Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has revealed that Indonesia has developed waste-to-energy power plants in 12 cities in Indonesia.
"Waste-to-energy generating plants are being applied in cities allowed to treat waste into energy," Luhut Pandjaitan said here, Sunday when launching Clean Indonesia Movement.
Jakarta has a waste-to-energy power plant capable of treating 1,500 tons of waste daily.
The Government wants three to four waste-to-energy power plants to treat 8,000 tons of waste produced by Jakarta residents daily.
Similar plants exist in Medan (North Sumatra), Surabaya (East Java), Bali , Bandung (West Java), Manado (north Sulawesi) and several other cities.
The Government will also develop waste inceminators having minimal C02 in regions producing waste below 150 tons per day.
"Those inceminators will be located far away from settlement areas," he said.
President Joko Widodo has seen waste as a problem that needs to be handled seriously because it could damage the next generation, according to the minister.
He urged every body to care for and be willing to reduce waste production. He also called for a change of life style to reduce single-use plastic product usage.
"If you go for shopping, don't use plastic bags. Take your own reusable bags," he said. (ant)
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An electronic voting (e-voting) system for elections in the future could well be a solution to the cumbersome voting process used presently and drastically reduce the use of human resources, an official has said. "An e-voting system is accurate and can reduce the restlessness of people," Head of electronic voting (e-voting) system at Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) Andrari Grahitandaru said here Thursday.
The vote count would not just be simplified but electronic voting could ensure an accurate recapitulation of votes. Through the system, the validity of a voter could be verified, he noted.
There is also no need to record votes manually. With e-voting, a voter just has to match his fingerprint on an electronic identity card (e-KTP).
Once a voter enters the polling station, he casts his vote using an electronic touch screen ballot. This enables the voter to cast his ballot privately and independently, and the result of the vote is immediately recorded.
Electronic voting, therefore, can provide efficiency of up to 50 percent when compared to manual voting.
However, electronic voting machines should be used at least five times.
KPU Commissioner Viryan Aziz informed journalists in Jakarta on Tuesday of the deaths of 119 polling station working committee members, and 548 others falling ill. These officials were managing different ballot booths across Indonesia's 25 provinces.
Some 33 Elections Supervisory Committee members too lost their lives while fulfilling electoral duties, Commissioner of the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) Fritz Edward Siregar confirmed. (ant)
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China Yiwu Imported Commodities Fair 2019, the professional platform for international small commodities to enter China, will open on May 23-26, 2019 at the Yiwu International Expo Center in China’s small commodities paradise Yiwu City.
The Fair of this year will cover an exhibition area of over 50,000 square meters, providing 2,000 international standard booths in 4 exhibition zones, namely Asia Pavilion I, Asia Pavilion II, European Pavilion and America-Australia-Africa & Cross-border Trade Pavilion.
The imported commodities to be displayed will include household items, maternal and child supplies, beauty and personal care, crafts, home appliances, food and beverage, health and nutrition, fashion accessories, creative toys, stationery, sports goods, clothing and accessories. The Fair is expected to attract over 1,500 business companies and organizations from over 100 countries and regions across the world. The number of visitors and buyers will exceed 120,000.
The Import Commodities Procurement (Yiwu) Summit, as one of the core activities during the Fair, will gather leading retailers including Walmart, Carrefour, Lianhua Supermarket, HNA Retailing, and China Resources to place orders on-site.
Other activities will include UCLG ASPAC Executive Bureau Conference 2019, “Belt and Road” International Urban Economic and Trade Cooperation (Yiwu) Dialogue, China Import E-Commerce Supply-Chain Conference, as well as Spanish Culture Week, overseas new products launch show, world culture shows, food carnival, and imported red wine tasting.
China Yiwu Imported Commodities Fair was founded in 2012 as a professional platform for introducing overseas consumer goods to China. In 2015, echoing the national “Belt and Road Initiative”, and endeavoring to advance the construction of the Yiwu-Xinjiang-Europe railway and Yiwu-Ningbo-Zhoushan port, the Fair was elevated in terms of level and scale, and began to be co-sponsored by the China International Chamber of Commerce and the China Business Federation. In June 2016, China Yiwu Imported Commodities Fair was certified by UFI, becoming the first of its kind in China to pass the certification. Now, the Fair has become one of the first-choice platforms for oversea consumer goods brands entering China. (ant)
April
The Government of Indonesia is underscoring the theme of the UN peacekeeping operation as it takes up the chairmanship of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in May 2019.
Director of International Security and Disarmament (KIPS) of the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry Grata Endah Werdaningtyas made the statement during a press briefing in Jakarta onThursday.
With Indonesia holding presidency of the UNSC in May 2019, the government will put the spotlight on the theme of "Investing in Peace: Improving the Security and Performance of UN Peacekeeping."
Werdaningtyas explained that the Indonesian government decided on the theme owing to the importance it places on UN peacekeeping operations as a major plank in its efforts to maintain and promote global peace and security.
"This is because the fact is, regardless of it being accepted or not, the UN peace mission continues to be the most potent tool of the UN Security Council in its endeavors to contributing to global peace. When one looks at conflict-affected nations, the UN's 'blue helmet' (indicative of the UN peace mission forces) is what stands out the most," he pointed out.
The Indonesian government's greater lineage to the theme focusing on the UN peace operation is in accordance with Indonesia's credentials and capabilities to facilitate the UN peace mission operation.
"We also zeroed down on the theme based on our own track record. Indonesia has the capital to bring the spotlight on this issue since we are among the largest contributors to the UN peacekeeping force," Werdaningtyas noted.
Indonesia was the eighth-largest of 124 nations in terms of peacekeeping contributions, through the assignment of personnel for UN peacekeeping missions.
"This is part of our pledge to take forward the vision of four thousand UN peacekeeping personnel. We have fielded 3,028 personnel, and this month, we have dispatched over 100 women peacekeepers, which is the first of its kind for us," Werdaningtyas noted.
The Indonesian government's sustained efforts to encourage an increase in the role of women in the UN peacekeeping missions are aligned with the UN secretary general's initiative to step up their presence and participation in endeavors directed at maintaining global peace and security. (ant)