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The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry (KKP), held an online training on the production of fish feed, in the midst of a price hike in the market that has encumbered the production of fish farmers. Head of the ministry’s Research and Human Resource Agency Sj arief Widjaja, noted in a statement here on Saturday as quoted by Antara, that feed was a key component in fish farming, as 60-70 percent of the production costs are allotted for feed. However, owing to limited feed producers that only some regions have it, the price of the commodity in the market is still steep. Hence, the ministry has encouraged the public to produce fish feed to help farmers in lowering the production cost for feed//ANT

Jakarta (VOI News) -Deputy Minister of Environment and Forestry (LHK), Alue Dohong virtually inaugurated and handed over the waste management facility to the Purwakarta Regional Government on Friday, June 12.

The waste processing facility officially handed over on Friday to Purwakarta Regency is one unit of the Main Trash Bank (BSI) and one unit Three Wheel Garbage Motorcycle.

Mr Dohong stated that with these facilities Purwakarta Regency is expected to manage the waste better.

“The inauguration of facilities in five regencies of the Citarum river basin area is one of a series of waste management program activities in the Citarum I hope that the Regional Government can utilize and maintain the available facilities as many as possible so that it can handle the problem of waste in the Citarum river basin area,” said Deputy Minister of Environment and Forestry (LHK), Alue Dohong.

Moreover, Purwakarta regency is one of the 5 Regencies around the Citarum river basin area (DAS) which since 2019 has obtained support of the provision of waste management facilities from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) (VOI/NUKE/Trans:AF)

An official of the Dayun sub-district office, Riau Province, wears a distance-sensor device. (ANTARA/HO-Dayun subdistrict office/gtm)

Civil servants in Dayun Sub-district, Siak District, Riau Province, have begun wearing a distance-sensor device around their neck to maintain physical distancing at the workplace while lowering the risk of contracting novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The distance-sensor device was named "senjata," which translates to weapon in Indonesian, Novendra Kasmara, the Dayun chief, stated on Saturday.

"Despite its name, it is not a sharp and dangerous object. This device is designed to alert officials in office to maintain the requisite safe distance," he stated while adding that "senjata" is the abbreviation for "sensor jarak kita," or loosely translated as "sensors for (maintaining) our distance".

"Everyone in the sub-district office must wear this sensor device at the workplace. When we are less than a meter apart from the other person, it will emit a loud warning sound," he expounded.

The distance-sensor device is the latest innovation designed by the sub-district office ahead of the new normal, a term coined by the Indonesian government that urges the public to revert to productive and healthy routine activities amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The sub-district chief noted that all village offices and communities were introduced to the new normal campaign. It is mandatory for all visiting the Dayun office to abide by the health protocols, including temperature checks and washing hands at the portable basin near the entrance.

"All visitors are required to wear face masks at all times. If they do not have one, we will provide the mask for them," he added.

Dayun, one of the province’s main palm oil producers, had reported a COVID-19 positive case, though the patient recovered from the disease.

In the meantime, four positive cases were reported in Siak District, though all the patients had recovered. (ANTARA)

Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah symbolically hands assistance to laid-off workers, who were hired to spray disinfectants, in Jakarta on Friday (June 12, 2020). (ANTARA/Prisca Triferna/ac)

The Manpower Minister has said her ministry will supervise the implementation of the new normal in the world of work, and companies will likely face sanctions if they fail to enforce health protocols.

"The Ministry of Manpower will provide guidance and supervision. The first (priority) is certainly to provide guidance," said Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah, after leading a disinfection drive in Mampang Prapatan, South Jakarta, on Friday.

To ensure that business operations are carried out in accordance with the health protocol, the COVID-19 Occupational Safety and Health Command Post, set up at the beginning of the pandemic, would provide consultation services, which would be mostly available online, the minister informed. However, if required, officers from the Ministry of Manpower would come down directly to the workplace, she added.

The minister underlined administrative sanctions would be imposed if there is evidence of health code violations in the new normal.

"What we are prioritizing is providing guidance on how companies can continue to run their business, while remaining productive, (and) at the same time, making sure that the health of their workers is protected," she said.

The Ministry of Manpower, she stressed, will initially supervise the process via online modes, and if further steps are needed, then, it will send officers to the concerned locations.

Minister Fauziyah said it would be ensured that though the initial supervision is conducted online, it does not reduce the quality of the supervision itself.

Earlier, Circular Letter Number M / 7 / AS.02.02 / V / 2020 was issued by the Manpower Minister on the Business Continuity Plan in Dealing with COVID-19 Pandemic and Prevention Protocol of COVID-19 Transmission in the Company to provide protection to workers and ensure business continuity.

The letter stated that entrepreneurs would be expected to recognize business priorities, identify pandemic risks, plan risk mitigation, identify pandemic impact responses, design and implement business continuity plans, communicate business continuity plans, and conduct business continuity planning tests.

In addition, the letter dated May 20, 2020 also emphasized the need for the application of health protocols in the workplace to prevent COVID-19 transmission. (ANTARA)