Jakarta (Antara Bali) - Bank Indonesia (BI/the central bank) has announced it will close its headquarters and regional offices on August 5-9, 2013 in connection with the post-fasting collective leave, except for certain services.
BI said on its official website on Sunday said that the certain services were the BI-Real Time Gross Settlement (BI-RTGS) and BI-Scripless Securities Settlement (BI-SSS), BI National Clearing System (SKNBI) and cash services.
The BI-RTGS and BI-SSS will open on Thursday-Friday (Aug 1 - 2) at with additional one proportional hour. On Monday-Tuesday (Aug 5-6) it will operate based on normal hours. On Wednesday - Friday (Aug 7-9), it will close and will operate again normally on Monday (Aug 12).
On the SKNBI services, the BI will open on Monday (Aug 5) based on schedule, on Tuesday all SKNBI services will be closed except for clearing transfer for the Jakarta and Surabaya regions. The operational hours for cycle I and II will be based on schedules.
On Wednesday - Friday (Aug 7-9), all SKNBI activities will be closed and be opened again on Monday (Aug 12), except for the H+1 return clearing for Jakarta and Surabaya. Cycle I credit clearing will be carried out based schedule while cycle II credit clearing activities will be extended proportionally for one hour.
On Tuesday (Aug 13), all SKNBI services will be held based on the schedule. The BI said that cash service activities on Monday-Tuesday (Aug 5-6) will be carried out based limited arrangements. On Wednesday - Friday (Aug 7-9), the service will be closed and reopened normally on Monday (Aug 12). (*/DWA)
