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Odd Early-Stage Allocations

The 2020 Jakarta draft budget priorities and ceiling (KUA-PPAS)—the early stage in the capital city’s budget plan—is full of irregularities. Suspicious budget allocation items are dispersed throughout spending components for consulting services, procurement, and assistance funds. Text: Hussein Abri Dongoran, Gangsar Parikesit Sources: 2016-2019 Jakarta budget, 2020 RKUA-PPAS as processed by the PSI

Cover Story Monday, November 11, 2019 Edition

Land Certificate Fees

WE are very pleased and grateful as our land certificate has finally been issued, after being handled through the free Comprehensive Systematic Land Registration (PTSL) program based on Presidential Instruction No. 2/2018. But a free certificate seems to be a mere figment of imagination.

Letters Tuesday, August 6, 2019 Edition

Education For Disadvantaged Children

Achieving educational equity in Indonesia faces several hurdles, including limitations in infrastructure, educational facilities, and qualified instructors. These poor conditions have inspired several youths to act. Young people have opened classes in several provinces, including in the city of Makassar, South Sulawesi. In Pangkep, also in South Sulawesi, three youths pioneered the Floating School, a program meant to reach children living on small islands. Tempo English reports.

Outreach Friday, June 8, 2018 Edition

Shedding The Light Of Education

A great number of Indonesian children, particularly in remote areas, are deprived of education. UNICEF data shows around 2.5 million Indonesian children will only complete their primary, or at best, middle school education. Several young idealists wishing to improve the situation have established education programs for children living in isolated regions. In South Sulawesi, the Friends of Bulukumba Island, a community organization, dispatches volunteers to teach in three remote villages and has created reading rooms there. In the Bulungan regency, North Kalimantan, education volunteer, Sri Tiawati, runs the Punan Semeriot Indigenous School. Tempo English reports their stories in commemoration of International Children’s Day, June 2.

Outreach Tuesday, June 13, 2017 Edition

Scattered Clues of Terrorist Networks

Two ISIS-linked suicide bombers attacked Kampung Melayu in east Jakarta, not long after the concert explosion at Manchester, UK and about the same time as the occupation of Marawi town by terrorists in southern Philippines. Telephone numbers written on scraps of paper scattered at the bombing site, amid receipts of ATM transfers and withdrawals, led the police to a terrorist network. Terrorists are becoming more adept at evading police and law enforcement surveillance.

Cover Story Tuesday, May 30, 2017 Edition

At Cross Purposes over Media Verification

We must support every endeavor to improve the Indonesian press, including setting up standards by the Press Councilas regulated by Press Council Regulation No. 4/2008. The 17-point guideline, if implemented properly, will make the press function as a medium of information, education, entertainment and social control, as well as being a truly healthy commercial entity.

At the time, the Press Council enjoyed widespread support. Its standards were discussed by organizations, press people and the leaders of media organizations. The Press Councilthen headed by former Gadjah Mada University Dean Ichlasul Amalwas seen as having achieved something important. Its role was specified in Article 15 (f) of Law No. 40/1999 on the Press, i.e. to facilitate press organizations in drawing up regulations and improving the quality of journalism.

Opinion Tuesday, February 14, 2017 Edition

Muhammad Nasir, Minister of Research, Technology and Higher Education:
Many People Abuse My Name

Minister of Research, Technology and Higher Education Muhammad Nasir said it is possible there are people claiming to have a close connection with him and acting as 'brokers' in elections at several universities. The former rector of Semarang's Diponegoro University said if this is indeed happening, he does not know about it nor would he be able to prevent them from 'trading influences' with rector candidates. "That's normal, but I wish it did not happen," he told Tempo during an interview in his study on Thursday, two weeks ago.

The minister's vote, which accounts for 35 percent, is a decisive factor in elections.

Because state universities are funded by the state budget, a minister is entitled to select one of three candidates. We don't just appoint people. Their track records are important, and they must have a clear vision and mission.

Law Tuesday, October 25, 2016 Edition

Bribing for a Budget Allocation

BENNY Kabur Harman never imagined what he said at a fast-breaking event at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters on June 28, would be used against I Putu Sudiartana, a party colleague in the legal affairs commission at the House of Representatives (DPR). Speaking before KPK leaders and dozens of commission members, the Democrat Party politician strongly supported the KPK's many sting operations carried out over the past month. "Whoever is guilty must be caught," Benny said at the event two weeks ago.

Benny's candid comment was greeted with applause from the guests, including Putu Sudiartana. Before the event ended, DPR members posed for photos with KPK leaders. Putu asked to have his photo taken with KPK Chairman Agus Rahardjo.

National Tuesday, July 12, 2016 Edition

Anies Baswedan :
Information Is the Oxygen of the Educational Ecosystem

The huge education budget20 percent of the total state budgetdemands a significant improvement in the quality of the national education system, something that Indonesians have been yearning for years. Now, it is up to Education and Culture Minister Anies Baswedan to respond to those demands.

The first step that Anies has started is publicizing all data on public education. The Education Balance Sheet publication contains information that until recently was not available to the public, such as the number of students in schools, the proportion of students to teachers, the number of damaged and broken-down schools, the quality of teachers based on teacher competence evaluations, the different education budgets between national and regional budgets, the budget allocation per student and the number of accredited schools.

Interview Tuesday, April 5, 2016 Edition

Sri Hartini-Director of Faith and Tradition, Ministry of Education and Culture
Maintaining the substance, reducing the superficial

Various traditional and cultural rituals in Indonesia can be quite expensive to carry out. Among the people of Toraja in South Sulawesi, for example, one traditional ceremony can cost billions of rupiah. Getting out of such rituals is not easy, although many communities around the country are determined to let go of certain traditional requirements that can often impoverish them, such as the villagers of Borokanda, at Ende Lio, Flores.

Director of Religion and Traditional Faith at the Education and Culture Minister, Sri Hartini, said that a simplification of rituals can be achieved through deliberations without reducing the substance of tradition. "Only the superficial aspect is simplified," she told Tempo English reporters Isma Savitri and Dahlia Rera in an interview, three weeks ago. Excerpts:

Outreach Tuesday, February 23, 2016 Edition

Hilmar Farid Director-General of Culture, Department of Education and Culture
A cultural revolution must start at the grassroots

Hilmar Farid rejects the notion that his new position as director-general of culture at the education and culture department was given to him for his contribution to President Joko Widodo's campaign in 2014. Hilmar insists he had to undergo the entire recruitment procedure, beating all his rivals through a very tight selection process. Hilmar, 47, a University of Indonesia graduate, was sworn in into his new job on December 31, 2015.

He can be said to be the first echelon-one government official outside the bureaucracy to have won the job. Hilmar, who will head a corps of about 3,600 employees, must now adapt to the rhythm of his new job. It is, after all, his first time as a bureaucrat. Until now, he had always been a historian, working in the world of academics, with people's organizations and pro-democracy groups.

Interview Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Edition

Rudiantara, Communications and Information Minister:
The rules of the game need to be established

The positive trend on digital economics has caught the attention of President Joko Widodo. This lucrative business has been expanding in the past few years and is expected to continue growing in line with the increasing numbers of Internet users with their smart-phones. The Indonesian E-Commerce Association (idEA) recorded at least US$12 billion worth of online commerce in 2014. This has led the President to urge Communications and Information Minister Rudiantara to prepare the necessary steps to ensure Indonesia can benefit from the rapid growth of online businesses.

Rudiantara himself is optimistic that digital transcations in Indonesia can reach US$137 billion or eight to nine percent of national gross domestic product (GDP) by 2020. "We must establish the rules of the game so Indonesia can benefit from it," he said. Rudiantara shared his views on this new economic phenomenon with Tempo reporters Akbar Tri Kurniawan and Ursula Florence at his residence in Jakarta last week. Excerpts:

Cover Story Tuesday, September 29, 2015 Edition

Anies Baswedan, Minister of Culture, Elementary and Secondary Education
Don't ever undermine the value of teachers by monetizing their profession

ON the first day that Anies Baswedan began his job as minister for culture and elementary and secondary education a year ago, he knew there would be piles of work ahead of him. Among the many issues that needed to be sorted out was the scarcity of teachers in Indonesia's remote areas. Yet, statistically, there should have been enough teachers to go around. The student-teacher ratio is around 16 to 1. "That's an excess, while in South Korea, the ratio is 30 to 1. Ideally it should be 25 to 1," said Anies, admitting that the problem in Indonesia was one of unequal distribution. In some places such as Papua, the ratio dropped significantly to 75 students for every teacher. So, in May this year, the education ministry initiated the Guru Garis Depan (Frontline Teachers ) program to address the shortage of teachers in the outer parts of the country. So far, 798 teachers have been sent out to teach at 28 regencies. Next year, the number is expected to increase to 3,500. Anies discussed the Frontline Teachers initiative with Tempo English reporters Sadika Hamid, Syari Fani and Amanda Siddharta. Excerpts:

Outreach Tuesday, September 22, 2015 Edition

Indah Morgan, Indonesian Diaspora Activist :
Our migrant workers need advocates

Indah Morgan's visit to Indonesia last August was a busy one. She not only attended the Indonesian Diaspora Congress in Jakarta and a related event in Yogyakarta organized by the Javanese diaspora, she also traveled to Bandung in West Java, to Semarang in Central Java, to Banyuwangi in East Java, and to Lampung in Sumatra.

Despite the destination-filled itinerary, Indah was not on vacation. This former global coordinator of Immigration and Citizenship Taskforce of the Indonesian Diaspora Network met with former migrant workers, activists and even government officials, such as the regent of Banyuwangi. "I discussed with him the upcoming ASEAN Economic Community," said Indah, 49, at one of the side events of the Indonesian Diaspora Congress. "Indonesia sends skilled workers to other countries not just as workers, but also as envoys of tourism, culinary expertise, education, and culture. My dream is that the government will adopt more people-to-people diplomacy for Indonesia," said Indah.

Horizons Tuesday, September 8, 2015 Edition

Relocating River-Dwellers to High Rises

THE rivers in Jakarta are in a state of severe neglect. Since Jakarta city planning is a mess and the government suffers from corruption, residents are forced to build their homes along the filthy rivers. As a result, the rivers are becoming narrower and shallower, and are buckling under the load of garbage.

River dwellers understand that every rainy season the floods will come. The Jakarta government has built high-rise buildings for them to move into, thus making it possible pursue river clean-up and normalization. It was only during the governorship of current Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama that the relocation of these riverside inhabitants succeeded. Three weeks ago, Kampung Pulo residents were relocated to Jatinegara Barat high rises.

Indicator Tuesday, September 8, 2015 Edition

Ignatius Dharta Ranu Wijaya Consultant, Education and Behavior of Children with Special Needs
Never enough support to schools for the handicapped

Differently-abled children need special handling so they can become self-reliant. And they should never be excluded. "Their feelings should be considered," said Ignatius Dharta Ranu Wijaya, better known as Dharta. As a consultant on the Education and Behavior of Children with Special Needs, Dharta works at the Child Neuro Behavior Development Center of Melinda Hospital in Bandung, West Java.

He noted that one of the major problems of the diffabledaside from the physical factoris an ill-prepared educational system and an erroneous pattern of nurturing. Dharta, 43, began his career as a behavioral therapist for children with special needs in 1998. Today his expertise is in great demand by a number of well-known non-government organizations (NGOs), schools and universities.

Outreach Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Edition

Heng Swee Keat, Singapore Education Minister
Technology will never be the master of education

When the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) last May ranked Singapore as the nation with the top education system, based on mathematics and science test scores of 15-year-old studentsoutperforming the UK, US, Japan And Australiathe strategy behind Singapore's success became the focus of world attention. Just 60 years ago, this island-state of 3.5 million people had one of the highest levels of illiteracy.

Tempo interviewed Singaporeean Education Minister Heng Swee Keat, 54, in early June, to find out more. "I might not quite agree with the results (of the tests)," he said. He said there were many ways to measure success. "I tell my colleagues, we must never be complacent, never be arrogant. There are many things that we continue to learn from people around the world," Heng said.

Cover Story Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Edition

Mohamad Nasir, Research, Technology And Higher Education Minister:
Not all universities have the capacity nor do they want to become research institutions

There are many obstacles to becoming a research university, among them funding, which is not much and the fact that research has yet to become a culture of higher learning in this nation. To look into this subject further, Tempo reporters Erwin Zachri and Gabriel Titiyoga spoke with Research Technology and Higher Education Minister, Mohamad Nasir at his office last week.

Education Tuesday, June 9, 2015 Edition

Falsification

THE existence of a fake letter appointing the director-general of immigration shows that there is something seriously amiss at the heart of President Joko Widodo's administration. A presidential decision (Keppres) is a document that represents the policy of the president as head of state and head of government. The falsification of a Keppres is a serious offense. It gets even worse if it turns out that an insider was involved in this illegal act.

Opinion Tuesday, May 26, 2015 Edition

Hunting For A New Location

Dozens of wooden poles painted in red and white mark plots of land along the shoreline at the edge of Kalen Kalong hamlet in Sumber Jaya village. Similar poles can be seen along both sides of the road some three kilometers from the coast on the way to ta fishing village in Tempuran district, Karawang regency, West Java. "These lands are already taken," Karto, a local, said last Wednesday, pointing toward the location for the planned Cilamaya Port.

Economy Tuesday, April 14, 2015 Edition

Anies Baswedan:
Education Should be a Pleasant Experience, not a Misery

PHOTOGRAPHS of elementary school students hang on the walls of the Ki Hajar Dewantara Building of the Elementary and Secondary Education and Culture Ministry in Jakarta. Most of them show children in remote areas, wearing shabby uniforms but genuine smiles on their faces. The photographs were put up at the request of the new minister, Anies Baswedan, who asked that they be hung everywhere, including in all meeting rooms. "So that when we meet, their faces will remind us that we work for them," said Anies, in his office last week.

Barely two months into his new assignment, Anies has created a buzz in Indonesia's education sector. He changed the function of national school examinations from determining a student's passing grade to merely a tool to measure the quality of education. A recent bombshell was when Anies halted the Curriculum 2013 and reverted to the Curriculum 2006 on December 6. He rejected the new curriculum because he noticed that teachers and schools were not ready to use it. "It's like being told to suddenly switch to an iPhone when you're used to using BlackBerry," Anies explained.

Interview Tuesday, December 16, 2014 Edition

A People's Advocate

Forever Curious
Munir was known as a smart student despite his modest and at times, even below-average academic record. But he made up for any shortcomings with his inexhaustible curiosity and a passion to help the downtrodden. Even his choice of life-partner, Suciwati, was someone equally committed to his causes. Until his untimely death, Munir dedicated his life to fighting injustice and intolerance.

BORN to a modest merchant family, each day Munir would assist his elder brother Muhfid to sell cloth, shoes and slippers at the local market, Pasar Batu. He started helping out after his father died when he was still a sixth grader. As such, Munir had to earn extra money to pay his way through school and until he completed his law studies at Brawijaya University.

Munir's primary-school friend, Saiful Amin, recalled how they loved to swim in the Brantas River. He was thin and small in stature, often an object of ridicule, but he always fought back. He made friends easily and was always willing to give a helping hand. "He was a caring person and often showed empathy," Saiful said.

But it was his rebellious attitude, evident from a very young age, that was to define Munir's character and fate. "He was so stubborn," recalled Farida, 60, a teacher of Muhammadiyah elementary school 4 at Batu, Malang, where Munir studied. It was a trait to be found at home, where he was the only one from among seven children of Said Thalib and Djamilah who dared to question his parents. According to his brother Muhfid, Munir would always demand a logical explanation if his request was turned down. "If mother refused to give in to something without much thought, he was sure to protest," recalled Muhfid. He admitted, however, that Munir's arguments often made sense, so his brothers would always support him.

Cover Story Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Garbage Monitoring Application

A garbage monitoring social media application won the College Students Category of the 2014 Indonesia Information and Communication Technology Award. The application, Montrash, was built by the Turangga Team of Telkom University, Bandung.

Montrash, short for 'monitoring trash,' was created by four computer science students from Telkom University's Electrical Engineering Faculty. They are Restu Isjaka Purwandana, Raden Rogers, Shifa M.A and Yuniar Pristian Chandra. "This is a mobile application that uses crowdsourcing to map the spread of illegal garbage dumps," Restu said.

Environment Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Miscommunications

THE action by Communications and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring in signing Ministerial Regulation No. 30/2014 on the reorganization of the 800 megahertz frequency band should be strongly opposed. Besides not being accountable to stakeholders, including the public, this important decision was taken just as he is approaching the end of his term of office.

The new regulation signed during 'injury time' is a reorganization of the 800 megahertz frequency band that has been used by code division multiple access (CDMA) telecommunication operators. The operators using this frequency want to switch to the global system for mobile (GSM) system because the market for CDMA is shrinking, while demand for GSM is rising sharply with the appearance of third generation telecommunication services.

Opinion Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Educated and Different

Born of a rich family gone bankrupt, Yap Thiam Hien grew up under the loving care of his Japanese foster mother. His education and language capacity afforded him rare opportunities, like studying in the Netherlands and his strong character was always linked to Christian principles he obtained during his youth.

Cover Story Tuesday, June 4, 2013 Edition

Education Unplugged

The Constitutional Court stated that the existence of pilot international-standard schools and international-standard schools is not in line with the Constitution, and must be stopped. The education minister asked the schools to continue operating until the end of the school year in June.

Cover Story Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

The Thread Holding the Pandora Papers

Pandora Papers reveal ownership of assets and shell companies in tax haven countries. Several Indonesian politicians and businesspeople are recorded in it. This report is a result of the collaboration of Tempo in a network of 150 media under the coordination of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).

National Monday, October 4, 2021 Edition

Rejecting the Cooperatives Bill

WE, the credit union cooperatives movement in Kalimantan, representing 56 cooperatives with 1,188,116 members and total assets worth Rp15.3 trillion, herewith declare our rejection of the Bill on Cooperatives currently under parliamentary discussion. We also request that the House of Representatives suspend the debate before taking it to the plenary meeting.

Letters Monday, September 2, 2019 Edition

Proper Procedures for Disbanding HTI

THE controversy on Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia's (HTI) dissolution continues. Maswadi Rauf, a political observer from the University of Indonesia, believes dispersing HTI is not an infringement on democracy; however, the government must first prove that the Muslim organization has violated Indonesia's five guiding principles, Pancasila. "If there is evidence, I don't see a problem," said Maswadi. "Taking fundamental rights away from the guilty is within reason." A thief's basic rights, for example, are taken away (as punishment) when he violates public order, he explained.

Indicator Tuesday, June 6, 2017 Edition

Dumoly F. Pardede: OJK Deputy Chief Commissioner II for Supervision of Non-Bank Financial Industry
Wholesale replacement of directors has stalled

THE restructuring of Asuransi Jiwa Bersama Bumiputera 1912 has yet to happen. In fact, the state of finances of this, the oldest insurance company in Indonesia, is very worrying. As of the end of last year, Bumiputera's assets were worth just Rp15 trillion, half of the company's liabilities of Rp30 trillion. That is why the Financial Services Authority [OJK] completely reworked the management of Asuransi Jiwa Bersama Bumiputera 1912 in the middle of last month. It then appointed a number of people as statutory managers. Their job: to source fresh capital to inject. "We must protect the fates of our 6.7 million policy-holders," the OJK Deputy Chief Supervisory Commissioner II for the Non-Bank Financial Industry, Dumoly F. Pardede, told Tempo Ayu Prima Sandi by telephone last week.

On what basis did the OJK say Bumiputera is unhealthy?

In the last five years, its claims have risen very significantly, while the income from premiums did not match that. In the end, over the past five years, the management sold off assets to cover claims. If they had waited until next year, its risk-based capital (a ratio for measuring financial health) could go awry. We had to take over Bumiputera through statutory means to source new investors.

Cover Story Tuesday, December 27, 2016 Edition

Ewa Wojkowska Kopernik Co-Founder and COO
Logistics and Transportation are Our Biggest Challenges

EWA Wojkowska and her partner and Kopernik co-founder, Toshi Nakamura, want to prove that simple technologies can make a huge difference to needy people. Wojkowska worked for the United Nations in Timor-Leste, Thailand and Sierra Leone and saw problems in the rural areas that were not being addressed, including the lack of lighting and clean water.

Meanwhile, they both realized that there are simple solutions to those problems. They could be solar-sourced lighting, biomass cook stoves and water filters that are east to produce but not necessarily available or accessible to the people who can really benefit from them.

Outreach Tuesday, September 20, 2016 Edition

Noise-Makers and Underperformers

President Joko Widodo is preparing his second cabinet reshuffle. One measure of assessment being used is the official report on the performance of ministries and state institutions, which was submitted to Vice President Jusuf Kalla in December last year. Some ministers who created a stir might be replaced.

Cover Story Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Edition

Slamet Budijanto, Food Science and Technology Expert:
Let Them Eat Nasi Aruk!

Soon after Joko Widodo was elected president, he declared food self-sufficiency to be one of his priorities. Tens of thousands of tractors were bought and distributed to farmers and a large budget was allocated to subsidize seeds and fertilizers. Indonesia is one of the world's top rice consuming country and a net importer of the staple. The President stressed that the nation must achieve food security within three years.

Slamet Budijanto, an expert in food science and technology from the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) maintains that we should pay more attention to the diverse food sources available in the country and rely less on rice. Budijanto spoke to Nabiha Shahab from Tempo English on how Indonesia can achieve food self-sufficiency. Excerpts:

Outreach Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Edition

Singapore and Indonesia to Enhance Manpower Cooperation

At a meeting with his Indonesian counterpart Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi in Jakarta recently, Singapore's top diplomat Vivian Balakrishnan conveyed Singapore's interest to intensify cooperation in several areas, such as manpower development. Balakrishnan was on a two-day visit to Indonesia last week.

The cooperation will include a scheme to help Singaporean companies recruit personnel from Indonesia. Balakrishnan said Indonesian universities will be able to provide graduates with relevant skills in the digital world. "We are thinking of launching a scheme, in which Singapore companies will be able to recruit their human resources here and provide services for the rest of the world," he said.

Diplomatic Bag Tuesday, January 19, 2016 Edition

Eni Lestari Andayani, Chairperson, International Migrant Alliance
A beacon of hope for Migrant Workers

Eni Lestari Andayani's cellphone never stops ringing. She might as well be a walking, talking call center. Almost every day, Eni, 36, takes between five to 15 calls or short messages through WhatsApp and Facebook. Like her, the callers are domestic workers holding jobs in Hong Kong. But to them, she has become the confidante whom they can pour out their grievances.

The number of callers further increased seven years ago when Eni came to be chairperson of the International Migrant Alliance, an alliance of migrant workers from 32 countries. The grievances vary, from working relations with their employers to their rights over family matters. The latest case involved a worker form Pati, Central Java, who complained about the Indonesian government's new data recording system that implicated her in forging documents. As a result, since December 11, the person has been detained in a Hong Kong prison.

Horizons Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Edition

Putro Santoso Kurniawan Chairman, association of Indonesian Farmers' Cooperatives
Chemical fertilizers only provide temporary prosperity

TO promote organic farming these past three years, Putro Santoso Kurniawan has been managing the 100-member Association of Indonesian Farmers' Cooperatives in Bogor, West Java. Through these cooperatives, farmers can sell their produce directly to consumers. "This is our way of ensuring that the prices of organic products remain accessible to the farmers," said 40-year-old Putro, a graduate of the Bogor Institute of Agriculture. He claims the limited production at the moment and the long supply chain have made organic products expensive to consumers. "This process benefits the distributors," said Putro, but discourages buyers. As a result, farmers become discouraged and in the end, many choose to go back to using chemical-based fertilizers.

Two weeks ago, Putro spoke with Tempo English by telephone on a number of ways and strategies of spreading the concept of organic farming and how to make it succeed. Excerpts:

Outreach Tuesday, December 8, 2015 Edition

Kristina Persson, Swedish Minister for Strategic Development and Nordic Cooperation
Public and private sector interaction is important

As the Swedish minister for strategic development and Nordic cooperation, Kristina Persson feels it is important to identify future challenges and assist other institutions to devise policies in response to those challenges. She has had more than 40 years of experience in the public sector. She spent the late 1970s in the Swedish Trade Union Confederation before moving to the Council of Nordic Trade Unions in 1982.

Understandably, she is passionate about developments affecting the workforce in her home country. Persson said Sweden today faced a major challenge with the advent of digitalization and automation that could replace a large number of jobs, especially in the manufacturing and service sectors.

On The Record Tuesday, December 8, 2015 Edition

The Name-Dropper

SETYA Novanto, speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR), started his meeting with Vice President Jusuf Kalla last Monday by talking about plans for his daughter's wedding. Their conversation then moved on to the real reason for the meeting. When Setya met with Freeport Indonesia CEO Maroef Sjamsuddin, he allegedly exploited the names of the President and the Vice President without authorization. Kalla expressed his disapproval. "Why did you use the President's and my names?" said Kalla, as repeated by someone who works closely with the Vice President.

The DPR's speaker said he had taken businessman Muhammad Riza Chalid along to meet with Maroef, but denied that he had misused the President's name. Setya said, "I swear to God: I didn't bring Bapak's name into it!" In a sarcastic tone, Kalla snapped at Setya, "Really, I only asked for nine percent." Setya has denied the news that Kalla was angry with him at the meeting. "Pak JK is someone I greatly respect," Setya told Tempo last Thursday, referring to the Vice President by the latter's initials.

Cover Story Tuesday, November 24, 2015 Edition

A Package to Boost the Property Business

FOR Taufik Hendra Kusuma, the fifth economic policy package gave a new breath that he had been awaiting for a long time. Announced by the government on Thursday two weeks ago, the policy is expected to stimulate the property business once facing its worst time. "Many opportunities can be explored if the policy is truly implemented," said Taufik on Friday two weeks ago.

According to the director of finance and resources of Hutama Karya Realtindo, there are two features in the fifth package that can contribute to property business revival. First, it is the revaluation of assets allowed to state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and private companies. The government pledges to provide 3 to 6 percent tax rate reduction facilities for companies submitting revaluation proposals until the end of next year. The second is the elimination of double taxation for real estate investment trusts or REITs.

Cover Story Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Edition

Kristian Jensen: Danish Foreign Minister
Bilateral cooperation to focus on energy and maritime issues

The visit last week of Denmark's Queen Margarethe II and her husband Prince Henrik to Indonesia is one indication of improving relations between the two countries. Beyond the usual protocols were serious meetings and discussions between Indonesian government and private sector representatives with a Danish delegation 62 business people, the first of such in the 65 years of relations between the two countries.

"Relations between Indonesia and Denmark will change from a cooperation based on development assistance to a commercial or business-based cooperation," said Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen, who was part of the delegation.

International Tuesday, October 27, 2015 Edition

Secret Operation at Phoenix Park

IN the fall of 1965, the British Foreign Ministry summoned George Frank Norman Reddaway to brief him on a special mission. The 47-year-old diplomat's star was on the rise. The ministry gave him a special task: to take over its operations in Indonesia that the ministry and the British intelligence agency MI6 had been running from Phoenix Road, Singapore. Reddaway was a propaganda expert.

Prior to Reddaway's briefing, Andrew Gilchrist, then British ambassador to Indonesia, had arrived in London. He was the one who persuaded British Foreign Minister Joe Garner to send Reddaway to Indonesia. Gilchrist said the secret operation to oppose Sukarno was not going well and he needed help.

Cover Story Tuesday, October 6, 2015 Edition

Yanto Santosa Conservation Expert, Faculty Of Forestry, Bogor Institute Of Agriculture
The People's Welfare Is An Indicator Of How Forests Are Preserved

ILLEGAL logging and forest fires have became daily news in Indonesia. It causes untold damage to the environment, and our forests continue to disappear. "There must be a drastic change of mindset to overcome this problem," said Yanto Santosa, a lecturer of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecotourism at the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB). Yanto, who is a graduate of the Languedoc Science and Technical University in France, is also the initiator of unique ways to conduct forest conservation, which requires people's participation. His expertise has been used in a number of UN Development Fund projects on climate change. Tempo English reporter Amanda Siddharta interviewed him recently at IPB. Excerpts:

Outreach Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Edition

Return Of The Superbank?

After sitting members of the House of Representatives' (DPR) Finance and Banking Commission XI were handed a bill on revisions to the Bank Indonesia Law, the temperature in the room seemed to rise a few degrees. As far as commission members knew, preliminary discussions were set to start that morning.

Economy Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Edition

Yanto Santosa Conservation Expert, Faculty Of Forestry, Bogor Institute Of Agriculture
The People's Welfare Is An Indicator Of How Forests Are Preserved

ILLEGAL logging and forest fires have became daily news in Indonesia. It causes untold damage to the environment, and our forests continue to disappear. "There must be a drastic change of mindset to overcome this problem," said Yanto Santosa, a lecturer of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecotourism at the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB). Yanto, who is a graduate of the Languedoc Science and Technical University in France, is also the initiator of unique ways to conduct forest conservation, which requires people's participation. His expertise has been used in a number of UN Development Fund projects on climate change. Tempo English reporter Amanda Siddharta interviewed him recently at IPB. Excerpts:

Outreach Friday, July 10, 2015 Edition

Paper Giant Says 'No More Logging'

In a major victory for conservationists, Asia Pacific Resources International (APRIL), Indonesia's second-largest pulp and paper producer, has vowed to stop logging Indonesia's forests.

The announcement follows a 2013 pledge by Asia Pulp and Paper (APP)the country's largest pulp and paper firmto stop cutting down trees. Together, the two firms account for over 80 percent of the pulp and paper produced in Indonesia, according to Greenpeace.

Environment Tuesday, June 16, 2015 Edition

Riza Muhida, Robotics Expert, Surya University
Regulations on drones are needed

Drone or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) has become an important information component. Taking photographs or mapping from a certain height no longer needs the services of an aircraft or a helicopter, which tends to be very expensive.

This crew-less aircraft has become a trend among technology nerds. One of them is Riza Muhida, a robotic expert from Surya University. He is currently completing the production of a military drone fueld by solar power. This drone is 2.5 meters in diameters. "Our target is to have it done by end of the year," said 46-year-old Riza. Satwika Movementi and Syari Fani from Tempo interviewed Riza, a graduate of Osaka University by telephone in April, on two separate occasions. Excerpts:

Outreach Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Edition

Is the Rupiah Settling at Rp 13,000 per USD?

When traders are asked whether the current Rp13,000 per USD level is the currency's comfort zone? You'd most likely get a qualified answer. Even those that confirm say it is temporary. But how long is temporary?

Here, you get a mixed response.But most will point to when the Fed will raise US interest rates. Those that interpret the most recent US economic numbers as a weak recovery, expects a delay in the US rate hike to the third or fourth quarter of this year.Others that interpret the same numbers as a more solid recovery foresee an earlier mid-year rate hike.

Economy Tuesday, April 7, 2015 Edition

Should we Worry About Rp13,OOO per US dollar?

With the rupiah trading above the Rp13,000 per US dollar threshold a few times last week, people are starting to wonder whether they should be more worried about the state of the Indonesian economy.

This growing concern stems from an apparent disconnect between improving economic data and sizable inflows of foreign funds into the capital market with a currency, that instead of strengthening, actually continues to weaken.

Economy Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Eka Sari Lorena Soerbakti, Organda Chairperson:
We Need A Sustainable System Of Public Transportation

In an industry dominated by men, a sharp, straight-shooting woman has risen head and shoulders above her counterparts to become one of Indonesia's most successful business people. Eka Sari Lorena Soerbakti is chairperson of the Organization of Land Transport Owners (Organda), most probably because she happens to be the managing director of the companies Eka Sari Lorena Express and Eka Sari Lorena Logistics, the director of Eka Sari Lorena Transport and the deputy director of Eka Sari Lorena Holdings. She is also on the Research Committee for Transport and Logistics at the Yogyakarta-based Gadjah Mada University.

On The Record Tuesday, March 3, 2015 Edition

Susi Pudjiastuti :
They operate like crime organizations

Since Susi Pudjiastuti was appointed Maritime Affairs and Fisheries minister four months ago, her mission has been quite simple, and that is increase domestic fish production. But she also wants Indonesian fish exports to increase in the world market.

According to Susi, all that can be achieved by eliminating fish theft, which for years had been carried out by other countries operating on Indonesian waters.

Investigation Tuesday, February 24, 2015 Edition

Stig Traavik and Casper Klynge
Vikings and Biking

In a bid to promote a more sustainable mode of transportation, Norwegian Ambassador Stig Traavik and Danish Ambassador Casper Klynge, started the #VikingBikingIndonesia movement. They collaborated with the Bike2Work community and held their first event around Jakarta's National Monument on February 13. #VikingBikingIndonesia is planned to be a bimonthly event.

Traavik, who rides his bicycle to work every day said that his 10-minute morning commute was the best part of his day. "I want more people to have that experience, especially in the Jakarta traffic. It's fun to bike," he told Tempo. Traavik also mentioned that they wanted to promote a healthier lifestyle. "The biggest threat to our health now is inactivity."

Scene & Heard Tuesday, February 24, 2015 Edition

Sudirman Said, Energy And Mineral Resources Minister:
I Chose To Secure The Freeport Operation

He once said he would freeze the export license of Freeport Indonesia, but then Mining Minister Sudirman suddenly changed his mind. When the validity of Freeport's export license ran out on January 25, Sudirman not only extended the license, he signed an MoU to extend the contract renegotiation period. Last week, he spoke to Tempo reporters, Gustidha Budiartie, Bernadette Christina and Ayu Primasandi at his home in South Jakarta, to explain his decision. Excerpts:

Economy Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

A Problem-Solving Cooperative

A small wooden hut located at the center of Oegenetan village is filled with a large pile of organic fertilizer. Two large barrels of liquid fertilizer sat idly on one corner. Both are filled with 10 liters of organic liquid fluid for crops. A musty odor filled the air of this small fertilizer factory. While the air smelled of rotten mulch, the men who worked there did not seem to mind.

Alfonsius Konan, 34, is part of a team given the task of producing organic fertilizer for the local Nonggup cooperative business unit. They spend every Saturday cutting grass, pulverizing banana stem and corm, and mixing them with the livestock manure that they get from the local farmers. For every such activity, they can produce at least 10 liters of liquid fertilizer and around 50 kilograms of compost.

Outreach Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Edition

I Gede Ari Astina alias Jerinx, Drummer of rock band 'Superman is Dead':
We were often intimidated

HIS athletic body is covered with tattoos, but I Gede Ari Astina is no hardened ex-con as myth would have it. Jerinx, as he is called by his friends, is actually a warm and caring person. A month ago he told Tempo journalist Prihandoko about his efforts to block the Benoa Bay reclamation project and other activities.

Why did you decide to join the movement to stop the Benoa Bay reclamation?

I am a close friend of Gendo (Wayan Gendo Suardana). He is a coordinator of ForBali, an alliance of NGOs rejecting the plan to reclaim Benoa Bay. I often take part in demonstrations with Gendo, who has been a true activist since his college days in the 1990s. For some reason, when I became part of Superman is Dead (SID), my relationship with the activists became even stronger. I learnt how to infuse idealism into my music. I joined ForBali because I felt the call.

Cover Story Tuesday, December 16, 2014 Edition

Chili Pepper Politics

After pushing through the dense forest dominated by sugar palms, the sky became visible again. We had arrived at the plantation owned by Jemi Pandei and his wife, Thris Pontoan, in Tomohon. More than 2,000 chili pepper bushes covered the steep slopes at the foot of Mount Tatawiran. To either side were planted corn, tubers, bananas, cloves and nutmeg. This is a food repository in Minahasa, home to North Sulawesi's ethnic majority.

That afternoon the owner was planting chilies, known here as rica. With just a one-liter container of seedlings, Jemi can plant rica on a half-hectare of land without using fertilizer or carbide. The harvests are sold at nearby Beriman Tomohon Market. "For us, rica is as important as salt," said Jenny Karouw, head of the North Sulawesi Office of Industry and Trade.

Special Report Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

The Cacao Cooperative

More than 10 gunny sacks of cacao kernels were arranged in a row in the front room of Comextra Maora's storehouse in Maumere on the island of Flores in Sikka regency, East Nusa Tenggara. Agus Layni, coordinating team leader of the cacao exporting company, told two employees to examine the sacks' contents. He just wanted to make sure there were no sticking kernels and that they were intact and without epidermis and fungi.

Water content in every cacao kernel is measured with digimost. Undertaking the process revealed that water content in the kernels was around seven percent, in accordance with export standards. "If it is more than 18 percent, we will not buy it," Agus, 32, told Tempo.

Outreach Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

The Pawnshop Operator's New Business

Dozens of trucks loaded with construction materials came and went from state-owned pawnshop operator Pegadaian's office on Jalan Andi Mappanyukki in Makassar, South Sulawesi. The company was building a 10-storey hotel. The building will hold 120 rooms and facilities such as a ballroom and swimming pool. "Operations are expected to begin in the new year," Pegadaian director Ferry Febrianto told Tempo on Monday two weeks ago.

The project is one of nine hotels that Pegadaian has begun or will begin with construction this year. In addition to Makassar, the company is building hotels in Surabaya, East Java, and Pekanbaru, Riau. As with Makassar, the hotels in these two cities will be constructed on land that has been used for Pegadaian branch offices. "We're building them all on land owned by Pegadaian," Ferry explained. Six more hotels are in the pipeline, with three in the Central Java cities of Tegal, Pekalongan and Semarang; two in Yogyakarta, with one near Malioboro and another west of the Tugu monument; and one in Gresik, East Java. The construction of these six hotels will begin this month and continue through next year.

Economy Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Why is Karen quitting pertamina

KAREN Agustiawan's meeting with the head of the United Federation of Pertamina Labor Unions (FSPPB), Ugan Gandar, was supposed to deal with a cooperation agreement. Then the subject shifted to a hotter topic. "Is it true you're going to resign?" Ugan asked Karen, CEO of Pertamina, the state oil and gas company.

Karen did not deny it. The 56-year-old woman confirmed her plan to step down. At first, she said she wanted to focus on her family and give lectures at Harvard University in the United States. Unsatisfied with that answer, Ugan pressed further. "Finally she admitted she was resigning because she refused to be victimized," Ugan told Tempo.

Economy Tuesday, August 26, 2014 Edition

The Scalpers' New GAME

A burly man with a crew cut sat alone at the Dunkin' Donuts counter in the Pasar Senen Train Station, Central Jakarta. It was a week before Lebaran, the holiday at the end of the Ramadan fasting month. The man kept glancing at the watch on his wrist. Soon a well-dressed man approached and passed him an envelope.

After checking its contents, the burly man shook hands with the man and left. "That was just a customer who asked for help finding a ticket for mudik (annual Lebaran homecoming)," Taufik, the man who delivered the envelope, told Tempo a few moments later. He openly admitted he was a ticket scalper.

Law Tuesday, August 19, 2014 Edition

Ligaya Tumbelaka Studbook Keeper for Sumatran Tigers
Tigers Should Not be Bred Haphazardly

To Ligaya Tumbelaka, 54, Sumatran tigers are rare species of charismatic carnivore that should be protected. So, when in 1992 she was offered the job to become the only studbook keeper of this species in Indonesia, the Tangkuney, North Sulawesi-born Ligaya did not hesitate to take it. At that time, she had just completed specializing in the subject of primates at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine in the United States.

Ligaya's work at the Veterinarian Faculty of the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) is quite unique. She is responsible for seeking out the right mate for tigers in captivity throughout Indonesia. Tempo English contributor, Amanda Siddharta interviewed her in July at the IPB campus. Excerpts:

Outreach Tuesday, August 5, 2014 Edition

PHILANTHROPY
The more prosperous, the more generous

Making sedekah (contributions) and giving zakat (alms or charity) for Rini Rahmawati, a 51-year-old executive at a bank in Jakarta, has become a necessity. While setting aside 2.5 percent of her income for zakat, she also makes voluntary contributions. Rahmawati is convinced her donations have brought her good fortune.

"I'm already fulfilled in worldly terms. Now when I earn a windfall, I just share it with other people," she said. At first she was reluctant to be frank about her alms-giving. "I don't want to show off."

Special Report Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Show-Stoppers

THE recommendation from the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) to revoke the permits of two television stations that have become 'spokesmen' for presidential and vice-presidential candidates deserves support. Unfortunately this recommendation has run up against the brick wall of the Communications and Information Ministry.

Frequency bands are public property, and are limited in number. Anyone can publish a newspaper and distribute it wherever they want to, but they cannot simply broadcast television or radio signals because the frequencies used are determined by the 'lessor' according to the law. The KPI regularly carries out evaluations to determine whether to extend or revoke licenses. The yardstick used is compliance with regulations.

Opinion Tuesday, June 17, 2014 Edition

A Batak Opera Revival

First created in the 1920s, the Batak operaa people's theater specific to the North Sumatra regionenjoyed its highest popularity during the next 60 years, before its attraction declined, gradually fading altogether from the scene. Today, a group of artists grouped under the Batak Opera Training Community (PLOt) led by artist Thomson Hutasoit are determined to revive it. They removed the stigma of embarrassment surrounding this traditional performing art, spreading a 'Batak opera fever' among youths. From August to November this year, PLOt went on tour in North Sumatra, Jakarta and even in faraway Germany, to perform their newest production. A special report by Tempo English.

Outreach Tuesday, November 26, 2013 Edition

Special Operations
A Thousand Spies

He was known as Suharto's right-hand man since they were assigned to the Central Java Diponegoro Military Command. They met again at the Army Strategic Command, leading a number of intelligence operations. He recruited many people, turning them into spies. The impact of his work can be found in Papua (known as Irian Jaya during Suharto's New Order regime), Malaysia and East Timor. Like a double-edged sword, his special operations resulted in both victory and depravity.

Cover Story Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

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