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February
The President of the Grand Holy Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque Affairs, Sheikh Abdur-Rahman As-Sudais, said that the Indonesian language is used in the book of Khutbahs (sermons) of the holy mosques of Haramain. Sheikh As-Sudais said in Mecca on Sunday (25/2), that Indonesian language is very important in the world, and this is the holy mosque duty to use it to send messages of khutbahs in Haramain to the ummah (followers). The holy mosques use different languages as a means of spreading Prophet Muhammad`s messages which are universal in nature and it is also in line with Saudi government`s effort to go universally in the implementation of its vision 2030. The languages are used with new technology in order that the messages can be learned internationally, the president of the Grand Holy Mosque and the Prophet`s Mosque Affairs told visiting Indonesian senior journalists from Antara News Agency, the Jakarta Post and Republika. He is aware that it is now the era of media which use languages as a means of delivering messages to the public, especially their audiences both nationally and internationally. (Antara)
February
Indonesian Communication and Information Technology Minister Rudiantara targets all regencies/cities across Indonesia to be connected by high-speed internet by 2019, so everyone can access information anywhere The minister said in Yogyakarta on Sunday(25/2) that the government sides with the people and by 2019 all regencies/cities in Indonesia will be connected by high-speed internet backbone. Minister stated that information supported by high-speed internet is a must in this day and age as information media is shifted from print, electronic and television to online and social media. Minister Rudiantara mentioned that almost 90 percent of regencies/cities in Indonesia are connected by the internet, so by 2019 he expects supporting infrastructure of information technology will be ready. He added, there are 30 regencies/cities in Papua and West Papua that didn’t have high-speed internet backbone infrastructure and government has built such infrastructure there. (Antara)
February
February
Indonesian Embassy in Moscow to Hold Festival Indonesia 2018 with Different Concept
Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Moscow, Russia will hold Festival Indonesia 2018 on 3-5 August. The festival scheduled to be held at Krasnaya Presnya Park in Presnensky District, Moscow will be presenting different concepts with the previous Festival Indonesia.
“…The festival will take place for 3 to 5 hours from 12 o’clock PM until 9 o’clock PM nonstop. It will highlight art and culture. In addition, we will also hold market display. This is different from the previous festivals of every region. Now, we make per cluster. Take for example, there is Batik and then there is handicraft, there is culinary that will be provided until 9 PM and the art performance will depend on donations from every region,” Indonesian Ambassador to Russia, Wahid Supriyadi in his press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jakarta, Friday (23 February).
Ambassador Wahid Supriyadi further said that in relation to the performance of Indonesian arts, so far he has not been able to confirm any areas that will appear in Festival Indonesia 2018. But he said, based on experience, Malang, East Java, and Boyolali, Central Java are the regions that are never absent to present art performances at the Festival Indonesia in Moscow. Festival Indonesia 2018 is the third one held by Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Moscow. Festival of Indonesia itself each year is considered to continue to have a positive impact for Indonesia. Positive impacts include an increase in total trade by 25.2% with Russia and an increase in the number of Russian tourists coming to Indonesia by 37.28% in the period from January to November 2017. (VOI/Rezha/Trans by Rhm)