March 8, 2016 edition

THE sound of pop music could be heard wafting out the window of a small music studio in Jalan Imam Bonjol in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, two weeks ago.
Anton Winarno, 36, was jamming with his friend. "Were not professional musicians, this is just a hobby," he said.

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March 1, 2016 edition

Trash for Cash
Waste bank programs have been set up in several schools in Padang, at the urging of the local government. Two junior high schools have received the Adiwiyata Mandiri award for environmental excellence.

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February 23, 2016 edition

Reducing the Burden
Some communities on the island of Alor in East Nusa Tenggara Province have cut down on the cost of expensive customary rituals. The resulting savings means more children are staying in school and going to university.

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February 16, 2016 edition

Elisabeth Wiliam is thrilled to be back in the classroom. In front of her hangs a large flat screen television connected to a small modem. A camera sits on top.
The scene likely bears little resemblance to the rooms she sat in 28 years ago when she was studying at her vocational nursing school (SPK). "But now, we learn through video conferences and use laptops to go online," the 53-year-old woman said.

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February 9, 2016 edition

THE Agung Rai Museum of Art (ARMA) is located deep in the cool, bursting-green surrounds of Ubud, Bali. Founded by Agung Rai, an Ubud-born painter, the ARMA compound is dotted with ponds, fountains, flowerbeds, paddyfieldsand even an herb garden.
The museum, which opened in 1996, consists of the Bale Daja and Bale Dauh exhibition halls, both of which reflect traditional Balinese architecture. Entering Bale Daja and Bale Dauh is like stepping back in time and then zooming back ahead again. Masterpieces by 19th century painter Raden Saleh blend into Kamasan bark paintings by Batuan artists from the 1930's. There are also paintings by Balinese masters such as I Gusti Nyoman Lempad, Anak Agung Gde Sobrat, I Gusti Made Deblong. Paintings by Willem Gerald Hofker, Rudolf Bonnet, Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Marpres and Willem Dooijwaard can also be found.

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February 2, 2016 edition

From October through February, Arfah Arifin, 40, often comes home empty-handed. Like other fisherwomen in Perlis hamlet, Langkat regency, North Sumatra province, she has to work side jobs just to make ends meetsometimes that means serving food to students at the elementary school, other times it means watering nurseries.
Arfah works long hours, and even then often comes up short on her children's school tuition. This forces her to pay her neighbors 'courtesy visits', where she asks for money. "The important thing is that food is always there," the mother of four told Tempo two weeks ago.

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January 26, 2016 edition

Soon after Joko Widodo was elected president, he declared food self-sufficiency to be one of his priorities. Tens of thousands of tractors were bought and distributed to farmers and a large budget was allocated to subsidize seeds and fertilizers. Indonesia is one of the world's top rice consuming country and a net importer of the staple. The President stressed that the nation must achieve food security within three years.
Slamet Budijanto, an expert in food science and technology from the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) maintains that we should pay more attention to the diverse food sources available in the country and rely less on rice. Budijanto spoke to Nabiha Shahab from Tempo English on how Indonesia can achieve food self-sufficiency. Excerpts:

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