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Indonesia books IDR 2.2 trillion from the Swallow's Nest Conference
30
October

Indonesia books IDR 2.2 trillion from the Swallow's Nest Conference

Published in Indonesia Today
Indonesia managed to record export transactions of 80 tons of swallow's nest worth 150 million US dollars or around Rp. 2.2 trillion from a Chinese company on the sidelines of the Swallow's Nest Industry Annual Conference in Xiamen, Fujian Province on October 27-30, 2020.
 
 The transaction was obtained through the signing of a purchase agreement between the General Manager of Yan Palace Seelong Food Co Ltd Production Huang Danyan and the Trade Attache of the Indonesian Embassy in Beijing Marina Novira Anggraini on the sidelines of the event.
 
 "The company imports swallow bird nests from Indonesia starting in 2021," said Indonesian Ambassador to China Djauhari Oratmangun to ANTARA in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, Friday.
 
 The Ambassador fulfilled the invitation of the Chinese Agricultural Product Wholesaler Association (CAWA) to attend the conference with the Indonesian Consul General in Guangzhou Gustanto and the Indonesian Embassy in Beijing.
 
 "Currently, Indonesia is the largest producer of swallow's nest in the world and China is the largest consumer of swallow's nest in the world," he said.
 
 During the January-August 2020 period, China imported swallow's nest worth 275.7 million US dollars.  Of that amount, 73.7 percent came from Indonesia with a total import value of US $ 203 million or an increase of 90.3 percent compared to imports of Chinese swallow's nest from Indonesia in the same period in 2019.
 
 "Therefore, I hope that this cooperation can continue to be improved because I believe the Chinese people like swallow's nest from Indonesia," said the Ambassador.
 
 The Ambassador and his entourage had the opportunity to visit importing and processing companies for swallow nests in Xiamen, such as Da Zhou Xin Yan Biotech Co Ltd, which 90 percent of its processed products are from swallow's nest from Indonesia and Yan Palace Seelong Food Co Ltd which 100 percent of its processed products are also from bird nests.  swallow from Indonesia.
 
 "Currently, only 23 swallow nest companies from Indonesia have received permission from Chinese Customs to export. We are still discussing intensively with the Chinese government to add the 13 companies they inspected in December last year as well as requests for permits to increase export volume from all companies.  registration can be completed soon so that the export value of swallow's nest products can increase, given this very significant demand in China, "said Atdag Marina added.
 
 On this occasion, the Ambassador also invited conference participants to take part in the 2020 Trade Expo Indonesia Virtual Exhibition (TEI-VE 2020) on 10-16 November 2020. (Antaranews)
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Central Bank encourages waqf initiatives across Islamic countries
30
October

Central Bank encourages waqf initiatives across Islamic countries

Published in Indonesia Today
Central Bank of Indonesia (BI) is encouraging the cross-country waqf initiative because as many as 59 percent of Islamic countries have low and middle income income based on World Bank data in June 2020.
 
 "Observing the various economic conditions among Islamic countries, it is permissible and recommended for Muslims to help each other across countries. One of the charitable deeds for Muslims is waqf," BI Deputy Governor Doni P Joewono said in an international webinar on waqf in Jakarta, Friday.
 
 According to him, based on World Bank data, as many as 30 percent of the member countries of the World Islamic Organization (OIC) are low-income countries, 29 percent are low-middle-income countries, 29 percent are upper middle-income countries and 13 percent are high-income countries.
 
 Even so, he continued, there were still different views regarding the rules and implementation of waqf which could differ across countries and jurisdictions.
 
 For that, he said, the Core Principles of Waqf (WCP) have been made so that there are standards in support of waqf that can be accepted worldwide.
 
 The WCP was initiated by the Islamic Research and Training Institute-Islamic Development Bank (IRTI-IsDB), Bank Indonesia and the Indonesian Waqf Board (BWI).
 
 An international working group within the WCP was also established to formulate a general regulatory framework for the management of waqf.
 
 This working group, he continued, consisted of a number of cross-border institutions namely IRTI-IsDB, BI, BWI, as well as related institutions from New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Kuwait and Bosnia Herzegovina.
 
 Doni added that the purpose of establishing the WCP is to introduce regulatory standards and supervision of waqf governance and system supervision.
 
 Cross-country waqf supervision, he said, has also been integrated into the WCP.
 
 One of the principles contained in the WCP is related to the priority scale for donated recipient countries, namely regarding the level of poverty, the impact of disasters, and the proximity of the region to donor countries.
 
 "The waqf system that is well managed and supported by technology and in line with other programs is expected to become an engine to mobilize funds to support the government's economic development programs, especially in reducing poverty and human development," he said. (Antaranews)
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Positive COVID-19 cases amid long holiday is 2,897 cases
30
October

Positive COVID-19 cases amid long holiday is 2,897 cases

Published in Indonesia Today
New cases of positive confirmation of COVID-19 in Indonesia based on data from the Ministry of Health reported by the Task Force for Handling COVID-19, Friday to 12.00 WIB, reached 2,897 cases, bringing the total to 406,945 cases.
 
 Based on data from the COVID-19 Handling Task Force received in Jakarta, Friday, the number of recovered patients per day has increased by 4,517, with a total of 334,295 COVID-19 patients recovering.
 
 The data on patients recovering per day is almost double compared to the data for positive confirmation of COVID-19 per day.  This result is in accordance with the direction directed by the President of the Republic of Indonesia to reduce the number of new cases and increase cases recovered every day.
 
 Meanwhile, for cases of confirmed positive COVID-19 patients who died, 81 have now increased to 13,782 deaths.  Meanwhile, currently the government is also monitoring 68,292 people who are categorized as suspected COVID-19 and their health conditions are monitored.
 
 This number was obtained from the specimens examined per day as many as 24,854 specimens with a total of 4,488,738 specimens examined.  The number of specimen examinations per day is half of the specimen examination on a normal day which can reach more than 50 thousand specimens.
 
 The most additional new cases this Monday were reported in DKI Jakarta with 612 cases, West Java 320 cases, West Sumatra 301 cases, East Java 222 cases, and East Kalimantan 205 cases.
 
 The highest number of patients recovered from COVID-19 was in West Sumatra with 1,176 people, DKI Jakarta with 1,077 people, West Java with 356 people, Central Java with 300 people, and East Kalimantan with 254 people.  The most deaths recorded today are East Java with 18 people, DKI Jakarta and Central Java with 14 people, and Riau with six people.
 
 The highest cumulative COVID-19 cases were in DKI Jakarta with a total of 104,847 cases, East Java 52,242 cases, and West Java 35,927 cases.  Most cumulative recovered cases were in DKI Jakarta 92,219 people, East Java 46,152 people, and Central Java 27,808 people.  Most of the deaths occurred in East Java with 3,758 people, DKI Jakarta 2,232 people, and Central Java 1,734 people. (Antaranews)
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Indonesia Condemns The Terror Act In Nice
30
October

Indonesia Condemns The Terror Act In Nice

Published in Indonesia Today

Indonesia condemned the terrorist act in the City of Nice, France, which resulted in three deaths and several injuries.

"Indonesia expresses deep sympathy and condolences to the victims and their families," said the statement released by the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Friday.

Following the violence, the Indonesian Embassy in Paris and the Indonesian Consulate General in Marseille immediately coordinated with local officials and Indonesian citizens, including the Indonesian Student Association (PPI) to ensure the condition of Indonesian citizens.

"Until now, there is no information about any Indonesian victims in the attack," said the Foreign Ministry. There are 4,023 Indonesian citizens living in France, and 25 of them live in Nice and its surroundings.

The French government has increased the status of the highest security warning after an act of terror that killed a citizen in Nice, on Thursday (29/10).

Reuters reported that a woman was beheaded and two others died after being attacked by a suspected terrorist at a church in Nice.
Hours after the terror attacks in Nice, police shot dead a man suspected of threatening passersby with a pistol in Montfavet, near the city of Avignon, France.

According to Europe 1 radio station, the two perpetrators shouted: "Allahu Akbar" (Allah is Great) while carrying out an act of terror. On separate occasions, several media outlets reported that a Saudi Arabian man had been arrested by authorities in the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia after he attacked and caused a guard at the French Consulate to be injured. 

 

After the beheading incident, the Mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, in his Twitter post, said the attack was an act of terror that had occurred at the Notre Dame Church and was the same as the attack in which Samuel Paty, a French teacher, died this month. (Antaranews)

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