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PLN Gradually Recovers Electricity Supply (0)
State-owned electricity firm PT PLN has recovered electric power to Balaraja Extra High Voltage substation in Banten Province, and furthermore it will be channeled to Suralaya steam-fueled power plant (PLTU) to gradually recover its operation to reach its capacity of 2800 MW of electricity.
In addition, power supply from Gandul Extra High Voltage substations in Depok, West Java Province, will be channeled to Muara Karang gas and steam power plant (PLTGU) to supply electricity to the Indonesian capital city, Jakarta.
Acting President Director of PLN Sripeni Inten Cahyani said here on Sunday that the power supply to Jakarta was expected to recover within three hours.
"We apologize for the inconvenience today, and currently all efforts have been made to recover the Java-Bali power system, especially in the area of West Java, Banten, and Jakarta," Cahyani said.
The company has focused on power supply to PLTGU Muara Karang and PLTGU Priok to recover the system in the capital city.
Previously, PLN has recovered the operation of hydro-generated power plant (PLTA) Saguling and PLTA Cirata which are functioned as power stabilizer, and, at the same time, supply the electricity to PLTU Suralaya through Cibinong, Depok, Gandul, Lengkok, Balaraja and Suralaya extra high voltage substations.
PLTU Suralaya is expected to return to its normal operation within six hours to normalize power system in West Java and Banten.
Blackout that affected thousands of homes and public facilities in West Java, Jakarta, and Banten was caused by several troubles in the extra high voltage 500 kV transmission of Ungaran - Pemalang.
"PLN has taken its best efforts and will have evaluation to prevent recurrence of today's incident," Cahyani said.
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July
Finding creative, innovative funding for development a challenge
Written by Nur Yasmin
Finding creative and innovative sources of funding for advancing infrastructure development in Indonesia has become a challenge, deputy for economic affairs at the National Development and Planning (PPN) Ministry, Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti, has said.
Speaking at the B20-G20 dialogue on the finance and infrastructure task force, which was accessed from here on Thursday, she informed that obtaining funding for infrastructure development from the right source through innovative financing was a directive from President Joko Widodo (Jokowi).
This is because creative financing is expected to draw investors to contribute to infrastructure development in Indonesia.
B20 is an outreach group of the G20 that represents the international business community, one of the important actors encouraging inclusive, resilient, and sustainable global economic growth.
The government will continue to encourage creative and innovative financing through the public-private partnership scheme, which includes blended financing, the deputy said.
In the 2015–2021 period, the scheme helped raise more than US$17.7 billion (Rp266.56 trillion) for funding various infrastructure projects in Indonesia.
Currently, there are 45 projects being carried out under the public private partnership scheme coordinated by the Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Ministry, which is responsible for allocating the budget for the projects.
The projects include the development of public housing, power plants, sanitation, roads, and ports in many regions of Indonesia.
The number of implemented projects has increased from the initial 25 projects, Widyasanti noted.
It is estimated that there will be 26 new projects in 2022, including the ones undertaken for the development of Indonesia’s future capital (IKN), Nusantara, in East Kalimantan province, she added.
An example of the most successful projects conducted through the public-private partnership scheme is the development of the SATRIA satellite, which will seek to expand Internet coverage in Indonesia, she said.
"The project costs about US$545 million (Rp8.2 trillion)," she informed.
The deputy said she hopes that alternative funding schemes will continue to be developed for funding infrastructure projects that aim to improve domestic connectivity.
"Domestic connectivity is key for Indonesia to advance (its) economic growth in the future," she added. (Antaranews)
July
Indonesia stops sending migrant workers to Malaysia over MoU violation
Written by Nur Yasmin
The Indonesian government decided to temporarily stop sending migrant workers to Malaysia as of July 13, 2022, over Kuala Lumpur violating a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on manpower inked between the two countries.
The government made the decision after the Indonesian mission found several pieces of evidence showing Malaysia is still using a maid online system (SMO) to recruit workers, director of Indonesian citizens and entities’ protection at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Judha Nugraha, said during an online media briefing on Thursday.
SMO is a recruitment system made outside the agreement in the MoU.
"Specifically, this SMO makes our migrant workers vulnerable to exploitation because the recruitment mechanism is not based on Law No. 18/2017 on the protection of migrant workers... Consequently, our migrant workers sent to Malaysia did not pass through the legal phases," he said.
In response to the finding, the Indonesian government has decided to temporarily stop sending migrant workers to Malaysia until Kuala Lumpur clarifies the issue and commits to ending the recruitment of migrant workers as domestic help through the SMO.
The Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur has conveyed the decision to the Malaysian Resources Ministry, which will soon discuss the issue with the Malaysian Home Affairs Ministry.
“We hope the discussion will bring positive results," he said.
The two countries signed the MoU when Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob visited Jakarta on April 1, 2022.
It deals with the use of a single-channel system for recruiting, supervising, and protecting Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia. (Antaranews)
July
Indonesia alert against recession potential: Indrawati
Written by Nur Yasmin
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said she is aware of the potential for a recession in Indonesia, with a Bloomberg survey placing it 14th out of 15 Asian countries that are likely to experience a recession.
"We will not be complacent, we will remain vigilant," she affirmed at a press conference on the 2022 G20 Indonesia side activities in Nusa Dua, Badung, Bali, on Wednesday.
Therefore, all policy instruments will be used, namely fiscal, monetary, and financial sector policies, along with other regulations to monitor the possibility of a recession, especially regulations from corporations in the country, the minister emphasized.
The Bloomberg survey ranked Indonesia 14th with a recession probability of 3 percent, far lower than Sri Lanka, which took first place with a recession potential of 85 percent.
Below Sri Lanka were New Zealand with a recession probability of 33 percent, South Korea (25 percent), Japan (25 percent), and China (20 percent).
Minister Indrawati said she believes that the low recession probability for Indonesia reflects the resilience of domestic economic growth, indicators of the balance of payments, and the strong State Budget (APBN).
"From the corporate side as well as from our household, we are also relatively good," she added.
According to the minister, Indonesia's financial sector has remained relatively strong since the global crisis of 2008–2009. The nation’s resilience has improved and the risk of bad bank loans has been maintained. This illustrates that all sectors have learned from the global crisis of 2008–2009, she disclosed.
“But, we still have to be vigilant because this condition will last until next year. Global risks regarding inflation and recession or stagflation are very real and will become one of the important topics to discuss during the Indonesian Presidency of G20," she said. (antaranews)
July
Indonesia's SATRIA-1 satellite projected to orbit on 2023: official
Written by Nur Yasmin
The Republic of Indonesia Satellite Project (SATRIA-1) is currently entering the development stage, with 68.3-percent completion cumulatively, and is projected to orbit in 2023.
This information was conveyed by Director of the Telecommunications and Information Accessibility Agency (BAKTI) of the Communication and Informatics Ministry, Anang Latief, who confirmed that development of Indonesia's newest satellite project was still in progress.
"For the orbital slot, SATRIA-1 will use the orbital slot 146 E. SATRIA-1 is currently in the construction process that began at the end of 2020 and will continue until the end of 2023. By June 2022, the progress in construction of SATRIA-1 has reached 68.3-percent completion. In the fourth quarter of 2023, SATRIA-1 is expected to be operated," Latief told ANTARA on Wednesday.
SATRIA-1 is a Government Multifunction Satellite (SMP) built through the Government and Business Entity Cooperation (PPP) financing method since 2019.
The telecommunications services strengthened by SATRIA-1 are internet networks that will complement digital infrastructure nationally, especially for public services in the frontier, outermost, and disadvantaged (3T) areas.
Latief noted that some 150 thousand public service points comprising educational facilities, local government, defense and security administration, and health facilities throughout Indonesia will be served by SATRIA-1 later.
The satellite will have a capacity of 150 Gbps using High Throughput Satellite (HTS) technology, with a Ka-Band frequency. Satellite manufacturer of the SATRIA-1 project is Thales Alenia Space, using a launcher from the Falcon 9-5500.
To support the performance of SATRIA-1, the Ministry of Communication and Informatics will also provide a backup satellite in the form of a Hot Backup Satellite (HBS), with a capacity of 80 Gbps, Latief noted.
He remarked that the HBS Provision Project also uses HTS technology with the Ka-Band frequency in collaboration with a satellite manufacturer, Boeing, and was launched using the Space-X rocket launcher, Falcon 9.
Indonesian administrators will use the orbit slot 113 E. The HBS provision project is currently in the construction phase starting in the second quarter of 2022 and is planned to be launched in the second quarter of 2023 into space. (Antaranews)
July
G20: Indonesia calls for bolstering food resilience in small islands
Written by Nur Yasmin
The Indonesian Government underlined the need for initiatives to bolster food resilience in small islands at the Second G20 Sherpa Meeting in Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara.
There is a need for such initiatives in small islands in the Pacific region, one of them is Fiji, Secretary General of the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture Kasdi Subagyono noted here on Wednesday.
The G20 Sherpa Meeting is a forum attended by G20 member countries to discuss issues related to energy, development, tourism, digital economy, education, labor, agriculture, trade, investment, industry, health, anti-corruption, environment, and climate change.
G20 is an international forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union that work together to handle major issues. Indonesia is holding the presidency of the grouping this year.
So far, the effort to bolster food resilience has been focused on strengthening human resources, training, and creating pilot projects in Pacific countries for technology innovation transformation.
On its own, Indonesia has made quite a large contribution to bolstering food resilience, he remarked.
The country’s exports of agricultural machinery and infrastructure to places such as Fiji in the past few years demonstrate this contribution, he highlighted.
In addition, the country has invited farmers from overseas to undergo rice-related training at the Rice Research Major Center in Subang, West Java.
These efforts were enthusiastically welcomed by the G20 Sherpa participants, especially the concrete ideas for bolstering food resilience in small islands, Subagyono said.
The Indonesian government realizes that small islands, such as the ones in Indonesia, are very vulnerable when it comes to food resilience.
If food resilience is not bolstered, then people would face difficulty in meeting their food needs because they will have to wait for supplies from other islands, he explained.
The second G20 Sherpa meeting in Labuan Bajo was held from July 10–13, 2022, and was directly attended by 19 member country delegations, and representatives of nine invited countries and 10 international organizations.
One G20 member country, the United States, attended the meeting virtually. (Antaranews)
July
Indonesia, US discuss cooperation for boosting prosecutors' capacity
Written by Nur Yasmin
Indonesian Deputy Attorney General Sunarta met with US Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce Swartz on Tuesday to discuss cooperation between the Indonesian Prosecutor's Office and the US government.
"The meeting was related to the cooperation between the Indonesian Prosecutor's Office and the US government through OPDAT (Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and Training)," Head of the Legal Information Center of the Office of the Attorney General Ketut Sumedana informed here on Tuesday.
The cooperation, which has been carried out since September 12, 2005, began with the MoU (memorandum of understanding) signing on support for the task force of eradication of terrorism and transnational crimes, he said.
According to Sumedana, the cooperation is aimed at increasing the capacity of Indonesian prosecutors. The US Department of Justice’s (USDOJ) OPDAT will provide training and materials under the cooperation.
The material will be designed to enhance the ability of prosecutors to investigate corruption crimes and prosecute cases related to terrorism, forestry, human trafficking, wildlife trafficking, and cybercrime.
"In the near future, an MoU will be signed between the Indonesian Attorney General and the US Department of State, represented by the US Ambassador in Indonesia, on capacity building cooperation," Sumedana said.
Furthermore, capacity-building training will be provided to members of the Task Force for Assistance in Handling Cyber-Related Criminal Cases and Electronic Evidence, he added.
Swartzis visiting Indonesia in an effort to explore the ASEAN Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (AMLAT). The Indonesian Prosecutor's Office has expressed the hope that the US can support its position as the Central Authority (CA).
Sumedana provided an argument for why the CA must be under the Indonesian Prosecutor's Office: it is an institution that not only performs the role of an intermediary (administrative), but also has the authority to execute (executorial) mutual legal assistance.
Director, USDOJ OPDAT’s Office of International Affairs, Jeff Olson; resident legal advisor of Jakarta OPDAT, Bruce Miyake; FBI attaché Robert Lafferty; and FBI agent Briton Goad also attended the meeting. (Antaranews)
July
Presidential instruction can become reference for family resilience
Written by Nur Yasmin
The presidential instruction on optimizing efforts to improve family quality in villages must be used as a reference for developing family resilience, National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) head Hasto Wardoyo has said.
"Quality family village is a development approach at the sub-district/village level, (which is being) implemented through integrated and convergent means to empower and enhance the familial institution in all aspects," Wardoyo told ANTARA at an event held to promulgate Presidential Instruction No. 3 of 2022 here on Tuesday.
In the period since President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) initiated the movement on January 14, 2016, till July 2022, the number of quality family villages, mapped according to their management quality, has reached 16,874, he noted.
The BKKBN head said that to develop complete family resilience, in accordance with various aspects of national conditions, the relevant stakeholders must maintain nutritional intake, sanitation facility quality, environmental quality, education access, health, and ensure sources of income for residents.
Guidance from the authority is needed by residents, he said, adding that this can be provided through various means that target residents directly, such as conducting family planning education activities.
Presidential Instruction No. 3 of 2022, which was enacted on May 20, is expected to enhance all dimensions necessary to improve human resources, family, and social qualities, he said.
Residents are also expected to become independent, happy, and restful after attending programs organized under the quality family village program, the agency head added.
"Considering the large number of hamlets set up in villages, (we expect) the presidential instruction to make the quality family village a good host for other villages," Wardoyo remarked.
He then expressed the hope that synergy among government ministries and institutions, as well as policy convergence and cross-sector collaboration, would benefit human resources and family development in Indonesia.
"I also wish to congratulate the launching of Presidential Instruction No. 3 of 2022. We hope the quality family village can be a strategic program to implement human resources development programs at the village level," he remarked. (Antaranews)
July
Indonesia, Vietnam urged to collaborate to develop electric vehicles
Written by Nur Yasmin
Chief of the Presidential Staff (KSP) Moeldoko has encouraged electric vehicle manufacturers from Vietnam and Indonesia to collaborate in developing electric vehicles.
Moeldoko made the statement during his online meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Ta Van Thong at the Bina Graha Building, Jakarta on Tuesday.
"Indonesia and Vietnam share a very good and strong relationship, as seen by the bilateral trade between the two countries that has reached more than US$10 billion. I hope that this strategic cooperation would continue to be strengthened in other sectors," Moeldoko noted in a press release received here Tuesday.
He invited Vietnam to collaborate with Indonesia to develop an electric vehicle ecosystem for both the domestic market and the Southeast Asian region.
Currently, Vietnam has become one of the countries in Southeast Asia with a rapidly growing electric car industry.
Vietnamese automotive company VinFast plans to build a factory in North Carolina, the United States, to produce electric buses, sports vehicles, and batteries for electric vehicles.
Meanwhile, Indonesia expressed its readiness to enter the era of electric vehicles as stipulated in Presidential Regulation Number 55 of 2019 on the Acceleration of the Battery-Based Electric Motor Vehicle Program for Road Transportation.
Ambassador Ta Van Thong vowed to seek to bridge the gap with Indonesian manufacturers to cooperate with Vietnam in developing electric vehicles.
Meanwhile, Ambassador Ta Van Thong reported on the planned visit of Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son to Indonesia in July 2022. One of the agendas of the visit was to discuss the completion of negotiations on maritime boundaries (Exclusive Economic Zones/EEZs) between the two countries.
Indonesia-Vietnam bilateral relations will be strengthened through a state visit by Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to Indonesia. The Vietnamese president's meeting with President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in Indonesia will be held around September to October 2022. (antaranews)
July
Minister eyes 2024 launch for first cloud-based data center
Written by Nur Yasmin
Communication and Informatics Minister Johnny G. Plate has said that he expects to launch Indonesia's first cloud-based digital national data center (PDN) in 2024 to support the upstream and downstream communication and information technology infrastructure.
"The first data center will be built near Jakarta. We will conduct the ground-breaking in the near future," he said during the Leaders' Talk session of the 2022 Indonesia Digital Financial Economics Festival (FEKDI) here on Monday.
The first cloud-based PDN will be constructed in Deltamas Industrial Estate, Central Cikarang sub-district, Bekasi district, West Java province.
FEKDI is a side-event of the 3rd 2022 G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Meeting and the 3rd 2022 G20 Finance and Central Bank Deputies (FCBD) Meeting, taking place from July 11–17, 2022, in Nusa Dua, Badung district, Bali province.
The government is also planning to establish a cloud-based PDN in Nongsa sub-district, Batam city, Riau Islands province, at the same time, the minister said.
Both PDNs will have almost the same capacity so that they can support each other’s performance, he added.
Furthermore, he said that a number of cloud-based PDNs should also be constructed in the central and eastern regions of Indonesia to improve the efficiency of the communication and information infrastructure.
"Initially, we planned to build them in Balikpapan (in East Kalimantan province). However, considering the development of the IKN (Indonesia’s future capital, Nusantara, which will be located in East Kalimantan province), the PDNs will be built in the IKN and Labuan Bajo (in East Nusa Tenggara province)," he informed.
Plate said that the two locations have been chosen since they have access to a large amount of power supply provided by more than one electricity source.
“In addition, there are adequate fiber-optic networks," he added.
Labuan Bajo has particularly been selected because it has a fiber-optic network connecting the western, southeastern, and eastern regions of Indonesia, he said.
The area is also located in the southern region of the country, which has a smaller risk of volcanic disturbance than the northern region, he added.
The fiber-optic network in the northern region stretches along the northern part of Kalimantan Island, Manado city in the northern part of Sulawesi Island, North Maluku province, as well as Biak Island and Jayapura city in the northern part of Papua Island, he informed.
"Volcanic activity (along the region) is very high, thus (fiber-optic) sea cables are repeatedly damaged due to the eruption of underwater volcanoes; hence, we need to prepare alternative (infrastructure)," the minister said.
The government is striving to expedite the construction of cloud-based PDNs to support the digitization of government services through e-government and make data-driven public policies in the future, he added.
“Currently, the government utilizes 2,700 data centers and servers for the (implementation of) e-government. However, only 3 percent (of them) are cloud-based," he said. (Antaranews)
July
BNN, Peru agree to boost cooperation in overcoming drug problems
Written by Nur Yasmin
Head of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN)Petrus Reinhard Golose agreed to intensify cooperation between BNN and the National Commission for Development and Life without Drugs (DEVIDA) of Peru in addressing the problem of drugs.
Golose made the statement after his meeting with Peruvian Ambassador to Indonesia Luis Tsuboyama at the BNN headquarters in Cawang, East Jakarta.
"The Peruvian ambassador to Indonesia invited us to visit Peru in order to see the implementation of alternative development by DEVIDA Peru and to discuss various other possible steps that can be taken together in overcoming the drugs problem," Golose stated as quoted from the BNN official page, Monday.
During the meeting, Golose and Ambassador Tsuboyama discussed the cooperation between BNN and DEVIDA in handling the narcotics problems in both nations.
Earlier, BNN had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with DEVIDA on 2013. Later on, BNN held a meeting with DEVIDA on December 9, 2022, to agree on an action plan for 2021 as the implementation of the MoU between BNN and DEVIDA.
Through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, BNN and DEVIDA Peru conducted online activities related to alternative development in 2021.
During the meeting, DEVIDA Peru shared its successful experience in transforming 55 thousand hectares of coca land, or cocaine raw material, in Peru where people have a tradition of growing coca into areas that produce high economic value in agricultural and livestock products, such as chocolate, coffee, avocado, bananas, ginger, freshwater fish, and honey.
The meeting produced two points of agreement between BNN and DEVIDA Peru in the form of information exchange regarding sustainable integrated alternative development interventions in the national narcotics control policy and the exchange of information on successful methods and experiences of sustainable alternative development in Peru. (Antaranews)