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PT Pertamina Gas (Pertagas) again held the 2022 Energy Exchange Forum (EEF) - 

Pertamina Gas Sub Holding affiliate, PT Pertamina Gas (Pertagas) again held the 2022 Energy Exchange Forum (EEF) with the theme Energizing Natural Gas as Solution for Energy Transition Through Synergy, Innovation and Technology Adaptation. Online, EEF 2022 was attended by the President Director of PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) Tbk and opened by the President Director of Pertagas, Wiko Migantoro on Monday (21/2).

In his speech, Wiko said that the EEF event is held by Pertagas every year with the aim of being a forum for sharing knowledge and synergies in the Sub-Holding Gas environment. This is the third time Pertagas has organized EEF.

"In this year's EEF, the number of materials has increased compared to the previous year. This shows our enthusiasm and enthusiasm to grow together in synergy in order to realize the vision and mission of Sub Holding Gas," said Wiko.

On the first day of EEF 2022, Pertagas presented four main speakers as resource persons, namely Arifin Rudiyanto Deputy for Maritime Affairs and Natural Resources at BAPPENAS, Montty Girianna Deputy III for BUMN Business Development, Research and Innovation at the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy and Lenita Tobing and Asheesh Sastry from Boston Consulting. Groups.

According to a release received by Voice of Indonesia on Monday (21/02/22), Arifin Rudiyanto said that the energy transition from the use of fossil fuels to renewable energy has a very important role in achieving Net Zero Emissions which is a long-term strategy and energy transition policy in Indonesia.

“The use of natural gas is one of the bridges for the energy transition towards the use of renewable energy sources. Because natural gas is known as energy that has very good combustion efficiency, is clean, environmentally friendly and cheaper when compared to petroleum," said Arifin.

The same thing was also conveyed by Montty Giriana regarding the use of natural gas as transitional energy.

“The use of natural gas is in line with the government's commitment to reduce the greenhouse effect. The energy transition is something that must be done because globally the direction of energy use is towards energy with low emissions. Pertagas can continue to carry out its role in the energy transition by increasing the development of facilities and infrastructure as well as technology such as CNG, LNG and LPG," said Montty.

Utilization of natural gas as transitional energy has also been carried out in several other countries. This is evidenced by data on the increase in demand for natural gas on Energy Global Demand submitted by Lenita Tobing and Asheesh Sastry. Estimates of global natural gas demand have a positive trend until 2040.

EEF 2022 will be held for two days (February 21 - 22) and is one of a series of commemorations of the 15th anniversary of Pertagas which falls on February 23, 2022. The second day of EEF will invite Erika Retnowati, Head of BPH Migas, as the main resource person//VOI-NK

One of the airport in Australia - 

The first international flight carrying tourists is scheduled to land in all parts of the country today, where Australia is reopening its borders for arrivals who have been double-vaccinated. The return of double-vaccinated international visitors will revive

Australia's tourism sector returns, which supports 660,000 jobs and contributed A$60.4 billion to the economy in 2018-19.

There are more than 1.23 million students, visitors and working holiday visa holders in abroad who, if vaccinated, will be able to travel to Australia from 21 February 2022. Since November, 92,000 visitors, 80,000 international students, 35,000 skilled visa holders, and 5,600 holders working holiday visa has arrived in Australia.

Fifty-six international flights will arrive in Australia on Monday, including 27 to Sydney, from USA, Canada, UK, Singapore, Uni
Arab Emirates, Japan and other destinations. To celebrate the return of international arrivals, Australia has held a welcome rug, with a special event planned at the Airport Sydney International. 

According to a press release received by Voice of Indonesia on Monday (21/02/22), the first visitors to return to Sydney will be greeted with gifts Vegemite and toy koalas and kangaroos, the iconic Surf Life Saving crew, and a DJ playing Australia's favorite songs. 

Minister of Trade, Tourism and Investment Dan Tehan said the return international arrivals are an important step in the recovery of COVID-19 Australia.

“Australia's health and economic response to this pandemic has included the best in the world, with one of the highest vaccination rates and high mortality low,” said Minister Tehan.

“We managed to manage the pandemic and learned to live with the virus. Australian Citizen traveling abroad, and we welcome international visitors to the country. 

“International tourists will come here to see our iconic attractions, sample our world's leading food and beverage, learn about
our Indigenous culture, and enjoy the Australian way of life. Australia is the best country in the world and we are happy to be able to share again with the whole world"//VOI-NK

The public library of HB Jassin in Gorontalo - 

The Head of the National Library of Indonesia, Muhammad Syarif Bando, together with the Governor of Gorontalo, Rusli Habibie inaugurated the Gorontalo public library service building on Monday (21/02/22). 

The Public Library Service (LPU), named H.B Jassin, received special allocation funds (DAK) for physical education in the library sub-sector for building expansion from the central government worth Rp. 4.2 billion.

The head of the National Library said that the National Library would continue to provide support to the regions in an effort to increase human resources (HR). This is stated in the elaboration of President Joko Widodo's vision of improving the quality of human resources and developing superior human beings in 2020-2024.

"Of course we prioritize the Gorontalo Provincial Government, as a form of responding to the Governor's commitment to focus on efforts to improve the quality of human resources," said Syarif at the inauguration of the building coupled with the webinar on Improving the Public Literacy Index for Welfare on Monday (21/2/2022).

He explained, improving the quality of human resources is very important. In the future, the challenge to be faced is to ensure the availability of reading materials in the community is sufficient. Both reading materials that are in accordance with real conditions in society, as well as applied science books.

According to a Press Release received by Voice of Indonesia on Monday (21/02/22), currently, National Library has transformed into a digital library. This is to make it easier for the public to access reading material through an application that has been provided, namely iPusnas or e-Resources which provides scientific journals online.

Meanwhile, the Governor of Gorontalo said the exchange of information had developed rapidly. Now, people can search for information digitally. He hopes that regional libraries can transform digitally in meeting the reading needs and interests of the community.

"We have to follow developments in the current digital era, now school children no longer need to come to the library, they just need to open their gadgets and they can read," he said.

On the same occasion, the Head of the National Library of Indonesia symbolically handed over the assistance of a mobile library car to the Governor of Gorontalo. In addition, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the National Library of Indonesia and the Gorontalo Provincial Government. The National Library of Indonesia also signed a memorandum of understanding with eight universities, namely IAIN Sultan Amai Gorontalo, Gorontalo Muhammadiyah University, Bina Mandiri University Gorontalo, Gorontalo University, Bina Taruna University Gorontalo, Nahdlatul Ulama University Gorontalo, Ichsan University Gorontalo, and Gorontalo Polytechnic//VOI-NK

2022 Beijing Olympics - Freestyle Skiing - Women's Freeski - Halfpipe - Qualification - Run 1 - Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, China - February 17, 2022. Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, visits the stand as spectators cheer during the game. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji - 

Just 97,000 spectators have attended events at the Winter Olympics, a Beijing official said on Saturday (Feb 19), the second-to-last day of the Games, after organisers decided not to sell tickets to the public due to COVID-19.

Crowds have been sparse at most competitions, although some, such as figure skating and Big Air, managed to have some of the buzz of a big occasion, with small crowds augmented by large numbers of Games-related personnel inside the Olympic bubble.

The Beijing Games are taking place inside a "closed loop" that separates competitors, team staff, media and others from the general public.

Instead of selling selling tickets, organisers distributed them to selected groups of people who also had to adhere to strict coronavirus protocols before, during and after the Games.

The crowds were generally far smaller than the 30 per cent capacity an International Olympic Committee (IOC) official had earlier said was hoped for, with members of the public separated from Games personnel at some venues by physical barriers.

Zhang Jiandong, Beijing's vice mayor and vice president of the Beijing Games organising committee, told a session of the IOC that 40,000 spectators had attended the opening ceremony - about half the capacity of the Bird's Nest Stadium.

He said 12,000 media were on hand to cover the Games.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, ticket sales lagged initial expectations but nonetheless exceeded one million.

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