Not Just for Names’ Sake

NEVER had Achmad Murman imagined that his assignment would lead to matrimony. In September 2006, the 30-year-old was appointed as a toponym (island naming) team member of the Department of Maritime Affairs & Fisheries. The team conducted surveys and compiled a list of geographical names—a gazetteer—of all islands in Indonesia.

Eight team members including Murman were dispatched to all over the country. While surveying Masalembu Island—14 h

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