What is the Oldest SOE in Indonesia? Here’s the answer

Amount State-owned enterprises (BUMN) began to be reduced by BUMN Minister Erick Thohir. The existing SOEs are engaged in many fields and have formed their respective holdings. But you know detectives what is the oldest BUMN in Indonesia?

One of the BUMNs with the oldest age in Indonesia is PT Pos Indonesia. In fact, this post office was first established in Batavia, aka Jakarta in ancient times. Precisely established on August 26, 1746 by Governor General GW Baron van Imhoff.

Quoting the official website posindonesia.co.id, the purpose of the post office is to better guarantee the security of resident papers, especially for those who trade from offices outside Java and for those who come from and go to the Netherlands.

Since then the postal service has been born to assume the role and function of service to the public. Four years after the Semarang Post Office was established, this was to connect regular posts from the two places. The postal route at that time was Karawang, Cirebon and Pekalongan.

Before being BUMN, Pos Indonesia used to have the status of the Bureau of Post, Telegraph and Telephone. This company serves the public, not for commercial purposes.

Then on September 27, 1945 it changed its name to the National Post and Telecommunications Company (PN Postel). In 1965 it changed again to the National Post and Giro Company.

It didn’t stop there, in 1978 the name became Perum Pos and Giro. After 17 years as a Perum, in 1995 it changed its name to PT Pos Indonesia as we know it today.

With the passage of time, Pos Indonesia has now been able to show its creativity in developing the Indonesian postal sector by utilizing its network infrastructure which reaches around 24 thousand service points that reach 100 percent of cities/districts, nearly 100 percent of sub-districts and 42 percent of sub-districts/villages, and 940 remote transmigration locations in Indonesia.

Along with the development of information, communication and technology, the Pos Indonesia network already has more than 3,800 online post offices, as well as equipped with electronic mobile posts in several major cities. All points are chains that are connected to each other in a solid & integrated manner.

The Postal Code system was created to facilitate the processing of postal items where every inch of area in Indonesia can be identified accurately.

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