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Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin (SMB) II Airport in Palembang, South Sumatra, has won four prestigious international awards from the International Airport Council in the field of services, making it one of the best airports in the Asia Pacific region.

"We received the prestigious awards on September 4 during the Customer Experience Global Summit 2019 held in Nusa Dua, Bali, and attended by executives of world airport operators," Executive General Manager of Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin (SMB) II Airport, Fahroji told Antara in Palembang on Sunday.

The council bestowed the prestigious awards upon the airport in recognition of service transformation program launched by state airport operator PT Angkasa Pura I, supported by the development of physical infrastructure and the application of information technology by involving all units, he said.

The four awards were given to the airport for Best Airport by Size and Region (2-5 million passengers in Asia-Pacific), Best Environment and Ambience by Size (2-5 million passengers). Best Customer Service by Size (2-5 million passengers) and, Best Infrastructure and Facility by Size (2-5 million passengers).

"The awards are also the fruit of cooperation between airport community that always work professionally and wholeheartedly to serve airport service users and stakeholders in South Sumatra that support our work programs," he said. (ANTARA)

Mina Bahari Building IV in the Indonesian Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Ministry compound has emerged as the first winner of the ASEAN Energy Award 2019 in the energy-efficient building category.

"The achievement is an improvement on the Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Ministry's participation in the same event last year when it was the first runner up for the same category in the green building subcategory," Secretary General of the Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Ministry Nilanto Perbowo said in a press statement released Saturday. The ASEAN Energy Award is the highest reward in the energy field in Southeast Asia. The reward is presented to the management of buildings for excellence in the energy field since 2000.

The other recipients this year are South Beach Building in Singapore and Central Plaza Rayong in Thailand.

As the winner of the Subroto Award 2018 for the category of efficient energy in the subcategory of new buildings, Mina Bahari Building IV is one of the Indonesian representatives in the award organized by the ASEAN Center for Energy (ACE).

Mina Bahari Building IV is also the only government building to compete with commercial buildings in Southeast Asia for the award.

"The achievement reflects the commitment of the Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Ministry to being energy-efficient and environmental conservation and is expected to promote public awareness of new and renewable energy use and development and energy conservation," he said (ANTARA)

The Pakistani Ambassador to Indonesia, Abdul Salik Khan, requested Indonesia’s support to help resolve the dispute over the Kashmir region. Abdul Salik Khan at a seminar at the Pakistani Embassy in Jakarta, Friday (06/09). Abdul Salik added that as the largest Muslim majority country in the world, Indonesia has rightly assisted in resolving the Kashmir conflict because Indonesia has always paid major attention to the issue of Palestine which has also Muslim majority population.

“So ​​we would like to inform you, we would like to need support from the people of Indonesia, who are friendly people, who are always standing against human right violations,” said Abdul Salik Khan. 

Abdul Salik Khan added that Pakistan hoped for Indonesian assistance at the UN in resolving the Kashmir issue because Indonesia is currently a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. Regarding the Kashmir case of the Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Retno Marsudi has met the Indian Ambassador and the Pakistani Ambassador to Indonesia some time ago. During the meeting, Retno Marsudi stressed the position of Indonesia which asked India and Pakistan to resolve the problem in Kashmir through dialogue. According to Retno Marsudi, if the tension between India and Pakistan broke out into an open conflict, the loss would not only be felt by the two countries but also in the region. (VOI / AHM)

Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Informatics was of the view that radio as a  media which announces information and entertainment still exists in the millennial competition. Radio has the power to attract its listeners. Expert staff of Secretary-General of Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Informatics, Hendrasmo, said becoming a speaker at Diplomatic Forum tlk show organized by Voice of Indonesia themed The Future of Radio in Jakarta on Wednesday (4/9) suggested that radio must transform, both in the contents and technology, to meet the need of the millennial people. He said radio must keep on revitalizing.

“So, if we see the trend. This is a global trend. The people who listen to the radio is getting lower. That’s the analogy. If we see one of the data, the connectivity level of Indonesia has been 64 percent of the population that is connected to the internet. In majority, Indonesian people are connected with the smartphone. It is everything. To make radio being listened to by many people, it must also be at the smartphone,” said Hendrasmo.

Hendrasmo also appreciated RRI which has made the android-based application and it can be accessed on a smartphone. He said there are 63.4 million millennials, or 30 percents of the total population of Indonesia, that will become the major population in 2025. Therefore, radio has a big sufficient market if it considers the telecommunication development in the next 5 years.//. (VOI/AGUS)