April 14, 2015 edition
Cover Story
THE Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) supported Joko Widodo, but the PDI-P is now acting like it is the president's opposition. PDI-P politicians tend to loudly criticize the government, especially its policies. Relations between Jokowi and party chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri are much like a fever: blowing hot and cold.
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National
Fistfight At The House Under Investigation
A fistfight involving two members of the House of Representatives' (DPR) Energy Commission, Mulyadi and Mustofa Assegaf, will likely be investigated by the DPR's Ethics Council. The two fought during a working meeting with the Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Sudirman Said last Wednesday. "That cannot be tolerated. Their punishment will be decided by the board," DPR Deputy Speaker Fadli Zon said last Thursday.
Ethics Council Deputy Chair Sufmi Dasco Ahmad said the two would be questioned on suspicion of violation of ethics.
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Economy
Should We Worry About The Rupiah?
Last week, two events raised questions on whether the rupiah's Rp13,000 per US dollar comfort zone can be maintained. First, it was last month's US$3,9 billion decline in the country's foreign currency reserves to US$111,6 billion. Although still sufficient, it shows that the cost of stabilizing the rupiah doesn't come cheap and also raises concern as to how far these efforts can be maintained.
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Letters
Inconvenient Internet Banking
IN my regular use of Bank Mandiri's Internet Banking service, I often stumble upon some form of inconvenience. Like, for example, when I forgot to print the transactions record of a fund-transfer, or electric or water bill payment before closing the page, I will be left without that proof of payment. This is because the service does not allow me to go back to the previous page.
At night, after 10pm I am unable to access my transactions record, as if Mandiri's internet banking is only open during its own office hours, not around-the-clock as it should be. As a customer, I would like to see the bank improve its Internet banking system.
Daniel Thee
Surabaya 60187
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Surabaya 60187
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Sidelines
How exhausting politics is. Particularly for those unable to endure in antagonism. Towards evening on April 5, 1794 in Paris, a revolutionary leader who had lost the struggle was dragged off to the guillotine. On the way to his beheading, he said, "Oh, it were better to be a poor fisherman than to meddle with the government of men."
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Interview
INSTABILITY and chaos following air strikes aimed at the Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen has led the Foreign Ministry to activate its evacuation of Indonesian citizens program. By the ministry's count, as of September last year there are more than 4,000 Indonesian citizens living in that war-torn part of the Middle East. Twenty-three among them were arrested by the Yemeni authorities, but released on March 30.
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Health
A plainclothes policeman was seen carrying an icebox in a yellow plastic bag on the fifth floor of Siloam Hospital, Karawaci, Tangerang, on Wednesday last week. The icebox contained the remainder of the hospital's Buvanest-labeled anesthetic injection ampules. "Today we bring this evidence to be examined together," said Herkutanto, chairman of the Health Ministry's Serious Sentinel Case Analysis Team.
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Arround The Archipelago
Opinion
THE arbitrary cancellation of the Cilamaya port construction by Vice President Jusuf Kalla is clear evidence of Indonesia's chaotic development planning. The decision was taken hurriedly. How can a US$2.66 billion mega project be determined by a one-hour meeting at the village office?
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Outreach
CULTIVATION of forest areas by local communities in Indonesia still lag behind those in other Asian countries. Out of 130 million hectares of forest area, the government has allocated only two percent of that to local communities. Compare that with the Philippines, which has allocated 61 percent of its forests to be cultivated by communities and 28 percent in Vietnam.
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Special Report
Jessica Febiani was just a high school student when her keen fashion sense began to attract the attention of fashionistas in Bandung, West Java. At that time, in 2004, she was selling shoes and clothes, using social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter to help market her inexpensive, high-quality products.
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Tempo Talks
Improving Connectivity, Boosting Cooperation
This year, Indonesia and India mark 75 years of diplomatic relations. However, the ties between the two nations have existed much longer, predating the establishment of the Republic of Indonesia and the Republic of India. These connections span social, cultural, religious, economic, and trade aspects. But do those close ties of the past have any bearing on the present relationship? Why is there no direct flight between the capitals of the two countries?
Indian Ambassador to Indonesia and Timor-Leste, Sandeep Chakravorty, shares his views on this matter at TEMPO TALKS.
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