TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tempo English compiled the top 3 news on Saturday, May 17, 2025. Here are the highlights: SPAI Rejects Grab-GoTo Merger Over Monopoly Concerns, Drivers' Earnings Decline; Prabowo to Meet Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn and PM Paetongtarn; and Indonesian Health Minister Says People with Rp15 Million Salary Are Smarter, Healthier.
The following is the list of the top 3 news on Tempo English today:
1. SPAI Rejects Grab-GoTo Merger Over Monopoly Concerns, Drivers' Earnings Decline
The Indonesian Transport Workers Union (SPAI) has opposed the proposed merger between PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk and Grab Indonesia, expressing concerns that it could create a monopoly in the online transportation service market.
SPAI Chairperson Lily Pujiati pointed to Law Number 5 of 1999, which prohibits monopolistic practices and unfair business competition.
2. Prabowo to Meet Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn and PM Paetongtarn
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is set to meet with Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra in Thailand on Sunday, May 18, 2025. Prabowo arrived in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday night, May 17, 2025.
Quoted from the official statement by the President's Secretariat Press, Media, and Information Bureau, the plane carrying President Prabowo and limited entourage landed at the Don Mueang Royal Thai Air Force Base at around 22:00 local time.
3. Indonesian Health Minister Says People with Rp15 Million Salary Are Smarter, Healthier
Indonesia's Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has drawn attention after making a controversial statement.
Most recently, he stated that the amount of salary can also be a measure of someone's intelligence and health. "If he is not healthy and intelligent, it is impossible for his salary to be Rp 15 million, it must be Rp 5 million," Budi Gunadi said in a discussion forum about the Health Vision Era of Prabowo in Jakarta, Saturday, May 17, 2025. "Now the challenge is how to raise it from Rp 5 million to 15 million in 2045."
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Grab, Gojek, and Maxim Online Taxi Drivers Will Shut Down Apps on May 20
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The working conditions of online taxi drivers of Grab, Gojek, Maxim are far from decent, including platform cuts up to 70 percent.
Prabowo to Meet Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn and PM Paetongtarn
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Indonesian President Prabowo is scheduled to carry out a series of important agendas to strengthen bilateral relations with Thailand.
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Here is the list of the top 3 news on Tempo English today.
Prabowo, Albanese Affirm Joint Commitment to Nuclear Non-Proliferation
1 hari lalu
Indonesian President Prabowo and Australian PM Anthony Albanese have reaffirmed their shared commitment to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.
Prabowo, Albanese Call for Peace in Gaza and Ukraine, Back Two-State Solution
1 hari lalu
On the Gaza situation, Prabowo and Albanese emphasized the need for all parties to maintain the ceasefire and secure the release of hostages.
SPAI Rejects Grab-GoTo Merger Over Monopoly Concerns, Drivers' Earnings Decline
1 hari lalu
SPAI stated that the GoTo-Grab merger would result in the combined companies dominating 91 percent of Indonesia's online transportation market share.
Prabowo: National Energy Self-Sufficiency Could Save Tens of Billions of Dollars
1 hari lalu
Prabowo administration aims to reach 900,000 barrels per day by 2029 to achieve energy self-sufficiency, stop oil imports, and strengthen the economy.
Prabowo Subianto Inaugurates the First Production of Forel and Terubuk Oil Fields
1 hari lalu
President Prabowo Subianto inaugurated the first production from the Forel and Terubuk oil fields in Natuna, Riau Islands, via a video conference.
GoTo on Potential Merger with Grab Indonesia: No Deal Yet
2 hari lalu
GoTo Management claimed that the merger offer with Grab Indonesia is confidential, non-binding, and still at a very early stage.
Prabowo Sends Ministers to Attend Pope Leo XIV's Inauguration
2 hari lalu
President Prabowo has dispatched Minister of Cooperatives Budi Arie Setiadi to represent Indonesia at the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV in Vatican.
