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A New Hope for Us
THE Cikidang Plantation Resort run by PT Bintangraya Lokalestari in the Sukabumi Regency, West Java, will be transformed into a research and tech innovation complex dubbed Bukit Algoritma. To Dhanny Handoko, owner of Bintangraya, the project is a new hope after the company’s old plan to turn its land in Cikidang into the Sukabumi Special Economic Zone continues to fail. “Not just to return to how things were, but also to become more relevant in the future in the field of technology,” Dhanny said to Tempo journalist, M. A. Murtadho, in Cikidang, Wednesday, April 14.
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Bukit Algoritma is Not Built from Scratch
The plan to build Bukit Algoritma or the Algorithm Hill went viral, both on the news and social media. PDI-P politician Budiman Sudjatmiko explains his ideas for the project touted to be Indonesia’s Silicon Valley.
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The Rise and Fall of Techno Parks
The government’s plan to build 100 Techno Parks is falling behind. The project will instead focus on developing eight primary science and technology zones.
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Another Budi in Budiman’s Project
Budi Handoko was behind the development of the Cikidang Plantation Resort area, Algorithm Hill’s potential project location. His track record in East Kalimantan is not unblemished.
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Indonesia’s Silicon Valley in Cikidang
Politician Budiman Sudjatmiko promises to build a tech complex called the Bukit Algoritma, or Algorithm Hill. Touted to be the Silicon Valley of Indonesia, the new project means to attract investors to the currently neglected Sukabumi Special Economic Zone.
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Common Space in Kampung Slipi
Readers write the importance of common space for resident collective activities in Slipi and chaos in the traffic light location in Garut, West Java.
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There is No Positions Trading
Minister of Villages, Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Abdul Halim Iskandar provides an explanation regarding allegations of positions being traded at his ministry.
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Party Politicians in the Villages Ministry
Problems abound for village assistants. These problems are in part due to structural changes at the villages ministry.
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Fees for Positions in Kalibata
Expert staff member, Ahmad Iman Syukri, is suspected of trading echelon I and II positions at the villages, disadvantaged regions and transmigration ministry. As someone placed at the ministry “on behalf” of PKB General Chairperson Muhaimin Iskandar, Ahmad is also suspected of collecting project fees, which has negatively impacted the ministry’s budget absorption and programs.
Letters
Happy Anniversary, Tempo
Readers’ aspiration on the future of Tempo digital and inputs regarding legislation corruptions in the House of Representatives.
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ISIS Torch Passed to Jamaah Ansharut Daulah
Jamaah Ansharut Daulah is still active despite the apparent downfall of ISIS. The group is spreading propaganda on social media.
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Air Gun Girl
Zakiah Aini’s attack fits the ISIS doctrine. She uploaded a photo of the ISIS flag on her Instagram account.
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Millennial Terrorists and Lone Wolves
Makassar Cathedral’s bombers were affiliated with the pro-ISIS Jamaah Ansharut Daulah. An Islam Defenders Front official was present in one of the group’s pledge of allegiance to ISIS ceremonies. The Makassar attack activated lone wolves.
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Joyce Josephine’s Clarification
Joyce Josephine clarifies information in the cover story article of Tempo English of the January 25-31, 2021 issue titled Aid Packages for the Red Party.
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Jokowi’s Announcement and Jokowidjaja’s Role
In early March, the government signed a rice import MoU with Thailand. There is belief that a Thai businessman from Indonesia was involved.
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The Rice Import Terror
The plan to import rice turned into a controversy. Uncertain information, caused by disagreements between government officials, caused the price of unhulled rice to plummet during the harvest season.
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Harvest Season Blues
Farmers in many regions are facing gloomy prospects for the first harvest of the year 2021. They are crushed between the plunging prices of unhusked rice and the low absorption by the State Logistics Agency (Bulog).
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Pertamina’s Land Prone to Squatting
A reader writes that a vast plot of land owned by Pertamina in Pondok Ranji, East Ciputat, South Tangerang, Banten, is almost neglected and vulnerable to a land grab.
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Vaccines are Made Using Trypsin and Gelatin
Trypsin is not a content of vaccine, but a substance used as a catalyst to help vaccine production. After being cleansed, what remains is antigen.