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Edition 24 February 2020
Cover Story
Kalla’s Network in the Monas Race
Preparations for the Formula E race at the National Monument triggered a polemic. The State Palace initially forbade holding the event at this location but later gave its approval. Those close to Jusuf Kalla are involved.
Cover Story
Stepping on the Gas at Monas
After weighing several locations for the race circuit, Formula E organizers selected the National Monument grounds, considering it Jakarta’s main icon. Governor Anies claims he had reported the plan to President Jokowi.
Cover Story
Grand Ambitions
Revitalization of the national monument area, which started just ahead of the Formula E race, was carried out without the central government’s approval.
National
The Family Resilience Bill under Fire
The Family Resilience Bill triggers controversy. It is considered of encroaching too far in the private domain.
Economy
Failed Omnibus Lobby
Numerous dissemination efforts seem unable to prevent demonstrations planned by labor unions to protest the omnibus bill. New problems appear to arise outside of the official draft content.
Economy
Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah: It’s Not Easy to Accommodate the Interests of Both businesses and Employees
The omnibus bill on job creation will be the first challenge for Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah.
Economy
Double trouble
The formulation of a regulation that will legitimate the hand-over of pension insurance management to BP Jamsostek is stuck at the administrative and bureaucratic reform ministry. The debate heats up at the Constitutional Court’s hearing.
Law
Badminton Courtside Radioactivity
The Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency discovered some radioactive cesium-137 at the Batan Indah Housing Complex in Serpong, South Tangerang. It is suspected of originating from leftover industrial equipment.
Law
Law
Delayed Announcement of Radiation
Environment
Slow Growing Green Open Space
City administrations are having difficulties meeting the green open space requirement of 30 percent of overall city area. Jakarta sets an annual growth of 23 hectares of open space, far below the ideal amount of 650 hectares.
Interview
Taxation Director-General Suryo Utomo: With Tax Cuts, the Economy Can Grow
Controversy surrounding the omnibus bill’s deliberations has not discouraged Finance Ministry’s Taxation Director-General, Suryo Utomo.
Market Pulse
Ambitious on Omnibus Bill, Forgetting the Virus
Yopie Hidayat (Contributor)
Letters
Pension Allowance for Civil Servant’s Wife
I retired as a civil servant as of April 1, 2013 with the rank of IVD. In the retirement identity card No. 08003867500, issued by the principal branch office of Palembang on June 4, 2013, my four-member family is listed (myself, wife and two children) with a pension worth about Rp4.2 million.
Photo
Picture Window
Climbing Halfway to the Stars
Opinion
Need for Speed
JAKARTA Governor Anies Baswedan’s decision to hold a Formula E race in the National Monument (Monas) area in early June will only benefit a handful of businesspeople, while most residents of the capital city will be disadvantaged.
Opinion
Radioactive Panic
Careless disposal of radioactive waste endangers life and the environment. Batan and Bapeten’s monitoring is still weak.
Opinion
Private Interference
The bill on family resilience regulates the private sphere of citizens. There is no need for the government to join deliberations.
Opinion
Struggling to Unite
Taspen and Asabri are refusing to handover the management of government employees’ pension funds to the State Social Security Agency. The government must be firm.
Sidelines
Back in those days, I would listen to my mother’s stories as she lulled the children to sleep. She knew that sleep was investment for a fresh new day. In the 20th century, stories had become ‘technology’.