May 26, 2015 edition
Economy
Mineral
Limitations On Tin Exports
The Ministry of Trade will issue a new regulation on the export of tin, set to take effect on August 1. Trade Minister Rachmat Gobel said the new regulation will reduce the types of exportable tin from four to three. "Only pure tin bars, solder tin, and other tin goods will be allowed for export," he said last Tuesday.
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National
Much Ado Over A Bogus Decree
Sidelines
Exchange
Word Watch
You
National
The Cabinet Secretary's Office sprang to life Monday three weeks ago after news broke that a Presidential Decree had been issued naming Bambang Widodo director-general of immigration. Cabinet Secretary Andi Widjajanto ordered his staff to investigate. "The result was that such a decree did not exist. President Joko Widodo never signed that Presidential Decree," he said last Monday.
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Sidelines
Money can link all kinds of things, distant and close. It reminds me of the film The Cup.
In a monastery in the Himalayan foothills, a novice monk called Orgyen is suffering from an addiction to something worldly: he is obsessed with football. The World Cup is on, and France and Brazil have made it to the final. Orgyen and his friend Lodo organize their friends to chip in to hire a television set and parabola from an Indian trader in the village opposite.
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Word Watch
Jennifer Lindsay*
We native speakers of English are often baffled by the choices existing in other languages, including Indonesian, for the second person pronoun, 'you'. This is because English is rather strange in not having options. Whether we are addressing one person or many, a lover or a stranger, an old person or a baby, we use 'you'. The phrase, 'Would you like me to help?' for instance, will be identical, no matter who it is we are talking to.
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Travel
Along with majestic Pekerisan River in Gianyar and the stately Taman Ayun Temple in Mengwi, Jatiluwih was nominated a World Heritage site in 2012. It is a great honor for Bali to have its natural and cultural wonders recognized, as the sites will take their place right alongside world-famous Borobudur, Prambanan, the Sangiran archaeological site, Ujung Kulon, Lorentz and Komodo national parks and the magnificent tropical rainforests of Sumatra.
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Opinion
IT could be the television images of sick and starving men, women and children aired around the world, their pathetic faces peering out of the holds of rickety wooden fishing boats that finally convinced the three governments to let them land ashore. For all concerned, however, this is just the beginning of a humanitarian problem that is likely to last for years.
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Letters
Defense Ministry Correction
TEMPO'S Too Many Cooks cover story in its May 18-24, 2015 issue, page 36, contains writing that could give rise to a misperception among readers. The article puts the defense minister together in the same group as other, more controversial ministers.
We need to affirm that Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu never made any controversial statement. Concerning the death penalty for drug traffickers, the ministry supports this particular policy. As for the statement which suggests that 'If Indonesia goes to war, it would only last a few days', it was written on Twitter by an individual who claimed to be the minister. To this date, the minister has not made a Twitter account.
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Interview
AFTER very tense seconds, the search and rescue (SAR) team was finally able to extricate the body of Erry Yunanto from the depths of Mt. Merapi's crater last week. The Yogyakarta Atma Jaya University student had fallen into the crater while descending the mountain peak on May 15. The recovery process had to be done extra cautiously, given the sharp incline of the crater's sides which emitted poisonous fumes.
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International
AFTER receiving a phone call from his uncle promising him opportunity to study in Malaysia, Muhammad Syarif decided he would leave the camp set up for ethnic Rohingyas in Rakhine, Myanmar. The decision was a risky one. For starters, the Myanmar military has threatened to punish any Rohingya caught trying leave the shelter.
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Law
Bambang Widjojanto received a letter from the Association of Indonesian Advocates (Peradi) on Friday two weeks ago, sent by the head of the Peradi Supervising Committee, Timbang Pangaribuan. The letter informed the former Deputy Chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) that he had committed no ethics violations in his role as a prosecuting attorney in an election dispute at the Constitutional Court regarding a 2010 governor's race in West Kotawaringin, Central Kalimantan.
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Obituari
I received a text message on my cellular phone on Thursday last week, that former Judge Benjamin Mangkoedilaga had passed away. I was silent for a moment, remembering a man I had known for more than 30 years. He was a simple and honest man. He was not just a judge, but also a teacher, a social activist and a legal consultant.
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Arround The Archipelago
Balinese Students Place Fourth In Us Math Competition
TWO students from Bali, I Kadek Sudiarsana and I Dewa Gede Ary, have developed a traditional Bali gringsing weaving motif using a mathematical formula. The pair's research, both of whom are students of Mandara State High School in Singaraja, Bali, earned them fourth place in the mathematics category at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) competition held on May 10-15 in Pittsburgh, US.
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Special Report
Splitting through green fields, the country road, measuring about five meters in width, ends at the convergence of the Cimanuk and Cilutung rivers. In the middle of the rivers-part of the Babakan Anyar village, Kadipaten, Majalengka-dozens of miners are busy loading their boats with sand to be transported west by trucks waiting near the river bank.
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Cover Story
STATE-OWNED oil and gas company Pertamina finally disbanded Petral, its trading subsidiary based in Hong Kong and Singapore. It has established, as its replacement, the Integrated Supply Chain (ISC), which is expected to take over the functions and tasks of Petral but to be directly controlled by Pertamina headquarters in Jakarta.
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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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