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From: ayub yahya <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 12:59 PM >Subject: Re: [proletar] Re: Indonesia's new rich > > > >anda benar ..!! >tapi bandingkan jumlah wanita yang jalan² ke eropa buat blanja tasLouis Vuitton >dengan wanita yang berangkat utk jadi TKW ato TKI > >sebandingkah dgn kemakmuran ?! > >________________________________ >From: Teddy S. <[email protected]> > > > > >Ada orang dogol yang tidak bisa melihat kenyataan bahwa orang-orang Indonesia >yang semakin makmur itu jumlahnya semakin banyak. Ada seorang wanita yang >jalan-jalan ke Eropa dan mampir ke Milan untuk sekedar belanja beberapa tas >Louis Vuitton untuk dia dan teman-temannya. > >--- In [email protected], "Sunny" <ambon@...> wrote: >> >> http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20120312-332917.html >> Indonesia's new rich >> >> >> >> >> Pedestrians cross a street in Jakarta's modern business district on February >> 6, 2012. >> By Stuart Grudgings and Andjarsari Paramaditha >> Reuters >> Monday, Mar 12, 2012 >> JAKARTA - Fitria Yusuf is a bag lady, but you won't find her sleeping rough >> in Jakarta. >> >> Her bag of choice is Hermes, a French brand so coveted in the Indonesian >> capital it can cost as much as a luxury car. Yusuf owns five of them, having >> cut down from the early days of her infatuation with the products. >> >> "Back in 2006, seeing a Hermes bag was like seeing Halley's comet," said >> Yusuf, the 29-year-old co-author of "Hermes Temptation," which chronicles >> how the bag made by French luxury group Hermes International SCA has become >> "a must-have item" for Jakarta's burgeoning high society. >> >> The Hermes obsession is one sign of how Indonesia's economic revival is set >> to produce the fastest-growing ranks of millionaires in Asia as the country >> enjoys a sweet spot of political stability, strong demand for its plentiful >> commodities and renewed investor interest. >> >> That is also adding to economic tensions in a country with a history of >> social upheaval and where tens of millions still live a hand-to-mouth >> existence despite hefty recent falls in poverty and a rising middle class. >> >> With presidential elections looming in 2014, workers have held a series of >> strikes in recent months, driven by high commodities prices and a growing >> sense that the fruits of the economic boom have not been widely shared. >> >> As Southeast Asia's largest economy leaves its basket-case reputation behind >> with annual growth of about 6 per cent and basks in its newly won investment >> grade credit status, it is minting dollar millionaires at a rate of 16 a >> day, consulting firm Capgemini says. >> >> The number of millionaires will triple to 99,000 by 2015, according to >> wealth management firm Julius Baer, the quickest pace of any Asian country. >> >> That is making Indonesia - a country with ambitions to join Brazil, Russia, >> India and China in the BRIC group of big emerging economies - a must-have >> market for luxury firms such as Hermes and for a rapidly growing wealth >> management industry. >> >> "The middle class is gaining wealth and becoming extremely rich. I would say >> that's the growth market now, a million dollars (in assets) and up," said >> Jan Richards, managing director and market manager for Southeast Asia at >> J.P. Morgan Private Bank, which manages more than $700 billion globally. >> >> The profile of Indonesia's new rich has been heavily shaped by the surge in >> demand from China and India for the country's commodities. The world price >> for a tonne of palm oil, of which Indonesia is the largest producer, has >> more than doubled since 2006, for example. Gold, of which Indonesia is a >> major producer, has tripled in the same period. >> >> Eight of the 10 wealthiest Indonesians in Forbes' annual rich list have >> substantial holdings in the commodities sector, including palm-oil magnate >> Eka Tjipta Widjaja and coal billionaire Low Tuck Kwong. >> >> DBS Private Bank said its wealth management business in Indonesia is growing >> at an "exceptional" annual pace of 40 per cent, much of it fuelled by the >> mining industry in resources such as coal, gold, iron, nickel and bauxite. >> >> "We believe there are more than 20 billionaires with interests in coal and >> mineral mines, as well as oil palm plantations in the country," said Chan >> Kwee Him, Indonesia country head for the bank. >> >> GROWING WEALTH GAP >> >> The surging ranks of millionaires and the concentration of wealth in the >> commodities sector highlights how the benefits of Indonesia's revival are >> far from being evenly spread among classes and regions in the huge >> archipelago. >> >> While Hermes bags change hands for up to $50,000 and buyers face a six-month >> wait for a $1 million Lamborghini super car, far-flung regions like Papua >> and Maluku struggle to provide basic public services. >> >> About 100 million Indonesians - about 40 per cent of the population - live >> on less than $2 a day, the World Bank says. Average wages at $113 are a >> third of China's. >> >> About 60 million of Indonesia's 133 million-strong "middle class" spend >> between $2-4 a day, the World Bank says. A 1,500 rupiah ($0.17) per litre >> cut in fuel subsidies being considered by the government would push 2.4 >> million people below the poverty line, a study by the University of >> Indonesia found. >> >> "I don't feel middle class, I feel poor," said 21-year-old Siti Aisah, who >> runs a shack selling snacks to construction workers that is almost in the >> shadow of Yusuf's sprawling house in a Jakarta suburb. She said her family >> can afford to spend about $10 on good days - middle class by some measures. >> >> Since the 1998 fall of President Suharto following widespread rioting in >> Jakarta, broad inequality measured by the Gini index has risen to 0.38 from >> 0.32. That is still below many regional neighbours, but some economists >> question the accuracy of the surveys it is based on. A paper by Harvard's >> Kennedy School of Government estimated Indonesia's real Gini score at 0.45, >> putting it on a par with the Philippines and Cambodia. >> >> Corruption-prone governance, poor infrastructure, low spending on social >> welfare and health and the business dominance of a relatively few families >> contribute to entrench inequality. >> >> "Indonesia's tiny stratum of ultra-wealthy citizens continues to be plumped >> up by a process of wealth extraction from natural resources rather than by >> wealth creation through industry and production," said Jeffrey Winters, an >> associate professor at Yale University. >> >> LUXURY BOOMS >> >> Consultancy firm McKinsey sees the number of households earning $7,000 a >> month rising to 25 million by 2020 from around 17 million now as Indonesia's >> broad middle class continues its expansion. >> >> But sustained growth in the middle class depends on how well Indonesia >> improves its low productivity and poor infrastructure to help bridge huge >> regional differences. Just six of Indonesia's 350 cities account for about >> 30 per cent of GDP, said Arief Budiman, a partner with McKinsey in Jakarta. >> >> There are some signs that the wealth is spreading, said Chan of DBS. >> >> "While many of these billionaires are from old wealth, some are newcomers >> who are small planters or mine owners who benefited from the commodity boom. >> This segment of new wealth is also the fastest growing," Chan said. >> >> While the luxury market is small compared to China or Japan, companies like >> France's LVMH and Britain's Rolls Royce Holding PLC are jockeying to be in >> place for the country's coming of age. >> >> Sales of "premium" cars soared 27 per cent last year, despite clogged roads >> in Jakarta and other big cities that reduce speeds to a crawl on week days. >> At a Jaguar and Bentley showroom nestled between Louis Vuitton and Bulgari >> stores at one of Jakarta's swankiest malls, a sales manager said he had sold >> about 10 of the cars priced up to $300,000 in February. >> >> At the only Jakarta store of French luxury shoe and bag maker Christian >> Louboutin, sales of the precariously high-heeled stilettos priced up to >> $7,800 are up 25 per cent over the past year. Compared to women in Singapore >> or Hong Kong who are more likely to use public transport, Indonesia's upper >> crust prefer higher heels because they get around in chauffeur-driven cars, >> said store manager Budi Santoso. >> >> "The ones who can afford these don't really walk." >> >> His best customers buy 20 pairs a season and he has steady mail-order demand >> from areas such as the resource-rich Kalimantan region on Borneo island. >> >> Sales are surging despite a sales tax of up to 200 per cent on luxury goods >> that adds to the usual headaches of doing business in Indonesia. French >> group PPR's luxury division, whose brands include Gucci and Alexander >> McQueen, said such concerns were preventing it from having a direct presence >> despite "double-digit" sales growth at its franchise stores. >> >> If Yusuf's tales from the front lines of Hermes bag obsession are any guide, >> luxury firms have a bright future in Indonesia. >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! 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