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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.
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.
Jakarta’s flood problem is growing. Areas that were never flooded in the past are now deluged, including the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital.
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.
Operators are still calculating the pros and cons of using East Palapa Ring’s infrastructure. Limited customers must also be taken into consideration.
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.
The Jakarta Regional Military Command has been vacating state-owned housing allocated for military personnel over the past five years.
Wimboh Santoso, Chairman of Board of Commissioners, Financial Services Authority
Malaysia’s Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope) is done for. There are those seeking power through a new coalition involving the UMNO.
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.
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.
Kill Pill
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.
A number of retired army generals reside in more than single house units in the Cijantung military housing complex. They appropriated residential permit papers.
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.
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.
Anyone who has planted a tree knows that what grows is not merely an object in space, but also a mark in time.
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