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Some 300 boxers from 27 nations have registered to participate in the 23rd Indonesian President's Cup 2019, Boxing International Open Tournament, scheduled on July 22-29 in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara.

Chairman of the Indonesian Amateur Boxing Association (Pertina) Brigadier General Johni Asadoma informed Antara here on Tuesday (June 11) that the number of boxers participating, including those from aboard, had reached 300.

"According to the committee's data, some 300 boxers from 27 countries, including those from the Americas and Australia continents, are taking part," Asadomo remarked.

Several countries whose boxers are vying for glory comprise Afghanistan, the United States, Australia, China, China Taipei, Gambia, Hong Kong, India, Iraq, South Korea, North Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, and Uzbekistan, as well as Indonesia as the host.

"We have confirmed that the implementation will be on July 22, with the venue of the match near the Gorontalo beach, Pantai Pede, KM 5 Labuan Bajo," he remarked.

Asadomo is optimistic that the international boxing tournament would run successfully. The committee's performance will determine the success of the championship. Hence, the committee must remain highly committed to working to the best of its abilities.

"If the committee does not put in serious efforts, we are certain that this international event will not be successful. Hence, we should fulfill our duties with utmost responsibilities and commitment," the chairman noted.

The international boxing tournament is held in accordance with the 2019 working program of the Indonesian Amateur Boxing Association (Pertina) and the calendar of the International Boxing Association (AIBA).

Johni explained that the categories and classes to be competed in the international boxing championship comprise women's elite classes for the age group of 19-40 years and men's elite classes for those lying in the 19-40 age bracket.
Categories for the women's elite class boxers are Light Fly 48 Kg, Fly 51 Kg, Bantam 54 Kg, Feather 57 Kg, Light 60 Kg, and Light Welter 64 Kg.

Categories for the men's elite class boxers comprise Light Fly 46 Kg, Fly 49 Kg, Light Bantam 52 Kg, Bantam 56 Kg, Light 60 Kg, Light Welter 64 Kg, Welter 69 Kg, and Light Middle 75 Kg.

The competition system follows international standards, wherein each match is held in three rounds, with three minutes allotted for every round, with a rest of one minute.

Boxers, unable to win, can no longer compete, so two boxers will be placed third in each class.

"The male boxers do not use the Head Guard and solely the women boxers. The jury's decision on the winner cannot be contested," he emphasized.  (ant) 

To encourage the development of Indonesian chess, PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia Tbk synergized with the Executive Board of the All Indonesian Chess Association (PB Percasi) to hold the JAPFA Grand Master and Women Grand Master Tournament (GM & WGM Tournament) at the Grand Inna Garuda Yogyakarta Hotel June 13-21 2019.

JAPFA's Corporate Affairs Director, Rachmat Indrajaya, said that the JAPFA GM & WGM event was a manifestation of JAPFA's commitment to finding Indonesian superior seeds to win the Grand Master title to continue the journey of GM Utut Adianto and GM Susanto Megaranto.

"Previously JAPFA had supported the Indonesian team for the 3.3 Asian Games Chess Championship Fide Zone in Ulanbataar. In the event, the Indonesian Chess Team won two tickets to the 2019 Chess World Cup," Rachmat Indrajaya told a news conference at the Atlet Century Hotel on Monday (10 / 6/2019).

Rachmat Indrajaya explained, Indonesia needed a young and professional Grand Master to carve the name of Indonesia in the international arena.

"Finding and training superior seeds is the key to the success of Indonesian chess achievements in the future," explained Rachmat Indrajaya.

Meanwhile, the Chairperson of PB Percasi, Utut Adianto who accompanied Rachmat Indrajaya said that the JAPFA GM & WGM 2019 will also be followed by Indonesian chess players.

"Through the nine round matches, the Indonesian Chess team can release their best potential to meet capable opponents from Asia and Europe. PB Percasi and JAPFA present GMs with high ratings, Kokarev GMs from Russia who have a 2609 rating, GM Ivan Sokolov ( NED, 2595) to be an opponent of the Indonesian chess team, "Utut Adianto said.

In addition to his hopes of increasing the rating of the young Grand Master, Utut also hopes that this event will become a match for GM Susanto Megaranto and WGM Media Warda Aulia to prepare for the 2019 Chess World Championship.

JAPFA through the social investment department through the JAPFA event The Grand Master & Woman Grand Master Tournament brought together Indonesian chess players with excellent chess players from the continents of Asia and Europe.

"In collaboration with PB Percasi, JAPFA will bring together 12 male chess players and 12 female chess players from Europe and Asia," explained Rachmat Indrajaya. 

In the press conference, there were also Georgia chess players, WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili and French origin, WGM Sophie Milliet and Indonesian chess player Medina Warda Aulia. (trbnews)

The Ministry of Industry will create a platform that connects the fashion industry's business ecosystem consisting of raw material suppliers, designers, tailors and the fashion industry in a concept called "Fitting Room". This platform will be created this year as one of the manifestations of digitalization according to the map of Making Indonesia 4.0.

"In addition to integrating the fashion industry supply chain, through this platform it will also provide convenience to consumers in buying fashion products according to their size without having to come to tailors," said Director of Small and Medium Industries (IKM) Chemistry, Clothing, Crafts and Multifarious Industries, Directorate General of Small, Medium and Multifarious Industries (IKMA) Ministry of Industry E. Ratna Utarianingrum in Jakarta, Tuesday (11/6).

Ratna said that the pilot project would be tested first in the fashion IKM in West Java. "We hope that the fashion IKM in other cities can also implement industry 4.0," he said. Moreover, the national fashion industry experiences positive growth every year.

The Ministry of Industry noted, Indonesia managed to export fashion products up to USD14.29 billion in 2018 or an increase of 7.75% from 2017 which only reached USD13.29 billion. "This shows that the Indonesian fashion industry has comparative competitiveness that is quite high in the international market," he explained.

In addition, the fashion industry contributed to the resounding growth in the textile and apparel industry sector in the first quarter of 2019, which recorded the highest position with an achievement of 18.98 percent. This performance exceeded economic growth of 5.07 percent in the same period.

Previously, the Minister of Industry Airlangga Hartarto revealed that the domestic textile and textile products (TPT) industry was able to be competitive globally because it had high competitiveness. This is encouraged because the industrial structure has been integrated from upstream to downstream and its products are also known to have good quality in the international market.

"With economic growth and a shift in demand from basic clothing to functional clothing such as sportswear, the national textile industry needs to build production capabilities and increase economies of scale in order to meet demand in the domestic and export markets," he said.

Meanwhile, Director General IKMA of the Ministry of Industry, Gati Wibawaningsih, said that the government was aware that Indonesian IKM products had an increasing market. Therefore, activists of IKM, including the fashion sector, are one of the spearheads of popular economy that is resistant to the global economic crisis.

"For this reason, the Ministry of Industry continues to develop IKM through various programs, including increasing HR competencies, developing product quality, standardizing, facilitating machinery or equipment and promoting and exhibiting batik at home and abroad," he said.

Gati added, in order to increase market access for IKM players, the Ministry of Industry has an IKM e-Smart program that cooperates with several marketplaces. Through this e-Smart program IKM products are encouraged to enter the online market, so that it has a wider market reach because it can be accessed by consumers from various regions.

"We also encourage IKM players to obtain various financing facilities such as KUR, and other banking or non-banking financing institutions to strengthen their capital structure. Thus, it is expected that the national IKM can grow significantly and its competitiveness increase," he added.

Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya has asked the Minister of Trade to revise Trade Ministerial Regulation No. 31 of 2016 concerning Provisions on the Import of Non-Hazardous and Toxic Waste to prevent the entry of illegal imported plastic waste.

"If it is not legal, surely that is the aspect for supervision. We do expect a lot from Customs, but in terms of prevention we have asked the Minister of Trade to revise trade ministerial regulation No 31 of 2016," Siti said on Monday.

"This has also been discussed several times at the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs. I have already sent a letter to the Minister of Trade, and the Ministry is processing the revision of the Trade Ministerial Regulation," said Siti.

"The Trade Ministerial Regulation must be more specific, considering the definition of garbage, plastic and paper has been long-debated with the ministries of industry and trade," she said.

During this time, she continued, import permits were issued from the Ministry of Trade and recommendations were received from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry.

This is not the first time Indonesia has witnessed the illegal entry of plastic waste. In 2015-2016, some 40 containers were returned to their home countries by Indonesian government.

Environmental activist from Bali Fokus, Mochamad Adi Septiono, also said that Indonesia should anticipate the impact of China's National Sword policy, which strictly limits the import of plastic waste. China previously took in 45.1 percent of the world's waste, but since March 2018 it has limited imports of garbage.

"The garbage produced by countries such as America is usually sent to China, now that China has implemented its policy, ASEAN countries, such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, are being targeted," he said. (ant)