VOI - Voice of Indonesia | RRI - Radio Republik Indonesia

Indonesia continues to develop innovation in combating plastic waste by making cassava-based plastic. Founder of Green Hope Indonesia, Tommy Tjiptadjadja during an interview with RRI World Service, VOI in Jakarta recently said that at a meeting in New York, United States of America, Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs, Luhut Binsar Panjaitan along with Green Hope Indonesia explained about the commitment of the Indonesian government in fighting plastic waste by making cassava-based plastic.

“We were also in New York at that time; I was at one of the sessions coinciding with the Minister of Maritime Affairs. He also declared with extraordinary commitment from the Indonesian government to really fight plastic waste, especially the trash coming to the ocean. There was also a solution presented from Indonesia with the availability of an extraordinary amount of cassava which turned out to make biodegradable plastic with cassava-based material. It’s very economical, competitive and could be part of the solution,” Tommy Tjiptadjadja said.

Tommy Tjiptadjadja also affirmed that the innovation carried out by Indonesia received appreciation from the international community with the frequent participation of Indonesia in international forums which are fully funded by the committee. Green Hope Indonesia is currently a member of the World Bank Forum, especially in the field of social entrepreneurship. (VOI-Viqran)

The Olympiad Committee and Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games visited Jakarta to witness the 2018 Asian Para Games event. In a special interview with the RRI World Service, Voice of Indonesia on Friday (12/10), Senior Manager of International Communication Team from the Olympiad Committee and Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Takanori Isshiki said that his arrival at the match venue, especially to Media Center was to study media management.

“Because this is the last international competition before the Tokyo 2020. There’s a lot to learn, how you managing the daily operation to the media. Because, we are in charge, dealing with the media relation. I care for the media. How organizer in Indonesia, in Para Games dealing with the journalists. That’s our main point to visit here,” said Takanori Isshiki.

Takanori Isshiki further said that the 2020 Olympics and Paralympic Games in Tokyo have begun since July and August. There are already activities welcoming the world sports event. He also expressed his admiration for organizing of the Asian Para Games, starting from the spectacular opening and in every match. (VOI-Tono)

Indonesia has mainstreamed 94 out of 169 targets of Sustainable Development Goals -SDGs in the first 5 years of 2015-2019. In the next 5 years of the plan, Indonesia will include all the targets. From 241 indicators, 165 of them have been well defined, and the date of them is available. This was stated by Indonesian Minister of National Development Planning, Bambang Brodjonegoro in his remark during a discussion with the theme ‘Implementing the SDGs in a Changing World : Localization, Inclusiveness, Investing for the Impact’ at Nusa Dua, Bali on Friday (12/10). He also said that Indonesia has decentralized most of its development efforts to local governments. Therefore, SDGs should also be localized to sub-national level both provincial or district or cities level. Minister Bambang added that the principle in SDGs implementation has been Indonesia’s biggest challenge. But Indonesia has addressed this biggest challenge by involving government, parliament, private sectors and civil societies. Therefore, he reinforced the need to strengthen partnerships to realize 2030 UN agenda.

“As we have agreed, we need to further carry out our effort to end poverty, hunger everywhere to combat inequalities, within or among countries to build peaceful, just  and inclusive societies to protect human rights and promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls and to ensure the protection of the planet and its natural resources,” Bambang Brodjonegoro said.

In his remarks, Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro also thanked the IMF and the World Bank Group for giving special attention to the implementation of SDGs, especially in its localization, inclusiveness and impact investment. He also urged the international community to continue their efforts for the welfare of the people without compromising the nature to achieve the SDGs. (VOI/DP/RHM)

Indonesian lawn bowls athlete, I Wayan Damai, won the B6 men's singles class bronze medal or polio wheelchair at the 2018 Asian Para Games. The medal was won after collecting eight points from five matches. In this class, the Korean athlete Chunkyu Im won Gold Medal with 13 points, then the silver medal was won by Malaysian athlete, Norfirzan, with nine points. Wayan's achievements in lawn bowls were really unexpected. Many opponents did not think that Wayan as a new name in the sport was able to play very well. In a special interview with Voice of Indonesia in Jakarta on Wednesday (October 10), the Korean athlete Chunkyu Im admitted he was frustrated when facing Wayan.

"Damai is an athlete who has just been involved in lawn bowl sports. So I didn't expect that he was a good player. But, when I competed with him, he really played well. His game frustated me. But with the experience that I have, I was finally able to deal with it, said Wayan.

Chunkyu Im itself must be satisfied to get the 12-12 series when facing Wayan in the 90th match or the seventh match on the fourth day of the 2018 Asian Para Games. Lawn Bowls is a sport that is not so popular in Indonesia. Lawn Bowls are challenging sports. The player tries to roll a flat ball, called a bowl, as close as possible to a smaller ball called a jack. This sport looks similar to bowling, but bowling uses Pin as its target. (VOI/Rezha/AHM)