonesian Industrial Estate Association (HKI), Akhmad Ma'ruf Maulana, has emphasized the need for concrete measures to strengthen the industrial estate investment ecosystem in the country.

With the government targeting economic growth of 8 percent over the next five years, Maulana stressed the importance of strong and specific regulations to support industrial estates' strategic role in attracting investment and generating employment.

"We need a stronger legal framework, ideally a dedicated article in the Industrial Law, to ensure clear rules of engagement," he said in Jakarta on Friday.

He noted that Indonesia's 120 industrial estates collectively represent a significant economic force that must...