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INTERNATIONAL

INFRASTRUCTURE

TOURISM

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In Two Months Land Acquisition for JakartaBandung Fast Train Project to be Completed

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Go-Jek Gets Capital Injection from Temasek, Google and Others Totaling Rp16 Trillion PT Astra International Tbk (ASII) has said to have injected funds amounting to US$150 million or about Rp2.025 trillion into GoJek. This capital injection is a portion of fund invested by a group of giant companies into Go-Jek Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Go-Jek, Nadiem Makarim, said that Astra’s funding is part of an investment at approximately US$1.2 billion or around Rp16 trillion. According to Nadiem, Astra is the largest investor among the group, although he did not mention what percentage of the portion.

“I cannot mention the percentage, but what I can say is yes, it is the same contribution round and Astra International is the largest investor in this round,” he said at koran-jakarta.com

the Press Conference of Astra X Go-Jek at the Fairmont Hotel, Jakarta, on Monday (2/12).

Previously big companies from all around the world were reported to inject capital into Go-Jek. Among them were Google Alphabet, Singapore-based investor Temasek Holdings and China-based online platform company Meituan-Dianping.

Go-Jek’s existing investors such as global private equity firms KKR & Co LP and Warburg Pincus LLC also participated in this funding round. Other national companies, like Djarum Group, was also reported to invest in Go-Jek, but the company later denied it.

“Astra International is indeed the first national company investing in us. The others have not yet,” Nadiem said.

Astra International invests in Go-Jek under the banner of parent company.

The funds for the capital injection came from its internal cash. (DTK/TPP)

Quote Of The Month

“I want to emphasize that our momentum is very good. Our competitiveness continues to increase” President Joko Widodo

President Jokowi Instructs Deregulation and Evaluation of Investment Incentives President Joko Widodo has instructed all relevant ministries to continue the deregulation, evaluation of incentives, and overseeing the existing policy packages.

The instruction, according to Jokowi, was to ensure the flow of foreign investments would not disrupted in entering the country despite the increasingly tight global economic competition.

“I want to emphasize that our momentum is very good.

Our competitiveness continues to increase, the Global Competitiveness Index 2017-2018 is in the rank 36. This momentum should be followed by breakthroughs, innovative steps to attract more invest-

ments into our country,” he said at the Presidential Office on Tuesday (2/20).

The thing is currently some other countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka have also been trying to make many breakthroughs to attract foreign investors.

“They are very progressive, very attractive, especially in promoting various investment facilities and they also offer a lucrative incentive scheme to the investors,” the head of state added.

Jokowi further said if Indonesia does not make any improvement, does not innovate in licensing services, does not cut the hampering regulations, then Indonesia will be left behind.

Earlier, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution predicted that the Single Submission program could be piloted in March 2018. The integrated licensing is a solution offered by the government over the lengthy investment processes right now.

They are very progressive, very attractive, especially in promoting various investment facilities and they also offer a lucrative incentive scheme to the investors.”

The trial will be conducted in all government agencies starting from the ministries, provincial, and municipal/re-

gency administrations.

A task force is also established in each ministry, provincial, and municipal/regency governments to ensure the smoothness of the program.

The task force will be headed by the Secretary General of the ministry, while in the region will be led by the Regional Secretary.

“It’s [supervised] by the system, so we all know exactly where the permission process is halted. Yes, it’s online,” Jokowi said. (KBR/TPP)

Indonesian Population to Reach 321 Million in 2045 The Ministry of National Development Planning (PPN/Bappenas) has stated the population of Indonesia will be 321 million at the commemoration of 100 years independence or in 2045.

National Development Planning Minister/Bappenas Head Bambang Brodjonegoro said that while delivering his presentation as the keynote speaker at the Kick-Off Meeting on Population Census 2020 at the BPS Head Office, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday (2/14).

“When the population reaches 321 million in 2045, how many of them will contribute to the nation?” asked Bambang.

According to him, out of the 321-million population, about

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209.5 million will be in the productive age between 15-64 years and about 66.8 million will be the youth under 15 years old.

At that time the total fertility rate (FTR) is expected to be 2.1 per family, life expectancy to be 72.8 years, the elderly number to be 62.85 million, and the urbanization or people living in the city will reach 67.1%.

“In 2045 the vision of Indonesia is a country whose population is scientific and technologically minded, its development has been advanced, the political conditions are increasingly democratic, strong, and free from corruption,” Bambang said.

“The young citizens may prefer to seek employment abroad,

but we expect them to be more skillful,” he added.

With the high demographic bonus, Bambang said, the government should be able to use it by maintaining the TFR at the 2.1 level per family and reducing the infant mortality rate (IMF) to 3%.

“If these two things can be done, the demographic bonus can be extended. Recently I proposed to change the campaign from previously ‘2 children are enough’ to become ‘maximum 2 children’. Don’t let Indonesia to be dominated by aging po­ pulation before becoming developed country. That happened in Japan today, and so in Russia and Singapore,” he concluded. (DTK/TPP)

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Vice President Jusuf Kalla Receives Honoris Causa Doctorate Degree from Hiroshima University eksekutif.id

President Jokowi Inaugurates Groundbreaking of Padang-Pekanbaru Toll Road President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has inaugurated the groundbreaking of Padang-Pekanbaru toll road first phase construction which will connect Padang to Sicincin.

“Alhamdulillah (thank God) we can start the 254-kilometer Padang-Pekanbaru toll road,” said President Jokowi when ina­ ugurated the construction of Padang-Sicincin toll road at the Bypass Street Kilometer 0, Padang, West Sumatra, on Friday (2/9).

The president said that once the construction of this toll road finished, the travel time from Padang to Pekanbaru and vice versa will be shortened from currently 9 (nine) hours to become only 3 (three) hours.

Therefore, the president said he believed the construction of

the toll road will be able to facilitate the movement of people and business world so that the economic growth will rise.

“If we want to win the competition with other countries, the very fundamental and very basic thing we must do first is building the infrastructure.

That’s because the infrastructure will make the transportation and logistics costs much cheaper,” said Jokowi, adding when the costs of logistics and transportation drop, Indonesia’s competitiveness will increase.

The head of state also affirmed that the infrastructure will strengthen the promotion of tourism in West Sumatra.

He said the beautiful scenery of West Sumatra has the potential to be developed, especially

with the support of good infrastructure.

“With good infrastructure, the number of visitors may become double, triple, even four or five times. It speeds the mobility of people from one city to another, traveling from one regency to another region becomes faster,” said the president.

Meanwhile Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Minister Basuki Hadimuljono in his report said that the construction of the Padang-Pekanbaru toll road requires an investment of around Rp78 trillion.

“The project is planned to be carried out in 2018-2023.

There will be a 7-kilometer tunnel done with the JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) loan,” Basuki said.

The construction of the

We must do first is building the infrastructure.

That’s because the infrastructure will make the transportation and logistics costs much cheaper.”

Jokowi: In the Era of Abundant Misinformation, the Press is Needed that in the era of technological leaps, in the era of abundant information and misinformation, the press is increasingly needed!” said Jokowi while addressing the peak event of the National Press Day (HPN) 2018 at the Lake Cimpago, Padang Beach, Padang, West Sumatra, on Friday (2/9).

Jokowi further said the press is increasingly needed to become a pillar in delivering the truth. The press is also increasingly needed as an enforcer of the aspirations in the community.

“The press is increasingly

needed as a pillar of the facts.

The press is increasingly needed as a pillar of the enforcers of the aspirations in the society.

The press is increasingly needed to help build a new cultural narrative, build a new civilization narrative,” he added.

Jokowi also said the press is increasingly needed to ‘photograph’ how the people moving faster and more efficiently; the society that gave birth to the era of industrial revolution 4.0 based on the digitalization of computing power and data analytics.

“It produces a lot of innova-

among which in 2007 he was bestowed two HC Doctorate degrees by Malaya University, Malaysia, and Soka University, Japan.

Then Pendidikan Indonesia University and Hasanuddin University awarded him the same HC Doctorate degrees in 2011, and Brawijaya University in 2013, University of Indonesia in 2015, Syiah Kuala University and Andalas University in 2016.

In addition to them, the Vice President also received the same degrees from Rajamangala University of Technology Isan in Bangkok, Thailand in March 2017. Beginning in 2018 he was again granted the Doctorate HC in Sociology of Religion by Alauddin Islamic University of Makassar. (OKZ/TPP)

Padang-Pekanbaru toll road will be conducted in three stages, namely Phase I of PadangSicincin with a length at 28 kilometers, Phase I of Bangkinang-Pekanbaru at 38 kilometers, and Phase III of SicincinBangkinang at 189 kilometers.

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President Joko Widodo has said he often heard the press and mass media will be eroded by the social media. How­ ever, Jokowi said he believed the press is still needed in the era of abundant information and misinformation.

According to him, in the last 5 years, many analysts kept saying the mass media would be overpowered by the social media.

“The mass media, the press, known as the fourth pillar of democracy, is considered to be difficult to compete with the social and digital media. But I believe

Vice President Jusuf Kalla was conferred the Honoris Causa Doctorate Degree on Development and Peace by the Hiroshima University, in Japan, on Wednesday (2/21).

Hiroshima University President Mitsuo Ochi handed the Honoris Causa Doctorate to the Vice President Jusuf Kalla at the campus, said Deputy for Communications and Public Information Assistant Secretary of the Vice President Rusmin Nuryadin.

Vice President Jusuf Kalla has received HC Doctorate degrees in various disciplines, including politics, economy, management, government and decentralization from home and abroad,

tions we need to know immediately, which we must understand right away, if we do not want to be left behind. Once again, the press is needed to help build a new cultural narrative, build a new civilization narrative,” Jokowi said.

Related to the press, Jokowi told a moment when he was surrounded by many journalists in one meeting. The number of journalists reached 90 people.

“The question asked was not only one, there were so many and most of them were difficult to answer because we were not ready,” said Jokowi. (DTK/TPP)

President Jokowi Inaugurates 17 New Indonesian Ambassadors President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo inaugurated and took oath of 17 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to friendly countries, at the State Palace, on Tuesday (20/2) morning.

The inauguration was held based on Presidential Decree Number 30/P/2018 and 31/P/2018 on the Appointment of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary recited by Deputy to the Minister of State Secretary for Administrative Affairs and Apparatus, Cecep Sutiawan.

Among those 17 ambassadors are former Chairman of Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK) Muliaman Darmansyah Hadad, who was inaugurated as Indonesian Ambassador to Switzerland accredited to Liechtenstein, and lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis as Indonesian Ambassador to Norway accredited to Iceland.

The list of the new 17 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary are: l Drs. Ade Padmo Sarwoni MA, Indonesian Ambassador to ASEAN; l Arif Havas Oegroseno SH, LLM, Indonesian Ambassador to Germany; l Drs Djauhari Oratmangun, Indonesian Ambassador to China; l Drs Hermono MA, Indonesian Ambassador to Spain accredited to The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO); l Hersindaru Arwityo Ibnu Wiwoho Wahyutomo SH, LLM, Indonesian Ambassador to Portugal; l Inspector General Proffesor Dr Iza Fadri, Indonesian Ambassador to Myanmar; l Inspector General Drs M

Amhar Azeth SH, Indonesian Ambassador to Moldova; l Dra Marina Estella Anwar Bey, Indonesian Ambassador to Bolivia; l Muliaman Darmansyah Hadad, Indonesian Ambassador to Switzerland accredited to Liechtenstein; l Dra Niniek Kun Naryatie, Indonesian Ambassador to Argentine accredited to Paraguay and Uruguay; l Des RP Pratito Soeharyo, Indonesian Ambassador to Laos; l Raden Mohammad Benyamin Scott Carnadi SH, MBA, LLM, Indonesian Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji accredited to the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru, and Tuvalu; l Drs Rossalis Rusman Adenan MBA, Indonesian Ambassador to Sudan accredited to Eritrea; l Dr Drs Sinyo Harry Sarundajang, Indonesian Ambassador to the Philippines accredited to Marshall Island and the Republic of Palau; l Sudirman Haseng SE, MSi, Indonesian Ambassador to Cambodia; l Dr Sudjatmiko MA, Indonesian Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam; l Prof Dr Todung Mulya Lubis, Indonesian Ambassador to Norway accredited to Iceland.

The inauguration was attended by First Lady Ibu Iriana, Speaker of the House of Representatives Bambang Soesatyo, Speaker of Regional Representative Council Oesman Sapta, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut B. Pandjaitan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi, Ca­binet Secretary Pramono Anung, and Commander of Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto. (SETKAB/TPP)

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NATIONAL Indonesian Diaspora in USA Ready to Spend Rp4.7 Billion/Year to Build Papua The Ministry of National Development Planning/ Bappenas has collaborated with Indonesian academics living in the United States to build Papua. They are members of the Indonesian American Society of Academics (IASA).

IASA said it’s ready to disburse US$350 thousand or Rp4.7 billion of fund per year, collected independently from the Indonesian diaspora.

The collaboration was marked by the signing of Cooperation Agreement bet­ ween the ministry and IASA at the Bappenas Office, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday (2/7).

The focus of the cooperation includes the development of boarding schools and telemedicine services

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in Papua and West Papua.

“The cooperation covers 2 activities, namely boarding schools and telemedicine,” said National Development Planning Minister/ Head of Bappenas Bambang Brojonegoro.

For the first stage, the development programs will be done in the regencies of Jayapura, Merauke and Nabire.

“We understand that every Indonesian citizen is entitled to educational access in accordance with the compulsory education program. In Papua there are challenges regarding the geographical conditions that cause some areas difficult to reach and the population sparsely spreads which is harder to gather in one place,” Bambang ex-

plained.

These conditions, according to him, make it difficult for children to go to school because they have to travel a long distance.

“First, regarding the boarding schools; the students have to walk a long distance to school every day. It’s not only wasted time but also energy, eventually the output is not optimal,” he added.

So, Bambang said he believed the most suitable schools for them are the boarding ones.

“Second, regarding the

Every Indonesian citizen is entitled to educational access in accordance.”

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telemedicine; the concern is the same, meaning that the people of Papua are spreading. So, it is difficult to determine where and how many community health centers and hospitals to be built to make it effective and efficient,” he said.

Telemedicine is considered one of the breakthroughs needed to solve the problem.

“Telemedicine even can be done on the surgery with the surgeons in Jakarta, Surabaya, and Makassar, for example.

With telemedicine, the local doctors do what directed remotely by the doctors in the other location and the doctors outside Papua can monitor it to make sure every step is right,” he added.

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Industry Minister (Menperin) Airlangga Hartarto received the visit of Singaporean Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan and his staff at the Ministry of Industry, Jakarta, on Tuesday (2/13).

According to Minister Airlangga, during the visit, they exchanged views and discussed the cooperation between Indonesia and Singapore on industry.

“The agenda of the meeting include the discussion on vocation schools, Kendal Industrial Park, digital economy, and the development of industry 4.0,” he said.

As it is known, Indonesia and Singapore are committed to mutually enhance the cooperation in the economy, especially industrial sector.

Minister Airlangga said that one realization of the cooperation has been carried out by PT Jababeka Tbk and Sembcorp De-

velopment Ltd in developing the Kendal Industrial Park (KIK), an integrated industrial estate with international standard in Central Java.

“The development of KIK in the stages 1 and 2 is done on the land areas of 1,000 hectares (Ha) and 1,200 Ha respectively,” he said.

The KIK development is expected to give a positive impact to the national economy with the target to attract investments up to Rp200 trillion and to employee 500,000 people.

“Until August 2017, the realization of investments in the KIK has reached Rp4.7 trillion by 32 investors from Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, China and Japan. The jobs created have absorbed 5,000 workers,” Airlangga said.

He added the potential cooperation that needs to be explored between the two countries

is in the form of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) in the ICT sector for the Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) in Indonesia.

“The integrated NDP development between IT office, start up incubator, data center and resort is expected to become the hub of digital economy, industry and tourism,” he said.

Based on the data from the Industry Ministry, the investments from Singapore reach 30.9 percent of the total foreign investment in Indonesia for industrial sector. This investment creates new job openings for 126,293 people.

The neighboring country is also listed as the largest strategic partner and investor in Indonesia. In 2016, the investment value from Singapore reached US$9.2 billion for 5,874 projects, above Japan and China. (IND/TPP)

To Encourage Local Products Entering Marketplace, Government Prepares Special Platform for MSMEs bisnisukm.com

We must do first is building the infrastructure.

That’s because the infrastructure will make the transportation and logistics costs much cheaper.”

The government through the Ministry of Trade is preparing a platform for the owners of Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), both industry and business.

This special platform will be able to accommodate all data of National MSME products where the e-commerce entrepreneurs later can just choose which local products will be sold.

“The requirements and

criteria for MSMEs industry and business allowed to enter the e-commerce are being prepared,” said Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita in Jakarta on Thursday (2/22).

The portion of MSMEs industry and business going into the e-commerce is also being discussed.

The minister added that to set the rules will take time and need guidance.

“We will start with an invitation, after that we make

a commitment together on what percentage of local products, what category, what percentage for MSMEs industry with time frame, so there is a roadmap.”

According to him, with many more local products marketed in the marketplace will affect the economic growth of Indonesia. However, the government makes sure overseas products will not banned and restrict-

ed to be sold in the online stores.

“We will not prohibit, but we want the number of local products to increase. If they all care, I am sure the sales will increase sharply,” said the minister.

The same thing is also expressed by the Head of Retail Education Division of the Association of Indonesian e-Commerce, Mohamad Rosihan. He said if there is a special platform

that becomes a gathering place for the MSMEs, it will facilitate the organizers to get them into their marketplace.

“This is what we want to unite so that in the future there is one database platform. If the Trade Ministry can initiate it, it will be very good,” Rosihan added.

Through the platform, he continued, the government can also measure the success rate of national MSMEs. (IND/TPP)

Transportation Ministry Targets to Close All Railroad Crossings in 2019 The Ministry of Transportation has targeted three points related to the railway safety. One of them is closing all the intersections between a railway line and a road.

Director General of Railways of the Transportation Ministry, Zulfikri, said that the minister had demanded quick wins from every directorate general for 2018. The Railways Directorate General will work on the railway safety for one of its quick win programs.

“We have done some issues related to the railway safety and now we are accelerating the prog­ ram to close the railroad crossings,” Zulfikri said at his office on Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat 8 Central Jakarta, on Thursday (2/15).

There were 5,829 railroad crossings throughout Indonesia and 291 have been closed. The target is to close all of them in 2019.

“On January 11, 2018 we set the target to close 168 railroad crossings and until February 14 it turned out 211 intersections have been closed. Then we plan to close 93 more from February 14 to 28. The target until February 28 is to close 304 railroad crossings in total,” said Director of Safety of the Transportation Ministry Edi Nursalam at the same location.

The second point to be worked on is certify-

ing the human resources working for the railway businesses. There are about 2,000 professionals who will be certified, including train crew (ASP), maintenance personnel, inspectors, and railway crossing officers (PJL).

“The third point is removing the illegal buildings along the Soekarno-Hatta railway line. We have done it in seven areas. We have started this program from December last year in the areas from Tanah Abang to Duri. Our target is to finish it in March,” said Edi. According to him, those programs aimed to boost the performance of PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) by understanding what happened in the field. Regarding to the closing of railroad crossings, the local governments have an important role to socialize it to the community.

“The local government is the key. Unfortunately we understand some local governments cannot afford to finance the program.

Actually the main priority is the railroad crossings which are already covered by a flyover. The problem is how about the pedestrians? Or horse/cowdrawn carts? We are trying to find a solution, let say by providing a facility for pedestrians and carts to pass through but not for motor vehicles,” Zulfikri added. (DTK/TPP)

Home Affairs Minister Revokes 50 Rules Hindering Investment Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has again removed about 50 regulations regarding permits and investments issued by the authori­ ties under his mi­nistry. Tjahjo said he revoked regulations that were considered causing a long and complicated bureaucracy.

“It’s a follow-up of president’s direction to not let investment be hampered by licensing.

After we audited, there were 52 regulations on licensing, governance, staffing, civil services, and planning, causing too long bureaucracy.

So, we cut them,” said Tjahjo at the Bidakara hotel, Jalan Gatot Subroto, South Jakarta, on Wednesday (2/7).

“The investors don’t have to always go to the central government, but they can take care at

the region including research permit and so on. We want to make it easier,” the minister added.

He said earlier his ministry had removed about 1,600 regulations considered to disrupt licensing and investment.

About 1,500 regional regulations have also been revoked.

“The local governments have the authority to issue regional regulations. I learned there were 88 new regulations issued and 52 of them have just been removed. We will check on the remaining ones,” said Tjahjo.

After the abolition of the regulations, the regions will make the guidelines about that.

“It’s not a must, but the regions can make the guidelines,” said Tjahjo. (DTK/TPP)

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Sri Mulyani Named World Best Minister

For the First Time Indonesia Participates in Prestigious Janadriyah Cultural Festival in Saudi Arabia

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February 15, 2018 has become an historic day for Indonesia, given it was the first time in 32 years that Indonesia was invited to participate in the most prestigious cultural festival in Saudi Arabia called Janadriyah Festival (mahrajan al-Janadriyah).

Indonesia was selected by King Salman himself who then ordered the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Saudi Arabia to involve Indonesia in the annual event this year. Janadriyah Festival King Salman is the largest national cultural event held in Janadriyah (42 km from Riyadh), covering 2 million m² of land area and attracting 4-5 million visitors from various countries. (TPP)

Pakistan Wants to Copy Indonesia’s Economic Growth Model “Indonesia’s economic growth is a good model and Pakistan wants to emulate it,” said Sindh Province Governor Muhammad Zubair when receiving the visit of Indonesian Consul General for Karachi Dempo Awang Yuddie in Karachi, Pakistan, on Monday (2/19).

Dempo Awang Yuddie will end his duty on February 28, so he visited Governor Muhammad Zubair to say goodbye.

The governor appreciated Dempo’s efforts in increasing the trade value between the two countries from US$2.1 billion in 2016 to US$2.37 billion in 2017. MoUs between Indonesia and Pakistan worth US$26.86 million have also been signed on palm oil, coal, spare parts, betel nuts and beauty products. (TPP)

Indonesia Participates in Higher Education Expo in Brunei The Indonesian Embassy in Brunei participated in the Higher Education Expo 2018 held in Bandar Seri Begawan on February 10-11. The booth of Indonesian Embassy was promoting State Islamic University of Sunan Ampel Surabaya, Hasanuddin University Makassar, and Atmajaya University Yogyakarta.

Besides Indonesia, the other foreign countries participated in the exhibition were Japan, United States, and Australia. The third annual event was officially opened by Education Minister of Brunei Darussalam, Dato Paduka Awaji Haji Hamzah Bin Haji Sulaiman who said the expo aimed to provide information on higher education inside and outside the country. (TPP)

Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has been crowned as the Best Minister in the World during the World Government Summit in Dubai, Arab Emirates. The award was handed over by the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

“This World Best Minister Award is a global award given to a minister from a country in the world each year and commenced in 2016. The selection and determination process of the winners is conducted by independent agency Ernst & Young and organized by the World Government Summit,” said an official statement on Sunday (2/11).

The Indonesian Finance Minister in her speech expressed her appreciation to be the first award winner from Asia. Mulyani said that the award is an acknowledgment of the collective work of the government under the leadership of Pre­sident Joko

Widodo, especially in the economic field. The Finance Minister also dedicated the award to 257 million Indonesian people and 78,164 officials of Finance Ministry who have worked hard to manage the state’s finance with integrity and high commitment to create equitable and equal citizens’ welfare.

Various policy reforms have been launched by the Ministry of Finance, aimed at fostering fiscal policies toward inclusive and sustainable development.

The bureaucracy reforms in the ministry have also produced positive results.

The World Government Summit is an annual meeting held in Dubai, UAE, and engages all government leaders from around the world in a global dia­logue forum discussing governance and public policies and their links to technology, innovation and other topics.

The forum serves as an ex-

Indonesia Elected Vice Chairman of UN IFAD Again Indonesian Rionald Silaban, Expert Staff of the Finance Minister, was elected as Vice Chairman of United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for the period of 2018-2020, during its 41st Governing Council meeting on February 13-14 in Rome, Italy.

Silaban was unanimously voted for the second time along with the chairman from the Netherlands and the second ViceChairman from Argentina.

IFAD is the international financial institution dedicated to encouraging investment in rural areas for the alleviation of poverty and hunger. Currently about 80% of 815 million people in the very poor category across the world are living in rural areas and mostly are farmers.

“Cooperating with IFAD is good for Indonesia as it is aimed

at small farms. IFAD programs in Indonesia have been priori­ tizing farmers and fishermen in eastern Indonesia since 2017.

IFAD chose Jakarta as its regional office, showing its confidence in Indonesia’s important role,” Silaban said.

According to him, Indonesia is considered successful in building the economy and turning from the lower income to the middle income country.

Charles F. Hutapea, the Charge d’Affaires of the Indonesian Embassy, representing Ambassador Esti Andayani welcomed the reappointment of Indonesia as the vice chairman.

“This demonstrates the international confidence in Indonesia’s important role in the joint efforts to overcome various global challenges, especially in the sustainable agriculture deve-

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lopment and the improvement of the welfare of small farmers. The status of Indonesia as a member of G20 and emerging economy further strengthens the posture of Indonesian diplomacy in international forum,” he added.

Since its establishment in 1977 until 2016, IFAD has au-

thorized 1,037 projects that have helped about half a billion of farmers around the world. For the IFAD’s 11th agricultural development agenda (2019-2021), IFAD will launch loan program and agricultural grants worth more than US$3.5 billion. (KML/ TPP)

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The N219 aircraft can be used to transport civilian passengers, military purposes, freight or cargo, medical evacuation, to assistance in the natural disasters. With these advantages, the plane is also cheaper than the similar aircraft of Twin Otter.

The N219 has a maximum speed of 210 knots, and the

change of experiences and knowledges among the go­ vernment officials, policy ma­ kers, experts, and private sector leaders to see future trends and their implications for humanity. The World Government Summit was attended by more than 4000 participants and 90 speakers from 150 countries and international agencies.

With the support of ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the World Government Summit was initiated by a group of experts from various fields to bring together all government, business and civil society leaders into a common forum. The goal is to improve the lives of 7 billion people worldwide. (DTK/TPP)

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Nurtanio Planes Made by PTDI Sold 75 Units at Singapore Airshow The Aircraft N219 aka Nurtanio made by PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) attracted a lot of attention in the aerospace exhibition Singapore Airshow 2018.

Orders for this aircraft kept flowing.

PTDI Production Director Arie Wibowo said the Nurtanio plane was selling well at the Singapore Airshow. He received orders for 75 units of the aircraft.

“Yes, there are orders for 75 units of Nurtanio planes,” he said on Sunday (2/25).

Most of the orders have been sealed on the Letter of Intent (LoI). The buyers are interested in Nutraino for its many advantages.

The N219 aircraft, named Nurtaino by President Joko Widodo, indeed have remarkable sophistications, even better than the similar aircraft made by companies overseas.

This Bandung-made in plane has the ability to reach remote areas with passenger capacity up to 19 people with spacious cabins.

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lowest speed of 59 knots. This means that the speed is low enough but the plane can still be controlled; this is important especially when maneuvering in the cliffs and mountains.

The Bandung-made in aircraft is equipped with two Pratt & Whitney Aircraft of Canada Limited PT6A-42 engines, each

is powered 850 SHP and is also equipped with Hartzell 4-Blade Metal Propeller.

The N219 aircraft is capable to carry the loads of up to 7,030 kilograms at take-off and 6,940 kilograms on landing. The speed of N219 aircraft can reach 210 knots with economic speed of 190 knots. (DTK/TPP)

Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno L.P. Marsudi received the visit of Italian Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Angelino Alfano at the Gedung Pancasila on Wednesday (2/7).

Indonesia was the first country in a series of Minister Alfano’s visits in Southeast Asia. After Indonesia, he visited Singapore and Thailand.

During the meeting, the two countries agreed to strengthen strategic cooperation between Indonesia and Italy. Next year Indonesia and Italy will commemorate the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations with the theme of “MSME and Creative Economy”.

Italy is Indonesia’s third largest trade partner in the European Union. Until November 2017, the total trade value of Indonesia-Italy has reached US$3 billion, an increase of 16.84% compared to the same period in 2016.

Regarding the creative economy, Indonesia and Ita­ ly agreed to increase the cooperation involving Indonesian micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) with related part-

ners in Italy, mainly in the culinary, fashion and furniture industries.

Minister Retno again expressed Indonesia’s concern over the EU Parliament’s decision to prohibit the use of palm oil in biofuel by 2021 “I assure that the palm oil industry in Indonesia has been developed in accordance with the principles of Sustainable Palm Oil,” she said.

Indonesia and Italy have agreed to continue to promote a culture of tolerance and moderation to support the world peace.

Minister Retno and Minister Alfano also discussed the regional and global issues of mutual concerns among others were the peace process in Palestine, the intention to assist the governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh in ensuring the repatriation process of refugees in dealing with the Rakhine State crisis.

In the context of ASEANEU cooperation, Retno and Alfano discussed the collaboration in overcoming various challenges faced by the countries in both regions. (KML/TPP)

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In Two Months Land Acquisition for JakartaBandung Fast Train Project to be Completed

Kertajati Airport Ready to Serve Hajj Embarkation in 2018 West Java Provincial Government targets the Majalengka Kertajati Airport to launch its maiden flight in May 2018. Currently the construction of airport facilities continues to be sped up to pursue the target.

West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan, familiarly called Aher, said the operation of Kertajati Airport is scheduled to start in May 2018 and in July 2018 it will serve to fly the hajj pilgrims.

“The soft launching is scheduled on May 1, 2018 then the grand launching in June with the first batch of hajj pilgrimage passengers on July 15,” said Aher at the Coordi-

nating Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Jakarta, on Tuesday (2/20).

According to Aher, the airport is currently working on several facilities, such as passenger terminal and runway extension to become 500 meters. The runway extension work is targeted for completion in four months, so that during the hajj season, the Kertajati Airport can accommodate wide-bodied aircrafts.

“At the soft launching we can only use small planes.

In June after the 500 meters runway is completed, Boeing 777 can land on and take off from the new runway,” he said.

To support the access to Kertajati Airport, CileunyiSumedang-Dawuan toll road (Cisumdawu) is currently under construction. The toll road is targeted to operate in 2019.

For the time being, the access to Kertajati Airport can be reached from the CikampekPalimanan (Cipali) toll road.

“Currently using Cipali, but hopefully in 2019 Cisumdawu toll road will be ready,” Aher said.

Coordinating Minister for Mariteme Affairs Luhut Binar Pandjaitan said that Kertajati Airport is located very strategically close to the integrated economic areas of Karawang, Bekasi and Purwakarta, sup-

I see the Kertajati Airport in the future can be expanded freely because the vacant land is larger than Cengkareng.” ported by transportation infrastructure. Besides, the vacant land of Kertajati Airport is still large, making the airport can be expanded further.

“I see the Kertajati Airport in the future can be expanded freely because the vacant land is larger than Cengkareng,” Aher said. (LPT/TPP)

Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi has said the land acquisition for the construction of the Jakarta-Bandung rapid railway with the length of 142 kilometers will be completed in April 2018.

“What elating is that the land acquisition is underway and will be completed in April,” Budi said at the Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Jakarta, on Thursday (2/8).

Once the land acquisition finished, the loan from the China Development Bank (CDB) will be disbursed. The total investment of the Jakarta-Bandung high speed rail project is US$5.9 billion, 25% of which is the capital of a consortium of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and China while the rest is the CDB loan.

Of the 25%, China Railway International Co Ltd will inject 40% of the fund or about Rp7.5 trillion. The remaining 60% or about Rp11.5 trillion will be financed by the SOEs incorporated in PT Pilar Si­ nergi BUMN Indonesia (PSBI).

“The funding from China has not been liquid yet, pending the finalization of land acquisition,” he added.

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sar Pandjaitan said that the land acquisition in the Jakarta area will be completed by the end of February.

“Regarding the land acquisition, most likely we will finish it by the end of February or March at the latest,” he said.

Meanwhile, Director General of Land Procurement of the Agrarian and Spatial Planning Ministry Arie Yuriwin said that in Jakarta 258 land plots are needed, of which 3.1 hectares had been acquired. For the West Java area, the 6,317 land plots needed have been measured and are now waiting for the pricing.

“The land acquisition in DKI Jakarta is expected to finish in March, while for those in West Java we expect to complete it in April,” said Arie. (DTK/TPP)

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Travel Time of Soetta Airport Train to Become 38 Minutes

Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi has said that the travel time of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (Soetta) train will be made faster in the near future. The travel time from Sudirman Baru Station to Soetta Airport will be made 38 minutes from the currently about 55 minutes.

“The airport train now needs 55 minutes and in the near future it will only need 38 minutes,” said Budi Karya at the Terminal 3 of Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Tangerang, on Saturday (2/3).

By trimming the travel time,

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it is expected more passengers will be using the new mode of transportation to the airport.

Currently the occupancy rate of the train, operated by PT Railink, is still quite low.

In addition to trimming the travel time, the waiting time of the train will also be reduced.

“We will intensify the departures from Batu Ceper Station to the airport because there are so many workers that can be transported, so that the frequency can be increased. Surely it will also reduce the traffic density on the roads,” said Budi.

Today Railink is evaluating the airport train operations, including to find ways to make the travel time shorter. One way that will be done soon is cut the time when the airport train is stopping at a station.

Additionally, Railink also continues to accelerate the construction of new tracks and other infrastructure at the Duri Station. Once this project is completed, it is believed the travel time of Soetta Airport Train will be much faster and the frequency of train departures can be increased. (DTK/ TPP)

Manggarai-Cikarang DDT Project Accelerated to Finish in 2020 Instead of 2022 The project of double-double track (DDT) connecting Manggarai to Cikarang will be completed in 2020, Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said when conducting a review at Dipo Cipinang on Sunday (2/18).

The DDT project is divided into 3 sections with a total length of 35.8 kilometers. The progress of section A, connecting Manggarai and Jatinegara, is 53%, the section B-21 connecting Jatinegara and Bekasi is 78% and section B1 con-

necting Bekasi and Cikarang is 100%.

“This DDT project is vital to both long-distance and commuter trains, so we will try to finish it in 2020 or faster than the previous plan in 2022.

Surely we will develop the time management, financial management, engineering and human management to increase the capacity. The DDT will reduce the losses suffered by the people from congestions on the highway which reach trillions rupiahs,” said the minister.

Kulon Progo Regent Hasto Wardoyo has said that the land acquisition for the development of New Yogyakarta International Airport (NYIA) in Kulon Progo will be completed in April 2018. He said he believed the target will be met.

“The target is in April it’s already finished,” Hasto said in a coordination meeting of the steering committee (BOB) at the Hotel Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta on Friday (2/9).

Hasto said he was optimistic the target was within the reach. Besides, PT Angkasa Pura I has set up a help desk at the Office of Development Project of NYIA. The residents affected by the project can seek information at this office.

“The help desk is a new breakthrough to solve the problems one by one, especially related to the protest of the residents,” he added.

According to him, after the launching of help desk most of the problems related to the residents’ protest against the

Five more train stations will be added this year from previously only three in 2017, namely East Bekasi, Cibitung and Cikarang.

“In 2018 there will be 5 more stations, namely Klender, Buaran, Klender Baru, Cakung and Kranji, which means that the commuter trains’ service is getting better as it reaches wider communities,” said Minister Budi.

Regarding the misuse of land around the DDT pro­ ject,

We will increase the capacity starting in 2019 when the DDT of Manggarai-Kranji section is completed.”

airport development could be resolved. He urged the affected residents to make use the help desk.

Hasto also said the NYIA development project in Kulon Progo to date still has two problems. First, the consignment of residents affected by the development whose payment process stalled due to the administrative problems.

“Second, there is a small group of 32 (people) who has frequently appeared on the media, saying they refuse the airport development project,” he said.

The initial step to resolve the problem, Hasto added, was by setting up the help desk.

He also will complete soon the payments for affected re­ sidents who have already been under the consignment.

“There are 131 land plots have not been paid yet due to the administrative problems.

However, yesterday some of them have completed the administrative requirements, so we just work on the remaining,” he said. (DTK/TPP)

the minister said there are 1,100 M2 of land plots misused by 42 families in Manggarai which will be fixed completely in March 2018.

“I urge the people who misuse the land plots to be more cooperative because this project is not for personal interests but for the benefit of all people,” Budi said.

Later, the DDT is expected to increase the passenger capacity by 25% especially for the route of Manggarai-Kranji.

“We will increase the capacity starting in 2019 when the DDT of Manggarai-Kranji section is completed. There will be a 25% increase, meaning that the carrying capacity to transport the Bekasi residents will be up to 100,000 passengers,” added the minister. (KEMENHUB/TPP)

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60,000 CCTVs to be Installed, Sandi: To Keep Jakarta Safe detik.com

Regent Indra: Cooperation with PATA and President University Important for North Gorontalo Development Vice Governor of DKI Jakarta Sandiaga Uno has said that 60,000 units of CCTV will be installed in the capital city. According to him, the CCTVs are expected to prevent criminal acts from occurring like the sexual violence case happened on Monday (2/12) in Jatinegara, East Jakarta.

“We want to install 60,000 CCTVs all over Jakarta. Now there are only 6,000 or 10 percent from the target. We want to make Jakarta safe also, not just smart city,” said Sandi at Kinanti Building, Setiabudi, South Jakarta, on Wednesday (2/14).

Sandiaga further said the CCTV installation will be done in cooperation with the private sector. He mentioned that the Department of Information and Statistic Communication (Kominfo-

tik) of DKI Jakarta has also proposed several programs to prevent criminal acts through the CCTV monitoring.

“This is what we will encourage. The Kominfotik has proposed several programs regarding the collaboration with the private sector in installing the CCTVs. So far, the cooperation has been covering the utility of communication and digital businesses. Next is the CCTV installation especially in the criminal prone areas,” said Sandi.

“We encourage this collaboration to be run continuously, a partnership between the local government and the business community, also involving the community,” he added.

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North Gorontalo Regency Government is intensively developing its region. It began the development of its tourism by cooperating with Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and its education with President University. The cooperation agreements were signed at the President Lounge Menara Batavia, Jakarta, on Wednesday (2/7).

North Gorontalo Regent Indra Yasin in an interview with the presidentpost.id said, “The cooperation with PATA and President University is very good because for me tourism and education are important for the development of North Gorontalo.”

Kendal Regent dr. Mirna Anissa, M.Si, on Wednesday (2/14) inaugurated 5 projects of Fiscal Year 2017 at Brangsong II Health Center which is one of the projects. The inau­ guration was attended by members of Forkopimda Kendal Regency.

The Kendal Regent signed an inscription for 5 completed work packages in 2017, namely Brangsong II Community Development, Kangkung Market Development, Construction of Niaga Port Office Building, Nutrition Building of RSUD dr. Soewondo Ken­ dal and Rehabilitation of Irrigation Channel in Dawungsari Village, Pegandon District.

Additionally, Mirna will also launch Smart PJU in the form of street lighting using smart LED that makes it easy to monitor all the lights on the streets. The application of smart system will also automatically send a message to PJU staff in charge if there is any problem on the street lighting. The content of the short message will not only provide information on the condition of the lamp failure, but also the location where the damage occurred.

After the launching, the regent held teleconference with Head of Community Health

tion and require the students in Northern Gorontalo to make use of it,” Indra added.

The regent further said that he also hoped the cooperation in education and tourism will promote North Gorontalo internationally.

He called on the youth in his region to utilize it. “This kind of opportunity will only come once. Use the best possible of it, your parents will be proud that you take advantage of it.”

“Do not be a spectator in your own country. We will prove that Indonesian youth can also work and build the country for the better,” he concluded. (TPP)

Regent Irna: Pandeglang to Become Biggest Food Producer in Banten Pandeglang Regent Hj Irna Narulita invites the community to continue developing the local food, especially the ones based on tubers as alternatives to the rice.

“Currently one of the challenges is to change the mindset of the people who consider if they haven’t eaten rice, they haven’t eaten yet. Now there is a movement of ‘isuk isuk teu dahar kejo’ (no rice for breakfast).

Instead, we eat tubers like Talas Beneng which make our stomach quite full, rich in fiber and vitamins, does not contain sugar which is very good for health,” said Irna when attending the Local Food Festival and Cipta Menu Competition held by the Office of Resilience in Pandeglang Square, on Sunday (2/4).

The event is one of the breakthroughs of Pandeglang Regency Government through its Food Security Department to

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Therefore, the regent said he hoped PATA would help work on the tourism potentials in the regency, given from 52 small islands in North Gorontalo only 2 which have been utilized as tourist destinations.

“I hope the cooperation with PATA will grow tourism in North Gorontalo more rapidly and make the region better known worldwide,” he said.

The regent also expressed his pride for the cooperation in education with President University as the university adopts education system at the international level.

“I must take the opportunity of this educational coopera-

conti­ nue introducing the Pandeglang signature food to the Banten Province or even National level.

“We are confident that in the future, Pandeglang will become the biggest food produ­ cer in Banten Province, even nationally, but we are targeting for the Jabodetabek (Jakarta Bogor Depok Tangerang Bekasi) first of its current po­pulation reaching 24 million people,” said Irna.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Food Security Department of Pandeglang added that this activity aimed to raise the potential of local signature food in Pandeglang.

“The event was attended by 40 hotel chefs in Banten Province, Kelompok Wanita Tani (KWT), and SMEs. It is expected that hotels in Banten pro­vince will serve local food in eve­r y occasion, and then enhance the Pandeglang culinary tourism while proving that our food is

The Pandeglang culinary tourism while proving that our food is more promising and healthy.” more promising and healthy,” she said.

Some competitions were organized and Hotel Wisata Baru won the category of chef, while Pandaya Cassava Rasa championed the category of SMEs. Other dignitaries attending the event were Director of Fruit and Flora of the Agriculture Ministry Sarwo Edi, Head of Banten Provincial Agriculture Office Agus M Tauchid, Chairman of MUI Pandeglang KH. Hamdi Ma’ani, and the heads of district administrations in Pandeglang. (PANDEGLANGKAB/ TPP)

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Center (Puskesmas) Rowosari 2, Sukorejo 1 and Kaliwungu.

The development showcase of Kendal Regency 2017 is also filled with bazaar of superior products made by Cooperatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises of Brangsong Subdistrict, as well as KWT of Agriculture and Food Office of Kendal Regency which produced processed foods with local raw materials and PUPM of Agriculture and

Food of Kendal Regency which introduced Warung Tani Kendal, selling rice and onion under the market price.

The Puskesmas Brangsong II, which was inaugurated, has the motto of ‘Healthy Services with Love’. Services provided are in the form of general treatments, IVA and IMS examinations and the introduction of herbal medicines from Griya Sehat. (KENDALKAB/TPP)

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo inaugurated the Digital Village of Sepakung, Banyubiru, Semarang Regency, in January. According to Ganjar, with digital facilities, residents can market village handicraft products to the potential buyers online.

“The village’s handicrafts made of pine wood and other products must be marketed online,” he said.

The digitalization is expected to make Sepakung to be more prosperous and independent tourism village.

To promote and socialize the

village’s tourism potential, with the help of the digital networking, the villagers, village government, district government, provincial government and college academics should be hand in hand in synergy.

Previously the village of Sepakung has been chosen as the location of development prog­ ram by the University of PGRI Semarang (UPGRIS). “It started in 2017 with the launching of Goscanung undertaken

by KKN PPM UPGRIS students with grant funding from the Education Ministry,” said Head of Center for Community Empowerment and KKN UPGRIS,

Drs. Sudargo MSi. Since the beginning of 2018, the community service has been started by utilizing the potential of pine wood that is crafted into various forms of handicrafts that can be marketed by UPGRIS Mechanical Engineer Gostsa Khusnun Nau­ fal SPd MT. He advances the potential of pine wood pieces in the Sepakung Village which originally are used as firewood for cooking.

Another partnership implemented in village is the Partners Village Development Program (PPDM) with multi-year grant funding from the Education Ministry, chaired by Dr. Iin Purnamasari MPd. “The main program is accompaniment for the Srikandi Farmer Group, Karang Taruna Lembah Telomoyo Sepa­ k ung and Sadar Wisata Group,” Sudargo said.

In addition to the village of Sepakung, during his visit to Semarang Regency, Governor Ganjar also visited Pasekan Village, Ambarawa, to inaugurate SROBI Hill Tour. Then he opened the regional meeting (Rakerda) of DPC Association of Government Apparatus of Indonesian Villages (Papdesi) in the Regent House, Semarang. (SM/TPP)

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CIVIL ENGINEERING AT PRESIDENT UNIVERSITY

Prof Scott Younger OBE DEng(Hon) PhD International Chancellor, President University

As part of the expansion of the scope of degree progammes offered at President University, in the fall of 2018 the discipline of civil engineering is to be introduced, a very welcome and vital contribution to the considerable shortfall in the number of civil engineering graduates working across the country. Civil engineering, the oldest such profession in rhe world, is fundamental to addressing the huge investment in infrastructure that is needed across the archipelago for many decades ahead.

The capital investment for the construction industry in the country, whether in the erection of the many thousands of buildings needed for the urbanisation that is to take place for many years ahead, or to supply utilities to support human activities and all the various forms of transportation – roads, railways, ports and airports, is measurable in the trillions of dollars.

In addition. the structure of the profession and the industry is changing steadily to meet the challenges raised by the fast-moving digital econo-

my, and this needs to be recognised in the education of new graduates.

Civil engineering, as opposed to its preceding military focus, was first recognised as an important subject following the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 with the growing potential need to improve land transport links as the Industrial Revolution of the late 18th century took off. The first professional body, the UK Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), was inaugurated in London in 1818, almost exact­ ly two hundred years ago. The first university chair of Civil Engineering was established a few years later at the University of Glasgow. Civil Engineering became the foundation on which the Industrial Age flourished in Europe and then in America.

A notable impact on the future of civil engineering, along with most other disciplines, occurred with the discovery of the properties of the silicon chip and application to computer technology in the 1950s and, from a commercial point of view, the steady advances

in the scope of computer capability. Over the ensuing decades, computers allowed engineers to steadily improve the scope and accuracy of design calculations, eliminating the simplifying assumptions that had to be introduced in pre-computer days. With the growing capability of computers, this led to the standardisation of design software even for complex problems and the more recent developments of 3-D imaging and design.

In parallel, with these design features, computers also allowed the development of packages for project management systems and contract budgetary control. More recently, the introduction of Building Information Mo­ delling (BIM), will have a big influence on the manner in which the construction industry operates in the future and on its efficiency. The industry has already introduced the application of robots where these can undertake certain tasks better than humans especially when a particular ope­r ation involves an element of danger, such as in tunnel

boring tasks.

The future civil engineer will have the opportunity to gain experience across a very wide range of activities but will also be expected to play a major part in multidisciplinary interactive roles, so that the social aspect of major works can be fully taken into account to ensure that results are sustainable as well as environmentally sound.

Today’s civil engineering education and subsequent experience opportunities offers a much more diverse range of jobs, and arguably, an even more exciting career than was possible in the pre-computer days when I became a civil engineer after education at Glasgow University and UC Berkeley.

I look forward to seeing you on campus.

l Professor J Scott Younger OBE

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Ministry of Tourism has targeted 60 tour packages available for the participants of Annual Meeting of International Monetary Fund (IMF) - World Bank Group in October 2018 in Bali. Meanwhile, for the Asian Games on August 18 - September 2, 2018 the ministry has prepared 70 tour packages.

Deputy for Tourism Marketing Development of the mi­ nistry, I Gede Pitana, said that while speaking in the Coordinating Meeting of Tourism Program Synchronization and the Launching of Wonderful Event Calendar of Tambora Enchantment 2018 in Mataram on Thursday (2/22).

For the Asian Games, the mi-

nistry has prepared tour packages to Bangka Belitung, Jakarta, South Sumatra even Bali and Lombok. As for the IMF-WBG delegations, the holiday packages to be available are to Lombok, Komodo, Tanah Toraja, Yogyakarta, Lake Toba and Jakarta.

According to Pitana, he would not expect the direct results, but the afterwards like the Sidney Olympics and Beijing Olympics.

Pitana dismissed the allegations that organizing a festival is a waste of money. He cited Jember Fashion Carnival (JFC) which became widely known after five years running. According to him, the development of tourism is not like planting seasonal crops. It takes a long time to get

the outcome. Bali enjoys its glory after promotional acti­ vities since 1920.

As ‘an elder brother’, Bali has been helping develop its neighboring areas, like Lombok which now receives many foreign tourists from Bali. Every day there are tour groups to Gili Trawangan and surrounding areas. “Tourism makes the neighboring areas follow suit to grow. No need to compete,” Pitana said.

Head of Tourism Office of West Nusa Tenggara Lalu Moh Faozal said the province has four national tourism calendars to be held in Lombok and Sumbawa Island.

The government has also scheduled the Pesona Moyo Festival and Festival of Tambora Enchantment to commemorate the eruption of Tambora Mountain. The festival will feature art and cultural performances in every regency on the island of Sumbawa. ‘’It is hoped to remove the disparity between the destinations in Lombok and Sumbawa,’’ he said. (TMP/ TPP)

Australian Investors Build First Marina in Indonesia Worth Rp1 Trillion marinadelreyhotel.com

PT Marina Del Ray, owned by Australian investors, has begun the construction of marina complete with its supporting facilities by investing Rp1 trillion in Gili Gede waters, West Lombok Regency, West Nusa Teng­ gara (NTB). This marina will become the first cruise ship port in Indonesia.

“We have started the development with the installation of floating jetty at the length of 80 meters and will continue with the installation of 150 meters pontoon,” said General Manager of PT Marina Del Ray, Puri Yusuf, SH, who was accompanied by CEO of PT Marina Del Ray, Captain Raymond La Fontaine, in West Lombok on Sunday (2/11).

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Puri said Gili Gede was chosen for its strategic location. It is a bay with calm waters, so it is suitable for marina, especially for the docking of yachts.

The Gili Gede area, under the authority of Gili Gede Indah Village, has also been visited several times by tourists from various countries who came over using yachts.

To realize the project, Puri said she has taken care of all permits needed from the local governments of village, district, West Lombok Regency, NTB Province and the Ministry of Transportation as well.

PT Marina Del Ray has met all the requirements set by the government through the Minister of Communication Regula-

tion 2017 on Special Terminals and Terminals for Own Use. The regulation, said Puri, requires nine conditions to be met for building a yacht marina.

Three of the conditions are environmental management and monitoring reports (UKL-UPL), navigation survey and location permit.

“We have completed the UKLUPL, the navigation survey has also been done by involving the Navigation Benoa Bali. Likewise with the location permit, we have fulfilled all the requirements,” she added.

The construction of the marina, according to her, is estimated to cost up to Rp1 trillion. The fund is for building a marina, a resort and other related businesses on six hectares of land in Gili Gede Indah Village. Additionally, various infrastructures will also be built, ranging from hydropower plant to water processing plant to clean the wastewater after being used in the electricity production process at the hydropower plant.

According to Puri, the marina will provide benefits for the local people by working at the marina or providing tourist services by their own. (BRT1/TPP)

To Promote Tourism, President Agrees Governor Build Airport in North Bali

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There are a lot of developments in the bilateral cooperation and on tourism both countries agreed to open direct flights such as to Lake Toba, Belitung, Bintan, and Yogyakarta.”

Indonesia and Singapore have agreed to open direct flights, including the routes of SingaporeBelitung and Singapore-Lake Toba via Silangit Airport, Medan.

Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi said the opening of the direct flights is one effort to develop and strengthen the bilateral cooperation with Singapore in tourism.

“There are a lot of developments in the bilateral cooperation and on tourism both countries agreed to open direct flights such as to Lake Toba, Belitung, Bintan, and Yogyakarta,” said Retno after meeting with Si-

ngapore Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan in Jakarta on Wednesday (2/14).

According to Retno, RI and Singapore also began to explore the cooperation on cruise ship tours that will sail from Marina Port, Singapore, to Indonesian tourist destinations like Medan, Palembang, Semarang, Surabaya, and Bali.

“Since last December the cruise line from Singapore to Bali has been opened. We are also developing a partnership between Pelindo III and one company in Singapore to open the cruise line from Marina to Banyuwangi in East Java,” said Retno.

The tourism has become one of the salient sectors in the relations between the two countries. Indonesian Ambassador to Singapore I Gusti Ngurah Swajaya said Singapore is the second largest contributor of foreign tourists to Indonesia after China.

On the other hand, Ngurah said, Indonesia is also the second largest tourist origin country to Singapore after China.

“Both of us used to be biggest tourist sender to each other, but now are beaten by China. In fact, tourism has many economic benefits and opportunities for both countries,” Ngurah said.

He added the government is actively promoting 10 new tourist destinations that are not less exotic than Bali which has been the icon of Indonesian tourism in Singapore.

Ngurah also said tourism promotion is expected to encourage investors from Singapore and other countries to be interested to invest in Indonesia.

“We are promoting 10 new tourist destinations to not only bring in tourists but investors as well,” he said, adding the tourism could become a drivers to attract more investors to Indonesia, considering last year the investment value from Singapore dropped slightly.

In 2016, Singapore’s investments in Indonesia reached US$9.2 million, while in 2017 it decreased to US$8.4 million.

The decline, Ngurah said, was due to a number of large investment projects came in throughout 2016.

“There were so many big projects coming in during 2016 so that in 2017 it’s back to normal.

We expect the year 2018 will attract large investments again.

That is why we keep trying to strengthen the cooperation between the two countries,” said Ngurah. (CNN/TPP)

In a limited meeting with the Bali governor, President Joko Widodo agreed on the construction of an airport in North Bali to develop tourism in Bali. The president said since Bali relies on the tourism heavily, the infrastructures must be adequate.

“Bali needs one more airport,” he said on Thursday (2/22) in Jakarta.

Currently Bali only has one international airport of Ngurah Rai in Badung Regency, South Bali. People in North Bali want one more airport in Buleleng Regency to support the growth of tourism there. The governor and the Buleleng regent have issued their approvals for the construction of the airport.

Jokowi said he let the governor of Bali to decide on how to develop the airport. According to the Bali governor, there is an investor who is ready to build the airport. “We have consulted with the Transportation Minister to determine the location whether over the sea

or on the coastal area,” said the governor.

Previously the president summoned Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Panjaitan to discuss the involvement of private companies in building and managing airports. “We will do it soon.

Our spirit is involving the private sector,” he said.

Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika said he made sure that the airport would not be built on the productive land of paddy fields nor the historical sites. The location has been determined about 19 kilometers east of Singaraja, the capital city of Buleleng Regency.

The governor called on the Buleleng residents to prepare their best tourist destinations as well as prepare themselves to welcome the tourists from all around the world coming to North Bali. During this time most of the tourists are only interested to come to South Bali.

In general, Bali is divided into South Bali and North Bali. Bali is famous as a favorite tourist destination for foreign and domestic tourists. Unfortunately, the tourism industry is growing more rapidly in South Bali than North Bali. So now the local government is trying to push the deve­lopment of tourism in North Bali.

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To Increase Exports, Sido Muncul Opens Offices in the Philippines and Nigeria PT Industri Jamu and Pharmaceutical Sido Muncul Tbk (SIDO) is pushing its overseas sales. The company has even established subsi­ diaries abroad acting as a marketing chain.

Sido Muncul has opened its marketing offices in the Philippines and Nigeria to have direct sales in both countries.

“Previously we only export the products, but now for the Philippines and Nigeria, we will act as importer too and do active sales,” said Director of Finance of Sido Muncul Venancia Sri Indijati at the Ener­gy Building, Jakarta, on Wednesday (1/31).

According to Venancia, currently Sido Muncul products have been exported to 16 countries, including Malaysia, the Netherlands, the United States and Africa.

However, the company only acts as an exporter and does not distri-bute the products itself.

The exported Sido Muncul products of Tolak Angin and Kuku Bima was below 1% in 2016 of the total sales, then increased twice in 2017. For this year, the company targets to increase the exports to 5 percent.

Venancia said the establishment of Sido Muncul marketing office in the Philippines has been approved and is expected to start operating in April 2018.

Meanwhile in Nigeria, the marketing office is still under the registration process. Even so the company is still exporting to the country through its partner importers there.

The marketing office of Sido Muncul in Nigeria will be ope­ rated under the company called Muncul Nigeria Limited. The capital needed to establish the company amounted to 10 million Naira or equivalent to Rp370.27 million.

The capital is transformed into 10 million shares valued at 1 Naira per share. The company owns 99% of the shares, while the rest is owned by Maria Reviani. (DTK/TPP)

Ikimura Group, Indonesian Creation Recognized by Japan Ikimura Group was established in 1991 by Hadrianto Abas who has been in the business on steel and metal cutting tools for 36 years. presidentpost.com

Left - Right : Dessy Anapesy, Abigael Jane, Rudy Subrata GM Jababeka, Hadrianto Abas, Jonathan Abas

Started his career as a salesman, Abas was reprimanded by his superior with a senseless reason. Having mastered the business, Abas decided to resign and started his own trading compa-

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Jababeka Morotai Offers Zero DP Condotel in Special Economic Zone PT Jababeka Morotai, a subsidiary of PT Jababeka Tbk, has officially launched its first condotel product located in the Morotai Special Economic Zone under the name of D’Aloha Loft Studio Apartment.

D’Aloha Loft Studio Apartment consists of 120 units but now there are only 80 units left for flat studio measuring 17.5 m2.

The flat studio comes in fully-furnished and will be managed as a hotel room by the management of D’Aloha Resort Jababeka Morotai under the profit sharing concept of 50:50.

D’Aloha Loft Studio Apartment is offered at the prices starting from Rp110 million to Rp180 million. The interesting thing is that this condotel provides 80 years of HGB (freehold title) for foreign investors with KITAS Morotai minimal 5 years.

The limited marketing Strata Title Certified Condotel has a return of investment (ROI) for 6

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Ikimura Group began in a 2 × 3 meters room at Jembatan Merah and turned into a growing company and gave birth to 5 subsidiaries (IKIMURA INDOTOOLS

CENTER, IKITECH PRECISION GRINDING, MACHINING MANDIRI PRATAMA, DELTA LOGAM MAKMUR, MULTI PRECISION UTAMA) with a total workforce of 400 people. About Rp200 billion has been invested by Abas to build a business dynasty that is currently assisted by his daughter Abigael Jane and his son Jonathan Abas.

With 80 percent clients are automotive companies from Japan, Abas decided to get closer to the clients located in the Jababeka Industrial Estate Cikarang in 2005.

A factory sized 800 m2 on the land area of 1,800 m2 was established in Southeast Asia’s largest industrial estate, as the production center of Ikitech, one of the subsidiaries of Ikimura Group, which has one of the best engine facilities in Indonesia, supported

by Bekasi Power, Cikarang Dry Port, Water Treatment Plant and other complete facilities from Ja-

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are issued.

Meanwhile, the cost of minor renovation/repair of the apartment units during the operations and beyond will be done by the hotel management using the funds generated from the hotel’s operating net income (set aside 10%/year).

D’Aloha Loft Studio is equipped with several excellent facilities such as Restaurant, Cafe, Shopping Center, Function Hall for Meeting and Events, Gym, Jogging Track and 24 Hour Security.

D’Aloha Loft Studio is located in the Special Economic Zone (KEK) of Morotai with a travel time only 20 minutes from the Pitu Morotai International Airport which is planned to be fully operational in early 2019. (TPP)

the Javanese language which means it’s cheap. Abas did not think that the name Ikimura in Japanese means Technology Kampong which is certainly very good.

With the motto of honesty and integrity, Abas’ business becomes fruitful. He has established cooperation with 300 customers, including Toyota, Astra Honda, Honda Prospect and Yamaha.

“With Yamaha it needs 3 years to get the PO with 2 years of trial, Toyota is just as difficult,” said Abas.

In the future Abas expects to enter the export market. “Our target is to Japan. Now there are exports but small-scale to South Africa, Malaysia and the Philippines,” he said.

Closing the interview, Abas said that Indonesian people indeed have the capability to compete in the manufacturing industry worldwide. (TPP)

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years with a down payment (DP) 0%. The buyers can pay in installments at Rp2,500,000/month for 72 months. The price includes VAT (value added tax) as well as Free Maintenance Fee and Service Charge.

The owners of D’Aloha Loft Studio Apartment units will get free stay for 21 days or equivalent to a voucher valued at Rp8.000.000 in 1 year for 5 years.

If the owners of the loft studio units bring in a guest to stay at the D’Aloha Loft Studio, then eve­ ry night spent by the guest will generate 1 point of membership for the owners. The membership points can be redeemed for Rp50,000-vouchers and use them to stay at the D’Aloha Loft Studio.

The vouchers can be accumulated before use and are valid for 1 year from the date the vouchers

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According to Abas, the automotive spare parts manufacturers both cars and motorcycles turn out to need a lot of cutting tools with specific design, size, and tolerance. “So, we cannot buy in Glodok and use them directly. They must be modified first into a specific design. This is what our company do, to meet the custom requirements of the clients.”

Jane added such tools were used to be imported which became very expensive and needed up to 3 months to arrive.

To deal with the tough competition, Jonathan said good service was one of the keys. “Many Japanese companies are operating 24 hours, so sometimes we got an order at 1 am or on Sunday at 4 am.”

The name Ikimura makes people think that IIC is a Ja­ panese company, but Abas explained that Ikimura comes from

Shopee, the leading e-commerce company in Southeast Asia and Taiwan has hosted a special shopping campaign, entitled “Shopee Days of Love” on February 1-14, presenting up to 80% discount and the chance to win the Grand Prize of diamond ring. It previously introduced its Brand Ambassador Prilly Latuconsina at the Lucy in The Sky, Jakarta, on Wednesday (2/7).

The collaboration with Prilly is a manifestation of Shopee’s strong commitment to providing the best online shopping

experience for the costumers and building strong relationships with them whom are mostly millennial generation.

“The millennial market is developing well and we are looking for a brand ambassador who can keep up with it. Hopefully with Prilly, we will bring the millennials closer to Shopee,” said the Brand Manager of Shopee.

Shopee CEO Chris Feng said the Shopee consumer base in Indonesia is dominated by the age group of 15-25 years old.

Even the merchant partners are mostly young in the age group of 25-30 years old.

“Millennials are the majority of our stakeholders,” he said.

It becomes increasingly important and effective to engage with the millennial generation as the agent of change in the digital world and as one of the main drivers to grow the e-commerce industry in Indonesia.

According to Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) data, the millennial generation is 32% of the total population. In Shopee Indonesia, the number of millennial users increased by 5 times compared to the previous year.

Shopee has been downloaded more than 25 million times

in Indonesia. Since its launch, Indonesia has become one of Shopee’s biggest markets.

Shopee has also managed to reach users in 515 cities and counties across the country.

Shopee is the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan. It is a customized platform for the region, providing an easy, secure, and fast online shopping experience through powerful payment and logistical support.

Shopee pledged to continuously upgrade its platform to become the preferred e-commerce. Shopee has a wide selection of products ranging from electronics to home, health & beauty, baby & kids, fashion and fitness.

Shopee was first launched in Singapore in 2015, and has since expanded its coverage into Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines. Sea Limited is a leader in digital entertainment, e-commerce and digital financial services in Southeast Asia. The Sea’s mission is to improve the lives of consumers and small businesses with technology, and is listed on the NYSE under the SE symbol.

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BUSINESS PP Properti to Market TOD Project at Juanda Station in Second Half of 2018 PP Properti Tbk (PPRO) is still waiting for the licensing completion for the project of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) which is integrated with the mass transportation mode. The company cannot yet start the construction or market the project before the permit is issued.

Director of PP Properti Galih Saksono said that the marketing of the vertical housing project, to be built in the area of Juanda Station, will be done after the building permit (IMB) is issued. “We are still in the process of taking care of the permit,” he said on Thursday (2/15).

Although has yet to be marketed, Galih said, PP Properti started to test the market in the fourth quarter of 2017 after conducted a groundbreaking ceremony. According to him, the market response to the project was so good that the company keeps trying to complete the

building permit immediately.

Galih added that the project development would not need a long time, but the time needed to get the building permit in Jakarta is indeed relatively long, about six to seven months. “We are ta­ king care the regular IMB permit.”

The groundbreaking for the vertical housing project to be built in the area of Tanah Abang Station has also been done at the same time with the Juanda Station project, but it will be built and marketed next year. Galih said he will focus on the Juanda Station project first because the market response has been very good.

According to Galih, the prospect of developing the property business with TOD concept will increasingly in demand in the future, because the location is close or integrated with the mass transportation mode so that it

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In addition to Juanda Station, PPRO will also develop a TOD-based project in Jababeka under the cooperation with PT Grahabuana Cikarang.

They will build a mixed use complex that covers apartment and commercial area in the form of Japanese concept mall. The project, adopting the concept of little Tokyo, is planned to be marketed in the second half of 2018.

“The project in Jababeka will be a TOD-based development, which will be connected to the Jakarta-Bandung speed train and complemented with other transportation modes from and to the other regions,” Galih said. (KONTAN/TPP)

Standard Chartered Indonesia held a press conference regarding Wealth on Wealth (WoW) financial seminar at the Hotel Mulia Senayan, Jakarta, on Tuesday (2/6), attended by CEO Rino Donosepoetro, Executive Director and Head of Wealth Management Bambang Simarno, and Chief Economist Aldian Taloputra.

“The WoW seminar marks the 14th year of the bank’s commitment to consistently share the view with the customers to guide them in investing, along with the dynamics of global financial markets that also affect the national economic situation,” said Rino.

He added that amid the electoral season which usually causes a turmoil somehow, but the strong fundamentals will push the national GDP to keep growing driven by private consumption and investment.

“We also expect the retail sector will grow. We predict the economic growth will reach 5.2 percent and even at 5.3 percent due to the promising indicators,” Rino said.

In the meantime Bambang said, “The WoW seminar is a reflection of our commitment where customers are the top priority of the bank. Through the WoW platform, we are committed to guiding the customers on their investment options based on an understanding of global, regional and national economic markets and the dynamics of changing fi-

nancial priorities every year according to customers’ needs at every stage of life.”

Aldian added, “With a fairly conservative budget deficit target of 2.2 percent of GDP, we believe that the government has room to increase spending in line with improved prospects for tax revenues. It is expected that private consumption will be relatively stable this year, supported by the availability of jobs, controlled inflation, and financial stability. The private investment will also be able to increase due to the improving economic climate.”

During the WoW Seminar, Standard Chartered also introduced a new wealth management product, named Bahana Dana Ekuitas Prima (DEP), a stock mutual fund with index strategy that offers competitive value and optimum diversification.

DEP provides an aggressive investment risk profile by investing in IDX30, 30 selective shares selected from LQ45 with the criteria of high liquidity and best performance.

The IDX30 showed more optimum returns than other indexes in the last five years.

To meet the customers’ needs for life insurance as well as investment, Standard Chartered Bank in partnership with Prudential Indonesia presents two latest investment funds in US Dollar called PRUlink US Dollar Global Low Volatility Equity Fund (DGLV) and PRUlink US Dollar Global Emerging Markets Equity Fund (DGEM) attached to the unit link product of VERSAlink investor account (single premium) and VERSAlink maxima account (regular premium). (TPP)

FWD Life Indonesia (FWD Life) launched a life insurance product called FWD LooP at the Empirica Jakarta on Monday (2/12).

The FWD LooP is distributed online to bring new experiences in insurance.

Providing complete protection, including critical illness benefit at an affordable price, the launch of FDW LooP is expected to increase the relatively low penetration rate of life insu­ rance at 2.99% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This is due to the public’s assumption on life insurance which is difficult to understand and expensive.

FWD Life President Director Choo Sin Fook said, “Our vision is to change the way people think about insurance and we are committed to keep innovating to meet the people’s need for

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Government Invites AirAsia to Invest in Indonesian Airports Tourism Minister Arief Yahya has said that many airlines are interested to invest in or open routes to tourist destinations in Indonesia.

One of them is AirAsia Indonesia who wants to provide low cost carrier (LCC) services to some favored tourism locations such as Silangit, Banyuwangi, and Belitung.

“The aviation company has suggested the airports to have LCC terminal, just like in the countries whose tourism has developed well,” said Arief at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta, on Tuesday (2/20).

He further said that the LCC terminal is designed for cheaper airline services. For example, the passenger service charge which is usually Rp200,000, for LCC it is only Rp150,000 or even Rp100,000.

“We offer the company to build an LCC terminal in Banyuwangi, Silangit, and Belitung. So it’s not an LCC airport but terminal, like in the Soekarno-Hatta Airport where there are 3 terminals and one of them is allocated for the budget flights. Such

Tony Fernandes wants to invest in Silangit to make it a hub for flights from India, Pakistan, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, China, and Thailand.” arrangement will benefits tourism,” Aried added.

Earlier, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Panjaitan met with CEO of Air-Asia Group Tony Fernandes. According to Luhut, in the meeting Tony presented his plan to develop Silangit International Airport in North Sumatra as a hub for airlines serving the internatio­ nal routes.

“Tony Fernandes wants to invest in Silangit to make it a hub for flights from India, Pakistan, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, China, and Thailand,” said Luhut in his office on Monday (2/19).

AirAsia is also willing to invest in the development of Blimbingsari Airport in Banyuwangi, East Java. (DTK/TPP)

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complete protection insurance products at affordable prices. In line with the technology development, we make life insurance purchases as easy as shopping online.”

Chief Product Proposition & Sharia of FWD Life Ade Bungsu said that FWD Life is committed to bring unique differentiation in every product.

“Previously, FWD Life presented personal accident benefit as the only insurance product that guarantees protection for highrisk activities called ACTU-FREE and launched a Less Exclusion initiative that reduces the excep-

Developing Smart Port, Cikarang Dry Port Officially Launches MyCDP Application Cikarang Dry Port (CDP), a land port managed by PT Cikarang Inland Port, officially launched MyCDP application that can be accessed through android smartphone at the Djakarta Theater XXI Club, Jakarta, on Wednesday (2/7).

The MyCDP app is part of the smart port vision that is being developed by the company.

Aimed at facilitating the customers in performing their activities at the Cikarang Dry Port, the smart port concept began with the implementation of auto gate system. Then it was added with the electronic delivery order system (e-DO) when some services companies started to operate at the land port.

Now the smart port concept at the Cikarang Dry Port is completed with the mobile application which will make it easier for the users to manage their logistics activities by using their smart phone whenever and wherever they want.

Benny Woenardi, Managing Director of Cikarang Dry Port in his speech said, “We launch the MyCDP to facilitate the users of CDP services that can be accessed anywhere and anytime through their smart phones. Various parties involved in the chain of logistics activities will be interconnected via the Internet and the cloud.”

“For the next stage we will develop an online payment system that, when combined with previous facilities, will streamline the business processes and improve the benefits of our onshore port services. This is what we call the concept of smart port,” he

tions to all FWD Life products,” said Ade. He added, “In 2018, FWD Life launches the latest product of FWD LooP that offers three main advantages: value, fairness and simplicity.”

Meanwhile on the same occasion, FWD Life Director and Chief Agency Officer Hendra Thanwijaya said, “One of the key strengths of FWD LooP is in the combination of online channels and agencies that streamline the purchasing process.”

According to him, through the online channels, the customers can first learn the features of products and benefits offered anytime and anywhere.

After that, the interested customers can make an appointment to meet with an agent to complete the process of purchasing at the place and time desired by the customer.

“The simplification of this process makes the insurance purchase more convenient and effective not only for the customers but also for our agents,” he concluded. (TPP)

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concluded.

The MyCDP application has 5 features plus 1 additional functionality. The 5 features are Assign, Container Tracking, Reefer Data, Tariff Simulation, and Feeder Service, while the 1 additional functionality is Notification.

The Assign feature allows you to associate your bill of lading with your transport and/or truck providers when picking up the imported containers.

The Container Tracking feature provides information on the position of import-export containers and monitor the time of in and out of the seaports or CDP. The Data Reefer provides information on the condition and temperature of reefer containers while in the CDP area, so the users can monitor it.

The Tariff Simulation feature helps the users to estimate the total cost of terminals in accordance with the date of exit.

Meanwhile the Feeder Service feature is useful for monitoring and ordering the feeder of export delivery, import picking up and domestic transport.

There is also a Notification function, useful for informing the exit or enter time of the containers from/to the seaport or Cikarang Dry Port.

The forwarder or PPJK will be immediately notified if the trucker has entered or exited the CDP area. This additional function will appear like a pop-up of incoming messages on the smart phone.

The MyCDP app can be downloaded from Google Play with the keyword “Cikarang Dry Port” or “MyCDP”. Upon the registration, the CPD will verify the input data first before giving an ID to the customer. (TPP)

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ENERGY Jonan Cuts 22 Regulations on Electricity, Mining, Oil and Gas esdm.go.id

Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Minister Ignasius Jonan has revoked 22 out of 51 regulations in the ESDM sector, leaving it to only 29. The regulations on oil and gas are simplified from 10 to 7, on electricity from 2 to 1, on mining from 6 to 1, on EBTKE from 6 to 2, on SKK from 27 to 18. “We have thrown out 22 regulations in the hope to boost investment with the target of US$50 billion this year. It is almost twice that 2017 target,�

Jonan said in a press conference at his office on Monday (2/12).

Ten regulations on oil and gas field are: 1. Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MESDM) Regulation no. 16/2011 on Oil Fuel Distribution Activities 2. MESDM Regulation no.

26/2009 on Supply and Distribution of LPG 3. MESDM Regulation no.

037/2006 on Procedure for Submission of Import and Settlement of Goods for Upstream Business Operations 4. MESDM Regulation no.

06/2016 on Stipulation of Allocation, Utilization and Price of Natural Gas 5. MESDM Regulation no.

38/2017 on Safety Inspection of

Installation and Equipment in Oil and Gas Business Activities 6. MESDM Regulation no.

35/2008 on Procedures for Determination and Tender of Working Areas 7. MESDM Regulation no.

36/2008 on Procedures for Determination and Tender of Working Areas of Methane Gas, Coal, Oil and Gas 8. MESDM Regulation no.

05/2012 on Procedures for Determination and Tender of NonConventional Oil and Gas Working Areas 9. MESDM Regulation no.

01/2011 on Technical Guidelines for Offshore Oil and Gas Offloading 10. MESDM Regulation no.

27/2008 on Oil and Gas Supporting Business Activities Two regulations on electricity are: 1. MESDM Regulation no.

0045/2005 on Electricity Installation 2. MESDM Regulation no.

046/2006 on Amendment to MESDM Regulation no.

0045/2005 on Installation Electricity Six regulations on mining are: 1. MESDM Regulation no.

12/2011 on Procedures for Determination of WUP and Infor-

mation System of Mineral and Coal Mining Areas 2. MESDM no. 25/2016 on Amendment to MESDM Regulation 12/2011 on Procedures for Establishment of WUP and Information System of Mineral and Coal Mining Areas 3. Ministerial Regulation no.

28/2013 on Procedures for Auction of WIUP and WIUPK on Mining Business Activities of Minerals and Coal 4. MESDM Regulation no.

34/2017 on Licensing Mineral and Coal Mining Areas 5. ESDM Regulation no.

15/2017 on Procedures for IUPK Production Operation as a Continuation of KK or PKP2B Operation 6. Decree of ESDM no.

1453/2000 on Technical Guidelines for Implementation of Government Duties in General Mining Six regulations on New and Renewable Energy and Conservation (EBTKE) are: 1. MESDM Regulation no.

18/2014 on Labeling Energy Saving for Swabalast Lamps 2. MESDM Regulation no.

57/2017 on Implementation of Minimum Energy Performance Standard and Inclusion of Energy Efficient Label for Air Conditioning Equipment 3. MESDM Regulation no.

44/2016 on Forms and Procedures for Placement and Disbursement of Commitments in Geothermal Exploration 4. MESDM Regulation no.

21/2017 on Management of Mud and Dust Waste from Geothermal Drilling 5. MESDM Regulation no.

36/2017 on Procedures for Assignment of Preliminary Survey and Assignment of Preliminary and Geothermal Survey 6. MESDM Regulation no.

37/2017 on Geothermal Working Areas for Indirect Use. (DTK/ TPP)

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EVENT Emil Salim: Offshore Embankment Solution for Floods and Robs in North Areas of Java Island presidentpost.com

The Indonesian Business Data Center (PDBI) held a summit themed “Jakarta to Sink without Reclamation?” at the President Lounge of Batavia Tower, Jakarta, on Thursday (2/1). The event was attended by Prof. Dr. Emil Salim, Joe Cochrane from The New York Times, Daliana Suryawinata (a master plan designer of Jakarta Jaya) from SHAU Architects and Christianto Wibisono from PDBI. In his presentation, Emil Salim said that Java Island has become Island City, where tens of millions of people live on fertile land. Emil said he was worried

about the fertile land that should ensure the sustainability of Indonesian food, but lately most of it had turned into urban areas.

“The island of Java is hit by strong waves from the north, especially Central Java, so its land looks different from other parts of Java,” he said.

Emil explained that the condition is exacerbated by unequal development, more in the north than the south so that the island sustains heavy and unbalanced loads. “Not to mention about excessive use of groundwater, causing lack of water and land subsidence.”

The new plains will be state-owned to be used as much as possible for the welfare of the people” “All these, coupled with global warming factor that causes the sea level rise; we don’t need a Phd degree to see logically what will happen next,” he added.

Emil also mentioned various chronic flood and rob problems in the northern coast of Java, ranging from environmen-

Bio-Oil Launches 200ml Package PT Radiant Sentra Nutrindo introduced Bio-Oil 200ml during the event of ‘Bio-Oil Your Healthy Skin Habit’ at the Kertanegara Resital Hall, Jakarta, on Tuesday (2/13).

The new member of the Bio-Oil family comes as a complement to the packages of 25ml, 60ml and 125ml already in the market. Nowadays Indonesian wo­ men are driven to have a good ha­ bit in caring for healthy skin and transfer the habit to the nearest environment.

“That has encouraged us to bring in the Bio-Oil 200ml as a practical skincare product with bigger volume. We expect Indonesian women will transfer their habit in caring for their skin to the other women close to them,” said Ida Ayu Suksmawadanti, a representative of PT Radiant Sentral.

Most of Indonesian women want to keep their skin healthy although they have to do various activities. “For women especially those who are living in Jakarta, pollution and climate change may cause a variety of problems on their skin, such as dull and dry, more sensitive, or uneven skin color,” said dr. Kelvin A. Maharis, who attended the launch of Bio-Oil 200ml.

He advised to have healthy habits with simple deeds. “Clean the face regularly after doing an activity, using a moisturizer that contains antioxidants every morning and night after bathing.

In addition to vitamin E, other ing­redients that provide skin protection are Calendula which acts in reducing the inflammation

and calm the skin, and Rosemary which acts as a mild antiseptic.”

Nurhayatini, Product Manager of PT Radiant Sentral Nutrindo said, “Bio-Oil is a complete skin care product but practical to be carried and used at all times.

Although based on oil, Bio-Oil is easily absorbed by the skin, thanks to a breakthrough ingredient of PurCellin Oil ™ that makes Bio-Oil known as dry oil.”

She also emphasized that BioOil 200ml has the same benefits and ingredients as the previous packages. Its natural essentials of Chamomile, Calendula, Lavender, Rosemary and Vitamins A and E are effective to nourish dehydrated skin and smoothe it after being exposed to the sun.

Kotak Band members Tantri and Chua shared their experiences during pregnancy which caused stretch marks on their tummy skins. They regularly applied Bio-Oil on the stretch marks and now the stretch marks have gone and their skins have become smoother and moist.

“The Bio-Oil 200ml is available in the traditional and modern outlets as well as trusted online shopping sites with the price at Rp280,000,” Ida said, closing the event. (EVA/TPP)

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Kratingdaeng Organizes “Kratingdaeng Supercrosser The Ultimate Dirtwar”

The Kratingdaeng energy drink held a press conference at the 101 Hundred Eatery Bar, Century Park Senayan, on Thursday (2/15) regarding the “Kratingdaeng Supercrosser The Ultimate Dirtwar” to be organized with the concept of roadshow race in 12 cities in Indonesia, while introducing the latest logo of the event.

The 12 cities are Malang, Kediri, Tegal, Purwakarta, Cikarang, Palembang, Yogyakarta, Semarang, Tasik, Jombang, Dieng and Bandung. There will be 15 series of motor racing of Endurocross, Powertrack, Supercross and predicted to attract more than 10,000 spectators as well as 1,000 Grasstrack and Motocross racers.

The press conference was attended by Brand Manager

tal damage in the upstream, watershed, sedimentation, groundwater retention, ri­sing sea level due to the global warming, garbage and so on.

The solution offered by Email is the Offshore Embankment (TLP), “The solution is the Offshore Levee.

This is a holistic solution to the problems of flood and rob,” he added.

According to him, the TLP will prevent sea water from seeping through the land, the river mud se-diment from entering the sea to form new coral ha-bitat, sea water intrusion, and heavy metal contami-nation on estuary beach, while creating a vigorous retention lake, a reservoir of fresh water in a very large amount even greater than Jatiluhur, a harbor within 20 meters without dredging, and creating new large plains.

“The new plains will be state-owned to be used as much as possible for the welfare of the people,” he said.

Emil closed his presentation in the hope that the TLP would be built adopting the techniques deve­ loped by Indonesian experts led by John Wirawan and his friends in Jakarta, Bandung, and Semarang. The techniques are believed to be able to save the land from subsidence while saving the natural paths of fishermen to the Java Island. “Fishermen are the poorest people in Indonesia, so their interests must take precedence,” he said.

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of Kratingdaeng Sigid Hindorosetu, Marketing Director of Kratingdaeng Davin Thomas Lai, Secretary General of the Indonesian Motor Accosiation (IMI) Ir. Jefri JP, and Organizer Juadiarto.

In cooperation with IMI, the Kratingdaeng Supercrosser The Ultimate Dirtwar is expected to generate young professional racers in Indonesia.

The first series will consist of 6 (six) rounds of Endurocross to take place in Malang (March 4), Tegal (March 11), Yogyakarta (March 18), Kediri (March 25), Purwakarta (April 15), and Cikarang (April 29).

The race is divided into classes of local hobby, local open, import hobby and import open, according to the skill of each racer. While the Enduro-

cross is accommodating the local racers, the Powertrack and Supercross will involve the national and international racers.

Marketing Director of Kratingdaeng Davin Thomas Lai said, “This event is a Kratingdaeng idea to elevate the existence of Indonesian racers in the hope that both the Grasstrack and Motocross racers can be more motivated to improve their skill and also as an arena for the national racers to demonstrate their skills and improve their achievements.”

Kratingdaeng will also recruit Supercrosser/Racer with a good achievement to serve as Kratingdaeng athlete and win an interesting prize. So this is a golden opportunity for the

racers to prove themselves, Davin added.

Automotive sports activities today show a rapid development where the main activities serve as a forum for young people to channel their interests and talents. In recent years, motor sports activities have also made significant progress in various regions of Indonesia and gained support from the local governments, the private sector, and the general public.

The Kratingdaeng Supercrosser The Ultimate Dirtwar is also expected to generate world class racers who become the pride of the Indonesian nation both in the national and international races. (RISMA/TPP)

Indonesia is rich in culture and batik is one of our prides.

So, how is about the idea and design on the traditional Gedog batik and woven cloths typical Kerek, Tuban?

On Saturday (2/10), the Textile Museum presented speaker Fajar Ciptandi, an S3 (doctoral) graduate of the Bandung Institute of Technology majoring on the Study of Arts and Design.

During his study, he actively conducted researches on the tradition and Nusantara Wastra (Indonesian traditional cloths) starting in 2009.

Fajar was speaking at the event of “A Knowledge and Collaboration Between Traditional Ideas and Design Concepts on Gedog Traditional Batik and Woven Cloths Typical Kerek, Tuban.”

He explained why he chose batik for his research. “I like fabric because I studied textile previously. At first, I had no interest at all but then I found something interesting in a piece of cloth when it turns into valuable textile,” said Fajar.

He added how he began to research on Gedog Batik, Kerek typical cloth. “I read many reference books about batik and found many articles about Tuban batik. It seemed the batik did not develop well.”

Fajar said that he was so curious about the Tuban batik. “Out of curiosity, first I searched for the books about Kerek. I finally got a book authored by Herina, writing on Kerek more comprehensively.

Then I wanted to prove whether the book is true.”

Unfortunately, Fajar found out that what he read in the book and the facts in the field were not the same. He learned the people in Tuban are now much more modern and so the designs of the batik there, which look more contemporary than traditionally.

Textile Museum, located on Jl. Aipda Ks. Tubun Raya No.24, RT.4/RW.2, Kota Bambu Selatan, Palmerah, West Jakarta, is a museum showcasing collectibles for the public. This museum also serves as a place for conserving the local wisdoms of the society.

To enter this museum, a visitor has to pay Rp5000 for adult, Rp3000 for college students and Rp2000 for students/children.

For those who are curious about batik cloth of Tuban, they can come to the Textiles Museum which is holding an exhibition on the batik until March 8. Let’s take family, friends, relatives, and people you love to come to this museum! (TPP)

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The congestion in Jakarta is getting worse. Jakarta Heli Club gave a joy f light to the businessmen at Jababeka Golf and Country Club, Cikarang, on Thursday (2/22).

Congestion is one of the main problems of the Capital City of Jakarta and various ways have been done by the government to overcome the traffic jams such as LRT and elevated toll roads. But this is not in line with the rapid growth of vehicle number which reaches 10% a year.

Setiawan Mardjuki, Jakarta Heli Club management,

said, “It’s very inefficient if we are stuck in the car.”

He mentioned that helicopter is very significant to cut down traveling time from one point to another. The Jakarta Heli Club also made a new breakthrough where investors can have a helicopter without having to buy a helicopter.

“By joining the Jakarta Heli Club membership, every member is able to use the helicopter and even they can put their logo on the copter,” he added.

On the same occasion, Iwan Darmawan Hanafi as Chair-

man of Jakarta Heli Club said that this new club was established one and a half years ago and it is a new transportation innovation in Indonesia.

“Jakarta Heli Club is a new means of transportation in Indonesia and now we have started with the first membership system in Indonesia,” said Iwan.

Meanwhile, the famous Tung Desem Waringin explained the benefits of becoming a Founder Member.

One of them is the price for such a member is cheaper than if somebody hires a heli-

copter without becoming one.

“Additionally, you can also buyback when you are no longer a member. The requirement is very easy, you just have to be a member for 3 years. After that, it’s up to you,” he said.

At the end of event, the founder members and invitees were given the opportunity to have a joy f light with H125 Airbus helicopter round trip. According to the plan, 12 units of helicopters will be operated with currently 27 founder members have already joined the Jakarta Heli Club. (Eva /TPP)

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EDUCATION UNAIR Student Wins Scientific Writing Competition in Turkey

Reading the Implementation of Big Data and Future Trend president.ac.id

School of Computing President University (PresUniv) collaborated with Internship & Career Center (ICC) and Communication Bureau, and SetSail BizAccel held a guest lecture themed “Big Data: The Future Trend & Implementation”. The event took place in Charles Himawan Auditorium, President University, Jl. Ki Hajar Dewantara, Kota Jabakeka, Cikarang.

According to JB Susetiyo, Director of ICC & Communication PresUniv, the guest lecture which invited speakers amongst practitioners is an attempt to

bridge the gap between theory and practice. “The guest lecture is open for all students in PresUniv,” said JB Susetiyo.

What is big data? Komang Budi Aryasa said, “This is data available in large quantities.

Both structured and unstructured, and flowing very quickly.” Structured data exists in databases, documents and data in other traditional formats. Meanwhile, unstructured data, continued Komang, can be in the form of email or social media.

Why big data is important?

“All the data that is spread every­

where, if it can be obtained and processed, it will become important business information for the company,” said Komang. The company could know exactly the profile of its customers. In fact, Komang stated, the company could know anyone who has not become a customer or changes in their tastes in the future.

In the field of human resources (HR), for example, through big data applications we could know in detail the profile of pros­ pective employees. “Currently the information available in the curriculum vitae (CV)

alone is not sufficient,” said Ko­ mang. In the CV, the information available is usually just a fine one. Through big data, ela-borate Komang, we can find information about prospective employees, whether on Facebook, Instagram or other social media. “Companies usually prefer to recruit employees who have good behavior, as reflected in social media,” said Komang.

In the next session, the speakers from DOKU explained how the implementation of big data in the company. One of them is the use of big data to prevent fraud in the financial technology industry (fintech), read customer transaction patterns, and share experience of application of machine learning model.

Arthur Purnama from DOKU also shared stories about the working situation at DOKU. “In DOKU, every employee must be willing to collaborate, be humble, willing to share and serve each other,” he said.

Next question, what happens after big data era? Komang asserted, the next era is Artificial Intelligence (AI) which is widely applied in Industrial era 4.0. This is an era in which many human roles are replaced by smart robots. “So study the science of AI,” said Komang to the PresUniv students. (JB/TPP)

Moreblessing Mapolisa: A Zimbabwean Thought on Indonesians Culture Indonesia is a multicultural country which has diverse culture. Aside of its nature’s beauty, this diversity is also become one of main attractions for foreigners to visit Indonesia. This is also felt by Moreblessings Mapolisa from Zimbabwe, Southern Africa when she first came to Indonesia. Mobie, that is the way she called, is one of Darmasiswa scholarship program participants who is currently studying bahasa Indonesia for a year in President University.

Mobie is an only female child and has two brothers.

She and her family live in the suburban of Gweru, the third largest city in Zimbabwe. She admired her mom who is hard working and always find a way to be successful and also Bill Gates as he came from a poor background and managed to work hard and become one of the richest men in the world.

“I have not travelled much in my life and even in my travelling, I have only been to local or neighboring countries like South Africa, Botswana and Zambia but however these countries are almost the same when it comes to tradition and culture. However Indonesia was different in so many ways that I could have never imagined,” said Mobie.

Indonesia has more than 260 million people from various cultures and different languages, but they all respect one another despite their different ethnicities and also re-

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Students are free to talk to their lecturers, in my country we don’t have that. But things are different here, which is good because students are supposed to be free when it comes to talking to a lecturer.” spect their various traditions.

“Most countries nowadays have no respect of their cultures and are more of adopting Western culture or the American culture. Indonesians however have a certain respect for their culture and integrate their culture with everything they do in their modern day,” said Mobie.

Mobie adored how the Indonesian people have ma-naged to make superior their language over any other foreign language. According to most studies, English is the second most spoken language in the whole world after mandarin, and this shows how most of the world’s po­ pulations have prioritized English over their own vernacular languages.

But for her, that is not the case with Indonesia because the people prioritize their own local languages more than English and that is a sign of independability as it shows

the full sovereignty and selfreliance as a nation.

“Frankly, I felt jealous about all the beautiful and amazing things I saw in Indonesian people and wished if my own country could be able to have such cultural and tradition perseverance. I was really impressed about how Indonesia upholds its traditions and its moral laws especially in such a day and age where people do not care about morality,” stated Mobie.

She admitted that she was not prepared at all to see all the good things she saw in Indonesia. She imagined Indonesia as an underdeveloped country and boring people because she had never heard anything about the country at

all, but when she got here, she was really amazed at how good and well developed the country was, and how delightful the people were too.

Being asked about differences in education, she noticed that lecturers here are close with the students.

“Students are free to talk to their lecturers, in my country we don’t have that. But things are different here, which is good because students are supposed to be free when it comes to talking to a lecturer. That is the good thing about President University education system and i like it so much,” admit Mobie. (TPP)

Universitas Airlangga student has won first place in the olympiad event of scientific papers and international symposium held by Indonesian Student Association (PPI) in Turkey. The student is Moh. Wahyu Syafi’ul Mubarok, student of Physics Department, Faculty of Science and Technology, class of 2016.

Wahyu won from 36 other titles submitted to the committee.

He then had an opportunity to present his paper at Baglarbasi Cultural Center, Istanbul, Turkey. There were two other students, Nindya Kharisma Cahyaningtyas from University of Indonesia, and Tiara Puspita from Eskisehir Osmangazi University, who presented their papers.

The symposium, held January 20-28, was attended by students studying in Turkey. They come from various countries, such as Malaysia, Egypt, Africa, Turkey, and Indonesia.

“I am pleased and still cannot believe (winning first, ed),” said Wahyu when he was asked his winning.

In Istanbul, Wahyu presented a paper entitled Turkey’s Nuclear Test on Indonesia’s Outermost Island . The paper is about the cooperation between Indonesia and Turkey on the use of nuclear ener­ gy for the fulfillment of energy in the future. The use of nuclear energy is seen from the aspects of human resources, natural resources, the policies of

the government of Indonesia and Turkey, and mega project China one belt one road .

“The great goal of the cooperation is the sovereignty of the island in Indonesia with the maritime axis by 2020. As for Turkey, it can fulfill the Turkish ideals of 2023 in the field of energy,” said the author of Pelangi Diri.

In addition to winning first place, Wahyu learned many things in Turkey. Although only a week there, he felt the life of Indonesian students who study in Turkey. He was also invited to go around town. In Istanbul, he visited the complex of Hagia Sophia, Taksim, Galata Tower, The Bosphorus, Basilica Cistern, Süleymaniye, and several universities in Istanbul.

“We were also invited to Bolu, a small town between Istanbul and Ankara, to see the thick snow on Golcuk hill. Then to Ankara, to the Embassy in Ankara, and the Anitkabir (Ataturk tomb), “said the student who is active in Reasoning Club .

In addition, Wahyu was also invited to broadcast on Radio SES 92.7, a Turkish state-owned radio. There, he shared his ideas and experiences about the papers he wrote. ” This is my first time abroad.

Beside the distinctive taste of Turkish cuisine, Turkey offers a great historical grandeur impression throughout the ages, and deserves to be explored once before death, “he said. (TPP)

Taiwan Higher Education Fair I 2018 Successfully Held in 3 Cities Taiwan Education Center (TEC) in collaboration with educational institutions in Indonesia and leading universities in Taiwan successfully held Taiwan Higher Education Fair 2018 in three major cities in Indonesia, Bandung on Monday (2/5), Yogyakarta on Wednesday (2/7) and Semarang on Friday (2/9).

Chairperson of Taiwan Education Center (TEC) Rini Lestari said, “There are at least 20 universities in Taiwan who participated in this exhibition, including National Taiwan University and Tunghai University.”

According to her, Taiwan Higher Education Fair 2018 was a real implementation of new po­ licy of Taiwan government called New Southbound Policy, where its focus is to strengthen the cooperation with countries in South Asia and Southeast Asia in various fields including education in Indonesia.

Rini also said that in this era of globalization, Mandarin has become one of the internatio­nal languages needed in many aspects especially at this time is very important in Indonesia. So, TEC also holds TOCFL test to certify the level of Mandarin language for Indonesians who are wishing to apply for a study visa to Taiwan.

“Mandarin education in Taiwan has a high competence and a lot of enthusiasts, because Taiwan uses the traditional characters, and this country is also known for its strength in technology and engineering, especially related to semiconductor.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), a TFT-LCD manufacturer is in Taiwan,” she added.

Rini further said that the Taiwan Higher Education Fair in In-

donesia aims to maintain the cooperation and partnership that has been established between Indonesia and Taiwan in education.

“TEC Indonesia Jakarta is supported and operates under the supervision of Taiwan’s Ministry of Education, FICHET, Study in Taiwan and Tunghai University. Education in Taiwan has been recognized by many countries and the quality of education is one of the best recognized in Asia,” she said.

“TEC is helping to get Taiwan University scholarships for Indonesian people as well as providing accurate information of all universities in Taiwan, including the estimation of living cost in Taiwan and others,” said the businesswoman who has also been Chairperson of ICATI and World Federation of Taiwan Alumni Association.

In the series of exhibitions, Rini and TEC group also visited and signed cooperation with several educational institutions, such as Maranatha University and Parahyangan Catholic University in Bandung, Three Language School of Budi Utama and Budya Wacana Senior High School.

The three exhibitions were also attended by TEC Indonesia CEO Willy Yanto Wijaya, Coordinating Agency for Chinese Language Education West Java Eddy T, Chairman of West Java Mandarin Language Coordination Board Judhi Irawan Leo­ nard, Chairman of Taiwan Business Club Bandung Indonesia Andy Wang, Head of International Affairs Office Gadjah Mada University I Made Andi Arsana, Chairman of Taiwan Delegation Yan Hong Wei, and Taiwan ICATI alumni. (TPP)

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Cooperated with National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCSTT), Diponegoro University held a Meeting and Industry Road

Show at Serrata Hotel, Semarang, on Thursday (Feb 1, 2018).

A day after meeting, the university brought participants to carrosserie industry in Cen-

tral Java. It was for providing comprehensive information of program, procedure, and supporting documents related to financial, grants, monitoring, and for evaluating researcher worked on eletric bus cluster, as well as for encouraging enthusiasm and understanding of the vision and goals of USAID-SHERA (United States Agency for International Development -Sustainable Higher Education Research Alliances).

Dr. Ing. Ismoyo Haryanto, PIC program USAID-SHERA at Diponegoro University and Head of Diponegoro Electric Vehicle and Transportation Research Center (DEVTREC), said that over 12 researchers of the university joined in USAID-SHERA’s

program. As study on electrified vehicles related to multidisciplinary topics, DEVTREC members comprises various departments/faculties, such as Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, and Faculty of Economics and Business.

“At Diponegoro University, DEVTREC is facilitated with two main laboratories at Technical Operation Unit of Integrated Laboratory: Electrical Analysis and Engineering Measurement for Reliability Analysis Lab led

by Dr. Eng. Gunawan Dwi Haryadi, and Robotics and Automation Lab led by Joga Dharma

Setiawan, PhD,” Ismoyo said.

In his opening speech, Vice Dean of Faculty of Engineering Jati Utomo Dwi Hatmoko, PhD said that Diponegoro University encourages and supports the university’s researchers more actively participate in national and international collaborative research, including the USAIDSHERA’s program, for increasing the university’s number of scientific publication and improving quality of graduates.

In his speech, Director of NCSTT Dr. Sigit Puji Santosa explained fields of the research in progress.

“NCSTT is Collaborative Research Center (CCR) formed by Bandung Institute of Technology. NCSTT worked with leading

international institution of education and research Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in United States of America and six universities in Indonesia, in which Diponegoro University is a key partner in Indonesia,” Sigit said.

Sigit said NCSTT received grants of USD 3 millions in 4 years from USAID-SHERA. The money is allocated to support research on electrified vehicle and product innovation, infratructure development, transportation safety, and technology policy, planning, business, and transit oriented development (TOD) to ensure the program is feasible in every aspect. (TPP)

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LIFESTYLE Celebrating Lunar New Year at D’Khayangan, Indonesian Chinese Club Spreads Happiness Indonesia Tionghoa (INTI) Club, under the auspices of the Association of Indonesian Chinese along with Senior Living D’Khayangan Jababeka held a Lunar New Year Celebration 2569. The festivity included games, lion dance, angklung, brain gymnastics and other exciting activities.

The event was attended by the members who are the observers, activists, and social care community. The coordinator of INTI Club, Effendi Hansen, and President Director of Jababeka Longlife City, Marlin Marpaung were among them.

Effendi said the purpose of this event was to invite members to live in synergy, hospitality, and happiness as the principle of INTI Club.

“We feel happy to be together and work together here, also the opportunity to come to visit Senior Living D’Khayangan,” he added.

“Hopefully we can promote D’Khayangan every­ where in accordance with the existence of INTI Club,” he said while giving a speech in the Room Hall, D’Khayangan, Cikarang, Bekasi, on Wednesday (2/21).

Effendi further said the community was founded on November 9, 2017 and has some activities such as visiting Bima Suci, Taman Budaya Tionghoa Indonesia, Indonesian Art Exhibition 2018 when they tried the helicopter services from Jababeka.

This community also do some of social activi-

Gong xi fa chai, gong xi fa chai for all of us. We are very grateful and rejoice with the presence of all attendees and invitees. Hopefully in the year of the dog we are all successful and happy.” ties. “We recently helped the victims of fire in the Krukut area of Jakarta, flooded area in Pancoran, and raised aid to Asmat in cooperation with the TNI,” he said.

With the slogan of “Bhakti NKRI”, the community does not look at race, ethnic group or religion, everyone can join. “The most important thing is that person has a high level of concern,” he added.

Effendi said he hoped INTI Club in the future will be present all over Indonesia and the existence of Chinese Society can be acknowledged by the society. During this time many people still do not know the Indonesian Association of China.

One member named Heni expressed her joy to be able to attend the Lunar New Year celebration held by INTI Club and she said she hoped the club will contribute more to the community.

“The show is good, hopefully this event brings happiness for all, especially for those in D’Khayangan,” she said.

Meanwhile Marlin expressed his gratitude for the presence of all the guests who have participated enliven the Lunar New Year celebrations in D’Khayangan.

He also wished Happy New Year to every invited guest. “Gong xi fa chai, gong xi fa chai for all of us. We are very grateful and rejoice with the presence of all attendees and invitees. Hopefully in the year of the dog we are all successful and happy,” said Marlin. Photo by Presidentpost.com (Harwin/TPP)

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George Gandranata Wins Indonesian Golf Tour 2018 First Series Held at Jababeka Golf The Indonesian Golf Tour (IGT) 2018 first series was held at the Jababeka Golf and Country Club, Cikarang, on February 6-8, 2018 and George Aditya Gandranata appeared as the champion. presidentpost.com

Lina Mohan representing the IGT 2018 organizer said, “We add the games to become 9 this year from 8 in 2017. We want to generate golfers who can represent Indonesia in the Olympics.”

For the 2nd series of IGT, Lina said it is most likely to take place in the Mount Geulis area. Each series will be held in different places to familiarize the Indonesian Golf Tour and attract more sponsors to support the Indonesian golfers.

Meanwhile General Manager of Jababeka Golf & Country Club I Nyoman Mertasari said, “Thank you for choosing Jababeka Golf as the premise for the IGT. Despite the raining, the tournament was going well although became more challenging.”

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According to him, at Jababeka Golf with 18 holes designed by world class golfer Nick Valdo, the players should hit the second shot passing through the lake. If it hit the green, they have to face the challenges of a banker on the right and a pretty steep green leading to the lake. Locker, driving range, swimming pool, supporting facilities for national and international event, as well as hotels are available at the Jababeka Golf.

George Gandranata expressed his joy for his victory, beating the other 73 golfers. He earned a total score of 212 with PAR -4 and won a trophy and a cash of Rp34 million out of a total Rp200 million prizes prepared by the organizer.

Thanks to God Almighty, thanks to my parents and family, to my sponsors, PGA Tour Indonesia and IGT, and pro colleagues.

Not many know that Jababeka Golf is a breakthrough for me.”

“Thanks to God Almighty, thanks to my parents and family, to my sponsors, PGA Tour Indonesia and IGT, and pro colleagues. Not many know that Jababeka Golf is a breakthrough for me. In 2014 I started playing well in Jababeka. To come back here the fourth time and got this champion title is an honor and thank you all, see you at the next IGT,” he said.

Indonesian Golf Tour was founded to provide career paths for professional and amateur golfers in Indonesia. Designed with the same structure as the Asian Development Tour, the IGT is a “stepping stone” to the Asian Development Tour and other international golf tournaments. (HARWIN/TPP)

Celebrating 1,112th Anniversary of Magelang City, Mayor Holds Golf Tournament at Borobudur International Golf & Country Club www.borobudur-golf.com

Manned by 200 People, Dining Hall of Wisma Atlet Serves Various Meals Food is one of important factors to be considered during the test event of Asian Games 2018, since food is very influential to the performance of athletes.

At the Kemayoran athlete dormitory (Wisma Atlet), the athlete nutrient intakes are served in its dining hall. The location is in tower 2 of Wisma Atlet. This is where all athletes from different countries meet and eat food.

The dining hall serves three times meals per day: in the morning from 05.00 am to 10.00 pm, lunch hour from 11.00 am to 03.00 pm and dinner from 05.00 pm to 10.00 pm. Beyond that time, the athletes still can enjoy a drink or

snacks. The dining hall itself is open for 20 hours per day.

To satisfy the appetite of athletes who come from various countries, the menus are also varied. Wisma Atlet has entrusted the serving of food to the three best cooks, accompanied by a nutrition consultant.

“The menus are varied.

There are foods from ASEAN, western, India and the middle east. We also introduce Indonesian cuisines such as fried rice and rendang,” said Tjahrial Yooky, Vice Director of Catering Department of Wisma Atlet, on Friday (2/9).

The cooks are also asked to change the menu every day so that the athletes will not get

bored.

“We have studied the foods.

What is like the Arabic food or Indian food and so on. We have to be smart in managing it, for example we adjust the fried rice to not too spicy,” Tjahrial added.

In preparing the food, about 180 people will work in the kitchen. There are also 80 special volunteers working in the dining hall, with a shift system every day.

“So, this place is open for 20 hours for the athletes to eat, drink, and snack. But the main course will be served three times, in the morning, at noon and at night with the menu changes every day,” he said. (DTK/TPP)

To celebrate the 1,112th anniversary of Magelang City, the municipal government held a golf tournament of “Magelang Mayor Cup Open Golf Tournament 2018” at the Borobudur International Golf & Country Club golf course, Magelang, on Saturday (2/10).

As many as 148 golfers participated in the tournament, coming from Magelang, Solo, Semarang, Jogja, Blora, Pekalongan, Cepu, Jakarta, Bandung, Lampung, Balikpapan, Bangka, Surabaya, Ponorogo, and others.

The tournament provided a grand prize of Rp70 million as well as lucky draw prizes of iPhone 6, two units of 32-inch television, 3 units of 24-inch television, 2 mountain bikes, and 55 other electronic merchandises.

For the Hole-in-One prizes, the committee prepared 1 unit of Toyota Fortuner,

1 unit of Toyota Avanza, and 2 prizes of time deposit amounting to Rp100 million.

The tournament was officially opened by Magelang Mayor Ir. H. Sigit Widyodito, M.T. by striking the smoking ball.

Before the tournament began, the participants and invited guests enjoyed the “Topeng Ayu” dance performed by female police officers from Magelang City Police.

Here is the list of winners of Magelang Mayor Cup Open Golf Tournament 2018: For the skill category, nearest to the pin is achieved by Joko Kona with the distance of 170 cm. Nearest to the line achieved by Putu KAK with the distance of 3 cm, while the long­est drive achieved by Agus Supriyanto with the distance of 260 m.

In the Flight C category, Runner-Up Best Nett was won

by Kenedy with handicap 23 and nett 72, Best Nett by Eko BM with handicap 16 and nett 71, while Best Gross by Hendrik

with handicap 17 and gross 89.

In the Flight B category, Runner-Up Best Nett went to Sudarmono with handicap 19 and nett 71, Best Nett to Wisnu JKT with handicap 16 and nett 70, while Best Gross to Andreas Dendi with handicap 14 and gross 71.

In the Flight A category, Runner-Up Best Nett was won

by Rudi N with handicap 18 and nett 70, Best Nett by Bambang Yuwono with handicap 19 and nett 70, while Best Gross

by Susilo Polda with handicap 7 and gross 78.

For the Over All, Best Nett went to Eman Cirebon with handicap 8 and nett 69, ehile Best Gross to Agus Supriyanto with handicap 3 and gross 72.

The 18-hole Borobudur International Golf & Country Club lies in the natural beauty of mountains, refreshing clean air, and the charm of Javanese culture. It is a 45-minute drive from Yogyakarta and easy to reach from Semarang and Solo.

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