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One of Sigandul view photo site - 

Traveling anywhere is certainly not complete if you don't capture the moment with your favorite cell phone or camera. One of the things you look for when traveling is beautiful scenery as a background for your photos.

Sigandul View, one of the newest tourism destinations in Temanggung, Central Java, is a place that is complete enough to satisfy your desire to take photos with a natural backdrop of mountains and agriculture and at the same time fill your stomach.

If you are not satisfied with just taking photos for a few hours, this place also provides villas for you to stay overnight.

Sigandul view is located in a very strategic location, precisely on Jl. Temanggung - Wonosobo, only 170 meters after the Sigandul Bridge. From the center of Temanggung City, the distance is around 17.3 kilometers in about 30 minutes.

Sigandul View offers many interesting spots for taking photos with mountain and agricultural backgrounds as well as a rural atmosphere.

One of the favorite places is the Glass Bridge. This place can also test your adrenaline when walking on a glass bridge with a natural panorama under your feet.

Sigandul view offers a Coffee and Resto concept which is equipped with a variety of attractive and instagenic facilities. Sigandul view is suitable not only as a place for young people to hang out, but also as a tourism spot for families because children can play with rabbits or feed koi fish in a very clear pond.

The cool air around Sigandul view makes visitors want to stay longer. Especially when the weather is clear, the panorama will be even more amazing. It also offers a panoramic view of Mount Sumbing and Sindoro as the background for your photos.

Sigandul view is open every day from 8 am to 9 pm. If you want to enjoy the atmosphere at night, there are also villas available for visitors to stay overnight and enjoy the beautiful sunrise the next morning. Not to be missed is the Jeep Rental package which will take you to explore the Temanggung area farther and in a more exciting way//VOI

Indonesia and Australia's Air force pose in front of F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft -

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) will be deploying six F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft to Indonesia for the first time, as part of Exercise Elang AUSINDO 23.

Held at Manado in North Sulawesi from 18 to 28 September 23, Exercise Elang AUSINDO 23 involves 150 RAAF personnel training alongside 160 Indonesian personnel. The Indonesian Air Force will deploy F-16 fighter aircraft for the air combat mission.

Air Vice-Marshal Glen Braz, Air Commander Australia, said the exercise marks the first time Australia has deployed the F-35A to Indonesia.

“Exercise Elang AUSINDO is a regular combined training activity to increase our capacity to work together,” Air Vice-Marshal Braz said.

“Through this exercise we can build mutual cooperation, trust and understanding, both at the aviator-level and more broadly between the Australian Defence Force and Indonesian National Armed Forces.

“We are fully committed to a strong bilateral partnership with Indonesia; this important exercise allows our air forces to develop deeper relationships and enhance cooperation.”

According to a release received by Voice of Indonesia on Monday, the Exercise Elang AUSINDO 23 will see Australian and Indonesian personnel plan and execute air combat exercise missions including offensive and defensive counter air missions; basic fighter manoeuvres and air combat manoeuvres and air-to-air refuelling with a RAAF KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport.

First held in 1993, Exercise Elang AUISINDO is part of a series of air cooperation exercises with Indonesia that includes Albatross AUSINDO (for maritime surveillance) and Rajawali AUSINDO (for tactical airlift)//VOI

A talkshow on increasing literation index to prosperous community in Tebo Regency, Jambi Province - 

Through the National Library's special allocation funds (DAK), the people of Tebo Regency can enjoy new, cool, comfortable library service facilities, with a more diverse reading collection.

Tebo Regency Regional Secretary Teguh Arhadi expressed his gratitude and gratitude for the new face of the library building in his area.

"By reading, we know a lot of information from all over the world. Even though nowadays human habits have been replaced by technology. For libraries, this is a challenge that must be answered," said Teguh, starting the series of inaugurations of the expansion of Tebo Regency library service facilities, Monday (25/9 /2023).

According to Regional Secretary Teguh, the library service must start preparing a schedule to mobilize students to come to the library.

The condition of an intelligent society is the dream of any country. Intelligence is a form of human quality. Therefore, the National Medium Term Development Plan (RPJMN) has been seriously prepared by the government to improve human quality, one of which is through libraries.

"Libraries are partners of educators, parents and the community. People who go to school don't necessarily read, but people who read definitely go to school," explained the Director of the National Library, Muhammad Syarif Bando.

Reading is a guarantee of the birth of innovation and creativity. A number of developed countries have practiced and felt the positive impact of people's habit of reading.

Why is that? Because natural resources are not a guarantee of sustainable development, but quality humans are the answer. People are an expensive asset.

According to a release received by Voice of Indonesia on Monday, the regional governments are advised not to focus on creating work programs that are solely oriented towards budget absorption, but rather programs that has a community empowerment so that the benefits are effective.

"Moreover, Tebo Regency is rich in palm oil and coal which can be processed into various types of economically valuable products with the support of appropriate reading materials," added Bando.

In the talk show session, Deputy for National Library Resource Development, Adin Bondar, explained that the community empowerment program that can be followed and replicated by regions is the transformation of library services based on social inclusion (TPBIS).

"The TPBIS program is in line with the changing library paradigm which is now more open. Exploring the various potentials of individual communities through learning spaces, creativity towards independence," said Adin.

Meanwhile, source from Deputy Chair II of the Tebo Regency DPRD, Syamsu Rizal, said that currently the social media world is busy with the millennial generation.

Even close to each other, some of this generation are starting to use digital as their personal space in accessing, obtaining and sharing all forms of information found on the internet.

However, he suggested that to understand the content of social media messages in this digital era, a shield or filter is needed, namely media literacy.

"Media literacy is a basic skill that a person, including the younger generation, must have when exposed to social media in the digital era," he added.

On the final occasion, Village Head (Datin) Purwo Bakti, Bathin III District, Kab. Bungo, Lenny Maryani, asked the public to change their mindset about libraries. People should not ignore the existence and great benefits of. library.

Lenny, who received an award as inspirational female village head in Indonesia in 2022, emphasized that libraries are now open spaces. Not an ivory tower. But it would be useless no matter how magnificent the library building is if the public doesn't want to come to its benefits.

"Villages must have self-awareness. If they want to build community welfare, they must be supported with funds. The Village Development Budget has approved the use of the budget for libraries," he concluded//VOI

 UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) organisations e-flyer - 

A delegation of eight UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) organisations will be in Jakarta on 25-27 September 2023 for the first UK AI Mission to Indonesia. The delegation includes representatives from the Alan Turing Institute—the UK’s leading national institute for AI and Data Science.

The mission focuses on understanding the latest policy developments in AI connecting experts from government, industry and academia and sharing knowledge and best practice across the tech community to help realise the UK’s and Indonesia’s shared ambition of establishing an inclusive digital ecosystem.

According to a released received by Voice of Indonesia on Thursday, the delegation will meet with a number of Indonesian interlocutors including the Indonesian National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), GoTo, and the Indonesia AI Society.

This mission follows the second UK - Indonesia Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) meeting in July this year, where
both countries agreed to deepen collaboration in digital economy. It also comes ahead of the UK’s first AI Safety Summit on 1-2 November 2023 in London.

As home to some of the best research institutions in the world, and one of the top three in the Global AI Index 2022, the UK has globally-recognised capabilities in AI-related disciplines.

The eight organisations taking part in this mission represent a range of expertise including education & training, health-tech, and defence.

By fostering partnerships with their Indonesian counterparts, both in research capacity and tech commercialisation, the delegation is keen to identify areas where they can work together in harnessing the power of AI for the good of society.

“Enhancing our cooperation in the digital space is a key element under the UK-Indonesia Partnership Roadmap. The UK has world-renowned AI expertise, and a rich history in this field. I have been fortunate enough to meet some of the organisations that make up the flourishing AI ecosystem here in Indonesia too. Our visiting UK AI delegation demonstrates our commitment to partnering with Indonesia to realise the digital potential in both countries, and to working together to ensure the safe and responsible development of AI on the global stage", British Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Indonesia and Timor Leste, Matt Downing, said//VOI