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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Year Ender - 2013, HISTORICAL YEAR FOR INDONESIA'S FOREST PROTECTION by Fardah

  Jakarta, Dec 31, 2013 (Antara) - During the past one year, the Indonesian government has made several historic policies and breakthroughs for the preservation of its forest, the world's third largest after the Amazon in Brazil and Congo's forest, if they are implemented properly.
          Indonesia has over the past year among other things established Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Agency;   extended forest moratorium for another two years to prevent new clearing of primary forests and peat lands; and signed the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade - Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) with  (EU)  to fight illegal timber trade.
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Monday, December 30, 2013

News Focus - EU-ASEAN TIES: SUPPORTING, SHARING AND INSPIRING by Fardah Assegaf

  Jakarta, Dec 31, 2013 (Antara) - The European Union (EU) and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) have been working closely to strengthen the ASEAN-EU Partnership and to support ASEAN's goal of building ASEAN Community by 2015 and beyond.
        ASEAN and EU are both often seen as examples of two successful regional groups. However, ASEAN and the EU have very different historical backgrounds, development levels and perspectives as well as approaches on political, economic and security issues.
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Saturday, December 28, 2013

Year-Ender -INDONESIA'S REDD+ AGENCY SET TO BE IN FULL SWING by Fardah

    Jakarta, Dec 28, 2013 (Antara) - A new agency to protect Indonesia's rainforests is ready to begin work to implement a first of its kind environmental program.
         President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono signed Presidential Regulation No. 62/2013 on August 31, 2013, entitled Managing Body for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD), concluding a process that took more than two years.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Year Ender: PEOPLE-CENTERED ASEAN - BETWEEN RHETORIC AND REALITY by Fardah Assegaf

    Jakarta, Dec 26, 2013 (Antara) - Over the last several years, ASEAN has proclaimed the rhetoric of becoming "people-oriented" or "people-centered" in a number of documents, speeches and meetings.
       After 46 years, ASEAN leaders have now started talking about shifting the focus from state-centric to people-centric activities that would benefit people in the regions. However, it seems like this realization and its implementations are rather slow.
  "I know only a little about ASEAN; it was from school. But, whether I have benefited from ASEAN, I don't know because it was not taught in school," stated Irma, 22, an Indonesian migrant worker who has been working in Singapore for the last two years.

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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

INDONESIA'S POLICE, MILITARY PLEDGE NEUTRALITY AHEAD OF GENERAL ELECTIONS 2014 by Fardah

   Jakarta, Dec 25, 2013 (Antara) - Indonesia's security forces will play crucial roles in ensuring smooth, peaceful and fair implementation of direct general elections to elect president, vice president and legislators in 2014.
        Next year, legislative elections will be held on April 9, after a campaign period between January 11 and April 5, while the presidential election is expected to be held on July 9.
        The general elections will be organized by Indonesia's General Elections Commission (KPU) with the cooperation of institutions such as the General Elections Supervisory Body Bawaslu), the National Police and the Government Goods and Service Procurement Policy Agency (LKPP).
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Monday, December 23, 2013

ARAB SPRING ADDS TO PALESTINIAN REFUGEES' SUFFERING by Fardah

    Jakarta, Dec 23, 2013 (Antara) - On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, commemorated on November 29, the Indonesian government reaffirmed its continued commitment to support the Palestinians in their struggle for independence.
         "For over six decades, the Palestinian occupation problem has remained unresolved. The Palestinian refugees have been living under distress for too long," the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry's Director of Socio-Cultural and International Organization of Developing Countries Arko Hananto Budiadi stated at the event observed in Jakarta, on November 28, 2013.
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Friday, December 20, 2013

Year-Ender - INDONESIA CALLS FOR MORE VIGOROUS EFFORTS TO SUPPORT PALESTINE by Fardah

     Jakarta, Dec 20, 2013 (Antara) - Indonesia has been supporting Palestine consistently and incessantly over the past six decades and has pledged to continue to do so until an independent Palestine state is established.
        The endless support is not because majority of Palestinian and Indonesian people are Muslims, but above all, it is based on humanitarian consideration, stated Din Syamsuddin, chairman of Indonesia's second largest Muslim organization Muhammadiyah, recently.
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

International Recognition Brings Babad Diponegoro Into Spotlight by Fardah Assegaf

Jakarta, Dec 18, 2013 (Antara) - Indonesia is proud that Babad Diponegoro has been included in the Memory of the World Register by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) because the heritage documentary truly deserves the honor.

Babad Diponegoro, or Autobiographical Chronicle of Prince Diponegoro, is a beautifully written poetic masterpiece by Prince Diponegoro, who was not just a national hero but also a genius, Javanese mystic, pious Muslim, and leader of the "Holy War" against the Dutch in Java between 1825 and 1830.

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Saturday, December 14, 2013

INDONESIA SHOULD PLAY LEADING ROLE IN SOLVING ROHINGYA PROBLEM: EXPERT

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    Singapore, Dec 14 (Antara) - Indonesia should play a leading role in solving the problem of Myanmar's Rohingya minority by integrating the Jakarta Declaration and Bali Process, said Rafendi Djamin, Indonesia's Representative to ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights.
         "The humanitarian situation, including the stateless status of Rohingya, must be addressed, and their basic human rights must be protected. They must be able to meet their medical needs and have opportunities to work, for instance," Djamin told ASEAN journalists, during a workshop on Reporting on Regional Integration and ASEAN, here on Saturday.
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MYANMAR MUST STOP ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST ROHINGYA: ACTIVIST

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   Singapore, Dec 14 (Antara)- The Myanmar government must stop the escalation of violence against the Rohingya minority because it is dangerous and could develop into genocide, Rafendi Djamin, a noted Indonesian human rights activist, said.
       "The human rights situation in Myanmar is regressing because the government and politicians let the escalation of violence continue against the Rohingya people," Djamin, Indonesia's representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), said on the sidelines of a workshop entitled Reporting on Regional Integration and ASEAN, here on Saturday.
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

ERADICATING CORRUPTION IN INDONESIA IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE by Fardah




 Jakarta, Dec 11, 2013 (Antara) - International Anti-Corruption Day, which is observed on December 9, was commemorated almost across Indonesia by student rallies, speeches by political representatives, including the president, and seminars.
        Corruption is rife in Indonesia. Nevertheless, despite the persistent presence of corruption, Indonesia is one of the few countries in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) that has shown improvement.
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Profile - RI'S POLICE INVESTIGATIONS UNIT TO BE INVIGORATED BY ALIUS' APPOINTMENT By Fardah

    Jakarta, Dec 10, 2013 (Antara) - When National Police Chief General Sutarman announced his decision to appoint Suhardi Alius as the Head of the Crime Investigations Department (Bareskrim), the Presidium Chairman of Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) Neta S Pane expressed his appreciation for the move.
        Pane, who is often critical of the National Police's policies, has described the appointment of the former West Java Police Chief Inspector General Alius as a breakthrough in the promotion of young cadres from among the Police elite and for making Bareskrim a more dynamic outfit.
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Friday, December 6, 2013

JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE INDONESIAN POLICEWOMEN WEAR HIJABS by Fardah

Jakarta, Dec 6, 2013 (Antara) - The debate surrounding the introduction of headscarves for policewomen in Indonesia, a predominantly Muslim country, continues to rage on, with authorities denying accusations of a slow response to the issue.
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Thursday, December 5, 2013

HEALTH MINISTRY ABORTS CONTROVERSIAL CAMPAIGN ON CONDOM USE by Fardah

Jakarta, Dec 5 (Antara) - The health minister`s policy on the use of condoms, yet again, triggered controversy and opposition, particularly from Muslim leaders in this country, which has a Muslim-majority population.

Last year, just a few weeks after being appointed as health minister, Nafsiah Mboi was strongly criticized for her plan to distribute free condoms to fight Human Immuno Deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
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Thursday, November 28, 2013

UNRWA IMBAU INDONESIA TINGKATKAN BANTUAN UNTUK PALESTINA

oleh Fardah Assegaf
Jakarta,  28/11 (Antara) -  Pejabat UNRWA, Badan PBB untuk urusan Pengungsi Palestina, mengimbau Indonesia untuk meningkatkan bantuan karena lembaga  ini kini sedang menghadapi kekurangan dana yang kritis sebesar AS$37 juta hingga akhir tahun ini.
         "Apabila tidak ada tambahan dana, kami tidak akan mampu membayar gaji para guru, staf medis, pekerja sosial, dan staf lainnya pada bulan Desember depan.  Hal ini akan menyebabkan kegiatan program-program kami terhenti," kata Kepala Divisi Hubungan Donor UNRWA Esther Kuish Laroche mengatakan di Jakarta, Kamis, pada peringatan Hari Solidaritas Internasional Bagi Rakyat Palestina.
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UNRWA URGES INDONESIA TO INCREASE ASSISTANCE FOR PALESTINIAN REFUGEES

   by Fardah Assegaf
   Jakarta, Nov 28, 2013 (Antara) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has called on Indonesia to increase its contribution as the agency is facing a funding shortfall of US$37 million until the end of the year, an UNRWA spokesperson has said.
         "If funds are not forthcoming, we will not be able to pay the salaries of teachers, medical personnel, social workers and other staff in December, which will bring our operations to a standstill," Esther Kuish Laroche, the chief of UNRWA's Donor Relations Division, said in her keynote speech at the commemoration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, here on Thursday.
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

INDONESIA INVESTS IN TREE PLANTING PROGRAM FOR FUTURE GENERATION by Fardah

   Jakarta, Nov 27, 2013 (Antara) - To mark the Indonesia's Tree Planting Day and National Planting Month 2013, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono planted a Kalpataru tree (Hura crepitan) in Datah village of Karangasem district in the Bali Province on Monday.
        Thousands of trees were planted simultaneously at various locations in Indonesia on the same day during the tree planting day/month commemoration.
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Saturday, November 23, 2013

SPYING ROW AFFECTS INDONESIA'S HANDLING OF BOAT PEOPLE TO AUSTRALIA by Fardah

    Jakarta, Nov 23, 2013 (Antara) - Indonesia has been acting as "the fortress" for shielding Australia from thousands of boat people seeking to reach its country.
        For Asian immigrants seeking a better life, particularly those from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Iraq, and Iran, Australia has become a favored destination.  
   As Australia and Indonesia share maritime borders, foreign immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers, often referred to as boat people, have used Indonesia as a transit country as they travel to Australia.
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Thursday, November 21, 2013

ELECTION BODY WORKING TO END VOTERS' LIST PROBLEM by Fardah

         Jakarta, Nov 21, 2013 (Antara) - In making preparations for general elections, the registration process is one of the most difficult tasks, as data entry of eligible voters must be conducted transparently and accurately.
         Voters' lists are always a sensitive and crucial issue because if they are not accurate, they  trigger a suspicion of manipulation, or depriving a citizen of his constitutional rights if his or her name is not on the list.
         Indonesia plans to hold national and provincial legislative elections on April 9, 2014, which will be followed by the presidential election on July 9.
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

INDONESIA PROTESTS STRONGLY IN WAKE OF NEW SPYING REVELATIONS By Fardah

   Jakarta, Nov 19, 2013 (Antara) - The Indonesian government has decided to recall its ambassador to Australia as a strong protest over the illegal wiretapping conducted by Australian surveillance agencies that had targeted President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and the First Lady.
        Documents released by whistle blower Edward Snowden reveal that in 2009 Australia's Defence Signals Directorate wiretapped the personal mobile numbers of both Yudhoyono and his wife, Kristiani Herawati, as well as eight others in the President's inner circle, including Vice President Boediono.
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Friday, November 15, 2013

INDONESIA SHOWS SOLIDARITY TOWARDS TYPHOON-HIT PHILIPPINES by Fardah

   Jakarta, Nov 15, 2013 (Antara) - Indonesia, which is a disaster-prone country, has shown solidarity towards the Philippines, a fellow ASEAN member nation battered by super Typhoon Haiyan, by providing assistance worth US$2 million.  
    Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Agung Laksono made a symbolic presentation of the assistance to Filipino Ambassador to Indonesia Maria Rosario C. Aguinaldo in Jakarta on November 13.
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JAKARTA TAKES MEASURES AGAINST FLOODS by Fardah

  Jakarta, Nov 15, 2013 (Antara) - Jakarta is bracing for floods as rains have begun inundating a number of areas in the city of some 10 million people.
        In every rainy season, Jakarta occasionally floods, despite efforts by authorities, such as constructing new canals to channel water out to the sea.
        In the beginning of this year's rainy season, tens of flood-prone Areas, particularly in East and South Jakarta municipalities, were inundated.
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Saturday, November 9, 2013

REALIZATION OF MP3EI PROJECTS MEETS GOVERNMENT'S EXPECTATION by Fardah

  Jakarta, Nov 9, 2013 (Antara) - In May 2011, the Indonesian government launched an ambitious program, called the Master Plan for Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesia's Economic Development (MP3EI), which was designed as part of the agenda for "development for all".
         The program is considered a strategic breakthrough in narrowing the development gap in the regions, to reduce unemployment, and to boost the nation`s economic growth through innovation.
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Friday, November 8, 2013

NEW POLICE CHIEF HAS CRUCIAL TASK IN GUARDING ELECTIONS 2014 by Fardah

    Jakarta (Antara News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, early this year, announced a plan to name a successor to the then-retiring police chief General Timur Pradopo prior to the general elections in 2014.

As Timur Pradopo was about to reach retirement age, his successor was to be named as soon as possible to give him ample time in his new post as national police chief since he would quickly be responsible for securing the general elections in 2014, the president said.
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

MOUNT SINABUNG ERUPTION FORCES EVACUATION OF THOUSANDS by Fardah

   Jakarta, Nov 5, 2013 (Antara) - Since September, volcanic activity at Mount Sinabung, which is located in Tanah Karo, North Sumatra, has been intermittent, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people.
       In early September when Mount Sinabung erupted several times, some 15,000 people were evacuated, but by the end of the month they were allowed to return home when the volcano had calmed down.
       And now, in early November 2013, more than 1,680 people living in villages within a three kilometer radius of the volcano's crater, have to again be evacuated to safer places.
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Thursday, October 31, 2013

INDONESIA CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION TO FIGHT HUNGER by Fardah

     Jakarta, Oct 31, 2013 (Antara) - One out of ten people throughout the world do not sleep soundly because their stomachs are empty, and to help end that hunger the world must work together, Indonesia's president said.
         "Every nation in the world must work together to secure the availability of food throughout the world, so there will be no more sleepless night because of hunger," Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said in Padang, West Sumatra, during the 33rd World Food Day commemoration held throughout Indonesia on October 31, 2013.    
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

INDONESIA STRIVES FOR FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY by Fardah

    Jakarta, Oct 30, 2013 (Antara) -  As the commemoration of World Food Day 2013 is approaching, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has announced his determination to secure Indonesia's food supply by boosting domestic food production.   
    The nation's food supply has been adequate, but a plan of action to increase the nation's food production is needed to anticipate an increase in population, which currently stands at some 250 million people, he said.        
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Friday, October 25, 2013

INDONESIA SEES BETTER HAJJ PILGRIMAGE ARRANGEMENT THIS YEAR by Fardah

    Jakarta, Oct 25 (Antara) - The 2013 Hajj pilgrimage has just ended and, group by group, more than 170 thousand Indonesians will be returning to Indonesia from October 20 to November 18.
        Most of the pilgrims said they were grateful for the relatively smooth operations of the religious ritual in Saudi Arabia.
         Indonesia, which sends the largest number of pilgrims each year, is also grateful for better services, facilities and infrastructure made available during the pilgrimage.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

RAINY SEASON STARTS WITH FLOODS IN PARTS OF INDONESIA by Fardah

     Jakarta, Oct 23, 2013 (Antara) - Although the rainy season has just begun in Indonesia, parts of the country such as North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Jakarta, and Maluku have already witnessed floods.
         Every year, several regions in the country get flooded during the rainy season, which usually begins in August or September. This year, the rains arrived a little late, but they have already wreaked havoc in parts of the country.
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

PROTECTION OF ORANGUTANS NEEDS HARD WORK, DEDICATION by Fardah

Jakarta, Oct 22,2013 (Antara) - Even though the orangutan, literally translated as "Person of the Forest," is one of  humankind's closest relatives in the animal kingdom, sharing some 96.4 percent of human DNA, the animal's existence remains under constant threat.
          Last September, villagers of Pelangsian, Ketapang Subdistrict, East Kotawaringin District, Central Kalimantan Province, were shocked when they came upon a decapitated body in the area. At first, they thought it was a human corpse, but it turned out to be the body of an adult male orangutan that had been beheaded.
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Monday, October 21, 2013

RI-EU FORESTRY AGREEMENT BREAKTHROUGH AGAINST ILLEGAL TIMBER by Fardah

     Jakarta, Oct 21, 2013 (Antara) - The Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade - Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) was signed by Indonesia and the European Union (EU) following six years of negotiations involving government officials, civil society, and the private sector.
         Indonesia is the first Asian country and the largest timber exporter to enter into such an agreement, which aims to ensure that all Indonesian timber entering the EU market is produced legally and has passed all legal verification channels with the EU.  
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Monday, October 14, 2013

INDONESIA, INDIA TO EXPAND COOPERATION BEYOND ECONOMIC TIES by Fardah

     Jakarta, Oct 14, 2013 (Antara) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's recent visit to Indonesia spurred the two countries to commit to expanding their strategic partnership in various fields.
        The two nations have acknowledged the importance of strengthening bilateral cooperation not only in relation to the economy but also in fields such as transportation, tourism, information technology, creative economy, defense, security, counter-terrorism, natural disaster handling, anti-corruption, money laundering, drug and human trafficking, cyber crime, and space technology.  
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Saturday, October 12, 2013

INDONESIA EXPECTED TO PLAY BIGGER ROLE IN HELPING END SYRIAN CRISIS by Fardah

    Jakarta, Oct 12, 2013 (Antara) - The prolonged Syrian crisis became an important topic of discussion when leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies gathered in Bali, in early October.  
    Although the Syrian issue was not on the 21st APEC Summit's agenda, most leaders of APEC economies held bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit and some brought up the Syrian issue during their talks.
        "The Russian President expressed his appreciation for Indonesia's stand on the Syrian crisis," Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa said, following a bilateral meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Bali on October 7, 2013.
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Thursday, October 10, 2013

APEC COMMITS TO BOOSTING CONNECTIVITY FOR BETTER ECONOMIC INTEGRATION by Fardah

    Jakarta, Oct 10, 2013 (Antara) - Members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), meeting at their 21st Summit in Bali, reiterated their commitment to strengthening and deepening regional economic integration and eliminating barriers to international trade and investment in the region.  
   APEC has identified regional connectivity, through air and water transportation, as well as electronically, as being crucial in reducing barriers, and set a target for achieving full connectivity in the Asia-Pacific region by the year 2030.
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

APEC ESTABLISHES NETWORK TO FIGHT CORRUPTION by Fardah

    Jakarta, Oct 9, 2013 (Antara) - Member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) consider corruption a threat to social and economic development.  
  Corruption practices lower public and investors' trust, damage healthy market competition, threaten consumers' safety, and increase the cost of doing business, delivering public services, and infrastructure projects.
        Therefore, to support sustainable and inclusive growth, the 21 member economies of APEC have expressed their commitment to eradicating corruption, bribery, money laundering, and illicit trade.
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Monday, October 7, 2013

INDONESIA, CHINA FORGE COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP IN VARIOUS FIELDS By Fardah

    Jakarta, Oct 7, 2013 (Antara) - The recent visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Jakarta was a historic one as it has lifted the two countries' bilateral relations to the level of a comprehensive strategic partnership in various fields.
         Indonesia and China have agreed to enhance cooperation in the fields of industry, infrastructure development in the transportation sector, financial services, tourism, education, and the creative industry. China also plans to open a consulate general in Bali to strengthen bilateral ties.
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

AUSTRALIA PLEDGES TO RESPECT INDONESIA'S SOVEREIGNTY IN HANDLING BOAT PEOPLE By Fardah

    Jakarta, Oct 2, 2013 (Antara) - The recent visit of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to Indonesia is believed to have strengthened cooperation between the two countries in handling the issue of the boat people, who use Indonesia as a transit country while making their way to Australia.
         Abbott's first overseas state visit since taking over as Prime Minister on September 7, took place just a few days after a sea tragedy that claimed the lives of at least 31 would-be asylum seekers, whose boat sank off the southern coast of Indonesia while they were trying to sail to Australia.
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Friday, September 27, 2013

ON WORLD RHINO DAY, EFFORTS TO BOOST RHINO CONSERVATION INTENSIFY By Fardah

   Jakarta, Sept 27, 2013 (Antara) - World Rhino Day 2013 was celebrated on September 22 in many countries, including Indonesia, with demands made for putting an end to the poaching of the rhinoceros, which are currently on the brink of extinction.
        The theme of this year's World Rhino Day was "Five Rhino Species Forever," aimed at raising awareness about the plight of five threatened rhino species.
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Friday, September 20, 2013

NEW REDD+ AGENCY ESTABLISHED, TO HELP IMPROVE FOREST MANAGEMENT By Fardah

     Jakarta, Sept 20, 2013 (Antara) - To demonstrate its commitment towards reducing gas emissions, the Indonesian government has recently established a new agency to implement the "Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation Plus" (REDD+) programme.
 
The REDD+ Managing Agency has been set up based on the Presidential Regulation No. 62 Year 2013 on Managing Agency for the Reduction of Emission from Deforestation and Degradation of Forest and Peatlands, which was signed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on August 31, 2013.
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Friday, September 13, 2013

INDONESIA STRIVES TO BECOME WORLD'S LARGEST SUPPLIER OF PEARLS by Fardah

  Jakarta, Sept 13, 2013 (Antara) - Indonesia will once again hold the Indonesia Pearls Festival (IPF) in Jakarta from October 2 to 6, 2013, to promote the country's potential as one of the largest suppliers of pearls in the world.
        The international festival will be the third and jointly organised by Indonesia¿s Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry (MMAF) and the Indonesian Cultured Pearls Association (Asbumi).
         This year, the festival's theme is "Hidden Treasure of Papua." Papua is Indonesia's eastern most island that also produces pearls of good quality.
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

MILLIONS OF INDONESIANS TO BE COVERED UNDER MEDICAL INSURANCE by Fardah

      Jakarta, Sept 4, 2013 (Antara) - As part of its commitment to universal medical coverage for its citizens, Indonesia is investing billions of dollars in social health insurance system, to be managed by Social Security Management Agency (BPJS) from January 2014.
        "The system will be implemented by 2014. Under this system, poor people cannot be rejected by hospitals when they seek medical treatment," said Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Agung Laksono.
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Saturday, August 31, 2013

FOREST FIRES RETURN IN RIAU PROVINCE by Fardah

     Jakarta, Aug 31, 2013 (Antara) - Following a prolonged rainy season, Indonesia is currently experiencing a very dry period that has again triggered forest and plantation fires in Riau Province.  
   The fires, set to clear land for farming and plantation areas, have produced haze that enveloped several cities in the province, particularly in Pekanbaru and Palawawan District.
         The Terra and Aqua satellite detected 297 hotspots from forest fires throughout the Riau Province, according to the Pekanbaru meteorological, climatology, and geophysics station (BMKG).
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Thursday, August 29, 2013

MANADO TO HOST WORLD CORAL REEF CONFERENCE IN 2014 by Fardah

    Jakarta, Aug 29, 2013 (Antara) - After successfully hosting the First World Ocean Conference (WOC) and Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) Summit on May 11-15, 2009, Manado plans to hold the first World Coral Reef Conference (WCRC) in May 2014.
        The Coral Triangle Initiative was established under the initiative of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the sidelines of the December 2007 Bali United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) talks.
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Saturday, August 24, 2013

AUSTRALIA SPARES NO MERCY FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS, CHARGES CRITICS by Fardah

    Jakarta, Aug 24, 2013 (Antara) - In Indonesia, there is an old saying expressing one's love of country, regardless of problems.
     As the saying goes, "It is better to live in our own country, although there is rain of rocks, than in another country, even though it has rain of gold". 
   But, in countries which are in turmoil or embroiled in war, many people have no choice but to leave their countries  to live elsewhere, as they seek normal lives.
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

GOOD TRANSPORT SERVICES ENSURE SMOOTH TRANSFERS DURING IDUL FITRI by Fardah

    Jakarta, Aug 21, 2013 (Antara) - The Indonesian people's tradition of celebrating Idul Fitri in their hometowns with their extended families often creates chaotic traffic jams and claims numerous lives.  
    In 2012, the number of Idul Fitri travelers stood at 15,012,954. Data showed that 908 people were killed in traffic accidents, an increase of 17 percent from figures in 2011.  
    During this year's exodus, police recorded a total of 719 fatalities resulting from traffic accidents, a drop from 908 deaths in the previous year.
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Sunday, August 18, 2013

INDONESIANS SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH EGYPTIAN PEOPLE by Fardah

     Jakarta, Aug 18, 2013 (Antara) - Following the escalation of the political tension and the increase in the number of fatalities in Egypt, a number of Indonesian NGOs organized rallies to show their
solidarity with civilians who have become victims of mass killings.
         Since the bloody crackdown by the Egyptian military on civilian supporters of ousted President Muhammad Morsi on August 14, 2013, a number of rallies have been held in many parts of Indonesia such as in Jakarta, Palu (Central Sulawesi), Surabaya (East Java), Solo, Purwokerto (Central Java), Banjarmasin (South Kalimantan), Pekanbaru  (Riau), Mataram (West Nusa Tenggara), Batam and Tanjungpinang (Riau
Islands), Bogor (West Java), Palembang (South Sumatra), Medan (North Sumatra), and Banda Aceh (Aceh Darussalam).
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Monday, August 12, 2013

Idul Fitri (News Focus) - IDUL FITRI EXODUS SEES FEWER TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS by Fardah

   Jakarta, Aug 12, 2013 (Antara) - The number of traffic accidents across Indonesia has decreased compared with the same time last year, despite the exodus of home-bound travelers for this year's Idul Fitri festivities.
        Some 15 million Indonesians headed for their hometowns by land, air, and sea to celebrate Idul Fitri (Eid Fitr) on August 8 with their extended families.
        To assist with managing traffic during the exodus, Indonesian Police launched Operation "Ketupat" on August 2, seven days ahead of Idul Fitri (D-7), and will run it until August 16, 2013 (D+7).
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Saturday, August 3, 2013

INDONESIA CONCERNED OVER SECURITY SITUATION IN EGYPT by Fardah

    Jakarta, Aug 3, 2013 (Antara) - Various parties in Indonesia - from the president to the ordinary people - have expressed their concern over "dangerous" situation in Egypt, which has so far been considered a very good friend of Indonesia.
         Most of them have prayed for the Egyptian people to be able to go through the transitional period toward democracy peacefully by reaching reconciliations and compromises to avoid further bloodshed.
         "As a good friend of Egypt, we should help the Egyptian people through prayers and our experiences," Muhammad Najib, a legislator, said in Jakarta on August 2, 2013.
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

PALEMBANG GEARS UP TO HOST THIRD ISLAMIC SOLIDARITY GAMES by Fardah

     Jakarta, July 31, 2013 (Antara) - The controversy over the host city of  the Third Islamic Solidarity Games (ISG) is finally over following the signing of  a new presidential decree on the implementation of the ISG 2013.
         "Thank God, the Presidential Decree No. 23/2013 (the amendment of the presidential decree no. 15/2012) on the ISG 2013 was signed by the President. It's confirmed that the Third ISG will be held in Palembang (South Sumatra Province) from September 22 to October 1," Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Roy Suryo said in Jakarta on July 29.
         The new decree effective per July 29 is the legal basis for moving the ISG host city from initially Pekanbaru, Riau Province, to Palembang.
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT PLEDGES TO FIX OVERCROWDED PRISONS by Fardah

 Jakarta, July 30, 2013 (Antara) - Two jailbreaks that happened in Sumatra in July alone have exposed how poor and vulnerable the condition of Indonesia's overcrowded prisons.
        The incidents prompted the government to allocate funds to build new prisons and review its policies on treatment approaches for drug addiction.
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

INDONESIANS URGED TO PROTECT CHILDREN AND FULFILL THEIR RIGHTS by Fardah

     Jakarta, July 24, 2013 (Antara) - On the occasion of the National Children's Day on July 23, the Indonesian people were urged to protect children and fulfill their basic rights as child abuse and child sexual assault are still rampant in this country.
        According to the National Commission for Child protection's data,  around 535 cases of sexual abuses of children were recorded from January to July 2013.
         Child sexual abuses constituted 52 percent of all child abuse cases reported in Indonesia, the Commission's Chairman Arist Merdeka Sirait said in Jakarta on July 23.
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Sunday, July 21, 2013

OPERATION "TRAP SWEEP" AIMS AT HELPING SAVE SUMATRAN TIGERS by Fardah

     Jakarta, July  21, 2013 (Antara)  - Indonesian people usually spend more on food and clothing during 
Islamic fasting month of Ramadan and Idul Fitri festivities than in the other months, prompting some people 
to make more money by any means, including by poaching Sumatran tigers.
         "Poaching activities of animals such as deers and even Sumatra tigers in Sumatra tend to increase
during the fasting month," Moehd Subchan, the coordinator of The Sumatra Tiger Preservation 
Program (PHS) for Jambi Province, said in Jambi, last June 2013.
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

HEALTHY YOUNG PEOPLE CRUCIAL FOR INDONESIA'S FUTURE by Fardah

     Jakarta, July 17, 2013 (Antara) - Joining the World Population Day that focused on "Adolescent Pregnancy", the Indonesian government organized  a seminar on "The Empowerment of Girls to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy" in Yogyakarta, on July 11.
         Indonesia has a huge number of young people and they could be a very important asset for the nation if they are guided properly, Chairman of the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) Fasli Jalal stated.
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

TRANS SUMATRA ROAD PROJECT TO BE ACCELERATED TO IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY by Fardah

   Jakarta, July 16, 2013 (Antara) - Sumatra is one of Indonesia's significant economic gates given the fact that its location is very strategic and the island is rich in natural resources.
        The island which spans more than 1700 km and is about 473,606 sq. km, is the second largest in Indonesia after Kalimantan and the sixth largest island in the world after Greenland, New Guinea, Kalimantan, Madagascar and Baffin Island (Canada).
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Friday, July 12, 2013

INDONESIA PRAYS FOR PEACEFUL, DEMOCRATIC EGYPT by Fardah

    Jakarta, July 12, 2013 (Antara) - Given its close relationships with  Egypt and the fact that thousands of Indonesians are in Egypt, Indonesia has prayed for peaceful and democratic political transition in the Arab world's most populous nation.
        "We pray so that political upheavals in Egypt could end immediately and political transition in that country could run peacefully, democratically based on the will of the Egyptians," President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said when hosting a fast-breaking dinner in Islam's holy month of Ramadan (Fasting) at the State Palace in Jakarta on July 11, 2013.
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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

HAZE TASK FORCE SUCCESSFULLY EXTINGUISHES SUMATRA FOREST FIRES by Fardah

     Jakarta, July 10, 2013 (Antara) - After launching all-out measures against forest, plantation and peatland fires in Sumatra, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB)'s Haze Emergency Response Task Force has finally revoked the emergency response status of the worst-hit Riau Province.
     "Since July 6, the emergency status has been revoked, and now Riau is the transitional period for recovery," Agus Wibowo, a spokesman of BNPB's Haze Emergency Response Task Force, said in Pekanbaru, Riau on July 9, 2013.
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Friday, June 28, 2013

INDONESIA, VIETNAM VOW TO STRENGTHEN BILATERAL ECONOMIC TIES by Fardah

    Jakarta, June 28, 2013 (Antara)  - Indonesia and Vietnam have used the state visit of President Truong Tan Sang to Jakarta on June 27 and 28 as a momentum to reaffirm the two countries' commitment to strengthen the bilateral relations in trade and investment particularly.    
   The visit of President Truong Tan Sang, who was accompanied by First Lady Mai Tinh Hanh and a high-level delegation, was aimed at strengthening friendship and comprehensive cooperation with  Indonesia - an important partner within the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and in the Southeast Asian region in general.
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

INDONESIA LAUNCHES ALL-OUT FIGHT AGAINST FOREST FIRES by Fardah

    Jakarta, June 26, 2013 (Antara) -  As haze coming from forest, plantation and peatland fires has affected thousands of lives of people in Sumatra as well as in Malaysia and Singapore, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono recently instructed all-out measures to fight the blazes raging in Sumatra.
         The Indonesian head of state on June 20, 2013, ordered all ministries and relevant institutions to put out the fires within one month at the longest.
         A week after giving the order, Yudhoyono reiterated his instruction because the haze continued to blanket parts of Sumatra, Singapore and Malaysia,
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Thursday, June 20, 2013

WHEN HAZE ATTACKS THREE COUNTRIES, COOPERATION NEEDED by Fardah

     Jakarta, June 20, 2013 (Antara) - Haze knows no border. In this current dry season with extreme hot weather, Sumatra is being hit by forest, peatland and plantation fires producing smog haze that has been affecting not only the island, but also Malaysia and Singapore.
     Almost every year forest fires hit several Indonesian islands, particularly Sumatra and Kalimantan. Some of them were deliberately set to clear land for cultivation and some are triggered by natural  factors such as extreme drought that could induce hot spots in peatland.  
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

SUMATRA STRUGGLING AGAINST FOREST, PEATLAND FIRES by Fardah

    Jakarta, June 19, 2013 (Antara) - Forest, bush and peatland fires hit Indonesia's major islands particularly Sumatra and Kalimantan almost every year, but it is not easy to deal with the fires which some are deliberately set to clear land for cultivation.
        During this year's dry season, with an exception of Java Island which is partly still experiencing rains almost every day, forest, bush and peatland fires have been reported across Sumatra Island.
        The fires have produced thick haze covering several Sumatran cities such as Pekanbaru and Dumai (Riau Province) and Batam (Riau Island Province). Indonesia's neighboring countries - Malaysia and Singapore - have also claimed that Sumatra's haze has blanketed some of their areas.
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

INDONESIA EXPECTED TO LEAD IN FOREST AND OCEAN PROTECTION by Fardah

     Jakarta, June 11, 2013 (Antara) - To the surprises of some people, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited the Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior III, with his family members in Tanjung Priok Seaport in Jakarta on June 7, a day before World Oceans Day was observed.
         There had been "hate and love relations" between Indonesia and Greenpeace in the past, for instance, when the Indonesian navy escorted the Rainbow Warrior II out of its territorial waters in October 2010.
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Monday, June 10, 2013

PRESIDENT CALLS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS ON ENVIRONMENT DAY by Fardah

    Jakarta, June 10, 2013 (Antara) - It has been Indonesia's tradition that in celebrating the World Environment Day, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono every year bestows Kalpataru (Tree of Life) awards to environmental heroes and Adipura awards to municipalities and districts for cleanliness.
         This year, during the award presentation which was held at the State Palace, Jakarta, on June 10, President Yudhoyono in his remarks emphasized the importance of environmental issues to be integrated into school curriculum for nine-year basic education.
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Friday, June 7, 2013

CLOSER COOPERATION BETWEEN RI, SWEDEN FOLLOWING YUDHOYONO'S VISIT by Fardah

    Jakarta, June 7, 2013 (Antara) - The recent visit of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono to Stockholm has resulted in closer bilateral relations between Indonesia and Sweden as the two nations have agreed on intensified cooperation in at least five areas.
        President Yudhoyono's two-day state visit (May 28-29) to Sweden, which is his first to the Scandinavian country, was at the  invitation of Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf Folke Hubertus, who visited Indonesia in January 2012.      
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

EVERY DAY SHOULD BE ENVIRONMENT DAY by Fardah

    Jakarta, June 4 , 2013 (Antara) - Joining the international community in observing the World Environment Day, which falls on June 5, Indonesia's Environmental Affairs Ministry organized a discussion on Clean Up Indonesia Movement (GIB) recently.
         The discussion revealed that Jakarta alone produces at least 56 cubic meters of waste in every two days. "So, every two days Jakarta builds garbage as big as the structure of Borobudur Temple," Sodiq Suhardianto, the head of the Indonesian Waste Study Center (PKPI),  told the audience.  The large of the famous Buddhist temple is 52 cubic meters.
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Saturday, June 1, 2013

PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO SEES ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION AS KEY FOR POVERTY ERADICATION by Fardah

   Jakarta, June 1 , 2013 (Antara) - After working for nine months and holding five meetings in four continents, the  The UN High-Level Panel (HLP) of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda finally completed the task to prepare a report containing recommendations to succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
        Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had the honor to submit the report to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in New York, the United States, on May 30, 2013.
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Friday, May 31, 2013

PRESIDENT DEDICATES WORLD STATESMAN AWARD TO ALL INDONESIAN PEOPLE by Fardah

 Jakarta, May 31, 2013 (Antara) - Despite some controversies at home, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono finally accepted the World Statesman Award from the Appeal of Conscience Foundation (AoCF) in New York and dedicated the award to all Indonesian people.
        "I accept this award on behalf of the Indonesian people. May this award provide momentum for us to continue our endeavor in the promotion of humanity and the common good of peoples. May the hard work and resolve of all Indonesians further encourage us to achieve the dreams of our founding fathers: a harmonious society bonded in peace and prosperity," President Yudhoyono said immediately after receiving the award on May 30, 2013.
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

INDONESIA EXPLORES NEW, ALTERNATIVE TOURISM MARKETS by Fardah

     Jakarta, May 28, 2013 (Antara) - As Europe and the United States are being hit by global financial crisis, Indonesia has turned to new and alternative tourism markets such as ASEAN member nations, China, India and Arab states to ensure that foreign tourists will continuously flow in to the country.
         Indonesia has been intensifying its tourism promotion activities to countries which are not directly affected by the crisis, such as  China, India, Arab states and some ASEAN member nations.
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Saturday, May 25, 2013

INDONESIA RAISES ALARM OVER INCREASING NUMBER OF DRUG USERS by Fardah

   Jakarta, May 25, 2013 (Antara) - Indonesia is considered a big market for illicit drug  trafficking and no longer merely a transit country as the number of drug users has increased quite significantly.
        "In 2010, the economic loss due to drug abuse was recorded at around Rp41 trillion constituting private and social costs. The drug abuse condition in Indonesia is currently alarming," Chairman of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) Commissioner General Anang Iskandar said in Jakarta recently.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR BIODIVERSITY HIGHLIGHTS CRUCIAL ROLE OF WATER by Fardah

    Jakarta, May 21, 2013 (Antara) - On May 22, 2013, many countries including Indonesia are to observe the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) focusing on "Water and Biodiversity".
        The theme is chosen to coincide with the International Year of Water Cooperation 2013, and coincidentally, the period 2005-2015 is the International Decade for Action "Water For Life".
        According to the United Nations, the IDB 2013's theme of water provides Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the public at large the opportunity to raise awareness about this vital issue, and to increase positive action.
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

MORATORIUM EXTENSION NEEDED FOR BETTER FOREST GOVERNANCE by Fardah

    Jakarta, May 14, 2013 (Antara) - A tag of war between environmental groups and forest industrialists have resumed as Indonesia's regulation on a two-year moratorium on new licenses for forest clearing in primary natural forests and peat lands, will expire on May 20, 2013.
         The presidential instruction no.10 /2011 on forest moratorium  itself had to go through a long and winding road before it was finally issued in May 2011 following pros and cons regarding the policy.
         Strong lobbies of forestry businessmen had reportedly forced the government to delay the regulation release for several times.
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

JAKARTA TO HOST ISLAMIC SOLIDARITY GAMES IN SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2013 by Fardah

     Jakarta, May 7, 2013 (Antara) - Indonesian Youth and Sports Minister Roy Suryo has finally  decided to move the venue of the Third Islamic Solidarity Games (ISG) 2013 to Jakarta, ending a controversy about whether Riau Province was appropriate or not to be the next host of the international event.
        The ISG 2013 was initially to be held in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, on June 6-17, 2013, but due to some problems, the Games' venue would be moved to Jakarta and its implementation would be postponed to September 22-October 1, 2013, the minister said.
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Monday, May 6, 2013

INDONESIA'S FOREST MORATORIUM NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED, EXPANDED: EXPERT

     by Fardah and A. Fitriyanti  
    Jakarta, May 6 (Antara) - Indonesia's forest moratorium should be extended and expanded in order to be effective in further reducing gas emissions and deforestation rate, according to an expert.
         "The greenhouse gas emission reduction Indonesia reached 8.3 percent. It's a lot, but it could be expanded by among other things reviewing the existing concessions," Jonah Busch of the World Resources Institute (WRI), said here on Monday.
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

RI'S GOVERNMENT MAKES FUEL PRICE HIKE CONDITIONAL ON COMPENSATION PACKAGE by Fardah

   Jakarta,  April 30, 2013 (Antara) -  After prolonged discussions, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono finally announced the government's plan to raise subsidized fuel prices but it is conditional on compensation package for those likely to be affected.
         "When will subsidized fuel prices be raised? When the poverty funding is ready," President Yudhoyono  told  high ranking government officials  attending  the National Development Planning Meeting here on Tuesday (April 30, 2013).
         Initially, the government  had prepared  a scenario to raise the price of subsidized gasoline and diesel oil from Rp4,500 to less than Rp6,500 a liter as of May 1, 2013.
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Sunday, April 28, 2013

INDONESIA URGED TO EXTEND, STRENGTHEN MORATORIUM ON DEFORESTATION by Fardah

      Jakarta, April 28, 2013 (Antara) - A number of non-governmental organizations have urged the Indonesian government to extend two-year moratorium on deforestation which will expire in May 2013, to protect the country's remaining forests and peat lands.
         In May 2011, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono signed long-waited  Presidential Instruction No. 10/2011 on Moratorium on New Logging Concessions for Primary Forests and Peat lands, after a prolonged tug of war between environmentalists and business lobbyists.
         Under the moratorium, no new licenses for logging concessions in parts of the country's primary forests and peat lands can be issued.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

INDONESIA STRIVES FOR 30-PERCENT QUOTA FOR WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT by Fardah

  Jakarta, April 24, 2013 (Antara) - Indonesia is currently gearing up for  legislative elections which will be held on April 9, 2014, to elect 560 lawmakers to sit in the House of Representatives (DPR).
        Local general election commission (KPU) offices are currently also busy collecting and verifying lists of candidates for legislative elections at the district/city levels such as in  Padang (West Sumatra), Kubu Raya (West Kalimantan), Manado (North Sulawesi), Sumenep (Madura, East Java), and Bantul (Yogyakarta).
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Sunday, April 21, 2013

INDONESIA SEEKS CLOSER ECONOMIC TIES WITH MYANMAR by Fardah

    Jakarta, April 21, 2013 (Antara) - As fellow member states of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), Indonesia has always maintained good relations with Myanmar and strongly supported the democratization process in the country formerly called Burma.
         Indonesia has lately intensified efforts to boost economic ties with Myanmar which has offered significant trade and investment opportunities as the Nay Pyi Taw administration has been moving towards democracy.
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

INDONESIA GEARS UP FOR 2014 GENERAL ELECTIONS by Fardah

    Jakarta, April 16, 2013(Antara) - The year 2014 will be a "party time for democracy" in Indonesia as the nation will hold direct legislative and presidential elections, which will be the third democratic elections since the political reform that started in
1998.
   The legislative elections will take place on April 9, 2014, after campaign period from March 16 to April 5, 2014, while the presidential election is expected to be organized on July 9, 2014.

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Saturday, April 13, 2013

INDONESIA TO RESTORE POLLUTED RIVERS by Fardah

     Jakarta, April 13, 2013 (Antara) - Indonesia is a tropical country having at least 5,590 rivers and 65,017 tributaries with a total length of the rivers at around 94,573 km and broad river basins reaching 1,512.466 km2.
         Like in many other countries, river is a source of water which  has a very important function for the lives and livelihoods of the Indonesian people, among other things for irrigation and drinking water.
           The Indonesian environmental affairs ministry last month, however, issued shocking data revealing that 52 strategic rivers in Indonesia's 33 provinces have been polluted.  
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Thursday, April 11, 2013

IN CURRENT TRANSITION PERIOD, FLOODS, LANDSLIDES STILL THREATEN INDONESIA by Fardah

    Jakarta, April 11, 2013 (Antara) - A number of Indonesia's provinces such as East Java, West Sumatra and Aceh, have been hit by floods and landslides which were triggered by incessant heavy rains and killed more than ten people, since the beginning of April 2013.
         As the country is in the period of transition between the rainy and dry season, the government has warned people living in flood-prone areas in particular to be on alert for floods and landslides
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Monday, April 8, 2013

SPILL-OVER EFFECTS OF ROHINGYA ISSUE ON INDONESIA by Fardah

     Jakarta, April 8, 2013 (Antara) - As the tension has escalated in Myanmar due to sectarian conflicts between two different ethnic groups, more refugees were flowing out of the country by boats and some of them were stranded in other ASEAN member nations including in Indonesia.
         Over the past two days (April 7 and 8, 2013), the Indonesian authorities had detained Myanmarese refugees respectively on Sumatra and Java Islands for illegal entry into the Indonesian waters, although their intended destinations were actually Australia and Malaysia.
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Friday, April 5, 2013

INDONESIAN ARMY PRAISED FOR TRANSPARENCY IN INVESTIGATING PRISON RAID by Fardah

     Jakarta, April 5 , 2013 (Antara) - Ten days after the shocking raid at Cebongan penitentiary by armed masked men who killed for detainees, the Indonesian Army (TNI)'s investigation team announced the identities of the attackers to the public.
         "The attack was carried out by members of the army, in this case members of the Indonesian Army's special forces Kopassus Group 3 Kartosuro," the chief of army investigators for the case, Brigadier General Unggul K Yudhoyono, said at a press conference in Jakarta, on April 4, 2013.
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

INDONESIA EMPHASIZES "PREVENTION, DETECTION AND PROTECTION" TO TACKLE PEOPLE SMUGGLING by Fardah

     Jakarta, April 3, 2013 (Antara) - Indonesia and Australia have agreed that people smuggling and trafficking in persons are complex and multidimensional problems that require cooperation among source, transit and destination countries to tackle them.
        The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported that 2012 saw unprecedented migratory movements on all maritime routes in the Asia-Pacific region, Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr said in his opening speech at the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime.
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Saturday, March 30, 2013

UN HLP RECOMMENDS BOLD FRAMEWORK FOR POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT by Fardah

    Jakarta, March 30, 2013 (Antara) - Members of the United Nations High-Level Panel (UN HLP) of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda issued a Final Communiqué that they described as an "ambitious yet achievable framework" in their meeting in Bali, Indonesia, recently.
        Co-chaired by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the fourth HLP meeting held on March 25-27, 2013, discussed how to build a global partnership and means of implementation for the development agenda.
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Thursday, March 28, 2013

INDONESIA RELEASES MORE SEA TURTLE HATCHLINGS INTO SEA by Fardah

     Jakarta, March 28, 2013 (Antara)- Several inhabitants of Sao Village, Mentawai Island, West Sumatra Province, must be overjoyed when they found a 75-kg sea turtle being stranded in a beach.
         They cooked the turtle and distributed its meat to their relatives and neighbors on March 24, 2013. Unfortunately, "the party" turned into a tragedy when several people started to fall ill after eating the turtle meat.
         Four children aged between four to 11 years old died and 148 people fell ill and had to be treated in nearby hospitals suspectedly due to the turtle meat poisoning, Warta Siritoitet of the Mentawai health office, said in Mentawai District on March 27, 2013.
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

INDONESIA RACING AGAINST TIME TO ACHIEVE MDGs by Fardah

      Jakarta, March 27, 2013  (Antara) - Many developing countries including Indonesia have just less than three years to make significant progresses in poverty eradication, health, sanitation and education programs which are parts of the the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
    April 5, 2013 will mark 1,000 days to the end of 2015 - the deadline for achieving the eight MDGs which were agreed by UN member nations in September 2000.
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Friday, March 22, 2013

INDONESIANS READY TO TURN OFF LIGHTS TO SAVE PLANET EARTH by Fardah

     Jakarta, March 22, 2013 (Antara) - The Indonesian people - from the country's western-most province of Aceh on Sumatra Island to Gorontalo on Sulawesi Island - are expected to support Earth Hour campaign to save Planet Earth.
    Earth Hour is a worldwide event organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and held towards the end of March annually, encouraging households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour to raise awareness about the need to take action on climate change.

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

SCHOOL CANTEENS CRUCIAL FOR CREATING HEALTHY YOUNGER GENERATION by Fardah

     Jakarta, March 20, 2013 (Antara) - Parents whose children study in State Junior High School (SMPN) 194 in Duren Sawit, East Jakarta, could feel at ease allowing their children to buy food and beverages in the school's canteens.
         "Our canteens do not sell colorful snacks and beverages. For drinks, we can only buy bottled mineral water, milk or tea. We don't  have soft drinks nor instant noodles in the canteens which are tightly supervised by the teachers," Hani, a seven-grade student of SMPN 194, said recently.  
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Sunday, March 17, 2013

INDONESIA REAPS HUGE SUCCESS IN BERLIN TOURISM BOURSE 2013 by Fardah

    Jakarta, March 17, 2013 (Antara) - Indonesia, which was proud of being the official partner country of ITB Berlin (Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin) 2013 in Germany, claimed that it has recorded a huge success during the travel show joined by over 10,000 tourism stakeholders from 188 nations.
         Nia Niscaya, the Overseas Promotion Director of the Indonesian Tourism and Creative Economic Ministry, said recently that major international tour operators have confidence in Indonesia and are willing to offer the country as a main tourist destination to their clients.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

INDONESIA'S MANGROVE CONSERVATION TO GET BOOST FROM SOCCER STAR by Fardah

    Jakarta, March 13, 2013 (Antara) - Indonesia, Brazil, Australia, Nigeria and India are countries with the largest area of mangrove forests, which are among the most threatened habitats in the world.
         Mangroves are disappearing more quickly than inland tropical rainforests particularly due to clear cutting for shrimp farms.
         Their deforestation has caused among other things fisheries declines, degradation of clean water supplies, salinization of coastal soils, erosion and land subsidence.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

EVERY INDONESIAN CITY EXPECTED TO HAVE TRASH BANKS by Fardah

   Jakarta, March 12, 2013 (Antara) - Indonesian Environmental Affairs Minister Balthasar Kambuaya has envisioned the establishment of trash banks in every city in the country having the population of around 257 million - the world's fourth most populous nation after China, India and the United States.
         The ministry has set a target to develop at least 25 trash banks in each of 250 cities across Indonesia by 2014.
         "Currently, not all Indonesian districts and cities have trash banks. Only 55 districts and cities have established trash banks. Many others have not had such banks yet," Minister Kambuaya said recently when inaugurating "Super Depo" trash bank at Sutorejo area, Surabaya, East Java Province.  
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Friday, March 8, 2013

INDONESIAN DIASPORA - NO MATTER WHERE, FORGET NOT MOTHERLAND by Fardah

     Jakarta, March 8, 2013 (Antara) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told Indonesian Diaspora in Berlin, Germany on March 5, 2013, to always remember Indonesia and give contribution for the country's development wherever they are.
        "It is not important whether you will return to Indonesia or you have decided to live in other countries. The most important is how you could always give your contribution to Indonesia," the head of state said before 60 members of Indonesian Diaspora consisting of among others post-graduate students, researchers, and lecturers.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

TWO GROUPS OF ROHINGYA REFUGEES STRANDED IN ACEH LAST WEEK by Fardah

    Jakarta, March 6, 2013 (Antara) - Two wooden boats with no engine and carrying a total of 284 Rohingya refugees including women and children, were separately found adrift in Aceh waters by Aceh fishermen respectively on February 26 and 28, 2013.
         To rescue the hydrated, weak and starving Rohingya Muslims, local fishermen had to pull the boats up to 12 hours from the middle of the sea onto Aceh's shore.  
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

INDONESIAN MIGRANT WORKERS EVACUATED AMIDST SABAH STANDOFF by Fardah

   Jakarta, March 5, 2013 (Antara) - A standoff between Malaysian security forces and armed Filipinos, which was initially considered as a bizarre incident, has continued since last month without a peaceful solution in sight so far.
    The Indonesian authorities have been following closely the incident which claimed at least 27 lives mostly the armed Filipinos in Sabah, because thousands of Indonesian workers are being employed mainly in oil palm plantations in the Malaysian state.

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