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Indonesian President Joko Widodo said he had heard information about the damage to the Indonesian Hospital in Bait Lahia due to an Israeli air strike on the Gaza, Palestine route on Saturday (10/27) local time. The president in Sidoarjo Regency, East Java, Sunday (10/28) confirmed that Indonesia condemned the action.

“Yes we know, the hospital was damaged and Indonesia criticized, strongly condemned the Israeli attack on October 27 yesterday. Because not only damaging our hospital, but also the surrounding area is the same. Indonesia remains and will always be behind the Palestinians in fighting for their independence,” said President Joko Widodo.

A number of patients at Indonesian hospitals in Bait Lahia were immediately evacuated to a safe place at the post of the hospital's damage. Now the situation around the hospital has begun to be conducive. As reported, the missile attack launched by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip on Saturday was carried out in response to a Hamas militant rocket into Israel. The rocket launched by the Hamas militant was the Palestinian group's biggest attack since August this year. (VOI/RH/AHM)

The 11th Indonesian Language Congress is held in Jakarta, 28 to 31 October. The Congress which carries the theme "Making Indonesian Language and Literature Work" presents 27 key speakers and 72 selection speakers from both inside and outside Indonesia. In his remarks at the pre-opening congress on Sunday (October 28), the Indonesian Minister of Education and Culture Muhadjir Effendy said that Indonesia has three biggest assets which, if safeguarded, would make it easier for Indonesia to become a big country.

“That the biggest asset, the greatest gift from this nation is the first unity, the second is harmony, and the third is brotherhood. If we can maintain these three, then we will be easy and able to quickly reach and become a large and advanced country, whose dignity is on a par with other big and advanced nations,” said Muhadjir Effendy.

Furthermore Muhadjir Effendy said, every issue and matters that would threaten harmony and the spirit of brotherhood must be avoided and overcome, so as not to develop and not threaten this unity. The Minister added President Joko Widodo also always reminds the importance of building unity, harmony and brotherhood. At the 11th Indonesian Language Congress, Minister of Education and Culture Muhadjir Effendy launched several linguistic and literary products, including Indonesian Braille Large Dictionary, Language book and Language Map, Online Indonesian Language Proficiency Test, and Language Indonesia for Foreign Speakers. In addition, the Minister also gave a number of awards, namely Adilingual, Literature award, Linguistic Leadership Award, 2018 National Language Ambassador, and 2018 National Poetry Musicization Festival. (VOI / AHM)

The Indonesian government encourages all people to improve the use of Indonesian language in daily communication. This was stated by Head of Language Development Agency, Dadang Sunendar while talking to RRI World Service -VOI in Jakarta on Friday. He said, there are still many commercial advertisements amidst the community that dominate the use of foreign languages. He explained that this is a note for the government to further increase efforts by using Indonesian language more practically amidst the people.

“We still also see that there are still some of our people who have not been proud to use Indonesian as the state language. There are still people who feel inferior when they speak Indonesian. There is also a part of our society from an economic side, for example, when trading in business, they feel great; it can be more expensive, more prestigious and so on. This is a note for all of us. Then, another note we see in the public space is that there are so many advertisements. Then, these announcement and information still use foreign languages,” said Dadang Sunendar.

Besides, in commemorating the Language and Literature Month in Indonesia, the Language Development Agency also called for all stakeholders, including heads of regional provinces and private sectors to prioritize the use of Indonesian language in the public space. He also said that Indonesian is a national identity that must be preserved and improved. (VOI/Ndy-Trans by AF/RHM)

Indonesia has mineral resources that can be utilized in the field of electricity. However, Indonesia still depends on import material of electricity. This was stated by Researcher of Physic Research at LIPI, Ahmad Subhan to RRI World Service -VOI after media briefing related to development of superconductor and electrode lithium battery at Media Center of LIPI in Jakarta on Friday. He also said that the development of superconductor and electrode lithium battery will support the need of electricity in Indonesia.

“We as part of developers of the research hope that the research will be supported by the government. But it must be done seriously and we have an appropriate target. We need support so that it is more focused,” Ahmad Subhan said.

Meanwhile, another researcher of Metallurgy and Material at LIPI, Agung Imaduddin in the media briefing said that since 2010, the demand in the global market has been increasing significantly. For especially superconductor type of High Temperature Superconductors (HTS), he said that the implementation of superconductor material can reduce energy loss and it is environmentally friendly. Agung also stated that it needs cooperation to develop it to industry scale so that it can make superconductor wire with long scale. He added that the application of superconductor wire can be done for conductor, energy storage, transformer, electric motorcycle as well as medical devices. (VOI/AF/RHM)