Indonesia Today Vol. X no. 03 February 01, 2007 Индонезия Сегодня
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Social and Cultural Issues
PRESIDENT: CAMPAIGNS AGAINST BIRD FLU NOT ONLY TO PROTECT TOURISM, TRADE
Jakarta - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Thursday (Feb 01) the purpose of the government-sponsored campaigns to fight bird flu was not only to protect the tourism and trade sectors but also to ensure the people's safety.
"We must have the courage to make sacrifices for the sake of our own safety," the president said after conferring awards on 18 blood donors representing 541 other awardees nation-wide.
Mass culling must be conducted to prevent the virus from spreading further, he said.
"The bird flu pandemic has not been fully overcome," he noted.
The Health Ministry has declared nine of the country's 33 provinces vulnerable to bird flu outbreaks after extraordinary cases had happened there.
The President said if the bird flu outbreaks in the country were not handled effectively, the international community would doubt Indonesia's seriousness in fighting the disease, he said.
"Consequently, foreign nationals will be afraid to visit Indonesia. The number of tourist arrivals and the volume of our international trade will fall. But the most important thing is how to ensure the safety of our people," he said.
The head of state asked all government agencies to work in close cooperation with the people to fight bird flu.
"I ask all the people to be aware of the need to prevent further outbreaks of this disease," he said.
All governors, district heads and mayors should take an active part in fighting the virus, he said.
"I commend the Jakarta governor who is leading a campaign against bird flu in the field. I hope all regional heads will follow his example," he said.
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RESCUE WORKERS FIND 27 FRAGMENTS BELIEVED PARTS OF MISSING ADAM AIR PLANE
Makassar - Rescue workers conducting a massive search in Pare Pare waters, Barru district, South Sulawesi, for the missing Adam Air jetliner with 102 people on board have recovered 40 fragments believed to be parts of the ill-fated plane.
But Search and Rescue (SAR) Mission Coordinator Air Commodore Eddy Suyanto speaking to newsmen at Hassanuddin airport here on Friday confirmed that some 27 of them were parts of the Boeing 737-400 jetliner gone missing since Monday (Jan 1).
The finds include a landing gear cover, a fiber plate, and a rear tray of one of the plane's chairs.
He however did not elaborate on the objects.
Some of the objects are kept at the center established to search for the plane and have been sorted by the National Commitee for Transportation Safety (KNKT).
Earlier, on Wednesday night, a fisherman in Malusetasi district, caught the aircraft's right tail horizontal stabilizer in his fishing net.
The airplane's part was found 8 km south of Pare Pare district in South Sulawesi and about 300 meters from the beach.
After the finding of the objects, rescue workers intensified their search in the sea and on beaches near Pare-Pare and discovered more parts such as life vests, cabin attendant seats, seat belts, and the aircraft's tail.
But the finds had motivated the rescue workers to intensify their efforts at sea, especially in waters off Pare Pare in South Sulawesi and Majene district in West Sulawesi, he said.
Other rescue workers who had been combing certain areas in Tana Toraja and Polewali Mandar had been diverted to Pare Pare to help optimize the search there.
Meanwhile, a number of navy ships that had been combing waters off Mamuju district in West Sulawesi with support from the USNS Mary Sears from the United States, were also directed to move to Majene waters in Pare Pare to locate the wreckage of the Adam Air Boeing 737-400.
The jetliner was on a flight from Surabaya in East Java to Manado in North Sulawesi on New Year's day when it disappeared in bad weather.
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UNITED STATES HELPS BRING CLEAN WATER TO FAMILIES IN INDONESIA
Jakarta - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with the John Hopkins Center for Communications Programs is supporting the building of a water production, distribution and marketing facility in Indonesia for clean water supply to families, according to an e-mail dispatch of the US Embassy made available to ANTARA here on Friday (Jan .
The report said that more than 100 million people in Indonesia have no access to safe drinking water. Contaminated water is a major cause of diseases like diarrhea, the second leading cause of death of less than 5 years old children. Indonesian women used to boil water first before drinking it, but this requires time and costly fuel. Bottled water is an even more expensive alternative.
Now, it said, there is an affordable way to make water safe to drink. Air RahMat is a sodium hypochloride water treatment solution contained in an attractive, easy-to-handle bottle. Mixed with a few drops of Air RahMat, makes ordinary water safe to drink. One bottle can meet the needs of a family of five for a month.
According to the embassy, the product was developed by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with the John Hopkins Center for Communications Programs, is supporting Air RahMat's production, distribution and marketing.
It said that the result of clinical studies show that water treatment solutions like Air RahMat can reduce the number of diarrhea cases by 85 percent. After consistent use in West Timor, for example, self-reported diarrheal episodes fell by nearly 60 percent. More than 2 million households worldwide are using products similar to Air RahMat.
At faith-based women's clubs in Sumatra and West Java, USAID and its partners demonstrated how many drops to add to a container of water and how to store the water to keep it safe. A halal certificate from the Indonesian Council of Ulamas, a group of Muslim leaders, is official approval that the product complies with
Muslim dietary laws.
"In the beginning it has an unusual odor," reports one woman, "but I put it in plastic bottles overnight and it doesn't smell anymore. It is also cheaper than boiling water." Now, the woman and her family has become less likely to suffer from a waterborne diseases, it said.
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OVER 9,000 SMALL ISLANDS IN INDONESIA HAVE NO NAMES
Jakarta - Over 9,000 small islands in Indonesia still have no names and the government has a program to give them names later this year, an official said.
"The program will be expedited, so all 17,000 islands in Indonesia will have names," Soadjuangon Situmorang, director general of general administra-tion at the Ministry of Home Affairs, said here Friday (Jan 23).
The government issued a presidential regulation No. 112/2006 on the National Team for Island Name Standardization to expedite the program.
The team chaired by the President comprises the Minister of Defence, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Fishery and Marine Resources and the Minister of National Education.
The secretaries of the team are the Head of the National Survey and Mapping Coordinating Board and the director general.
Indonesia has around 17,540 islands, large and small.
The country's small islands include Nipah bordering with Singapore, Sekatung with Viet Nam, Dana with Australia, Batek with Timor Leste, Pondo with India and Sebatik with Malaysia.
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GOVT TO RAISE RETAIL PRICES OF CIGARETTES: OFFICIAL
Jakarta - The government is planning to increase the retail sale prices (HJE) of cigarettes in March in an effort to achieve its excise tax revenue target of Rp42.03 in 2007, a Finance Ministry official said.
Besides, the government was also planning to apply specific tax rates to cigarretes to narrow the gap among the tariff rate categories, the ministry's director general of customs and excise Anwar Suprijadi said here on Tuesday (Jan 16).
He said that the revenue target of Rp42.03 trillion from excise taxes in 2007 was unlikely to be achieved unless the retail prices of cigarettes were raised and a specific tax rate was imposed.
"With the present production level, state revenues from excise taxes could not reach Rp42.03 trillion if the HJE is not raised and a specific tax rate is not imposed," he said.
He said that without an increase in retail prices, the state revenues could only reach Rp39 trillion to Rp40 trillion.
Anwar said a specific tax rate, namely a tax rate for each piece of cigarettes could be imposed to narrow the gap among the tariff rate categories of different cigarettes.
The gap among the tariff rate categories caused cigarette makers to produce cigarettes with low tax rate categories, he said.
"We are introducing specific tax rates which enable small-and medium-scale firms to pay lower cigarette taxes than their larger counterparts do," he added.
The government and the House of Representatives have set excise tax revenues in the state budget for 2006 at Rp38.5 trillion. Of the target, only Rp37.9 trillion were realized.
For 2007, the government and the House of Representatives set the target at Rp42.03 trillion.
"The target was raised from Rp38.5 trillion last year to Rp42.03 trillion in 2007 because the state needs more funds to finance projects such as infrastructure and education," he added.
He said that the decision to increase the retail prices of cigarettes and to impose a specific tax rate was not taken all of a sudden.
"This decision was taken since the beginning so that businesses would get legal certainty," he added.
He said that the government had plan to raise the retail price of cigarettes in March 2007 and to apply the specific rate taxes in June 2007.
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BALI GLOBAL FORUM TO BE HELD ON JANUARY 21-23
DENPASAR - The Indonesian Communication and Information Ministry (Depkominfo) along with the United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) will hold Bali Global Forum on January 21-23, a statement said.
The meeting which will take place in Jimbaran resort area will be opened by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the statement from a forum committee said here Thursday (Jan 18).
The international event will be entitled with The Power of Peace: Using the Tools of Information and Communication.
About 400 participants including state leaders and other VVIP guests will take part in the forum which will discuss issues on imbalance information and information technology abuse for terror and war.
Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, Nobel Laurieate South Afarican Desmond Tutu, Queen Rania of Jordan, CNN founder Ted Turner, Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates are scheduled to attend the forum.
The international meeting will hopefully encourage media and technology to become partner in creating a peaceful world by promoting justice and humanity.
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RI TOURISM UNAFFECTED BY BIRD FLU CASES: MINISTER
Jakarta - The Avian Influenze (bird flu) cases that happened in Indonesia recently have so far not had a negative impact on the country's tourism sector, Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik said here on Thursday (Jan 25).
"I still have not seen a decline in the number of tourist arrivals due to the incident of bird flu in the country. I am optimistic, they will not adversely affect the flow of tourists," the minister said on the sidelines of a seminar on state administration management here.
The minister said, in an effort to anticipate a decrease in the number of tourist arrivals, his ministry was continuinng to promote the country's tourism , especially by showing Indonesia's conducive situation.
He said his ministry had earmarked some Rp100 billion for tourism promotions during 2007.
However, not all of the funds would be used for promotion efforts to counter the effects of the bird flu cases because part of the funds would also be used to project the country's wealth of natural resources.
"In the bird-flu-motivated promotion efforts, we will say that although the disease exists in Indonesia, the government is tackling the problem seriously," the minister said.
The minister pointed out bird flu outbreaks had not only happened in Indonesia but in other countries as well.
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BALI HOPES TO ATTRACT 1.6 MILLION FOREIGN TOURISTS IN 2007
Denpasar - Bali is hoping to receive 1.6 million foreign tourists and 2.8 million domestic tourists in 2007.
"We have made various efforts and breakthroughs to improve the tourism industry in Bali. We hope that Bali could become a safe and convenient resort island," an official of Bali provincial administration, Wayan Subagiarta, said here on Thursday (Jan 23).
In 2006, a total 1,260,317 foreign tourists and around 1.3 million domestic tourists visited Bali Island.
Most of the foreign tourists came from Japan, Korea and Australia.
"Their average stay duration was nine days and each tourist spent around Rp 801,000 daily at the average," Subagiartha said.
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RI TO TAKE PART IN TOURISM WEEK IN SPAIN
London - Indonesia will take part in a tourism week (FITUR 2007) in Madrid, Spain, to be held on Jan 31 - Feb 4, a spokesman of the Indonesian Embassy in Madrid said on Monday (Jan 30).
"Spain is the potential market for the Indonesian tourism industry so that it should be managed seriously," Allen Simarmata said.
Spanish King Juan Carlos is expected to open the FITUR 2007 on Wednesday.
Simarmata said a total of 12 travel bureaus, tourism and hotel operators would be on the Indonesian Pavilion in the world's second biggest tourism fair after the one held in Berlin.
He added Indonesia's participation in the fair would be the seventh of its kind.
FITUR 2007 will be participated in by more than 13,000 hotel, tourism and flight operators from 170 countries.
The Indonesian Embassy in Madrid has prepared traditional snack for visitors to the stand.