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Indonesian garment companies and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) of South African cooperate to establish a partnership company, Pan Africa in the field of textiles. Indonesian Ambassador to South Africa, Salman Al Farisi, as conveyed in a written statement from the Indonesian Embassy in Pretoria received by Antara News Agency in Jakarta on Monday (12/4) stated that the establishment of the factory involving local resources and wisdom is the most obvious bilateral cooperation.

Besides, Ambassador Salman when inaugurating the operation of the Indonesia-South Africa partnership company, Pan Africa in the business center of the Johannesburg business and commercial area stated that with the emphasis on the aspects of empowering small businesses and women, this kind of partnership model can be worked on in non-traditional markets in the region.  Pan Africa is a joint venture between Indonesia's leading garment company, Pan Brother and South African MSMEs, Faithfulness.

Ambassador Salman Al Farisi really appreciated the establishment of Pan Africa which he called an ideal form of mutually beneficial partnership.  In its operation, Pan Africa will import semi-finished personal protective equipment (PPE) garments from Indonesia and then complete the processing at a factory in Johannesburg. Head of Johannesburg Indonesian Trade Promotion Center (ITPC), Anggun Paramita Mahdi believes that the successful establishment of the partnership company can be a good precedent and pilot project for other Indonesian products, particularly the PPE to enter to the South African market.

Meanwhile, Deputy Managing Director of Pan Brothers Indonesia, Anne Patricia Sutanto, in her online remarks expressed her gratitude for the assistance and support of the Indonesian Embassy in Pretoria and ITPC Johannesburg in the initial process of establishing Pan Africa which was done remotely.  She also expressed the same hope that the opening of this factory would be the beginning of greater cooperation in the future.  The inauguration of the Pan Africa operation was a positive achievement by the Indonesian representatives amid the Covid-19 pandemic.  The Indonesian Embassy in Pretoria is committed to being continuously optimistic in carrying out Indonesia's economic diplomacy, including in facilitating business relations between Indonesia and South Africa.

PT Bio Farma joined the Hannover Messe 2021, which is held virtually on April 12 until 16 2021. Company Secretary of PT Bio Farma, Bambang Heriyanto said on Tuesday (13/4) that by joining this exhibition, PT Bio Farma hopes to expand its market by targeting Eastern Europe and Asia, mainly Central Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

In the event initiated by the Industry Ministry and State-owned Enterprise Ministry, PT Bio Farma introduced its products such as vaccine, antiserum, and diagnostics kit. It also introduced its 4.0-based technology namely Bio Tracking, Bio Detect, and integrated packaging line. PT Bio Farma also explained its main role in international organizations such as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

Bambang Heriyanto further stated that PT Bio Farma also introduced its  mBioCov-19, as an answer to the trend, which is predicted to shift into diagnostics-based products.

According to Bambang Heriyanto, this is a digital solution developed by PT Bio Farma, a part of the company's transformation strategy that began three years ago into a digital-based global healthcare company.

About the vaccines, PT Bio Farma applied 2D data matrix in its primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging to ensure product identification and authenticity since the production process is through an integrated packaging line.

Vaccine is a biopharmaceutical product that is sensitive to change in temperature. Therefore, PT  Bio Farma uses internet of things technology by installing temperature sensors and GPS on its vaccine refrigerated transport vehicles so that the vaccine storage temperature and transport's location during the trip can be monitored any time at the command center at state-owned pharma holding.

Bambang ended his explanation by saying that PT Bio Farma hopes to expand to Europe, especially Eastern Europe by emphasizing previously made bilateral cooperation with UN bodies such as UNICEF.

Voice of Indonesia presents Let’s Speak Indonesian, a program that introduces the Indonesian vocabulary and guides you to speak in the language. Mari Berbahasa Indonesia or Let’s Speak Indonesian is a joint initiative of Voice of Indonesia and the Language Development Agency of the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture. Today’s topic is about Sakit which means Sick. 

Read to the conversation entitled “Ada Obatnya?” which means “Is There Any Medicine?”. This conversation is between Kevin and Mela, his workmate. They talk on the phone. Kevin has fever. Mela wants to know if Kevin has fever medicine or not.

Having listened to the conversation, now I am going to introduce some vocabulary and expressions related to the topic of the day.

In the dialog, you listen to a question “Ada obatnya?”
(2X) which means "Is there any medicine?". In the question there is the word ada (2X) which means is there placed in the beginning of the question. To find out if someone has something or not, you can use the word ada (2X) which means is there. For example, Ada obatnya? (2X) which means Is there any medicine?

Other examples

Another example to find out if someone has something or not is Ada termometernya? (2X) which means Is there any thermometer? In Indonesian, an expression used when taking medicine is minum obat (2X) which means take medicine. So if you want to say that you have taken medicine in Indonesian, you may say saya sudah minum obat (2X) which means I have taken medicine.

That was “Let’s Speak Indonesian” for today. Hopefully, this edition can be useful for those of you who want to know more about Indonesian language.  

Pesisir Selatan is one of the regencies in West Sumatra. This regency is located on the coast, with a coastline of 218 kilometers long. The topography consists of plains, mountains and hills which are an extension of the Bukit Barisan cluster. With a diverse topography, Pesisir Selatan offers the beauty of nature. There are five tourism objects that must be visited. One of them is the Langkisau Hill.

The Langkisau Hill is a hill that extends along the northern side of Painan City. This hill is only about two kilometers long or 10 minutes by motor vehicles from the Painan City, the capital of the South Coast. Many people admire the natural beauty at the top of the Langkisau Hill. The beauty of nature on the top of the Langkisau Hill will even look more beautiful, when the sun sets and rises. In addition, on top of the peak, you can enjoy views along the coast of the southern coast of West Sumatra and the residential areas of Painan City and the long stretch of the South Barisan Hills.  The top of this hill has a height of approximately 400 meters. Going to Langkisau peak, you can use a motor vehicle, because the road is well-paved. This certainly makes it easier for tourists to come to the top of the Langkisau hill. Arriving at the parking location, you still have to walk about 25 meters up the stairs to the top of the hill.

Apart from being known for its beautiful natural scenery, the Langkisau Hill Area is also known as one of the most popular Paragliding arenas for Indonesians and world gliders. Various paragliding sports activities have often been held in Langkisau. An activity that is routinely carried out every year is the Langkisau Festival.

In addition to paragliding sports, the Langkisau Hill is also equipped with outbound facilities in the form of a flying-fox, as well as food and snack stalls. The local residents also provide lodging for tourists who want to spend the night here. On its peak, there is a parking lot that has been arranged and also a garden and a small gazebo as a place to sit around enjoying the view. Visitors only need to pay a parking fee of approximately Rp. 2,000 without the need to pay an entrance ticket.