keep in peace! salam damai ri-oz!! ini adalah tanggapan dari pihak uq, juga ada tanggapan yang melegakan dari pihak uq mengenai boikot mahasiswa atas kuliahnya prof sangkot, meskipun kuliah tsb akhirnya diundur karena ada kepentingan yang lain. salam damai mate! raras > Dear Netter, > > Berikut saya forward jawaban Jim Davie atas berita mundurnya rekan kita di > ANU. > Mudah-mudahan bermanfaat. > > Petrus Gunarso > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davie [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, 14 September 1999 10:54 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: FW: [q] Fw: Tsudent Indonesia di Australia > > Dear Petrus > The decision that Agus has taken causes me great sadness, although I well > understand the anguish which has driven him to this position. As I said > during our discussion last week, one of the most difficult things for an > academic to do is to remain calm and reflective when all around us is > chaos. I have been in enough demonstrations in my life to know this truly. > However, I believe it is an almost sacred duty which we - who have had the > great privilage of being able to study to develop our intellect and to > discipline our minds - have to remain so. It is critical for order and a > better life for all people, that some remain able to bring an objective > perspective to these events, informed by history and with hope for a better > future. > I have been visiting and working in Indonesia since 1976. During this time > I have seen Jakarta grow from a single story collection of dwellings made > of boxes, clustered in kampung, to one of the world's great cities. I have > seen many other cities in Indonesia move from quiet, beautiful places where > people moved by bicycles and delman to the frenetic dusty, noisy places of > to-day, choked by cars and pollution. I have seen growing rural affluence > and growing urban poverty and I have, with you and all my Indonesian > friends and students worried and rejoiced as political change has taken > place. Throughout all this time I have had a dream of Australian and > Indonesian students engaged in projects together where there is the > opportunity for each to learn not only their academic discipline, but more > importantly the things which they have in common as humans regardless of > differences in culture and language. > I still believe that Indonesia and australia have a future as cooperative > and helpful neighbours mutually enriched by each others histories and > cultures. Indeed it is important for us both to remember that it was the > Australian Unionists - the fathers and gradfathers of the present day > uniuonists who are calling for sanctions against Inodnesia - who applied > sanctions and bans to the Dutch in pressuring for an independent republic > of Indonesia. and it was the australian government that represented and > supported Indonesia in the International legal proceedings that established > it free of Dutch rule in the late 1940's. > It needs also to be appreciated by Indonesians and Australians that the > deep concern for East Timor lies in the momories of our fathers and > grandfathers who were helped to freedom from the Japanese during WW2, and > the knowledge that so many Timorese who helped were subsequently killed by > the Japanese. However, not many Indonesians or australians remeber or any > more know how close our countries were in their emergence as independent > nations post World war 2, or about this recent blood tie with Timor. While > ignorance and poor critical thinking perpetuate the differences between our > two countries we will continue to have our futures determined by the > agendas of the media - Australian and Indonesian. And it must be remmebered > that the agenda of the media is dominated solely by the desire to sell > their product. > I am terribly upset by the events in Timor as I am in the riots and deaths > that have swept so many parts of Indonesia over the past 18 months. I am > sorry that Agus has chosen to take this action. I regret it for him and for > what it means for us all. I really feel strongly that our future, which > will always be inextricably linked by our geography rests with those who > have had the opportunity to work and train in each others country. I am > sorry that Agus has decided to step away from that. I really implore other > students not to follow his decision.Rather I would like to commend them to > the incredible ability of the foreign Minister Ali Alatas to remain calm > and focused through all this. I hope that the decision that has now been > taken by President Habibie represents a vicotry over factions in the TNI > who have their own selfish reasons for power and destruction. Lets take the > opportunity that has been handed to us to move forward to better relations > and not be distratced by military publicists. > If you think it is appropriate to post this to the students. please do. I > hope it does not sound too pompous > Best wishes > Jim > At 10:26 AM 9/14/99 +1000, you wrote: > >Jim, the current situation has engulfed one of my friends in ANU. > > > >Here I forward his letter for your information only. > > > >Petrus Gunarso > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Roos Akbar [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Tuesday, 14 September 1999 9:38 > >To: ppia-qld > >Subject: [q] Fw: Tsudent Indonesia di Australia > > > >Ini saya fwd berita yang mungkin berkait dengan email sebelumnya yang > >diposting oleh.....(wah sorry lupa). Teman yang di CSIRO mungkiin bisa > >cerita? > >Salam, > >--- > >Roos Akbar > >Dept. of Geographical Sciences and Planning > >The University of Queensland > >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Nuraida Mokhsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Tuesday, 14 September, 1999 9:35 AM > >Subject: Tsudent Indonesia di Australia > > > > > >Teman-teman semua, > > > >Perkembangan akhir-akhir ini di Australia membuat student Indonesia yang > >lagi belajar di sini merasa tertekan, terancam, dsb.nya. > >Para peneliti yang memakai fasilitas CSIRO juga sudah diancam oleh Union > >untuk dipulangkan. > >Sehubungan dengan itu, salah seorang dosen dari UGM, yang sedang belajar > di > >Canberra, memutuskan untuk mengundurkan diri, sebagai protes atas sikap > >warga Australia yang membabi-buta, yang menganggap semua orang Indonesia, > >khususnya jawa, itu pembunuh. > >Statementnya saya forwardkan di bawah ini. > > > >Salam, > >Ida Mokhsen > >>STATEMENT OF WIHDRAWAL > >> > >> Under various considerations and after listening to the views of several > >>advisers and friends, finally I decide to discontinue my study in > >Australia > >>for the following reasons: > >> > >>While I am very aware of the unacceptable realities in East Timor as > >>reported by Australian mass media and understand the position that the > >>Australian government has taken vis-a-vis Indonesia, both of which, may > be > >>based on concerns on the problems of violence and the violations of human > >>rights in East Timor, I personally feel that there have been serious > >>imbalances and excessive aggressiveness in the Australian mass-media > >>reporting and the impurity of their motives in defending the human > rights. > >>It is my view that Australian government and Australian media have become > >>unfair to Indonesia in the case of East Timor in various occasions. > Based > >>on the above perception, I profoundly feel uncomfortable and vigourously > >>convinced that it would be unjustified for me to study in Australia at > the > >>moment and therefore I decide to withdraw myself from studying at the > >>Australian National University. >> > >>Just like what the world monetary institutions and some other countries > >do, > >>the Australian government has also exploited the giving of aids to > >>Indonesia as an instrument to pressure Indonesian government regarding > the > >>problems of East Timor, which in my view, is unacceptable. > >> > >>As an Indonesian student receiving a scholarship from the Australian > >>government to study in Australia, I am personally offended by such > >>aggressiveness and unjust treatments, thus, the decision to withdraw from > >>studying in Australia should be seen as a protest against such > >unacceptable > >>behaviours. > >> > >>It must be noted that this decision should not be interpreted as a > >>manifestation of a blinded nationalistic sentiment which undermines the > >>importance of human rights in East Timor. I severely condemn the > >Indonesian > >>military actions that have brought about violences, atrocities and > >killings > >>in East Timor and other parts of Indonesia. I also respect the choice > that > >>the East Timorese have taken to be separated from Indonesia as I believe > >>that it is the right of the East Timorese to have an independent country. > >> > >> > >>Sincerely, > >> > >> > >> > >>Agus Wahyudi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
