August 1, 2017 edition
Interview
The mission is carried out from a room very similar to an 'emergency post' on the second floor of State Secretariat on Jalan Veteran, Central Jakarta. Here Yudi Latif, 53, is crowded with 24 members of the Presidential Working Unit on the Implementation of Pancasila Ideology or UKP-PIP. The sign for the ministry-level institution is only a piece of white paper on the glass door. "If a demonstration is taking place in front of the State Palace, we have to leave because this room is used to welcome demonstrators," Yudi said laughing.
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Law
A yellow police line stretched in front of the gates of the Mandalika Hotel in Anyer, Banten Province. "It's been there since the arrest," said Rozi, a security guard at the hotel last week. On Thursday, two weeks ago, the Jakarta Police and the Depok Police's joint team ambushed a group of drug smugglers from Taiwan.
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National
Two days after Mico Fanji Tirtayasa uploaded a confessional video claiming he had been pressured by a Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator to testify on a bribe given to Constitutional Court Chief Justice Akil Mochtar, Firdaus Taufik received a message via Facebook. Mico had contacted him with a message giving the impression that he was under threat.
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Outreach
FELIANI Amelia Putri smooth, rhythmical moves mesmerized hundreds in the audience who watched her performance at the Mataram Mall, Lombok. The dance was the opening act for a drawing competition. In Mataram, the capital city of the West Nusa Tenggara Province, Feliani--or Felly--and her friends from the Chantiqa Art Studio performed the Hawaiian Hula dance.
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Special Report
South Halmahera is as far away from Jakarta as its sobriquet, but one can take a direct flight from Jakarta to the small country in the Indian Ocean known for its beautiful beaches. But to get to South Halmahera in North Maluku, one would have to take two connecting flights. Three hours and 50 minutes after departing from Jakarta, the traveler arrives at Sultan Baabullah Airport in Ternate. From this airport, travelers have to fly another 35 minutes to Oesman Sadik Airport in Labuha, on the only flight to Labuha, which flies out once a day in the afternoon, on Wings Air. This same flight will head back to Ternate the next morning.
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Economy
The political year has arrived early. National elections are still two years away but looking at the government's targets for the 2018 budget, it seems that the efforts to secure an electoral victory have begun. That move is so obvious from ambitious assumptions for the draft of 2018 budget (RAPBN). The target range for economic growth is 5.4 percent to 6.1 percent. Even the lowest range is still higher than World Bank projections of a mere 5.3 percent. The government has also repeatedly signaled that budgets for populist programs such as village funds will rise by multiple amounts.
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Cover Story
Amran Sulaiman is in the spotlight for creating a storm in the rice business. Along with the Crops Task Force, he raided a Indo Beras Unggul's (IBU) rice mill warehouse in Bekasi two weeks ago. The statistics expert from Hasanuddin University, Makassar, argued that the raid needed to be done to rectify crop trade. "Profits must be distributed in a fair and proportionate manner," said Amran to Agus Supriyanto and Ali Nur Yasin from Tempo at his office last Tuesday.
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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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