On Monday evening, 19 October 2026, at Istana Negara, Investment and Downstream Minister and BKPM head Rosan Perkasa Roeslani reported third-quarter outturns to President Prabowo Subianto. The Jakarta Post published on Tuesday. Realised investment: 528.7 trillion rupiah, up 7.6 percent on a year. A quarterly statistic, not a law.

FDI: 270.2 trillion, 51.1 percent of the quarter. CNBC: up 27.45 percent on 212 trillion a year earlier. Domestic investment: 258.5 trillion, 48.9 percent. Two clocks: the 7.6 percent is the whole quarter; the 27.45 percent is FDI alone. They are not mixed.

Jobs from the quarter’s realisation: 745,634, up 5.1 percent on a year. Rosan: some investments are capital-intensive and do not create as many jobs as plantations. If they put Indonesia into global chains, he still wants them. An intention, not a new rule.

January–September: 1,539.2 trillion, 75.4 percent of the year’s target. FDI 777.8 (50.5 percent), domestic 761.4. Jobs: 2,194,496. Another clock than the quarter. In 2025, domestic investment had held 53.4 percent. This year FDI is back over half.

Outside Java: 271.6 trillion, 51.4 percent. Java: 257.1. West Java 91, Jakarta 75.5, Central Sulawesi 47.3. Basic metals: 118.8 trillion. Other services, including data centres: 81.8. That is not a vote.

Five countries, 84.7 percent of the quarter’s FDI: Hong Kong US$5.2 billion, Singapore 5.1, the United States 1.7, China 1.1, South Korea 0.8. Rosan: Hong Kong plus China, US$17.8 billion over nine months, above Singapore’s 14. His arithmetic, not a merger of states. Dump The Jakarta Post. The rewrite rests on CNBC.

Image: changing of the guard, Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, 23 May 2010, Gunkarta Gunawan Kartapranata, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The palace in 2010, not Monday’s briefing.

Sources consulted: FDI beats domestic investment with strong annual growth — The Jakarta Post; Indonesian investment hits Rp528.7 tn in Q3, metals sector leads — CNBC Indonesia.