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[proletar] Vatican reveals pope had secret heart surgery
Vatican reveals pope had secret heart surgery Benedict XVI had recent operation to replace batteries in his pacemaker, but Vatican denies it influenced resignation. Last Modified: 13 Feb 2013 01:42 Pope Benedict XVI had a secret operation three months ago to replace the batteries in his pacemaker but this did not influence his decision to resign, the Vatican has said. It was a routine operation. He already had a pacemaker. This had nothing to do with the decision of the Holy Father, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said at a press briefing on Tuesday. Al Jazeera's James Bays, reporting from New York, said the pope possibly made his decision to resign as early as last year following a trip to Cuba. While the pope's heart troubles were widely known, the fact he had an operation so recently was only reported by Italian daily Il Sole 24 Ore a day after his resignation was announced. The report fuelled speculation that the pope was resigning because of illness, even though he himself said he was resigning because his advancing age prevented him from carrying out his duties. The newspaper report cited people close to the pope saying the operation had encouraged him to question himself with simplicity and decisiveness over his capacity to guide the Ship of Saint Peter. The 85-year-old pope had suffered a number of health-related incidents in recent years, although the Vatican has emphasised that he is not suffering from any major illness except for old age. In 2009, the elderly pope broke his wrist while on holiday in the Alps when he slipped in the bath. As Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, he suffered a stroke that weakened his heart and briefly affected his eyesight and in a separate incident suffered a head wound for which he required stitches. He also has arthritis in his hip, knees, and ankles, which affects his walking. Vatican retirement With speculation swirling about his future role, the Vatican's chief spokesman explicitly stated on Tuesday that Benedict will not influence the election of his successor. The pope will surely say absolutely nothing about the process of the election,'' Lombardi told reporters at a briefing. He will not interfere in any way.'' Lombardi also said that after his February 28 abdication, objects strictly connected'' with the papal ministry will be terminated'.' Among these is the papal ring, used as a seal for documents, which is smashed upon a pope's death. The Vatican has already picked out the pope's future home: A four-story building attached to a monastery on the northern edge of the Vatican gardens where cloistered nuns used to live. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/20 ... 19823.html Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] UANG BERBICARA
UANG BERBICARA: Namaku UANG,... aku tdk memiliki wajah cantik, fisik yg kuat..namun aku punya kemampuan untuk merombak tatanan dunia. Mengatur negara: Percaya tidak..? Lihat gejolakan mata uang dunia, lihat kebangkrutan anggota Uni Eropa satu persatu, anda akan tau kekuatanku betapa besarnya. Sehingga semua negara akan merubah kebijakan2 krn aku. Dulu seluruh dunia mengangap US dollar yg terhebat, terus Euro, sekarang semua anggap Renmingpi yg paling hebat. Tapi aku tahu diriku, aku tuh suka ber-ubah2 susah dipredikisi, bisa sangat mahal, tiba2 bisa sangat murah, bahkan tdk ada nilai. Merubah Perilaku Manusia: Manusia terhipnotis krn aku. Aduh...brapa banyak org krn aku, menjual kepribadian, menjual tubuh, menghianati temen.. Aku tdk mengerti perbedaan org saleh dan bandit, tapi manusia memakai aku menjadi patokan derajat, menentukan kaya dan miskin. Aku juga bukan iblis loh, tapi ada org demi aku melakukan kekejian. Aku juga bukan org ketiga, tapi banyak suami istri gara2 aku akhirnya pisah. Aku juga bukan Tuhan loh, tapi manusia menyembah aku spt menyembah Tuhan, bahkan hamba2 Tuhan lebih menghormati aku daripada menghormati Tuhan, padahal Tuhan sudah pesen jangan jadi hamba uang.. Seharusnya aku melayani manusia, tapi kenapa koq malah manusia mau jadi budakku. Aku tdk pernah mengorbankan diriku untuk siapa pun, tapi banyak org rela mati demi aku. Sorry y' ,aku hanya bisa menjadi alat bayar bon obat anda, tapi tdk mampu memperpanjang nyawa anda. Kalau suatu hari anda harus jalan dipanggil Tuhan, aku tdk akan bisa nemenin anda, anda harus jalan sendiri bertemu dgn sang Pencipta lalu menerima penghakimanNYA Saat itu, Tuhan pasti akan hitung2an dgn anda, apakah waktu hidup anda menggunakan aku dgn baik, atau sebaliknya menjadikan aku sbg Tuhan... Ini informasi terakhirku, aku tuh ga ada loh disurga, jadi jangan m'cari aku disana. Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Taoism 101.58: Tao Te Ching chapter 58 - Tao of Thoreau
Taoism 101.58: Tao Te Ching chapter 58 - Tao of Thoreau METAPHYSICSNOVEMBER 23, 2012BY: GLENN BORKEN Chapter Fifty-Eight of the Tao Te Ching continues the discussion of Government begun in Chapter Fifty-Seven. Government through Tao 58.1 When the government is unobtrusive, the people are sincere and honest. When the government is invasive and scrutinizing, the disappointed People will resort to treachery. 58.2 Good luck has its roots in bad luck, and bad luck lurks beneath good luck. 58.3 Who knows when the limit will be reached? What is normal becomes abnormal, and what is auspicious becomes ominous. Good things seem to change into bad, and bad things often turn out for good. Who knows why this happens, or when this cycle will end? This has perplexed people for a long time. Is anything as it appears to be? 58.4 Therefore the Sage’s honesty is as pointed as a square, but not piercing. The Sage’s integrity is as sharp as a knife but not cutting. The Sage is straight and direct, but not tactless. The Sage is enlightened, but does not dazzle others with brightness. Line one is a restatement of the first two lines of Chapter Fifty-Seven. Lao Tze is clearly protesting against the State, and suggesting that, if the Emperor and his Regime do not change their ways, there will be a rebellion. The corrupt Zhou Dynasty, however, lasted another couple of centuries. Henry David Thoreau seems to be referring to this line in Civil Disobedience. I heartily accept the motto, That government is best which governs least; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe--That government is best which governs not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which the will have. Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have been brought against a standing army, and they are many and weighty, and deserve to prevail, may also at last be brought against a standing government. Lines two and three describe the political turmoil of the period in which Lao Tze lived and died. Line four could be talking about the Sage, or the Sage-Ruler, or both. Lao Tze is not explicit here. Remember that he often speaks of Ideals. Line four is also a good guide for those interested in public speaking or teaching. It would also be a great Affirmation to say to oneself before engaging in these activities *** For an intense Psychic Reading, call 1-800-918-9410, Extension 31498, or 1-702-216-9900, Extension 812. *** http://www.examiner.com/article/taoism- ... of-thoreau [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Women tuning in to porn‚ says French study
Women tuning in to porn‚ says French study Challenges the myth that it's a man's thing Added At: 2012-11-23 10:31 PM Last Updated At: 2012-11-23 10:31 PM AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE PARIS: Who said porn was a man’s thing? A study released today challenges the myth, showing that four fifths of French women have watched a porn movie before — one in two of them without their partners. Fully 82 per cent of women questioned said they had watched an X-rated film at least once before, compared to 99 per cent of men, according to the study of 579 women carried out by the IFOP polling institute in September. Their number has jumped from 73 per cent in 2006, and from as little as 23 per cent in 1992 according to a major INSERM study on French sexuality carried out at the time, IFOP’s Francois Kraus told AFP. “In the space of a few years it has become an accepted thing for women to watch pornography, partly thanks to the Internet, and video-on-demand services that made porn more accessible and took away the shame factor,” he said. Sixty two per cent of women said they watched porn to spice up their sex life with a partner, but fully one in two had also done so on their own. “Women are now consuming porn by themselves,” Kraus said. “That goes hand in hand with a widening of sexual behaviour, and changing attitudes towards sex toys or fellatio for instance.” So what do women make of the films on offer? Women attached most importance to a natural-looking cast, a priority for 40 per cent, while ‘realistic’ sex scenes were essential for 35 per cent, and for 48 per cent of under 35-year-olds. Most women felt strongly that the industry caters only to male fantasies, a view shared by 71 of women against 61 per cent of men. Likewise 72 per cent felt the films on offer were ‘highly degrading’ to women, against 50 per cent of men, and 57 per cent said they were too violent, compared to 41 per cent of men. Overall, women were still far less assiduous watchers than men, with only five per cent of porn consumers watching frequently — once a month or more — against 34 per cent of men. Another 13 per cent watched a few times a year, compared to 29 per cent of men. Frequent women viewers were younger, making up 17 per cent of under-25s against less than five per cent of the over-35s. And women with no sex experience were the most eager, making up a third of all regular viewers. The study was based on a representative sample of 1,101 people aged 18 and over. http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNe ... sID=355370Holy Uncle Posts: 6846 Joined: Fri Aug 19, 2005 11:29 am [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Former Age photographer sues over Bali trauma
Former Age photographer sues over Bali trauma By court reporter Sarah Farnsworth A Melbourne court has heard a Walkley-winning photojournalist's life unravelled after she covered the first anniversary of the 2002 Bali bombings. The Age newspaper is being sued for an estimated $1 million in loss of earnings after the woman, who cannot be identified, mentally unravelled. The flagship newspaper is being accused of failing to provide a safe workplace and breaching its duty of care. The Victorian Supreme Court heard the woman was a trailblazer in her field and highly esteemed by her colleagues. She typified a professional, her brother said. She lived for her job and was never without a camera. The court was told that all that changed when the photographer's mental health started to deteriorate after working on a series of 21 stories on the anniversary of the Bali bombings. She was greatly affected by the grieving families who had lost people in the terror attack, the court heard, and that over a period of four years, her psychological health deteriorated. She now suffers from post traumatic stress, anxiety and extreme depression. Her lawyer argued the work of journalists exposes them to a risk of psychological trauma similar to that experienced by police and paramedics. He said journalists were taught to be above the story, not to get emotional or react. You've got to be tough, he told the court. You've got to get on with it. 'Not coping' The court heard staff did not seek help for fear of being deemed unprofessional and that their normal coping mechanism was to drink excessively. The plaintiff's lawyer claims The Age failed to notice the once-vibrant, passionate woman was not coping. Her lawyer also said the company failed to act when a colleague she had worked closely with on the stories committed suicide. It is claimed the newspaper should have known of the risks associated with coverage of disasters and should have had a best-practice peer support system in place. The court heard similar systems were used by the BBC and the ABC. The judge was told a request by the photographer for help to pay for counselling was ignored. Her transfer to the paper's Sunday addition saw her return to cover upsetting and stressful stories. Following a successful career spanning 20 years, the photojournalist was sacked in 2007 after she spent two years off sick on WorkCover. Lawyers for The Age told the court that at the time, the paper was at the forefront of staff care and had an employees assistance program in place. The paper denies any breach of duty of care. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-19/f ... ma/4380042 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Laskar Kristus, Viva !
***Sabra, a geography teacher who once wrote for the Arabic version of Sesame Street, immediately demanded that the international community provide arms to the rebels so that they can protect Syrian civilians from regime attack. ***Laskar Kristus.Viva ! Anti-Assad Syria National Council picks a Christian to be its new leader BY ROY GUTMAN MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS DOHA, Qatar -- Syria's biggest political opposition bloc Friday elected a Christian, George Sabra, as president, a move Sabra said showed that the Muslim-majority nation will not allow its national uprising to descend into sectarian war. Sabra, a geography teacher who once wrote for the Arabic version of Sesame Street, immediately demanded that the international community provide arms to the rebels so that they can protect Syrian civilians from regime attack. Western nations, he told reporters after the vote by the Syrian National Council, should support our right to survival. He added, To protect ourselves, we need weapons. Tens of thousands of Syrians have died in the uprising, which began as peaceful demonstrations against the government of President Bashar Assad. But it has become a bloody civil war pitting the Syrian army and air force against rebels who despite a lack of heavy weapons have seized large swaths of Syrian countryside and have fought loyalist forces to a standstill in Aleppo, the country's largest city. Sabra seemed stunned by his sudden elevation to the council's top post. It is an unbelievable moment in my life, he told reporters. I promise to become a representative for all the Syrian people. It was uncertain whether Sabra's selection would rehabilitate the Syrian National Council in the eyes of the United States. Last week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that the U.S. no longer would recognize the council as the primary anti-Assad organization, saying too many of its members had lived in exile for decades and that a new opposition group should include more representation from people fighting inside Syria. Sabra may help fit that requirement. A longtime member of Syria's communist party, which renamed itself the Syrian Democratic People's Party in 2005, Sabra went into exile only in October after serving two months in prison for inciting dissent. Previously, he had served eight years in prison during the regime of Bashar Assad's father, Hafez Assad. Sabra credited his election to the intervention of a conservative Islamist from Homs, a Sunni Muslim city that has been the scene of brutal fighting between rebels and pro-Assad forces for most of this year. Until the Islamist, Wasal al Shamali, who was here representing the Supreme Council for Revolutionary Commands, a collection of rebel-held cities in Syria, spoke on Sabra's behalf, Sabra wasn't even a member of the group's top governing committee, the general secretariat. The Syrian National Council has been criticized because its 41-member secretariat includes no women or Alawites, the religious offshoot of Shiite Islam to which Assad belongs. Shamali, however, said that Sabra should have his place on the general secretariat. I didn't even know his name, Sabra told McClatchy. He was in tears. Added Sabra: After that, who can talk about sectarianism when a Muslim sacrifices his place for a Christian? The group later elected Sabra its president, 28-13, over Hisham Marwah, an Islamic legal scholar. Sabra said his selection should signal to the international community: Look at Syria. There is no sectarianism inside Syria. All the people here, Muslims, voted for Christians. He said the Syria that he and others are fighting for doesn't have minorities and majorities. We have citizenship. And as I am a citizen, my colleagues elected me. Whether that sentiment translates inside Syria is less clear. In recent weeks, fighting has broken out between Arab rebels and Kurdish militias in Aleppo, and some Sunni Muslims have vowed revenge on Alawites for their support of Assad. The country's organized Christian religious groups have to date remained firmly allied with the Assad government, saying they fear that the mostly Sunni Muslim rebels won't protect their rights once Assad is gone. There are also concerns that Islamist militants are playing a growing role in the rebellion. Concerns of the growing influence of Islamists among the rebels are often cited by U.S. officials for their hesitancy to provide weapons, though many in the opposition argue that the U.S. failure to provide weapons is strengthening the Islamists. Still to be determined is how Sabra's election might affect plans, backed by the United States, the Arab League and Qatar, to restructure the opposition. Under the U.S-backed move, dissident Riad Seif, a successful industrialist from Damascus and former member of the Syrian Parliament, had proposed setting up a new organization, the Syrian National Initiative, with a majority of members
[proletar] What is the significance of Purnama's victory?
***Religion is our own private matter. It's different in public, he said. I abide to the four corners of the Pancasila foundation that promotes the acceptance of diversity by respecting the identity of every religion, ethnicity and group. I abide by the Constitution and the unity of Indonesia as a nation. ***Andai kata pasangan bukan Jokowi-Ahok tetapi Ahok-Jokowi, apa akan terjadi ? Laporan CBNNews ini bias. Indonesian Christian Makes Political History CBNNews.com Sunday, October 21, 2012 A Christian politician has made history in the world's largest Muslim nation by winning an election to one of the nation's highest posts. Despite opposition from Muslim groups, Basuki Purnama won his bid for vice governor of Jakarta, becoming the first Christian to win such a high post in the capital city. Purnama's inauguration ceremony was delayed by hard-line Muslims who demonstrated in front of the city council. But eventually he was sworn in to the office. What is the significance of Purnama's victory? Christian World News' Gary Lane has more, following this report. As vice governor, Purnama will hold important positions in eight Islamic bodies in the capital. But hardliners believe he is not capable of leading them because he is a Christian. Purnama said he won't let his faith become an obstacle to governing. Religion is our own private matter. It's different in public, he said. I abide to the four corners of the Pancasila foundation that promotes the acceptance of diversity by respecting the identity of every religion, ethnicity and group. I abide by the Constitution and the unity of Indonesia as a nation. Purnama, who is also ethnic Chinese, is known for his clean and honest leadership. He promised to bring reform by stressing transparency and servant-leadership among public officials. Boas Panggabean, a Christian worker, said he is happy over Purnama's victory. Purnama is born again, he said. I believe this is God's destiny for him and he has responded to His calling. I am confident now that my children will have a good future under his leadership. He can even be the next president! http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2012/O ... l-History/Holy Uncle Posts: 6817 Joined: Fri Aug 19, 2005 11:29 am [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Aceh Shuts Down Buddhist Temples and Churches
***“We admit we have not had the permit,” he said by telephone. “But they can’t just close down our church. We have 80 members that don’t know where to pray.” ***Well, licensed churches remain opened for the 80 members to pray. Aceh Shuts Down Buddhist Temples and Churches Rangga Prakoso | October 22, 2012 Authorities have closed nine churches and six Buddhist temples in Banda Aceh in the last week, following mounting pressure from local Islamist groups, activists and church officials said on Sunday. Theophilus Bela, chairman of Jakarta Christian Communication Forum, said that the churches’ priests were forced to sign a statement to close their churches. Officials from the province that applies Shariah law supposedly made the demands in a meeting that was attended by several Islamic organizations, including the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI). “It’s a blatant act of intolerance,” Theophilus said. The churches include the Indonesian Bethel Church (GBI), the Pantekosta Church and the Indonesia Christian Church. Nico Tarigan, a priest and head of GBI church, acknowledged that the permit needed for the church to remain open had not been issued from the mayor’s office, even though the paperwork for the permit had been submitted a long time ago. “We admit we have not had the permit,” he said by telephone. “But they can’t just close down our church. We have 80 members that don’t know where to pray.” Illiza Sa’aduddin Djamal, Banda Aceh deputy mayor, said that the nine churches and six temples have violated the city’s regulation, and should be closed down. “The congregation members can join churches that have secured permits,” he said. “As a province that applies Islamist law, Aceh has a special law on this issue.” He also called on Aceh’s Christians to respect the law. However, Nico said that other churches were not necessarily open to members from other congregations. “We hope there is a better solution from the Aceh government,” Nico said. “We have no motive to compete with other religions or ruin Islamic teaching. We have been here for eight years. They can ask local officials if we have done damage to Islamic teaching.” “The FPI will continue to monitor these illegal churches and temples so that they don’t resume their activities,” said FPI chairman Yusuf Al-Qardhawy. http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/ace ... hes/551598 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Lucy Liu apologises over Filipino remarks
Lucy Liu apologises over Filipino remarks By Syahida Kamarudin | From Cinema Online Exclusively for Yahoo! Newsroom Thu, Oct 18, 2012 12:27 PM SGT 18 Oct Chinese-American actress Lucy Liu recently enraged Filipino Netizens with her remarks on a talk show. Asian Bite website recently reported that the Charlie's Angel star appeared on The Late Night Show with David Letterman to promote her latest TV series, Elementary. The actress then made an offhand comment after being praised by Letterman who told her that she looked great and 'in shape'. When asked about her exercise regime, Liu replied, I run on a machine. It's just easier for me, I think. Also if I get really dark, I'll start to look a little Filipino. It wouldn't match. You know what I mean? I'll start getting darker, you know what I mean? A number of Filipino Netizens however, have taken offense to Liu's remark and immediately alleged it racist. However, the actress recently explained through her publicist, Carrie Gordon, I am so sorry that my comment was taken out of context, as I would never insult another group or ethnicity. Just to clarify, I was explaining why I do not run or exercise outdoors, as my skin tans very easily. Because I am presently playing a character with New York during the autumn/winter season as backdrop, it is important that I keep my look consistent with this type of environment. http://sg.entertainment.yahoo.com/news/ ... 00339.html Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Belajar Pemberantasan Korupsi dari Hong Kong
***Apa betul korupsi bisa diberantas ? ICAC adalah singkatan dari Independent Commission Against Corruption, sama sekali tidak me-label-kan pemberantas korupsi. ***Di Singapura, CPIB = Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau , juga tidak me-label-kan pemberantas korupsi. ***ICAC dan CPIB selama ini beraksi tanpa gembar gembor seperti KPK. KPK me-label-kan pemberantas korupsi, hebat sekali Belajar Pemberantasan Korupsi dari Hong Kong Monday, 08 October 2012 Hong Kong adalah cerita sukses pemberantasan korupsi. Usaha pemberantasan korupsi di Hong Kong telah menjadi role model berbagai negara di dunia. Kesuksesan kota itu tentu diraih dengan usaha keras. Sebelum Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) didirikan pada 1974,Hong Kong mungkin menjadi salah satu kota terkorup di dunia. Di kawasan itu,korupsi adalah jalan hidup.Bahkan ada adagium yang mengatakan, korupsi ada dari rahim hingga liang kubur. Saat itu,asosiasi ”bisnis”dekat antara lembaga penegak hukum dan sindikat kejahatan terorganisasi. Hampir semua tipe kejahatan terorganisasi,asusila,judi,dan narkoba terlindungi. Tapi, semua itu kemudian berubah sejak ICAC didirikan. ICAC dibentuk pada Februari 1974 sebagai lembaga untuk mengatasi korupsi yang sudah merajalela. Pembentukan badan ini berawal dari kasus seorang jenderal polisi Peter Fitzroy Gobder atas kepemilikan aset sebesar 4,3 juta dolar Hong Kong.Gejolak masyarakat pun timbul dan Sir Alastair Blair-Kerr,seorang hakim senior Puisne,ditunjuk untuk memimpin komisi penyelidikan pelarian Gobder.Dia menyiapkan dua laporan dan penegasan,jika pemerintah serius,kantor antikorupsi harus dipisahkan dari kepolisian. Kemudian ICAC dibentuk, jenderal polisi ditangkap, kekayaannya dirampas,dan Hong Kong memulai sebuah revolusi senyap. Kehadiran ICAC tak disambut baik oleh polisi,yang merasa diadili oleh lembaga itu.Tapi,kehadiran ICAC mengubah norma sosial Hong Kong mengenai korupsi. Lembaga ini mengorganisasi kampanye pendidikan besar-besaran,menambah kelas-kelas antikorupsi pada kurikulum sekolah umum,dan membuat program televisi antikorupsi. Jalan terjal ditempuh ICAC untuk memberantas korupsi di kota itu.Di Hong Kong, perseteruan antara ICAC dan polisi terjadi pada tahuntahun awal pembentukannya. Salah satu yang masih diingat banyak orang,insiden 28 Oktober 1977.Pada saat itu, Gedung ICAC diserbu ribuan polisi dan keluarganya yang terkena sanksi disiplin badan antikorupsi tersebut dengan menggelar demonstrasi. Setelah peristiwa itu,pada 2002,ketegangan antara kedua lembaga ini kembali meningkat setelah ICAC menangkap seorang perwira senior polisi karena mendapatkan layanan seks bebas dari PSK sebagai imbalan telah memberi tahu mereka mengenai penggerebekan. Ketegangan lain juga terjadi pada November 2010 ketika polisi menangkap tiga anggota ICAC atas dugaan mengganggu jalannya peradilan dengan menyerbu markas lembaga antikorupsi itu. Kini,Hong Kong dikenal memiliki lembaga antikorupsi yang kredibel,pemerintahan yang transparan,dan lingkungan bisnis yang efisien dan kompetitif. Lantas apa rahasia suksesnya? Setidaknya ada lima faktor yang membuat usaha pemberantasan korupsi di Hong Kong sukses. Pertama, tekad bulat pemerintah untuk memberantas korupsi. Dukungan Pemerintah Hong Kong adalah faktor utama dalam kesuksesan memberantas korupsi.Mereka yakin memberantas korupsi itu penting untuk mempertahankan kemakmuran dan daya saing Hong Kong sebagai sebuah kota internasional.Mereka pun tak segan menggelontorkan dana dan sumber daya manusia yang mumpuni untuk memastikan agar ICAC tetap menjadi lembaga independen yang efektif dengan fleksibilitas maksimum dalam operasinya. Yang kedua,perundangundangan yang kuat.Lantaran korupsi adalah salah satu kejahatan yang paling sulit untuk dideteksi,kekuatan penegakan hukum lewat perundang-undangan yang kuat akan membantu ICAC mencapai hasil yang maksimum. Yang ketiga,dukungan publik.Tanpa dukungan publik,sulit sekali bagi ICAC untuk memberantas korupsi. Meningkatkan dan mempertahankan kesadaran pencegahan terhadap korupsi di tengah masyarakat membutuhkan pemahaman dan program jangka panjang untuk mempromosikan dan meraup dukungan komunitas. Dalam hal ini,ICAC mengembangkan program berbasis komunitas dengan menarget misalnya anak muda,pengusaha,juga para profesional serta teknisi. Yang keempat,sistem check and balance.Faktor ini memastikan operasi lembaga antikorupsi tersebut bisa dipertanggungjawabkan. ICAC adalah subjek sistem check and balance yang sehat dan efektif. Misalnya,kewenangan investigasi tidak punya kekuasaan untuk mengadili.Performa ICAC akan dimonitor empat komisi penasihat dengan anggota yang ditarik dari seluruh sektor komunitas. Yang kelima atau terakhir adalah kerja sama internasional. Karena korupsi cepat dalam mengeksploitasi beragam undang-undang dan sistem birokrasi dalam beragam yurisdiksi,ICAC menemukan begitu pentingnya untuk membangun saluran penghubung
[proletar] Gandhi continues to influence us: Indonesian VP
Gandhi continues to influence us: Indonesian VP Last Updated: Tuesday, October 02, 2012, 23:41 Jakarta: Mahatma Gandhi was an extraordinary human being, a man whose inspiration, thoughts and beliefs continues to influence us, Indonesian Vice President Boediono said here Tuesday. Delivering the 1st Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Lecture to commemorate the 143rd birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Boediono said today we are living in a world amidst intolerance and it is easy to be cynical and lose faith in humanity. Fortunately, we have Gandhi and his values to guide us, he added. The vice president mentioned that three forms of depravity exist: greed, passion for violence and intolerance. To overcome these depravities, Gandhi's teachings have become all the more relevant. The vice president mentioned that Indonesia and India share similar diversity in language, religion and culture and the virtue of tolerance preached by Gandhi has helped both countries to maintain unity in diversity. On arrival, the vice president was warmly received by Ambassador Gurjit Singh; Suresh Vaswani, chairman of the Gandhi Memorial International School; Shyam R Jethnani, president of the Gandhi Seva Loka and to the accompaniment of enthusiastic cheering from children of Gandhi School. About 1,000 people from all walks of life, including members of parliament, senior bureaucrats, ambassadors, think tanks, academia, charitable organizations and the like, attended the event. A rare collection of photographs encapsulating Gandhiji's life was also displayed. The programme opened with a rendition of some hymns of Mahatma Gandhi - Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram and Vasinava Jan - sung by students of the Gandhi School to an appreciative audience. In his opening remarks, Ambassador Gurjit Singh thanked the vice president for gracing the occasion and for his special gesture of delivering the first Mahatma Gandhi lecture series. Ambassador Gurjit Singh mentioned that it was a significant gesture from the vice president, borne out by the warm and friendly relations enjoyed by both countries. The ambassador also spoke about Gandhiji's legacy, his formative years and his struggle in Africa. Earlier, the Gandhi Seva Loka and Gandhi School handed over cheques amounting to Rp 264 million to 12 charitable organizations in Indonesia. As part of Gandhi Jayanti celebrations over the week, several organizations in Indonesia volunteered to hold charitable activities. The Sri Sathya Sai Baba Trust organized a free medical camp and free vaccination for children, Jain Social Group donated 8 wheelchairs to the Yayasan Wisma Cheshire, the Sadhu Vaswani Trust distributed 40 prosthetic aids, Swami Teoram Satsang provided 20 free cataract operations, Indian Women's Association will be sponsoring full tuition fees to 30 undergraduate students till completion of their studies, India Club is organizing a blood donation camp and the Art of Living is doing free yoga therapy. There were in response to the embassy's initiative to mark Gandhi Jayanti and the International Day of Non-Violence in a significant manner. IANS For Zee News’s Updates, follow us on Twitter , Facebook, Google+, Pinterest First Published: Tuesday, October 02, 2012, 20:11 http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/mah ... 03301.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] UN-backed centre in Indonesia to explore how digital data can help development
UN-backed centre in Indonesia to explore how digital data can help development 2 October 2012 – A new United Nations-backed centre, launched today in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, will explore how digital data can help tackle development challenges by identifying population trends, behaviours and attitudes in real-time. The centre – Pulse Lab Jakarta – will use the vast sources of real-time information produced in the country every day to find patterns, and potentially unveil emerging socio-economic crises as they happen, helping policymakers respond with more targeted and timely interventions, according to a news release. “Indonesia is a country where new approaches in development can be pioneered,” said the UN Resident Coordinator in Indonesia, El-Mostafa Benlamlih. “Other countries may benefit in the future from Indonesia’s bold approach to innovative data research through private-public partnerships.” The centre will also bring together researchers from the Government, UN agencies, academia and the private sector to test, develop and spread approaches to apply digital data to development. During the launch, Pulse Lab Jakarta presented its first research, focusing on the potential of using social media analytics to identify populations and regions under stress as a result of fluctuating commodity prices. The centre’s researchers identified content in Indonesian twitter, blogs and other social media platforms from the past two-years related to price and supply of food and fuel, and analyzed them to understand volume, sentiment, mood and geographic origin. The goal of the research was to see whether social media could help detect, quantify and understand trends related to the community’s concerns and coping strategies faster than official Government statistics. The centre is part of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Global Pulse initiative, which seeks to harness countries’ expertise on digital data and analytics to gain a better understanding of changes in human well-being, protect the world's most vulnerable populations, and strengthen resilience to global shocks. The centre is managed in partnership with the Government of Indonesia through its National Development Planning Agency. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?N ... Gux1E1FySo [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] GLOBAL JIHAD
GLOBAL JIHAD East and West: Irreconcilable Pat Buchanan spotlights America's inability to 'democratize' Muslim nations Published: 1 day ago by Patrick J. BuchananEmail | Archive Pat Buchanan was twice a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and the Reform Party's candidate in 2000. He is also a founder and editor of The American Conservative. Buchanan served three presidents in the White House, was a founding panelist of three national TV shows, and is the author of nine books. His latest book is Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025? Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat. Thus did Kipling, the Poet of Empire, caution the British about the Eastern world the Victorians and Edwardians believed to be theirs. And with that world so inflamed against us, perhaps we should inspect more closely our irreconcilable conflict – what Harvard’s Michael Ignatieff calls “the fatal dialectic between Islamic rage and Western free speech.” Consider first American values, as seen from an ACLU point of view. Our establishment holds that not only is there to be a wall of separation between church and state, all symbols of religious belief are to be expunged from public institutions and the public square. And what do devout Muslims believe? That there is no God but Allah, that Muhammad is his prophet, that Shariah shows the way to a moral life in this world and paradise in the next. Many Muslims put their Islamic faith ahead of their national identity and forbid preachers from other religions from coming into their countries to convert their young. Apostasy is treason to Allah. Heresy has no rights. From America’s schools, religion has been relentlessly purged. No prayers, no Bibles, no Christian symbols, no Ten Commandments. And into these godless madrassas of modernity has come compulsory sex education starting in the early grades, with condoms handed out to the sexually active. Devout Muslims demand that children be immersed in their Islamic faith in their schools and believe that teachers who condone or encourage sexual activity among their young are and should be treated as perverts. In Charlotte, the Democratic Party came out for “marriage equality” and subsidized abortions into the ninth month of pregnancy with the woman the sole decider as to whether the unborn child lives or dies. In many Muslim countries, men caught in homosexual activity risk mutilation and women’s rights do not exist. What do we think is going to happen to those girls’ schools in Afghanistan when we come home and the Taliban return? Pat Buchanan’s latest book — autographed! — the title says it all: “Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?” When we proclaim that our First Amendment protects Quran-burning and denigrating the Prophet in books, magazines, videos and films, devout Muslims reply unapologetically: Under Quranic law, we kill people like that. In America, Christians have futilely protested insults to their faith like the “Pi– Christ” and depiction of a Madonna adorned with elephant dung. Muslim protests appear more effective, as Salman Rushdie, the Danish cartoonist who portrayed Muhammad with a bomb for a turban and Theo van Gogh, ritually slaughtered in Holland, could testify. We preach pluralism. Some Muslim countries take the same attitude toward religious pluralism as Henry VIII and Torquemada. In our own country in 1844, the founder of Mitt Romney’s faith discovered that Protestant America was not all that tolerant, when a mob lynched him right there in the land of Lincoln. Our elite believe in a new trinity of equality, democracy and diversity. Indeed, after the Cold War, we declared the spread of democracy worldwide to be our historic mission and national goal. But, down deep, do we really believe what we say? When U.S. vital interests clash with democratist ideology, do we not put those interests first? The king of Bahrain has been in power for 10 years. Have we ever called for free elections there, which would likely produce a Shia government friendly to Iran and far less receptive to remaining as the Persian Gulf base for the Fifth Fleet? Have we ever demanded that the king of Saudi Arabia hold free elections? When one-man, one-vote produced victories for Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, did not George W. Bush, the great Democracy Crusader himself, put it on the shelf for a while? We proclaim that we cherish the First Amendment. Do we? If so, whose version of that amendment? How many Americans would willingly die for the constitutional right to produce pornographic films? Or for some nutball’s right to insult the Prophet? Or the right of “artists” to befoul and denigrate Christian images of our own Lord and Savior? Our Founding Fathers who created this republic did not believe in democracy.
[proletar] Indonesia's Economy to Surpass Germany, UK by 2030: McKinsey
***but we expect strong growth in cities like Pekanbaru, Pontianak, Karawang, Makassar, and Balikpapan which are all outside of Java, Oberman said. Indonesia's Economy to Surpass Germany, UK by 2030: McKinsey Published: Tuesday, 18 Sep 2012 | 3:32 AM ET By: Shivali Nayak News Assistant, CNBC Asia-Pacific Southeast Asia's most populous nation is on track to become the world's 7th largest economy by 2030, putting it ahead of the developed nations of Germany and the U.K., a new report by McKinsey Global Institute showed Tuesday. The report cites the country's young population, new consumer class and the rapid urbanization of cities as reasons that will elevate Indonesia's $850 billion economy up nine spots from its current place of 16th largest economy globally. The findings do not reveal the projected rankings of other economies, and are based on a proprietary modeling method which McKinsey declined to elaborate on. According to the report, Indonesia's economy will be powered by an estimated 90 million additional consumers with considerable spending power by 2030, making its consuming class stronger than in any economy of the world apart from China and India. Its relatively younger population will also keep the economy's productivity edge. McKinsey estimates that 70 percent of the country's population will remain of working age of between 15 and 64 in the next 18 years. The country's rapid pace of urbanization-especially in its smaller cities-as it moves up the value chain will contribute significantly to the country's growth. McKinsey estimates that 86 percent of GDP in the country will come from urban areas by 2030. The greater areas around Jakarta and Surabaya are the economic powerhouses of Indonesia today, but we expect strong growth in cities like Pekanbaru, Pontianak, Karawang, Makassar, and Balikpapan which are all outside of Java, Oberman said. The report highlights the key challenges facing the economy, which involves low productivity, rising inequality and soaring consumer demand, and says the country is at a critical juncture. It (Indonesia) needs to build on its recent impressive performance to boost labor productivity to 4.6 percent - that's 60 percent higher than in the past decade, said Oberman. It also needs to tackle concerns about rising inequality and manage soaring demand from its expanding consumer class to meet the government's longer term GDP growth targets. © 2012 CNBC.com http://www.cnbc.com/id/49069336?__sourc ... =yahoonews [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Families and friends show up in support to Hartati
***“We have been there [Buol Regency] for 18 years. There was no bribery but extortion. The story is only half true. None of our family members does any such thing,” he said. ***Murdaya explained that around 3,500 employees would suffer if the factories were halted. Families and friends show up in support to Hartati The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | National | Fri, September 14 2012, 9:25 AM Dozens of family members, colleagues and supporters came to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building in South Jakarta on Thursday, to give moral support to Siti Hartati Murdaya. Hartati, one of the nation’s wealthiest tycoons, is detained at the KPK detention center in Kuningan (not Pondok Bambu as earlier reported) for bribing public officials. Her family — husband Murdaya Poo and four children — came separately on Thursday morning while other colleagues and some Buddhist monks came later to greet the businesswoman who is also a Buddhist leader. Murdaya told reporters before visiting Hartati that his wife was a victim of extortion. “We have been there [Buol Regency] for 18 years. There was no bribery but extortion. The story is only half true. None of our family members does any such thing,” he said. Murdaya questioned the legal reasoning for the KPK to put Hartati in detention. “Where was the telephone conversation recorded? It is all a lie,” he said. KPK spokesman Johan Budi previously said the investigators decided to detain suspects if they could possibly eliminate evidence, abscond or commit further crimes. The KPK also names suspects when they have at least two pieces of evidence and witnesses. The KPK alleged that Hartati paid a Rp 3 billion (US$318,000) bribe to Buol Regent Amran Batalipu to issue a permit for her companies PT CCM and PT Hardaya Inti Plantation in Bukal district, Buol, Central Sulawesi. The regent was also detained by the KPK for allegedly accepting bribes. Murdaya said that the land issue was a trivial thing that was not lucrative for their companies. “People have worked to develop the region for 18 years. No one wanted to develop the area,” he said, adding that his wife was so generous that she wanted to develop the region. Murdaya even challenged people to go to Buol to see the plantations and how the business was there. “The directors betrayed my wife and bribed the regent. She never permitted them to do so,” he said. Hartati’s employee PT Hardaya Inti Plantation general manager, Yani Anshori, and PT. Hardaya operational director, Gondo Sudjono, are standing trial in the same case. Murdaya explained that around 3,500 employees would suffer if the factories were halted. (cor) http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012 ... rtati.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Indonesian Punks Protest to Demand Release of Pussy Riot
***“We demand that President SBY exerts pressure on the Russian government for the release of Pussy Riot, and to provide room for freedom of expression, as well as eliminate repressive actions,” said Michael, one of the protesters, referring to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono by his initials. ***Hebat amat. US punks saja tidak demand Presiden Obama . Indonesian Punks Protest to Demand Release of Pussy Riot Abdul Qowi Bastian | September 12, 2012 About a dozen Indonesian punks held a rally on Wednesday in front of the Russian embassy in Jakarta to demand the release of the Russian female punk rock band Pussy Riot, now serving two years in prison for “hooliganism” after they held an impromptu show criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin. “We demand that President SBY exerts pressure on the Russian government for the release of Pussy Riot, and to provide room for freedom of expression, as well as eliminate repressive actions,” said Michael, one of the protesters, referring to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono by his initials. Grouped under the Solidarity of Free Humans, the group comprised of just a few dozen said that the moment was ideal, after President Yudhoyono recently met with Putin during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vladivostok, Russia. Michael said that when punks came under fire from shariah police in Aceh in late 2011, support for the embattled teens poured in from overseas, including from punk groups in Russia, who sprayed graffiti on the outer wall of the Indonesian embassy in Moscow in a December protest. “How could we not care when they are facing problems there?” Michael said. Russian press attache Dmitry Solodov, who met with the protestors, said the embassy respected the act of freedom of expression by the protestors. Michael, who did not identify himself as a punk, said the group had no plans to stop their protest at the embassy. “There will be more surprises. We will not stop until our voice is heard,” he said. In December last year, shariah police in Aceh arrested 65 punks and detained them for 10 days for “re-education” through “spiritual and physical coaching.” Authorities argued that the punk’s lifestyle ran against Islamic teachings. Earlier this month, shariah police in Aceh continued their crackdown on the punks again, arresting five youths in a raid on an internet cafe in Banda Aceh. http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/ind ... 20#Scene_1 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Re: Hekmatyar sees jihad as the only solution
***Syria berdarah setelah AS memberi musuh Assad duit dan senjata. Anda boleh menyatakan itu Jihad, itu hak anda. ***The United Nation's troubled observer mission to Syria has officially ended after being recalled amid escalating violence as world powers fail to agree how to end months of bloodshed in the country. ***Jelas sekali, world power adalah penyebab bloodshed in Syria. Keluarnya world power = tamatnya jihad. ***Indonesia juga sudah ngalami bloodshed bila bangsa kita tidak mampu mencegah world power masuk untuk 'membebaskan' RI dari regime diktator Soeharto... --- In proletar@yahoogroups.com, muskitawati muskitawati@... wrote: Setiap harinya rata2 200 orang dibunuh di Syria. Kedua belah pihak menyatakan Jihad, kedua belah pihak sama2 menyatakan penegakkan Syariah Islam. Begitulah hakikat ajaran jihad dalam Islam. Ny. Muslim binti Muskitawati. --- In proletar@yahoogroups.com, Abbas abas_amin08@ wrote: Yang DUNGU itu adalah yaang pandangannya naif seperti kamu Mr. Bil ! --- In proletar@yahoogroups.com, item abu itemabu@ wrote: Yg jadi pemimpin itu hidup enak, banyak duit banyak cewek. Yg dungu itu adalah pengikut2nya yg mau jual jiwa ke sang pemimpin atau ulama demi auloh, jg orang2 Islam yg rela ngejilat pantat Arab sambil nyerahin cewek bangsanya unt dianiaya. From: jack_fanotona@ jack_fanotona@ To: proletar@yahoogroups.com proletar@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [proletar] Hekmatyar sees jihad as the only solution  Biar aja, makin jihad makin hancur! Nih para pemimpin afghan kaga sadar karna otaknya dah dicuci rinso hingga kaga bisa berpikir Sent from my BlackBerry® powered by Sinyal Kuat INDOSAT -Original Message- From: item abu itemabu@ Sender: proletar@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 03:26:45 To: proletar@yahoogroups.comproletar@yahoogroups.com Reply-To: proletar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [proletar] Hekmatyar sees jihad as the only solution He went on to praise Afghan fighters for launching attacks during Ramazan, which, he added, were the most in number since the past 11 years. Hehehe... jadi pejihad2 Islam tambah aktif di bulan Bombathon ini, spy dpt pahala sebanyak2nya dr auloh. Si Hekmatyar ini dulu ga malu2 terima bantuan dari kafir, sekarang krn dia ga dikasih duit dan ga punya jabatan, berbalik muka musuhin kafir. Ini tipikal Islam. http://tribune.com.pk/story/424024/hekmatyar-sees-jihad-as-the-only-solution/ Hekmatyar sees jihad as the only solution By Tahir Khan Published: August 19, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Former Afghan prime minister and Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) chief Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on Saturday accused the backers of the peace process of lying and misleading the public because âjihadâ alone could resolve the countryâs crisis. In his Eidul Fitr message, Hekmatyar said those who expected that the peace process would yield a solution to the crisis in Afghanistan were lying. âThe only solution is to continue the jihad until all the foreign forces fully leave Afghanistan,â he said in a statement emailed to The Express Tribune. Hekmatyarâs Hizb-e-Islami had been involved in talks with Afghan government and US officials, which were eventually suspended after Kabul signed a strategic partnership agreement with Washington earlier this year. The Taliban had also been involved in talks with the US over the past two years but the process has now been suspended in the wake of differences over certain issues, including the release of prisoners. âThose who think that the war will end in the presence of foreign military are wrong,â said Hekmatyar, who has been in hiding for years. He said peace and security could only be restored if foreign forces withdrew from Afghanistan, adding that not only was the mujahideen strong, but the cost of the ongoing war, which was $120 billion annually, was taking its toll on the US economy. He went on to praise Afghan fighters for launching attacks during Ramazan, which, he added, were the most in number since the past 11 years. âThis long war has pushed the US and its allies to serious financial and political crises. They have not achieved anything and are biting everyone like a wounded snake,â Hekmatyar said. Published in The Express Tribune, August 19th, 2012. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message:
[proletar] East Timor Radio reporter stabbed while working on corruption story
East Timor Radio reporter stabbed while working on corruption story Published on Monday 13 August 2012. Partager . Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns an attempt to murder radio reporter Leoneto da Cruz Goncalves, who was seriously injured when two men on a motorcycle stabbed him outside the Anti-Corruption Commission’s office in the district of Farol, in the capital, Dili, two days ago. Goncalves works for Radio Rakambia, a station that covers politics and business and campaigns for social justice, development and media freedom. Reporters Without Borders urge investigators to take account of Goncalves’ work as a journalist and, in particular, the possibility that the attack was linked to the corruption story he was doing at the time. After the attack, which took place at around 5:45 a.m., Goncalves sought help in the neighbourhood where Radio Rakambia is located. He was then admitted to Guido Valadares Hospital, where he underwent surgery to three stab wounds to the abdomen. The police were quick to start an investigation but are still in the dark about the motive. East Timor is ranked 86th out of 179 countries in the 2011/2012 Reporters Without Borders press freedom index. http://en.rsf.org/timor-oriental-radio- ... 43215.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] TIMOR-LESTE: Alcohol-fuelled violence a growing concern
***One of the common problems, he said, is that unemployed youths are stuck in a cycle of alcohol and violence. In Timor-Leste,unemployment among young people is estimated at over 40 percent, and approximately 16,000 young people enter the labour market each year. The problem is expected to grow, with 41 percent of the population under 15 years old, according to government data. ***Hari depan NKRI makin cerah, PBB perlu membantu Timor Leste kembali ke pangkuan NKRI... TIMOR-LESTE: Alcohol-fuelled violence a growing concern DILI, 1 August 2012 (IRIN) - National police and NGOs in Timor-Leste have noted an uptick in alcohol-fuelled violence, especially among unemployed youths. Vidal Campos Magno, now 29, grew up surrounded by conflict, was a teenager during the final years of the Indonesian occupation of Timor-Leste, and then went through the turmoil that followed the 1999 referendum for independence. “I was involved in the fighting. I remember hanging around with friends, then we’d plan to go and hurt this person or that person. We had to fight because of the political situation.” It wasn’t until he was accepted into university that Magno decided to change what he calls his “bad behaviour”. Now a project coordinator at Ba Futuru, a local peace-building organization, he draws on his experiences to help young people, including former gang members and ex-prisoners. One of the common problems, he said, is that unemployed youths are stuck in a cycle of alcohol and violence. In Timor-Leste,unemployment among young people is estimated at over 40 percent, and approximately 16,000 young people enter the labour market each year. The problem is expected to grow, with 41 percent of the population under 15 years old, according to government data. “There’s a lot of youth unemployment and sometimes young people hang around and drink alcohol, then go to the main road to fight each other or throw rocks at cars. This is their reality,” said Magno. An analysis of drug and alcohol issues in the Pacific by the Australian National Council on Drugs in 2008-2009 concluded that “alcohol is still a substance of concern” in Timor-Leste, but noted a lack of official data. The most recent national data reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) was in 2006, before a political crisis displaced more than 100,000 people, a tense and violent presidential poll in 2007, and a presidential assassination attempt in February 2008. There are no government-funded rehabilitation facilities for people addicted to drugs or alcohol, but Pradet, a national mental health NGO, was one of the first groups to provide treatment. It has offered community awareness workshops to prisoners, police and community leaders since 2009, funded by AusAID. Pradet director Manuel dos Santos told IRIN drug use was still a relatively small problem, but there are fears that it could increase. “Our border does not have a secure system for controlling drugs, so people are consuming more and more, but there’s no specific research to find out how much.” The regional office of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Bangkok, Thailand, which oversees Timor-Leste, has no record of drug use or seizure trends in the country. A December 2010 policy brief by a national conflict-monitoring NGO, Belun, found a “worrying degree of drug use”, including the consumption of sabu-sabu, an illegally manufactured amphetamine, and korneta, a plant that creates a feeling of euphoria. Dangers unknown Dos Santos said most people in Timor-Leste are unaware that over-consumption of alcohol is harmful. “Many who participate in the training are surprised when they find out about the negative impacts of alcohol. Before they receive the information, they say they used to keep drinking until they fell asleep.” He said workshop participants had recommended creating defined places to sell alcohol, introducing a law restricting children from buying alcoholic drinks, and increasing the tax to make such drinks more expensive. There are no regulations for the alcohol content in drinks, and no age restrictions on purchasing them. The popular local palm wine (tua mutin) and palm brandy (tua sabu) are both sold in recycled plastic bottles along the roadsides. In Timor-Leste, drinking alcohol is part of tradition so if you sit down with two or three people, they feel they must drink. “In Timor-Leste, drinking alcohol is part of our tradition, so if you sit down with two or three people, they feel they must drink. But sometimes it causes accidents and sometimes it causes fights,” said Domingos Maia, the drug and alcohol trainer of the National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL). Domestic violence The police link alcohol to domestic violence. “Often we see fathers and husbands fighting with their families after drinking too much alcohol,” Maia said. The most recent demographic survey by the Ministry of Health, in
[proletar] Indonesian teens 'abused' in Sydney's Silverwater Prison
Indonesian teens 'abused' in Sydney's Silverwater Prison AAP July 21, 201212:20AM TWO Indonesian minors who spent more than a year in jail in Australia after being arrested for people smuggling say they were sexually abused and forced to take drugs while in Sydney's Silverwater Prison. The claims have increased calls for the federal government to hasten the release of other Indonesian minors still in jails in Australia as the issue continues to put pressure on diplomatic relations between Canberra and Jakarta. As far as Indonesian minors in Australian jails, there's been a commitment from both countries that it is a priority and should have special attention, a spokesman for Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Friday. The two boys, now 17 and 18 and back in Indonesia, were locked up for more than a year in Australia after they were arrested when asylum seeker boats on which they were crewing were intercepted on the way to Christmas Island. One of the boys, identified as Susilo, was only 15 at the time of his arrest. The other boy, identified as Bambang, was 17 when he was detained. Their names have been changed to protect their identities. I was afraid because I was being detained with adult criminals and drug abusers, Susilo told reporters at the Human Rights Working Group headquarters in Jakarta, the Jakarta Post newspaper reported on Friday. I keep telling the authorities that I was 15 years old and that I didn't want to stay with those criminals, but they wouldn't listen. The lawyer for the two boys, Lisa Hiariej, said they had been subjected to frequent abuse at the hands of adult inmates while in jail in Australia. Several inmates took off their clothes in front of these kids, and showed their genitalia to them, Ms Hiariej said. The inmates made fun of these kids and gave them drugs that were concealed in newspapers. Ms Hiariej said the Indonesian government should put further pressure on Australia to release other Indonesian minors. This problem is very serious and the Indonesian government needs to take direct action to release other innocent minors in Australia, she said. Both boys underwent tests in Australia to determine their ages, with the results incorrectly showing they were 18. I kept on telling them that I was 17, but they did not believe me, Bambang, who was born in 1994, said. The detention of Indonesian minors was raised by Dr Yudhoyono in talks with Prime Minister Julia Gillard in Darwin earlier this month. Dr Yudhoyono called then for the swift release of other minors still incarcerated in Australia. The issue was discussed again earlier this week in Jakarta by Foreign Minister Bob Carr and his Indonesian counterpart Marty Natalegawa. A spokesperson for Attorney-General Nicola Roxon said the federal government had contacted the NSW government in an effort to verify the Indonesian minors' claims and that any allegation of such behaviour needed to be thoroughly investigated by correction authorities. Sexual and physical assault is not acceptable, Ms Roxon's spokesperson said. We've been clear that minors don't belong in adult jails, which is why the government committed to review 28 people-smuggling cases which resulted in 15 crew being removed to Indonesia on the basis that there was a doubt they may have been minors on arrival in Australia. But the spokesperson said it was difficult to chase up the claims when the parties have not been identified. A spokesman for Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) said it was difficult to cross-reference the specific allegations detailed in the Jakarta Post given the men's use of fake names. (But) CSNSW can confirm that a review of internal reporting systems shows that no incidents of the type alleged by the two males have been recorded nor referred to CSNSW by the Indonesian consulate, he said in a statement. According to CSNSW, irregular maritime arrivals (IMAs) are monitored by a senior manager who reports directly to the commissioner. He said CSNSW was assured by commonwealth authorities at every stage that the IMAs in custody were aged 18 or over. http://www.news.com.au/world/indon-mino ... public_rss [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
[proletar] East Timor seeks billions in unpaid taxes
East Timor seeks billions in unpaid taxes AFP, The West AustralianJuly 12, 2012, 8:13 am East Timor is seeking possibly billions of dollars from foreign oil companies, including US-owned ConocoPhillips, in unpaid taxes, the government says in a statement. The government has begun an auditing process, hoping to recover substantial monies it believes are rightfully owed... under legal obligations, the statement said. The companies under audit operate in the Joint Petroleum Development Area in the Timor Sea, whose resources are 90 per cent owned by East Timor and 10 per cent owned by neighbouring Australia. The statement did not explain the timeframe or how many companies would be audited, but it said the government had so far made 28 assessments against several companies. The only named company, ConocoPhillips, could not be immediately contacted. It is a David and Goliath fight, said Secretary of State for Natural Resources Alfredo Pires, adding that hundreds of millions, possibly billions is owed. The cause is backed by lawyer Pierre-Richard Prosper, a former US-Ambassador-at-large for war crimes, who will represent the state. Prosper said that during the auditing process, authorities are discovering that there are large areas where there were discrepancies. East Timor is one of the world's youngest nations, winning formal independence just a decade ago. It is one of Asia's poorest countries and its economy relies heavily on energy reserves, which make up 90 per cent of its GDP. The International Monetary Fund has described East Timor as the world's most oil-dependent nation. Follow thewest.com.au on Twitter http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/busine ... aid-taxes/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] An analysis into the wealth of City Harvest Church
***In a religious setting, people tend less to be on their guard and can be more easily persuaded to part with their money. ***“You may be poor today, but you will not be poor all your life”. An analysis into the wealth of City Harvest Church Posted by temasektimes on June 27, 2012 Although I am aware that City Harvest is one of the richest churches in Singapore, I am still shocked that it is rich enough to pay $310 million dollars for a stake in Suntec City. Nevertheless, an entity which is able to amass such wealth is certainly worth studying. I was determined to understand the secrets to the church’s wealth. I apologize upfront if the points raised give offense to loyal followers of City Harvest Church. Please regard this article as a business analysis of the factors that contribute to the wealth of City Harvest Church, not as an insinuation that the Church got rich through questionable means. The fact is that CHC is very rich and this makes for a fascinating academic exercise to examine its sources of wealth. Just treat it as a business case study. I have tried my best to stick to the facts. Please correct me if there are factual mistakes. However, if there are differences in opinions, please disagree with courtesy. 1. Clever packaging of Sunday services The income of a church is dependent on the tithes collected (10% of income from church-members). Therefore, the earning power of a church is highly dependent on its ability to retain its existing church members and attract new ones. The larger the church membership, the greater its earnings. I watched a sample of CHC weekend service on its website. Compared to the boring Sunday classes I attended as a kid, CHC church service was most refreshing (Watch “The 10 Laws Of The Harvest”). The beginning part resembles a rock concert with good singing and enthusiastic audience. It is an entertaining way to enjoy your Sunday mornings. Going to church becomes a weekly event to look forward to rather than a chore to attend to. With church services so well packaged for its customers, its customer retention rate and new customer acquisition figures should look good. 2. Extra revenue in the form of advertisements, sales of CDs This church is unlike the other churches I know. It generates extra revenue through advertisements during its Sunday service (watch the videos). It sells audio CDs on its website. There is an online shopping cart for convenience to those who want to buy online. 3. Efficient collection of tithes Church-members can pay their tithe online via credit card, eNets or even Giro!! Once members started donating using Giro, the earnings quality of the church improves. Donation collected via Giro tend to be more stable. With a globalised economy, people travel round the world a lot and may miss Sunday services. In the past, the churches will lose income when these members fail to turn up to pay their tithe. Now, with online payment, they can continue collecting the tithe even when the church-member is working overseas for an extended period of time. With Giro, the church can continue collecting tithes for a few more months even when the member leaves the church as people have a habit of forgetting what they pay on Giro. 4. 30-fold, 60-fold, 100-fold returns on your church donations This is where the genius of CHC lies and the secret to its superior earning power. In fact, I have yet to encounter any public-listed company on SGX, HKSE, NYSE, Nasdaq that demonstrates better potential. The pastor preaches that God will give 30-fold, 60-fold, 100-fold returns on your tithe. But, you have to be generous in your donations first so that you will receive in harvest proportions. I guess that is the origin of the name City Harvest. Please watch the video ”The 10 Laws Of The Harvest” yourself in its entirety and interpret for yourself. It is a message that cleverly uses an astute understanding of human nature to maximize profits. If I were a CHC member, I will be tempted to increase my tithe as much as possible. Not mincing my words, I am doing it out of pure greed. I do not think I will be alone. It is perfectly fine if members of CHC strongly disagree and thinks that I am not representative for most of them. After all, I can only speak for myself. 5. Quality of customers With the 100-fold return message, the kind of church members attracted will be most conducive to profit-making. Money-minded people will be attracted to the church. These money-minded people tend to be ambitious and have a great desire to make lots of money. Millionaire minds have a higher chance to become rich. Hence, the quality of customers that CHC attracts are of the highest quality. The richer the church-member, the higher is the church’s tithe per member. Customer quality will be enhanced through the passage of time due to survivor bias. Suppose out of this pool of Millionaire-Mind Christians, 50% become satisfactorily
[proletar] “Tough day … I trust in You, Lord Jesus … Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done!”
***“Tough day … I trust in You, Lord Jesus … Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done!” Overwhelming support for Pastor Kong Hee by CHC members Posted by temasektimes on June 27, 2012 Despite his arrest for criminal breach of trust which made the headlines yesterday, founder of City Harvest Church Pastor Kong Hee continues to retain the support of the majority of the church members, judging from their words of encouragement and support posted on his Facebook page. Kong Hee was arrested together with four other CHC members – John Tan Yee Peng, Lam Leng Ham, Chew Eng Ham and Sharon Tan on Tuesday and they will be charged in court today. The Commissioner of Charities (COC) has also suspended Kong Hee as well as governing board members, trustees, employees, agents and Executive members of City Harvest Church under the Charities Act. In a post on his Facebook hours after his arrest was made public, Kong Hee maintains his faith in God: “Tough day … I trust in You, Lord Jesus … Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done!” The post garnered more than 500 comments with the majority expressing their support for him: Judging from the influence and respect commanded by Kong Hee among Christians, it is likely that he will do a ‘Woffles’ and be let off with merely a ‘kiss’ on his cheek. In 2010, another pastor Rony Tan of a 12,000-member Church was let off with only a ‘kopitalk’ session with the ISA after a video of him making disparaging remarks about other religions went viral in cyberspace and sparking a massive outcry among Singaporeans. http://temasektimes.wordpress.com/2012/ ... c-members/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Sweet profits for Nestle in Indonesia driving rapid expansion
***With some 240 million people and a growing per capita annual income soon expected to reach $4,000, Indonesia is ripe for investment, Bulcke said during his visit. Sweet profits for Nestle in Indonesia driving rapid expansion Posted 6/25/2012 4:00 PM by Emerging Money from Emerging Money in Investing, International, Stocks 0 comments | Like it Don't like it Last spring, Nestle ( NSRGY , quote ) looked to Indonesia as it strives to expand local market share and its stake in emerging markets. During a visit to Jakarta in March, chief executive Paul Bulcke announced the global Swiss-based foods company would spend $200 million to build another new factory in Karawang, West Java, expected to be completed in 2013. It came in addition to a $100 million investment to upgrade operations at Nestle's East Java factory. With some 240 million people and a growing per capita annual income soon expected to reach $4,000, Indonesia is ripe for investment, Bulcke said during his visit. Over the last couple years, Nestle has invested hundreds of millions of dollars expanding its manufacturing operations in Indonesia. In December 2010, it announced it was spending $100 million on a new factory in Karawang to meet Indonesian consumers' increasing demand for nutritious, branded products at affordable prices. Then a year ago, Nestle said it would spend another $100 million to further expand its operations at the state-of-the-art factory. These investments were preceded by a $100 million investment in early 2010 to increase milk processing at a factory in Kejayan, East Java. We are an end-to-end company, because we want to grow in both emerging markets as well as developed markets, Bulcke said to the Jakarta Globe . You'd better have a portfolio that caters to the whole spectrum of society. As a global company, we want to be part of society and Indonesia is important to us. With that in mind, Nestle has introduced numerous products catering to Indonesians, from 11 cent sachets of its powdered chocolate Milo drinks to the Indonesian-market specific Dancow Nutrigold, a $4.22 per can iron-rich infant milk powder. It was developed in response to 50% of Indonesian children suffering from iron deficiency. Our products are therefore specifically formulated to fill this deficiency, Arshad Chaudhry, chief executive of Nestle Indonesia said to the Jakarta Globe . We highlighted these benefits and consumers have responded. The investments have been paying off. Bulcke noted that Indonesian sales have reached $1 billion per year, growing by double digit percentages annually. The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. Read more: http://community.nasdaq.com/News/2012-0 ... z1yriLwwhX [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Maid accused of serving tea laced with urine to sponsor, family in UAE
Maid accused of serving tea laced with urine to sponsor, family in UAE Suspect believed doing so would enchant the family to treat her better By Bassam Zaza, Legal And Court Correspondent Published: 00:00 June 20, 2012 Dubai: A housemaid was accused of urinating in the tea kettle of her sponsors family and endangering their lives. She believed that her urine would enchant them to treat her better. Prosecutors charged the 26-year-old Indonesian housemaid, D.R., of intentionally endangering the life of her Emirati sponsor and his family by urinating in the teakettle and serving them the tea. Records said the defendant urinated in the teakettle and served the tea to the family seven times in the month of April. When the defendant appeared before the Dubai Misdemeanour Court on Tuesday, she failed to admit or deny her accusation due to the absence of a translator. When asked by the judge on what language she spoke, D.R. stood in courtroom nine and confidently said: I speak Arabic. The judge adjourned the case until an Indonesian translator is made available on July 8. On being questioned by prosecutors, D.R. confessed that she had urinated in her sponsors tea kettle to enchant them so that they would treat her better. ConfessionYes, I peed in the tea that I served them nearly seven times last April. My sponsors wife was constantly complaining...once I met my countrywoman and asked her for advice to make my sponsor and his family treat me better and love me more. She advised me to pee in the bathtub of my sponsors washroom and urinate in the tea before serving it to them. I did so nearly seven times until I got exposed. When the wife confronted me, I told her what I did. I used to urinate in a cup inside my washroom and then would go and pour some of the urine in her bathroom, the housemaid said. D.R. alleged that she used to put around a teaspoon of her urine in the tea kettle before serving the tea. She claimed that her sponsor, his wife and her brother drank the tea. Pools of urine discoveredMeanwhile, the Emirati sponsor testified that he reported D.R. to the police after he discovered four pools of urine in the washroom over different occasions. Every time I asked her about the pool of urine, she denied any responsibility. However, on the day when I was taking her to the police in my car, she admitted that she had peed in the bathroom and tea kettle to enchant us and treat her better, he claimed. The trial continues. http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/maid-accused-of-serving-tea-laced-with-urine-to-sponsor-family-in-uae-1.1037951 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Atheist Group Launches Efforts to Help Jailed Facebook User in Indonesia
Atheist Group Launches Efforts to Help Jailed Facebook User in Indonesia I understand that Alex appreciates the efforts on his behalf and it's important that he knows he is not alone. Ultimately we'd like Alex to be freed and for this injustice to not happen to any other person, but we'll have to see what happens next. After posting on Facebook a statement of disbelief, Aan was attacked by a mob in his hometown of Pulau Punjung and then arrested by authorities on the charge of blasphemy. According to Canadian-based Voice of the Martyrs, the Indonesian government officially recognizes six religions: Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Catholicism and Protestantism. However, the nation has been known for its sporadic attacks on minority religious groups. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty says of Indonesia that challenges to religious freedom in the nation are great. The Ahmadiyah, an offshoot of Islam, are a completely banned sect. Persecution against Christians remains a problem. The country grapples with the continued threat of terrorism as well as the implementation of Shariah law, reads an article on its website. Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission released a statement in April calling for Indonesia to drop the case against Aan. What Alexander has done does not pose a threat to public order … It is also essential to emphasize that freedom of religion does not simply protect theistic beliefs but also non-theistic and atheistic beliefs, said the AHRC in a statement. As part of AAI's efforts to help Aan, the organization launched a God does not Exist campaign wherein they urge people to post on Facebook God does not exist and on Twitter to post #goddoesnotexist. When asked by CP if such a campaign could alienate human rights activists who are religious, Diaz responded that he felt the campaign went beyond agreement with the statement. Freedom of expression and conscience is a basic human right. Even if people do not personally agree with the statement that 'God Does Not Exist' they should support Alex's right, indeed anyone's right, to make that statement, said Diaz. There is not much value in supporting freedom of expression if you only support people's right to express views you agree with. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty did not return comments by press time. http://www.christianpost.com/news/athei ... sia-76987/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Indonesia group challenges drug clemency ruling
Indonesia group challenges drug clemency ruling AFP – 10 hrs ago. An Indonesian anti-drugs group challenged in court Wednesday a presidential decision to slash the jail term of Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby. The National Anti-Narcotics Movement took the case to a state administrative court in Jakarta, and the challenge began with a half-hour closed-door hearing, the group's lawyer Henry Yosodiningrat said. The court examined the documents we submitted, listing all the legal reasons why we believe the five-year cut was unjustified, Yosodiningrat told AFP. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in May approved clemency for Corby, taking five years off her 20-year jail term. With other regular remissions, the move brought Corby's release date forward to September 20, 2017. The anti-drugs group announced the following week that it would file a challenge, saying drug traffickers pose a dangerous threat to our young generation. Corby's lawyer Iskandar Nawing said he was confident the president's decision was legally sound. We'll just wait until the court goes through the legal process, but we're sure the president's decision was legal, he told AFP. Corby was convicted in 2005 for smuggling 4.1 kilograms (nine pounds) of marijuana onto the resort island of Bali. Indonesia enforces stiff penalties for drug trafficking, including life imprisonment and death. http://news.yahoo.com/indonesia-group-c ... 37454.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Aussies use Bali for sick sex trip
Aussies use Bali for sick sex trip ANTHONY DeCEGLIE The Sunday Telegraph June 10, 201212:00AM HUNDREDS of child sex offenders are flying abroad to prey on children without fear of prosecution because Australian laws designed to stop them are failing. And Bali, the country's favourite holiday spot, is now overwhelmingly the No.1 destination for paedophiles, according to new figures. In the first two months of this year, 195 of the 14,300 people on the Australian National Child Offender Register went abroad. Yet the Australian Federal Police concede the whereabouts of paedophiles holidaying in foreign countries are not being properly tracked. Just one offender has been charged since law reforms were introduced in 2010 to clamp down on child sex tourism.It has prompted those fighting child sex tourism to call for convicted paedophiles to be banned from travelling. An Australian Federal Police spokeswoman said in some cases local authorities were alerted only when a paedophile was entering their country, leaving it to undermanned and technology-deprived local authorities to protect their children. Chief executive of Australian child protection charity Child Wise, Bernadette McMenamin, said sex offenders should not be allowed to travel if the Australian government cannot guarantee they will be monitored. If we can't track them, then they are too much of a danger to be allowed overseas, she said. We can't just leave it up to local authorities - they're not specialised in dealing with sexual offenders. Someone can enter Denpasar and disappear into the wilderness. Indonesia's Centre for Study and Child Protection chair, Ahmad Sofian, said it was disturbing that Bali had become the hot spot for child sex offenders from overseas. AFP statistics show a quarter of the registered offenders going abroad visit Denpasar - nearly double the second most-visited location, Singapore. A University of Queensland political science and international studies lecturer, Melissa Curley, said legal issues, such as getting reliable evidence from overseas authorities or collecting witness testimonies, made bringing a case into Australian courts very challenging. A spokesman for Attorney-General Nicola Roxon said the government was prepared to consider what could be done to improve the laws or further work that could be done with other governments. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/n ... al+News%29 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Islam in Indonesia Tolerating intolerance
Islam in Indonesia Tolerating intolerance Indonesia’s president is accused of turning a blind eye to religious violence Jun 9th 2012 | JAKARTA | from the print edition MAY was a cruel month for Indonesians trying to do nothing more than worship their god. During an Ascension Day service on May 17th (and again on May 20th), about 100 Protestants were attacked by a Muslim mob at their church in Bekasi on the outskirts of the capital, Jakarta. The mob hurled stones, bags of urine and death threats at the congregation. The church was still only half-built when it was attacked; the pastor has been waiting more than five years for permission from the local district administration to complete it. Since May 2nd local government officials in the ultra-conservative Muslim province of Aceh, in northern Sumatra, have closed at least 16 Christian churches, citing lack of permits. Such intimidation, and the ongoing rows over permits, are now so commonplace that they are barely reported. On May 26th, however, the issue of religious intolerance in this Muslim-majority nation made international headlines when Islamic hardliners forced the cancellation of a sold-out concert by Lady Gaga, an American pop star. The Islamic Defenders Front (known by its initials in Indonesian, FPI) had threatened to provoke “chaos” if she entered the country. Her promoters said that they could not guarantee her, or her fans’, safety. They were probably right. Critics argue that these are only the latest incidents in a remorseless rise of religious intolerance, and often violence. Human Rights Watch, a New York-based lobby group, reports that incidents of sectarian violence became “more deadly and more frequent” last year. Islamic hardliners attacked not only Christian churches but also Muslim sects, such as the Ahmadiyah, that they believe to be heretical. The most shocking incident occurred in February last year when a mob of 1,500, stoked up by local FPI leaders, attacked the house of a local Ahmadiyah leader in west Java, killing three people. The government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been accused of doing too little to stop such attacks, or to express enough concern about violent Islamic groups. His critics say that he panders to Muslim fundamentalism for political gain, despite his obligations in the constitution to protect freedom of worship. Mr Yudhoyono has dished out cabinet posts in his broad coalition to the leaders of the country’s main Islamic parties. Certainly, cabinet ministers from the Islamic parties have been less than helpful in promoting Indonesia as the moderate, pluralistic country it claims to be. The religious-affairs minister, Suryadharma Ali, has blamed the Ahmadiyah itself for inviting deadly attacks, saying it had strayed from mainstream Islam. In March he suggested banning women from wearing skirts that were above the knee, calling them “pornographic”. The information minister, Tifatul Sembiring, has made offensive comments about homosexuals. The president has uttered a few vague public statements about non-violence and respecting other people’s rights, but he has largely left the problem to local governments. This has appeared only to embolden extremist groups, which now feel that they can act with impunity. Sometimes the police are in cahoots with the hardliners. The situation continues to worsen. http://www.economist.com/node/21556618?fsrc=rss|asi [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] booming budget airlines gear up to spread wings even further
Indonesia's booming budget airlines gear up to spread wings even further JAKARTA -- Indonesia's low-cost carriers are gearing up for further expansion to take a larger share of the country's growing air transportation market. Most budget carriers serving domestic routes have ordered more airplanes to increase flight frequency on existing routes and to serve new routes. Lion Air, for example, which is the largest player and currently operates 87 Boeing aircraft, will take delivery of 12 B737-900 extended range twinjets this year. “We recently opened the Jakarta-Jayapura-Merauke night flight and will soon open three more domestic routes,” Lion Air general affairs director Edward Sirait told The Jakarta Post recently. The new domestic routes are Surabaya-Ambon, Surabaya-Palu and Batam-Denpasar. At present, Lion serves 36 destinations, including Singapore as well as Kuala Lumpur and Penang in Malaysia. He also said that Lion's regional subsidiary, Wings Air, would take delivery of six turbo-prop aircraft ATR-72s, increasing its fleet to 31 aircraft. “The new ATRs will enable us to strengthen our city hopper routes in Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan this year,” he said. Existing city hopper routes that Wings will add more flights to are Medan-Gunung Sitoli, Medan-South Tapanuli, Malang-Denpasar and Malang-Bandung, he said. In the next few years, the airline will have 60 ATRs to help strengthen its short-range network in Sulawesi, Maluku, Nusa Tenggara and Papua. Edward also said that the airline would have 178 airplanes by 2016, enabling the airline to connect to more than 60 destinations in the country and ASEAN. “Connectivity is the key in the country's airline industry. The synergy between Lion and Wings will help our passengers go to any place across Indonesia,” he added. From January to March 2012, the number of Lion and Wings passengers had risen 10 percent from 7.7 million to 8 million, he said. Next year, Lion will also kick off Batik Air, a new full-service airline that will fly to Australia, South Asia and East Asia. In addition, national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia's budget airline Citilink will take delivery of 11 Airbus 320s, increasing its fleet to 20 aircraft by the end of this year, Garuda's marketing director Elisa Lumbantoruan said. “With 20 new aircraft, Citilink will be able to connect Jakarta with other cities such as Padang, Pekanbaru and Yogyakarta,” he told the Post. Currently, the airline operates nine aircraft: one B737-300, five B737-400s and three A320s and serves nine domestic routes, including Jakarta-Denpasar, Jakarta-Surabaya, Jakarta-Banjarmasin, Surabaya-Makassar and Jakarta-Medan. “Based on Garuda's Quantum Leap Programme, Citilink will operate 50 aircraft by the end of 2015,” he added. He also said that its flight permit (SIUAU) authorized the airline to fly 70 domestic routes and 16 international routes, which illustrated its seriousness in taking on the low-cost carrier market. Based on recent Garuda Indonesia data, Citilink carried 577,424 passengers in the first quarter of 2012, a 55.44 percent increase from the 371,486 in the same period last year. Indonesia AirAsia (IAA) added five new A320 aircraft in 2012, increasing its fleet to 21 aircraft by the end of this year. The second A320 plane was delivered last week, enabling the airline to serve more passengers on both established and new routes this year, spokesperson Audrey Progastama said. “We are focusing on domestic routes this year because the domestic demand is very high,” Audrey told the Post. She said the airline had opened the Bandung-Surabaya, Bandung-Penang, Bandung-Pekanbaru, Surabaya-Denpasar and Yogyakarta-Denpasar routes to strengthen its presence in the domestic market. IAA carried 1.27 million passengers from January to March this year, a 16 percent increase from the 1.09 million in the same period last year, she said. The low-cost carrier business model has become the darling of the industry and competition among players is getting tighter as demand keeps increasing every year. According to recent Transportation Ministry data, Indonesia saw a 16.78 percent increase in airline passengers last year, up from 58.39 million in 2010 to 68.19 million in 2011. Lion Air dominated the market by serving 24.97 million domestic passengers, or 41.59 percent of the total domestic market, while its inter-national passengers totaled 961,800, taking 11.8 percent of the international market for Indonesian airlines. Citilink transported 1.6 million passengers last year, or only 2.3 percent of the domestic market. It booked a 45 percent jump in passengers from 1.1 million in 2010. AAI became an international carrier in Indonesia only last year. It carried 3.38 million passengers, or 41.58 percent of the international market, making it the strongest local-international player in 2011. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/as ... ooming.htm [Non-text
[proletar] Jebakan Demokrasi bagi Intoleransi Bangsa
Jebakan Demokrasi bagi Intoleransi Bangsa Wednesday, 06 June 2012 Melihat kekerasan yang dialami warga Ahmadiyah di berbagai tempat,pengikut Syiah di Sampang, jemaatgerejaPhiladelpia di Bekasi dan Yasmin di Bogor, orang gampang membuat kesimpulan ada gejala intoleransi di negeri ini. Belakangan ini juga muncul kekerasan atas nama kebenaran suatu agama terhadap seseorang yang dipandang memiliki pandangan berbeda seperti dalam kasus diskusi buku yang ditulis Irsyad Manji. Karya seni pun tidak luput dari sergapan atas nama moralitas keagamaan baku nan suci sehingga konser Lady Gaga harus dibatalkan. Karena menyangkut warga negara lain, persoalan ini berkembang menjadi wacana internasional.Persoalannya, bagaimana menjelaskan semua itu dari tuduhan bahwa bangsa ini menjadi intoleran? Untuk menjawab pertanyaan tersebut, penting bagi kita melihat secara lebih jernih agar kesimpulan yang kita ambil untuk menjawab pertanyaan tersebut bukan hanya lebih mendekati kenyataan di lapangan, melainkan juga lebih memuaskan secara intelektual. Seorang teman segera menyahut menimpali rembuk saat diajak untuk secara lebih jernih melihat permasalahan tersebut. “Bagaimana bisa diambil kesimpulan lain selain bangsa ini secara faktawi memang intoleran, jika melihat fakta-fakta kekerasan yang dialami warga Ahmadiyah di Lombok dan berbagai tempat di Jawa Barat seperti warga Kristiani di kawasan yang sama serta kekerasan terhadap warga Syiah di Sampang, dan panitia diskusi Irsyad Manji dan Irsyad Manji sendiri?” Setengah geram agar meyakinkan lawan bicaranya,teman itu mengajukan pertanyaan balik. Secara kefilsafatan,sebagai dasar filsafat negara sila-sila Pancasila menjadi bermakna jika dilihat dalam kesatuan sistematis dan sintesisnya. Hal itu berarti bahwa makna Sila Pertama: Ketuhanan Yang Maha Esa haruslah melibatkan keempat sila lainnya. Karena itu,paham dan praktik keagamaan secara niscaya manusiawi, adil, dan beradab, dalam pengertian yaitu dengan memperhatikan nilainilai kemanusiaan yang secara faktawi bersifat plural sesuai latar belakang sosio-budaya pada masing-masing kelompok intrapemeluk agama,dan antarpemeluk agama. Adil dalam pengertian bahwa memperhatikan nilai-nilai kemanusiaan yang plural itu dilakukan secara proporsional dengan penuh keadaban. Di lapangan, secara primordial, dalam arti hubungan tradisional orang per orang tanpa campur tangan organisasi modern, kita menyaksikan sikap terbuka masyarakat dalam menerima kenyataan plural dalam keragaman keagamaan misalnya dalam bertetangga, dalam merespons bencana atau kecelakaan yang dialami seseorang tanpa melihat latar belakang keagamaannya. Namun, menjadi berbedasaathubungansosialitu semakin luas melibatkan organisasi modern seperti jemaat gereja, ataujamaah masjid,atau sekelompok orang yang tergabung dalam suatu organisasi dari gerakan- gerakan tertentu yang hidup dalam masyarakat.Muncul suatu jarak di antara fakta primordial dalam ranah privat dengan fakta sosial yang dibangun berdasar logika modern. Nilai-nilai luhur yang hidup dalam ranah tradisional dan primordial kehidupan privat itu seperti terputus dan terbelah ketika memasuki ranah publik. Fakta kehidupan privat itu bisa kita saksikan di berbagai daerah dalam beragam masyarakat, di kota atau di kawasan pedesaan.Sementara kenyataan keterbelahan nilainilai luhur pada ranah publik yang melibatkan lembaga modern itu memang ada, namun terbatas pada wilayah-wilayah yang melibatkan sekelompok elite dengan pemahaman yang berbeda dari pemahaman di akar rumput. Ironisnya, lapisan elite inilah yang selama ini menjadi juru bicara tunggal logika modern keberagamaan yang dengannya para pengikut hampir tidak memiliki pilihan, ketika wacana keberagamaan modern berada pada hegemoni kelas elite tersebut. Situasi demikian menjadi lebih dahsyat pada saat pelaku praktik kenegaraan dan pemerintahan lebih mempertimbangkan kepentingan politik daripada nilai-nilai luhur Pancasila yang hidup dalam ranah tradisional dan primordial tersebut. Atas nama demokrasi, sebuah kekuasaan seperti tersandera pada citra yang dibangun kelas elite yang dengan kuasanya mempergunakan media modern untuk “memaksa” masyarakat awam mengikuti jalan pikirannya atau mereka akan terancam sangsi-sangsi teologis. Jadilah suara sekelompok orang yang dengan piawai mengatasnamakan publik yang luas “menyandera” penguasa sehinggapenguasatersebutmemenuhi kepentingannya. Jika tidak demikian, sang penguasa itu akan dihujat sebagai pelanggar tata krama ketuhanan menurut tafsir sang elite itu sendiri sehingga elektabilitasnyamenurundanpartaiyangberada di belakang sang penguasa bisa kehilangan pengikutnya. Sebenarnya masyarakat pada ranah primordial dan tradisional memiliki cara sendiri untukmenyelesaikanpersoalan yang mereka hadapi yang lebih santun dan beradab, bukan dengan jalan kekerasan. Kekerasan intoleran yang muncul dalam beragam kasus tidaklah serta-merta menjadi petunjuk bagi
[proletar] Why Lady Gaga outraged Indonesia, and what the US should learn
Why Lady Gaga outraged Indonesia, and what the US should learn 14Google +10 CWN - June 01, 2012 From Our Store: Misinterpreting Catholicism (eBook) Authorities in Indonesia have cancelled a concert by Lady Gaga. Western journalists have generally interpreted the move as another example of Islamic repression. Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, writing for Catholic World Report, offers a quite different perspective. Lady Gaga’s performances are offensive, Hoffman argues, not only because of their crude sexual content but also because they are deliberately insulting to religious faith. The outrage that she provoked in Indonesia was not confined to Islamic militants. The episode should be recognized as a warning of a trend developing in many countries: “a growing indignation at what is perceived as an American cultural imperialism that treats the moral values of other countries with contempt.” http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=14499utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories+%28Catholic+World+News+%28on+CatholicCulture.org%29%29 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Jakarta ‘slum tourism’ treads between aid and exploitation
Jakarta ‘slum tourism’ treads between aid and exploitation By: Loic Vennin Agence France-Presse 8:27 pm | Thursday, May 31st, 2012 JAKARTA—”I decided to experience the real Jakarta,” said a tourist, stepping gingerly between puddles of putrid water and a scurrying rat in a scene that would never make a postcard. Rohaizad Abu Bakar, 28, a bank employee from Singapore, said he could not believe his eyes as he wandered around the slum in the Indonesian capital, a jumble of hundreds of shacks, some less than a meter from a railway line. Nearby, a small girl picked up a discarded juice bottle in search of a sip while a man wearing tattered shorts lay slumped on a dirty old mattress. Only a blue plastic tarpaulin offered shelter from tropical downpours. So-called “poverty tourism” is on the rise in Jakarta. Organizers say it raises awareness and brings aid to the destitute of the city, but accusations of exploitation are never far away and critics say poverty should not be a tourist attraction. A few hundred families cram into the slum in the Tanah Abang neighborhood, minutes from gleaming shopping malls where the likes of Gucci and Louis Vuitton compete to lure the newly minted beneficiaries of Indonesia’s economic miracle. Abu Bakar opted against the picturesque landscapes of other parts of the country to instead join a “Jakarta Hidden Tours” trip, which aims to show visitors the squalid conditions of the nation’s poor. “Tourists stay in their ghetto. We show what is really Jakarta,” said Ronny Poluan, 59, an Indonesian documentary maker who created the non-profit organization in 2008. Recent years have seen “poverty tourism” mushroom globally, from the favelas of Brazil to the slums of Dharavi in Mumbai, popularized by the film “Slumdog Millionaire.” “We have about 10 tours per month, with two to four tourists each time. More and more people are coming, some now even come just for my tour,” Poluan said. “I’ve had tourists from as far away as Washington. They’re not only backpackers, but also businessmen, bankers,” he added before being cut short by shouting reverberating around the slum. “Kereta! Kereta!” (“A train, a train”) cried mothers rushing to grab children playing on the track as a roaring locomotive approached, whipping up clouds of dust and garbage as it surged toward the flimsy-looking shacks. The train recently claimed the life of one little girl who died as she ran after her cat. Poverty as a tourist attraction The slum dwellers, like half of Indonesia, live on less than $2 per day. Each tourist pays 500,000 rupiah ($54) to visit, with half of that going to the tour company, and the rest funding doctor visits, microfinance projects or community projects such as school building. “I don’t give cash. I pay the doctors directly, for example,” said Poluan. But that does not reassure some critics. “I’m against slums being turned into tourist spots,” Wardah Hafidz, an activist with the Urban Poor Consortium, told AFP. “It’s not about shame. People should not be exhibited like monkeys in the zoo. “What residents get from these tours, in cash or whatever form, only strips them of their dignity and self-respect, turning them into mere beggars. “They not only become dependent on handouts, but come to expect them. It doesn’t help them to believe they are capable of standing on their own two feet or getting them out of the spiral of poverty,” she added. Nonetheless, residents say they look forward to the daily influx of foreigners witnessing their lifestyles. “I like that foreigners want to know about us. It’s good they want to know about us,” said Djoko, a father in his 50s, as he removed labels from a pile of glass and plastic bottles before selling them for recycling. Tourists deny voyeurism, instead saying that what they witness inspires them to action. “If I had not seen it, I would not have done anything about it,” said Caroline Bourget. A teacher at Jakarta’s French school, she is now discussing setting up a mobile school in the slum to give disadvantaged children a better chance in life. “Here we are at the heart of reality,” she said. http://business.inquirer.net/62515/jaka ... ploitation [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
[proletar] No Pain, No Gain When It Comes to Economic Reform — Just Ask China
***Given that Indonesia’s manufacturing products are often more expensive than their Chinese counterparts, these criticisms are perhaps justified. But a closer look reveals that such complaints are not entirely rational, as Indonesia has many comparative advantages over China. In particular, Indonesia has significant natural resource endowments and a substantial supply of low-cost labor. No Pain, No Gain When It Comes to Economic Reform — Just Ask China Xunpeng Shi | May 26, 2012 Complaints about cheap Chinese goods flooding the Indonesian market as a result of the Asean-China Free Trade Area frequently appear in the Indonesian media. Given that Indonesia’s manufacturing products are often more expensive than their Chinese counterparts, these criticisms are perhaps justified. But a closer look reveals that such complaints are not entirely rational, as Indonesia has many comparative advantages over China. In particular, Indonesia has significant natural resource endowments and a substantial supply of low-cost labor. Indonesia has a much younger population than China: the percentage of Indonesia’s population aged 0–14 is almost 10 percent higher than that in the former, while the median age of the Indonesian population is nine years younger than in China. Indonesia’s unemployment rate is also 3.6 percent higher than China’s, and average labor costs in the Indonesian manufacturing industry are less than half of China’s. These comparative advantages will not disappear after policy intervention and will lead to serious trade gains if they are fully realized. Indonesia thus has the potential to develop a strong manufacturing industry and gain from trade liberalization, particularly vis-a-vis China. But Indonesia’s competitive advantages have not been well developed in the past, meaning that many industries are not confident about facing competition from China. Indonesia’s steel industry is a case in point. It is well placed to compete considering the above comparative advantages and Indonesia’s proximity to Australia, which is the major source of coal and iron ore for China’s steel products. Thus Indonesia has the potential to produce cheap steel products. But the steel industry too has joined the chorus, complaining about cheaper Chinese products. These kinds of complaints mask the true potential of Indonesia’s international competitiveness, and if followed blindly will hurt the country’s industrial sector and its national economy in the long run. Developing the manufacturing industry would be a comprehensive way for Indonesia to exert its comparative advantages. A competitive manufacturing industry would help create enough jobs for its growing labor force and would help Indonesia gain from trade liberalization. The success of such an approach was demonstrated by China’s experience acceding to the World Trade Organization in 2001. Before then, and for a couple of years after, the WTO was viewed as a “wolf at the door” because the reforms needed to bring in foreign investment and promote a market economy created huge pressure for domestic industries. Similar to the current situation in Indonesia, many Chinese industries also complained that China’s less competitive industries would suffer if tariffs were reduced and restrictions on foreign rivals lifted. Ten years later, many Western brands have indeed entered the Chinese market, but Chinese products have also flooded the world market. China’s gross domestic product quadrupled and exports almost quintupled in the 10 years following its accession to the WTO. Even industries that were not considered competitive, such as the automotive sector, have finally gained from trade liberalization. But so far Indonesia’s manufacturing industry has not been robust enough to meet the challenges created by the Asean-China Free Trade Area . This is a direct result of insufficient investment in the manufacturing and related sectors, rather than an effect of trade liberalization. For example, the high cost of steel products is a result of high transportation costs, long delivery times, high container rents and high electricity tariffs. So, investment in the manufacturing sector and the establishment of a competitive manufacturing industry would be a key indicator of successful structural reform in Indonesia. There are many hurdles for such investment, including poor infrastructure, high electricity rates, restrictive labor regulations and onerous licensing controls. According to the World Bank’s Doing Business Index, Indonesia is ranked 129 among 183 countries, making its manufacturing sector a risky destination for investors. This also means the banking sector is less inclined to provide loans to the manufacturing sector. But these hurdles are surmountable through well-executed policy intervention. One necessary policy intervention, as evidenced from China’s experience in entry to the WTO,
[proletar] East Timor's surprising best friend? Indonesia
A decade after independence, East Timor's surprising best friend? Indonesia. Ten years ago, East Timor was reeling from Indonesia's scorched-earth withdrawal after two-plus decades of occupation. Today it sees its huge neighbor as a crucial partner. By Edward Rees, Contributor / May 23, 2012 Dili, East Timor Last weekend, a number of uniformed Indonesian military officers were lounging about the Dili Beach Hotel drinking coffee, laughing, and shooting pool. That would have been a shocking sight a decade ago, when tiny East Timor (Timor-Leste) was still crawling out of the ashes of a scorched-earth withdrawal by Indonesian forces after a 24-year military occupation. But now, Indonesians are practically everywhere you look in East Timor, never more so than this past weekend, when the soldiers were just the advance team for the star of the show: A beaming Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who attended the country’s 10-year independence anniversary as a guest of new President Taur Matan Ruak. Think you know Asia? Take our quiz As Asia’s youngest and poorest state enters a new era, it’s doing so with its old foe Indonesia as a crucial partner – a once unthinkable proposition after the war crimes committed in 1999. But what was once unthinkable is now a necessity, and no one knows that more than President Ruak, a former guerrilla commander whose forces were once hunted by a younger Yudhoyono, when he was a battalion commander here. Indonesia is home to 240 million people and continues to hold the western half of Timor Island. For East Timor’s 1 million people, it is both a potential source of capital, expertise, diplomatic assistance – and trouble, as the recent past makes all too clear. Trouble is the last thing East Timor wants again. East Timor has occasionally tottered in the 13 years since its independence referendum and the 10 since the UN, which administered the country in its most ambitious nation-building effort, returned full sovereignty. In the years after the referendum, Indonesia permitted cross-border raids by militias. In 2006, a civil war was averted by the return of Australian troops and a new UN peacekeeping mission. New money Since 2008, East Timor has undergone a dramatic transformation, powered by new oil wealth and the rapidly evolving relationship with Indonesia. In 2005 Timor-Leste’s annual national budget was $200 million. Today, it’s a staggering $1.7 billion, thanks to oil production in the Timor Sea, which has swollen the coffers of the government’s Petroleum Fund to nearly $11 billion. The money has provided the self-confidence and the means whereby the Timorese can reengage with Indonesia and the country is awash with Indonesian contractors and businesses. Armed with skills and capital, they renovate the homes of the new Dili elite, build bridges and extend the power grid into the mountains. They’re also making their mark at the bottom rung of the economy. Groups of young Javanese laborers are now seen all over the country. Easy oil money has many Timorese unwilling to work for wages, and the underemployed of East Java frequently beat the skills and wage demands of those who will. All this has created ferocious economic growth, although not changes in the skills or positions of the workforce. GDP has expanded by more than 7 percent a year since 2007, but has come at the price of dramatic inflation, growing corruption, and a widening gap between rich and poor. Humvees and BMWs are the vehicles of choice for the nouveau riche in Dili. Timorese and Indonesians huddle everywhere making deals. Rich wives sport Louis Vuitton handbags, their husbands', flashy gold watches. This new class seeks medical care in Surabaya and Singapore, and they pay cash. But there are concerns that Dili’s oil bubble is dangerously unsustainable, with much of the money stolen or wasted. The economy is now 95 percent oil-reliant, yet the petrodollars may dry up as early as 2022. Time is short, and the list of needs is long. Think you know Asia? Take our geography quiz. Democratic progress: East Timor election proves peaceful Australian-led peacekeepers hunt for rebels in East Timor The road network is crumbling, reliable electricity supply remains elusive, and the majority of the population remains subsistence farmers who earn less than a dollar a day and survive on what they grow. Indonesia at the center President Ruak will be guiding a National Development Plan that projects that East Timor will become a middle-income country in the next generation. That ambitious goal has Indonesia at its center. The occupation, generations of intermarriage, and geographical proximity are the foundations for the expanding relationship. Some 6,000 Timorese are studying everything from human rights to chemical engineering at Indonesian universities. Believing that integration into the region is critical, the Timorese have made a
[proletar] Indonesia Is No Model for Muslim Democracy
Op-Ed Contributor No Model for Muslim Democracy By ANDREAS HARSONO Andreas Harsono is a researcher for the Asia division at Human Rights Watch. Published: May 21, 2012 Jakarta, Indonesia IT is fashionable these days for Western leaders to praise Indonesia as a model Muslim democracy. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has declared, “If you want to know whether Islam, democracy, modernity and women’s rights can coexist, go to Indonesia.” And last month Britain’s prime minister, David Cameron, lauded Indonesia for showing that “religion and democracy need not be in conflict.” Tell that to Asia Lumbantoruan, a Christian elder whose congregation outside Jakarta has recently had two of its partially built churches burned down by Islamist militants. He was stabbed by these extremists while defending a third site from attack in September 2010. This week in Geneva, the United Nations is reviewing Indonesia’s human rights record. It should call on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to crack down on extremists and protect minorities. While Indonesia has made great strides in consolidating a stable, democratic government after five decades of authoritarian rule, the country is by no means a bastion of tolerance. The rights of religious and ethnic minorities are routinely trampled. While Indonesia’s Constitution protects freedom of religion, regulations against blasphemy and proselytizing are routinely used to prosecute atheists, Bahais, Christians, Shiites, Sufis and members of the Ahmadiyya faith — a Muslim sect declared to be deviant in many Islamic countries. By 2010, Indonesia had over 150 religiously motivated regulations restricting minorities’ rights. In 2006, Mr. Yudhoyono, in a new decree on “religious harmony,” tightened criteria for building a house of worship. The decree is enforced only on religious minorities — often when Islamists pressure local officials not to authorize the construction of Christian churches or to harass and intimidate those worshiping in “illegal” churches, which lack official registration. More than 400 such churches have been closed since Mr. Yudhoyono took office in 2004. Although the government has cracked down on Jemaah Islamiyah, an Al Qaeda affiliate that has bombed hotels, bars and embassies, it has not intervened to stop other Islamist militants who regularly commit less publicized crimes against religious minorities. Mr. Yudhoyono’s government is reluctant to take them on because it rules Indonesia in a coalition with intolerant Islamist political parties. Mr. Yudhoyono is not simply turning a blind eye; he has actively courted conservative Islamist elements and relies on them to maintain his majority in Parliament, even granting them key cabinet positions. These appointments send a message to Indonesia’s population and embolden Islamist extremists to use violence against minorities. In August 2011, for example, Muslim militants burned down three Christian churches on Sumatra. No one was charged and officials have prevented the congregations from rebuilding their churches. And on the outskirts of Jakarta, two municipalities have refused to obey Supreme Court orders to reopen two sealed churches; Mr. Yudhoyono claimed he had no authority to intervene. Christians are not the only targets. In June 2008, the Yudhoyono administration issued a decree requiring the Ahmadiyya sect to “stop spreading interpretations and activities that deviate from the principal teachings of Islam,” including its fundamental belief that there was a prophet after Muhammad. The government said the decree was necessary to prevent violence against the sect. But provincial and local governments used the decree to write even stricter regulations. Muslim militants, who consider the Ahmadiyya heretics, then forcibly shut down more than 30 Ahmadiyya mosques. In the deadliest attack, in western Java in February 2011, three Ahmadiyya men were killed. A cameraman recorded the violence, and versions of it were posted on YouTube. An Indonesian court eventually prosecuted 12 militants for the crime, but handed down paltry sentences of only four to six months. Mr. Yudhoyono has also failed to protect ethnic minorities who have peacefully called for independence in the country’s eastern regions of Papua and the Molucca Islands. During demonstrations in Papua on May 1, one protester was killed and 13 were arrested. And last October, the government brutally suppressed the Papuan People’s Congress, beating dozens and killing three people. While protesters were jailed and charged with treason, the police chief in charge of security that day was promoted. Almost 100 people remain in prison for peacefully protesting. Dozens are ill, but the government has denied them proper treatment, claiming it lacks the money. Even the Suharto dictatorship allowed the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit political prisoners, yet the
[proletar] RI stops sending workers to Middle East countries
RI stops sending workers to Middle East countries The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 05/22/2012 8:44 AM Muhaimin Iskandar: (JP/Berto Wedhatama)Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar says Indonesia is imposing a moratorium on the travel of Indonesian migrant workers to Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait and Syria indefinitely. We won't lift the moratorium as long as our workers abroad have yet to see more certain policies regarding legal protections and the fulfillment of their basic rights, Muhaimin said, as quoted by Antara news agency, on the sidelines of a meeting with families of migrant workers in Tulungagung, East Java, on Monday evening. Muhaimin said his ministry was concerned that many Indonesian workers were implicated in legal cases in those countries, but stopped short of detailing the exact numbers. However, he claimed that his ministry has been trying to lobby the relevant authorities to demand more protections, social guarantees and safety assurance for Indonesian workers, but so far the efforts have yet to achieve any significant outcome. Muhaimin compared the slow progress with the Middle Eastern states to new deals reached between the Malaysian and Indonesian governments. He said the Malaysian authorities have allowed Indonesian workers one day off each week, granted a minimum wage of 800 ringgit (US$256) and ensured they get to keep their own passports while working. We are about to lift the ban for Malaysia, but so far no private agencies here have started sending workers to Malaysia, he said. http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012 ... tries.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Re: Pelarangan Lady Gaga Perkara Sepele Tapi Akibatnya Tidak Sepele !!!
***Investor asing dan lokal mementingkan profitabilty. Lady Gaga atau Lady Diana, who cares ? Investor asal AS ber-duyun2 mengajukan permohonan tapi di KIV kan karena masalah kick backs. ***Pemasukan dari konser Lady Gaga sangat mengesankan, tidak aneh banyak aparat meminta bagian sebagai jaminan lubricant. Bila promoternya rela mengasih lebih banyak, Lady Gaga show di Aceh, bisa diatur. ***Pelarangan satu perkara tidak sepele tapi akibatnya sepele --- In proletar@yahoogroups.com, muskitawati muskitawati@... wrote: Pelarangan Lady Gaga Perkara Sepele Tapi Akibatnya Tidak Sepele !!! Kelompok kecil Islam yang melarang Lady Gaga bukanlah penentu keputusan dan juga bukanlah penyebab dilarangnya konser Lady Gaga. Larangan ini adalah keputusan politik pemerintah dengan menciptakan alasan penolakan dari kelompok kecil Islam yang juga direkayasanya. Jadi pelarangan konser Lady Gaga tidak terkait moral, tidak terkait keamanan, melainkan terkait kepada tujuan politik yang mungkin memang sengaja dilarang pejabat yang diperalat Amerika untuk merusak investasi di Indonesia. Karena larangan ini munculnya dari kelompok kecil Islam yang anti Amerika, maka tidak ada yang curiga bahwa biang keroknya dalangnya ini justru secret service Amerika juga yang tujuannya memang untuk mencegah masuknya investasi luar negei ke Indonesia. Jadi memang urusan konser Lady Gaga ini hanyalah urusan sepele tapi berakibat besar kepada masa depan ekonomi negara ini. Konser ini cuma terbatas dikota Jakarta dengan juga penonton yang terbatas kaya2 dan orang2 asing yang berinvestasi di Indonesia. Tapi meskipun sebenarnya larangan ini hanya urusan sepele saja, anehnya berita tentang pelarangan ini diberitakan CNN dan semua berita Barat secara global dengan ulasan yang panjang lebar tentang Islam radikal maupun sikap anti-barat. Jadi kalo kita menengok kebelakang, kejadian ini cuma ulangan dari kejadian2 yang sama yang pernah terjadi dengan filem2 dari Barat. Dan tanpa disadari, para pejabat tetap ter-heran2 kenapa RIM yang diyakini ingin membangun pabriknya di Indonesia ternyata cuma basa basi saja. Pejabat2nya juga ter-heran2 kenapa semua bujukan2 akan keringanan pajak, murahnya gaji buruh, dan berbagai fasilitas2 khusus yang diberikan pemerintah RI untuk mengundang investor tidak pernah bisa menarik investor kenegeri yang malang ini. Demikianlah, seharusnya kita menyadari, untuk memajukan negara ini bukanlah dengan cara2 bualan2 kosong tapi mengabaikan hal2 yang sepele seperti begini. Bayangkanlah, bagaimana mungkin investor bisa betah bertahan dinegeri ini kalo nonton filem atau nonton konser-pun harus ke Singapore ??? Bahkan para konglomerat Indonesia maupun pejabat2 korup nya sering bikin pesta ulang tahun pun di Singapore. Jadi janganlah cuma menyalahkan para investor atau negara2 Barat kalo nasib bangsa yang malang ini selalu sial. Rezeki hanya bisa digaet dengan sikap yang professional, rasional, dan logis dimana kita jangan melakukan sesuatu dimana mudah dibalas dengan cara yang sama tapi menyebabkan kerugian yang lebih parah. Jadi larangan konser Lady Gaga ini bukan hanya merugikan investasi asing, tapi juga merusak persatuan kebangsaan didalam negeri yang diakibatkan pro kontra urusan sepele ini. Padahal kalopun konser ini diizinkan digelar hanyalah melibatkan penonton dari level ekonomi tertentu yang tidak begitu banyak jumlahnya, tapi dengan dilarangnya konser ini, menyebabkan pro con yang memecah persatuan bangsa ini dari Sabang hingga ke Merauke. Ny. Muslim binti Muskitawati. Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Konser Lady Gaga Bisa Digelar
***konser diupayakan tetap digelar melalui kompromi berbagai pihak. Konser Lady Gaga Bisa Digelar Saturday, 19 May 2012 JAKARTA â Masih ada harapan bagi para penggemar Lady Gaga untuk menikmati aksi penyanyi fenomenal itu. Meski Polda Metro Jaya menolak memberikan izin, konser diupayakan tetap digelar melalui kompromi berbagai pihak. Menteri Koordinator Politik Hukum dan Keamanan Djoko Suyanto mengatakan, Mabes Polri hingga kini belum membatalkan konser The Born This Way Ball yang direncanakan digelar di Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno (SUGBK), Jakarta, 3 Juni mendatang. âBelum ada keputusan pembatalan konser Lady Gaga.Polri masih menganalisis dan mengevaluasi opini masyarakat yang pro dan kontra terhadap konser itu,âkata Djoko di Mataram, Nusa Tenggara Barat, kemarin. Mantan Panglima TNI itu mengaku telah mengingatkan Kapolri Jenderal Polisi Timur Pradopo agar asas demokrasi tetap dikedepankan dalam menyikapi persoalan ini. Karena itu, perlu ditempuh kebijakan kompromi dengan semua pihak terkait seperti manajer artis,penyelenggara,serta komponen masyarakat agar tidak mendatangkan kerugian pada pihak mana pun. âMisalnya diberlakukan persyaratan seperti penampilan, syair, dan lagunya harus sesuai dengan sosial budaya masyarakat Indonesia.Begitu juga tata panggung dan koreografinya, semua itu harus dibicarakan secara baik dan tertulis dalam suatu perjanjian,â terang dia. Djoko menilai, jika semua hal penting dikompromikan secara baik, kontroversi akan terselesaikan. Lebih dari itu, penyelesaian polemik juga akan menghindarkan Indonesia dari tudingan seolah-olah toleransi negara terhadap budaya dari luar negeri sangat rendah. âIni yang saya tegaskan kepada Kapolri agar menempuh cara itu.Masih ada 1,5 bulan ke depan untuk melakukan kompromi,âujarnya. Mabes Polri mengakui belum memutuskan pembatalan konser penyanyi berjuluk Mother Monster tersebut.âKita mencermati semuanya, dari masyarakat yang menolak dan yang menerima. Kita juga pelajari persyaratan (penyelenggaraan) apakah sudah memenuhi semuanya atau tidak. Ini kita evaluasi,âujar Kepala Biro Penerangan Masyarakat Mabes Polri Brigjen Polisi M Taufik di Mabes Polri kemarin. Dia menjelaskan, setidaknya ada empat izin yang harus dipenuhi penyelenggara atau promotor dalam menggelar konser,yaitu adanya izin masuk ke Indonesia dari pihak imigrasi, izin dari kepolisian daerah (polda) setempat,dan izin dari Kementerian Pariwisata dan Ekonomi Kreatif. âSelain itu ada izin dari pihak di mana konser tersebut dilaksanakan, dalam hal ini dari Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno,â kata dia. PT Java Prima Kreasi selaku penyelenggara konser dipastikan tak dapat memenuhi seluruh persyaratan tersebut. Promotor yang lebih dikenal dengan sebutan Big Daddy Entertainment tersebut gagal mendapatkan izin dari Polda Metro Jaya. Kepala Bidang Hubungan Masyarakat Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Polisi Rikwanto kembali menegaskan,Polda Metro tetap pada sikapnya, yakni tidak memberikan rekomendasi penyelenggaraan pertunjukkan tersebut.âPada 8 Mei Polda sudah mengirim surat ke Mabes Polri perihal Lady Gaga. Dalam surat tersebut dinyatakan Polda tidak merekomendasi konser penyanyi tersebut,â kata dia. Rikwanto mengungkapkan, Polda juga bersikukuh pada keputusannya yang akan membubarkan paksa jika promotor nekat menyelenggarakan konser. âSeperti sudah dikatakan sebelumnya, ya terpaksa akan dibubarkan,â ujarnya. Terkait hal ini, Kapolda Metro Jaya Untung S Rajab telah bertemu dengan pihak promotor.âPertemuan dilakukan Selasa (15/5),di sana sudah disepakati untuk membatalkan konser tersebut dan promotor sudah mengerti dengan keadaan serta situasinya,â jelas Rikwanto. Konser The Born This Way Ball yang merupakan rangkaian tur dunia Lady Gaga menuai perlawanan banyak pihak. Mereka menilai penampilan pelantun Poker Face tersebut kerap mempertontonkan erotisme dan simbol pemujaan terhadap setan. Penentangan ini di antaranya dikemukakan Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI), organisasi kemasyarakatan FPI, dan beberapa fraksi di DPR. Kendati demikian, dukungan terhadap konser ini terus mengalir deras. Mantan Ketua Umum Pengurus Besar Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) KH Hasyim Muzadi menilai langkah Polri yang tidak memberi izin bagi konser Lady Gaga merupakan keputusan tepat. âDampaknya bukan terbatas pada masalah keimanan,tetapi juga masalah keamanan, bahkan memperparah kerawanan perang budaya yang sedang berkecamuk di Indonesia,â kata ulama kelahiran Tuban, Jawa Timur, itu. Hasyim menolak keras jika pelarangan dianggap sebagai tindakan yang melanggar hak asasi manusia (HAM). âHAM tidak bisa digunakan untuk halhal yang merusak serta menciptakan kerawanan,âtegas dia. Pandangan berbeda disampaikan anggota Komisi III DPR Eva Kusuma Sundari.Politikus PDIP ini menilai tidak terbitnya rekomendasi perizinan konser mencerminkan polisi tidak memiliki wibawa jika harus berhadapan dengan ormas tertentu. âIni
[proletar] Libur Panjang-Perputaran Uang di Bandung Capai Rp25 Miliar per Hari
***Paradoxial ! Katanya jumlah orang miskin menambah... Libur Panjang-Perputaran Uang di Bandung Capai Rp25 Miliar per Hari Saturday, 19 May 2012 BANDUNG – Perputaran uang di Bandung pada libur panjang kali ini diperkirakan mencapai puluhan miliar rupiah per hari. Tingginya perputaran uang ditopang oleh sektor pariwisata, hotel,restoran,pusat perbelanjaan, dan lainnya. Peningkatan transaksi juga terjadi di pusat perbelanjaan. Pengamat ekonomi dari Universitas Pasudan (Unpas) Bandung Achuviarta Kartibi menyatakan, libur panjang membuat ekonomi Bandung menggeliat.Peningkatan kunjungan ke Bandung mendongkrak transaksi antara 10-15%. Menurut dia, pada hari biasa nilai transaksi di Kota Bandung sekitar Rp10–15 miliar per hari.” Pada momen libur panjang, angkanya bisa mencapai Rp25 miliar per hari,”kata Achuviarta Kartibi kepada SINDO kemarin. Indikator peningkatan transaksi di pusat perbelanjaan tampak pada lonjakan volume pengunjung yang rata-rata mencapai 15%.Walaupun sebagian pengunjung hanya jalan- jalan, sejumlah pengelola mal optimistis peningkatan transaksi bisa didongkrak dari bisnis foodcourt. Marketing Communication Mal Istana Plaza (IP) Christine Owen mengaku,sejak dua hari lalu masyarakat yang berkunjung ke mal mencapai 60.000 orang. Jumlah tersebut dipastikan terus meningkat hingga besok. Selain Bandung, para pengunjung juga berasal dari luar kota seperti Jakarta. ”Sebagian besar pengunjung berwisata kuliner atau fashion,” katanya. Peningkatan pengunjung mal juga diakui Marketing Communication Bandung Indah Plaza Tubagus Faisal Yusuf. Menurut dia, saat libur panjang kali ini pengunjung BIP mencapai 60.000 orang per hari.Jumlahnya ini meningkat 15% dari akhir pekan biasa. Dia optimistis peningkatan kunjungan mendongkrak transaksi hingga miliaran rupiah. Para pengunjung biasanya berbelanja makanan, fashion, dan hiburan. Deputi Direktur Sekolah Tinggi Pariwisata (STP) Bandung Anang Sutono menjelaskan, pariwisata di Bandung bisa mengalami kejenuhan sehingga ditinggalkan wisatawan. ”Bandung selama ini merupakan salah satu kawasan wisata yang kerap didatangi warga Jakarta dan sekitarnya untuk mengisi liburan akhir pekan. Namun, sekarang daerah ini sudah terlalu sesak. Bayangkan jika wisatawan sudah di titik jenuh,pasti akan ditinggalkan,”tuturnya. Di bagian lain ribuan kendaraan yang akan menuju ke kawasan pariwisata Puncak terjebak kemacetan. Para pengendara mengalami kemacetan sejak keluar gerbang tol (GT) Ciawi.Antrean kendaraan terus mengular hingga menuju ke perempatan Gadog. Untuk mengurangi kemacetan, Satuan Lalu Lintas Polres Bogor memberlakukan sistem satu arah (one way), baik dari Gadog menuju Puncak maupun sebaliknya. ”Kami juga menempatkan puluhan anggota di sejumlah titik yang selama ini selalu mengalami kemacetan,” tutur Kepala Satuan Lalu Lintas Polres Bogor AKP Zaenal Abidin. Sementara itu, ribuan wisatawan memadati kawasan wisata Pantai Carita dan Anyer,Banten sejak Kamis (17/5). Jumlah pengunjung wisata ini diperkirakan terus meningkat hari ini dan besok. Sekretaris Perhimpunan Hotel dan Restoran Indonesia (PHRI) Kabupaten Serang Sukirman mengatakan, dari 1.450 kamar hotel di kawasan Anyer,mulai hari ini semuanya sudah terisi tamu. ”Hiburan bagi pengunjung hotel juga telah kami sediakan,” ujarnya. ●arif budianto/ neni nuraeni/haryudi/ teguh mahardika http://www.seputar-indonesia.com/edisicetak/content/view/496161/1/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Umat Kristiani Doakan Indonesia
Umat Kristiani Doakan Indonesia Friday, 18 May 2012 Puluhan ribu umat Kristiani mengikuti Doa Akbar Sedunia di Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, kemarin. Kegiatan ini juga dilakukan serentak di 220 negara lain dan melibatkan jutaan orang JAKARTA– Pengharapan atas keselamatan untuk umat manusia oleh Yesus Kristus menjadi tema misa kenaikan Isa Almasih kemarin. Umat Kristiani juga mendoakan kesejahteraan bagi Indonesia. Sedikitnya 5.000 jemaat mendatangi Gereja Katedral Jakarta untuk mengikuti acara misa Kenaikan Isa Almasih yang kemarin berlangsung lima kali. Kepala Humas Gereja Katedral Grace Tanus mengatakan, misa pukul 11.00 WIB dipimpin Romo Managamtua Simbolon. Dalam sambutannya Romo Managamtua menyampaikan pesan, sebagai umat manusia, jemaat bisa menyebarkan kebaikan seperti apa yang telah dilakukan Yesus Kristus. Ditambahkannya bahwa kematian Yesus Kristus merupakan penebusan dosa untuk umat yang masih hidup di dunia.”Inti dari penyampaian pesan misa kali ini adalah pengharapan kebaikan dan keselamatan untuk umat manusia di dunia,” kata Grace Tanus kemarin. Dengan demikian, jemaat diharapkan bisa menghindari perbuatan tercela dan menjadikan Yesus sebagai contoh dalam menjalani kehidupan ini. Salah satu yang bisa dijadikan contoh adalah kerelaan Yesus mengorbankan diri demi umatnya. ”Dengan demikian kita bisa saling menjaga satu sama lain,”lanjutnya. Sementara itu, puluhan ribu orang hadir untuk mengikuti Doa Akbar Sedunia (World Prayer Assembly/WPA) di Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno. Selain di Jakarta, kegiatan doa akbar ini juga dilakukan serentak di 220 negara lainnya, melibatkan jutaan pendoa di seluruh dunia. Ketua Panitia WPA 2012 Pdt Dr Bambang Wijaya dalam siaran persnya menjelaskan,selain berdoa bersama,kegiatan bertema ”New Wave” ini diisi dengan seminar yang dipusatkan di dua tempat, yakni Sentul Internasional Convention Center (SICC) dan Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno. ”Tujuan utama doa akbar sedunia ini untuk mendatangkan berkat, kesejahteraan, keadilan, kemakmuran, kebahagiaan,kedamaian, kesukacitaan bagi Indonesia dan dunia, dan melepaskan Indonesia dan dunia dari berbagai masalah, ketidakadilan, bencana, kejahatan, serta halhal negatif lain,”tuturnya. Umat Nasrani di Kabupaten Tana Toraja, Sulawesi Selatan, merayakan Kenaikan Isa Almasih secara sederhana dan penuh khidmat. Dalam khotbah yang bertemakan ”Dia Akan Kembali”, Pdt Monica Randan menyatakan,peristiwa Kenaikan Yesus Kristus itu kembali diperingati umat Nasrani untuk mengagungkan Dia. Suasana berbeda terlihat di Gereja Petra,Makassar.Sekitar pukul 17.00 Wita, gereja berkapasitas 3.000 kursi itu sudah penuh. Seisi gereja bergema ketika Pdt Yusag Handoyo memimpin doa yang diikuti seluruh jemaat dilantai dua dan tiga. ”Indonesia penuh kemuliaan,Indonesia penuh kemuliaan,Indonesia penuh kemuliaan.Makassar penuh kemuliaan,Makassar penuh kemuliaan,Makassar penuh kemuliaan,” kata Pdt Yusag Handoyo diikuti ribuan jemaat. Suasana Indonesia sangat kental dalam misa kali ini.Panitia membagikan bendera merah putih kepada seluruh jemaat yang masuk gereja.”Angkat bendera-bendera itu. Bahwa Indonesia penuh kemuliaan,” lanjut Pdt Yusag Handoyo. Sementara di Kuningan, umat Nasrani dari berbagai daerah berziarah ke Gua Maria Fatimah Sawer Rahmat di Desa Cisantana, Kecamatan Cigugur, Kabupaten Kuningan. Para peziarah diperkirakan akan terus bertambah hingga Minggu karena bertepatan dengan libur panjang. ridwansyah/joni kembang/mohamad taufik/supyan umar http://www.seputar-indonesia.com/edisic ... 495896/38/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] TAJUK, Kontroversi Lady Gaga
TAJUK, Kontroversi Lady Gaga Friday, 18 May 2012 Lady Gaga tengah menjadi pembicaraan hangat di Indonesia. Ini terkait dengan penolakan Polda Metro Jaya atas rencana konser perempuan bernama asli Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta itu di Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno (SUGB) Senayan, Jakarta, 3 Juni nanti. Persoalan yang diperdebatkan adalah mengapa polisi bersikukuh menolak konser yang disebut akan menjadi terbesar di Asia tersebut? Kapolda Metro Jaya Irjen Pol Untung S Rajab secara spesifik membeberkan bahwa alasan penolakan konser bertajuk The Born This Way Ball ini didasarkan pada pertimbangan keamanan dan pertentangan dengan budaya Indonesia karena sang penyanyi kerap mempertontonkan erotisme. Dengan alasan inilah dia secara tegas mengancam akan membubarkan konser jika promotor tetap nekat menggelarnya. Benarkah konser Lady Gaga sedemikian gawatnya sehingga berpotensi menimbulkan gangguan keamanan atau bahkan kerusuhan? Atau benarkah Lady Gaga sedemikian tidak bermoralnya sehingga dianggap bertentangan dengan budaya Indonesia? Inilah yang belum sepenuhnya dipahami bukan hanya oleh 44.000 calon penonton yang sudah memesan tiket,tapi juga oleh masyarakat umum. Polisi tidak menyebut analisis persoalan potensial yang memaksa polisi mengambil sikap supertegas di luar kebiasaan. Berdasar kelaziman konser,kerusuhan biasanya dipicu penonton anarkistis yang memaksa masuk karena tidak punya tiket atau kehabisan tiket.Kondisi semacam ini biasanya terjadi pada konser yang mengundang massa besar. Tapi apakah konser Lady Gaga yang mematok harga tiket mahal akan menjadi seperti yang dikhawatirkan, kiranya sangat berlebihan. Apalagi dengan latar belakang penonton yang lebih terdidik, walaupun mereka tampil dengan pakaian serbaaneh,perilaku mereka pasti lebih mudah diatur dan tidak beringas.Toh polisi sebelumnya terbukti mampu mengamankan pertandingan bola atau kegiatan partai politik di tempat sama dengan skala jauh lebih besar. Satu-satunya alasan keamanan potensial yang bisa dipahami hanyalah terkait penolakan sejumlah ormas seperti Front Pembela Islam (FPI) dan beberapa fraksi di DPR.Ketua FPIHabib Rizieq Syihab bahkan sudah mengancam akan membubarkan konser karena menganggap Lady Gaga adalah penyembah iblis yang akan mengikat kerajaan iblis di seluruh dunia. Tuduhan yang disampaikan pimpinan FPI itu barangkali berpangkal pada gaya penampilan sang diva yang nyelenehseperti menggunakan gaun daging mentah, kerudung merah, rambut singa,dan keanehan lainnya. Tapi belum tentu gaya aneh tersebut juga menjadi bagian dari kehidupan kesehariannya atau sekadar saat berada di atas panggung seperti halnya ditunjukkan personel band Kuburan di Indonesia. Ataupunjikayangdipersoalkanadalahsisipenampilanerotismenya, di Indonesia banyak penyanyi dangdut yang biasa pentas di daerah dan di ruang terbuka penampilannya jauh lebih erotis dan mengundang syahwat.Atau mungkin juga yang dipersoalkan adalah sisi lirik yang bertentangan dengan nilai agama. Tapi,beberapa lirik lagu musisi cadas dunia yang pernah tampil di Tanah Air punya isi yang jauh lebih parah.Lantas mengapa hanya Lady Gaga yang dicekal? Seharusnya, polisi tidak tunduk pada kemauan satu atau dua kelompok. Jika kemudian ada risiko keamanan, sudah menjadi kewajiban polisi untuk mengamankannya. Ataupun jika polisi berniat mengantisipasi,mestinya pelarangan sudah jauh disampaikan sebelum tiket dijual sehingga tidak merugikan siapa pun. Seharusnya, polisi tidak bersikap kaku dan mau mendengar aspirasi kalangan masyarakat lain. Dengan demikian, pilihan sikap yang diambil bukanlah serta-merta mengancam membubarkan konser Lady Gaga, tetapi memberi batasan. Misalnya melarang Lady Gaga tampil erotis dan menyanyikan lagu kontroversial. Merespons tingginya antusiasme fansnya, Lady Gaga pasti tidak akan berkeberatan. http://www.seputar-indonesia.com/edisic ... ew/495766/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Negara Gamang Atasi Kekerasan
Negara Gamang Atasi Kekerasan Friday, 18 May 2012 Aksi kekerasan yang berlangsung di depan hidung aparat negara terus saja terjadi. Negara gamang mengatasinya meskipun Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) berulang kali menekankan agar negara tidak boleh takluk pada aksi kekerasan yang meresahkan rakyat. Lebih celaka karena aparat negara hanya menonton tindakan itu, terkesan takut bertindak tegas. Bentrok antardesa bertetangga atau antarkelompok masyarakat terus terjadi yang mengakibatkan korban luka, meninggal dunia,dan rusaknya rumah penduduk. Rentetan peristiwa kekerasan kian menunjukkan negara tak berdaya. Misalnya, bentrok warga di Dusun Lamuk, Desa Kalimanggis,Kecamatan Kaloran, Kabupaten Temanggung, Jawa Tengah, Sabtu (12/5). Puluhan orang merusak panggung yang sedianya dipakai untuk tempat perayaan Waisak.Kemudian Selasa (15/5) rusuh massa lagilagi terjadi di Kota Ambon dalam perayaan Hari Pattimura yang menyebabkan 50 orang luka-luka. Eskalasi kekerasan massa dapat memicu aksi yang lebih besar jika polisi tidak segera meredam pemicunya. Data yang dicatat Setara Institute berkaitan dengan kekerasan terhadap kebebasan beragama dua tahun terakhir cukup mengagetkan.Pada 2011 terdapat 244 kasus dan pada 2010 sebanyak 117 kasus. Belum termasuk aksi kekerasan geng motor, organisasi masyarakat tertentu, dan tawuran pelajar. Data tersebut mengindikasikan, hampir semua ruang publik tidak ada yang steril dari kekerasan. Rasa aman masyarakat laksana barang mahal yang tidak mampu dibeli. Padahal, negara memiliki aparat yang diberi tugas untuk melindungi masyarakat dari keterancaman kekerasan.Juga ada instrumen hukum seperti KUHP (Pidana) yang bisa dipakai polisi untuk menindak tegas pelaku kekerasan dengan membawanya ke ruang pengadilan. Terkesan polisi tidak berani menempuh risiko jika yang melakukan kekerasan berbentuk “massa” atau organisasi masyarakat tertentu. Beda jika rakyat kecil mencuri sandal, mencuri kakao, atau aksi teroris.Polisi begitu sigap dan cekatan menangkap dan membawanya ke pengadilan untuk dihukum. Jaga Pluralisme Kasus anarkisme massa,termasuk yang menekan aparat negara untuk melakukan atau tidak melakukan sesuatu, sudah masuk pada tahap membahayakan. Eskalasinya begitu memprihatinkan dan mengancam kebinekaan Indonesia. Kalau tidak menimbulkan kerusakan fisik bangunan atau barang,aksi-aksi tersebut juga menimbulkan korban luka dan meninggal dunia.Apa pun alasan dan motif yang memicunya, aksi-aksi kekerasan tersebut termasuk tindakan barbar yang tidak boleh diberi ruang. Di alam demokrasi saat ini segala ketidakpuasan atau kekecewaan boleh saja diungkapkan secara terbuka.Tetapi, tidak boleh dilandasi kekerasan yang menyebabkan pihak lain terganggu atau dirugikan. Dalih apa pun,kekecewaan terhadap kebijakan negara tidak boleh berwujud tindakan anarkistis. Apalagi jika dilakukan oleh sekumpulan orang yang berbentuk massa yang rawan terprovokasi. Aksi anarkistis tidak boleh menjadi model untuk menumpahkan segala bentuk kekecewaan ataupun aspirasi. Tidak boleh dijadikan “model perjuangan” karena akan menghancurkan sistem nilai dan tatanan bernegara yang selama ini dijaga untuk merekatkan pluralisme. Memang konstitusi negara menjamin kebebasan bagi publik untuk berserikat, berhimpun, dan menyampaikan aspirasinya di ruang publik. Namun, harus mengacu pada norma hukum dan norma sosial yang berlaku. Saat kekerasan terus mewarnai penyaluran aspirasi, atau ketika ruang publik mengancam rasa aman masyarakat untuk beraktivitas tanpa ada tindakan tegas, dipastikan negara akan kehilangan substansinya sebagai pelindung rakyat. Negara tidak boleh abai dari kewajibannya melindungi rakyat dari ancaman, apalagi hanya jadi penonton karena takut berbenturan dengan massa. Akibat tekanan ekonomi dan ketidakpastian hukum, masyarakat semakin mudah tersulut marah dan tersinggung meski hanya persoalan sepele.Amuk massa terjadi di mana-mana,termasuk bentrok antaraparat keamanan dengan meniru ulah pelajar tingkat SLTP.Tak keliru jika ada yang menuding SBY gamang menindak aksi kekerasan dengan membiarkan polisi takluk pada tekanan ormas tertentu atau pada tekanan massa. Sipil Bersenjata Salah satu momok yang mengancam rasa aman masyarakat adalah masih banyaknya warga sipil yang menguasai senjata api (senpi).Polisi gagal mengawasi Surat Keputusan (SK) Kapolri Nomor: SKEP/ 82/II/2004 yang memberi izin warga sipil tertentu memiliki senpi untuk kepentingan bela diri. Selain banyak senpi berizin yang disalahgunakan,juga memicu warga lain yang punya watak kriminal membeli senpi secara gelap atau merakit sendiri lantaran merasa ditoleransi oleh pemberian izin itu. Masih banyaknya senpi beredar luas di masyarakat memunculkan ketidakpercayaan rakyat pada kinerja aparat kepolisian. Dalam negara hukum, seharusnya sipil tidak diizinkan memiliki senjata api karena rawan disalahgunakan. Maka itu, alasan pemberian izin untuk bela diri merupakan
[proletar] Pengangguran Berkurang 500.000 Orang
Pengangguran Berkurang 500.000 Orang Tuesday, 08 May 2012 JAKARTA – Upaya mengurangi pengangguran perlahan menunjukkan hasilnya. Data terbaru Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) menyebutkan, jumlah pengangguran di Indonesia per Februari 2012 mencapai 7,6 juta atau berkurang sekitar 500.000 orang dalam setahun terakhir. Kepala BPS Suryamin memaparkan, jumlah angkatan kerja pada Februari 2012 mencapai 120,4 juta orang. Dari jumlah itu, 112,8 juta orang sudah bekerja sehingga masih ada 7,6 juta penduduk Indonesia yang berstatus pengangguran. ‘’Dengan demikian, dalam setahun terakhir ada penurunan jumlah pengangguran sebanyak 500.00 orang dari 8,1 juta pada Februari 2011 menjadi 7,6 juta pada Februari 2012. Dalam rentang waktu tersebut, penduduk yang bekerja juga bertambah 1,5 juta orang,’’ kata Suryamin,saat memaparkan Keadaan Ketenagakerjaan Indonesia Februari 2012,di kantornya kemarin Data BPS juga memperlihatkan, dalam setahun terakhir ada penurunan jumlah angkatan kerja di sektor informal sebesar 2,4 juta orang dan sebaliknya ada tambahan 4 juta angkatan kerja di sektor formal. Kendati demikian, angkatan kerja Indonesia masih tetap didominasi oleh angkatan kerja informal. Jumlah angkatan kerja yang bekerja di sektor formal hanya 42,1 juta orang (37,29%), sedangkan di sektor informal 70,7 juta orang (62,71%).“Pekerja formal meningkat. Ini berita bagus karena banyak yang pindah ke formal dan tentu mereka berpenghasilan lebih besar,”katanya. Dia menambahkan, penyerapan tenaga kerja hingga Februari 2012 juga masih didominasi pekerja berpendidikan rendah yaitu sekolah dasar ke bawah.Mereka berjumlah 55,5 juta orang (49,21%) dan SMP sebesar 20,3 juta (17,99%).Pekerja berpendidikan tinggi hanya 10,3 juta orang yang terdiri atas 3,1 juta pendidikan diploma (2,77%) dan 7,2 juta orang berpendidikan universitas (6,43%). Namun, dalam setahun terakhir, pekerja berpendidikan rendah menurun dari 76,3 juta menjadi 75,8 juta, sedangkan pekerja berpendidikan tinggi meningkat dari 8,9 juta menjadi 10,3 juta orang. Deputi Bidang Neraca dan Analisis Statistik BPS Suhariyanto menambahkan,peningkatan pekerja formal serta penurunan pekerja informal menjadi indikasi semakin membaiknya tingkat kesejahteraan masyarakat. “Pengangguran terdidik itu menurun, yang bahaya kan kalau yang terdidik ini menganggur karena mereka ini berpikir lebih kritis dalam memaknai hidup,” paparnya setelah mendampingi Suryamin pada konferensi pers kemarin. Seperti tahun-tahun sebelumnya, sektor pertanian menjadi penyumbang lapangan kerja terbesar dengan total serapan angkatan kerja sebanyak 41,2 juta, disusul kemudian dengan sektor perdagangan (24,02 juta), jasa kemasyarakatan (17,37 juta), serta industri (14,21 juta). Dari jumlah pengangguran sebanyak 7,6 juta, persentase tingkat pengangguran terbuka (TPT) mencapai 6,32%. Sebagian besar dari TPT datang dari lulusan sekolah menengah atas (SMA) sebesar 10,34% dan sekolah menengah kejuruan (SMK) sebanyak 9,51%. Menteri Koordinator Bidang Perekonomian Hatta Rajasa menilai penurunan pengangguran tidak bisa dilepaskan dari peran usaha kecil dan menengah (UKM). Menurutnya, UKM menjadi sabuk pengaman bagi pengangguran saat sektor lain menurun.Mantan Sekretaris Negara tersebut berharap ke depan pemerintah bisa semakin meningkatkan jumlah pekerja sektor formal sehingga semakin sedikit penduduk Indonesia yang terbebas dari gejolak krisis. “Tugas kita adalah bagaimana informal di formalkan kalau yangUKMjadikelasmenengah. Ini yang paling penting kita berikan fasilitasnya untuk menjaga mereka supaya tidak terlalu rentan terhadap gejolak,”papar Hatta di kantornya kemarin. maesaroh http://www.seputar-indonesia.com/edisic ... 492995/38/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Indonesian sisters change their lives with Barbie
Indonesian sisters change their lives with Barbie By NINIEK KARMINI, Associated Press 11:08 p.m., May 1, 2012 MOUNT BATUR, Indonesia — Putu Restiti and her little sister, Alit, have felt invisible most of their lives, hidden in a run-down shack because they were born with twisted limbs some believe were caused by evil spirits. They were kept out of school and had no friends. But like children everywhere, they had powerful imaginations. After being given a Barbie doll, they started stitching tiny, intricate outfits for her from their mother's sewing scraps. And in doing so, they created a new world for themselves. Word of their beautiful and delicate designs spread. They were displayed for sale in Bali's top tourist area and neighborhood kids started visiting, first to watch and then to request their own. She's beautiful, isn't she? 21-year-old Putu says to Alit after adding a final stitch to a traditional batik gown, pulling it over Barbie's golden locks and then tightening a clasp around the iconic doll's petite waist and high bust. Yes, the pigtailed 11-year-old whispers. So sexy. Indonesia's resort island of Bali - with its white-sand beaches, five-star hotels and throbbing nightclubs - attracts millions of tourists every year. They include everyone from Paris Hilton (who gushed to fans during a recent visit that she'd finally found paradise) to backpackers and surfers. And with her starring role in Eat, Pray, Love, Julia Roberts helped bring a different pilgrim to the Island of the Gods: spiritual seekers. But there is a dark side as well for children like Putu and Alit, neither of whom can stand nor walk because of problems that occurred during breech births. Unlike the rest of the sprawling archipelagic nation, which is predominantly Muslim, most Balinese are Hindu. Their unique form of the faith stresses worshipping of ancestors - and a belief that prosperity can only be achieved with the blessings of dead relatives. Those with deformities are said to embody the bad spirits of those who have lived before. An embarrassment to families, some are locked away. In the most extreme cases, they're abandoned, left to fend for themselves. That's what led to the search for Putu two years ago. Sakti Soediro, a volunteer with a health foundation that helps disabled youths, was looking through a midwife's files describing a breech birth nearly two decades ago in which the baby was born feet first and the mother nearly lost her life. After the difficult delivery, the girl disappeared without a trace. She'd never gone to school or visited health clinics or hospitals, so no records of her were on file anywhere. We were determined to find out what happened, said Soediro, who looked for a month, first going door-to-door in villages dotting Bali's stunning coasts, and then venturing deep into the island's interior, where many still live in abject poverty. After navigating a windy, dirt road that climbed the long-dormant Mount Batur volcano, she reached the rice-farming community of Songan. There, in a concrete shack at the end of an alley, Jero Widiani, a seamstress abandoned by her husband years earlier, was struggling to raise five daughters on her own. Three were healthy. Neighbors were not even aware of the two others. Putu, the eldest, was sitting on the ground, her severely distorted legs folded beneath her as she sewed together scraps of material. Alit, huddled beside her, was even worse off. No bigger than a toddler, the little girl has a ribcage pressed tightly against her lungs, making it difficult to breathe, much less speak. She has no mobility in her legs and use, only, of her left arm. Soediro came back a few days later with some Barbie dolls. When she returned a third time, the girls showed her a stack of miniature dresses, sarongs and shirts. One had been fitted, beautifully, on the Barbie. It was amazing! said Soediro, who has helped the girls sell the dresses in shops and occasionally at exhibitions for $2 to $4 a piece - bringing in up to $70 a month, enough to help feed the family. Neighborhood kids pay just 5 cents, but the interaction after years of isolation is priceless. They just want to be our friends, Putu says with a smile, as girls run in and out of the living room, others lingering curiously in the doorway. And that's what we want, too. I feel happy now, she says, watching her mother scoop Alit in her arms and carry her to the toilet. I'm more excited now to live. As word spread, even Western tourists have been known to make the four-hour trip from the capital, Denpasar. They are inspiring said Stephanie Crowe, taking a seat on the floor beside the girls and picking up tiny dresses, admiring their fine handiwork. They don't have much, the Australian said, but they are surrounded, now, by friends and family. We Westerners, she said, are all about looking out for ourselves and saving money so we can buy more
[proletar] On the bylaw about cutting the hands for stealing
***On the bylaw about cutting the hands for stealing, you can cut two, three, twenty, thirty hands, but that will not resolve the problem. There should be a preventive action as well through education, Abdullah, 71, told Reuters. Indonesia's Aceh elects rebel governor, marking peace path By REUTERS Published: Apr 17, 2012 20:11 Updated: Apr 17, 2012 20:11 BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: Indonesia's Aceh province elected a former rebel as governor on Tuesday in a vote that marked another step in a path toward peace that has become a model for countries around the world facing low-level insurgencies. Once rebel foreign minister Zaini Abdullah won 55.8 percent of the vote in last week's election beating former governor Irwandi Yusuf, according to results announced by the Aceh independent election commission. Indonesia's westernmost province, oil and gas rich, was devastated by a tsunami in 2004 that left 170,000 dead or missing. The disaster prompted the end of a three-decade insurgency in which thousands were killed and human rights abuses soared. Around 13 people died in the run-up to the election, according to Concord Consulting group, a risk firm based in Jakarta. There were also allegations of voter intimidation. Even so, Aceh's second election forms part of a transition away from violence, according to analysts. Aceh has been so far an overwhelmingly successful example of resolving a guerilla conflict through allowing the rebels to take part in the political process, said security analyst Sidney Jones of the Brussels-based International Crisis Group. Myanmar sent a delegation to Aceh last year to study its example of conflict resolution, an Indonesian foreign ministry official said. Aceh is the only Indonesian province that has sharia law, though the subject played little role in the election. Abdullah said sharia must be applied more evenly. On the bylaw about cutting the hands for stealing, you can cut two, three, twenty, thirty hands, but that will not resolve the problem. There should be a preventive action as well through education, Abdullah, 71, told Reuters. Abdullah worked as a doctor from 1972-1976 before joining the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and fighting for four years in the rebellion. He later sought asylum in Sweden where he represented the movement as foreign minister before returning in 2006. http://arabnews.com/world/article613845.ece [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Cameron to bolster weapons sales to Indonesia
Cameron to bolster weapons sales to Indonesia Published: 11 April, 2012, 07:44 British Prime Minister David Cameron will be seeking to boost weapons sales to Indonesia, which he calls “one of the world’s most important democracies”. This comes just twelve years after Britain imposed an arms embargo on the country. “Britain makes some of the best defense equipment in the world, and it is right that it is available to Indonesia under the very same criteria that we apply to all our partners around the world,” Cameron said in an interview with Indonesia’s Kompas newspaper. “That is why some of our leading defense companies are with me on this visit.” The British leader is set to meet Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday while he visits the country as part of a five-day Asian tour. He is accompanied by some of Britain’s leading weapons manufacturers, eager to secure deals with the Indonesian government. Last year there were reports that the British government was in talks to sell 24 Eurofighter Typhoons to Indonesia for £2 billion ($3.18 billion). The government denied that negotiations were underway though some ministers did say that they were keen to explore defense projects with Indonesia. In 1999, Tony Blair’s Labour government banned the export of fighter jets to Indonesia after receiving reports that Indonesia used BAE-built Hawk jets to bomb civilians in East Timor. Although Cameron claims that Indonesia has transformed itself into a democracy with free press and elections, Human Rights Watch continues to chide the Indonesian government for human rights violations, including “extrajudicial killings and torture in Papua and other areas.” http://rt.com/news/cameron-weapons-indo ... nment-748/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] INDONESIA: Struggling to survive sexual violence
***“There’s very little immediate medical assistance for women in this country,” she said. “Rape survivors… may want to get themselves medically checked within 24 hours to provide physical evidence, but that’s a challenge due to bureaucracy, and because hospitals aren’t sensitive to the concerns of rape survivors.” Wednesday, April 11. 2012 INDONESIA: Struggling to survive sexual violence by IRIN News Survivors of sexual violence in Indonesia face an uphill battle in recovery as a result of an inadequate legal system, police inaction, and prevailing societal attitudes that tend to be suspicious of victims, say activists. Survivors are often reluctant to come forward because of attitudes within the family. Herna (not her real name), 27, was abused by her mother’s partner between the ages of 9 and 16 but her family did not fully understand her trauma. “I knew that what had happened to me was wrong,” she said. “I asked my stepfather for an apology, but he never gave it. Instead, my mother said to me that not everyone was perfect. After that, I left home for good.” Santi (not her real name), 28, was molested by her swimming instructor when she was 14 years old. “I didn’t say anything because I thought people would blame me if I reported it,” she said. “Maybe they would say I shouldn’t have been in the pool with that man. I never sought help. For years I didn’t even acknowledge that it had happened to me and I had serious problems in relationships afterwards.” Indonesia is a signatory to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW),which aims to strengthen the human rights of women, but the National Commission on Violence Against Women notes that between 1998 and 2010 there were close to 94,000 cases of sexual violence reported against women, including rape, trafficking of women for sexual purposes, sexual harassment, sexual torture and sexual exploitation. The commission also highlighted that 20 Indonesian women a day experienced sexual violence, and in its annual notes, released in March 2012, reported some 4,335 cases of sexual violence in 2011 alone. According to the Jakarta Police, in 2011 there were 1,787 cases of sexual violence across Indonesia, around 2,500 cases less than those recorded by the commission. ‘Archaic’ criminal code The reasons for these numbers vary. In an October 2011 report submitted to the UN CEDAW committee, the commission said sexual violence experienced by women had yet to be fully recognized, and had not been given the handling and attention victims required. Andy Yentriani, an official of the commission, told IRIN that the Indonesian criminal code was archaic and could not properly deal with sexual violence. “It’s based on a system that is four centuries old,” said Yentriani. “Rape is only understood as the insertion of male genitalia into female genitalia. Oral sex or anal sex are off the radar. The law also does not recognize that rape can be experienced by adult males.” Barriers to reporting Wulan Danoekoesoemo, the founder of Lentera Indonesia, an NGO survivor support group based in the capital, Jakarta, spoke of the challenges faced by survivors when reporting their ordeal. “There’s very little immediate medical assistance for women in this country,” she said. “Rape survivors… may want to get themselves medically checked within 24 hours to provide physical evidence, but that’s a challenge due to bureaucracy, and because hospitals aren’t sensitive to the concerns of rape survivors.” ‘Insensitive’ authorities Photo: Mark Wilson/IRIN A group of women wait for a minibus to take them home After five high-profile cases of rape were reported on Jakarta’s public minibus system and eight reports of sexual assault on the city’s main bus system in 2011, special women-only spaces on buses and trains were introduced. Police spokesman Senior Commissioner Rikwanto explained how the police were tackling the problem of sexual violence against women. “We’re patrolling in the evening when workers are returning home and appealing to women to wear polite and proper clothing in public.” Neta Pane, coordinator of Indonesian Police Watch (IPW), an independent police monitoring organization, said this attitude was undermining efforts to help survivors. “Women are being asked not to provoke sexual violence,” he said. “So if something does happen, it’s the fault of the woman for not dressing properly.” Pane pointed out that the maximum punishment for rape was 12 years, but perpetrators mostly received sentences under a year. Vitria Lazzarini, executive coordinator of the Pulih Foundation, a women’s crisis centre in south Jakarta, said police attitudes toward survivors lacked sensitivity. “They ask whether she enjoyed it, what she was wearing at the time, and what she was doing outside at that time of night. It’s completely inappropriate for a woman who is suffering substantial
[proletar] Aceh chooses new governor, Zaini Abdullah ahead according to exit polls
***Once exiled in Sweden, the former foreign minister of the separatist movement is leading in the vote count. Indonesia: Aceh chooses new governor, Zaini Abdullah ahead according to exit polls Affected by a ten-year war against the central government and the 2004 tsunami, the Islamist-dominated province goes to the polls to choose its leader for the second time. Once exiled in Sweden, the former foreign minister of the separatist movement is leading in the vote count. Despite fears of ... Tuesday, April 10, 2012 Jakarta - Despite fears of possible violence as seen during campaigning, the vote on Monday to elect a provincial governor and deputy governor in Aceh was peaceful. Located at the northern tip of Sumatra, Indonesia's westernmost island, the province enjoys special status; it is the country's only province where Sharia is enforced. The Independent Aceh Election Commission (KIP) will officially announce the results of the election next week. However, exit polls indicate that Zaini Abdullah, the former foreign minister of the once separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM), is in the lead. Thousands of soldiers and police agents at 9.754 polling stations where voters were called to elect the new governor of Aceh Nanggroe Darussalam province and his deputy. The election was supposed to be held last year but was postponed when the main political parties failed to agree on the participation of independent candidates. After the vote was cancelled four times and following a series of threats and acts of intimidation from hard-line Islamist groups, the vote went off without a hitch yesterday. Five tickets were on the ballot box: outgoing Governor Irwandi Yusuf and his deputy Muhyan Yunan, Tengku Ahmad Tajudin and Suriansyah, Darni Daud and Ahmad Fauzi, Muhammad Nazar and Nova Iriansyah, and Zaini Abdullah and Muzakir Manaf. Based on exit polls conducted by the Indonesia Survey Circle, the former minister in the separatist GAM movement Zaini Abdullah and his co-candidate Muzakir Manaf, a former GAM commander and leader, were leading in the vote count. Zaini, who spent many years in exile in Sweden, had 54.4 per cent of the vote, whilst outgoing Governor Irwandi Yusuf was second with 29.88 per cent. In Aceh, Islam possesses the most radical traits. Here the pro-independence GAM fought a war against the Indonesian military and the central government, with at least 15,000 dead, mostly civilians. The December 2004 tsunami caused widespread devastation, and opened the door for outside aid and peace negotiations, unthinkable until then. The peace deal between the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement opened the way to the first gubernatorial elections in December 2006, won by outgoing Governor Irwandi Yusuf. http://www.speroforum.com/a/IZKXCBMCRI4 ... ro+News%29 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Indonesian living in NJ church avoid deportation
Indonesian living in NJ church avoid deportation By SAMANTHA HENRY Associated Press Published: Friday, April 6, 2012 at 5:56 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, April 6, 2012 at 5:56 p.m. Inside the New Jersey church where he now lives, Saul Timisela recounted Friday how as a Christian youth leader, he fled his native Indonesia after finding the desecrated corpse of his brother-in-law following an attack by anti-Christian extremists that destroyed their city. Timisela, who has been ordered deported from the United States, has been given sanctuary by The Reformed Church of Highland Park, hoping that federal legislation sponsored by New York and New Jersey lawmakers will give him the chance to reapply for asylum. We're here (to) have a good life. We came to the U.S. to have a better life, Timisela told a group gathered at the church for an event marking Good Friday. This is not making up a story. This is the truth, he said, speaking through tears. We're lucky we (didn't) get killed at that time, he added, referring to the burning of churches and other attacks on Christians on his native Ambon Island following the fall of longtime dictator Suharto in 1998. God blessed us. The 45-year-old Timisela and his wife have been sleeping in quarters he jokingly calls 5-star accommodations, in a small room within the church, with access to the church's cafeteria for meals. They don't travel outside church grounds, however, as another parishioner was picked up recently by immigration officials following a Sunday service. Two other Indonesian Christians facing deportation have since joined Timisela in the church, granted sanctuary by the Rev. Seth Kaper-Dale. Ross Feinstein, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said all three men have gotten final deportation orders. He said Timisela was first given the order in 2006 and offered voluntary departure but failed to leave. He was again ordered to surrender on March 1 of this year, but failed to do so, Feinstein said. Now Timisela is considered an immigration fugitive. Immigration fugitives - individuals who ignore the direction of an immigration judge to depart the country - are an enforcement priority for ICE, Feinstein said. ICE generally does not conduct enforcement actions at sensitive locations, including places of worship, without prior approval from the agency headquarters or unless the action involves national security or an imminent risk of violence or physical harm, Feinstein said. New Jersey ICE officials have acknowledged meeting with Kaper-Dale to discuss the Indonesian's situation, and they extended the stays of several of the men facing deportation, and allowed orders of supervision in lieu of detention in other instances. But ICE officials emphasize that agency rules do not allow for the suspension of removal orders or the granting of indefinite orders of supervision to any one class of immigrants. U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-NY, who attended the event Friday and is sponsoring the bill, said hundreds of Indonesians fled the island nation between 1996 and 2003, when more than 1,000 churches were destroyed by anti-Christian extremists in the majority Muslim nation. The U.S. government allowed many Indonesian Christians to come to America on tourist visas in the chaotic aftermath of the fall of the Suharto regime. Many worked, established lives in the U.S., and had American-born children. Things changed after 9/11, however, when men between the ages of 16 and 65 who had entered the U.S. on temporary visas from predominantly Muslim nations were required to register with the U.S. government or be classified as terrorist fugitives. Indonesians of all religions - hailing from the world's most populous Muslim nation - were required to register. Many did not expect to face deportation back to Indonesia as Christians facing persecution, but found themselves in legal limbo as they had surpassed the time limit for applying for U.S. asylum. Maloney emphasized her bill would not grant them amnesty, but allow Indonesian Christians caught in that limbo to reapply for U.S. asylum. Americans of all faiths and creeds simply cannot stand by and watch these brave men and women be ejected wholesale from the United States due to a narrow reading of immigration law, Maloney said. This is not the America we know and love. Harry Pangemanan, an Indonesian member of the Highland Park church, estimates there are about 8,000 Indonesian Christians living in the Northeast. He said more than 70 Indonesian immigrants in New Jersey received deportation warning letters from the Department of Homeland Security in recent months, and more than 100 Indonesians in a community near Dover, N.H., got them as well. About two dozen Indonesians in the New York City area are also affected. Rep. Frank Palone Jr., D-NJ, and others are co-sponsoring Maloney's bill. http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/201 ... ?p=3tc=pg [Non-text
[proletar] Kedai Kopi Kena Pajak10%
Kedai Kopi Kena Pajak10% Thursday, 29 March 2012 PEMATANGSIANTAR – Usaha kecil, seperti kedai kopi, rumah makan, dan jasa katering di Kota Pematangsiantar bakal diwajibkan membayar pajak sebesar 10% dari omzet harian. Kewajiban membayar pajak itu seiring dengan diberlakukannya Peraturan Daerah (Perda) No 6/2011 tentang Pajak Daerah oleh Pemerintah Kota (Pemko) Pematangsiantar. Lunda Manurung salah seorang pemilik kedai kopi mengaku sangat terkejut dengan adanya kebijakan tersebut. Sebab,perda tersebut semakin membuat masyarakat kecil terjepit karena harus membayar pajak. “Padahal kondisi ekonomi saat ini semakin sulit. Dengan harga saat ini saja, penjualan kami sudah sangat sepi. Bahkan penghasilan yang kami dapat tidak cukup untuk memenuhi kebutuhan sehari-hari,” katanya. Manurung menambahkan, jika kewajiban membayar pajak sebesar 10% diberlakukan dipastikan harga jual minuman kopi atau teh manis akan ikut naik. “Jika harus dinaikkan sudah pasti pembeli akan berkurang dan pendapatan kami juga semakin kecil,” papar Manurung yang memiliki kedai di Jalan Sangnawaluh, Pematangsiantar,kemarin. Kepala Dinas Pendapatan Pengelolaan Keuangan dan Aset Daerah (DPPKAD) Pematangsiantar, JA Setiawan Girsang mengatakan, penerapan pajak itu merupakan konsekuensi dari terbitnya Perda No 6/2011 yang sudah disahkan Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah (DPRD) Kota Pematangsiantar. Perda ini memang ditetapkan untuk target pendapatan asli daerah (PAD) dari sektor pajak. Sebelum resmi diterapkan, kata Girsang,pihaknya sudah melakukan sosialisasi melalui pemasangan spanduk di lokasi strategis dan mudah terlihat oleh masyarakat luas. Sosialisasi pun disampaikan melalui pihak kecamatan dan kelurahan. “Saat ini kami masih gencar melakukan sosialisasi agar masyarakat memahami kewajibannya membayar pajak demi kelangsungan pembangunan. Untuk teknis pengutipan retribusi nanti akan dibicarakan lebih lanjut sehingga target PAD yang dibebankan dapat terealisasi,” papar Girsang, beberapa waktu lalu. Secara terpisah Kepala Bagian (Kabag) Humas Daniel H Siregar mengatakan, penerapan pajak itu adalah upaya Pemko Pematangsiantar mendorong partisipasi masyarakat dalam menyukseskan program pembangunan. Dia berharap, masyarakat dapat memahami dan mendukung pembangunan lewat pembayaran pajak dari usaha yang dikelolanya. dadang pramono http://www.seputar-indonesia.com/edisic ... 481493/38/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Re: Can Afghan Women Keep their Gains?
***Kocak amat si AS itu. Kirim saja cewe2 AS ber mini, bikini, pasti Afghan women can keep their gains ***Sudah gagal dengan perang salib nya, mundur teratur adalah opsi agung. Kalo sampai seperti tentara Rusia lari ter-birit2 ***Milisia afghan siap membantu Iran bila diserang AS --- In proletar@yahoogroups.com, Sunny ambon@... wrote: http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=4373Itemid=212 Can Afghan Women Keep their Gains? Written by David Cortright Wednesday, 28 March 2012 How will she dress when she grows up? As the US-led coalition prepares to hand over, women are at peril The Obama administration is under mounting pressure to accelerate the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. The US-led coalition plans to hand over security responsibility to Afghan forces by 2014. The military withdrawal shouldnât mean that the international community walks away from Afghanistan entirely, however, or ceases support to local civil society âespecially when it comes to preserving the hard-won rights of Afghan women. How is this possible? To search for answers, my colleague at Notre Dame Universityâs Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies Sarah Smiles Persinger and I authored the report Afghan Women Speak, based on dozens of interviews in Afghanistan with female parliamentarians, activists, researchers, health workers and NGO leaders. This past October I visited Kabul to assess the latest developments. All the women we interviewed said they want the war to end. They cannot secure their rights in a militarized environment. The longer the war continues the more they are threatened by the Taliban and male reactionaries in the Kabul government. Woman favor peace negotiations, but they do not want an agreement that revokes laws, like the 2009 Elimination of Violence Against Women Act, or that fails to sustain vital services for women. What do women recommend? The first and most obvious need is continued support for the economic and social development programs that have already improved the lives of Afghan women and children. âInvest in Afghan youthâ, said a woman leader, ânot in corrupt leaders.â With development funding from USAID, the World Bank and European Union member states, millions of women have acquired an education and gained access to health care. These achievements are among the few bright spots of the international mission in Afghanistan. They must be sustained as foreign troops withdraw. Improved education is a priority. In 2002 only 900,000 boys attended primary school. Today more than seven million girls and boys are enrolled in school. School attendance rates have increased sevenfold over the past decade. Girls now comprise 37 per cent of the student population. More than 4,000 new schools have been built, many through cooperation between international programs and local civil society. The number of teachers has increased from 20,000 (all men) in 2002 to more than 150,000 today (almost 30 per cent women). Progress also has been achieved in lowering Afghanistanâs rates of maternal and child mortality. Since 2001 the number of health facilities and trained health workers has increased tenfold. More than 3,000 women have been trained as midwives, a sevenfold increase. According to the latest Afghan government figures, based on a survey conducted with support from USAID and the UN, the rate of children dying before age 5 has dropped from one in five to about one in ten. The risk of a woman dying in childbirth has dropped from one in eleven to one in 50. These rates are still shockingly high, but the trends are moving in the right direction. The improvements of the last decade translate into hundreds of thousands of lives saved among Afghanistanâs most vulnerable people. Despite these gains, much work remains to be done. In rural communities, where most Afghans live, health care remains primitive and preventable disease is prevalent. Primary school attendance has increased, but secondary school and higher education remain unavailable to most Afghan youth. Social development programs must continue even as military expenditures begin to decline. A second priority is to preserve womenâs political rights. Women are equal before the law in Afghanistan today, and 25 percent of the seats in parliament are reserved for females. The best guarantee against these rights being rolled back is ensuring that women have a seat at the table in peace negotiations. Only a handful of women are members of Afghanistanâs High Peace Council, which is responsible for guiding the reconciliation process with the Taliban. Western policymakers must pressure the Afghan government to ensure that women are included more meaningfully in high-level decision-making
[proletar] Big names in music flock to Indonesia as economy booms
***International acts are flocking to Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, taking advantage of its strong economy and a growing middle class with disposable income. Big names in music flock to Indonesia as economy booms Ahmad Pathoni | 4 March 2012 | 0 Comments Music business booming in Indonesia. Jakarta (dpa) – Janet Jackson, Kylie Minogue and Justin Bieber are among big names that held concerts in Indonesia last year. Katy Perry, Rod Stewart and Roxette recently performed in Jakarta, while Lady Gaga and Elton John are on the roster to make stops in the coming months. International acts are flocking to Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, taking advantage of its strong economy and a growing middle class with disposable income. “Indonesia is home to a large number of music fans, and more and more tour promoters are eager to finance concerts by international artists,” said Hasief Adriasyah, an editor with the Indonesian edition of the Rolling Stone magazine. With a population of 240 million people, “there’s a huge untapped market,” he said. Social media such as Twitter, highly popular in Indonesia, also allow local fans to get in touch with artists directly and asked them to hold concerts in their country, Ardiasyah said. Rock bands that were popular in the 1980s and 90s such as Dream Theater, Iron Maiden and Yes either have or are scheduled to perform in Indonesia. But the biggest music event of the year in Indonesia is the annual Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival. About 1,500 musicians from 15 countries were on the festival’s March 2-4 bill. They include top names such as Stevie Wonder and Erykah Badu as well as US jazz legends like Pat Metheny, Bobby McFerrin and Al Jarreau. Such a major international event presents a security challenge for Indonesia, which has suffered terrorist attacks blamed on Islamist militants in recent years. The bombings of two nightclubs on the Indonesian resort island of Bali in 2002 killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists. There has not been a major attack since 2009, thanks to a police crackdown on militants. American trumpeter Maurice Brown said he was satisfied with the security arrangement provided by organizers. “I have no concern about security,” Brown, who participated at the Jakarta jazz festival for the third year, told dpa. “The people of Indonesia are really kind and they really embrace the music,” he said. “That’s why I like coming here so much.” Tickets for Stevie Wonder’s show on Sunday cost about 200 dollars, worth two months’ salary for many Indonesians. But well-off fans are willing to dig deeper into their pockets to see their favorite artists perform live. “Indonesian music fans have strong purchasing power,” said music industry observer Bens Leo. “You may find it shocking that some David Foster fans spent 25 million rupiah (2,600 dollars) on the tickets for his recent concert.” Rina Afrizal said she was a big Stevie Wonder fan and could not wait to see him in concert. “This could be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and I don’t want to miss it,” said the head-scarved, 32-year-old computer programmer. “The expensive ticket is definitely worth it.” Indonesia’s economy, the largest in South-East Asia, is growing about 6 percent annually thanks mainly to strong domestic consumption and investment. It has remained largely unaffected by the global economic uncertainty. Officials said the expanding concert culture in Indonesia is good for the economy. “Not only do we enjoy the performances but we also reap the tourism windfall,” said Sapta Nirwandar, deputy minister for tourism and creative economics. “Their visits will send a positive message that Indonesia is safe, that Indonesia is conducive to playing music,” he said. Brown, the trumpeter for Grammy-winning Tedeschi Trucks Band, said his only complaint is Jakarta’s notorious traffic congestion. “Once you get caught in traffic, you can get caught for a couple of hours,” he said. “That’s not so cool, but everything else is really cool and the food is great.” BM http://bikyamasr.com/60366/big-names-in ... omy-booms/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use
[proletar] INDONESIA WANTS TO CATCH UP WITH MALAYSIA IN WRITING FOR ACADEMIC JOURNALS
***Lha kalo bisanya to catch up melulu, memalukan atuh.. INDONESIA WANTS TO CATCH UP WITH MALAYSIA IN WRITING FOR ACADEMIC JOURNALS Bernama Media – 15 hours ago.. . JAKARTA, Feb 27 (Bernama) -- The Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture has offered an explanation on its decision to compel both under- and postgraduate students to write for academic journals as a new prerequisite for graduation. Its minister, Mohammad Nuh, said the decision was made with the aim to let Indonesia catch up with Malaysia, Turkey and China in writing for academic journals. Why we made it compulsory? Because we want to inculcate the culture of reading, writing, but not plagiarism, he said in Depok, West Java, as quoted by news portal detik.com on Monday. Mohammad said the number of academic journals published in Indonesia was probably the same as the number of academic journals published in other developing countries 10 years ago, but at present, Indonesia had been lagging behind the rest of the countries, especially Malaysia, Turkey and China. He also expressed confidence that if the current 400,000 under- and postgraduate students in Indonesia were to write for such journals, Indonesia would definitely be able to catch up. The new prerequisite is expected to take effect in August. -- BERNAMA AFY AFY NHA http://my.news.yahoo.com/indonesia-want ... 15633.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] U.S. Justice Dept. Closes Allianz Indonesia Bribery Probe w/o Charges
U.S. Justice Dept. Closes Allianz Indonesia Bribery Probe w/o Charges By Aruna Viswanatha | February 21, 2012 The U.S. Justice Department has closed its investigation into whether Allianz SE violated a foreign bribery law through its insurance business in Indonesia and does not plan to bring charges, according to a letter reviewed on Tuesday by Reuters. “Based upon our investigation and the information that has been made available to us to date, we presently do not intend to take any enforcement action and have closed our inquiry into this matter,” Charles Duross, deputy chief of the DOJ’s Fraud Section, wrote to two law firms representing Allianz. The government was investigating allegations the company violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in connection with “securing sales of its insurance products in Indonesia,” the letter said. Although criminal allegations are off the table, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has not resolved its own investigation into the matter. Reuters reported in October that Allianz has been in discussions with the SEC to pay between $7 million and $10 million to settle the case. A spokesman for Munich-based Allianz did not respond to a request for comment after business hours. A U.S. spokeswoman for the company also did not immediately respond to comment. DOJ spokeswoman Laura Sweeney and SEC spokeswoman Laura Egerdal declined comment. The 1970s-era FCPA law bars U.S.-linked firms from paying bribes to officials of foreign governments. The Justice Department’s decision to close the case comes as its FCPA team deals with several high-profile losses in court and criticism from both the business lobby and lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Earlier on Tuesday federal prosecutors moved to dismiss charges against more than a dozen defendants in a major bribery case involving military equipment sales, after they were unable to convince two juries that what the executives did was illegal. Also on Tuesday the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to the Justice Department and SEC and asked them to explain how they enforce the law and said the lack of clarity had a chilling effect on business. Defendants are becoming emboldened after a series of courtroom setbacks for the Justice Department, said Michael Koehler, a professor at Butler University who writes a blog about the FCPA. “That I think is meaningful and should cause DOJ to hit the pause button in a lot of what they are doing right now,” he said. Any case against Allianz could have been difficult for the Justice Department because the company’s shares are no longer listed in the United States, a hook the government usually needs. Allianz SE used to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange but removed its shares in 2009 citing a desire to focus on German capital markets. The case began when a whistleblower at the company’s operations in Asia contacted its outside auditors at KPMG with allegations of corruption. The auditors informed the board, which hired Claudius Sokenu, a partner at Arnold Porter, to conduct an internal investigation. Joel Cohen at Gibson, Dunn Crutcher also represented the company in negotiations with the government. Allianz originally entered the Indonesian market through a joint venture with a state-owned entity and the projects let the firm get a foothold there. Separately, the SEC also investigated Allianz for allegations of bribery at one of its private equity investments. It dropped that case last year, in part because of the difficulties in charging a private equity firm for companies they have passive stakes in. (Reporting By Aruna Viswanatha; Editing by Phil Berlowitz) http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/in ... 236510.htm [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] TIMOR-LESTE Falling short on MDGs*
TIMOR-LESTE Falling short on MDGs* Tuesday, February 21, 2012 By IRIN The Southeast Asian half-island nation of Timor-Leste is falling short on most Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), experts warn. “The areas that remain challenging or off-track compared to the 2015 targets include poverty, underweight children, maternal mortality and sanitation,” Felix Piedade, the national adviser of Timor Leste’s MDG Secretariat, told IRIN. Timor-Leste gained independence from Indonesia to become one of the world’s youngest nations in 2002 after a 25-year civil war. Six years of instability followed. Due to Timor-Leste’s recent violence, which included attacks on the president and prime minister in 2008 and a military uprising in 2006, the UN chose it as one of nine countries worldwide to receive extra support in meeting the MDGs. While Goal 1 includes halving the proportion of people living on less than US$1 a day, in Timor-Leste that population actually grew from 36 percent in 2001 to 50 percent in 2007, according to Piedade. As of 2009, the rate dropped to 41 percent, still not close to meeting the goal of 14 percent set in 2004. But there have been some improvements. “Timor-Leste has surpassed the MDG target for 2015 for both under-five mortality rate [96/1,000 live births] and infant mortality rate [53/1,000 live births] based on targets set in 2004,” Piedade said. The country is on track for only two of the other eight MDGs: achieving universal primary education, and promoting gender equality and empowering women, according to the UN Development Programme. Gender But measuring progress can be tricky. “When you talk about gender here, there are different indicators,” said Silvia Cormaci, a gender expert in Timor-Leste. Cormaci noted advances have been made in improving the political participation of women, who now comprise 29 percent of parliamentarians - among the highest proportion in Asia. A new law has been passed requiring that one in three candidates in the June-July 2012 parliamentary election must be a woman. “But 70 percent of women work in unpaid work in agriculture. And there’s big issues on domestic violence, one of the highest rates in Asia,” said Cormaci. Nationally, 38 percent of women aged 15-49 reported experiencing violence since age 15, according to the government’s most recent demographic health survey. Thirty-six percent of the women who were, or had been, married reported violence - physical, sexual, or emotional - by a husband or partner. Widespread rape and sexual assault of women and children went largely unpunished during the military occupation. Domestic violence has technically been a crime since 2009 under the penal code, but it was not until 2010 that a law clearly defined the crime and mandated victim support services. “A lot of work has been done to train police on the law,” Cormaci added. “The problem is that many people still turn to traditional justice as a means of settling their disputes. So you have [a] good domestic violence law there, but implementation is much harder.” ms/pt/cb *This is an edited version of the original posting from 15 February http://www.speroforum.com/a/UPESWAVCAX5 ... ro+News%29 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Jakarta-Surabaya Hanya 3 Jam
Jakarta-Surabaya Hanya 3 Jam Wednesday, 22 February 2012 JAKARTA– Jalur darat Jakarta–Surabaya bisa ditempuh hanya dalam 3 jam? Hal itu bukanlah mimpi. Kementerian Perhubungan (Kemenhub) segera memulai proses pembangunan kereta api supercepat yang diberi nama Argo Cahaya. Dengan kecepatan rata-rata 300 km/jam,kereta yang rencananya dibuat di Jepang itu akan mampu menempuh Jakarta– Surabaya sepanjang 685 km dalam waktu 2 jam 53 menit, seperempat dari waktu tempuh kereta Argo yang dioperasikan PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) saat ini.Untuk mendukung terwujudnya rencana tersebut, dibutuhkan dana Rp180 triliun. Hanya masyarakat perlu bersabar sedikit karena pembangunan KA supercepat sekelas Shinkansen Jepang ini baru bisa dilakukan setelah proyek kereta api bandara dan jalur ganda lintas utara Jawa selesai. “Kalau pembangunan jalur ganda kereta api lintas utara Jawa sudah selesai pada 2014, kereta supercepat ini sudah dapat dijadikan prioritas untuk dibangun,” ujar Direktur Jenderal Perkeretaapian Kemenhub Tunjung Inderawan dalam jumpa pers di Jakarta kemarin. Dia menjelaskan, pada tahap awal,mulai April 2012,Kemenhub dan pihak Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) akan membuat prastudi kelayakan(feasibilitystudy). Menurut dia,pihaknya dibantu Atase Perhubungan di Jepang akan melakukan serangkaian pembicaraan melalui program Railway Talk untuk membahas isuisu sekaligus melakukan update rencanapembangunanperkeretaapian di Indonesia ke depan. Agenda Railway Talk tersebut juga akan dihadiri perusahaan kereta api berskala internasional, operator kereta api dari mancanegara, serta perusahaan pembiayaan. “Kita akan buat rencana yang jelas dan rencana itu sangat masuk akal untuk direalisasi. Sudah ada pembicaraan awal dengan pihak Jepang dengan loan (pinjaman) selama 40 tahun,”kata Tunjung. Jauh sebelumnya, sejak 2008 hingga 2009, Kemenhub sudah melakukan studi kelayakan usaha bersama Jepang. Namun menurut Wakil Menteri Perhubungan Bambang Susantono, studi kelayakan belum dilakukan pemerintah karena harus dibahas lebih mendalam dengan lintas kementerian dan di tingkat Presiden. “Kereta cepat masih prastudi kelayakan dan belum menjadi prioritas, mungkin nanti setelah proyek double track (jalur ganda) Jakarta– Surabaya selesai dibangun pada 2014, baru akan diprioritaskan Argo Cahaya,” kata Bambang. Dia lantas menuturkan, sejumlah negara di wilayah Asia juga tengah menggagas proyek pembangunan kereta cepat. Hal ini berangkat dari pertimbangan kereta cepat bisa mengangkut lebih banyak penumpang dibandingkan pesawat udara dan lebih hemat bahan bakar.Selain itu,beban jalan menjadi berkurang. Bambang memprediksi, masa pembangunan proyek kereta cepat Argo Cahaya untuk tujuan Jakarta–Surabaya akan memakan waktu 10 tahun. Tahap pembangunannya sendiri terbagi dalam tiga periode, yaitu pembuatan grand design selama tiga tahun, pengerjaan konstruksi selama 5–6 tahun, dan sisanya adalah tahap uji coba. “Untuk konstruksinya diperkirakan mencapai USD14,3 miliar, tetapi jika termasuk biaya pembebasan lahan mencapai USD20 miliar atau Rp261 miliar per kilometer, di tiap negara biaya pembangunannya berbeda,di China Rp223 miliar per kilometer dan Taipei Rp331 miliar per kilometer,”jelasnya. Meskipun belum mau menyebutkan secara gamblang, namun Bambang menyatakan telah ada investor dari China dan Jepang yang berminat untuk berinvestasi dalam proyek pembangunan kereta cepat ini. Nantinya proyek ini direncanakan akan menggunakan skema public private partnership atau kerja sama pemerintah swasta. Jadi pemerintah turut andil dalam pembiayaannya. “Dipilihnya rute Jakarta– Surabaya karena kedua kota tersebut menghubungkan dua pusat pertumbuhan ekonomi terbesar di Indonesia seperti Tokyo-Osaka di Jepang, China menghubungkan Beijing- Shanghai, di Amerika Serikat menghubungkan Boston-Washington,” ungkap Bambang. Sementara itu,Direktur Komersial PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) Sulistio Wimbo Hardjito mengatakan perusahaannya siap jika pemerintah menunjuk PT KAI sebagai operator untuk mengelola kerat cepat Argo Cahaya. Dia juga menyambut baik jika pemerintah benar-benar serius membangun megaproyek senilai ratusan triliun ini.Pasalnya,negaranegara lain di wilayah Asia Tenggara juga telah membangun proyek serupa. “Namun kuncinya ada di feasibility study (studi kelayakan) dan itu dilakukan pemerintah, PT KAI dalam hal ini hanya bertindak sebagai pengelola dan kami siap jika ditunjuk. Kalaupun dilakukan tender, perseroan juga pasti akan turut mengajukan sebagai peserta,” kata Wimbo melalui sambungan telepon. Meskipun belum melakukan studi kelayakan,lanjut dia, perseroannya telah melakukan kajian prastudi kelayakan mengenai proyek pembangunan kereta cepat ini. Kajian yang dilakukan PT KAI berbeda dengan yang dilakukan Kemenhub karena menurutnya pemerintah dalam hal ini sebagai lembaga yang membangun sarana infrastruktur. heru febrianto
[proletar] Mahasiswa dan Dosen Kita (Tak) Bisa Menulis?
Mahasiswa dan Dosen Kita (Tak) Bisa Menulis? Wednesday, 22 February 2012 Mengapa kita bisa atau tak bisa menulis? Pertanyaan ini sengaja dibuat untuk menggambarkan bahwa menulis artikel (ilmiah) memang tidak mudah. Meski ada sedikit yang bisa, sebagian besar dari kita—siswa, mahasiswa, dan dosen sekalipun— berada pada kategori kurang bisa sampai pada tidak bisa sehingga takut untuk mencobanya. Mudah sekali untuk membuktikan itu. Ketika Dirjen Dikti Kemendikbud membuat surat edaran yang mewajibkan semua lulusan perguruan tinggi baik jenjang S-1,S-2,maupun S- 3 untuk memublikasikan karya ilmiah (skripsi, tesis, atau disertasinya) sebagai syarat kelulusan, di antara mereka banyak yang kaget,“termehek-mehek” dengan reaksi yang beraneka ragam. Semua reaksi itu merupakan gambaran bahwa kita semua,sebagianbesar,tidakdan belum bisa menulis,kecuali mereka yang bisa,tetapi tidak mau. Dalam tulisan ini saya ingin berbagi pengalaman mengapa sebagian besar kita tidak bisa dan sebagian kecil saja yang bisa menulis.Memang betul kemampuan menulis tidak bisa dikarbit.Kemampuan menulis untuk kepentingan sebuah publikasi merupakan proses yang panjang. Ada beberapa syarat penting yang harus dimiliki penulis untuk menciptakan sebuah tulisan yang baik yaitu knowledge, courage, experience,dan inspiration. Karena perlu ada ketiga aspek penting itulah, seseorang tidak bisa serta-merta selalu siap sedia dengan stok tulisan ilmiah. Jangankan menulis karya ilmiah kalau tidak memiliki keempat aspek penting tersebut, saya yakin yang bersangkutan juga tidak akan bisa menulis di rubrik pikiran pembaca di koran mana pun. Masih sedikit di antara kita yang bisa menulis ilmiah baik berupa buku maupun penerbitan ilmiah di berbagai jurnal ilmiah. Itulah sebabnya Dirjen Dikti Kemendikbud prihatin terhadap begitu rendahnya publikasi ilmiah di perguruan tinggi kita. Publication index kita saat ini ketinggalan jauh dibanding perguruan tinggi di Singapura atau bahkan dengan Malaysia sekalipun. Ada yang Bisa Di antara kita ada yang telah sukses melahirkan tulis-an monumental.Mengapa begitu? Jawabnya,mereka memang memiliki cukup banyak repertoir pengetahuan (knowledge) yang diderivasikan dari penguasaan ilmu pengetahuan tertentu.Namun, untuk melahirkan sebuah tulisan ilmiah,tak cukup hanya ada persediaan atau stok pengetahuan dalam kepalanya. Dalam proposisi ilmiah kondisi ini bisa digambarkan secara lugas: “it is necessary but not sufficient”. Masih ada syarat berikutnya yaitu keberanian (courage). Kalau seseorang tidak berani menghadapi bayangan dan perasaan yang menakut- nakuti akan penerbitan tulisannya di media mana pun, tentu tidak akan lahir sebuah tulisan yang baik. Faktor berikut yang bisa mendorong orang bisa atau tidak bisa menulis adalah pengalaman (experience).Pengalaman akan semakin memperkaya kosakata, metafora, substansi, serta artikulasi materi sehingga yang bersangkutan bisa menulis dengan gaya dan materi yang mengalir begitu saja bagaikan mata air yang tak pernah kering. Pengalaman bisa terkait dengan “jam terbang”. Meskipun demikian,pengalaman dapat dipercepat tidak harus sesuai dengan usia kronologis seseorang. Hal ini terjadi karena sumber informasi di era digital,global,dan virtual ini terbuka lebar tanpa batas bagi siapa saja. Informasi apa saja saat ini bisa diperoleh di situs internet yang jumlahnya miliaran, dan setiap hari berkembang ratusan juta mengikuti prinsip deret ukur. Karena itu, supaya mahasiswa dan atau dosen bisa menulis dengan baik, rajinlah browsing di bidangnya masing-masing di banyak situs yang relevan dengan substansi ilmu yang dikembangkannya. Komponen penting terakhir yang harus dimiliki agar mahasiswa atau dosen bisa menulis karya ilmiah ialah dimilikinya inspirasi (inspiration) yang kuat.Hanya dengan inspirasi, orang akan bisa melakukan kegiatan menulis secara produktif. Inspirasi bisa lahir kalau seseorang berada pada kondisi yang bebas tanpa tekanan sehingga ia memiliki imajinasi yang “liar” yang kemudian ditata menjadi sebuah inspirasi positif untuk dituangkan dalam sebuah tulisan. Ingat, imajinasi adalah dasar utama lahirnya semua teknologi penting di dunia ini. Sebuah mobil amat sangat mahal, dan di Indonesia masih jarang ada yang punya kecuali para hartawan, juga lahir dari imajinasi chief executive officer-nya ketika membesuk koleganya yang dirawat rumah sakit.Pada saat menunggu, dia, sang CEO itu, melihat seorang anak larilari bermain di lingkungan rumah sakit.Salah satu dari anak itu meloncat ke atas meja yang agak tinggi, dan serta merta terjun kembali karena dikejar kawan-kawannya. Apa pentingnya anak terjun dari meja bagi CEO itu? Dia melihat anak itu terjun dari meja dengan gaya jatuh yang anggun, tanpa ada gerakan menghentak, dan tetap stabil berdirinya kembali dari posisi: merunduk, jongkok, sampai berdiri tegak sebagai akibat high impact karena tergesa dikejar kawan-kawan sepermainannya. Sejak itu CEO itu
[proletar] Hunting for the Perfect Pecel in Madiun
Hunting for the Perfect Pecel in Madiun Tim Hannigan | February 19, 2012 As the train rolls into the station in Madiun, East Java, a cacophony of shouts erupts from the vendors on the platform: “Pecel, pecel, pecel Madin …” They balance plastic baskets full of banana-leaf-wrapped bundles on their shoulders and cluster around the open train doors. I buy a packet as I disembark, the first of many portions of nasi pecel in the coming 24 hours. Madiun lies in the basin of flat green land between the towering Lawu and Wilis volcanoes, and few travelers stop off here. But for many Indonesians, mention of Madiun brings only one thing to mind: Pecel, for this is the home of this quintessential East Java dish, and I am here on a culinary pilgrimage to seek out the very best. The key component of pecel is a spicy sauce made from a paste of peanuts, red palm sugar, lime leaves, chili, tamarind, garlic, and any number of secret extra ingredients. A good pecel sauce manages to be sweet, sour, creamy and spicy, all at the same time. It is served over rice and fresh greens, and topped with peyek, crispy crackers studded with peanuts or anchovies. Several towns claim pecel as their own, such as Ponorogo, Blitar and even Klaten in Central Java. But as the banners above street-side stalls all over Java make clear, Madiun is the one true pecel capital. The train station vendor’s pecel isn’t the best, but it’s enough to whet my appetite. Outside the station gates, I ask a becak driver to take me to the best pecel in town. His choice, Depot Bu Wo, is hardly controversial, and is a locale that I was already familiar with from both friends and Internet searches. Depot Bu Wo is a simple building with an open facade marked by a flapping yellow banner on Jalan S. Parman, across the street from Madiun’s branch of the French hypermarket chain Carrefour. I tell the staff that I’m hunting Madiun’s best pecel, and they say I’ve come to the right place: “There isn’t anywhere else; we’ve been on television!” Bu Wo herself, a chain-smoking 65-year-old matriarch who’s been selling nasi pecel for 40 years, is a woman of few words. When I ask what the secret of her success is, she snorts and flicks her cigarette. “It’s a secret.” It’s time to test the wares. The pecel comes served in a basket of pinned banana leaves with two kinds of peyek and a selection of greens. The sauce is creamy and sweet, and the peyek suitably crispy. But as a true pecel aficionado, I’m somewhat underwhelmed. The flavors are a little flat, and the greens could be fresher. I’m too intimidated by Bu Wo to tell her, however. My second stop stands right next door in an identical open-fronted warung, another suggestion from a friend. Mbak Yayuk is a younger upstart snapping at Bu Wo’s venerable heels. The eponymous Mbak Yayuk herself is not on duty, but the two women in charge, Narti and Wati, are delighted to hear of my search, and dish me up a prime portion. The price is the same as next door, and my pecel and iced tea comes in at a princely Rp 6,000 (70 cents). Once I’ve eaten, they ask for my verdict, and with Bu Wo in earshot, I have to whisper it: Mbak Yayuk ’s pecel gets my vote. The sauce here has a cleaner, fresher taste, and a spicier kick from the chili. And the peyek is perfect — rumpled leafs of crispiness with a salty, oily taste. After three portions of pecel I’m beginning to feel a little full, so I lumber off to take a look at the town. Between the ubiquitous concrete shop fronts, I spot fine old Dutch-era villas with crumbling dormer windows and mildewed roofs. I check into a guesthouse near the station and quickly resume my mission, querying the receptionist for his personal pecel recommendation. He sends me in the direction of the alun-alun, the town square, to visit Mbak Lina. The sun has set, and the sky behind the minarets of Madiun’s blue-tiled Grand Mosque is smeared with fiery light. The palm-studded alun-alun is busy with courting teenagers and gamboling children. I ask a parking attendant for directions to Mbak Lina, and he points me to the northern side of the square. But he’s not convinced of the quality of her pecel. “To be honest, it’s just standard. The really delicious one is Pecel Rahayu on Jalan Haji Agus Salim,” he says. But I’m duty bound to make the rounds. Mbak Lina herself, a cheerful woman with cropped hair, presides over a low table loaded with pecel add-ons including fried eggs and hunks of chicken and bean curd. She’s doing a roaring trade, but I’m inclined to agree with the parking attendant. Her pecel is decent enough, but nothing special. Deciding that four portions of pecel is enough for one day, I walk back to the guesthouse and fall into a heavy sleep, full of peanut-flavored dreams. Pecel can be eaten at any time of day, but it is particularly popular as a breakfast food. The next morning there are stalls open all over town, with
[proletar] Regaining Control in a Decentralized Indonesia
Regaining Control in a Decentralized Indonesia Pitan Daslani | February 18, 2012 When a mere mayor can dictate policy in a controversy that continues to damage Indonesia’s image abroad, how much control does the president actually have in this decentralized country? This would be an irrelevant and even subversive question 15 years ago. Today, however, the question bothers many political observers who wonder why national leadership seems absent in cases where it is most needed. In 2001, when the Regional Autonomy Law took effect, a different landscape of state management began to evolve. The president of Indonesia was no longer an authoritarian figure whose very cough could silence the archipelago like in the days of the New Order. The law reduced the central government’s authority to several strategic areas: defense and security, religion, foreign affairs, monetary and fiscal policy, and judiciary affairs. Other than those areas, the authority since 2001 has been with provinces and districts. In essence, the 33 governors represent the president who, sitting in Jakarta, is too far away from the regions. The governors act on the president’s behalf and also report to him. Strangely, the governors feel their authority is so minimal that they cannot function properly. District heads and mayors — now known as “small kings” — don’t need to listen to the governors. In theory, the district heads and mayors are subordinated to the governors. But in reality, a district head rarely feels obliged to follow a governor’s orders, because under the direct election system, the voters rather than the governor appoint the district head. So every district head in the country is accountable first of all to the voters, then to his party and those who funded his election campaign. Only after that will he turn to the governor as the president’s man in the field. In the past, a district head had to obey his governor or face instant removal. Today, a district head can ignore the orders of his governor if he wishes to, even though such orders come directly from the president. The latest example of what this can lead to is seen in the dispute over the GKI Yasmin church in Bogor. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono seems powerless to execute a verdict of the Supreme Court to allow the church to open, simply because the mayor of Bogor refuses to respect that verdict. So when a mayor says “no,” even the president must bow to him, at the same time making the Supreme Court appear foolish because its verdict apparently lacks authority. A mayor can rebel against two top state institutions at the same time — the presidency and the Supreme Court — and still win hands down. This is a serious issue of state administration: The authority of two state institutions above which there is no other authority but the Constitution can easily be ignored by an official of much lower standing. And nobody knows what to do about it. When Ryaas Rasyid, the first and last minister of regional autonomy, led a team to draft the Regional Autonomy Law, the original purpose was to devolve the central government’s power to the provinces, not to the districts. In that way governors would still have authority to control the district heads and mayors, who would be accountable to them. If that had been the case, the governors would fully represent the president, who would be in full control of the country. There was, however, fear among the political elites at the time that giving full authority to governors could spark federalism and the nation could break apart. The euphoria of reform and democratization that gripped the legislature as a result forced the government to allow regional autonomy to be implemented at the district level. Today, the situation can no longer be reversed. The small kings have enjoyed the benefit of being kings in their own right and the state has become a laboratory for governmental experimentation. In the future, we may see more cases in which the president’s authority appears powerless in the face of the small kings who are — rightly — claiming that they must be accountable to the voters in the name of promoting democracy and human rights. Former Vice President Jusuf Kalla has warned that social disloyalty is on the rise due to a lack of justice and economic equity, in the absence of national leadership and erosion of the rule of law. According to the chief justice of the Constitutional Court, Mahfud M.D., the media is the only remaining healthy pillar of the nation. “The executive, legislative and judicial branches of government are all rotten,” he said. Some cynics have even suggested that perhaps Indonesia can do without most of its civil servants. As long as we have the banking sector, the police and the judiciary, that would suffice. All that the private sector needs to achieve growth is national stability, policy certainty and legal protection, the
[proletar] Bunuh Diri- Eks Mahasiswa ITB Loncat dari Lantai 3
Bunuh Diri- Eks Mahasiswa ITB Loncat dari Lantai 3 Monday, 20 February 2012 BANDUNG – Mantan mahasiswa Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB),Jurusan Arsitektur, angkatan 2007 Ricky Ardianto, 23,bunuh diri dengan meloncat dari lantai 3 kosnya di Jalan Ciumbuleuit No 83 RT 6/2,Kelurahan Hegarmanah, Kecamatan Cidadap,Kota Bandung, kemarin. Ricky yang tercatat sebagai warga Jalan Taman Alfa Indah, Jakarta Barat, itu meninggal dunia dalam perjalanan ke Rumah Sakit (RS) Advent Bandung. ”Sebelumnya sekitar pukul 07.00 WIB dari arah seberang warnet saya melihat korban berjalan mondar-mandir di atap indekos tersebut,kemudian diam seperti gelisah sambil memegang rambut. Mungkin dia punya masalah. Saya mengetahuinya hanya selintas ketika hendak belanja ke warung. Saya tidak mengira korban bakal meloncat dari lantai 3 indekos itu,” ujar Ayi, 40, warga Ciumbuleuit. Beberapa warga mengaku menemukan korban sudah tergeletak di tanah sekitar pukul 07.50 WIB.Saat ditemukan,posisi korban telentang dengan luka di bahu kanan,punggung, patah kaki,memar,dan hidung mengeluarkan darah. ”Saat diangkat korban masih bernapas, tetapi korban meninggal saat dibawa ke RS Advent,” kata Jayus, sopir yang mengantar korban ke rumah sakit. Diduga kuat Ricky Ardianto bunuh diri dengan cara meloncat dari atap bangunan indekosnya di Jalan Ciumbuleuit. ”Kami belum mengetahui motif pelaku melakukan tindakan tersebut.Kami masih mengembangkan dan menyelidiki kasus ini,” ujar Kanit Reskrim Polsekta Cidadap AKP Sugeng Gaib Rahayu. Saat disinggung mengenai catatan pribadi korban, dia mengaku tidak menemukan barang bukti berupa tulisan pribadi di lokasi kejadian dan kamar indekos. ”Nanti kami bakal cari tahu lebih detail dengan memeriksa isi laptop dan ponsel miliknya,”tambahnya. Psikiater Rumah Sakit Hasan Sadikin (RSHS) Bandung dr Teddy Hidayat mengatakan, bunuh diri yang dilakukan Ricky bisa saja karena beberapa faktor, di antaranya masalah akademis, percintaan, atau masalah keluarga.Menurutnya, tindakan bunuh diri bisa dilakukan siapa pun baik usia anak, remaja maupun dewasa. ”Korban bunuh diri bukan berarti dia menginginkan kematian, tetapi dia tidak bisa melihat jalan keluar karena korban melihat jalan keluar sudah tertutup,”ucapnya. Direktur Humas ITB Marlia Singgih mengatakan,Ricky sudah keluar dari ITB sejak 2008 dengan drop out. ”Dia tercatat di Arsitektur ITB angkatan 2007,tapi hanya kuliah satu tahun. Tahun 2008 dia di-drop out karena performa akademiknya kurang,”ujarnya. Dia tidak tahu persis berapa IPK Ricky ketika drop out. Selepas dari ITB,sepengetahuan dia,Ricky mendaftar ke Universitas Parahyangan (Unpar) dengan jurusan yang sama, yakni arsitektur. heru muthahari/rudini http://www.seputar-indonesia.com/edisic ... 470844/38/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Asap Tembakau juga ”Ayat” Tuhan
Asap Tembakau juga ”Ayat” Tuhan Monday, 20 February 2012 Saya tiba di Desa Sukorejo, Weleri,Kendal, Jawa Tengah, siang hari. Saat masih ada di Kota Semarang tadi, udara terasa panas,tapi di Sukorejo sejuk dan malamnya dingin minta ampun. Desa itu terletak di lereng Gunung Perahu yang memproduksi tembakau dan sayur-sayuran,jagung dan buahbuah jambu, yang kelihatan agak istimewa. Ada juga kebun kakao di sana sini, di ladang-ladang yang udaranya dingin itu.Semuanya milik petani setempat. Kakao mereka rusak dimakan hama yang menggagalkan panenan yang didambakan petani. Kerusakan terjadi pada buah. Buah muda sakit dan busuk. Buah setengah tua sakit dan membusuk. Begitu buah yang sudah tua, yang merah warnanya. Ketika busuk, tampak warga agak gelap, lalu mengering, dan tak berguna buat apa pun. Ibu Gretha, dengan dua asistennya, membantu petani memerangi hama itu. Dua asisten menyiapkan tembakau untuk dibakar dengan cara khusus dan asapnya disemprotkan pada pohon-pohon kakao yang sakit tadi. Itulah pengobatan dengan menggunakan asap tembakau, yang dikerjakan dengan cekatan. Mas Sidiq dan Mas Aziz,dua asisten andalan Bu Gretha,”memetakan” lokasi untuk menentukan dari sudut mana permulaan pengasapan dimulai. Mereka berkonsultasi dengan Bu Gretha dari dulu tentang pengobatan tanaman itu. Beberapa petani setempat sibuk membantu menempatkan dan kemudian memindahmindah alat pembakaran tembakau dari satu tempat ke tempat lain di kebun tersebut. Petani, pemilik kebun itu, pernah menceritakan kerusakan tanaman kakaonya kepada Bu Gretha yang dengan ringan hati menolongnya. Pak Taufik, kepala desa,juga hadir di lokasi. Sebelumnya sudah dijelaskan kepada para petani bahwa asap tembakau mampu mengusir jenis-jenis tanaman yang merusak ladang mereka. Selebihnya, asap tembakau mempersubur tanah. Di Kalimantan Tengah Bu Gretha sudah melakukan suatu “uji coba”.Tanah gambut yang kering dan gersang— yang tak bisa diharap banyak— berkat sentuhan pengasapan tembakau, tanah berubah menjadi subur. Ada tanaman singkong, kacang tanah, tembakau, dan sayur-sayuran yang bagus sekali perkembangannya. Ibu Gretha mengatakan bahwa produksi pertanian bisa meningkat tiga kali lipat dari biasanya sesudah tanah diasapi dengan asap tembakau tadi. Malam sebelumnya petani setempat datang ke klinik Bu Gretha dan mereka berdialog tentang tanaman. Bagi orang yang kritis dan sangat sensitif, akan segera terasa bahwa mungkin Bu Gretha sedang mengiklankan produknya. Tapi bukan itu faktanya. Saya bisa memastikan—mungkin lebih bagus “menjamin”— demi kebenaran bahwa dia tidak sedang pasang iklan. Dia tak punya produk siap pakai yang tiap saat tersedia.Produknya tidak untuk dijual.Sampai saat ini apa yang dilakukannya ialah meyakinkan orang banyak, di sana-sini, dengan memberikan bukti nyata bahwa tanaman yang diasapi tembakau dan yang tidak sangat beda dilihat dari segi kesuburan dan kesehatan maupun produknya. Sesudah diasapi, tanaman menjadi jauh lebih subur, lebih sehat, dan produksinya lebih banyak.Pendek kata, tanaman yang diasapi itu lebih sehat karena asap tadi membunuh hama yang merusaknya. Selebihnya,sekali lagi,tanah menjadi lebih subur dan asap tembakau yang dibakar itu, di udara,tak meninggalkan setitik pun kotoran. Tak ada dan tak bakal ada polusi udara yang diakibatkan oleh pengasapan tembakau tadi. Tanaman sangat membutuhkan asap tersebut. Tanaman yang parah sekali sakitnya membutuhkan obat—pengasapan tadi—lebih banyak dibandingkan tanaman yang sakitnya relatif lebih ringan,lebih terbatas. Saya sangat awam di bidang pengobatan tanaman meskipun saya memiliki keterampilan alami bercocok tanam dan mengurus tanaman. Apa yang saya tanam selalu subur dan buahnya memuaskan. Tapi mengobati tanaman, boleh dibilang, saya orang “buta huruf”. Maka di tengah kesibukan petani, Bu Gretha, dan asisten-asistennya tadi, saya berusaha selalu dekat, mengamati secara cermat, dan bertanya. Bu Gretha menjelaskan perputaran asap dan mekanisme alami penyembuhan tanaman kakao yang sakit tadi. Asap itu memiliki partikel-partikel yang kecil dan karena kecilnya, dia bisa menembus suatu objek dengan cepat sekali.Partikel pada penyakit yang parah memiliki sifat “menerima” kedatangan asap tadi. Elektromagnetiknya besar.Tapi karena sakit,partikel itu terasa padat dan seolah menolak asap tadi. Maka, kata Bu Gretha, asap berembus dulu ke arah lain, ke bagian-bagian tanaman yang penyakitnya lebih sedikit. Proses penyembuhan bermula di situ.Tapi tak lama kemudian, asap pun beralih ke tempat di mana terdapat penyakit yang tanamannya lebih banyak. Pelan-pelan, partikel-partikel asap itu terserap oleh bagian yang partikelnya padat tadi dan asap pun kemudian berputar lagi ke tempat lain. Saat itu,tanaman yang sakitnya sedikit dan yang sakitnya banyak sudah hampir sama saja. Keduanya sudah mampu menyerap asap dengan baik dan pelan-pelan penyembuhan terjadi. Tanaman akan sembuh total dan buahnya akan sehat.
[proletar] SUARA MAHASISWA, Demokrasi vs HAM
SUARA MAHASISWA, Demokrasi vs HAM Monday, 20 February 2012 Beberapa waktu terakhir ini masyarakat Indonesia dihebohkan dengan isu prokontra pembubaran Front Pembela Islam (FPI). Pertautan pendapat di kalangan masyarakat disebabkan beberapa tindakan yang dilakukan FPI cukup meresahkan masyarakat. Pemerintah sendiri pernah melakukan pengkajian terhadap keberadaan FPI berdasar UU No 8/1985 tentang Organisasi Kemasyarakatan seperti yang dinyatakan Menteri Koordinator Politik, Hukum dan Keamanan (Polhukam) Widodo AS. Pembinaan terhadap ormas yang ada di masyarakat penting agar berjalan sesuai dengan UU yang berlaku. Pembinaan dapat berupa teguran,peringatan,dan tindakan tegas,yakni pembubaran. Akan tetapi sejak kelahiran FPI sejak 1998, belum ada upaya tegas dari pemerintah untuk menindaklanjuti kajian selama ini mengenai perlakuan keras para anggota FPI terhadap ormas lain di lingkungan masyarakat. Beberapa hal yang menjadi catatan penting dari pandangan masyarakat terhadap FPI adalah,pertama, FPI tampil bukan sebagai penegak pilar negara Indonesia, yakni UUD 1945, di mana pada Pasal 1 (3) dijelaskan bahwa Indonesia adalah negara hukum. Amat disayangkan jika FPI mengatakan bahwa ormasnya akan tampil sebagai salah satu penegak hukum di negara ini dengan cara-cara yang tidak diatur di dalam undangundang. Sikap tersebut jelas telah menunjukkan bahwa FPI telah melanggar UUD 1945 Pasal 1 (3) mengenai negara hukum. Kedua, FPI telah sering merenggut hak-hak dasar masyarakat untuk dapat hidup aman dan tenteram.Dalam Pasal 28G (1) UUD 1945 dikatakan bahwa setiap orang berhak atas perlindungan diri pribadi, keluarga, kehormatan, martabat, dan harta benda yang di bawah kekuasaannya,serta berhak atas rasa aman dan perlindungan dari ancaman ketakutan untuk berbuat atau tidak berbuat sesuatu yang merupakan hak asasi. Dari penjelasan pasal tersebut sangat jelas bahwa FPI juga telah melanggar Pasal 28G (1) UUD 1945 mengenai ancaman terhadap rasa aman masyarakat. Ketiga adalah rusaknya citra agama, yakni Islam, dengan kehadiran FPI yang terus memublikasikan tindakan kekerasannya di media.Beberapa ormas seperti Muhammadiyah juga menyayangkan, jikaFPIteruseksisdengantindakannya yangterusmeresahkan masyarakat, bisa jadi opini publik dari beragam agama akan menyudutkan Islam sebagai agama kekerasan. TindakanFPIyangtelah mencederai kepentingan kolektif umat Islam di Indonesia dapat dinilai sebagai tindakan yang merugikan kelompok beragama. Kita perlu melakukan definisi ulang terhadap makna demokrasi dan HAM.Kedua kata tersebut tidak bisa digunakan atas dasar kepentingan golongan atau pribadi.Ada indikator di dalam yang bernama tanggung jawab atas pilihan yang telah dibuat. Dalam hal ini FPI harus secara tegas mengakui kesalahannya selama ini dan berupaya untuk membubarkan ormasnya sebagai tindakan substitusi terhadap implikasi yang sudah dilakukannya.● M REZA S ZAKI Mahasiswa Fakultas Hukum Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Menko Kebijakan Eksternal BEM KM UGM http://www.seputar-indonesia.com/edisic ... ew/470747/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Indonesian children forced to convert to Islam
10-February-2012 -- EWTNews Feature Share | Indonesian children forced to convert to Islam Some one thousand children from East Timor who were snatched from their families more than ten years ago are being detained by force at national Islamic schools in western Java and compelled to convert to Islam. The Church in Indonesia and Catholic humanitarian workers told Vatican-based Fides news agency on Feb. 7 that the children are kept at Muslim-run schools and are not allowed to return to their families. During the war of independence in 1999, some 250,000 refugees from East Timor crossed the border into West Timor to escape the violence of pro-Indonesia militias. Among these refugees were 4,000 children, many of whom could not be fed by their families and were turned over to the military and to humanitarian organizations. As a result, more than one thousand of them never returned to their homes and are currently held as prisoners in Islamic boarding schools in Java. Representatives of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and various NGOs in Indonesia have tried to repatriate the children without success. Meanwhile, many of their parents are not allowed access to see them. The secretary of the Indonesian Bishops' Committee on Inter-Religious Dialogue, Father Benny Susetyo, said, It is urgent that the use of religion in politics be limited. The Western Java zone is an example: Muslim groups want to impose rules based on Sharia law. He said the main problem in East Timor is excessive bureaucracy and corruption: two issues that influence the detaining of these children. This is a sad case of obvious abuse, he added. The bishops' Committee on Inter-Religious dialogue sought a solution from the government, Muslim organizations and the United Nations, but cases such as these show how the relationship between politics and religion has a grave impact on the freedoms of citizens, especially minorities, Fr. Susetyo said. Read more: http://www.ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/W ... z1mNQeuzAA http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=117946 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] RI state to insure all poor people`s health in 2014
RI state to insure all poor people`s health in 2014 Sun, February 19 2012 01:27 | 536 Views Mamuju, West Sulawesi (ANTARA News) - The state will cover all poor people with a health insurance program in 2014 so that every body in the country will then have access to health care, a senior minister said here Saturday. The central government is now drawing up a program to provide health insurance for the poor segment of the population, Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Agung Laksono said during a visit at the Health Polytechnical campus in Tadui village, Mamuju district. He said the hospital bills of poor people would be paid by the state through the State Budget so that they would have access to health care services at community health centers or hospitals free of charge. The government will soon register all people who so far cannot get medical treatment because they cannot afford the cost at community health centers or hospitals, he said. The program would be implemented starting in 2014 so that eventually nobody in the country needed to be deprived of health care because of penury, Agung said. (Uu.KR-MFH/HAJM/H-YH) http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/80006 ... al+News%29 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Islam dan Buruh
Visi Agama tentang Buruh Saturday, 18 February 2012 Setiap awal tahun, buruh selalu berjuang menaikkan upah minimum yang akan diterima. Demonstrasi dalam rangka menuntut kenaikan upah menjadi kegiatan rutin mereka. Yang memprihatinkan, perjuangan mereka kadang malah mengganggu kepentingan orang banyak. Menyalurkan aspirasi adalah hak asasi setiap orang, tapi perlu dijaga jangan sampai mengganggu hak asasi orang lain. Nasib buruh memang memprihatinkan. Buruh tidak hanya pekerja pabrik. Semua orang yang bekerja di bawah perintah sejatinya adalah buru. Kehidupan sosial dan ekonomi buruh diliputi suasana ketidakadilan dan ketertindasan. Kelas buruh dianggap kasta paling rendah. Mereka tak memiliki status dan bargaining sosial dan bahkan lebih sering dicap sebagai biang keruwetan, karena demonstrasi untuk menuntut hak-haknya dipenuhi dengan menutup jalan. Relasi Buruh-Majikan Industri kapitalis membagi pemilik modal (pengusaha) dan pekerja (buruh) menjadi dua kelompok yang saling bertolak belakang.Keduanya memiliki kepentingan yang tidak bisa disatukan.Pengusaha berhajat memperoleh profit yang sebesar-besarnya dengan cara menekan biaya produksi, termasuk memberi upah yang kecil pada buruh. Sebaliknya buruh selalu menuntut upah yang tinggi untuk mengimbangi kerja kerasnya dan kebutuhan hidupnya yang semakin meningkat. Itulah pola relasi buruh-majikan dalam ekonomi kapitalis yang didominasi konflik antar keduanya. Dalam Islam, relasi buruhmajikan diliputi jalinan persahabatan dan persaudaraan. Keduanya saling membutuhkan dan membantu. Pemodal tidak mungkin meningkatkan untungnya tanpa bantuan buruh. Sebaliknya,buruh tak bisa bekerja tanpa investasi dari para pengusaha. Sebab harus diakui, pengusahalah yang punya modal untuk membuka lapangan kerja bagi para pekerja. Dalam konteks demikian, relasi buruh-majikan dipayungi suasana saling menghormati, saling percaya dan saling membutuhkan. Para pengusaha tidak diperkenankan menginvestasikan uangnya semata-mata untuk meraih margin saja. Pemodal perlu mendedikasikan usahanya untuk pengabdian kepada masyarakat demi mencapai rida Tuhan. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) diejawantahkan secara lebih substansial, yakni senantiasa mengutamakan kebaikan masyarakat sekitar termasuk orangorang yang bekerja di dalamnya. Pekerja diberi upah dan fasilitas yang memadai sesuai kemampuan perusahaan, dan perusahaan tidak menyembunyikan neraca keuntungan yang diperoleh. Jika perusahaan mau bertindak demikian, buruh diharapkan bekerja lebih produktif, jujur, dan punya rasa memiliki (sense of belonging). Pada akhirnya, perusahaan merupakan milik bersama antara majikan dan buruh. Sahamnya sesuai dengan kemampuannya masing-masing. Saham pengusaha adalah modalnya dan buruh dengan tenaga dan pikirannya. Upah Buruh Salah satu sumber konflik tak berujung antara pengusaha dan buruh adalah masalah upah atau kesejahteraan buruh. Upah minimum regional yang diatur dalam undang-undang dianggap masih tetap menguntungkan pengusaha dan merugikanburuh. Buruh selalu menuntut upah sesuai standar kehidupan yang layak sementara perusahaan mengaku tidak mampu dan akan gulung tikar bila dipaksa untuk memenuhi seluruh hak-hak pekerja. Ketentuan normatif Islam menyatakan bahwa upah buruh harus diberikan sebelum keringatnya kering (HR Ibn Majah). Rasulullah melarang mempekerjakan buruh tanpa menetapkan upahnya terlebih dahulu (HR Baihaqi). Bahkan, Rasulullah akan memusuhi tiga golongan manusia di hari pembalasan, yang salah satunya adalah pengusaha yang mempekerjakan seseorang secara penuh tapi tidak membayar upahnya. Termasuk dalam kategori Sabda Nabi di atas adalah pekerja yang diberi upah di bawah standar minimum hidup layak. Pada prinsipnya, doktrin Islam selalu menyandingkan dua kepentingan agar seimbang. Islam memang konsen agar pekerja menerima upah dan berbagai fasilitas (kesehatan, perumahan dan jaminan hari tua) yang memungkinkan baginya menikmati kehidupan yang wajar. Di sisi lain, Islam juga melindungi kepentingan pengusaha agar usahanya tetap profitable dan lancar hingga dapat terus berproduksi dan mempekerjakan banyak pekerja. Untuk itulah ruang dialog bipartit (pengusaha-buruh) atau tripartit (pengusaha-buruh-pemerintah) perlu dibuka lebar untuk menjembatani keinginan masing-masing pihak.Buruh dan majikan hendaknya tidak saling mematikan dengan cara melindungi kepentingan masing- masing dan enggan untuk berbagi. Pekerja tidak dilarang untuk menyuarakan tuntutan kenaikan upah. Jika fakta bahwa buruh hanya digaji ala kadarnya atas cucuran keringat yang keluar, sementara keuntungan perusahaan dan pengusaha cukup besar, maka jerit perbaikan kesejahteraan buruh wajib didukung. Sebaliknya, buruh hendaknya tidak semena- mena meminta naik gaji bila keuangan perusahaan tidak cukup untuk memenuhi semua tuntutan. Dengan kata lain, buruh-pengusaha perlu bertindak proporsional dalam menyikapi upah dan kesejahteraan
[proletar] Indonesia and Egypt separated at birth?
Indonesia and Egypt separated at birth? No, just completely separate. Indonesia and Egypt are large. They're Muslim. They've thrown off long-standing dictators. These similarities aren't particularly meaningful. By Dan Murphy, Staff writer / February 17, 2012 Since Hosni Mubarak was toppled a year ago, I've been periodically asked to write a piece comparing Egypt now to Indonesia after Soeharto. Since country x is not country y is one of my mantras, I've declined. I covered the fall of both men, and see very little beyond superficial similarities between Indonesia in 1998 and Egypt today. But a small literature comparing Egypt's uprising to Indonesia's in 1998 has cropped up, suggesting Indonesia may be a predictor or a model for Egypt. So I've decided to throw my hat into the ring as a corrective. Think you know Asia? Take our geography quiz. The latest example to catch my eye is John T. Sidel's essay in Foreign Policy. Dr. Sidel, an academic focused on Southeast Asia, begins by listing a set of striking parallels between Egypt now and Indonesia over a decade ago: The countries are big, with Muslim majorities and significant non-Muslim minorities. They were led by anti-Western gadflies in the 50s and 60s. And after that they were military-dominated dictatorships with warm relations with the US, particularly during the cold war. This is all true, but not particularly relevant or instructive. Most discussions of what Egypt and Indonesia have in common ignore the rather striking differences between their economies, geographies, and historical experiences. These differences are far more important than both states having lots of Muslims. Money Indonesia is an archipelago blessed with vast natural resources. It has abundant natural gas and oil production that, though dwindling, dwarfs Egypt's. The country holds the richest tropical forests outside of the Amazon, the largest copper and gold mine in the world, and is the dominant exporter of commodities ranging from palm oil (with exports worth about $14 billion a year) to natural rubber ($7 billion a year) to plywood and paper. Indonesia has dramatically more arable land than Egypt, with parts of Java and Bali home to some of the most productive soils on the globe. Traditionally, rich farmland has taken the edge off of economic shocks, with laid off factory workers returning to the village. Indonesia has enjoyed centuries of maritime trade with China to the east and India to the west. It has a far more literate and productive population than Egypt. So, the geographic and economic reality couldn't be more different between Egypt and Indonesia. Indonesia was a funnel for foreign manufacturing investment before the 1998 economic crisis that led to Soeharto's downfall, and was so again a few years after. The country was soon booming again –thanks in part to having China and India nearby – creating jobs and leading average Indonesians to be happier with political change. Egypt, with creaky infrastructure and low productivity, has been losing manufacturing jobs for years. Egypt's prospects for a fast economic recovery – let alone a boom like Indonesia's – are much grimmer, and economics influences politics. Backdrop Sidel's comparison of the revitalization of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) under Megawati Sukarnoputri in the early to mid-1990s and the rise of the Kifaya (Enough) movement in Mubarak's final years is also misplaced. Megawati, as the daughter of Indonesia's founding president Sukarno, had an almost pre-fab cult of personality around her, with many early supporters muttering that she had some of her father's mystical aura. The PDI was one of two opposition political parties legally tolerated by Soeharto, and he allowed her to take the reins, reasoning that a poorly-educated and inexperienced housewife would prove easy to control. Soeharto's guess was wrong, mostly because an ambitious group of reformers hitched themselves to Megawati's star and started real opposition politics as Soeharto's family members began jockeying to succeed the aging leader. She was eventually removed as the head of the party, though perhaps had the last laugh when she became Indonesia's president in 2001. Once in power, she demonstrated autocratic tendencies, a hyper-nationalism that sought to forgive human rights abuses by the Indonesian military, and an unwillingness to take steps that might effect the power and privilege of the Indonesian elite she'd been born into. The Kifaya movement in Egypt was a far looser protest movement opposed to the continued rule of Mubarak and the obvious plans the regime was laying for succession by his son, Gamal (another superficial, but not particularly interesting parallel with Soeharto; despots frequently like dynastic succession). But Kifaya hasn't existed in any real sense for years, never had a unifying political personality like Mother Mega (as her fans
[proletar] Indonesian import ban distresses Aussie growers
***I don't think the Australian Government has given the Indonesians any reason to be cooperative with us when we did ban the export of cattle to Indonesia, when we were telling them behind the scenes that we were going to continue to work with them, he said. Indonesian import ban distresses Aussie growers By Eleanor Bell Posted February 17, 2012 20:54:49 Fresh produce farmers are bracing for another blow as Indonesia clamps down on Australian food exports. Indonesia became a free trade partner with Australia earlier this year, but next month will restrict fresh produce from entering most of its main ports. It claims concerns over quarantine and illegal imports are driving the introduction of stricter regulations. Australian fruit and vegetable exporters say it is already taking a toll on profits. Liberal Senator for Tasmania Richard Colbeck says it is another problem they do not need. [There is] one carrot producer who'll lose up to 75 per cent of his Indonesian market, he said. The onion producers that I've been talking to are saying that the ports that are available aren't any good for their product, and not only are they distressed about it but their customers are very distressed as well. The new regulations will prevent shipping of Australian fruit and vegetables to all but four Indonesian ports. I'm told that some of the infrastructure there isn't suitable to receive their produce. They're very concerned about their cold chain survival, Senator Colbeck said. There's discussion about having to unpack containers and put their produce onto local transport 1,700 kilometres into where the markets are. And they're very concerned about the the extra time but also the potential damage to produce because they lose their cold chain supply. The new regulations have not yet come into place. Because of that uncertainty, growers in Australia are unsure whether they should take the risk of placing their product on ships bound for Indonesia. Given that it takes over three weeks to get the product from Australia into Indonesia, they're in the situation of having to decide whether to put it on the boat or not and they don't know whether or not they will have markets if they wait until decisions are announced early in March, Senator Colbeck said. Domestic challenges Audio: Fruit and vegie producers face uncertainty over Indonesian export market. (PM) Australia's fresh fruit and vegetable exports to Indonesia are valued at $40 million a year - a small bite in an industry worth $9 billion annually. But Marc Soccio, a senior analyst at agribusiness bank Rabobank, says the hit comes on top of other challenges. For a long time it's been the drought across the Murray-Darling Basin. Fortunately obviously that drought's broken in quite a spectacular way, he said. But it's come with its own challenges obviously; flooding in certain parts of the country up in Queensland. Last year it had quite a significant impact on the Australian vegetable growing industry which we've seen certainly in fruit and veg prices. Importers like Indonesia want specific products - citrus, apples and vegetables - so the majority of Australia's fresh produce is grown for the domestic market. But there are challenges at home too. I think it's only been a matter of time until the retailers turn their minds to fresh produce, Mr Soccio said. Fresh produce is a very key part of their offer and they've been doing quite a bit of work in this space for some time, trying to improve their offering. There's quite a strong push. Obviously Woolworths has reinvigorated their fresh food people campaign and Coles has hit back with their own response and on the back of produce deflation anyway, the market is generally over-supplied and prices have been on their way down for some time. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade says it is lobbying Indonesian officials in a bid to minimise the impact of the proposed regulations. Senator Colbeck says the Government's handling of the Indonesia export cattle ban has strained our trade relationship. I don't think the Australian Government has given the Indonesians any reason to be cooperative with us when we did ban the export of cattle to Indonesia, when we were telling them behind the scenes that we were going to continue to work with them, he said. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-17/f ... ts/3837020 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to:
[proletar] MK Akui Anak di Luar Nikah
MK Akui Anak di Luar Nikah Saturday, 18 February 2012 JAKARTA– Mahkamah Konstitusi (MK) memutuskan anak hasil hubungan di luar pernikahan tetap memiliki hubungan perdata dengan ayah biologisnya. Majelis hakim konstitusi berpendapat tidak adil jika menetapkan anak dari luar pernikahan hanya memiliki hubungan dengan ibunya dan membebaskan laki-laki dari tanggung jawab sebagai bapak. Apalagi perkembangan teknologi dapat membuktikan bahwa seorang merupakan anak dari laki-laki tertentu. ”Hubungan anak-bapak tidak semata-mata karena adanya ikatan perkawinan, tetapi dapat juga didasarkan pada pembuktian adanya hubungan darah. Terlepas soal prosedur/ administrasi perkawinannya, anak yang dilahirkan harus mendapatkan perlindungan hukum,”ujar hakim konstitusi Ahmad Fadlil Sumadi saat membacakan putusan uji materi UU No 1/1974 tentang Perkawinan di Gedung MK kemarin. Selama ini, UU No 1/1974 tersebut, terutama Pasal 43 ayat (1), menyatakan anak di luar perkawinan hanya mempunyai hubungan perdata dengan ibu dan keluarga ibu. Karena itu Aisyah Mochtar alias Machica Mochtar menggugat UU tersebut. Pasal yang digugat adalah Pasal 2 ayat (2) dan Pasal 43 ayat (1). Artis pelantun lagu-lagu dangdut ini merasa hak konstitusionalnya sudah dirugikan karena tidak bisa mendapatkan pengesahan status hukum bagi anaknya, yaitu Muhammad Iqbal,16.Menurut Machica, anak tersebut merupakan hasil hubungan di luar nikah. Setelah putusan itu, Pasal 43 ayat (1) menurut MK harus dibaca, ”Anak yang dilahirkan di luar perkawinan mempunyai hubungan perdata dengan ibunya dan keluarga ibunya serta dengan laki-laki sebagai ayahnya yang dapat dibuktikan berdasarkan ilmu pengetahuan dan teknologi dan/atau alat bukti lain menurut hukum mempunyai hubungan darah, termasuk hubungan perdata dengan keluarga ayahnya.” Setelah membacakan putusan, Ketua MK Mahfud MD menegaskan, anak-anak yang lahir di luar perkawinan resmi baik kawin siri, perselingkuhan, samen leven(hidup bersama tanpa pernikahan) tetap mempunyai hubungan perdata dengan ayahnya. Sebab hingga saat ini, kriteria tersebut tidak diakui kecuali menyatakan isbat. ”Begitu juga yang melakukan hubungan haram atau perzinaan tetap harus bertanggung jawab terhadap anak yang lahir. Ini juga sesuai UU No 12/2006 tentang Kewarganegaraan yang menyangkut hak asasi manusia (HAM),” ujarnya. Menurut Mahfud, selain kasus Machica, banyak kasus serupa di Indonesia.Tidak sedikit kiai-kiai dari pesantrenpesantren di Jawa Timur menikah tanpa akta nikah. Mereka juga meminta agar UU Perkawinan dibatalkan. ”Karena banyak anak mau sekolah ditanya siapa bapaknya.Dalam akta kelahirannya itu perlu disebut siapa bapaknya,” jelas Mahfud. Hakim Maria Farida Indrati mempunyai alasan yang berbeda dengan para hakim lain. Menurut dia, masih terdapat banyak perkawinan yang hanya berdasarkan pada hukum agama atau kepercayaan tanpa melakukan pencatatan sebagai bentuk jaminan kepastian hukum. Kenyataan ini dalam praktiknya dapat merugikan wanita sebagai istri dan anakanak yang lahir dari perkawinan tersebut. Perkawinan tanpa pencatatan membuat negara tidak dapat memberikan perlindungan mengenai status perkawinan, harta gono-gini,waris, dan hak-hak lain yang timbul dari sebuah perkawinan. Karena untuk membuktikan adanya hak wanita (istri) harus dibuktikan terlebih dahulu adanya perkawinan antara wanita (istri) dengan suaminya. Namun pasal yang diuji menutup kemungkinan bagi anak untuk memiliki hubungan keperdataan dengan bapak kandungnya. Padahal, pemenuhan hak-hak anak yang terlahir dari suatu perkawinan tetap menjadi kewajiban kedua orang tua kandung atau kedua orang tua biologisnya. ”(Tanggung jawab orang tua biologis) terlepas dari sah atau tidaknya perkawinan menurut hukum negara,”ujarnya. Kementerian Agama (Kemenag) akan menjalankan putusan MA dengan terlebih dahulu merevisi UU No 1/1974 tentang Perkawinan. Wakil Menteri Agama (Wamenag) Nasaruddin Umar mengatakan, pihaknya patuh dan tunduk terhadap putusan MK sehingga secara otomatis hasil putusan tersebut nantinya akan diikuti dengan revisi UU Perkawinan karena harus mengubah pasal yang menyebutkan anak yang terlahir di luar pernikahan itu hanya anak ibu. ”Ya kalau memang hasil putusannya seperti itu, maka dengan sendirinya UU Perkawinan harus direvisi dan disosialisasikan kembali ke masyarakat,”ungkap Nasaruddin di Jakarta kemarin. Menurut dia, pasal tentang status anak di luar hubungan pernikahan yang dimuat dalam UU Perkawinan mengacu pada hukum fikih sehingga ayah biologis dianggap tidak memiliki hubungan dengan anak hasil hubungan gelapnya. Oleh sebab itu,jika dilihat dari perspektif hukum Islam,putusan MK bertentangan dengan fikih, tapi belum tentu dapat dikatakan bertentangan dengan Alquran. Sebab pemahaman dalam fikih sendiri tidak selalu identik dengan Alquran dan hadis. Namun, Wamenag tidak mau berkomentar lebih jauh mengenai hasil putusan MK, terlebih jika putusan tersebut dikaitkan
[proletar] Indonesia targets offensive tweeters
***But that shows that I mean if you cannot control even your own parliament member, how can you control people who enjoy looking at pornography? Indonesia targets offensive tweeters Updated February 9, 2012 14:33:26 Twitter has become the latest target in Indonesia's campaign against offensive online material after the government blocked access to almost one million pornography sites last month. Indonesia's Minister for Communication and Information Technology says the government will target and block anonymous and offensive accounts on the social networking site. It isn't clear what the ministry deems as offensive, but based on the Information and Electronic Transactions Law online users can be charged with a range of offences including pornography, threats and blasphemy. Indonesians are the third-highest users of Twitter globally which may make shutting down offensive material on the site a difficult task. Presenter: Joanna McCarthy Speaker: Wimar Witoelar, Indonesian media commentator Listen: Windows Media WITOELAR: The minister of communications and information is noted for his lack of background, and in fact knowledge about the internet echo system, so every time he utters a controversial statement like this, the hardest part for people is to understand what he is referring to. My guess is that since he is a political appointee who was the chairman of the Islamic leading party, that he uses a forum to utter more moralistic phrases while not really knowing how implementable his comments are, and in fact how true it is to the spirit of the Indonesian constitution. In other words his statement goes against the grain of most internet users and observers. MCCARTHY: Well indeed there are 55-million internet users in Indonesia, is it virtually an impossible task to keep track of their activity on Twitter? WITOELAR: Exactly. MCCARTHY: Certainly reveals something about the minister perhaps. You mentioned that there are some problems with the constitutional nature of this law. Do you think it undermines the constitution? WITOELAR: I was not referring to the ITE (electronic information and transactions law) actually, but to the political stance the minister is taking that pays no heed, or less heed to the constitution than through his own personal notions of propriety and morality. He's a person who supports polygamy for instance, when most decent-minded Indonesians do not. He's the first person who advocates suppression of free flow of information when not many people do anymore. So he's indeed the poorest choice for a communications minister the President could have. Maybe he would be proper as another portfolio. But the constitutionality of the law is not something I have delved into, I'm sure there are a lot of other more knowledgeable experts on that. While I do not subscribe to the notion that the internet should be totally free, but first of all if you are going to put curbs on the internet not only do you have to make sure it is morally right, but you have to make sure as a government that it is capable of being implemented, otherwise you are just crying wolf and shouting in the desert. It is really an embarrassment for me as an Indonesian to be interviewed by Radio Australia by such a ridiculous statement from our minister. This minister was many times called to be replaced, to be reshuffled, and in fact the last reshuffle we thought we would be rid of him, but apparently the President likes to keep the political balance, which he does represent in the unfortunate system of the Indonesian multi-party system. MCCARTHY: So do you think that this is a proposal that the Indonesian government will take seriously, or is it simply a minister perhaps speaking out of turn? WITOELAR: It is a minister speaking out of turn and using his position as a bully pulpit . MCCARTHY: Indeed. There have been some efforts to block access to more than a million pornography sites in Indonesia. What would you say about the extent to which the Indonesian government does attempt to control the internet? WITOELAR: Well of course they hired some software designers. I met one at the airport and he said actually the software is not going to work but who cares, we get paid anyway. In fact after it was instituted the press caught a parliament member from the party of the minister for communication looking at a porn site on his tablet computer on the parliament floor, a picture was taken by a tele-photo lens and it became a big scandal. But that shows that I mean if you cannot control even your own parliament member, how can you control people who enjoy looking at pornography? http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connec ... 426968.htm [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner :
[proletar] Indonesia lures Mideast Shariah lenders
***“We have seen growth momentum in the Indonesia Islamic industry over the last two to three years,” Saifi said. “Along with capital, foreign banks can bring in expertise as Indonesia provides a very good opportunity looking at its population and growth.” Indonesia lures Mideast Shariah lenders Bloomberg/Singapore Indonesia’s Islamic finance industry is luring investment from Middle Eastern and European banks as regulator seeks to double Shariah-compliant assets to 10% of the total this decade. Al Rajhi Bank, Saudi Arabia’s largest, is chasing investment banking business in Indonesia and may open branches “at the right time,” Mudassir Amray, the head of wholesale banking in Kuala Lumpur, said in a February 2 interview. Standard Chartered Saadiq will add more outlets, said Wasim Saifi, the Singapore-based global head of Islamic and consumer banking. “We are on the lookout for any good Indonesian acquisition, if the price is right,” Mohamed Azahari Kamil, the Kuala Lumpur-based chief executive of Asian Finance Bank Bhd, the Malaysian unit of Qatar Islamic Bank, said in an interview on Monday. “We have to be quick as the Indonesian market is becoming more competitive.” While home to the world’s largest Muslim population, Indonesian Islamic financial assets account for less than 4% of total banking holdings in the country, compared with 21% in Malaysia. Bank Indonesia is proposing tax breaks to boost the industry, which has grown an average 38% annually over the past five years. Record-low benchmark yields are spurring PT Bank Muamalat Indonesia, the nation’s second- largest Islamic lender, and PT Bank Syariah Mandiri to sell Islamic bonds this year. Globally, Islamic finance assets may rise about 16% to $1.6tn this year, Raj Mohamad, managing director at Singapore-based consulting firm Five Pillars, told Bloomberg TV on January 18. Global sales of sukuk have reached $6.6bn in 2012, from $2bn a year earlier, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Offerings totaled a record $36.3bn in 2011, more than the $31bn in 2007. Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, Indonesia is trying to catch up with Malaysia, a global hub for Shariah-compliant finance where Al Rajhi Bank has offered services for the last five years. Indonesia had 130tn rupiah ($14.5bn) of Islamic assets as of October. 31, around 11% of the 389.3bn ringgit ($129bn) of its neighbour as of July, according to data from the two countries’ central banks. Around 86% of Indonesia’s 246mn population is Muslim, according to US government data. Malaysia has relaxed foreign-ownership rules for Islamic institutions and provided tax incentives, helping the nation become the world’s biggest market for sukuk. Qatar Islamic Bank, Kuwait Finance House and Standard Chartered Saadiq all have operations in the country. “We expect a Middle East bank to buy a big Islamic bank in Indonesia,” Riawan Amin, chairman of the Indonesia Shariah Bank Association in Jakarta, said in an interview on Monday. “This will change the face of Shariah-compliant banking in Indonesia.” Dubai-based Standard Chartered Saadiq, an Islamic bank set up by the London-based lender in 2008, plans to add to the 11 branches offering Islamic services at PT Bank Permata, the Indonesian lender in which it owns a 44.5% stake, Saifi said in an interview on Monday. Jakarta-based automotive retailer PT Astra International owns 44.5% of the bank and 11% is publicly traded. “We have seen growth momentum in the Indonesia Islamic industry over the last two to three years,” Saifi said. “Along with capital, foreign banks can bring in expertise as Indonesia provides a very good opportunity looking at its population and growth.” The yield premium on Indonesia’s 8.8% Shariah- compliant global bonds due in April 2014 over Malaysia’s 3.928% dollar sukuk due 2015 was little changed at 41 basis points on Tuesday, prices from Royal Bank of Scotland Group show. The average yield on sovereign rupiah debt dropped four basis points, or 0.04 percentage point, to 5.78% on Monday, according to a JPMorgan Chase Co index. That’s the lowest level since Bloomberg began collating the data in 2002. Securities that comply with Islam’s ban on interest rose 0.9% this year, according to the HSBC/Nasdaq Dubai US Dollar Sukuk Index, while debt in developing markets gained 2.6%, JPMorgan Chase Co’s EMBI Global Composite Index shows. The difference between the average yield for sukuk and the London interbank offered rate widened one basis point to 289 on Monday, according to the HSBC/Nasdaq Dubai US Dollar Sukuk Index. Moody’s Investor’s Service awarded Indonesia an investment- grade credit rating last month, following Fitch Ratings in December. Standard Poor’s upgraded the country to BB+ in April, its top junk level. Gross domestic product increased 6.49% in the fourth quarter, bringing 2011 GDP to 6.46%, data released on Monday showed. “The Indonesian market is
[proletar] Auto Makers Step on the Gas in Indonesia
***That could make the country Asia's fifth-largest auto hub, behind China, Japan, Korea and India. FEBRUARY 9, 2012 Auto Makers Step on the Gas in Indonesia By ERIC BELLMAN JAKARTA, Indonesia—The world's top car makers are in the middle of an expansion spree in Indonesia, battling for a piece of the world's next auto hub. Toyota Motor Corp. and other Japanese auto makers have dominated the Indonesian market for decades. But General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co., Tata Motors Ltd. and others are trying to wedge their way in. They have plans for new plants, new models or new dealerships, aimed at reaching the emerging middle class in Indonesia. Toyota on Wednesday said it would invest an additional $200 million beyond expansion plans announced last year, lifting its Indonesia capacity to 230,000 vehicles annually by 2014. That would more than double today's output. With overall Indonesian auto sales expected at nearly one million vehicles next year, the country is becoming one of the world's largest car markets. More important, its low auto-ownership rate means Indonesia—the world's fourth most-populous nation, behind China, India and the U.S.—could be one of the world's last great growth markets. Less than one in twenty of Indonesia's mostly young and increasingly affluent population of 240 million people owns cars. As strong growth in gross domestic product puts cars within reach to more Indonesians, the country could quickly become a three-million-car-a-year market in the next decade, analysts say. Although that isn't on the scale of China, where 18 million light vehicles were sold last year, the Indonesian market is expected to expand faster. This is going to be a period of unprecedented growth in Indonesia, says Peter Fleet, president for Ford's operations in Southeast Asia, which recorded 90% growth in sales in Indonesia last year. With the low level of car ownership in the country and the GDP per capita growing, it is at a takeoff point. Auto companies need new markets to offset slowdowns in their home countries and expected leveling in India and China over the next few years. Indonesia's economy and auto sales are expected to continue climbing at a rapid pace this year even as developed economies struggle, largely because much of Indonesia's economy is driven by domestic demand rather than exports to the West. Indonesia attracted a national record of $20 billion in foreign direct investment last year as its GDP rose 6.5%. Moody's last month upgraded Indonesia's debt to investment grade—another sign of Indonesia's economic coming of age. Light-vehicle sales climbed 17% to nearly a record 900,000 units in Indonesia last year. Meanwhile, sales fell in Japan, rose just 2% in Thailand and climbed less than 10% each in China, India and the U.S., according to consulting firm LMC Automotive. GM is investing $150 million to reactivate a plant to produce a seven-seat van in Indonesia after having left the country seven years ago. The plant will produce 40,000 vehicles a year for local consumption and for export. Building and selling great new products that are suitable to Indonesian customers will enable us to keep up our growth in this important market, said GM Indonesia spokeswoman Maria Sidabutar. China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. is looking to expand its vehicle-assembly capacity in Indonesia. India's Tata said last month that it plans to bring its iconic Nano minicar to the country. Ford doesn't produce cars in Indonesia—shipping from nearby production hubs instead—but it is considering the possibility. Ford unveiled its popular Fiesta brand in the country last year and plans to introduce other models soon as it expands its dealership network 20% this year, Mr. Fleet says. South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. expects its sales will climb around 35% and is considering building a factory in Indonesia, said Jongkie Sugiarto, president director of PT Hyundai Mobil Indonesia. If our parent company agrees, Indonesia will have a Hyundai manufacturing plant instead of just an assembly plant to produce a model aimed at the Southeast Asian market, he said. Japanese auto makers moved into Indonesia before most other car makers and stuck it out through the Asian financial crisis and other economic and political instability. As a result, Japanese companies now control about 90% of Indonesia's market. Toyota alone controls 60%. The Japanese manufacturers see Indonesia as an important source of demand and production as they face rising costs at home and increasing competition from India and China. It is like holy ground for Japanese auto makers, says Michael Dunne, president of auto consulting firm Dunne Co. They will not cede it without a fight. Suzuki Motor Corp. last month said it will spend $780 million to almost double its capacity in Indonesia to 150,000 four-wheeled vehicles a year. The Japanese company said it also is in the early
[proletar] KPK and Lawmakers Too Cozy for Own Good, Critics Say
***“When [KPK officials] meet someone, they must alert other officials before or after the meeting. This meeting was planned, not accidental.” KPK and Lawmakers Too Cozy for Own Good, Critics Say Markus Junianto Sihaloho | February 09, 2012 There is a growing feeling among some activists and politicians that members of the antigraft body are spending too much time mingling with lawmakers, threatening the body’s image and its investigations. With so many lawmakers ending up the targets of investigations by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), it raises questions about the relationship between the graft fighters and the politicians when they meet outside of official House sessions. Ray Rangkuti, director of the Indonesian Civic Network (Lima), said the commission should have learned from two of its former deputy commissioners — Chandra Hamzah and Bibit Samad Rianto. They ended up in court in part because of meetings they had with people linked to a case they were handling. “We urge that KPK meetings outside of those of the official forum at the House of Representatives be limited,” he said. “It should be understood that the KPK is in a position where they cannot just do whatever they want.” He said the commission should incorporate a regulation for this in its code of ethics. The Law on the KPK already says commissioners should not meet privately with anyone linked to a case they’re working on. Syarifuddin Sudding, a member of House Commission III for legal affairs, said he was puzzled by the number of recent visits politicians have made to the KPK. He said he thought these visits were probably an attempt by the politicians to intervene in the commission’s investigations. One such visit he mentioned took place on Jan. 20. House Speaker Marzuki Alie and the House’s secretary general, Nining Indra Saleh, who have been criticized for wasteful spending on projects at the House building, went to the KPK office in South Jakarta. Last Friday, he said, a number of his colleagues on House Commission III went to the KPK. These included Bambang Soesatyo of the Golkar Party, Trimedia Panjaitan of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Nasir Jamil of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) and Ahmad Yani of the United Development Party (PPP). Several members of these parties, he said, are currently being targeted by the KPK. Syarifuddin also said the KPK was dragging its feet on several cases that concerned the suspected involvement of lawmakers. Abdullah Dahlan, a researcher from Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW), said the KPK needed to keep its distance from politicians and lawmakers. “The KPK should prioritize professionalism, and should not give in to pressure or work for any political interests,” he said. The public, he added, would be disappointed if the KPK did not continue its investigations into corruption cases involving suspected lawmakers. Bahruddin Nasori, a House Commission III member from the National Awakening Party (PKB), said to allay any suspicions of improper intervention, lawmakers should only communicate with KPK commissioners through official forums, such as working meetings or hearings. “If there is anything they want to say, then it should be expressed in official forums only,” he said. “It is true that political parties, through their representatives at the House, chose the KPK members, but this does not mean we can co-opt the KPK. We all need to protect the KPK as part of our battle against corruption.” Nurkholis Hidayat, director of the Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH Jakarta), said politicians should always be suspected and their visits to the KPK should accordingly be viewed with suspicion. Haryono Umar, another former KPK commissioner, and Chandra last year had an ethics council hearing over meetings they had with politicians during their time at the antigraft body. Although the disbanded committee said Chandra and Haryono had not violated the KPK’s code of conduct, three committee members, including chairman Abdullah Hehamahua, recommended they be sanctioned. Hehamahua said when Chandra and Haryono met with Democratic lawmakers Muhammad Nazaruddin and Benny K. Harman, the two KPK deputies were aware of the potential conflict of interest, given that Nazaruddin and Benny were both members of the House’s legal affairs commission, which has oversight of the antigraft body. “When talking about a code of conduct, we are talking about whether an act is proper or not, reasonable or not, and not about right or wrong,” he said in October after the ethics committee issued its ruling. “When [KPK officials] meet someone, they must alert other officials before or after the meeting. This meeting was planned, not accidental.” [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe :
[proletar] Perayaan Imlek- Indonesia Ruang Besar Tanpa Diskriminasi
Perayaan Imlek- Indonesia Ruang Besar Tanpa Diskriminasi Saturday, 04 February 2012 JAKARTA – Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) menegaskan saat ini bangsa Indonesia telah memberi ruang besar bagi masyarakat Tionghoa tanpa ada diskriminasi. Hal ini ditunjukkan dengan semaraknya atraksi barongsai, temaram beraneka lampion, dan beragam asesori budaya etnis Tionghoa yang menghiasi perayaan Imlek di berbagai daerah. ”Perayaan Tahun Baru Imlek bukan hanya milik umat Konghucu dan masyarakat Tionghoa, melainkan telah menjadi pesta rakyat di seluruh pelosok Tanah Air.Ini menunjukkan bahwa bangsa kita benar-benar menjunjung tinggi nilai-nilai kebersamaan, meneguhkan semangat Bhineka Tunggal Ika,”ungkap Presiden SBY dalam sambutannya pada perayaan Tahun Baru Imlek 2563 Tingkat Nasional di Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) kemarin. Menurutnya, kenyataan ini patut disyukuri. Selain merupakan pengakuan, penghargaan, dan penghormatan kepada etnis Tionghoa serta umat Konghucu, hal ini juga menjadi bagian terpadu dari bangsa yang majemuk. Kenyataan ini bahkan menunjukkan semakin kokohnya kebersamaan masyarakat Indonesia sebagai bangsa yang multikultural. Kebersamaan antara etnis Tionghoa dan berbagai etnis lainnya di seluruh Tanah Air, lanjut Presiden, telah menjadi kesadaran bersama untuk saling menghormati dan menerima perbedaan yang ada. ”Melalui perayaan Tahun Baru Imlek, persaudaraan kita sebagai sebuah bangsa harus makin kuat dan makin kokoh,” katanya. Saat menghadiri perayaan Imlek Nasional, Presiden SBY didampingi Ibu Negara Ani Yudhoyono,Wapres Boediono, dan Ibu Herawati Boediono.Beberapa menteri Kabinet Indonesia Bersatu II turut hadir antara lain Menpora Andi Mallarangeng, Menkumham Amir Syamsuddin,dan Kapolri Jenderal Pol Timur Pradopo. Pada perayaan Imlek kali ini Majelis Tinggi Agama Konghucu Indonesia (Matakin) mengangkat tema ”Insan Beriman dan Luhur Budi, Hidup Rukun meski Berbeda”.Tema ini,menurut Presiden,sungguh tepat untuk meningkatkan kembali pentingnya hidup rukun dan bersatu. Di hadapan ribuan umat Konghucu, Presiden menegaskan perbedaan bukanlah kendala untuk hidup rukun dan bukan untuk dipertentangkan. Perbedaan akan selalu ada di dalam realitas kehidupan. Pemerintah dengan peran dan tugas yang diembannya akan terus berupaya mengayomi, melindungi, dan memberikan kesetaraan kepada segenap warga bangsa tanpa kecuali.”Persaudaraan kita sebagai sebuah bangsa tidak boleh terganggu dan tidak boleh terpisahkan oleh perbedaan etnis dan perbedaan agama yang kita yakini,”katanya. Ketua Matakin Wawan Suratna mengingatkan bahwa sebagai bangsa yang majemuk, Indonesia memiliki ras, suku, etnik, agama, dan status sosial yang amat beragam. Namun, hal itu bukan alasan untuk hidup tak menjadi rukun. ”Bangsa yang beriman harus bisa meninggalkan semua perilaku yang tak pantas sehingga bangsa kita senantiasa menjadi yang lebih baik dan maju. Mari kita jadikan perbedaan yang ada sebagai kekuatan dan bukan sebagai bibit perpecahan,”ungkapnya. rarasati syarief http://www.seputar-indonesia.com/edisic ... 466560/38/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] TUKANG SAMPAH INGGRIS JAJAL BERTUALANG DI JAKARTA
TUKANG SAMPAH INGGRIS JAJAL BERTUALANG DI JAKARTA- Salut atas Tugas Berat Rekan Seprofesi di Ibu Kota Tuesday, 31 January 2012 Pekerjaan tukang sampah di Jakarta ternyata bukan perkara mudah.Diperlukan kesabaran dan kekuatan fisik untuk bisa mengangkut sampah. Seorang tukang sampah asal Inggris, Wilbur Ramirez,telah membuktikannya. Selama 10 hari terakhir, Wilbur mengikuti Imam Syaffi,seorang tukang sampah di Jakarta.Tiap hari,begitu matahari terbit,keduanya langsung menuju jalanan dan menarik gerobak untuk mengangkut sampah dari kawasan permukiman di salah satu sudut ibu kota Indonesia itu. Salah satu daerah operasi Imam adalah Jalan Guntur, Manggarai,Jakarta Selatan. Beberapa pelanggan Imam meninggalkan kantongkantong sampahnya di luar rumah,tapi sebagian besar di sebuah lubang di kebun.Imam harus membersihkan sampahsampah itu. Dia harus membersihkannya agar tidak mendapatkan keluhan.Semua sampah itu dia masukkan ke gerobak. Tanpa ada pemisahan sampah, semua sampah rumah tangga, makanan,plastik sampai sampah organik jadi satu. Gerobak Imam seukuran bak mandi dan segera penuh ketika sampah-sampah mulai masuk.Dia harus menekan sampah-sampah itu untuk memberikan ruang sisa jika masih ada sampah yang harus dipungutnya.”Pekerjaan Imam dua kali lebih berat (daripada tugas saya),”ujar Wilbur sembari menyeka keringat yang menetes di keningnya kepada BBC. Dia mengaku salut dengan pekerjaan yang dilakukan Imam. Kondisi kerja Imam tentu berbeda dari Wilbur.Sebagai tukang sampah di London, pria itu memiliki sarana pengangkutan sampah berteknologi tinggi dan ber- AC serta memiliki rekan kerja. ”Ini adalah hari yang sangat berat dan saya bahkan mengira saya tidak akan sanggup melakukannya seharian penuh.Saya hanya bisa melakukan dua dari tiga kali pengangkutan yang dilakukan Imam dan saya merasa sekarat,”papar Wilbur. Imam biasa memenuhi gerobak sampahnya tiga kali dari sekitar 100 rumah. Dia mendapat upah Rp200.000 setiap enam hari.”Pekerjaan ini memerlukan lebih banyak kekuatan fisik daripada yang saya kira,”ujar Wilbur. ”Gerobak ini beratnya seperti 1 ton dan biasanya hanya dibawa satu orang.Saya berkeringat seperti babi.” Dari pengalamannya itu, Wilbur tahu bahwa bukan hanya sampah yang diurusi Imam.Selokan di depan rumah pelanggannya yang sering mampat juga menjadi pekerjaan Imam.”Pria ini melakukannya tanpa alas kaki,”ujar Wilbur yang tampak kaget.”Ada kaca,ada semuanya di sana.Kaki orang ini pasti seperti kulit badak.” Saat ini hanya ada sekitar 3.000 tukang sampah di seluruh Ibu Kota.Meski dirasa berat,Imam senantiasa melakukan pekerjaan itu sebaikbaiknya. Satu keluhan saja, dia bisa dipecat. ”Kalau tidak dilakukan,mereka bakal menelepon ketua RT.Ada banyak orang lain yang butuh pekerjaan,”ujar dia.”Saya takut dipecat.Kalau itu terjadi, anak dan istri saya mau makan apa?” Setelah menyelesaikan pekerjaannya memungut sampah,Imam masih punya pekerjaan lain,yakni mendaur ulang sampah. ALVIN MASRIFAH http://www.seputar-indonesia.com/edisic ... 465191/38/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Pemerintah Harus Tegas Atasi Konflik
***Ketegasan tanpa kekuatan bedil = macan kertas. ***Kenapa takut memulihkan dwi fungsi TNI untuk menyelesaikan konflik sosial atau tindakan anarkisme massa yang belakangan marak terjadi ? NKRI masih butuh program tangan besi... Pemerintah Harus Tegas Atasi Konflik Tuesday, 31 January 2012 JAKARTA – Ketegasan pemerintah sangat dibutuhkan untuk menyelesaikan konflik sosial atau tindakan anarkisme massa yang belakangan marak terjadi. Ketegasan itu diwujudkan melalui penegakan hukum yang kokoh dan konsisten dan menggerakkan semua aparatur penegak hukum untuk bekerja dengan baik. Pendapat yang disampaikan mantan Wakil Presiden Jusuf Kalla dan Ketua Umum PP Muhammadiyah Din Syamsuddin itu merespons penilaian bahwa maraknya konflik yang disertai anarkisme massa––seperti bentrokan di Desa Sidomulyo, Kecamatan Sidomulyo, Kabupaten Lampung Selatan, pembakaran kantor kabupaten di Bima,Nusa Tenggara Barat, dan demo buruh Bekasi,Jawa Barat,yang memblokade jalan tol––terjadi karena ketidaktegasan pemerintah. Menurut Kalla, sebagai negara, Indonesia memiliki perangkat hukum dan peraturan dan itu semestinya dilaksanakan. “Kita ini negara hukum. Tapi kenapa seakan-akan kita berada di hukum rimba jika melihat banyaknya konflik. Yang menentukan adalah kekuatan dan bukan aturan-aturan yang ada dalam hukum itu sendiri,”ujar Kalla seusai menjadi pembicara dalam Pekan Konstitusi yang diselenggarakan Dewan Perwakilan Daerah (DPD) dan International Conference of Islamic Scholars (ICIS) di Jakarta kemarin. Namun, sebelum dilakukan penegakan hukum, Ketua Umum Palang Merah Indonesia (PMI) itu meminta pemerintah terlebih dulu membangun dialog dan sebaliknya pihak-pihak yang bertikai pun harus membuka diri untuk mendengar dan mendahulukan upaya memahami perbedaan. “Jadi pada tahap pertama tentu harus ada dialog.Kemudian masuk tahap kesepakatan. Maka itu saya katakan bahwa pemerintah pertama harus terbuka,kemudian harus tegas ketika melaksanakan kesepakatan,”ungkapnya. Kalla kemudian menandaskan, dalam negara demokrasi, aksi unjuk rasa tidak dilarang karena dinilai sebagai bentuk dan cara menyampaikan tuntutan agar lebih gampang didengar dan dilihat. Namun, imbuh dia, langkah itu jangan sampai melanggar dan mengganggu kepentingan umum.“Demokrasi itu adalah cara dan dia bukan tujuan. Boleh demo sebagai bentuk ekspresi terhadap tuntutan, tapi tidak melanggar kepentingan umum. Menutup jalan tol,memblokade atau menguasai pelabuhan, bakar-bakar rumah dan kantor, ini semua kan mengganggu kepentingan umum. Tidak boleh dong,”imbuhnya. Ketua Umum PP Muhammadiyah Din Syamsuddin sepakat, ketegasan pemerintah memang menjadi salah satu kunci utama dalam menyelesaikan berbagai konflik di masyarakat. Salah satu bentuk ketegasan itu, kata dia, adalah dengan menggerakkan semua aparatur penegak hukum untuk bekerja dengan baik. “Kita adalah negara demokrasi dengan aturan konstitusi, undang-undang, dan hukum sebagai pegangan. Kalau pemerintah tidak tegas dalam hal ini, masalah tak akan selesai, malah semakin luas dan melebar,”ujarnya. Di sisi lain, dia meminta pemerintah dan para politikus saat ini seharusnya mengurangi syahwat politik agar tidak semua kasus dan masalah diambil manfaatnya demi keuntungan politik dan dengan syahwat dan nafsu yang merusak. Dalam konteks konstitusi, imbuh Din, syahwat politik ini jelas membuat tujuan berbangsa dan bernegara yang ditanamkan para pendiri bangsa telah bergeser. “Akibat syahwat politik, semua jadi berantakan.Masyarakat akhirnya kemudian lebih mengedepankan kebebasan dibandingkan kehidupan sosial dan budaya kita yang beradab. Kerusuhan dan anarkisme di mana-mana.Pemerintah dan politisi sibuk memikirkan kekuasaan dan lupa tujuan dari kekuasaan itu,”ujarnya. Sementara itu, mantan Wakil Presiden Try Sutrisno menilai konflik dan kekerasan semakin mudah terjadi di manamana akibat pudarnya rasa kebersamaan dan persatuan di kalangan masyarakat.Kondisi ini,kata dia,membuktikan bahwa arah kendali bangsa sudah bergeser dari tujuan negara didirikan, yakni mewujudkan negara yang merdeka, bersatu, adil,dan makmur. “Sejauh kita menyimak dan menelaah, saya merasakan bahwa kemerdekaan dan persatuan mulai hilang di antara bangsa Indonesia. Keadilan dan kemakmuran sudah bukan milik rakyat lagi,”ujarnya. Dalam pandangan mantan Panglima ABRI itu, salah satu penyebab banyaknya kerusuhan adalah perubahan Pasal 33 UUD 1945 yang membuat liberalisasi ekonomi di mana perekonomian nasional semakin dikuasai asing. “Sedangkan rakyat tak berdaulat dan makin tertekan. Inilah salah satu penyebab kerusuhan yang marak,”ungkapnya. Adapun sosiolog dari Universitas Airlangga (Unair) Surabaya Bagong Suyanto mengidentifikasi konflik sosial banyak dipicu dendam lama. Konflik yang saat ini pecah bukan hanya disebabkan masalah yang sekarang muncul,melainkan dilatarbelakangi pula adanya sentimen antarkelompok tersebut. “Pemicu yang muncul ini hanya sebagai pemercepat konflik
[proletar] Blokade Buruh: Ampuh
***Titik api yang sebenarnya bukanlah di jalanan itu sendiri, melainkan pada akar permasalahan yang tidak segera tegas diselesaikan dengan tuntas Blokade Buruh: Ampuh Tuesday, 31 January 2012 Saya termasuk pengguna jalan yang terkena kemacetan panjang saat para buruh berdemonstrasi,27 Januari 2012 lalu. Meskipun hanya imbasnya, karena posisi agak jauh dari tol Jakarta– Cikampek di Km 33, di Cikarang Barat,daerah Bekasi.Beruntung saya belajar dari Bapak Daoed Joesoef, mantan menteri pendidikan, yang selalu menyediakan gelas—dan bukan botol,untuk keadaan darurat saat kebelet pipis. Seharusnya saya mengeluh karena kemacetan yang hampir tujuh jam. Dan saya me-mang mengeluh. Seharusnya saya melenguh, meneriakkan lebih keras kekesalan, dan saya yang berpeluh penuh memang menggerutu dengan kata seru.Tapi saya tiba-tiba merasa sangat egois, hanya mementingkan diri sendiri dengan menyalahkan blokade atau penutupan jalan tol ini. Apalah artinya keterhambatan saya yang hanya beberapa jam ini dibandingkan nasib para buruh yang memperjuangkan hidupnya untuk mendapatkan upah minimum.Saya toh tak buru-buru amat—bahkan kalau akan pergi ke surga sekalipun. Saya toh merasa bahwa di ujungjalan sana pasti kemacetan akan mencair, sementara nasib para buruh masih tetap getir, masih dipenuhi rasa khawatir. Yang diminta dari saya hanyalah kesabaran sebentar, dibanding nasib kaum buruh yang sudah menunggu perubahan nasib jauh lebih lama. Yang diminta dari dalam diri hanyalah kesadaran, untuk suatu kehidupan yang layak bagi seorang pekerja dan keluarganya. Hidup layak itu adalah upah terendah yang dimungkinkan. Ampuh Blokade ini merupakan cara ampuh untuk menarik perhatian, dan berhasil karena relatif bisa membagi penderitaan kaum buruh selama ini.Berhasil karena relatif tanpa anarkisadis, dan membuat jebakan bersama dalam kekesalan yang terakumulasikan. Bahwa yang dijadikan sasaran adalah jalan tol,karena di situlah lokasi para buruh berkarya, bekerja, berada. Kalau saja tempat mereka bekerja di sekitar Istana Negara,mereka akan melakukan hal yang sama. Dan lebih mendasar lagi, karena yang diperjuangkan adalah nasib atas upah mereka yang seolah tapi nyata dipermainkan oleh hukum,ditenggelamkan dalam dunia yang bukan pergulatan mereka sehari-hari. Seperti juga adanya jalan tol yang bukan diperuntukkan kemudahannya bukan untuk para buruh. Seperti juga iklan-iklan baliho perumahan, dengan fasilitas lapangan golf dan kolam renang. Papan reklame besar, mewah dan menjanjikan itu bukan untuk mereka yang masih harus mengontrak di dekat tempat kerja—semata-mata demi menghemat biaya. Kalaupun ada hubungannya, paling banter ketika papan itu roboh oleh angin puting beliung,yang juga di luar kemampuan mereka, meskipun turut merasakan akibatnya. Kesemuanya ini bisa diterima, bisa dijalani dengan cara tidak memprotes atau melawan. Namun ketika berurusan dengan periuk nasi, ketika berhadapan dengan upah yang merupakan kekuatan penghasilan satu-satunya, mereka tak bisa menahan diri.Apalagi, menurut perhitungan para ahli, bahkan dengan upah minimum yang kemudian dicabut itu, mereka masih defisit sekitar 11% dari kebutuhan pokok. Dengan kata lain, cara dan pendekatan memblokade jalan tol atau nontol masih akan digunakan untuk menarik perhatian atas perlakuan “kurang adil”,yang berarti juga ketidaknyamanan bagi pengguna jalan. Tempuh Dibandingkan dengan demo lain—demo politis atau sektarian atau bahkan permusuhan— yang juga memacetkan jalanan, para buruh menemukan momentum yang bisa membuat orang lain maklum. Mereka memperjuangkan nasib sendiri,namun sebenarnya juga bagian dari keberadaan kita yang nonburuh selama ini. Bahwa sebenarnya kemudahan yang kita rasakan—apakah namanya jalan bebas hambatan, apakah namanya gedung dan pabrik yang mengagumkan, naiknya posisi sebagai negara layak investasi—tak bisa lepas sama sekali dari kekuatan mereka yang selama ini menyangga.Tak bisa diselesaikan hanya dengan angka rupiah terendah dari balik meja. Keberadaan kaum buruh harus bisa menjadi faktor yang diperhitungkan, karena pada akhirnya turut menentukan keberhasilan suatu usaha, dan atau sebaliknya. Dalam cakupan yang lebih luas, pendekatan blokade bisa menjadi jalan untuk mempertegas tuntutan apa yang diinginkan. Momentum dan lokasi tidak selalu sestrategis seperti adanya jalan utama seperti terjadi di Jakarta-Banten- Jawa Barat,namun mulai juga terasakan di Bima, NTT, atau Lampung atau Papua. Jalanan menjadi pusat perlawanan, menemukan bentuknya, baik dengan membuntu dan atau menghalangi dengan menumbangkan pohon atau membakar ban,atau bahkan pasang badan. Masalahnya menjadi kisruh, manakala jalanan menjadi ricuh. Pembebasan jalan menjadi medan “pertempuran”, yang menimbulkan anarki atau bahkan jatuh korban.Kekerasan akan dibalas dengan kejengkelan yang menghadirkan kekerasan atas nama kekuasaan. Kalau sudah demikian halnya,hanya menambah luka dan derita,memperdalam dendam
[proletar] Who Are the Atheists in Indonesia?
***The point is, in different eras and in different places, various gods can be considered more genuine than others. Who is considered as atheist or not can also vary. One way or another, all of us can be considered atheists by people with differing belief systems. As self-declared atheist Stephen Roberts once said: “I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do.” Who Are the Atheists in Indonesia? Soe Tjen Marching | January 31, 2012 Earlier this month, Alexander Aan was detained by the police in West Sumatra for writing, on his Facebook page, “God does not exist.” Alexander, who also administered an atheist group on the social networking site, declared that he does not believe in angels, devils, heaven and hell or other “myths.” In short, he is an atheist. I don’t know if Alex has done anything more to justify his arrest, but the incident made me ask why atheism is so frowned upon in Indonesia. Does a person who states that he does not believe in God actually offend religion? Is it only atheists who do not believe in God? Which God, anyway? There are, of course, many religions and many different gods. For example, Muslims have their own holy book and their own God, each separate from that of Christians. Many Muslims and Christians would consider gods in the shape of an elephant or a monkey (the Hindu gods Ganesh and Hanuman) are nothing but myths. Presumably Hindus would not be happy if they had to worship Allah or Jesus Christ. This means that if you ascribe to a certain religion, you will usually not believe in gods other than your own. In other words, religious people are atheists when it comes to the gods of other religions. Even different denominations of the same religion can have different beliefs. Consider the two major communities of Islam in Indonesia, Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama. NU believes that tahlil (saying prayers for the dead) is very Islamic since tahlil rituals are dhikr (remembering and honoring God). However, this has been deemed heretical by Muhammadiyah. Praise for God by one denomination can be considered the opposite by another. Various Christian denominations also have their differences; Protestants and Catholics, for instance. Protestants do not pray to the Virgin Mary. The reason? They believe that the Bible states that Jesus is the only mediator between man and God. Here is the passage they often cite: “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5). Thus, Protestants usually consider Catholics’ adoration of Mother Mary as idol worship. On the other hand, Catholics believe that since God chose this woman to be the mother of Jesus, the respect Catholics pay to her is respect to God. Catholics are assured that in choosing a mother, the son of God has granted her a special place in their religion. There are more examples of denominational difference, a crucial one of which is the belief in heaven and hell. Catholics believe that most people will eventually go to heaven after death. However, people not considered “decent” enough cannot just go straight to this wonderful place, but instead are first sent to purgatory — that is, a place for torture — until they are cleansed of their sins. On the other hand, there is no purgatory in Protestantism. They only believe that people will go either to heaven or hell, nothing in between. Thus, even in the same religion, God seems to have different rules. Indeed, one religion or even denomination can be considered heretical to others. If we talk about the world’s religions, can you imagine their differences? How many heavens, hells and varieties of gods are there? Millennia ago, the polytheistic Romans were generally quite tolerant of other religions. They believed in many gods and often adopted other people’s gods. The belief in a single God, in fact, was considered odd for the inhabitants of the ancient Mediterranean. Consequently, many Greeks, Romans and Egyptians viewed the new religion of Christianity with suspicion. In 64 CE, during the reign of the emperor Nero (37-68), a fire tore through Rome, lasting six days. In their anger, the people blamed their emperor for the tragedy. Nero quickly pointed his finger at the Christians, who were considered “atheists” for their worship of just one god. Nero ordered that these “atheists” be arrested and tortured. Christians were the victims in that story, but they would go on to become the persecutors in another time. During the Crusades from the 11th to 13th century, Christians declared war on Muslims. The point is, in different eras and in different places, various gods can be considered more genuine than others. Who is considered as atheist or not can also vary. One way or another, all of us can be considered atheists by people with differing belief systems. As self-declared atheist Stephen Roberts once said: “I
[proletar] Indonesia's burgeoning economy held back by entrenched corruption
***The return to investment-grade status is a fresh start. It's now up to officials in Jakarta to do something with it. Indonesia's burgeoning economy held back by entrenched corruption William Pesek January 28, 2012 . It's a rare economic story that involves Facebook, God and credit ratings. Leave it to Indonesia to serve up a saga that speaks volumes about the obstacles facing south-east Asia's biggest economy. Although Indonesia doesn't often make global headlines, one event last week should have received more ink: Moody's returned the country to investment grade for the first time since the Asian financial crisis. It was an overdue recognition of how far Indonesia has progressed in the past 14 years. Another news item got far more attention: A civil servant, Alexander Aan, posted ''God does not exist'' on Facebook. He was beaten by a mob and faces up to five years in prison. Atheism is illegal in Indonesia, a predominantly Muslim nation of 240 million. Advertisement: Story continues below The real story is misdirected anger. One guy with a Facebook account ginned up more outrage than the public manages to direct at corrupt government officials who enrich themselves while more than 100 million Indonesians survive on $2 a day. That's the real affront, and it's a reminder of what's at stake. Incidents such as the attack on Aan serve as a distraction from the broader Indonesia turnaround story. As the US and France smart over losing their AAA ratings, Indonesia is quietly moving in the other direction. By 2030, Indonesia will be the world's sixth-biggest economy, surpassing Germany, Mexico, France and Britain, according to Tai Hui, head of south-east Asian research at Standard Chartered. It's on Goldman Sachs's shortlist to join Brazil, Russia, India and China as a ''BRIC'' nation. BRIICs? The trouble with such optimism, though, is that it doesn't take account of the obstacles to Indonesia's ascent. Two are worth exploring: China, and a sense of fatigue with reforms aimed at fighting endemic corruption. On a trip to Jakarta, where I met policymakers, business people and economists, a question kept popping into my mind: OK, now what? The concern is about complacency, of Indonesia believing the hype about its unstoppable trajectory and not acting to realise it. Much of the credit for Indonesia's 6.5 per cent growth goes to political stability. Since 2004, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has reduced debt, negotiated a trade agreement with Japan and solidified the democracy that replaced a corrupt dictatorship. A torrent of money flowed to Indonesia in 2011, when foreign direct investment surged 21 per cent. But the caveats are important. Indonesia's economy is less open than Singapore's or South Korea's. Much of it is based on domestic sales of coal, metals, palm oil and timber. The goods it does export often go to China, which is emerging as the wild card in the equation. We can add Nouriel Roubini to the list of those betting on a significant slowdown for China. ''Export growth is slowing,'' said the co-founder of Roubini Global Economics. ''If they don't do something - stimulus in monetary and fiscal credit - the risk is that the growth will slow down well below 8 per cent.'' That may not sound so bad, considering China's gross domestic product expanded 9.2 per cent last year. But given the widening gap between rich and poor in China, the worsening global outlook and the general lack of growth engines, a Chinese deceleration would be a significant blow. The bigger issue is Indonesia's long and tricky to-do list. Along with improved economic fundamentals, Yudhoyono's team fought corruption and cracked down on radicalism in the nation with the largest Muslim population. At best, Yudhoyono has made a small dent in the vast kleptocracy of dictator Suharto's 32-year rule. Infrastructure is a hurdle, one more related to graft than is often acknowledged. Recent upgrades will reinvigorate Yudhoyono's push to double spending on roads, ports and airports to $US140 billion by the end of 2014. The question is how many of those billions will go into the pockets of corrupt officials. Only when Indonesia creates strong institutions - a more independent judiciary, greater accountability among public officials, a more aggressive agency to investigate graft - will big infrastructure projects do their part to generate growth and reduce poverty. This challenge shows how corruption is at the heart of so much of what ails Indonesia. The public needs to do its part. Demand for cleaner government is the key to raising the nation's ranking in Transparency International's corruption perceptions index. In 2011, it came in 100th out of 183 economies, a big improvement on 2004, when it ranked 133rd. Yet to get into the ranks of the world's top 10 economies within two decades, Indonesia must do better. The return to investment-grade status is a fresh start.
[proletar] Ex-Bank Indonesia Deputy Says She’s Suspect in Bribery Case
***“I don’t have any worries,” Goeltom, 62, said today by telephone. “I’m pretty sure the anti-graft body will be fair and they will see the truth.” ***Indonesia’s ranking in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index improved last year compared with 2010, according to its latest report. Ex-Bank Indonesia Deputy Says She’s Suspect in Bribery Case January 27, 2012, 12:18 PM EST By Femi Adi and Daniel Ten Kate (Adds Bank Indonesia’s comment in sixth paragraph.) Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Former Bank Indonesia Senior Deputy Governor Miranda S. Goeltom said the country’s anti-corruption agency has named her as a suspect in the bribery case involving her election to the post in 2004. “I don’t have any worries,” Goeltom, 62, said today by telephone. “I’m pretty sure the anti-graft body will be fair and they will see the truth.” Goeltom’s election sparked one of the highest profile corruption scandals to involve Indonesia’s parliament, with more than 20 lawmakers jailed for accepting bribes for votes. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has faced renewed pressure to stem corruption after a party official came under investigation for bribery last year. Fighting graft is key to Indonesia’s efforts to attract investment after winning its second credit rating upgrade in five weeks. Moody’s Investors Service on Jan. 19 returned the country to investment level for the first time since the Asian financial crisis. “I am not guilty,” Goeltom said, adding that she never asked anybody to give money to lawmakers and that she learned of her being a suspect from local media reports. Bank Indonesia isn’t providing any assisting to Goeltom regarding the case and will defer to the the legal process, Difi Johansyah, a spokesman at Bank Indonesia, said by text message today. Minimal Impact The graft agency may have a tough time proving a connection between those who bribed lawmakers and Goeltom herself, Fauzi Ichsan, a Jakarta-based senior economist at Standard Chartered Plc, said by phone. The impact of the case will be minimal since she is no longer with the central bank, he said. Her case “is something that attracts the attention of the elite and within financial circles, but it’s not something that attracts the interest of the mass population,” Ichsan said. The graft agency said yesterday a former senior deputy governor was a suspect, while declining to provide the person’s full name. The agency is only allowed to provide the suspect’s initials, which are MSG, spokesman Johan Budi said. Goeltom’s five-year term as senior deputy governor expired in July 2009. She received a doctorate in economics from Boston University, according to the central bank’s website. Muhammad Nazaruddin, former treasurer of Yudhoyono’s Democrat Party, faces trial over alleged bribes for building projects for the Southeast Asian Games hosted by Indonesia in November. He has connections to businesses worth at least 6 trillion rupiah ($669 million), according to the Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK. Yudhoyono’s popularity slumped after Nazaruddin’s arrest in August. A poll by Indonesian Survey Circle published Oct. 16, the most recently released, showed 46.2 percent approved of his performance, down from 63.1 percent in January 2010. Indonesia’s ranking in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index improved last year compared with 2010, according to its latest report. --With assistance from Novrida Manurung and Berni Moestafa in Jakarta. Editors: Patrick Harrington, Paul Tighe To contact the reporter on this story: Femi Adi in Jakarta at fa...@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: John Brinsley at jbrins...@bloomberg.net http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-0 ... -case.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Religion, juggernauts and the street violence
***Many others, however, drunk on religion, have “crashed” into more people just as brutally throughout the country. ***The situation of religious freedom is like the situation on the street. The state does not enforce the law when there is an offence; and the space of tolerance of minority is increasingly cramped. Religion, juggernauts and the street violence Moh Yasir Alimi, The Jakarta Post, Semarang | Fri, 01/27/2012 10:31 AM The fatal car crash in Gambir, Central Jakarta, on Sunday gives us a vivid illustration that can help us understand the nature of religious freedom in Indonesia. A driver, intoxicated after consuming alcohol and crystal methamphetamine, has been implicated in the wrongful death of nine people after she allegedly lost control of her car and crashed into a crowd of people. Many others, however, drunk on religion, have “crashed” into more people just as brutally throughout the country. I am sure you still remember the Ahmadiyah brutality in Cikeusik, West Java, in 2011, which resulted in the death of four Ahmadis. I am sure you also remember the members of GKI Yasmin, who are still experiencing intimidation and cannot access their church, although they have won a ruling from the Supreme Court. The mayor of Bogor still barricades the church with Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) officers to prevent the church followers from entering and violent groups also still regularly visit the church to intimidate GKI Yasmin members as they conduct religious services. The Jakarta Post reported that a Sunday mass held at the house of a congregation members attended by around 50 members of the GKI Yasmin church was forced to stop when a group of protesters arrived and demanded that the congregation halt its service. Like Apriyani Susanti, the driver in the car accident, the people in Cikeusik and Bogor were drunk and drove a huge machine called religion and crashed into many Muslims and non-Muslims they supposed were different in their beliefs. Like Apriyani, who allegedly drove after consuming crystal meth, the perpetrators of violence were drunk after they consumed highly intolerant religious views easily found in many urban areas. New residential complexes in urban areas have created concentrated religious enclaves, which can also lead to an enclave selling highly intolerant religious views. That is why places of worship in this new settlement become a matter of religious conflict. Religious interpretations can be like crystal meth when they are emptied of spiritual teaching and civil principles, which are the inner core of religious teaching. A drug rehabilitation center can tell us a few facts about methamphetamines and their effects on human body. “It is one of the hardest addictions to overcome. (It) stays in the fat tissue of your body for years after use. (It) affects the body and mind as a stimulant which dramatically affects the central nervous system. (It) releases high levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine into the part of the brain regulating feelings of pleasure. (It) usually causes increased activity, decreased appetite and a heightened sense of well-being… After taking meth, you are so exhausted that you become depressed, sometimes overwhelmingly depressed” (www. rehab-drug.net). Intolerant religious views and justifications of religious violence can have the same effects on a nation as crystal meth has on the human body. It affects the central nervous system of the nation. It is difficult to overcome if not addressed instantly and there is a feeling of exhaustion and depression after using it. Let’s not leave the nation in depression in the future because of our current tolerance of religious violence. The stark contrast between religious violence and the deadly car accident is the responsiveness of the police and the political elites. While the police deftly sprang on the deadly car accident following public outrage, in the case of religion, the police have been very slow. While in case of the Jakarta crash, the police quickly suggested charges and years of imprisonment for Apriyani; in the case of violations of religious freedom, the state tends to play down cases. House of Representatives’ Speaker Marzuki Alie called for stern punishment of Apriyani and urged the police to conduct random blood-alcohol breath tests on motorists. Meanwhile, the House he is leading has postponed several times an urgent meeting supposed to discuss a solution for GKI Yasmin. He also never called the police to sweep for intolerant religious views. Religion is like a vehicle used to crash other people and gain political and economic interest. It doesn’t matter whether it sacrifices the lives of others. Religion should help its followers achieve enlightenment; not desensitize them from having empathy for the grief of other human beings. Religion should develop the capacity of its adherents to develop inner worship, compassion
[proletar] Senang tapi Tak Tenang
Senang tapi Tak Tenang Friday, 27 January 2012 Saya sering memperoleh peringatan dan pencerahan hidup dari orangorang yang dianggap orang kecil, bawahan, dan awam meskipun bagi saya semua orang sama derajatnya. Salah satunya dari tukang urut yang kadang saya panggil ke rumah setelah capai bermain golf. Namanya Mas Sabarno.Tipikal seorang Jawa,asli Solo,yang selalu mendambakan hidup tenang, damai, meski tidak kaya-raya.“Sekarang ini banyak orang mengejar kesenangan hidup, tetapi tidak tenang,”katanya.Mengejar kesenangan sesaat, tetapi ujungnya masuk tahanan. Ada tipe orang yang memang selalu ingin hidup damai, harmonis, bebas dari konflik. Namun ada pula orang yang memandang konflik dan persaingan itu bagian dari hidup yang mengasyikkan.Tak ada kemajuan dan prestasi luar biasa tanpa sebuah risiko yang sangat menggelisahkan.Mereka yang berhasil meraih prestasi di atas rata-rata,perjuangan hidupnya juga di atas rata-rata.Yang kadang terjadi, orang kagum dan iri melihat orang lain sukses,tetapi tidak mau tahu dan meniru kerjakerasuntukmeraihkesuksesan itu. Para atlet kelas dunia yang sekarang kaya-raya, mereka telah mengorbankan waktunya untuk bersenang-senang. Mereka mengisi waktu dengan latihan keras dan disiplin tinggi.Tapi kita hanya melihat sukses dan senangnya, tidak mau tahu perjuangan mereka sehingga sampai ke sana. MasSabarnomungkinmewakili budaya agraris, mental petani desa yang akrab dan damai dengan lingkungan alamnya. Dia terkesan dengan Pak Harto yang selalu tersenyum dan bersikap kebapakan ketika berdialog dengan petani desa.“Hidup itu yang paling penting tenang dan aman.Bukan berlomba-lomba mengejar kekayaan,tidak peduli halal atau haram,”tandasnya. Untuk apa pangkat tinggi, hartamelimpahkalauyangdikejar- kejar harta haram dan mengorbankan harga diri? Mimpi indah warga desa tentang kehidupan yang tenteram, aman, dan damai tampaknya semakin jauh. Dulu pasar-pasar tradisional di kota kecil menjadi sarana berkenalan da bersosialisasi para pengunjung dari desa yang berbeda sambil membawa dagangan hasil panennya. Orang pergi ke pasar sambil menambah kenalan.Tapi semua itu sekarang sudah berubah total. Gaya hidup dan ekonomi kota yang justru masuk ke desa. Mainan tradisional anak-anak hasil kerajinan tangan sudah tergeser oleh mainan impor. Masuknya televisi dan telepon seluler ke desa membawa perubahan drastis dalam pola pikir dan pola hidup warga desa. Sawah kehilangan daya tarik dan keindahannya. Serial sinetron dan gemerlap iklan di televisi telah mengubah mimpi dan imajinasi orang-orang desa untuk bisa hijrah tinggal di kota atau setidaknya berperilaku seperti orang kota yang serbaglamor.Mereka tidak tahu,di kota terdapat kantong kemiskinan dan jaringan kejahatan yang mengerikan. Ketenangan hidup terasa semakin mahal.Pejalan kaki di kota yang sudah benar mengambil posisi pun bisa tertabrak mobil karena sopirnya ugalugalan atau tengah mabuk.Pelajar yang telah bekerja keras agar lulus ujian bisa tersalip prestasi angkanya oleh mereka yang mencontek dan difasilitasi pengawasnya. Sarjana dengan IPK tinggi tidak ada jaminan lolos seleksi lamaran kerja kalau tidak memiliki koneksi dan uang sogok. Ketika sudah bekerja, promosi tidak selalu didasarkan prestasi,melainkan pertemanan etnik,agama, partai atau almamater. Demikianlah, secara lahiriah pusat-pusat perbelanjaan di kota besar selalu ramai.Jumlah kendaraan automotif selalu bertambah. Namun ketenangan hidup malah merosot.Orang tua dan pendidik di sekolah semakin berat bebannya karena mendapat imbas kehidupan sosial yang beringas. Belum lagi beredarnya narkoba dan pornografi yang tidak selalu terdeteksi oleh orang tua dan guruguru di sekolah. Sungguh mencengangkan, Indonesia menjadi pasar terbesar kedua sabusabu di dunia setelah Thailand. Adakah semua ini membuat kita pesimistis? Meminjam istilah yang sering digunakan Presiden SBY, kita semua sangat prihatin dengan keadaan ini. Tapi bagi rakyat tentu tidak cukup hanya dengan pernyataan prihatin.Mereka menuntut perbaikan nyata dan terukur. Perlu proyeksi, misalnya, antara angkatan kerja dan lowongan kerja. Perlu perencanaan matang antara jumlah kenaikan mobil dan pembangunan jalan. Kita salut akhir-akhir ini pemerintah juga menaruh perhatian pada wilayah ”terpinggir” atau ”terdepan”yang terletak di perbatasan RI yang warganya tidak bangga dan percaya diri ketika bertemu dengan warga negara lain yang tinggal di seberang perbatasan. Namun sesungguhnya, sebelum jauh-jauh memperbaiki wilayah ”perbatasan”,yang namanya bandara internasional juga sebuah zona perbatasan yang mesti memperoleh perhatian lebih serius. Bandara Singapura dan pesawat SQ, misalnya, adalah wajah terdepan negara dan masyarakat Singapura yang akan memberikan kesan pertama orang luar tentang negara itu. Mestinya Bandara Soekarno- Hatta didesain sedemikian rupa keindahan, ketertiban, keamanan, dan kenyamanannya mengingat bandara adalah wajah terdepan
[proletar] Indonesia's agriculture dominated by aging generation
Indonesia's agriculture dominated by aging generation Slamet Susanto The Jakarta Post Publication Date : 24-01-2012 A Dutch sociologist specializing in rural studies has disclosed that agricultural development in Indonesia is dominated by older generations mainly due to limited land ownership. Ben Bhite, visiting Gadjah Mada University campus in Yogyakarta over the weekend, said that the limited availability of land had forced younger generations to wait for the distribution of land from their parents to enable them to focus on agricultural development, or wait until their parents died. “On average, to become a farmer the young generation has to wait until the age of 30 or 40,” said Bhite, an emeritus professor at the Institute of Social Studies from The Hague, in an open lecture entitled “Rural Youth and Future Farming”. This condition had caused the young generation (aged 15 to 24 years) in rural areas to become unemployed or part-time laborers, he said, adding that the situation was made worse by the low interest among the young generation in focusing on agriculture. “In teaching and learning activities at school there are no lessons on how to become farmers. Students helping their parents to farm after school is considered inappropriate,” he said. “I think this happens because there is a mistake in a way of thinking that always adopts concepts from the West,” he said. The sociologist explained that nearly 70 per cent of poor people in the world lived in rural areas and 80 per cent of them were involved in the farming profession. “It is sad to see the fact that many farmers [in Indonesia] have sold their land, the main source in the agricultural sector. As a result, about 80 per cent of farmers in Java do not have their own land,” said the professor, who has conducted research on rural development in Indonesia since the 1970s. In order to settle the unemployement problem in agrarian Indonesia, it was now time for the government to open up job opportunities in the agricultural sector to as many people as possible, he said. Bhite continued that job creation in the agricultural sector was important to help settle the poverty problems through government policies that supported programs in agricultural development, especially for young people on a small scale. However, this had to be accompanied by policies on access to land ownership, he said. “Small-scale agriculture will open access to job creation and will help save the earth, rather than large-scale agricultural development,” he said. From his field observations at an onion-farming center in Sanden district, Bantul regency, most farmers did not have their own land. They just work under the harvest-sharing model or lease the land on a yearly basis. “I have to lease all my agricultural land, but over the last two years, it has been difficult to predict the weather so I’ve had to face harvest failure. I can no longer afford to pay the lease and next year I will return my land to its owner, who will later lease to other farmers who have money,” said Rintono, one of the local farmers in Sanden. Sunar, another farmer who farms on a 0.6-hectare plot of land, said that he has to lease 90 per cent of his land. “The farm land here has been owned only by one or two persons since my childhood,” said the father of two. http://www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?id=26907 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] More investors are coming to Indonesia
GM Vies to Compete With Toyota in Fast-Growing Indonesia: Cars January 19, 2012, 4:54 PM EST By Siddharth Philip and Femi Adi Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Indonesia may be the next growth market after China for the automotive industry. While the country boasts Southeast Asia’s largest economy and population, Indonesia’s ratio of car ownership has been among the lowest in the region. Now, analysts at IHS Automotive and JPMorgan Chase Co. say the industry is ready to blossom because of rising incomes, urbanization and a government push to spur demand for low-emission vehicles. “Indonesia’s auto market is on the verge of a boom,” said Jessada Thongpak, a senior analyst for Southeast Asia at IHS Automotive. “The reason why automakers are looking at Indonesia is because the potential for growth is high, and inflation and interest rates are stable.” That’s leading carmakers from Detroit-based General Motors Co. to India’s Tata Motors Ltd. to gear up to challenge Japanese producers led by Toyota Motor Corp., which control more than 90 percent of a market with the world’s fourth-largest population. Vehicle sales in Indonesia are projected to rise more than 50 percent in five years as the growing working class demands minivans and compact cars. Count GM, the world’s largest car company, among those taking notice. The maker of Chevrolet, Buick and Cadillac sedans plans to open a minivan factory in Indonesia, where it stopped making vehicles about six years ago. Ford Motor Co., the second- largest U.S. vehicle manufacturer, said it sees “great potential” in the country. U.S. automakers aren’t the only ones vying for a slice of the Indonesian market. Tata Motors, for one, is gearing up to challenge Japanese producers. Tata has an assembly plant that builds Xenon pickups in Samutprakan, near Bangkok, according to the company’s website. Incumbent’s Dominance Indonesia’s auto market has plenty of room to grow. CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets estimates the country had 32 vehicles for every 1,000 people in 2010, compared with 123 in Thailand and 300 in Malaysia. Indonesia’s economy and population are bigger than those two Southeast Asian neighbors combined. U.S. carmakers still have a long way to go before catching up or even getting close to Japanese brands. Out of the 894,180 vehicles sold in the country last year, GM accounted for less than 1 percent, according to the nation’s auto association. Sales in Indonesia will jump to 1.2 million units by 2016, according to IHS Automotive. Such growth would allow Indonesia to challenge Thailand, which saw domestic production tumble 11 percent last year after its worst floods in almost 70 years, as the auto industry’s Southeast Asian hub. Indonesia is heading toward “full-fledged motorization” after gross domestic product per capita exceeded $3,000 in 2010, Nomura Holdings Inc. analysts wrote in a report last month. Turkey, Malaysia and South Korea are among markets that have seen growth in their automotive markets pick up after GDP per capita exceeded that threshold, according to Aditya Srinath, a Jakarta-based analyst at JPMorgan. Fuel Subsidies The growth of the Indonesian auto market faces risks, however. Currently interest rates at 6 percent are “favorable” for the auto industry said Davy Tuilan, a director at Suzuki Motor Corp.’s Indonesia unit. If the central bank decides to increase those rates, “it will affect the auto industry significantly,” he said. Another risk is the price of fuel. The government plans to start reducing fuel subsidies from April. That would leave only public-transportation vehicles, motorcycles and fish-delivery vans eligible for subsidies and almost double the price of gasoline for other motorists, according to IHS Automotive. “We are facing risks on how customers will react once the government implements its plan on limiting the fuel subsidy,” said Teddy Irawan, a vice president at Nissan Motor Co.’s Indonesia unit. Eco-Car The government’s so-called Eco-car proposal to spur demand for low-emission, compact vehicles via incentives may take effect in 2013, according to IHS and JPMorgan. The plan, first announced in 2009, is still being completed, Budi Darmadi, a director general at the industry ministry, said in an interview. Officials at Japan’s Suzuki and Nissan cited the future government incentives as an impetus for growth, while South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. cited the improving economic environment for its optimism in Indonesia. “Indonesia is so hot for the auto industry because the economy is growing significantly,” said Jongkie Sugiarto, president director of Hyundai’s Indonesian unit. The strength of Indonesia’s economy, lower interest rates and government initiatives revive memories of Japan’s emergence in the automobile industry half a century ago, Credit Suisse Group AG analyst Kunihiko Shiohara wrote in a report this week. Japanese carmakers increased production more than
[proletar] Malaria Center di Papua
Malaria Center di Papua Kamis, 19 Januari 2012 14:45 WIB | 945 Views Jayapura (ANTARA News) - Dinas Kesehatan (Dinkes) Provinsi Papua dalam waktu dekat akan membentuk badan Malaria Center sebagai upaya untuk mempercepat eliminasi malaria di Papua. Pada 2012 ini Dinkes akan segera membentuk suatu badan yang kita namakan Malaria Center. Hal ini sebagai upaya untuk mempercepat eliminasi malaria di Papua, mengingat pada 2011 malaria di sudah mencapai 129.550 kasus, kata Kepala Dinas Kesehatan Provinsi Papua, Josef Rinta R, di Jayapura, Kamis. Dia menjelaskan, Malaria Center mempunyai tugas mengkoordiansi seluruh pemangku kepentingan (stakeholder) yang ada mulai dari SKPD dan melibatkan LSM, organisasi wanita, organisasi gereja dan kemasyarakatan. Wadah ini sangat memerlukan peran dari masyarakat untuk mengoptimalkan dan mensinergikan seluruh kekuatan yang ada untuk bagaimana melakukan upaya eliminasi malaria di Papua, sehingga diharapkan pada tahun 2030 terjadi penurunan kasus-kasus baru, jelasnya. Disamping mengkoordinasi stakeholder yang ada pihaknya juga meningkatkan kinerja teman-teman kesehatan diseluruh unit pelayanan baik di rumah sakit, puskesmas hingga Pustu. Selain itu, Dinkes juga telah melakukan pembinaan dan pelatihan agar petugas kesehatan memahami betul tentang penyakit malaria. Termasuk mensosialisasikan penggunaan obat ACT yang mana sebagai upaya pemerintah untuk mengefektifkan pengobatan malaria dengan baik. Untuk penggunaan ACT di Papua, kata Josef, pihaknya mendapat dukungan penuh dari Pemerintah Pusat melalui Kementerian Kesehatan. Dimana berapapun kebutuhan obat ACT untuk eliminasi malaria di Papua akan diberikan. Dia menuturkan, pembentukan Malaria Center akan dimulai dari provinsi, kemudian sesudah itu dari wadah ini pihaknya akan lakukan advokasi ke kabupaten-kabupaten terutama di daerah-daerah endemis tinggi seperti wilayah pantai. (KR-ALX/E001) Editor: Desy Saputra http://www.antaranews.com/berita/293522/malaria-center-di-papua [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Veil of Silence Lifted in Indonesia
***Bila betul mau membela keadilan, harus selidiki dulu siapa itu kekuatan asing yang membantu Pak Harto mengganyang PKI dengan G30S nya. ***Pak Harto was not alone. Veil of Silence Lifted in Indonesia By SARA SCHONHARDT Published: January 18, 2012 JAKARTA — As a solitary voice intoned a traditional Indonesian harvest song, dancers acted out the gathering of rice. Members of the audience joined in — most knew the words — until the song was overtaken by a vigorous hip-hop backbeat. Women in military uniforms stormed the stage. A man in drag rapped while these “soldiers” assaulted the “farmers.” In the end, bodies of victims lay about. A sober audience broke into applause. The performance marked the release of “Breaking the Silence,” a collective memoir of 15 men and women who experienced the anti-Communist purges in 1965-66, an event that left at least 500,000 people dead and ushered in the 32-year rule of Suharto and his “New Order.” It is one of the darkest but seldom-discussed periods in modern Indonesian history. But the new book is only part of an emerging examination of this long-suppressed subject. In November, there was the release of “Sang Penari ,” a feature film that depicts the unfolding of a love story against the backdrop of that tumultuous time. The newsweekly Tempo recently published a special report on an army commander who had led efforts to wipe out the Indonesian Communist Party, or P.K.I. This week, members of the Indonesian human rights commission, Komnas HAM, met with dozens of victims of the 1965-66 abuses to discuss a continuing investigation of the mass killings. The commission’s vice chairman, Nur Kholis, said Komnas HAM had collected testimonies from 350 victims but was struggling to find stronger evidence, in the form of documents and photographs, before submitting its report to the attorney general. For decades the events of 1965-66 were shrouded in what Geoffrey Robinson, a historian at the University of California, Los Angeles, calls “enforced silence.” They began with a coup attempt against President Sukarno on Sept. 30, 1965, in which members of a group calling itself the Sept. 30 Movement, or G30S, killed six top generals. General Suharto, who helped put down the putsch and took control of the army, blamed the P.K.I. and led a campaign to purge the country of party members and other leftists. In the months that followed, security forces, local militias and vigilantes hunted down and killed thousands of people suspected of being Communists. After Mr. Suharto became president in 1967, government censors routinely screened books, films and other media for mentions of the killings, said Mr. Robinson, whose book “The Dark Side of Paradise” focused on the post-coup massacres in Bali. Even in the 13 years since a popular uprising helped oust Suharto in 1998, the topic has largely been avoided in schools and public forums. The official history in government-issued school textbooks describes a coup led by the “G30S/PKI” — linking the Sept. 30 Movement to the P.K.I. The subsequent mass killings are played down and cast as part of a patriotic campaign. The ban on Communist organizations enacted in 1966 remains in effect. Recently, however, the purges have been the focus of academic seminars, personal memoirs and other forums. In 2010, the Constitutional Court struck down a law that had been used to ban several books about the coup on the grounds of their “potential to disturb public order.” The attorney general can still ban some works for being provocative or misleading — and textbooks must still link the Sept. 30th Movement with the P.K.I. — but rights advocates and academics say the repeal has expanded the space for public discourse. Since 2009, Ultimus, a publisher in Central Java Province, has released more than a dozen accounts by survivors. “These books are something new,” said Baskara Wardaya, co-founder of the Center for History and Political Ethics at Sanata Dharma University, which holds seminars, history-writing workshops and book discussions to address past rights abuses. Publications like “Breaking the Silence” meet a rising demand by Indonesians eager to learn about their past, Mr. Baskara said. Still, Mr. Robinson said, decades of persecution of anyone associated with the banned P.K.I. have discouraged many survivors from speaking out. Usman Hamid, an adviser for theInternational Center for Transitional Justice , a legal aid group that has been collecting survivors’ testimonies, said many senior military officers and former members of Islamic groups that are alleged to have taken part in the killings resist efforts to bring this part of Indonesian history into the spotlight. The same holds true, Mr. Usman said, of some political parties that dominate Parliament, reflecting the influence still wielded by Golkar, which is the party founded by Mr. Suharto and has been part
[proletar] Moody's restores Indonesia investment-grade rating
Moody's restores Indonesia investment-grade rating AFP – 10 hrs ago. Moody's Investors Service on Wednesday restored Indonesia's investment grade sovereign credit rating, weeks after a similar move by rival ratings agency Fitch. Moody's said its decision to move Southeast Asia's biggest economy to Baa3 from Ba1 with a stable outlook came because of Indonesia's success in shrinking its debt-to-gross domestic product ratio. Indonesia's cyclical resilience to large external shocks points to sustainably high trend growth over the medium term, Moody's said in a statement. A more favourable assessment of Indonesia's economic strength is underpinned by gains in investment spending, improved prospects for infrastructure development following key policy reforms, and a well-managed financial system, it added. Moody's added that Indonesia's fiscal ratios now surpass many of its higher-rated peers. Fitch upgraded Indonesia back to investment grade after 14 years of junk status, citing a decade of steady growth and rigorous reforms to lower the debt-to-GDP ratio. Chua Hak Bin, an economist for Merrill Lynch in Jakarta, earlier said an upgrade to Indonesia's credit rating was long overdue. It is about time, since Indonesia has balanced fiscal and robust future growth, he told AFP. With this, there will be a larger pool of funds especially for government bonds. There will be more countries that are now able to invest in Indonesia. Earlier this month Jakarta held its first 30-year global bond sale in 2008, with the government saying it had raised $1.75 billion. The sale was part of the government's plan to issue a total of $15 billion in global medium-term notes in the coming years, higher than the $9 billion planned last year. The country needs overseas funds to help plug its 125.6 trillion rupiah ($13.7 billion) projected deficit for this year, about 1.5 percent of gross domestic product. http://news.yahoo.com/moodys-restores-i ... 54669.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Breast milk couriers help working mothers in Indonesia
***I would like to help this nation build a better generation by helping working mothers deliver breast milk to their babies at home, said Mr Nauval. Breast milk couriers help working mothers in Indonesia Nursing mothers in the Indonesian capital who have to return to work but want to keep feeding their babies have a novel service they can turn to for help – a breast-milk courier. By Ian MacKinnon in Bangkok 1:16PM GMT 18 Jan 2012 Motorbike couriers, bottles of expressed breast milk pumped in the office and stored in cool bags slung over their shoulders, battle their way through Jakarta's choked streets with their precious cargo. Grandmothers waiting at home caring for the infants can then feed the babies with the freshest mother's milk, rather than resort to powdered milk that many feel is inferior and less healthy. The service – which charges just £2.20 to £3 for each delivery – was set up in 2010 by Fikri Nauval, 40, who runs a cargo and document shipping business. He was inspired by his own wife who used his couriers to send her breast milk when she had to return to work. On Jakarta's notoriously clogged roads Mr Nauval's couriers can take up to an hour to make a delivery. But he keeps the journey time as short as possible using computerised maps and GPS trackers to monitor traffic trouble spots. I would like to help this nation build a better generation by helping working mothers deliver breast milk to their babies at home, said Mr Nauval. Febby Kemala Dewi, 29, is one of the growing band of young mothers who grasped the opportunity to use Mr Nauval's service. The IT consultant found it difficult to pump enough milk for the whole day before she left for work in the mornings after she had to return to her central Jakarta office when her three months' maternity was up. Now she can pump the milk and send it home at lunchtime, which her mother uses to feed eight-month-old Ashalina Putri when the courier makes his delivery. I have to work, but at the same time I can feed my baby, said Mrs Dewi. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... nesia.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Presiden Amerika Serikat beragama Islam? Mengapa tidak?
MENGHITUNG MASA DEPAN POLITIK AMERIKA SERIKAT - Presiden dari Kalangan Muslim Bukan Mustahil Thursday, 19 January 2012 Presiden Amerika Serikat beragama Islam? Mengapa tidak? Sewaktu John F Kennedy yang beragama Katolik berkampanye menjadi presiden pada 1960,rakyat AS meragukan keberhasilan Kennedy. Sewaktu Barack Obama yang berkulit hitam menjadi presiden pada 2008 rakyat AS juga mencatat sejarah baru. Kali ini calon kuat penantang Obama adalah mantan Gubernur Massachussetts Mitt Romney,yang beragama Mormon,sebuah aliran sempalan dari Kristen,yang berseberangan dengan mayoritas umat Kristen Protestan di AS pada umumnya. Anggota Kongres Joe Lieberman,yang beragama Yahudi,juga pernah mencalonkan diri menjadi presiden. Bagaimana jika presiden AS datang dari kaum muslim? Ini juga bukan mustahil walaupun peluang itu masih terlalu jauh dengan berbagai tantangan dan resistensi negatif rakyat AS.Namun jika dilihat dari perkembangan Islam di AS beberapa tahun ini,dengan munculnya beberapa politisi muslim di Kongres AS,sekali lagi bukan mustahil untuk bisa terjadi satu saat nanti. Komentar atau sikap paling terbuka soal kemungkinan ini datang dari kandidat Presiden AS Newt Gingrich di South Carolina kemarin.”Saya akan mendukung seorang muslim menjadi presiden jika mereka berjanji untuk tidak menerapkan syariat,”ujar mantan Ketua Kongres AS itu. Komentar Gingrich ini sedikit melunak setelah sebelumnya menuduh Islam sebagai agama teroris yang berbahaya. ”Seorang modern sejati yang kebetulan menyembah Allah tidak akan menjadi ancaman. Seseorang yang percaya pada syariat atau upaya apa pun untuk menerapkan syariat pada kita semua,itu akan menjadi ancaman yang mematikan,”lanjut Gingrich. Dia menambahkan,muslim yang bisa diterima menjadi presiden AS adalah mereka yang berpikiran modern dan terbuka dengan semua agama. ”Jika mereka orang modern yang terintegrasi ke dalam dunia modern dan mereka siap untuk mengakui semua agama, tentu akan berbeda,” katanya. Di lain pihak,lanjut Gingrich, jika muslim tersebut adalah warga Arab Saudi yang menuntut agar rakyat AS menghormati mereka,sementara mereka sendiri menolak umat Yahudi atau Kristen beribadah di Arab Saudi,itu jelas tidak bisa diterima. Menurut Zachary Bailes dari Wake Forest University Divinity School,salah satu hambatan besar bagi muslim untuk menjadi presiden adalah bahwa mayoritas rakyat AS menganggap negara ini adalah negara Kristen.Romney adalah contoh paling bagus untuk membuktikan bahwa negara ini bukan negara Kristen,namun negara yang menjadi kebebasan beragama berdasarkan Amendemen Pertama Konstitusi AS. ”Bangsa Kristen sejati seharusnya tidak memberlakukan agama resmi apa pun pada rakyatnya,namun harus mendukung kebebasan berpendapat untuk mengungkapkan isi hatinya,apakah dia muslim, Mormon atau apa pun,”tulis Bailes dalam Associated Baptist Press. Laporan KORESPONDEN SINDO IRAWAN NUGROHO Washington http://www.seputar-indonesia.com/edisic ... /461796/1/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Amerika, Iran, dan Dunia
Amerika, Iran, dan Dunia Wednesday, 18 January 2012 Gejolak muncul lagi di tatanan internasional. Iran melakukan pengayaan uranium di tempat baru, di selatan Teheran. Tim dari Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa yang tergabung dalam International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) memberikan konfirmasi awal minggu lalu bahwa pengayaan uranium tersebut sudah berjalan 20%, jauh lebih tinggi daripada batas 3,5% yang dianggap masih aman untuk tujuan damai. Media lokal di Iran mengungkapkan, fasilitas pengayaan uranium tersebut relatif kecil, tapi sangat efisien dan terlindung dari pengawasan ataupun serangan udara.Tempat ini terlindung oleh gunung batu setebal 90 meter. Fereidoun Abbasi, pimpinan program nuklir Iran, sebagaimana dikutip kantor berita Mehr, mengatakan,”Musuh tak akan mampu merusaknya.” Pemerintah Iran sendiri masih bertahan dengan argumen, tempat itu tak perlu dikhawatirkan. Mereka menolak dan menyangkal hasil temuan IAEA. Pengelakan itu spontan membuat Amerika Serikat (AS) panas.Penemuan IAEA seakan mengonfirmasi kecurigaan AS selama ini tentang niat Iran untuk mengembangkan rudal nuklir memang beralasan. Tak urung AS kemudian mengancam memberlakukan sanksi ekonomi kepada Iran dalam bentuk blokade bank sentral Iran agar kemampuannya menjual minyak bumi menjadi sulit. Sebaliknya,Iran pun emosi. Tekanan AS direspons dengan ancaman untuk memblokade Selat Hormuz yang merupakan rute transit penting bagi seperlima arus global perdagangan minyak bumi. Presiden Ahmadinejad bahkan mengutuk kasus meninggalnya seorang ilmuwan nuklir mereka sebagai upaya imperialisme dan gerakan Zionisme. Ia berkeliling Amerika Selatan mencari dukungan. Walhasil negara-negara lain ikut gelisah. Negara-negara Eropa mengancam akan menghalangi impor minyak bumi Eropa yang berasal dari Iran. Negara-negara lain seperti China,Turki,Arab Saudi ikut urun komentar. Mereka umumnya tidak setuju dengan pemberian sanksi AS, tapi sekaligus prihatin atas langkah Iran untuk memajukan kepentingan nasionalnya. Hal yang menarik dalam ketegangan gejolak kali ini, lagi-lagi AS menjadi sasaran gempuran tekanan pengancam tatanan dunia saat ini. Iran seperti berupaya mengibaskan tiap debu pengaruh AS yang pernah melekat kepadanya. Ketika krisis ekonomi melanda AS pada 2008,AS seperti kena bumerang dari segala kelonggarannya membuang uang dan berutang demi agendaagenda politik yang bahkan sebenarnya dikecam oleh negaranegara lain. Singkat kata, AS kini dalam posisi sulit. Tapi, akankah AS jatuh sebagai kekuatan hegemoni atau superpower dunia? Saya pikir tidak. Pertama,AS hidup di masa di mana saling ketergantungan antarbangsa dan negara begitu tinggi. Satu negara pada prinsipnya tak bisa lagi mengambil keputusan untuk angkat senjata atau melakukan pemblokadeanditempat- tempatstrategis karena negara-negara lain yang tidak ikut berseteru langsung akan ikut terpengaruh kepentingan ekonominya. Apalagi jika kepentingan tersebut menyangkut pasokan minyak bumi.Akibatnya dunia sepakat,tindakan Iran-AS adalah pengganggu kepentingan nasional negara-negara lain. Meskipun AS dikecam, tak ada satu pun negara yang secara terbuka meragukan dasar kegelisahan AS bahwa Iran memang sedang bermain api dengan teknologi nuklir yang dibangunnya. Kegelisahan yang sama ada di negara-negara lain. Kedua,berbagai tatanan global yang terbentuk selama AS berkuasa sebagai superpower adalah hasil kesepakatan ratusan negara dunia.Apakah hal ini karena AS sangat kuat? Tentu tidak, karena kesepakatan berskala global tak mungkin bisa terbentuk bila tak ada keinginan sukarela dari negara-negara lain untuk masuk mendukungnya. Contoh yang relevan di sini adalah tatanan antiperluasan pengembangan dan penguasaan senjata nuklir. Kesepakatan yang berlaku saat ini adalah rezim NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty) yangberlakusejakMaret 1970.Ada 190 negara dunia yang menandatangani rezim ini dan hanya India,Israel,dan Pakistan yang belum masuk ke sana karena siapapun yang menandatangani harus sepakat melucuti seluruh kemampuan nuklirnya. Hanya ada lima negara dunia yang diakui memiliki senjata nuklir, yakni AS, Rusia, China, Prancis,dan Inggris.Mereka pun karena perjanjian ini pantang menyebarluaskan teknologi pengembangan senjata nuklir.Kesepakatan ini menuntut kelima negara ini untuk berjaga-jaga atas tiga negara yang belum mau menandatangani NPT, sementara negara-negara lain sepakat untuk patuh pada aturan IAEA untuk pengembangan teknologi nuklirnya untuk tujuantujuan damai. Iran adalah penandatangan NPT sehingga sebenarnya Iran sudah sepakat sejak awal untuk patuh pada aturan IAEA dan berjanji untuk transparan atas kegiatan-kegiatannya yang menyangkut kepemilikan teknologi nuklir. Di sinilah kepentingan AS lagi-lagi sama dan sebangun dengan ratusan negara dunia. Ketiga, keberadaan superpower di dalam tatanan global bukan ditentukan oleh naik turunnya kemampuan ekonomi negara tersebut. Artinya, tak ada satu pun negara yang
[proletar] Lunar new year preparations at temple show interfaith tolerance
Lunar new year preparations at temple show interfaith tolerance Wed, January 18 2012 00:03 | 243 Views Jakarta (ANTARA News) - An example of the practice of Indonesian pluralism and tolerance can be seen in activity at the Jin De Yuan Buddhist Temple at Petak Sembilan, Glodok, in downtown Jakarta in preparation of the Lunar New Year celebrations. In the temple`s compound, people from many different religious and ethnic backgrounds work hand in hand to prepare the house of worhip for Chinese New Year celebrations on January 23. Local civil defense personnel (Hansip) most of whom are Muslim can be seen preparing themselves to guard the temple which will be visited by many people on the eve of or on Imlek as Lunar New Year is locally called. The temple`s walls is given a new paint cover by workers who are mostly Muslims. We try our best to prepare the temple for the celebrations. That is why we need the cooperation of many sides, including people living around the temple, said Yu Ie (37), the Jin De Yuan temple`s manager. It does not matter what their religion or ethnic identity is, Yu Ie added. I would really like to help here, because I have been living around here since I was little, and people from this temple have always been kind to me, said Suratin (50), one of the civil defense guards said. Imlek was not listed as an official holiday on Indonesian calendars for many years but since early 2002, it has been a national holiday, indicating a strengthening of the nation`s interfaith and inter-ethnic sense of tolerance end respect. Historically, the Jin De Yuan temple is the oldest house of worhip of its kind in Jakarta. It was first built in 1650 but destroyed by the colonial government in 1740 and rebuilt in 1755 and then named Jin De Yuan which means virtue of gold. Yu Ie explained. In the runup and during Imlek, the alley way leading to the temple from its main gate is usually lined by beggars of various ethnicities and religions who expect tithes from temple goers. We do not feel disturbed by or try to drive the beggars away from the front of the temple as long as they behave in orderly manner, said Yu Ie. (*) Editor: B Kunto Wibisono http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/79228 ... al+News%29 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] East Timor profile
17 January 2012 Last updated at 15:17 GMT East Timor profile East Timor's road to independence - achieved on 20 May 2002 - was long and traumatic. The people of the first new nation of the century suffered some of the worst atrocities of modern times. An independent report commissioned by the UN transitional administration in East Timor said that at least 100,000 Timorese died as a result of Indonesia's 25-year occupation, which ended in 1999. Portugal began to establish colonial control over Timor in the 16th century, when the island was divided into small states. The Netherlands later colonised the west of the island, which was formally partitioned between the two imperial powers in 1916. East Timor is one of the world's poorest nations Portugal invested little in Timor, and withdrew unilaterally in 1975 after deciding to dissolve its colonial empire. Indonesia invaded within days of the Timorese declaration of independence, and used force to crush popular resistance. Major world and regional powers did little to counter Indonesian rule, which was not recognised by the UN. Falintil guerrillas fought for independence, and their cause captured world attention in 1991 when Indonesian forces opened fire on a memorial procession in the capital, Dili, killing at least 250 people. International pressure increased and finally persuaded Indonesia to allow an independence referendum in 1999, during which a pro-Indonesian militia, apparently with Indonesian army support, tried in vain to use terror to discourage voters. When the referendum showed overwhelming support for independence, the militia went on the rampage, murdering hundreds and reducing towns to ruins. An international peacekeeping force halted the mayhem and paved the way for a United Nations mission which helped reconstruct East Timor. East Timorese greeted independence in 2002 with jubilation The rebuilding of East Timor has been one of the UN's biggest success stories. The UN Mission of Support in East Timor, Unmiset, wound up in May 2005. But security has been precarious. An outbreak of gang violence in 2006 prompted the UN Security Council to set up a new peacekeeping force, Unmit. The UN said poverty and unemployment had exacerbated the unrest. As one of Asia's poorest nations, East Timor will rely on outside help for many years. The infrastructure is poor and the country is drought-prone. However, vast offshore oil and gas fields in the Timor Sea hold much potential. East Timor and Australia have agreed to share revenues from the reserves. As a part of the deal, a decision on the disputed maritime border in the area was deferred. East Timor is trying to foster national reconciliation. Indonesia and East Timor set up bodies to bring the perpetrators of the 1999 violence to justice. However a 2005 UN report concluded that the systems had failed to deliver. The Indonesian special court acquitted most of the 18 indicted suspects. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14919009 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Eighteen Jayapura toddlers infected with HIV/AIDS
Eighteen Jayapura toddlers infected with HIV/AIDS Tue, January 17 2012 18:26 | 357 Views Sentani, Papua (ANTARA News) - The National AIDS Commission (NAC) reported that 18 toddlers in Jayapura regency, Papua are HIV/AIDS positive during tests conducted in 2011. Jayapura's NAC Secretary Purnomo said here Tuesday that the 18 toddlers are aged from one to four years. Toddlers with HIV/AIDS were transmitted through the mother. Where the mother was already infected before conception, he said. He said that there is still a HIV infected toddler found because the local pregnant mothers in the community are still afraid to check to the nearest hospital equipped with voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) facility. If the mothers during their pregnancy period thoroughly check the health including the possibility of HIV/AIDS, the number of infected children can be minimized with special treatment from medical personnel, he said. The effort can be done by various measures, such as when delivering the baby, because HIV transmission did not occur in the womb but during the delivery process. Therefore, Purnomo asks the community including housewives to consciously check their health condition to the nearest hospital or health center. Purnomo said that all community health centers that spreads throughout 19 districts in Jayapura has been equipped with VCT facilities. People must not fear, in fact it can help people at early stage, especially for housewives because the infection does not only undermine the mother`s body but also transmitted to the child, he said. The number of HIV/AIDS cases has reached 796 cases consisting of 335 HIV cases and 461 AIDS cases has been recorded until November 2011. As many as 330 HIV/AIDS infected are male or 41.5 percent and the rest 466 are female or 58.5 percent. With HIV/AIDS infected age group ranging from age 1-4 years 18 cases or 2.3 percent, 5-14 years 3 cases or 0.4 percent, 15-19 years 60 cases or 7.5 percent, 20-29 in 367 cases or 46.1 percent, 30-39 in 251 cases or 31.5 percent, 40-49 years 69 cases or 8.7 percent, 50-59 years 20 cases or 2.5 percent, 60 years 3 cases or 0.4 percent, five cases or 0.6 percent are unknown. Meanwhile HIV/AIDS infected by occupation in 2011 dominated housewives with reached 235 cases, followed by other occupations 160 cases, 102 cases of commercial sex workers, 94 cases of workers/farmers, 80 cases of private sector workers, 54 students, Civil Servants 46 cases, 10 cases of Military personnel, six cases of Police personnel, four cases of religious circles and five cases of street sex workers. (Uu.A050/H-NG/F001) Editor: Priyambodo RH COPYRIGHT © 2012 http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/79209/eighteen-jayapura-toddlers-infected-with-hivaids?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+antaranews%2FuyZZ+%28ANTARA+-+National+News%29 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Indonesia new honey pot for expatriates
***Despite the negative news coverage of Indonesia worldwide concerning Islamic extremism, terrorist threats, natural disasters, rampant corruption and deteriorating hygiene, the country is attracting more foreign nationals than ever. ***A thriving economy, low cultural barriers, a friendly atmosphere and political stability have apparently quashed such concerns, luring more foreigners to head for Indonesia, rather than scaring them away. Indonesia new honey pot for expatriates Nani Afrida The Jakarta Post Publication Date : 16-01-2012 P.C. Young, 42, decided to relocate to Indonesia from South Korea early last year to help run the family business of making shoes for the export market. With the business becoming more promising, his family’s plant in Cikarang, West Java, received more orders, which eventually earned Young more than he did in South Korea. “What more can you hope for? I earn more here, plus the living costs are far cheaper than in Korea,” Young said. Young is among 55,010 foreigners who have working visas in Indonesia, a figure which, according to the directorate general of immigration, rose by 10 per cent last year compared with 2010. Despite the negative news coverage of Indonesia worldwide concerning Islamic extremism, terrorist threats, natural disasters, rampant corruption and deteriorating hygiene, the country is attracting more foreign nationals than ever. A thriving economy, low cultural barriers, a friendly atmosphere and political stability have apparently quashed such concerns, luring more foreigners to head for Indonesia, rather than scaring them away. The number of foreign residents in Indonesia, excluding tourists and foreign emissaries, rose by 6 per cent to 111,752 last year, according to immigration office statistics — a copy of which was obtained recently by The Jakarta Post. Aside from the expatriates, the figure also includes the principal expatriates’ family members, students, business owners and NGO workers. “Economic factors have played a role in attracting foreigners. It’s a good sign, as we are now considered a safe and promising country,” said the director general of immigration, Bambang Irawan, recently. Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy, has seen economic growth average at more than 6 per cent annually over the past five years, with foreign direct investment (FDI) soaring into double digits. Realized investment in the first nine months of last year at US$14.7 billion had already surpassed the total 2010 figure of $13.4 billion, according to Bank Indonesia. Industry and manufacturing, trade, mining, education and construction sectors absorbed most of the expatriates last year. The industrial and manufacturing sectors attracted the most foreign workers, rising by 18 per cent to 16,084 from 13,045 in 2010, according to the immigration office. “The rise in FDI has to some degree contributed to the soaring inflow of expatriates,” said the Industry Ministry’s director general of international industrial relationships, Agus Cahyana. “They mostly take high-level positions in companies,” Agus said. The inflow of foreign nationals has also contributed to boosting the local economy with the sprouting of restaurants, bars, clubs, hotels, and apartments catering to expatriates, especially in Greater Jakarta. While data detailing which nationalities are granted the highest number of working visas is not publicly available, it is possible to infer the origin of most foreign nationals by looking at the number of visas issued for stays of between six months and one year. Most of those visas are issued to Chinese, Japanese, South Korean Indian, US and Australian nationals. http://www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?id=26485sec=1 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] SURAT PEMBACA,Risiko Referendum Papua
SURAT PEMBACA,Risiko Referendum Papua Tuesday, 17 January 2012 Keamanan dan ketenteraman di provinsi paling timur Nusantara sering mengalami gangguan. Apalagi terkait dengan tanggal kemerdekaan Papua melalui pengibaran bendera Bintang Kejora. Maka, wajar kiranya bila aparat keamanan semakin intensif terhadap kegiatan tersebut. Oleh karenanya, pemerintah diharapkan lebih aktif dan terbuka mengajak berdialog kepada masyarakat Papua secara lebih luas.Pemerintah pusat tidak cukup memberi perintah atau instruksi kepada pemerintah daerah.Perlu pendekatan horizontal dan vertikal untuk mencari solusi komprehensif. Kelompok separatis di Papua memang harus ditindak tegas.Namun,pola pembinaan dan pendekatan sosial yang lebih komprehensif harus dilakukan pemerintah. Pelaksanaan otonomi khusus untuk Papua harus lebih dioptimalkan. Gejolak di Papua terutama disebabkan oleh adanya warga daerah itu yang belum merasakan kesetaraan sebagai warga negara Indonesia. Seperti ditulis di atas, persoalan di Papua dapat diselesaikan dengan pendekatan horizontal maupun pendekatan vertikal. Pendekatan horizontal perlu ada penyadaran bagi warga Papua yang tersebar di pesisir,perkotaan,dan pegunungan tentang keberadaannya sebagai satu bagian dari Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia. Rakyat Papua yang memiliki lebih dari 400 bahasa perlu juga disadarkan bahwa mereka disatukan oleh bahasa Indonesia. Pendekatan vertikal, rakyat Papua juga disadarkan akan adanya kebijakan otonomi daerah yang perlu ditaati.Pemerintah juga perlu memperhatikan aspirasi Papua. Beberapa antropolog juga diperlukan untuk mempelajari kultur setempat sebagai bagian dari pendekatan lunak untuk mengetahui aspirasi warga Papua. Meski pendekatan secara lunak perlu dilakukan, penegakan hukum juga tetap dikedepankan. Terkait tuntutan referendum di Papua,itu harus ditolak. Bangsa Indonesia harus menolak tegas referendum karena Papua merupakan bagian dari Republik Indonesia. Berbagai gejolak politik di Papua akhir-akhir ini merupakan tantangan serius bagi calon pemimpin Papua.Generasi pemimpin baru Papua, baik di tingkat provinsi maupun kabupaten, seharusnya mampu menangkap isu tersebut dan mampu menawarkan ide untuk mencari solusi. I Made Adiyaksa Jatiwaringin,Jakarta Timur http://www.seputar-indonesia.com/edisicetak/content/view/461082/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Visiting the House of Sampoerna
Visiting the House of Sampoerna Lydia Tomkiw | January 15, 2012 The strong smell of cloves hits the moment you open the stained-glass door at the House of Sampoerna Museum in Surabaya. Steeped in symbolism, this museum is more than just a homage to one of Indonesia’s self-made men and cigarette titans: Sampoerna’s tale is intertwined with Indonesian history given that all over the country packs of Dji Sam Doe are sold at roadside stalls and the crackle of burning kretek provides a comforting soundtrack to daily life. Housed in a well-preserved and well-maintained Dutch colonial building that was once an orphanage, the museum is full of knickknacks, family heirlooms and cigarette paraphernalia including vintage matchboxes from around the world and cigarette packages featuring a garuda made especially for the Indonesian president. An old theater on the ground floor of the building has been transformed into a factory where hundreds of women roll between 325 and 500 clove cigarettes an hour. From the second floor you can look down on the factory and workers. The kretek cigarettes have become synonymous with Sampoerna’s name. Our English-speaking guide, Vita — a nonsmoker — explained the process of making kretek, allowing us to break small pieces of clove to release the strong aroma. Placards in English and Indonesian are well-displayed throughout if you opt for a self-guided tour. Liem Seeng Tee, a Chinese immigrant, founded his cigarette company in 1913 and the Dji Sam Soe unfiltered kretek cigarettes in their signature yellow paper packages still bear his name. Anti-Chinese sentiment forced Liem to pick an Indonesian name and he settled on Sampoerna, meaning “perfect.” “He wanted to be the king of cigarettes and now he is,” Vita said with a smile. Sampoerna lived on the premises and only employed women in his factory because he thought they were trustworthy, patient and, most importantly, nonsmokers who would not be tempted to use the product they were making. To this day, only women are rolling, cutting, packaging and supervising the factory floor. The museum and the cigarette packages alike are full of symbols. The 2, 3, 4 on the Dji Sam Soe packs indicate the secret recipe quantity combination of cloves, tobacco and a special “sauce.” The quantities add up to nine, an auspicious number that is also the number of letters found in both Sampoerna and Dji Sam Soe’s names. The Chinese character for king appears throughout the feng shui mansion museum and on the packaging. Three-handed symbols marking the manufacturer, the distributor and the customer reflect the unity needed among all three for business to thrive. If you are looking to ask some tough questions about the tobacco industry, the amount of tar in Dji Sam Soe cigarettes and the wages the workers are paid an hour, expect a shrug and pleasant smile from your tour guide. Vita did assure us that the number of kretek smokers continues to rise every year in Indonesia. In 2005, US company Philip Morris bought Sampoerna, leading to one of the more boring displays in the museum with photos of board members. The Sampoerna complex also features an art gallery with works from Indonesian artists and a nice cafe serving Western and Asian fare where even the china has Sampoerna symbols stamped all over it. In the end, the museum, with its rags to riches story of one of Indonesia’s most successful businessmen, does have an air of “Thank you for smoking, Indonesia,” but the blend of history, kitsch and interesting facts helps to make up for that. House of Sampoerna Taman Sampoerna 6 Surabaya Free admission www.houseofsampoerna.museum http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/lifeandt ... rna/491364 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[proletar] Indonesian Coffee: Cream of the Crop
Indonesian Coffee: Cream of the Crop Joseph Kirschke January 15, 2012 In a steamy coffee plantation amid fertile fields in western Java, a young entrepreneur named Gary Sjafwan leaned forward to inspect the freshness of a new, chocolaty tasting, Lembang bean he hopes to take worldwide. The taste of the coffee has to do with the stones in the earth, explained Sjafwan, a former geologist, referring to the science of stratigraphy, or a study of rock layers he uses along with organic medicine, to cultivate his harvest. We focus on the quality. Leading Southeast Asia's multi-billion dollar commodities boom with its untold reserves of thermal coal, minerals, natural gas and palm oil, Indonesia is also the world's third-biggest coffee producer after Brazil and Vietnam, and the number-two exporter of premium arabica, a bitter-tasting bean often widely used in instant blends. As one of the main foreign exchange earners for ASEAN's powerhouse economy—plantation commodities here surged overall by $8.4 billion to $35.7 billion in 2011—the stakes for the domestic industry are high. In a market of Starbucks and Coffee Bean behemoths, Sjafwan and his peers face fast-changing realities, from unforgiving weather to an equally capricious global economy threatened yet again by a swelling European debt crisis. But the outlook is positive for now, as Indonesian coffee production continues to accelerate. In 2012, in fact, the archipelago's output may reach a 15-year high, predict industry analysts—having grown by 33 percent to 8.3 million bags, at 132 pounds each, since April's season. But heavy output can often be offset by economic woes elsewhere—namely Europe, whose roasters are the big buyers of Indonesian beans—leading to curbs in demand and profits. Memories are fresh of a global recession where worldwide coffee sales plunged a record 2.6 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture—the biggest drop in 16 years. Indonesia's tropical storms create frequent setbacks. After pollination failure following 2010 downpours, the Indonesian Coffee and Cocoa Research Institute reported a 30 percent fall in production to 400,000 tons by year's end. Aging trees also resulted in lower yields; both factors propelled arabica beans to their highest prices in 34 years. But where a government-led restructuring program has improved quality and productivity, international donors see an industry with short-term problems worthy of long-term investment. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the financing arm of the World Bank, notably, has identified Indonesian coffee as a key source of $1 billion in development loans for its agricultural projects across East Asia. For Indonesian growers, stable demand from domestic roasters means prices will likely hold steady at $2,200 a ton—the highest since 2008. In a G-20 economy strongly driven by a fast-growing middle class, the government expects domestic consumption to jump to 1.9 million bags—a 3 percent increase. People like Rachim Kartabrata, executive director of the Indonesian Coffee Exporters Association, have sought to put growers and traders at ease. If there are no foreign buyers, he told reporters at a coffee expo in Singapore last year, domestic roasters will definitely buy. True to its past as a destination for Javanese coffee—after Dutch colonialists started growing it in the 1700s—Europe now represents 56 percent of importer demand among International Coffee Organizationmembers. In all, E.U. nations consumed nearly 41 million bags of coffee in 2010. But apart from the E.U. crisis, global optimism exists. The International Coffee Organization estimates that, in 2010, worldwide coffee use recovered by 2.4 percent. And despite increasing prices, this trend is likely to continue, buoyed in part by a world economy the International Monetary Fund anticipates will have grown by four percent over the course of 2011 and 2012. Against this background, emerging market demands are fast catching up. In the case of China, and elsewhere in Asia, coffee exports mirror heavy trade of Indonesia's other hard and soft commodities. Because of already low consumption levels among its 1.3 billion people, China offers tremendous potential. Mainland coffee use, say industry observers, will likely continue at 15 to 20 percent annual uptick as Chinese students return from overseas, coupled with an influx of international visitors to China. But China's coffee business has its own complexities: A 17 percent value-added tax will soon accompany import tariffs on ground coffee and raw beans up to 30 percent, for a product that has lacked cultural footprint on the Chinese mainland until recently. With yearly consumption between 30,000 and 35,000 tons and internal output of some 40,000 tons, China stands in stark contrast with global production of 10 million tons. Meanwhile, Indonesia's domestic market—with its population of 235
[proletar] Indonesia Looks to Grow Its Economy 'Creatively'
***Pangestu told CNBC that creative economy includes everything from restaurants, fashion, music, theatre, industrial design, publishing, spa, and arts and crafts. According to her this kind of activity already accounts for about 7 percent of Indonesia's economy. ***Pangestu is lobbying with her country's central bank, Bank Indonesia, as well as with leading commercial banks in the archipelago to get them to support her ideas. She admits it won't be easy, but says she's trying to convince them through potential banking riches at the bottom of the pyramid - the poorest socio-economic group. At the same time, Pangestu is also sounding out potential venture capitalists, in Indonesia, as well as abroad Indonesia Looks to Grow Its Economy 'Creatively' Published: Sunday, 15 Jan 2012 | 11:26 PM ET By: Martin Soong Anchor, CNBC Indonesia is digging into thousands of years of rich, creative culture and history to push itself forward faster into the 21st century. And it's not looking at basket weaving, batik or busloads of mass-market tourists. It's about ideas and new ones, says Mari Pangestu, in charge of Indonesia's new Ministry for Tourism and Creative Economy, set up just three months ago. Pangestu told CNBC that creative economy includes everything from restaurants, fashion, music, theatre, industrial design, publishing, spa, and arts and crafts. According to her this kind of activity already accounts for about 7 percent of Indonesia's economy. She wants to boost that share by more than half, to over 11 percent of GDP, over the next decade or so. That would be worth what agriculture is now to Indonesia's still largely oil and commodity based economy. Pangestu plans to do it by creating an ecosystem that supports start-ups. We want to tap what is inherently a creative culture for ideas, commercialize them, and scale them up, says Pangestu, who was Trade Minister before this new portfolio, which she juggles together with tourism. She points to the success South Korea has had in digital entertainment and pop culture, both of which have become huge exports. In Indonesia, she sees clusters of creative economic activity already brewing in places like Bandung, and Bali, and wants to create the same kind of buzz in other Indonesian cities. Indonesia watchers say it helps that Pangestu is also looking after small and medium sized companies, until President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appoints a new minister for that portfolio. We're not reinventing the wheel, says one of Indonesia's most well known economists. But what we will have to do is balance the role of government as a catalyst for creative enterprises, and entrepreneurial risk-taking and drive. Pangestu is lobbying with her country's central bank, Bank Indonesia, as well as with leading commercial banks in the archipelago to get them to support her ideas. She admits it won't be easy, but says she's trying to convince them through potential banking riches at the bottom of the pyramid - the poorest socio-economic group. At the same time, Pangestu is also sounding out potential venture capitalists, in Indonesia, as well as abroad (For) Agriculture, you need land. Industry, you need to build factories. With the creative economy, it's about the people, and maintaining what you already have there, your very rich culture, heritage and tradition, how do you preserve it, and at the same time grow it? says Pangestu. If creative start-ups boom, they could also give the country's image a big boost internationally. And, while the tourism part of her portfolio involves policy-making to pull more travelers into Indonesia (predominantly mass-market tour groups or volume business), she wants creative economic activity to bring higher margins. We need to layer on a premium for specifically Indonesian ideas and value-additions, she says. She had a series of meetings recently with senior Chinese officials, who told her that China was also planning to throw its weight behind creative economic activity. But she is not worried because China has been able to dominate industrial activity globally by producing goods cheaper than anybody else. Indonesia, she says, is aiming for the higher end of the market. Pangestu is confident that Indonesia will be able to grow in this area because “Indonesia has a long and deep history of creative activity. Creativity is in our DNA. © 2012 CNBC.com http://www.cnbc.com/id/46009278 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to:
[proletar] Indonesia Shaolin International School
Indonesia Shaolin International School SHAOLIN, dengan kekayaan ribuan tahun sejarahnya, menjadi terkenal akan dasar filosopinya menghilangkan perbedaan budaya, Ajaran universal dan globalisasinya akan selalu mengedepankan “Kebaikan jiwa dan raga untuk kebaikan sesama dan lingkungan”. Tujuan utama proses belajar mengajar I-SIS adalah memberikan bimbingan dan bekal pengembangan diri untuk mencapai yang terbaik dalam potensi pengembangan hidup setiap siswanya. Lingkup pendidikan olah raga Kung-Fu/Wu-Shu SHAOLIN sebagai bagian dari kurikulum utama akan mengajarkan disiplin waktu dan tindakan, pengertian dan penghormatan terhadap kemampuan diri sendiri dan orang lain, pengertian terhadap keseimbangan – harmonisasi universal, dan sebagainya. Pendidikan budi pekerti juga merupakan bagian dari kurikulum utama mengingat penguasaan ilmu dan kemampuan olah raga Kung-Fu/Wu-Shu tanpa dasar budi pekerti yang baik merupakan bencana, namun juga sebaliknya, tanpa penguasaan budi pekerti yang bijak tidak akan tercapai penguasaan tingkat kemampuan Kung-fu / Wu-Shu yang mumpuni. Sistem pendidikan I-SIS menggunakan system pendidikan internasional, dimana selain memprioritaskan penggunaan bahasa Inggris dan Mandarin sebagai bahasa penghantar, pelaksanaan belajar mengajar akan lebih bersifat personal dengan membatasi jumlah murid per kelas. Seluruh daya upaya tenaga pendidik professional yang berada di I-SIS akan terangkum dalam kurikulum dengan tujuan utama untuk membimbing setiap siswa/I I-SIS memperoleh yang terbaik sesuai potensi diri masing-masing. http://expo.rumahku.com/expo/cikidang/p ... nal_school [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage: http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
