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Edition 03 March 2020
Cover Story
Flood Mitigation Failure
Jakarta’s flood mitigation budget has seen increasing cuts in the past three years. Governor Anies Baswedan’s flood defense plans have not made progress.
Cover Story
A Mourning Village on a Rampage
The development of malls and luxury residential complexes is being accused as the culprit behind Jakarta’s floods. Many developers are ignoring their obligation to build public and social facilities.
Cover Story
Fatal Flood
Jakarta’s flood problem is growing. Areas that were never flooded in the past are now deluged, including the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital.
Economy
Palapa Ring’s broken Promises
The promise of fast and cheap Internet access in outer regions through the Palapa Ring has yet to materialize. The stumbling block is connecting the Internet to the optic fibre cable network.
Economy
Steep Road to the East
Operators are still calculating the pros and cons of using East Palapa Ring’s infrastructure. Limited customers must also be taken into consideration.
Law
Playing Monopoly in a Military Complex
Ryamizard Ryacudu and Teddy Lhaksmana are suspected of controlling multiple houses in the Cijantung housing complex in East Jakarta. State-owned houses are ‘traded’ for hundreds of millions of rupiah.
Law
Ministry of Defense Director-General of Defense Strength, Air Vice Marshall N. Ponang Djawoto: Houses for Army Personnel is Indeed Complicated
The Jakarta Regional Military Command has been vacating state-owned housing allocated for military personnel over the past five years.
Interview
We Will Revoke Permits of Errant Companies
Wimboh Santoso, Chairman of Board of Commissioners, Financial Services Authority
Religion
Religion
Conflict Mediators of Place of Worship
Asean & Beyond
The Maneuver that Kills ‘Hope’
Malaysia’s Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope) is done for. There are those seeking power through a new coalition involving the UMNO.
Asean & Beyond
Pakatan Harapan Secretary-General Saifuddin Nasution Ismail: Sheraton Meeting was a High-level Treason
Malaysia's political crisis began when Mohamed Azmin Ali and a number of parliament members from Pakatan Harapan (The Alliance of Hope) met with opposition parties.
Environment
For Bird in Cage Contests
The environment and forestry ministry took five species of birds difficult to find in nature off the protected list. More consideration was given to birdbreeders than LIPI’s recommendation.
Photo
Picture Window
Kill Pill
Letters
Taspen’s Clarification
IN response to the complaint submitted by Bapak Hendy Ubro Pranoto in the Letters section of Tempo, February 25-March 2, 2020 edition, we convey the following important matters.
Opinion
A Tale of General Houses
A number of retired army generals reside in more than single house units in the Cijantung military housing complex. They appropriated residential permit papers.
Opinion
Regressing Democracy
Malaysia has fallen into a political crisis after Mahathir Mohamad let go the prime ministership. A regression in democracy is occurring all over Southeast Asia, including in Indonesia.
Opinion
Internet Fiasco in Papua
Four months after it was inaugurated by President Joko Widodo, the Palapa Ring has still not given Papua and West Papua an Internet connection. Much like laying down rail tracks, but with no provision of trains.
Sidelines
Anyone who has planted a tree knows that what grows is not merely an object in space, but also a mark in time.