JAYAPURA - The Papua Provincial Government is confirmed to rely on five sectors in increasing Regional Native Income (PAD), in order to support the development process in 2023.

The five sectors are forestry, fisheries and marine, transportation, tourism and trade (MSMEs)

Nevertheless, the Head of the Communication and Informatics Department of Papua Province, Jeri Yudianto, said that to maximize investment this year, there needs to be support from all relevant parties.

"For example, investment can be maintained if everyone wants to work well together, it starts with our government, society and the sector," Jery said in Jayapura on Tuesday.

Still according to Jery, the Papua Provincial Government, which now consists of eight districts and one city, is also trying to find new sources of economy and income. Because the largest Papuan PAD was produced from PTFI, which is now incorporated in Central Papua

"For this reason, the Papua Provincial Government also through the Regional Secretary has encouraged the professionalism of the Regional Apparatus Organization (OPD) for One-Stop Licensing and Integrated Services (PTSP) and other supporting OPD to work hard to find new sources of income".

"This effort is also one of the indicators of the Monitoring Center of Preventive (MCP) for the prevention of corruption in the regions, and no less important is that Papua Province in granting investment permits continues to pay attention to and prioritize the balance of environmental management, when looking for new sources of regional income," he said.

About the interest of investors in Papua, Jery said that he received a good response because from 2022, as released by the technical agency of the Licensing Office and PTSP Papua, it had issued 5,371 permits.

"Even though 2022 was still the Covid-19 period. So that in 2023 we are optimistic that investment will be better," he said. ***