Jakarta – The Indonesian government has officially announced an average hike of 33.5 per cent in the monthly minimum wage in 24 provinces which is expected to become effective on January 1. The 24 provinces mentioned include the eight provinces where minimum wage increases were already announced last month.

The highest increase of minimum wage is North Sulawesi with 100 per cent hike – from the present 186,000 rupiah (S$37) to 372,000 rupiah – while the lowest percentage increase was in West Java where it rose just 7 per cent from 230,000 rupiah to 245,000 rupiah.