Jakarta, Aug. 28 -- Expert Staff of the Presidential Communication Office (PCO), Fithra Faisal, said the domestic manufacturing sector has made a major contribution to employment.

"The manufacturing sector's performance, or its contribution to the overall economy, is recorded at 19 percent," he remarked in a press statement on Wednesday (August 27).

He also believes that investment will revive the industrial sector and spur increased human resource capacity.

"The most important thing is increasing human resource capacity. When the investment comes in, the public can take part," he continued.

He outlined that investment has created around 1.2 million new jobs in the first semester and is expected to reach three million by the second se...