Good News From Indonesia

Are you looking for an independent and reliable source of good information about Indonesia ?

If that is what you really want, then you should visit the site Good News From Indonesia (GNFI) : http://goodnewsfromindonesia.org.

In order to provide you with a " bird's eye view " about this wonderful site, please find below one of its latest post. Enjoy it!

The Weird and Wonderful World   

Posted on June 30th, 2010 at 11:38 am by Akhyari

North Sulawesi is located within the ‘Coral Triangle’, a territory which spreads from western Thailand all the way through eastern Indonesia. This is where many scientists believe life began in the ocean and it is widely thought that it holds the most bio diverse marine habitats on earth.

For this reason diving in Indonesia has been held in high regard amongst the diving community and North Sulawesi is no exception. To the east of Borneo and below the Philippines, Sulawesi is an oddly shaped island in the Celebes Sea. North Sulawesi refers to the most northerly point. Just a few hundred meters offshore the continental shelf plunges towards the deep oceanic trenches which offers nutrient rich waters. The fact that evolution here has been uninterrupted for millions of year means that the marine life in this particular part of the Coral Triangle is extremely diverse

                             Napoleon Wrasse

Bunaken Island lies just a few kilometers offshore, a plateau extends from the island before reaching the drop off which descends to hundreds of meters. Coral life on the wall is extremely dense and different species both hard and soft compete for space. These particular walls have gone some way into making diving in Indonesia what it is today and draw traveling divers from all over the world. Large pelagics like Black and White Tip Sharks, Trevally and Napoleon Wrasse work their way up the reef, whilst Green Sea Turtles lodge themselves into the wall to rest. If you’ve got a skillful guide you might be able to see finger nail size Pygmy Seahorses latched onto Gorgonian Fans, not a common site even when you are diving in Indonesia.

                                     Green Sea Turtle

The Lembeh Strait is a complete contrast in bottom topography in comparison to the walls Bunaken Island. Located off the eastern coast of North Sulawesi the Strait is a channel of water that lies between the landmass of Sulawesi and Lembeh Island. The shallow black sand slopes have created a truly unique marine habitat for the dwellers that have adapted themselves supremely to this environment. There are some coral reef formations but these are relatively few and far between. This is where life has come to compete against itself in which evolution has created many weird and wonderful creatures divers refer to as ‘critters’. Mimic Octopus have the ability to take the form of up to ten different types of other species including Lionfish, Snake Eels and Flounder in order to confuse predator and prey. Angler Fish dangle a lure just millimeters from their mouth in order to attract potential prey. Carrier Crabs camouflage and defend themselves by placing Sea Urchins on their shell whilst they make their way from one spot to another.

                                                 Mimic Octopus

The contrast of Bunaken and Lembeh make diving in Indonesia even more attractive. For the traveling diver willing to go that extra mile for something special North Sulawesi will excite and intrigue for many visits. For more information on diving Bunaken and Lembeh including travel operators visit diving asia.

What's wrong with Tempo ?

Yesterday, subscribers of the Tempo magazine in Jakarta and vicinity were puzzled by the disappearance of the weekly magazine  that is circulated every Monday.

According to the news media, the disappearance was caused by massive purchase of the said magazine by mysterious men, including those wearing the costumes of Police officers. They speculate that the Police want to prevent the circulation of the latest edition of said magazine which titled : “ Fat Bank Account of a Police Officer ”.

In another report, the Deputy Chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) i.e. Haryono Umar, was quoted as saying that thje KPK is investigating the Rp 95 Billion (US$ 10.45 Million) bank account in the name of a  two stars General of the Police.

However, the Public Relation Officer of National Police Headquarters, Inspector General Edward Aritonang  denied these reports saying there has never been any instruction to purchase the magazines. He also said that it is not possible to shut information to the public  He further said that this might just be some sort of a marketing strategy (by the magazine), which can be seen from the fact that its price has jumped to Rp 100.000,- four times its normal price.

Until Tuesday morning, the magazine is still not avaliable at the news stands. However, the seller can get one for you if you are willing to pay Rp 100.000,-
   
In response to the above, management of Tempo magazine decided to reprint another 30,000 copies of the missing edition.

I hope that Tempo, which was forced to stop operation during the Soeharto regime, would be able to find out and explain to the public what exactly happened to its missing magazines.

Related news reports :
-  Pemborong Tempo Naik Mobil Polsek
-  Temanya Seksi, 'Tempo' Rp 100.000,-, Mau?
-  Mabes : Tidak ada Perintah Borong Tempo
-  Tempo Raib, Polri Anggap itu Pemasaran
-  Tempo Magazine to Reprint its Missing Edition.
-  Graft Probe into Rp 95b in Police General's Account

Guest Writer: Rob Baiton

When I started this blog on October 2007, my intention was to write about matters related to the laws in Indonesia.

But considering the "very complicated characteristics" of the implementation of laws in Indonesia, after some time I get bored with disappointment. In order to keep on blogging, I write about other matters i.e. Politics and Nature in Indonesia.

One of the blogger who inspired me to keep on writing is Rob Baiton, who at that time lived in Jakarta and worked as English Editor of the Indonesian legal website: www.hukumonline.com. Besides, he has also mentored and lead Indonesian law students compete in international Law Speech Contests.

I learned a lot from Rob's blog i.e. therabexperience.blogspot.com, which muse about the Laws, Politics, Culture in Indonesia and Australia.

Today Rob is living in Sydney, Australia, with his Indonesian wife and a handsome young son.

Please find below one of Rob's latest post about a case which has been highly exposed by the Indonesian media for the last couple of weeks.

Ariel, Luna Maya, + Cut Tari ...

Indonesia and porn, porn and Indonesia seem to go hand-in-hand, don't they? It never ceases to amaze me the level of hypocrisy that exists on this single issue. There are those jumping up and down waving the morality flag demanding that long jail sentences be handed down to people who find the need to film themselves doing the deed and then have this very deed find its way into the public domain. Yet, most surveys and other statistical data pegs Indonesia as one of the biggest consumers of porn on our little globe called earth.

I think Desi Anwar says it best in her opinion piece on the matter when she talks about moral censure, peeping toms and playing god. It is worth a read and you can find it here.

The realities here are that it is against the law, people know it is against the law, and they must certainly know that if they get caught then there is a pretty good chance that the relevant law enforcement agencies will go the whole nine yards to get a conviction. This seems particularly so if you happen to be a celebrity. Ariel, Luna Maya, and Cut Tari are going to find this out in the most public of ways. One arrest has been made and another two seem imminent. The Porn Law and the Criminal Code are destined to get a work out on this one.

It really is sad that this is being played out in the way that it is. There are just so many more important things that politicians could be doing rather than legislating morality. There is in a similar vein so many more important things that the police and other law enforcement agencies could be dealing with rather than a couple of starlets getting the once over by a singer who seems to be afflicted with a little bit of the "Don Juanism" condition.

However, it must be noted that none of this is surprising on any front. All of us who are either Indonesian or who have long associations with the place understand that Indonesians have an insatiable appetite for gossip, particularly celebrity gossip. Indonesian TV is testament to that. We also know that the politicians and law enforcement people often look for any good gossip in order to deflect attention from real issues that need real work and real responses to see them resolved.

Yes, the reality here is that you have a couple of sex videos, pretty tame by most accounts, and nothing to write home about. Yet, it is news that has diverted the attention of a nation, and seen the story picked up by the international press. On the importance scale, the size of Ariel's penis, his sexual prowess, or the preferred methods associated with any climax activity, ranks, at least in my opinion, a very distant last on a long line of really important issues such as the systematic attempts to dissolve the KPK from its current form, the failure of parliament to speed up the legislative process, or myriad of other issues. Then again, I am sure that it will not be too long before we are hearing that Ariel's escapades have directly contributed to an earthquake or a tsunami or some other natural disaster that befalls the innocent in Indonesia. Sad!

As a matter of priority, it is time that people thought about the things that are really important and worked towards resolutions on those fronts.

Then again, good gossip and a sex video is something that most people just need to talk about!

Punishment by Caning in Singapore

The news media all around the world has reported cynically when lawmakers in the Province of Aceh issued a by-law which carries a sentence of Caning.

I wonder whether those news media would report similarly about a Swiss Citizen who has committed an offense punishable by Caning in Singapore. Please find below an article on this case that I quoted from The Jakarta Globe

Swiss software consultant Oliver Fricker tries to avoid the media as he walks to the Subordinate court in Singapore on June 24, 2010. Fricker pleaded guilty to spray-painting a Singapore metro train with graffiti, an offence punishable by caning. (Photo AFP)

 

Swiss Man Admits Vandalism, Faces Caning in Singapore

Singapore. A Swiss expatriate pleaded guilty on Friday to vandalism and trespass after he was arrested for spray-painting a Singapore metro train, a crime which carries a sentence of caning and jail.

Oliver Fricker, 32, is to be sentenced later for the two crimes, which alarmed Singapore officials because he was able to break into a subway system that is believed to be a potential terrorist target.

Fricker, a business consultant, is out on a bail of 100,000 Singapore dollars (71,000 US) although his passport has been impounded after prosecutors argued there is a risk he may abscond.

His employer, Zurich-based Comit AG, which specialises in software for the financial industry, confirmed he had been suspended from work pending the outcome of the trial.

Fricker was about to return to Switzerland from his Singapore posting when he was arrested for the May 17 incident. A Briton who has left Singapore is also being sought as an alleged accomplice in the incident with the help of the global law-enforcement group Interpol.

Vandalism is punishable by up to three years in jail or a maximum fine of 2,000 Singapore dollars (1,440 US dollars), plus three to eight strokes of a wooden cane, a punishment dating from British colonial rule.

For trespassing into a protected area, Fricker faces two years in jail or a fine of 1,000 dollars, or both.

Singapore considers the intrusion a serious offense because its metro system is believed to be the target of Southeast Asian Islamic extremists, and the graffiti incident exposed security lapses.

Singapore’s vandalism laws became global news in 1994 when an American teenager, Michael Fay, was caned for damaging cars and public property despite appeals for clemency from the US government.


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Birthday State of Mind

I have been spending a real good time the whole day from the time I woke up early in the morning until I returned home in the evening.
Actually the euphoria started the night before when Umihoney, a friend from Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, send
me a Happy Birthday greeting on Facebook. Few hours later, many of my Facebook friends followed.

When I woke up in the morning, I felt very eager to face the whole world. So I happily left home with a big smile, have breakfast at a restaurant, worked and have my lunch at the office, followed by a dinner at a restaurant with my parents.

Although my age grew older one more year, but somehow my Birthday State of Mind has made me felt much  younger (around ten years) LOL.

Jakarta, the Big Durian

On 22 June 1527, Fatahillah, a warrior from the Islamic Sultanate of Demak, Central Java, attacked the Hindu Kingdom of Sunda, West Java, captured the port of Sunda Kelapa and changed its name to Jayakarta.

In 1619, the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC) occupied the port and changed its name to Batavia.

In 1942, the Japanese military forces invaded Indonesia and changed the name of Batavia to its local name Jakarta.

On 17 August 1945, Indonesia declared its independence, and the Republic of Indonesia.was established with  Jakarta as capital city. Since then Jakarta has developed into the biggest city in Indonesia, and one of largest in the world, with a population of around 8.5 million people (2008) living in an area of around 640 Square Kilometers.

As a capital city, Jakarta is the center of political, business, financial, economic, social, educational and other activities in Indonesia.

And like other big city in n the world, Jakarta faced lots of challenges such as Public Transportations, Traffic Jams,  Floods, Poverty, Slum area, plenty of shopping malls but very few public parks, etc, etc.

The government of Jakarta has made efforts to improve transportation system by building the Busway mass transportation, and is planing to build other mass transportation system such as Monorail and Underground Train, as well as additional toll roads and non-toll roads. However, considering the rapid growth of personal vehicles, traffic jam is getting worst every day.

In order to handle the flood problem, an anti-flood canal has been built on the eastern part of Jakarta and by cleaning the existing waterways.

Further, to control air pollution, motor vehicles are required to go through regular emission check, places for smoking cigarettes are limited.

Furthermore, to provide better housing, low cost high-rise apartments are now being build in various parts of the city.       

However, Jakarta still has lots of other problems like Garbages Disposal, Unemployement, Criminal, Fresh water, Beggars/Tramps, Poverty, Slum area housings, Electricity, Corruptions, etc. etc.

In spite of all the inconveniences, Jakarta has much more to give to its citizens and visitors, such as good and relatively safe residential area, hospitals, educational institutions, places for Eating any kinds of Food from all over Indonesia and all over the World, indoor-outdoor Entertainment and Sports, shopping, etc. etc.
 
Considering the above, I felt that Jakarta is similar to my favorite fruit i.e. the Durian which has sharp thorns, thick skin, and smells okay although might not be good for some people, but TASTES A LOT MUCH BETTER THAN ANY OTHER FRUITS, therefore I would not want to exchange with any other fruit.

Happy 483rd Birthday Jakarta, I hope that the Big Durian city will become much safer, cleaner, lovelier and a lot much better place for people to live in the future.

My Blog's Followers

My Dear Followers,

First of all I would like to thank each and everyone of you for following my blog on Google Friend Connect, Blog Catalog, Mybloglog, Twitter, Facebook, Blogged, Networkedblog.

Usually, after I know that I am being followed, and the follower's blog is mentioned, I would visit your blog and follow back.
 
But there are times when your blog is not mentioned so I cannot visit and follow your blog.

Considering this fact, I would like to request you to let me know if you have followed my blog, but I have not follow back.

Thanks and regards,
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Domestic Workers' Blues

Most households in Indonesian cities have one or more Domestic Workers to clean and even guard the house, wash and iron clothes, take care of their children, cook, etc.

The Domestic Workers, a.k.a Pembantu or Servants, would wake up at dawn before their Employers awaken, and sleep after their Employers have their dinner, or even slept.

Many of the said Employers treated their Domestic Workers unkindly, they would scold them when they are wrong and say nothing when they do good things.

Efforts have been made to protect the Domestic Workers but do not seemed to be fruitful. For example,  the Provincial government of Jakarta has issued some by-laws to protect Domestic Workers, but news reports about bad and inhumane treatments still exists. 

The central government has prepared a bill for Protection of Domestic Workers, but unfortunately the House of Representatives (DPR) postponed discussion for unclear reason. 

In order to provide a " bird's eye view " on the sufferings of some of those Domestic Workers, I have quoted an article of The Star (below).

After a grueling, 18-hour day, 15-year-old Kaminah domestic worker would rest her head on a bag filled with blood-stained clothes, sleeping on cold ceramic tiles outside the bathroom.

The blood was her own, from the beatings inflicted by her employer on a daily basis.

“[Whenever I got a beating] I would always think of my family,” Kaminah told The Jakarta Post. “Late at night, before going to sleep, I would think about my father and mother and feel very sad. I miss my parents a lot.”

UNICEF estimates that more 100,000 Indonesian women and children are trafficked annually within the country and abroad, with about one in three being under the age of 18.

Pressured by families or lured with promises of work, an alarming number of girls and women find themselves in conditions of virtual slavery, both within Indonesia and abroad.

A recently released report by the U.S. State department on human trafficking lists Indonesia as a Tier-2 country for trafficking, for not fully complying with standards set by the U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Act.

“There is a particularly big problem with Indonesian women being trafficked as domestic workers, ending up basically enslaved in conditions in the Middle East, Malaysia, and to a lesser extent countries like Singapore,” says Elaine Pearson, Deputy Director of the Asia Division for Human Rights Watch.

“Part of the problem is that there is not effective oversight of recruitment agencies in Indonesia.”

But for some, the root of the problem lies not with the agencies, but with rampant poverty.

“I really wanted to finish school but we didn’t have enough money to pay for tuition,” another girl, Kiya, told The Jakarta Post. “So I decided to work as a domestic worker and help my family.”

Filtering the Internet

The recent controversy over sex video allegedly starred by celebrities i.e Ariel, singer of  pop band Peterpan, his girl friend model/presenter i.e. Luna Maya, and model/presenter/actress Cut Tari has re-inspired the government to regulate the use of the internet.

 
Last Thursday, the Minister of Communication and Information Technology Tifatul Sembiring told news reporters that he plan to draft of new decree in consultation with members of the House of Representatives (DPR) after his earlier draft was canceled due to widespread protests.

Further, President Susilo Bambang Yudoyono (SBY) has stated that Indonesia should protect itself against the Internet. 

I am not really sure whether such decree would be effective to prevent Indonesians from downloading and/or uploading pornography from the internet considering the internet is almost a border-less territory.

Related news report :
- Indonesia needs Internet Blacklist to stop Porn : Tifatul

- Indonesia must Resist Internet 'Frenzy' : President
- SBY : We must act on webs threat

Electricity Hike

On Tuesday, the House of Representative (DPR) has approved the plan of state owned electricity company PLN to hike electricity rate by up to 18% starting 1 July 2010.

According to the Minister of Minings and Energy Darwin Saleh, PLN would not free 31 million households using less than 450 VA from paying electricity, as earlier proposed by its Director, but will exempt them and others using between 450 VA and 900 VA from the hike.

Around 5,9 million other households will pay up to 18% more, commercial customers between 12 to 18% more, industry 6 to 15% more and government offices 15 to 18% more.

The plan received various reactions from inside and outside of the DPR. The member of the ruling coalition Justice Welfare Party (PKS) and opposition Indonesian Democratic Party in Struggle (PDIP) rejected, while the Indonesian Consumers Association (YLKI) agreed.

However, what really bothers me is that the news media do not seem to be very interested in this electricity hike, which can be seen from the fact that the number of news reports/articles about this is lower than reports/ articles about the Sex Video Scandal.

This is very sad, considering that the hike would surely effect the economy and the life of the people which are currently not in good condition.

Related media reports :
- Poorest Indonesians Spared Pain from Power Price Hike
- Govt not likely to support Free Electricity for the Poor.

Sex Video and Character Assasination

Singer of Pop band Peterpan, Ariel, and his model/presenter lover Luna Maya have finally broken their silence over the Sex Video Scandal that has been widely exposed by the news media last week.

Ariel and Luna denied that they starred in the Sex Video. The Jakarta Globe quoted Ariel as saying that certain people has exposed the Sex Video in connection with his band's plan to release their latest album.    He therefore suspect that there must be a character assassination attempt in this case. 

This is not the first time that I heard the phrase Character Assassination, but I am not really sure about the meaning. So, I Googled the phrase and found the following explanation on Wikipedia :
 
Character assassination is an attempt to tarnish a person's reputation. It may involve exaggeration or manipulation of facts to present an untrue picture of the targeted person. It is a form of defamation and can   be a form of ad hominem argument.
For living individuals targeted by character assassination attempts, this may result in being rejected by his community, family, or members of his or her living or work environment. Such acts are often difficult to reverse or rectify, and the process is likened to a literal assassination of a human life. The damage sustained can last a lifetime or, for historical figures, for many centuries after their death.
In practice, character assassination may involve doublespeak, spreading of rumors, innuendo or deliberate misinformation on topics relating to the subject's morals, integrity, and reputation. It may involve spinning information that is technically true, but that is presented in a misleading manner or is presented without the necessary context. For example, it might be said that a person refused to pay any income tax during a   specific year, without saying that no tax was actually owed due to the person having no income that year.

A person who committed Defamation using the internet can be charged with violating the Electronic Information and Transaction Law (ITE) Articles 27 and 45 with maximum punishment of six years in jail and/or maximum fine of One Billion Rupiah. Whilst Defamation in general is governed by the Penal Code (KUHP) Articles 310 and 311 with maximum punishment of nine months in jail.

Further, those who play the starring roles in a Sex Video can be charged with violating the Pornography Law.

Considering the above, it would be very interesting to know the result of Police investigation on the Sex Video case.

Electricity for the Poor and for the Rich

Last Saturday, President Director of the State Electricity Company (PLN) i.e. Dahlan Iskan, proposed the government and the House of Representative (DPR) to free poor people from paying electicity, and increase electric tariff for rich people.

Considering that PLN has been unable to supply suficient electric power to its 40 million consumers in recent years, this proposal has received mixed reactions from members of DPR.

Please find below an article about this that I quoted from The Jakarta Globe.

A proposal to provide free electricity for the poor and hike rates for the rich has received mixed reactions from the House of Representatives.

‘Free Electricity for Poor’ Plan Gets Mixed Reviews 

A proposal by a state enterprise executive to make electricity free for tens of millions of poorer Indonesians and hike power rates for the rich has received mixed reactions from lawmakers.

Dahlan Iskan, president director of state-owned power company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara, on Saturday urged the government and the House of Representatives to free users with an hourly average of less than 450 watts from having to pay the basic electricity tariff, or TDL.

Dahlan said the bulk of this group were the country’s poorest people, and made up half of PLN’s 40 million subscribers. As subscriptions usually mean a household, the move would potentially help 20 million families.

Dahlan said it should come before the TDL is raised by a planned average of 10 percent in July. If the government is really out to help the poor, he said, “the best thing to do would be not to charge the poor for their electricity usage.”

Only Golkar aired support for the proposal, with its faction secretary, Ade Komarudin, saying subsidies should not be given to those undeserving.

“But there must be a rigid scheme, that this is only for the poor,” he said, using the occasion to defend Golkar’s widely criticized proposal to give each lawmaker Rp 15 billion ($1.6 million) to develop his or her constituency as another pro-people move.

Sutan Batugana, a lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party sitting on Commission VII that deals with energy affairs, aired opposition to the scheme.

“Some think everything that is free is good, but I don’t agree,” he said. “I asked Dahlan Iskan already, why would you say all this when PLN still owes Rp 25 trillion to state oil and gas firm Pertamina? Don’t teach people to be lazy.”

Commission VII deputy chairman Effendi Simbolon, from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), said the company should carefully study the financial consequences of the policy in detail before officially proposing it to the legislative.

“It was an unofficial statement, but if he [Dahlan Iskan] is serious, he needs to do his homework and submit a proposal to the commission,” Effendi said.

He said the scheme would be unfair to the country’s working class as they would end up having to pay more for electricity. “We shouldn’t teach the nation to hate people with money.”

Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) secretary general Anis Matta said it had yet to decide its stance, but was leaning toward disagreeing with the idea. “Rich people are also paying a higher burden of taxes. I think this needs to be studied a lot more before we decide anything.”

M Romahurmuziy from the United Development Party (PPP) said PLN should have discussed how a plan like this might work with the Energy Ministry before making it public, and throwing ideas around that don’t make good economic and social sense would only disappoint people.

Dahlan said that if large consumers of electricity, or those using above 1,000 watts per hour, were to pay prices based on actual production costs for a year, it would add an extra Rp 28 trillion to PLN’s annual revenues.

Dahlan also vowed to make PLN a more transparent state-owned enterprise and to figure out ways to make the entire agency less bureaucratic.

“I have proposed the Corruption Eradication Commission [KPK] to have direct access to our procurement procedures, and the State Audit Agency [BPK] direct access to our finances.”

Luxury Cemetery in Indonesia

Most rich people live luxuriously and separately from ordinary people. Many of them prefer that after they die they would be buried in a luxury cemetery.

Please find below and article about a luxury cemetery that I have quoted from Seattle Times. 

Luxury cemetery in Indonesia comes with helicopter landing pad

San Diego Hills is the latest manifestation of how entrepreneurs can profit from the growing spending power of the world's fourth-biggest consumer market by population.

By William Mellor

Bloomberg News

 

At 8 a.m. on a sunny Wednesday, industrialist Muhsin heads out for his usual workout of a swim and a few laps around a running track. His chosen location: Indonesia's most luxurious cemetery.The 1,240-acre San Diego Hills Memorial Park, which opened in 2007, was inspired by the Forest Lawn chain of U.S. cemeteries, the final resting place of celebrities. Yet even Hollywood's five-star graveyards can't match San Diego Hills' adornments, which beyond the sports facilities include an Italian restaurant called La Colina, a small-scale replica of Istanbul's Blue Mosque and a man-made Lake of Angels that's dotted with rowboats on weekends. The cemetery also hosts wedding parties, and rich Indonesians impatient with Jakarta's traffic jams can land their helicopters on the facility's dedicated landing pad. Those attractions lure visitors such as Muhsin, who lives nearby and owns steelmaking company PT Kayafit Metal Industries.

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"This is a happy place," says Muhsin, who has bought several grave sites for family members. (Like many Indonesians, Muhsin only has one name.)

San Diego Hills is the latest manifestation of how entrepreneurs can profit from the growing spending power of the world's fourth-biggest consumer market by population. At least 35 million of Indonesia's 240 million citizens — equivalent to the population of Canada — are middle class and above, according to calculations by economist Cyrillus Harinowo, an independent commissioner of PT Bank Central Asia, the country's biggest financial-services company by market value.

Along with a boom in real estate, stock prices and sales of designer goods, Indonesia is experiencing a bull market in luxury burial plots. San Diego Hills, 29 miles outside the capital, was dreamed up by billionaire property developer Mochtar Riady, who with his son, James, controls a media, financial services and real-estate empire that includes property company PT Lippo Karawaci.

The Riadys bet there would be enough Indonesians rich enough to patronize a cemetery that resembled a country club.

To sell the cemetery plots, they hired Suziany Japardy, a career banker, who had been a regional manager at PT Bank Lippo, once owned by the Riadys.

"I was so worried about marketing this product," Japardy says.
She needn't have been. So far, 14,000 plots have been sold, and there's room for a total of 1 million bodies. Mochtar Riady has even re interred his parents there.

Three years ago, the cheapest single-grave plots sold for 3.5 million rupiah ($400). Today, the entry price has almost tripled to 9.5 million rupiah, with the most expensive memorials costing 8 billion rupiah. By comparison, residential real-estate prices have been rising at 10 percent a year, says Anton Sitorus, head of research at the Indonesian unit of Jones Lang LaSalle. Grave-sale revenue last year soared to 62 billion rupiah — a 21 percent increase over 2008, according to the Lippo Karawaci annual report. A secondary market has also sprung up, with San Diego Hills charging a 10 percent commission on each transaction.

Three years after opening, Lippo Karawaci still has the luxury cemetery market to itself.
"It's a very interesting idea and totally new in Indonesia," says Natalia Sutanto, a property analyst at Bahana Securities in Jakarta, who has a "buy" recommendation on Lippo Karawaci stock. "I think it will eventually give them a big profit, but I'm not sure I would want to get married there."

Ariel, Luna, Cut Look-A-like

Caricature : Courtesy of The Jakarta Post.

A Teenager Marrying a Cow

Ngurah Alit, an 18 years old teenager in the Island of Bali, was forced to marry a Cow, after he was caught having sex with the animal.

Please find below an article about this that I have quoted from The Jakarta Globe.

It was on a terrace between two paddy fields like this that Balinese teenager Ngurah Alit was caught having sex with a cow, who he claimed had flirted with him. (AFP Photo/Jewel Samad)

Teenager Passes Out Marrying Cow He Had Sex With

A Balinese teenager caught in the act of intercourse with a cow passed out on Friday when he was forced to marry the animal in a ceremony witnessed by hundreds of curious onlookers.

As the Jakarta Globe reported earlier in the day, Ngurah Alit, 18, an unemployed youth from the seaside village of Yeh Embang in Jembrana, was caught stark naked positioned behind the cow in a rice paddy field.

In his defence, Alit admitted to the act of bestiality but claimed the cow, which he believed was a young and beautiful woman, had wooed him with flattering compliments.

As part of a Pecaruan ritual, a ceremony to cleanse the village of the unholy act of a man mating with a cow, Alit was forced to “marry” the animal.

Alit, however, according to Detik.com, passed out surrounded by locals and police, who were attempting to prevent a number of journalists from covering the spectacle.

It is unclear whether or not he got to say “I do.”

Alit’s collapse prompted his mother to begin screaming hysterically, while other family members shouted at photographers not to take pictures.

“Poor kid. He’s actually a quiet kid,” said one villager.

As part of the ceremony, Alit’s victim and new bride was drowned in ocean.

Alit, on the other hand, was symbolically drowned and bathed on the beach.

“Only his clothes were thrown into the sea,” the villager said.

Village chief Ida Bagus Legawa declared that the village had been “cleansed” from the “defilement from the incident.”

Moratorium on Deforestration

Last month President Susilo Bambang Yudoyono (SBY) announced a two-year moratorium on Deforestation starting 2011 in exchange for a US$ 1 Billion aid from Norway.

Unfortunately, no one knows how will the moratorium be enforced considering that illegal logging is rampant and official figures about deforestation is doubtful.

Please find below an article about this that I have quoted from Kompas.

SBY: Indonesia Has 'Trust Deficit'

Jumat, 11 Juni 2010 | 08:18 WIB

 

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Indonesian 

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday acknowledged his country lacked credibility, as it seeks billions of dollars in foreign aid to battle climate change. 

He said Indonesia suffered a “trust deficit“ in the international community that was hampering its ability to win backing for initiatives such as a moratorium on  deforestation and cuts to greenhouse gas emissions.                           

“This is the reason for reform. We can turn the trust deficit into a trust surplus. Let's be sure that the institutions in this country are credible,“ he said in his opening remarks to a weekly cabinet meeting.

Indonesia is one of the top emitters of climate-warming gases blamed for rising global temperatures, largely through deforestation due to illegal logging and clearing for palm oil plantations.

Yudhoyono shocked environmentalists and palm planters alike last month when he announced a two-year moratorium on deforestation from 2011 in exchange for $1 billion in aid from Norway. But no one knows how the moratorium will be enforced in a country where experts say illegal logging is rampant and the government's figures about deforestation rates and forest cover are seen as wildly inaccurate.

“All institutions in this country must be credible so that there are no obstacles when we seek cooperation with friendly countries and the international community,“ Yudhoyono said, referring to the pact with Norway.

I ask (ministers) not to be discouraged, not to be angry, that frankly the international community does not fully trust the institutions in many developing countries including ours.“ 

Norway will offer aid from 2014 but only as long as Indonesia has made verifiable progress in halting deforestation. The verifiability of such initiatives is crucial to broader U.N.-backed efforts to link developed-world climate change funds to forest conservation in developing countries like Indonesia.

“If there is no reduced deforestation, we will not pay. If there is reduced deforestation, we will pay,“ Norwegian Prime Minister Stoltenberg told a press conference in Oslo as the moratorium was announced last month.

The U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates deforestation is responsible for 17% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

KPK oh KPK

On 3 June, the Jakarta High Court ruled that two Vice Chiefs of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Bibid Samad and Chandra Hamzah, must be Prosecuted for alleged Extortion and Abuse of Power.

This ruling confirmed the verdict of South Jakarta District Court which accepted the Pre-Trial request filed by Anggodo who rejected the District Attorney's cessation of Prosecution against both men, therefore the trial should be resumed.

According to the Criminal Procedural Law the above High Court's ruling is final for Pre-trial cases, therefore the District Attorney should resume its Prosecution at the District Court.

Many legal experts suggested the Attorney General Office to close down the said case on the grounds of public interest. But yesterday, Attorney General Hendarman Supanji announced that his office plan to initiate an extraordinary procedure for this case, i.e. request a Judicial Review with the Supreme Court.

Please find below a news report that I quoted from The Jakarta Globe.

AGO Takes Its KPK Battle to Supreme Court

The Attorney General’s Office on Thursday announced that it would mount an extraordinary challenge to a High Court ruling that overturned its decision last year not to prosecute a controversial case against two antigraft deputies.

It plans to file a request for a judicial case review directly with the Supreme Court.

“The AGO will undertake an extraordinary legal effort, or a case review, regarding the ruling of the High Court in the pretrial case with the reasoning that the considerations of the judges in that ruling showed a real mistake,” Attorney General Hendarman Supandji said.

Speaking at President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s office after consulting with him on the case, Hendarman said his office would not directly appeal the decision, as the law does not allow appeals of pretrial rulings.

Two Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputies, Chandra Hamzah and Bibit Samad Rianto, were declared suspects in September for allegedly abusing their powers and committing extortion related to a case involving graft fugitive Anggoro Widjojo.

However, the AGO was forced to halt the case in December after the Constitutional Court played shocking wiretapped phone conversations indicating a plot to bring down the two and after Yudhoyono urged the termination of the case amid a public uproar.

The AGO was criticized afterward for not halting prosecution by invoking the public interest — known by the Dutch term “deponering.”

But Hendarman said on Thursday that this had also been out of the question as it would have been time-consuming, requiring the approval of all three branches of the government — the executive, judicial and legislative.

He pointed out that the legislature had requested that the case be processed in line with the Code of Criminal Procedures, which does not recognize the dropping of a case, while the High Court, part of the judicial branch, had ordered the trial to proceed.

Meanwhile, Muhammad Ama­ri, the deputy attorney general for special crimes, confirmed that the current status of Chandra and Bibit was still as suspects, based on the High Court ruling, which upheld a district court decision, that insisted the prosecution should proceed.

“They are suspects now,” Amari said. “But we see no reason we should detain them.”

The law requires a suspect to be detained if prosecutors have reason to worry that he or she will flee justice, repeat the offense or destroy evidence, “but we believe Chandra and Bibit will not do that,” Amari told a news conference at the AGO.

“We have only two remaining options: go to court [to challenge the decision] or request a case review,” he said. “We decided to ask for a case review because we believe we were right when dropping the case.”

A case review requires new evidence or strong argumentation to be presented, and Amari said the two courts had made “a blatant mistake” that the AGO may challenge.

“In their verdicts, the courts ruled that once prosecutors declared a criminal case as complete, it must be brought to the court for trial, whereas Article 139 of the Code of Criminal Procedures allows us to examine further and assess whether or not it’s worth trying by the court.

Other articles in the code allow us to terminate a case when we eventually find that it’s not worth trying,” Amari said.

Renowned legal expert Todung Mulya Lubis denounced Hendarman’s decision as ambiguous because a case review would be time-consuming, the very reason the chief prosecutor used against the deponering option.

“The best option remains deponering. It produces a solution once and for all,” Todung told the Jakarta Globe, adding that halting the prosecution would be “to rescue the Corruption Eradication Commission, not just Bibit and Chandra.”

Taufik Basari, the lawyer for Bibit and Chandra, said his clients’ concern was not having to face the court, but that if the case went to trial “then the judicial system legitimizes a fabricated case and rules in favor of a man like Anggodo.”

Taufik also said naming his clients as suspects would lead to their suspension from the KPK, leaving only two active deputy commissioners.

Golkar and Peterporn

In the last few days, there are two hot topics that have been the focus of the Indonesian media.

The first one is the demand made by the member of the ruling coalition the Golkar Party that each of the 560 members of the House of Representative (DPR) to be given an "Aspiration Fund" amounting to 15 Billion Rupiah each year.
This demand has been strongly protested by the public including other political parties of the ruling coalition.

The second one is the porn-video showing sex-intercourse between Ariel, the vocalist of a well known  Pop band Peterpan, and two well known actresses presenter, model: Luna Maya, and Cut Tari. According to rumors Ariel has made video of his sex-adventures with 32 other women, that people on Twitter have given him the nickname Peterporn. Ariel and Luna denied having played in the sex video, however a telematic expert said that both of them played in the video..

I am not sure whether the above two hot topics just accidentally popped up together at almost the same time.
But one thing for sure is that the Peterporn video has diverted public's attention from Golkar Party's demand for Aspiration Fund.

Indonesia, Greenpeace and Carbon Gas Emission

For many years, developed  countries like the U.S.A, Britain, Japan, have been blaming deforestation in Indonesia as one of the major cause of the increase of Carbon Gas Emission in the world

Beside that, environmental activists like Greenpeace have also been blaming and successfully forced foreign buyers i.e. Unilever and Nestle, to stop buying from an Indonesian palm oil manufacturer that have been  suspected of destroying forest. 

Basically, I strongly oppose massive deforestation in Indonesia, because many of them were done illegally, causing natural disasters like frequent floods, landslides, and destroying the habitat of endangered species e.g Orangutan, Tigers, in Indonesia. Therefore I agree that such deforestation must be stopped or at least minimized.

However, I do not agree if Indonesia is lamed as a major producer of the world's Carbon Emission. As a matter of fact I strongly believed that those developed countries with their advanced industrial and other activities surely caused much larger Carbon Gas Emission, than deforestation in Indonesia.

Considering the above, I hope that Greenpeace would be fair by also paying more attention on Carbon Gas Emission in those developed countries. Especially that Indonesia has voluntarily promised to reduce 26% Carbon Gas Emission by 2020 and plan to stop new forestry license.

Related articles:
- Greenpeace Urges Indonesia to Broaden Forest Moratorium (Kompas)
- Cancellation of Forestry Permits (Multibrand)
   

R.I.P: Andi Meriam Matalatta

Andi Meriam Matalatta (53), one of the best Indonesian female singer between mid 70's and mid 80's, passed away on Friday, 4 June, at a hospital in Amsterdam, Holland.

Kompas reported that Andi Meriam, popularly known as the Pearl of the South, was on a vacation with her daugther, Dania (32), when she suddenly got sick and hospitalized. Her relative in Jakarta was quoted as saying that she was healthy when she left Jakarta.

Andi Meriam's body will be flown to Jakarta on Sunday and shall be buried in Makasar, South Sulawesi.

I would like to express my condolence and sympathy to her family.

Photo: Courtesy of Kompas.

Is Obama too Scared to come to Indonesia?

Earlier today, TV stations reported that U.S President Barack Obama has once again postponed his trip to Indonesia which has been scheduled on 14 June.

Please find below a news report about this matter that I have quoted from Kompas .

Considering that no clear reason has been mentioned for this postponement, I wonder whether Obama is afraid to come because of the current wide spread protests in Indonesia against the Israeli deadly attack on a humanitarian ship.heading for the Gaza Strip - Palestine.  

Is Obama Too Afraid of being in Indonesia This Month?

Jumat, 4 Juni 2010 | 16:49 WIB

 

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - News on the postponement of US President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to Indonesia from June to November 2010 was no surprise to some Indonesians. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told Reuters in an email that Obama postponed the trip again in order to deal with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and other important issues.

    
In Jakarta, presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal confirmed  the postponement, saying "President Yudhoyono and his US counterpart agreed to set right date for the visit either in November or before that."  Patti Djalal said , adding the two presidents spoke about it on the phone  on Friday morning.
      
It was the second time in a little more than two months that Obama canceled a trip to Indonesia and Australia. He previously was due to have come to Jakarta in March but later decided  to stay at home to give a final push to his healthcare overhaul plan in Congress. He  later rescheduled his trip for mid-June but he had again informed Jakarta he could not make it.
    
Although it was not mentioned by the White House spokesman, some political observers had earlier predicted that besides the oil spill disaster, the shootings by Israeli military of  humanitarian activists aboard the Freedom Flotialla’s MV Mari Marmara last May 31, would  add pressure on Obama if he continued his plan to visit  Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim majority country, this month,
    
Since the Israeli attack on the Gaza-bound humanitarian aid-carrying ship where 19 activists were killed and tens of others were wounded including two Indonesians,  demonstrations have been staged in Indonesia’s capital city  and regions daily, to condemn  not only the Zionist country, but also Uncle Sam as the Jewish state’s closest ally and protector, for doing nothing to stop the violence.  One day after the Israeli assault  in international waters, some 1,000 Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) members staged a rally outside the US embassy in Jakarta, on June 1, to condemn Israel’s attack and reject US President Barack Obama’s planned visit to Indonesia. 

The protesters unfurled a number of banners which among others read "Wipe Out Israel," "Reject Obama," and "Send Troops to Palestine,".  HTI orator Salman Al Farisi said Obama was Israel’s ally and therefore, he did not deserve to visit Indonesia, a staunch supporter of Palestinians’ struggle for an independent state.  He also called on the Indonesian government not to be cheated by  various policies issued by the superpower country.
   
In a rally held in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Friday, the local HTI members also voiced their objection to the visit of President Obama for letting human right violations by Israel go unpunished. House of Representatives (DPR) Commission I member I Al Muzzammil Yusuf Muzamil who is also coordinator of the Indonesian Parliamentary Caucus for Palestine said in Jakarta, last Monday that  the Freedom Flotilla’s incident was also a test case for US President Barack Obama.

Obama’s efforts to reach out to the Islamic world could be  considered to have failed if his government did not defend humanitarian and human rights after Israel’s arrogant attack. Another legislator believed that the Indonesian government should urge the United Nations to lobby the United States to end the Israeli blockade of Gaza.


"The United Nations must lobby the United States to end the blockade of Gaza by Israel and Egypt for dispatching of humanitarian aid such as food and medicines," Chairman of the Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Body (BKSAP) of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) Hidayat Nur Wahid said in a rally participated in by thousands of members of the Prosperous and Justice Party (PKS) in Jakarta, Thursday (June 3).

If the UN fails to lobby the US, the international body should be dissolved, he said. Indeed, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had earlier intended  to take up the Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla early at his meeting with President Barack Obama in Jakarta later this month.

Presidential spokesman for international affairs Dino Patti Djalal said at a press conference at the presidential office in Jakarta on Tuesday (June 1), President Yudhoyono wished to raise the issue in the meeting with  US President Obama because he was very concerned about  the prospects of the peace process in the Middle East which was now  being revived through the proximity talks involving western countries.
 
"The problem will be one of the issues to be discussed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and President Obama," he said.
 
Dino said the Israeli attack on the convoy of ships bringing humanitarian aid supplies to Gaza with activists from 50 countries on board would be a factual issue for discussion with President Obama because in a meeting with Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas in Jakarta last week President Yudhoyono had discussed the US position in the peace process to be undertaken.

Planned talks in Indonesia between Yudhoyono and Obama have to wait until November (God Willing!),  but for sure, for those opposing  the occupation of Palestine by the Zionists, Obama, as the head of state of the United States of America, which has been giving strong financial and political supports to Israel, is unavoidably  also responsible for human rights violations committed by the Jewish country.

Pesta Blogger 2010 : Logo and Banner

RaRa and her organizing committee for this year's Pesta Blogger i.e. annual gathering of Indonesian blogger, have been doing their job well.

After choosing  a nice and interesting theme  "Celebrating Diversity", they selected a suitable Logo and a Banner (below)  for the event which will be held sometime in October. 

Good luck guys!

Pemenang Sayembara Logo dan Banner Pesta Blogger 2010

Post by RaRa on June 93rd, 2010 in Contribution, Headline, Updates 

Salam blogger!

Inilah pengumuman yang sudah ditunggu-tunggu! Dua puluh enam peserta telah mengumpulkan karya-karya terbaiknya dalam lomba desain logo Pesta Blogger⁺ 2010. Panitia sangat terkesan dengan peningkatan partisipasi dalam lomba desain logo kali ini. Banyak karya yang menonjol, sehingga agak sulit bagi panitia untuk menentukan siapa yang layak disebut sebagai pemenang. Tidak heran, penjurian yang dilaksanakan kemarin berlangsung seru.

Namun, karena hanya boleh ada satu pemenang, panitia harus menyisihkan satu per satu karya peserta. Pertimbangan-pertimbangan yang diambil pada saat proses seleksi meliputi beberapa hal. Pertama, logo yang terpilih harus menarik. Kedua, kesesuaian dengan tema “Merayakan Keragaman”. Ketiga, aplikasi teknis yang meliputi skalabilitas dan warna. Poin-poin ini kemudian mengerucutkan pilihan panitia pada beberapa pilihan logo. Setelah proses voting yang ramai dengan adu pendapat, panitia sepakat untuk memilih satu logo.

Logo yang dipilih dianggap layak mewakili Pesta Blogger⁺ 2010 karena kesesuaiannya dengan tema, dinamis, dan memiliki tingkat kesederhanaan yang dibutuhkan dalam aplikasi logo nantinya. Kami dari panitia Pesta Blogger⁺ 2010 mengucapkan selamat kepada Rony Lantip.

 

 

Tak lupa kami ucapkan terima kasih kepada semua peserta lomba yang telah meluangkan waktuuntuk berpartisipasi. Meski tidak terpilih, semua logo yang telah terkumpul tetaplah hasil karya terbaik blogger-blogger Indonesia. Panitia berharap, di tahun-tahun berikutnya, tingkat partisipasi akan terus bertambah, karena tidak ada yang lebih membahagiakan selain melihat antusiasme para peserta untuk memeriahkan Pesta Blogger. Jadi, kalau belum terpilih sebagai pemenang, coba lagi tahun depan!

Semoga logo yang terpilih dapat membawa keceriaan pada penyelenggaraan Pesta Blogger⁺ 2010. Dan sesuai dengan temanya, kami berharap logo ini dapat merekatkan kita dalam kebersamaan. Tahun ini, blogger-blogger Indonesia bersatu. Mari kita rayakan!

Yuk, silakan dipasang banner-nya di blog masing-masing!

Salam blogger!

Cancellation of Forestry Permits

During his visit to Oslo last week, President Susilo Bambang Yudoyono reached an agreement with the Norwegian government in which the latter promised to provide Indonesia with US$ 1 Billion in grant if it stop deforestation.

In this connection, Reuter (below) reported that Indonesia shall cancel forestry permits that have been issued to Palm Oil and Timber companies, and shall not issue new permits in the next two years.
      
I hope that it would not be very difficult for Indonesia to keep this promise.                                          
Indonesia to scrap permits to save forests-official 
By Sunanda Creagh
JAKARTA May 31 (Reuters) - Indonesia will revoke existing forestry licences held by palm oil and timber firms to save natural forests under a $1 billion climate change deal signed with Norway last week, a government official said on Monday.

Indonesia's president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who announced the deal last week in Oslo, said new concessions for the conversion of natural forest and peatlands would be suspended for two years. But he did not say at the time how existing concessions would be affected. [ID:nJAK326556].

Preserving forests is seen as crucial to slowing climate change because trees absorb enormous amounts of greenhouse gases.

Indonesia has huge tracts of tropical forests but a rapid deforestation rate. It has pledged to cut emissions by 2020 to 26 percent lower than the level if no action were taken or 41 percent lower if it is able to secure foreign funding and other assistance, like technology.

Part of the $1 billion promised by Norway will be spent on compensating businesses that have existing concessions cancelled in order to keep forests standing, said Agus Purnomo, head of the secretariat of Indonesia's National Climate Change Council.

"When you revoke licences, when you cancel things, it involves money," Purnomo told Reuters by telephone.
"It's not that we will cancel all licences but (only) if there is a need to do so" to keep primary forest intact, he said.

Compensation to permit holders could include cash, land swaps or other "amicable, workable and realistic solutions", he said.

Palm oil firms such as Wilmar (WLIL.SI) and Indofood Agri Resources (IFAR.SI) have ambitious expansion plans in Indonesia, already the largest producer of an oil used to make products ranging from chocolate to soap.

Palm oil and pulp and paper firms are most likely to be affected, said Purnomo.
"But I am not ruling out any possibility. The spirit of the agreement was to save the remaining natural forest and peatland and we will do whatever humanly possibly to make it happen, within the legal context of Indonesia," he said.

"If we have to go through cancellations in the court system, we will do it."
Permit holders will find out within six months if their concessions will be honoured, he said.

"Some of them don't have a valid permit, they are just making a claim," said Purnomo. "If they don't have a valid permit, we are not going to compensate. If they are getting it through bribery, we are not going to give" compensation.

A text of the Oslo agreement, seen by Reuters, suggests that the moratorium on new concessions for conversion of peat and natural forests will not be implemented until 2011. The document said that the deal will be broken into two phases.

The first phase, which runs until the end of 2010, focuses mainly on preparing and implementing pilot projects under a U.N.-backed forest preservation scheme called reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD).

REDD allows developing nations to earn money by not chopping down their forests.
The second phase of the deal, running from 2011 to 2013, will focus on REDD, law enforcement and capacity building.

The commitment to a two-year suspension on all new concessions for conversion of peat and natural forests is listed in phase two, suggesting it does not come into effect until 2011. (Editing by Sara Webb and Sugita Katyal)

Pancasila

During a meeting of the committee for preparation of independence of Indonesia (BPUPKI) on 1 June 1945, leader of independence movement i.e. Soekarno introduced the Pancasila i.e. five principles consisting of: Belief in God, Humanity, Unity, Representative Democracy, Social Justice.

On 17 August 1945, independence was declared, Soekarno became president and Pancasila became the basis for the constitution and all laws and regulations in Indonesia.

Since then, Pancasila played a significant role in unifying 240 million Indonesian people living in more than 17,000 islands, consisting of many different religions, ethnics, languages, traditions.

Considering the above mentioned facts, 1 June has been celebrated as the date of birth of Pancasila.

I hope that in the future, interpretation and implementation of the principles of Pancasila would always be carried as a unison, and in line with the laws and regulations in Indonesia. That way, Indonesia will always be a unitary state.