Indonesia readies `big bang´ business reforms
(WorldNews Indonesia)

When President Joko Widodo first mentioned the concept of an `omnibus` law during his inauguration speech last October, many mystified Indonesians couldn´t find the expression in their dictionaries. Since then, without any perceived need to localize the spelling, it has become the latest buzz word in the country´s political lexicon and in the minds of some politicians a cure-all measure that critics say risks over-stepping the mark. The idea was first mulled over by Widodo´s previous economic team, but what started as a single law aimed at amending problematic legislation across a range of sectors has now morphed into at least three bills on job creation, taxation and small and medium...