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24
September

Semanggi-Two tragedy occurred on September 24, 1999. Yap Yun Hap, a student and eleven people were killed and 217 were injured.

 

Yap Yun Hap was an Indonesian activist who was shot by irresponsible personnel of armed forces, when he staged a demonstration at Semanggi, South Jakarta. He was a student of the Department of Electrical Engineering majoring at the University of Indonesia in 1996. He was buried at Pondok Rangon cemetery in East Jakarta.

 

The tragedy started from the public’s protest on the implementation and agenda of the Special Session that caused the death of civilians. About 17 civilians died on the first Semanggi One on November 11-13, 1998 where people and students protested against Indonesia's transitional government.

24
September

Germany added territories in 11 European countries to the list of destinations categorized as COVID-19 risk zones.

The growing list is dealing a further blow to hopes of resurgent tourism as many countries prepare for a possible second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

The new areas on the list of the Robert Koch Institute health agency include major tourist destinations, such as Center-Val de Loire, Brittany, and Normandy in France and the Lika-Senj coastal region in Croatia and the Primorsko-notranjska plateau in Slovenia.

The capitals of Ireland, Portugal, and Denmark, and the province of Utrecht in the Netherlands, Vorarlberg State in Austria, most of the Czech Republic, the Gyor region in Western Hungary, and the Covasna region in Romania are on the list.

Adding to the list of areas at risk is usually followed by an appeal for German citizens not to make unnecessary trips to the areas identified.

Germany warned citizens against traveling to areas within the European Union, where their COVID-19 infection rate exceeds 50 per 100,000 population a week. (Reuters)

24
September

The Malaysian government began implementing a quarantine fee for foreign nationals who entered the country starting Thursday amounting to RM4700 or around Rp. 16 million.

Deputy Head of the State Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) of the Prime Minister's Office of Malaysia, Zakaria Bin Shaaban, said this in a letter circulating in Kuala Lumpur, Thursday.

Nadma's letter mentions that the policy is taken after the ministers met to discuss the Movement Control Order (PKP) on Sep. 15, 2020.

The Malaysian Ministry of Health will implement it at all entrances and incoming foreigners will be given a receipt to enter the designated hotel.

The policy came into effect on Sep. 15, 2020, but to provide an opportunity for all agencies at the airport border entrance to make adjustments, it was finally set to take effect from Sep. 24, 2020.

This provision does not apply to holders of Reciprocal Green Lane (RGL) and Periodic Communting Arrangements ( PCA) and those allowed to be quarantined at home.

An Indonesian doctor who works at Serdang Hospital, Selangor, Dr. Fahirah Anditasari said that when she was undergoing quarantine some time ago the tariff was still between RM 2,100 to RM 2,500 or Rp. 7 million to Rp. 8 million more.

She underwent quarantine at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur for 14 days after arriving from Jakarta in August.

"Now the quarantine tariff of RM4,700 has doubled," she said. (Antaranews)

24
September

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a loan worth 500 million US dollars or around Rp7.5 trillion for emergency financing for Indonesia in the event of a natural disaster or disease outbreak such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

ADB Vice President Ahmed M Saeed said in a statement in Jakarta on Wednesday that this disaster resilience loan was beneficial because Indonesia is on the Pacific Ring of Fire and is highly vulnerable to earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, landslides, floods, and drought, and now the COVID-19 outbreak.

"This policy-based lending will help the government respond in a timely manner to such shocks and reduce the economic and social impact on public infrastructure and people's livelihoods, especially the poor and women," he said.

He explained that loans included in the disaster resilience improvement program offer disaster preparedness financing if there is a government declaration about a disaster emergency or health emergency.

To that end, this financing can support Indonesia's reforms in disaster risk management and health services as well as improve disaster resilience among various institutions and communities in Indonesia.

ADB Finance Sector Specialist Benita Ainabe added that the program is aimed at assisting the government in improving environmental sustainability, disaster and climate resilience, and human capital development, including health and gender equality.

"This program will help the government develop a recovery and reconstruction plan with greater certainty, reduce damage to infrastructure, and prevent casualties from falling in future disasters," he said. This program also focuses on three important reform areas, namely, first, to strengthen government policies and action plans in response to health-related disasters and emergencies, including social protection.

Second, increase the resilience of public infrastructure to disaster and climate risks, thereby reducing repair costs. And third, increase financing for disaster risk and pandemic response through insurance, improved health services, and targeted social spending.

The ADB-supported reforms will increase the share of disaster risk management in the national budget to 1 percent, or up from 0.04 percent in 2019, strengthen disaster response coordination among relevant ministries and agencies, and expand protection for vulnerable groups.

Overall, this resilience program reflects priorities for tackling climate change and reducing disaster risk, in line with the ADB's recently approved country partnership strategy for Indonesia for the period 2020-2024.

This program will complement the COVID-19 active response and expenditure support (CARES) program from ADB worth $1.5 billion for Indonesia to support the government's response in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

So far, ADB has also provided a grant worth $3 million under the Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund to assist the Indonesian government in procuring essential medical equipment and supplies. (Antaranews)