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Babatunde Osotimehin UN Under Secretary-General & UNFPA Executive Director
Family planning is not A health issue, it's a rights issue

With a 1.49 percent annual growth rate, Indonesia's current population of more than 250 million is expected to surpass that of the United States by 2043, possibly becoming the third most populous country after China and India. Despite a national family planning program in place since 1967, Indonesia continues to struggle with various sociocultural constraints that prevent it from becoming more effective and efficient. Such issues emerged during the recent International Conference on Family Planning in Nusa Dua, Bali.

On the sidelines of the biennial conference, Tempo English contributing editor Cory Rogers spoke to Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, the current executive director of the United Nations Fund for Population (UNFPA). Dr. Osotimehin, a Nigerian national who is serving his second term as head of UNFPA, shared his views on how empowering women through sexual and reproductive health rights is a key to unlocking Indonesia's development potential. Excerpts of the interview:

Interview Tuesday, February 2, 2016 Edition

Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UN Population Fund
'Build People's Capacity To Think Creatively'

The Executive Director of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Doctor Babatunde Osotimehin, who visited Jakarta for the World Economic Forum on East Asia last week, led a discussion on how Indonesia can capitalize on its large youth population. Sadika Hamid, Amanda Siddharta and Edward Stephens from Tempo English interviewed Osotimehin, the former Nigerian Health Minister.

Economy Tuesday, April 28, 2015 Edition

A 25 Percent Growth

ERDHIKA Securities analyst Adrian Priatna regards the hospital business as an investment that cannot lose money. He calculated that, over the last five years, the four hospital share issuers listed on the Indonesian Stock ExchangeSiloam, Mitra Keluarga, Omni, Mayapadaall grew between 15 and 25 percent.

Cover Story Tuesday, October 25, 2016 Edition

Tempo's Artists of 2015
A Firing Squad and a Charcoal Grinder

One by one on that last evening in October 2015, the amateur performers introduced themselves. Within a very short time, the audience at the Yogya Cultural Center began to feel thoroughly amused by what they were watching.

The show was entitled 100% Yogyakarta. It did not feature any professional actors. All those up on the stage were ordinary people from around the city, including a parking attendant, a grave digger, a street tough, a housewife, a transvestite, a neighborhood association head, a teacher, and the head of a hardline Islamic organization.

Special Report Tuesday, January 12, 2016 Edition

Benedict Anderson 1936-2015
The Last of the Great Liberals

Lying in state at the Adi Jasa funeral home on Tuesday, December 15, Ben Anderson was clad in a brown-colored Madura batik shirt. "That's my batik shirt," said Sugito, the driver who always accompanied Anderson since 2009 whenever he toured East Java. Sugito wiped his tears and tenderly touched the edge of the laced cloth covering the coffin.

Anderson arrived in Surabaya with his close friend, Edward Hasudingan, a.k.a. Edu, five days earlier. Both met in 2004 when Edu studied at Ithaca College in the United States. They stayed at Hotel Santika Pandegiling in Surabaya.

Special Report Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Edition

Exposing the 1965 Events

The International People's Tribunal 1965 a hearing last week on crimes against humanity in Indonesia following the 1965 political upheaval held in the Dutch capital of The Hague, impacted three distinct groups. The first are the condemned and the vilified, senior military officers and government officials, and even a few historians clinging to tired old slogans about 'latent dangers of communism'.

The second group are those who regard the tribunal as little more than a game, not worth their time. The third group are people who believe that the tribunal is an effort to record the facts, which in turn would lead to pressure aimed at a United Nations resolution.

Opinion Tuesday, November 17, 2015 Edition

Goenawan Mohammad Chairman, Indonesian national Committee for the Frankfurt Book Fair 2015
This is a once-in-a-lifetime project

The 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair ended in mid-October. As the guest of honor at the world's largest book fair, Indonesia chose the slogan '17,000 Islands of Imagination' to lead its presentation.

It was a huge success, although the team only had two years to prepare for the event, compared to the five to six years other countries had.

On The Record Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Edition

Hana S. Hikoyabi, 2015 SK Trimurti Award Recipient:
I was told it's a man's job

Hana Salomina Hikoyabi is an activist from Papua, who uses her bureaucratic savvy to get things done. She was vice chair of the Papua People's Assembly during the 2006-2011 period and is currently the head of the Regional Development Planning Board for Jayapura Regency. Hana founded the tabloid Suara Perempuan Papua (Voice of Papuan Women), to publicize issues related to violence against women, the need to acknowledge people living with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), for information on access to justice and the conservation of Papua's mega-biodiversity.

The tabloid has been influential in changing perceptions on gender in Papua, and she is not giving up on the idea that women should continue aiming for 30 percent representation in the legislature. For her unrelenting advocacy to give voice to the women's plight in Papua, she was presented with the 2015 SK Trimurti Award by the Indonesian Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) at the beginning of September.

Outreach Tuesday, October 6, 2015 Edition

1945

Revolution is never careful. There is no revolution carried out carefully, meticulously, and protected from going astray. Going astray is what revolution is about. Revolution does not set out to follow what has been laid out by the power that preceded it.

This is why August 17, 1945, was a revolutionary moment: on that morning the birth of a new country was declared. The rulers of the Netherlands Indies, so neat and repressive, had fallen. The Japanese military regime, so strong and cruel, had also lost. They were no more. Power relations in Indonesian changed radically.

Sidelines Tuesday, August 25, 2015 Edition

Singapore at 50

Singapore has come a long way since its independence on August 9, 1965. During its early years, the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita was a mere US$500 and unemployment exceeded 10 percent. Like other developing countries, there were racial tensions, housing shortages, slums with poor sanitation, a high crime rate and even corruption. There were also hostile neighbors. Malaysia expelled Singapore from its Federation and Indonesia just ended its armed 'konfrontasi' with the Malaysian Federation, which at that time still included Singapore. Lastly, there was the departure of the British colonial government and its Royal Navy, which provided not only security, but also helped to drive the local economy.

Fast forward half a century later and Singapore's GDP per capita (at purchasing power parity) stands above US$56,000, the third highest in the world, with a mere two percent unemployment rate. Today, as visitors land at Singapore's Changi airport, one of the world's most efficient and modern airports, they will see a neat row of gleaming wide-bodied aircrafts belonging to Singapore Airlines, the nation's flag carrier, often voted the world's best airline. Driving from the airport, they will notice the country's efforts to turn itself into a 'garden city', with lush shady greenery along its multi-lane highways. Crossing the Kallang River visitors enter an ultra-clean and orderly modern cosmopolitan city with a state of the art broadband connectivity. Further west of the glittering city skyline is Asia's busiest container port and beyond that, is the world's third largest oil refinery complex.

Cover Story Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Edition

Lim Teck Yin-singapore Sports Council Ceo:
Hosting It On Our 50th Anniversary Is Once In A Lifetime.

The Southeast Asia (SEA) Games is not a new arena for Lim Teck Yin, 54, CEO of the Singapore Sports Council (SSC), the statutory board under the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports of Singapore. This lead agency is tasked with responsibility to develop and cultivate sports for the nation. Brig. Gen. (ret) Lim Teck Yin won six gold medals in water polo at Southeast Asia's biggest sporting event. "Those six gold medals I received consecutively in the SEA Games from 1985," he told Tempo.

Asean & Beyond Tuesday, June 9, 2015 Edition

Priorities For 2015

President Jokowi's 2015 revised government budget is his first, and, as such, is interesting to get a more detailed view of his policy spending priorities, how he expects to implement them and, more importantly, how to fund them. But, understanding where the government is spending its money this time is critical because the recent cut in fuel subsidies allows the government some real spending power to make a difference. A quick glimpse into the 288-page document, shows three areas that particularly stand out. They are infrastructure with a maritime bent, food security and social services.

Special Report Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Indonesia's Hidden Gems at Art Stage 2015

Yet, this book measuring 14 centimeters x 21 centimeters is a fascinating sign of fresh creativity in the world of art, exposing the young and upcoming Indonesia artist,30-year-old Syaiful Aulia Garibaldi. He has morphed science with art in a dictionary of a newly invented language named Terhah. Words are denoted by characters derived and imagined from the changing shapes of developing micro-organisms seen through his microscope. The dictionary is the second in a series and has 1,500 words on 64 pages. It also has Indonesian and English translations in Roman script.

Syaiful new invented language, Terhah, he says is inspired by various words expressing an idea or a thought that combines with his artistic imagination. He had studied printmaking at the experimental division of the School of Fine Arts and Design at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), after a stint of agronomy at the University of Padjadjaran's School of Agriculture, also in Bandung.

Arts Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Optimistic About Indonesia's Economic Prospects in 2015

FOR many Indonesians, 2015 began on a positive note: subsidized fuel prices had fallen with global oil prices. Premium gasoline dropped from Rp8,500 to Rp7,600 per liter, and automotive diesel oil went from Rp7,500 to Rp7,250 per liter.

With that in mind, President Joko Widodo was optimistic 2015 would bring improvements for the Indonesian economy, with the government able to cut subsidies and free up funds. "This money can be diverted to build infrastructure such as reservoirs, irrigation, toll roads and railways outside of Java," Jokowi said.

Indicator Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Edition

Taliban Kills 145 in a School Attack

The world has seen yet another horrific terrorist attack. This one came in Peshawar, Pakistan, when seven members of the Pakistani Taliban broke into an army-run school on Tuesday morning and went on a killing spree.

The incident took the lives of 145 people, including 132 students aged 12 to 16. One survivor, Salmannot his real namewas in a careers guidance session in the auditorium with his classmates when the gunmen stormed in. "Someone screamed at us to get down and hide below the desks," the 16-year-old boy said at the trauma ward of Lady Reading's Hospital in the city. "Then one of them shouted, 'there are so many children beneath the benches, go and get them'," he said, as quoted by AFP.

Asean & Beyond Tuesday, December 23, 2014 Edition

Lessons Hopefully Learnt for 2015

Manggi Habir*

As we close 2014 with a weak rupiah, a high domestic interest rate and a slowing economy, the only bright spot seems to be a new government with a new style of leadership that provides hope that changes will come. And, maybe the year-end is a good time to make an assessment on what we can learn for 2015. Let me start with the rupiah, as its weakness throughout the year does reflect alot of what is wrong with our economy.

On the rupiah's weakness, we must differentiate on the source of weakness where we have little control of and where we can do something. As it is always easier to blame others for our problems, the world's two largest economies would be high on the list of external sources of our currency's problems.

The US economy, because it is the only major economy that is growing well due to its loose monetary policy, has the US dollar becoming more attractive. But the Fed realizing that good things do not last forever, is concerned of potential inflation ahead and plans to raise interest rates, making the US$ even more desirable. Just remarks that it plans to raise rates has lead to massive conversions to US dollars worldwide. This year, the US dollar has strengthened against nearly all other currencies. However, as the emerging market currencies lack deep markets, the weakness is more apparent, which unfortunately includes our rupiah.

Column Tuesday, December 23, 2014 Edition

Jokowi: Indonesia ready to Support AEC 2015

President Joko Widodo attended his first Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on November 12-13. He asserted during the meeting that Indonesia was ready to support the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) free market in 2015. "Indonesia will not let itself be merely a market," he said.

According to Joko, an increase in inter-ASEAN trade will be the key to AEC success. "Within the next five years, I hope the value of trade between ASEAN member states can reach at least 35-40 percent," added the president. As of now, inter-ASEAN trade volume is 24.2 percent. He also urged other member states to work together in doubling the ASEAN GDP, from US$ 2 trillion to US$ 4 trillion, and reducing the poverty rate to 9.3 percent by 2030.

Rahmat Pramono, the permanent representative of Indonesia to ASEAN, said that Indonesia's readiness to face the AEC is only 82 percent. He sees the integration as an opportunity for economic growth. Sri Adiningsih, an economist from Gadjah Mada University said that Indonesia has been ASEAN's main support because of its central location in the region. "Our trade balance in the area, be it oil or non-oil, experienced surplus for a while," she said.

Diplomatic Bag Tuesday, November 18, 2014 Edition

Challenges in 2015

Pending economic problems await Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla's administration. In addition to the narrow room for maneuvering the budget, global economic uncertainty will be the economic challenge throughout 2015. Raising subsidized fuel prices is a policy option that must be taken as soon as possible.

Cover Story Tuesday, November 4, 2014 Edition

A Disappearance at 35,000 Feet

THE Adam Air Boeing 737-400 on the Surabaya-Manado route disappeared somewhere over Sulawesi. Critics put the blame on competing low-cost airfares compromising passenger safety. Ever since 2001 when the budget airline industry took off in Indonesia, the number of air travellers shot up by 130 percent and the number of flights by 26 percent. From 2001-2005 there have been 29 accidents involving national carriers. There were 26 accidents during the previous five-year period. The difference in the number of accidents may not be highly significant, but there is much to be gained from a strict monitoring on the long-term impact of the budget-airline industry.

Cover Story Tuesday, January 9, 2007 Edition

15 Days on the Hunt for Tommy

It is not easy to catch Tommy Suharto, the fugitive connected with PT Goro Batara Sakti's property-swap scam who has disappeared for nine months. Greater Jakarta Police's Special Detective Team have ransacked a number of places and tailed many people, but Tommy has proved slippery. The son of Suharto even stopped by his sister's house on July 15 for her birthday party, despite the Cendana area being the police's top priority target area. Just where have the police found Tommy's trail?

Cover Story Tuesday, August 14, 2001 Edition

Under The Shadow of Disparity

After increasing slowly for over a decade, the economic disparity rate has seen a tendency to decline over the past two years. However, this achievement has not seen improvement among the low-income groups. Their purchasing power has weakened. Poor nutrition among expecting mothers, babies, and children under five are signs of poverty. Because child growth and development is not optimal, this upcoming generation will find it difficult to improve family prosperity levels. At the same time, the middle class has seen greater growth. It is no surprise that those who are well-off have made rapid progress, adding to their wealth through land concessions for mining, plantations and infrastructure projects. Meanwhile, poverty has tended to continue around mining areas. Economic growth has not automatically reduced poverty.

Cover Story Tuesday, March 21, 2017 Edition

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