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Batam is considered necessary to add attraction by presenting a variety of attractions. This aims to make tourists more interested and more comfortable to stay longer in Batam. Thus, BP Management Agency as one of the stakeholders in Batam City holds the event "Batam Dance 2018". This event is one of the cultural art festivals that will become one of the new icons of Batam City. "Batam Dancing 2018" is planned to take place on April 8, 2018. This will highlight collaboration of 16 thousand people of Batam City who will mutually assemble the movement in one collaboration of amazing dance. Head of Batam BP Management Agency, Lukita Dinarsyah Tuwo said that "Batam Dancing 2018" is a symbol event in equating 'Voice', equating 'Vision' and 'Moving Together' ‘Mission to build Batam City’. Lukita  further said that thousands of dancers will consist of various elements in the Batam city. They are from BP Batam, City Government, Navy, Army, Police, Sundanese Society, Jogoboyo Society, Nationality Forum and students, including  the tourists.Why to choose dancing together? Lukita said that Batam is a Malay land whose various ethnics are in Batam. Meanwhile, dancing becomes a culture almost in all ethnic groups in Indonesia. So, this collaboration will show the unity of the people of Batam to unite and enliven tourism. On the occasion, BP Batam Management Agency cooperates with Guruh Soekarnoputra Production to provide training to the people of Batam who will participate in these activities. Guruh Soekarnoputra, the youngest son of the first President of Indonesia, Soekarno as choreographer explained that his side will design a dance called ‘Rampai Batam’. According to Guruh, this ‘Rampai Batam’ is Batam’s typical dance which consists of several ethnics. In the performance, it includes dance choreography from Minang, Batak, Malay, and China. In the first stage, Guruh will train 100 instructors from the city of Batam who will then train other participants. ‘Batam Dance 2018’ as colossal dance will make people not only feel happy, but also  break the Indonesian Museum Record (MURI) with the largest number of dancers.

Trenggalek is one of the regencies in East Java province. Bordered directly to the south by the Indian Ocean, the region has many beautiful beaches that became the main tourist destination of Trenggalek. Besides the enchantment of beaches, Trenggalek remains has many other interesting tourist objects, one of them is natural site of Banyu Nget which was recently launched. Banyu Nget tourist destination is located at Dukuh village, Watulimo subdistrict, Trenggalek Regency, East Java. Since the beginning this tourist object has been visited by many tourists due to its cool, beautiful, and natural atmosphere. Moreover, various kinds of interesting tourist rides are available in Banyu Nget. The name Banyu Nget was taken from javanese language which means warm water. This 7 hectare tourist object offers several natural beauty such as waterfalls, rocky streams, kedung or warm water pools, as well as various play rides, to spur your adrenalines. To enter the area, you are required to buy entrance ticket of Rp 5,000 per person. You don’t have to worry if you don’t bring cash to buy tickets, because the location of this Banyu Nget also provides electronic money (E-Money) tickets payment. Entering Banyu Nget tourist area, you will walk along the path, while enjoying the fresh air and cool atmosphere. There is also a rocky river in the area. You can choose the path to cross the river, the bamboo bridge or suspension bridge called Jembatan Kangen. Passing the suspension bridge, you will find Kedung Banyu Nget. You can feel the freshness of the warm water in the pool.In addition to the pool of warm water, you can enjoy the beauty of Urang Kambu waterfall which is 30 meters high. You can swim under the waterfall. But, for those who cannot swim, do not worry, the manager provides life jackets for the safety of the visitors. In the location of Banyu Nget Tourist Object there are monitoring tower on the trees, which can be used to relax while enjoying the natural atmosphere. Banyu Nget also has a racer that can spur your adrenaline through air bikes. You can enjoy the natural beauty through the air bike which has been equipped with special safety standard equipments. For those who like camping, it also has an area to set up tents completed with swings rides and hammocks (hammocks) at an altitude and mounted between shady trees. Banyu Nget tourism area included in Perhutani (the State Forest Company)-owned forest area, so that there can be found some plants species, such as durian, salak and mangosteen. If you want to enjoy the fruits, you can come to the object during the harvest season, because it is very fun if you can enjoy the local fruits amid cool natural atmosphere. Banyu Nget area is also equipped with various facilities such as canteen, places of worship, bathroom and gazebos. To get to the various spots of this tourist location, you need not worry. Because every spot is handled by officers who always stand guard and clear signposts.

Music Corner is a musical segment which introduces you to Indonesian music either traditional or modern one. In today’s edition, we’ll present the songs of the people of Banten. Banten is a province resulted from the growing region  from the West Java province. The majority of the population are Sundanese, so no wonder if the local people mostly speak Sundanese, and the song you just heard also sounds Sundanese. YU RAGEM BELAJAR song was sung by A. Syahri Aliman and it contains a series of messages that teachers and students are always devoted to parents and always studious and diligent to pray. The song consisting of 12 lines is slow-paced with simple lyrics. YU RAGEM BELAJAR was usually sung by parents when their son was about to sleep and became an irreplaceable night entertainment by the children of Banten in the past. A song entitled “IBU” tells about the story of a mother's struggle in childbirth, raising and caring for her child. The lyric of this song is simple, but it has a moral message of its own, where the child must be obedient to the mother for good. The song entitled “TONG SARAKAH” or means ‘do not be greedy’ reminds that human beings are not greedy in life and they must always remember the life of the hereafter.

Indonesia has chance to be the Host of World Cup.

Chairman of Rumah Gerakan 98, Bernard AM Haloho said in Jakarta on last Wednesday that Indonesia could replace Qatar as the host of World Cup 2022. It is due to bribery case involved former President of FIFA, Sepp Blatter. Thus, FIFA will remove Qatar as the host. Bernard assessed that Indonesia has chance to be the host to replace Qatar because it is Asia countries’ turn to be host of World Cup 2022. Indonesia is considered to have advantage, especially for its non-extreme tropical climate which is different from other Asian countries. Another factor is that football is very popular in Indonesia, while other countries have more popular sports so that it could disturb all sport rhythm overall. Bernard added that in term of infrastructure, Indonesia has 12 big and international standard stadiums spread from Sumatera to Papua based on FIFA assessment. Bernard admitted that ASEAN Football Federation has proposed Indonesia and Thailand as the host of World Cup 2034 in the meeting in Bali more recently. He hoped that President Joko Widodo would convey Indonesia’s readiness to be the host of the World Cup 2022.

Persija Beats Tampines in AFC Championship 2018.

Coach of Persija Jakarta, Stefano Cugurra mentioned that Persija’s victory against Singaporean club, Tampine Rover, with the score 4-1 improved all Persija players’ motivation to play other matches in AFC Cup 2018. Persija Jakarta succeeded to defeat Tampine Rover with score 4-1 in the second match of Group H of AFC Cup 2018 held in Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on last Wednesday. Persija’s striker, Marko Simic was the man of the match by scoring hattrick in minute 11, minute 74, and minute 84. Another goal was scored by Rezaldi Hehanusa in minute 41. Meanwhile, Tampine Rover’s striker, Khairul Amri scored one goal in minute 77. The result made Persija rank the third place of the standing of Group H of AFC Cup 2018 with 3 points from one winning. Persija club, so-called Macan Kemayoran, was defeated by Malaysian club, Johor Darul Takzim, in its first match. In another match of Group H, Vietnamese club, Song Lam Nghe An defeated Johor Darul Takzim, with score 2-0 which made the Vietnamese club leader of standings and Johor Darul Takzim is in the second position. Tampines Rover is in the last position because the club never gets victory in the last two matches.

Indonesia Grabs Gold Medal at Soft Tennis Thailand Open 2018.

Indonesian soft tennis athlete grabbed gold medal, silver, and bronze at Soft Tennis Thailand Open 2018. This result makes the chairman of All-Indonesian Soft Tennis Association, Martuama Saragi optimistic to grab gold medal in ASIAN Games 2018 next August. As quoted by Antara News Agency in Jakarta on last Tuesday, Martuama Saragi explained that in the tournament held in the field of Suranaree Technology University, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand on February 21-27, 2018, Indonesian team competed with Thailand as the host, Japan, China, Taiwan, Cambodia as well as Mongolia. Indonesia succeeded to grab one gold medal, one silver medal and two bronze medals. Excellently, Indonesia grabbed gold and silver medals from prestigious number of single men in all-Indonesian final between Prima Simpatiaji who succeeded to defeat his junior, Irfandi Hendrawan. Besides, Prima and Irfandi helped Hemat Bakti Anugrah, Gusti Jaya Kesuma and Elbert Sie, who also presented bronze medal from group number. Meanwhile, in women sector, Dede Tari Kusrini succeeded to grab one silver medal in single women. In the quarter final, the tennis player who was born July 18, 1987 could defeat Tzu-Yu Feng of Taiwan with score 3-2 before being defeated in the semifinal by Yuan Yi Yu of China with score 1-4. Indonesia’s soft tennis manager, Hendir Susilo Pramono welcomed greatly the achievement of Indonesian athletes, especially in Thailand Open. He stated that Indonesia eyes for 5 medals at ASIAN Games 2018 that will be held in Bukit Asam Tennis stadium in Jakabaring, Palembang next August. At the Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea four years ago, Indonesian soft tennis presented one silver medal and one bronze medal. The Chairman of Indonesian Olympics Committee, Erick Thohir contacted Olympics Council of Asia to discuss about the cancellation of the removal of 62-kilogram weightlifting number in ASIAN GAMES 2018. Erick Thohir will keep communicating with the Minister of Youth and Sport, Imam Nahrawi to take important steps regarding to the removal of the number by the council. Previously, the Minister of Youth and Sport, Imam Nahrawi has sent a letter to the President of Olympics Council of Asia regarding to the objection of Indonesian Asian Games Organizing Committee to the decision of Asia Weightlifting Federation about the removal of 62-kilogram number. The objection refers to the meeting of ASIAN Games committee in Jakarta on January 14, 2018 on which the council side did not talk about the removal or addition of sport branches. The objection in ASIAN Games weightlifting number occurred because on February 11, 2018, President of Asia Weightlifting Federation, Mohammed Yusuf Almana sent a letter to Director General of International Weight Federation, Attilia Adamfi about the removal of 62-kg weightlifting number at ASIAN Games 2018 and it was followed up by Olympics Council of Asia.