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January
Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Gary Quinlan Stresses on the Importance of the Relationship Between Indonesia and Australia
Written by Ani HasanahThe Australian Embassy in Jakarta hosted the New Colombo Plan reception on Wednesday (22/01/2020) to welcome the recipients of the NCP grant to Indonesia and offer a chance for Australian students to interact and network with their Indonesian mentors. Speaking at the event, the Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Gary Quinlan said the Australian embassy in Indonesia was their largest embassy in the world and it stems from the fact that Indonesia and Australia are good neighbours. He believes that despite a few political hiccups here and there, the relationship between Australia and Indonesia has never been better.
"And the only way to make an ecosystem safe when we both live in the same ecosystem, Australia and Indonesia, is to make sure we are good neighbours. And that's what we're both very, very, very strongly committed to doing as countries. Even though Indonesia is so vastly bigger than we are, you need close, like-minded partners who you have got a lot of experience with and who you've learned to trust," Ambassador Quinlan said.
The New Colombo Plan is an initiative of the Australian Government that seeks to support Australian undergraduate students to study or to undertake internships to aid in increasing the knowledge of Indo Pacific region. The New Colombo Plan offers scholarships to Australian students to undertake short term/ long term study for up to one year, or involve themselves in internships, practicums, research or mentorships. Ambassador Quinlan acknowledged that education was a key element in transforming the relationship between Australia and Indonesia and thanked the NCP for enabling Australian students to live and study in Indonesia. (VOI/SAYEE SHREE L.R/AHM)
January
332,000 Indonesian-made Cars Sent Overseas in 2019
Written by Ani Hasanah
Jakarta - The Indonesian Motorized Vehicle Industry (Gaikindo), Wednesday, released the data for car exports throughout the year of 2019 which reached 332,023 units, indicating a 25 percent increase compared to the year prior with 264,553 units. The number refers to the exports of Complete Built Up (CBU) units, while exports in the form of Complete Knock Down (CKD) units reached 511,425, indicating a stark increase compared to the year prior with 82,028 CKD sets.
Daihatsu manufacturers, which produce cars for Daihatsu and Toyota, became the biggest exporter with 212,432 CBU units combined.
Based on the data released by Gaikindo, there are nine Indonesian manufacturers shipping cars overseas, including two new players, Wuling and DFSK. (ANTARA)
January
Trapped Tiger in South Sumatra to be Moved to Lampung
Written by Ani HasanahSouth Sumatra Governor Herman Deru confirmed that a Sumatran tiger (Pantera Tigris Sumatrae), trapped in Semendo Darat Ulu Sub-district, Muara Enim District, South Sumatra Province, will be moved to Lampung.
The Sumatran forest, as a habitat of tigers, must be protected, Deru stated here on Tuesday.
The governor believed that owing to habitat destruction, the tiger, in search of food, had entered a nearby village and triggered a sense of fear and panic among the local villagers.
He urged the South Sumatran people to not fell trees in the forest in order to help preserve the flora and fauna, including the endangered Sumatran tigers.
"This morning, the tiger entered the trap and will be moved to Lampung since South Sumatra does not have a conservation area like the one in Lampung," he explained.
The South Sumatra Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) had recently installed the trap in a forest area of Muara Enim District after receiving reports of a roaming tiger from local villagers, the agency’s head, Genman Hasibuan, noted on Tuesday.
The agency’s officers installed several trap boxes and cameras in the districts of Pagaralam, Lahat, and Muara Enim following a series of tiger attacks in the areas of those districts.
The BKSDA workers placed goats as baits inside the trap boxes to lure Sumatran tigers into entering them.
In 2019, the agency had confirmed 15 tiger attacks had taken place in South Sumatra Province that resulted in the deaths of five people and injuries to 10 others.
From November to December 2019, the conservation office had investigated six reports of tiger attacks. Hasibuan revealed that the first attack took place on November 16, 2019, in which a 19-year-old tourist got injured. (ANTARA)
January
Indonesia Should Not Remain Mere Spectator in Uighur Issue: Wahid
Written by Ani HasanahJakarta - People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Deputy Chairman Hidayat Nur Wahid urged the Indonesian government to not become a mere onlooker in the humanitarian crisis involving the Uighurs, a Muslim-minority group residing in China’s Xinjiang region.
In accordance with the fourth paragraph of the Preamble of the Indonesian Constitution, UUD 1945, Indonesia should be actively promoting world peace based on social justice, he stated.
"It is obvious that the Uighur ethnic group has reeled from social injustice in Xinjiang. It certainly does not lead to a peaceful situation," he pointed out here on Wednesday.
Wahid remarked that expectations were pinned on Indonesia, currently a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) and member of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in 2020, playing an active role in solving the problem.
"Indonesia must not be a mere onlooker. Indonesia must play its role in independent and active foreign politics based on its interest and commitment to our UUD (Constitution)," the senior politician of the Justice and Prosperous Party (PKS) remarked.
Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin had earlier called on the Chinese government to be transparent and offer access to information on alleged human rights violation against Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang.
"We hope every party, including China, would be more open. China has given an excuse that their camps are not for indoctrination but a type of training," Amin stated at his office on Tuesday.
Amin remarked that the Indonesian government had endorsed the protection of human rights of Uighur Muslims reportedly facing discrimination at the hands of the Chinese authorities.
In the meantime, over 20 nations had called on China to put a stop to its mass detention of ethnic minority Uighurs in Xinjiang region in the foremost such joint move on the issue at the United Nations' Human Rights Council, according to diplomats and a letter seen by Reuters news agency.
In a letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, the group of 22 nations, including Japan, Britain, France, and Germany, urged China to end its "mass arbitrary detentions and related violations" and called on Beijing to allow UN experts to access the region. No Muslim-majority nations signed the joint statement.
UN experts and activists pointed out that no less than one million Uighurs and other Muslims were being held in detention centers in the remote western region of the country, Al Jazeera had reported last July. However, China described the camps as training centers, helping to stamp out "extremism" and help people develop novel skills. (ANTARA)