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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 Indonesian Minister of Trade, Enggartiasto Lukita met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile, Rodrigo Yanez Benitez at the residence of the Ambassador of Chile Jakarta in Jakarta, Monday (10/6). This meeting is a series of activities of the Exchange of Instrument of Ratification (IoR) of the Indonesia-Chile Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IC-CEPA) which will be held tomorrow, June 11, 2019 which is an effort to improve Indonesia-Chile cooperation and good relations.

This activity is a continuation of the signing of the cooperation between the Indonesia-Chile Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IC-CEPA) conducted in 2017.

Meanwhile, as information from the Ministry of Trade's data, Indonesia-Chile for the January-February 2019 period has realized trade transactions of US $ 36.6 million. Of this figure, US $ 25.7 million is from Indonesia and imports are US $ 10.9 million.

That is, the value of Indonesia's trade transactions with Chile recorded a surplus of US $ 14.7 million. (kemendag-detik)

If coral reefs are the rainforests of the seas, then the Coral Triangle is the underwater equivalent of the Amazon.  In this region that’s half the size of the United States and passes through six countries (the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands and Timor Leste), there are more marine species than anywhere else on the planet. 

Just as the Amazon is the symbol of the world’s rainforests – the so-called lungs of the earth – the Coral Triangle is developing iconic status as a marine treasure – the centre of the global marine diversity.

This where the Coral Triangle Day comes in.

Held every June 9, this is a celebration of the Coral Triangle. The event is celebrated in several locations around the Coral Triangle region through simultaneous activities such as beach clean-ups, mangrove planting, sustainable seafood dinners and exhibitions, bazaars, and beach parties, among others. (coraltriangleday.org)

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.