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Primaduta Award for Lebanese Businessman (0)
The Indonesian Embassy in Beirut has acknowledged its continued support for trade cooperation improvement between Indonesia and Lebanon. Indonesian Ambassador to Lebanon Hajriyanto Y Thohari gave the Primaduta Award to Lebanese businessman and importer, George R Fattouh. The award was given for his service in helping market Indonesian products in Paris from the Middle East. The award was given at a ceremony at the Indonesian Embassy in Beirut, Thursday (11/1) Fatough, is the owner of George R. Fattouh S.A.L, a business that has been importing Indonesian products since the 1980s. It has a range of products, including: palm oil and its derivatives, oil and fats (including cocoa butter substitute, fat spread, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, and lauric confectionery fats), cardboard, stationary, and school equipment. Some Indonesian products are now even available at famous retail networks, such as Spinney’s and Carrefour. In 2022, the value imported by George R. Fattough S.A.L of Indonesian products, was 981.3 million USD. This was a 149.5 million USD increase when compared to 2021. Fattouh said Indonesian products are known for their quality and are in high demand in Lebanese markets. However, he said, the challenge now is increasing freight costs due to security challenges in the region.
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Garulina (0)
Listeners, a number of delicious dishes were served to the guests of Dhaup Ageng Pura Pakualaman Yogyakarta, at the wedding reception of the youngest son of K.G.P.A.A. Paku Alam X, namely B.P.H. Kusumo Kuntonugroho with Laily Annisa Kusumastuti which was held on January 10, 2024.Head of the Customs and Accommodation Division, Dhaup Ageng Pura Pakualaman, KRT Radyo Wisroyo said that the menu served to guests was quite varied. These menus are typical menus prepared by Pakualaman Pura, Indonesian menus and western food menus were also available. All invited guests including VIP and VVIP guests got the same menu. The first menu served to welcome guests, namely two types of welcome drink, namely lime lemongrass and ginger drink with lime. The welcome drink was given when guests sat down and watched the Bedhaya Sidamukti and Bedhaya Kakung Indrawidagda dance performances. Next, they gotsnacks for appetizer such as croquettes and other light snacks. There is a snack that is considered quite special and rare called Garulina. Garulina was the opening snack at the Pahargyan Dhaup Ageng Pakualaman lunch on the first day. Garulina has been around since the era before Indonesian independence. Garulina is actually not a typical Central Javanese food. It looks like the Lapis Legit layered cake, but there is something different, because there is a special layer like vla which is made from fresh milk, eggs and sugar. To get this sweet snack, Pakulaman Temple has to place a special order from the third generation of makers who have been pioneering since the 1950s. In Jogja, Garulina is very difficult to find and is considered rare because it is not sold every day.
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February
The penetration of Indonesian products through coconut shell charcoal recorded again an increase in export transactions by the signing of a trade contract between Indonesia and Egypt. Indonesian Embassy in Cairo stated in its official statement on Sunday (02/16/2020) that Indonesian Ambassador, Helmy Fauzy accompanied by Trade Attache of the Indonesian Embassy in Cairo, Irman Adi Purwanto Moefthi, signed a contract for first purchase of the product as many as two containers. The purchasing contract of coconut shell charcoal briquettes was to meet Egyptian traditional pipe fuel cigarettes / Shisha dan barbeque.
Eight national Small and Medium Industries (IKM) succeeded to record sale of 1.57 million US dollars at the Ambiente 2020 exhibition in Messe Frankfurt, Germany, on 8-12 February 2020. General Director of Small and Medium and variety Industries of Industry Ministry / Gati Wibawaningsih in Jakarta on Monday 918/2) explained that in this year's event / the buyers' interest was also quite high for Indonesian products of Small and Medium Industries. They also got about 102 trade contracts from 37 countries. Besides/ the IKM also recorded various orders and sales as the followed up of the exhibition.
Indonesia again presented the Indonesian Pavilion at the Holiday World of 2020 tourism exhibition in the Prague and focused on the promotion of 5 (five) super priority tourism destinations, namely Lake Toba (North West Sumatra), Borobudur (Central Java), Mandalika (West Nusa Tenggara), Labuan Bajo ( East Nusa Tenggara) and Likupang (North Sulawesi) (13-16 / 02/2020). The Holiday World is one of the biggest tourism exhibitions in Europe which was attended by hundreds of businesses people from various countries. Holiday World combines tourism exhibitions and culture, and business matching between tour operators from many countries. Indonesian Ambassador to the Czech Republic / Kenssy D. Ekaningsih explained that the opportunity needs to be utilized to attract not only tourists from the Czech Republic, but also foreigners who are in Czech Republic.
February
Indonesian Ambassador to Pakistan in Islamabad, Iwan Suyudhie Amri conducted a seminar on palm oil. The seminar was attended by 160 people from various professions. The seminar with the title 'Health, Nutritional Benefits, and Potential Profitability of Palm Oil' is hoped to be able to give information to the participants and to protect sustainable trade of palm oil. The seminar was held at Marriott Karachi Hotel on Saturday (15/2). Ambassador Iwan stated that palm oil has contributed significantly in Indonesian and Pakistani economy. For Indonesia, palm oil is one of the main export commodities and for Pakistan, it is one of the biggest contributions for food industrial growth.
An initial agreement of planting of United States of America’s new investment in Indonesia is ready to be signed in March when President Joko Widodo makes a visit to the United States of America. This was stated by Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan when being met by VOA in Washington DC on Thursday evening (13/2). Indonesian delegation which consisted of Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Trade Minister, Agus Suparmanto and Minister of Communication and Informatics, Johnny G. Plate, on Monday (10/2), held a meeting with the US delegation which was led by CEO International Development Finance Corporation (IDFC), Adam Boehler and some U.S. officials, including senior advisor of the White House, Jared Kushner. The meeting in Washington DC followed up a meeting with President Joko Widodo at the State Palace on January 10.
Indonesia keeps trying to open a wider access of Indonesia’s export market to New Zealand. Some of them are labor and agricultural product market. This stated by Director General of International Trade Negotiation, Iman Pambagyo in a statement on Friday (14/2/2020). He was Head of Indonesian Delegation when attending the 7th Senior Official's Meeting on Trade and Investment Framework Forum (SOMTIF) in Wellington, New Zealand. Meanwhile, New Zealand’s delegation was led by Principal Adviser, Trade and Economic Group, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mark Trainor. On the SOMTIF, the Indonesian delegation fought for the access of Indonesian labor market in order to be able to enter New Zealand. In addition, the access for Indonesian tropical fruits, especially mangosteen, banana, pineapple, snake fruit (Salak) and mango products. Indonesia also requested New Zealand’s investors to invest in Indonesia in husbandry, tourism, high and vocational education, culture and creative economy. The cooperation which was offered in creative economy is like film and animation industry.
February
Indonesia takes an export opportunity for food and beverage products to Hungary by participating at Sirha Budapest 2020 on 4th – 6th February. The participation of Indonesia has successfully recorded potential transaction worth US$3.5 million dollars. The Indonesian participation is cooperation between Indonesian Trade Promotion Center Budapest and Indonesian Embassy in Budapest. Secretary General of Trade Ministry, Oke Nurwan as quoted by Antara on Wednesday explained that the participation of Indonesia at the foreign exhibition is a promotional strategy of trade which must be carried out by the attaché trade and Indonesian Trade Promotion Center to open export market opportunity. Oke Nurwan also stated that the effort is done to supply some raw materials of industry for food and beverage to the market of Hungary and central and east Europe. Therefore, the participation in the exhibition needs to be utilized optimally to obtain actual or potential buyers to increase food and beverage export of Indonesia. Sirha Budapest 2020 is an international exhibition and it is prestigious in Hungary for central and east Europe.
Indonesia has distinctionfor British people, particularly in the field of educational sector. It is assumed from the high interest for British academicians to explore educational partnership with Indonesia. This was stated at The Anglo-Indonesian Society meeting with the theme ‘Higher Education: Indonesian and UK Relationship’, which was held at Indonesian Embassy in London. Indonesian Ambassador to England, Rizal Sukma at Press statement on Wednesday said that higher education has become an important sector at the bilateral cooperation between Indonesia and England. He further stated that this time is an appropriate moment to boost partnership in the field of education with England. Firstly, because Indonesia needs to prioritize the development of human resources. Secondly, England which has high reputation in educational sector is enthusiastically exploring its international network. For Indonesian university students, the UK is able to provide luxurious study environment, particularly giving practical skills needed at the available employment. Meanwhile, for the British university students, studying in Indonesia gives special attraction because Indonesian is rich with cultural diversities. The Anglo-Indonesian Society is the association based in the UK which aims at strengthening partnership and understanding between the UK and Indonesia.
Indonesia promoted 5 super priority destinations nemaly lake Toba in North Sumatra, Borobudur in Central Java, Mandalika in West Nusa Tenggara, Labuan Bajo in East Nusa Tenggara and Likupang in North Sulawesi at tourism exhibition of Borsa Internazionale del Turismo 2020 held in Fieramilanocity, Milan for 3 days from 9 – 11 February.Consul of Information and Social Culture of Indonesian Embassy in Rome, Danang Waskito to Antara on Wednesday explained that to reach Italian market and global market, there were 11 Indonesian tourism industries which consists of 6 tourism travel agents or traveling operators, 2 destination companies and 3 hotels or resorts from 4 provinces namely West Papua, Bali, and East Nusa Tenggara and Jakarta participating in the exhibition. Indonesian pavilliun performed tourism destination beauty in Jakarta, Bali, East Nusa Tenggara, Central Kalimantan, and South Sulawesi. Meanwhile, Jakarta and Bali until now become one of main tourism destinations in Italy.
February
Faculty of Engineering of Jenderal Soedirman University cooperates with Japan International Cooperation Agency to conduct a research related to mitigation of landslide disaster. Lecturer of Geology Disaster Mitigation of Jenderal Soedirman University, Dr. Indra Permanajati in Purwokerto, Central Java on Thursday said that the cooperation includes mutual research related to landslide mitigation in Banyumas, Purbalingga, Cilacap, Banjarnegara and Kebumen. He also said that the research on risk reduction or landslide mitigation in the regions is much needed.
President of Singapore, Halimah Yacob conducted an interactive dialogue with students of Gadjah Mada University of Yogyakarta on the sidelines her state’s visit to Indonesia. In the dialogue, she encouraged the students and academic community of the university to boost cooperation between Indonesia and Singapore. President Halimah viewed that the students as candidates of national leaders need to strengthen good cooperation and relations between the two countries in handling global challenges. According to President Halimah, the world is now facing global problems such as climate change, unstable economic condition, health and terrorism. She hoped the students in the future are able to enhance cooperation with Singapore to solve the problems.
Ambassador of Switzerland to Indonesia, Timor Leste and ASEAN, Kurt Kunz gave a public lecture at Sumatera Utara University in Medan, North Sumatera with the theme “Political and Economic System of Switzerland”, on Wednesday (5/2). Before giving THE public lecture, Ambassador Kurt Kunz met Rector of the university, Prof. Runtung Sitepu and Prof. Fidel Ganis to discuss cooperation between the colleges in North Sumatera, especially Sumatera Utara University and Switzerland. Vice Rector 2 of the university, Prof . M Fidel Ganis Siregar said that the ambassador’s visit made proud to the university because the university has been chosen as college to cooperate with. The cooperation includes exchange students and lecturers of Sumatera Utara University to Switzerland and vice versa from Switzerland to North Sumatera.
February
Airlangga University and Kobe University invent a corona virus detection tool
Written by MaryatiAirlangga University Surabaya and Kobe University, Japan, invent a detection tool of a corona virus novel reagent (2019-nCov). Rector of Airlangga University, Prof. Mohammad Nasih said that the detection tool is able to identify patients suspected of contracting the virus from Wuhan City, China. The problem of the availability of the detection devices in Indonesia has become a public concern.
Besides Airlangga University, Prof. Mohammad Nasih further said that the reagent is also owned by the Center for Research and Development of Biomedical and Basic Technology in Health, Balitbangkes. The public can use the tool to confirm the presence or absence of the virus. The identification is not long; it only takes few hours, but the mechanism is in accordance with the standard of the World Health Organization (WHO). With specific identification, Prof. Nasih hopes that in the future it can produce research on the handling and prevention of this virus.
The accuracy of this tool reaches 99 percent. Prof. Nasih acknowledged that Airlangga University's ability to invent this reagent could not be separated from Kobe University's access and relations in Germany in accessing corona virus data and gene from virus banks. So, if there is an examination of phlegm, indeed the results are the same as positive parameters, special handling will be done.
January
Today’s Diplomatic Corner is from Sandakan, Malaysia.
Indonesian Consul General Kinabalu, Krishna Djelani inaugurated a new school building for the Community Learning Center (CLC) of Ladang Resort in Sandakan, Malaysia on Monday (27/1). Krishna Djelani in his speech said that the existence of CLC is a manifestation of the government's presence to ensure the fulfillment of the educational rights of Indonesian Migrant Workers’ children. Without attention and support of management, it is impossible for “the plantation’s kids" to go to school. In addition, the company’s support is a manifestation of the company’s social responsibility. The new building which can accommodate 100 students, is needed because the number of students has increased.
from Geneva, Switzerland.
Indonesia utilized the tourism exhibition Salon des Voyages Quo Vadis 2020, which was held in Geneva starting from January 24-26. Salon des Voyages Quo Vadis was a tourism exhibition that was participated by travel agents, tourism operators, airlines and also tourism destination countries. At least 1000 people were noted as visitors to the event. Indonesia displayed typical archipelagic decoration, from batik, puppets, Balinese statues and also information brochures of tourism destinations in Indonesia. Besides, Bali and Lombok, other destinations were also promoted such as Rajat Ampat and Labuan Bajo.
The last information is from Moscow.
Indonesian Defense Minister, Subianto visited Moscow and met with Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday (28/1). Minister Prabowo Subianto, in the meeting with minister Sergei Shoigu as quoted in a press release on Wednesday, said that the relationship between Indonesia and Russia in defense and security fields have been long established. Russia, which was earlier Soviet Union has assisted Indonesia in the military-technical field many times. According to minister Prabowo, Indonesia wants to develop a relationship with Russia. Meanwhile, Russian minister Sergei Shoigu said that Indonesia is one of the important partners in the Asian Pacific region. Cooperation with Indonesia is based on relationship and mutual trust.
January
The Biomechanics Research Team, Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (FTMD) of the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) developed a bionic hand for amputees. The development of bionic hands is aimed at helping the amputees in Indonesia have prosthetic or additional hands at affordable prices. Until now, the price of prosthetic hands on the market can reach hundreds of millions of rupiahs.
The bionic hand development process is approximately 8 months from January to August 2019, starting from the design stage till the prototype. In the prototype that has been made, the bionic hand is able to do seven different grip patterns. These seven grip patterns are made based on the needs of most human hand functions, so that they are used to lift objects, hold pencils, carry bags, point something, and so on. This bionic hand has 5 fingers with 6 motors. 2 motors on the thumb to facilitate additional movement and 1 motor on each finger.
This bionic hand is the result of the fourth development. The development of bionic hands is still being done in order to obtain more stable results in its operation. The material used will also be updated because it still feels slippery when handling objects.
January
Musical instrument and complementary products from Indonesia succeeded to achieve potential transaction worth US$1.4 million dollars at The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Show 2020. The NAMM Show 2020 is the Great Musical Exhibition in the world which was held at Anaheim Convention Center, in California starting from January 16– 19, 2020. Indonesian pavilion displayed various kinds of musical instruments and its complementary. As many as four producers of musical instruments from Indonesia participated in the show, namely Sjuman Instruments, Dr. Case, Stranough Guitar Technology, and Genta Guitar. All products which were displayed, have premium quality and through curation process in Los Angeles. Therefore, the products are worthy to be exported and can fulfill the U.S. market.
The regional government of Parigi Moutong has established cooperation with Asia e University Malaysia in educational development to improve the quality of human resources. The agreement between both parties was written in an MoU which was signed by Regent of Parigi Motong, Samsurizal Tombolotutu along with Director of Asia e University Malaysia, Emeritus Dato Dr. Hasan Said in Parigi on Wednesday (22/1/2020). An official of Home Ministry, Owi Jamsay who witnessed the event said that for the first time, the MoU was signed by the University with a region that was chosen by them. He also explained the event is not only for formal education, but also as a report to the central government on the bilateral cooperation between the university and regional government. Regent Samsurizal Tombolotutu also explained that the relationship, which is established between both parties will result in the construction of a college in the regency.
Governor of West Java, Ridwan Kamil received the visit of Ambassador of Republic of Azerbaijan to Indonesia, Jalal Mirzayev at Gedung Pakuan in Bandung, West Java on Wednesday (22/1/2020). The visit of Ambassador Jalal Mirzayev is aimed to open cooperation with provincial government of West Java, especially in tourism field and also improve previous cooperation which was previously conducted along with college in West Java. The governor said that his side receives any parties which want to invest in his province. In the meeting with the ambassador, Governor Emil also handed over investment list’s book as guidance for Azerbaijan to know investment potential in West Java. In addition, he also invited the government of Azerbaijan to attend the West Java Tourism Summit in April 2020.
January
Here is Kompas Newspaper with its headline entitled, “Referral Hospital on Standby.”
At least, 100 referral hospitals for emergency infection were on standby to anticipate the new corona virus infection spread from Wuhan, China. Monitoring state’s entrances was also tightened, mainly regions with direct flights from China. Health Service Directorate General Secretary of Health Ministry Agus Hadian Rahim said, 100 hospitals across 31 provinces on standby were hospitals that used to handle avian influenza in 2007.
Moving on to Republika with, “Aircraft Passenger from China Monitored.”
The new corona virus from Wuhan (2019-nCoV) spread wider in China and her neighboring countries. Indonesian government then from central and regional tightened monitoring to anticipate the virus that had killed nine. Indonesian Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto claimed that his ministry had carried out optimal prevention effort. Government also had tightened health examination at all airports in Indonesia.
The Headlines ends with Bisnis Indonesia entitled, “New Wage Boosts Competitiveness.”
New wage scheme that will adjust to average consumption and provincial economic growth possibly will provide flexibility for businesspeople in recruiting workers and boost national competitiveness. Based on Employment Omnibus Law discussion documents received from a source by Bisnis Indonesia, the provincial minimum wage formula will be calculated from the current year Minimum Working Needs with economic growth per provinces. The minimum working needs calculation was based on city population consumption average gathered by Central Statistics Agency BPS. On the other hand, the regulation applies for worker with working period under one year, while above it will not experience minimum wage reduction.
January
Three students of Sebelas Maret University (UNS) Solo, Central Java created a prototype of robot that can be used to search victims of natural disasters. The three students are from Electrical Engineering Study Program, Faculty of Engineering. They are Nada Syadza Azizah, SyaifullahFilard Latifah and Taufik Widyastama. According to Syaifullah, they named the robot as Unmounted Ground Vehicle (UGV). The advantages are able to reach zones that are not reachable by humans. For example, volcanic areas that are still active, zones affected by forest fires and zones that are exposed to radioactivity.
Syaifullah explained, they only need three months to make the robot. It is made because Indonesia is located in a disaster-prone area. According to him, every time a natural disaster occurs there are still many victims who cannot be evacuated due to terrain conditions that are difficult to reach by human. Syaifullah added that Rescue UGV is equipped with a camera and infrared so it can detect human body temperature. Humans will look red-yellow when detected using infrared. Infrared camera is used to detect body temperature. Thus it can be known whether it is human or not, still alive or has died. Then, this robot is controlled by an internet network.
This tool will continue to be developed so that its ability can increase. In the future, portable transmitters will be used so that they can be used widely. Since it is still a prototype, it still uses the Wi-Fi network of mobile phones or routers so it can only run as far as 10 meters. The robot wheels are designed like tanks and this prototype is still in small size. Later, the robot will be made bigger so it is more stable when crossing difficult terrain, such as during a landslide or in a ravine. In the future, the robot will be designed so that it can be used to communicate both ways. Currently, new robots can transmit sound from the field.