Jakarta Misc. News [Archive]

Mahaputra

August 24th, 2004, 03:22 AM

Jakarta roads offer freedom for F1 wannabes

Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta

Neither the traffic or the potholes can stop some Jakartans from speeding, and with the police turning a blind eye to the problem speeding motorists have turned some roads in the capital into their own private race tracks.

Of the 295,003 tickets issued by the Jakarta Police from January to July, surprisingly not a single one was for speeding.

The highway patrol can often be seen cruising along the toll roads, but they are also seemingly uninterested in citing speeding drivers.

"No, we no longer use speed cameras on the toll roads," Marijanto, the operations director of toll road operator PT Jasa Marga, told The Jakarta Post on Saturday.

"We did have a speed camera trial once. But almost all of the motorists violated the maximum speed limit ... and the camera was overloaded," he said. "So we decided not to use the equipment because it would be very hard for the highway patrol officers to stop so many speeding cars. Moreover, it would cause traffic congestion."

Comr. Agus Carel, chief of the highway patrol on the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road, said that besides causing traffic, chasing after speeders could put other motorists in danger.

Instead, he said, the highway patrol often ticketed drivers for driving too slowly.

On Aug. 15, a public bus speeding from Bekasi to Kalideres on the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road hit another bus and a pickup truck, killing 14 people and injuring 33 others.

The head of law enforcement at the Jakarta Traffic Police, Adj. Sr. Comr. Naufal Yahya, however, said ticketing speeding drivers would not be that difficult if only there was a serious push to fine them.

The absence of data on the causes of traffic accidents in Jakarta may have led some people to believe that it is unnecessary to go after speeders, on the assumption that they do not pose a serious threat to other motorists or pedestrians.

The latest data from the police shows that from January to July this year there were 2,631 traffic accidents, in which 586 people died and 1,508 others suffered serious injuries. However, there are no details on the causes of these accidents.

Naufal said that when people registered their cars, they had to provide a mailing address. This would allow the police simply to mail speeding tickets to car owners caught speeding on camera.

The World Health Organization announced recently that speeding contributed to at least 30 percent of traffic accidents and deaths. Neighboring countries such as Singapore and Australia have identified speeding as one of the biggest killers on the road.

tomat

August 25th, 2004, 01:10 PM

Kabar Buruk! 80% Air Tanah Jakarta Telah Tercemar Bakteri Colyform dan Vecalcoly

Indopos (24 Agustus 2004)

Saat ini 80 persen air tanah di Jakarta ternyata sudah tercemar bakteri coli jenis colyform dan vecalcoly. Sungguh ini kabar buruk, pasalnya hampir seluruh warga Jakarta selama ini mengandalkan air tanah ini sebagai kebutuhan hidup sehari-hari.

Kepala Badan Pengelola Lingkungan Hidup Daerah (BPLHD) DKI Jakarta Kosasih Wirahadikusumah mengungkapkan, bahwa dari 300 sumur pantau BPLHD yang tersebar di lima wilayah Jakarta, diketahui bahwa tingkat pencemarannya sudah cukup tinggi dan mengkhawatirkan.

Mengapa hal ini bisa terjadi? Hal ini disebabkan buruknya sistem pengelolaan limbah rumah tangga. Selama ini, warga hanya mengandalkan septictank yang hanya mampu mengolah atau menampung black water (kotoran manusia), tidak termasuk gray water (air kakus atau air mandi). Itu sebabnya, kini air tanah di Jakarta sudah tercemar dan berbahaya untuk dikonsumsi. Kondisi ini juga semakin diperparah dengan minimnya jarak antara septictank dengan sumber air tanah yang digunakan. Itu sebabnya limbah rumah tangga meresap dalam tanah dan mencemari air tanah dengan mudah dan cepatnya.

Ironisnya, untuk meninggalkan kebiasaan mengkonsumsi air tanah, memang cukup sulit. Sebab, jaringan air bersih melalui PAM belum menjangkau seluruh wilayah DKI.

Jadi, bagi masyarakat yang masih mengandalkan air tanah sebagai sumber air rumah tangga, dianjurkan melakukan penyaringan aie tanah secara sederhana. Yakni, menggunakan media pasir atau batok kelapa. Untuk dikonsumsi, air yang akan digunakan harus dimasak dengan suhu 100 derajat untuk membunuh bakteri coli.

peseg5

August 25th, 2004, 05:54 PM

Jakarta roads offer freedom for F1 wannabes
in citing speeding drivers.

"No, we no longer use speed cameras on the toll roads," Marijanto, the operations director of toll road operator PT Jasa Marga, told The Jakarta Post on Saturday.

"We did have a speed camera trial once. But almost all of the motorists violated the maximum speed limit ... and the camera was overloaded," he said. "So we decided not to use the equipment because it would be very hard for the highway patrol officers to stop so many speeding cars. Moreover, it would cause traffic congestion."
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hahahaha what a joke... Dont they know it's 99,99% useless putting speed camera in JKT tollways..

David-80

August 25th, 2004, 06:15 PM

LOL, totally stewpid to put speed camera in Jakarta tollways,

Will they catch 200 speeding cars in 15 minutes?

:rofl:

cheers

Yamauchi

August 25th, 2004, 09:28 PM

Good source of revenue for the city government, though. Just start stopping people who go 10km over the speed limit.

tata

August 25th, 2004, 11:36 PM

It's more efficient to put more patrol car in highway than installing a speed camera.

sanhen

August 26th, 2004, 05:36 PM

bah
who will ever pay the fine?
funniest happening of the day.

Medan01

August 26th, 2004, 07:43 PM

No one will pay the fine in Jakarta because most of the car registrations are not properly done anyway. Don't they know that camera only snaps pictures of those who violated and then the bill will be sent to the violator?

Alvin

August 28th, 2004, 03:15 AM

The Cable Guy
August 27, 2004 07:07 PM,

Laksamana.Net - Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso, who showed no qualms over forcibly evicting the city’s poorest residents and destroying their simple houses, is now distraught that the national capital’s showpiece fountain has been out of order for several weeks – allegedly because bungling thieves tried to steal its main power cable.

"I really regret it. Our people do not take care of public facilities. How could anyone have the heart to want to steal something that belongs to the public?” he was quoted as lamenting Friday (27/8/04) by detikcom online news portal.

The elaborate fountain, located at the iconic Hotel Indonesia traffic circle on the city’s main thoroughfare Jalan Thamrin, abruptly ceased functioning in early August.

Officials were initially unwilling or unable to explain the cause of the problem, but on August 19 the Jakarta administration announced that thieves had unsuccessfully tried to steal the fountain’s main power cable.

Assistant secretary for city development affairs Suena deduced the alleged thieves had sought the cable because it was worth more than Rp100 million ($10,750).

Problem is, no one saw the thieves, who purportedly only managed to cut the cable and left it underground, before they vanished.

The Jakarta administration is now considering how to fund the repair or replacement of the cable.

Some non-government organizations have questioned the veracity of the attempted theft story, arguing the damage might have instead been caused by an explosion in the fountain’s main power-board or pump.

Sutiyoso acknowledged the problem might not have been caused by a botched robbery. "If that’s true, such damage is normal, so it doesn’t need to be dramatized,” he said.

“If it’s broken we’ll fix it. If there was a robbery we’ll catch the thieves. It’s easy,” he added.

The governor expressed hope that all related teams would work together to resolve the problem as soon as possible. "I hoped the City Parks Service will resolve small matters like this with inter-departmental government agencies,” he said.

The Hotel Indonesia traffic circle is famous as a focal point for protests, particularly those that preceded the May 1998 resignation of former president Suharto. Equally impressive were political rallies staged there in the run-up to the nation’s first multi-party democratic elections in decades in June 1999.

Sutiyoso, who has often been accused of corruption, incompetence and involvement in human rights abuses, was responsible for the costly renovation of the traffic circle in 2002, at which time the grand fountain was constructed.

At the unveiling of the fountain, he urged the public to cease using the traffic circle as a venue for demonstrations, but it all manner of groups from Islamic radicals to environmentalists to trade unions continue to throng to the location for their protests.

The renovation project was extremely controversial as the spruce-up was conducted over three months at a cost of Rp14 billion ($1.5 million) following Jakarta’s most devastating floods on record, which had been exacerbated by the city’s woefully underfunded flood-prevention program.

Critics have long complained that Sutiyoso seems more concerned with glamorous beautification projects and the construction of ritzy shopping malls, rather than the development of essential public infrastructure, such as drainage systems, sanitation and sealed roads.

In late 2002, Sutiyoso controversially had a massive fence erected around the National Monument (Monas) Park – reportedly at a cost of more than $1 million – in order to keep out homeless people and street vendors.

The governor later generously donated five deer to roam in the park, while another five were provided by the National Intelligence Agency.

Prior to Sutiyoso’s fence, Monas Park served as a popular rallying ground for anti-government demonstrations. It was also a showcase for all the features of urban squalor: drug dealers, prostitutes, vendors peddling wares from carts, beggars, homeless people, drunkards, and policemen wearing tight uniforms.

This year, Sutiyoso had Monas further spruced up with lights and a lavish fountain.

One of the governor’s projects still in progress is the construction of what is being billed as the world’s tallest tower.

Work on the $315 million Jakarta Tower commenced in April. Scheduled for completion by the end of 2009, the structure in Kemayoran suburb will be 558 meters (1,860 feet) tall.

Critics have condemned the project as an extravagant waste of money. They feel that Sutiyoso is building a tower for the rich after destroying the houses of city’s poorest residents.

According to the Urban Poor Consortium, 50,000 people have been evicted from their homes in Jakarta over the past three years as part of Sutiyoso’s development strategies.

David-80

August 28th, 2004, 07:44 AM

Critics have condemned the project as an extravagant waste of money. They feel that Sutiyoso is building a tower for the rich after destroying the houses of city’s poorest residents.

OMG, the eviction was almost 10 years ago! blame suharto not the current developer! and Sutiyoso is not building the tower! this kind of thing can create more jobs! they should thank the developer instead!

Sorry guys, but i dont really like LSM (who always think they are better than anyone else) LSM always said something bad to any new project coming.
For example when textile industry want to have some of kind of incentive to make the industry alive and growing, LSM always block the idea because its not in people interest!!! BLAh!! blah!! let say "screw LSM*

cheers

tata

August 28th, 2004, 11:25 AM

Sorry guys, but i dont really like LSM (who always think they are better than anyone else) LSM always said something bad to any new project coming.
For example when textile industry want to have some of kind of incentive to make the industry alive and growing, LSM always block the idea because its not in people interest!!! BLAh!! blah!! let say "screw LSM*

cheers

Dave, share the thought with you, I don't like LSM either. They always tend to be very negative towards government. It's not that I'm pro government or having family working in government (NONE!). But I just try to be logical and open minded.
Take example of plan replacing Bajaj with Kancil, if this would have happened in early '90s, bajaj drivers wouldn't have had any chance to oppose the idea. But these days they can and I think Sutiyoso is accomodative enough to their requests. BUT but but, LSM always, at any cost, against this idea NO MATTER WHAT!
Funny thing is some LSM always mentiones things like 'Blue sky', 'People oriented development' but in fact what they do is no more than speaking!!! *huh* What a manipulator.
If we want to see our city and country to be well developped what first we need to do is, 1) Shut up don't talk too much 2) start working.

David-80

August 28th, 2004, 07:31 PM

Exactly, They intend to be involved, i guess i know where they are coming from.......

cheers

indistad

August 29th, 2004, 04:31 PM

Sorry I don't agree with your thoughts on the NGO's here. First of all, it would be wrong to clump all the LSM into one ugly monster and think they're all bad.

Second, they do perform the function of providing channels of protest for disaffected urban poor. As the article said 300 thousand have been evicted already. This is no way for the city to grow. There has to be an area where conflicts can be resolved in a fair manner.

Now, I like skyscrapers, but I also do think that the Jakarta Masterplan growth (if it has any) is a plan meant to provide the middle class and the rich section of the community. This has always been the plan of the Soeharto government. Look at how the emphasis on the toll roads were preeminent during the 80s and 90s. Poor people does not have cars. The decline of living for the poor must be addressed. Sutiyoso denies this need and focuses on the most absurd and stupid of projects. Granted that the Jakarta Tower is funded by the private sectors, Sutoyoso's actions such as fencing the Merdeka Square or building that truly corny and outdated Soedirman statue indicate his obtuseness in understanding the issues.

The failures of the urban plan of Soeharto culminated in the 97 crisis: Jakarta, having dissafected and disenfranchised most of its citizen (i.e. urban poor) was burned by the same people. There is a great amount of social tension in the city at the moment. At the 97 crisis, the rich (unfortunately percieved as ethnically defined, that is Chinese) was violenced again. If Jakarta cannot be able to address this most important issue, then violence will be a latent possibility, Jakarta always in the brink of another riot.

The development of democracy is very good for the nation in the long run. For democracy to work a healthy civil society is a prerequisite. It should be supported by the middle class, and I think we are seeing more cooperation between the fragile Indonesian middle class and the LSM that would form the backbone of the civil society.

I guess I can understand the modernist appeal of the skyscrapers, but don't let it dupe you into hating the messiness of democracy. Capitalism work best in a democracy. People live better. Democracy need patience and a certain amount of conflict. I think it is good that there is room for conflict, I think the LSM has a very important function of mediating the poor in that very room.

David-80

August 29th, 2004, 09:59 PM

Second, they do perform the function of providing channels of protest for disaffected urban poor. As the article said 300 thousand have been evicted already. This is no way for the city to grow. There has to be an area where conflicts can be resolved in a fair manner.

I am talking about the area within Jakarta tower, like what the article said, If the evicted itself in the area within Kemayoran are disputing the case, then what LSM said is right, but they arent disputing whatsoever, because the case was resolved long before crisis in 1998.

The decline of living for the poor must be addressed. Sutiyoso denies this need and focuses on the most absurd and stupid of projects. Granted that the Jakarta Tower is funded by the private sectors, Sutoyoso's actions such as fencing the Merdeka Square or building that truly corny and outdated Soedirman statue indicate his obtuseness in understanding the issues.

I agreed with the line about Soedirman statue, it just waste of money.

At the 97 crisis, the rich (unfortunately percieved as ethnically defined, that is Chinese) was violenced again. If Jakarta cannot be able to address this most important issue, then violence will be a latent possibility, Jakarta always in the brink of another riot.

Do you actually believe, the riots was actually happened because of the poor depression? If thats the case, there should be anymore riots after the 1998, even until now when most of the poor in Jakarta are in pretty much in a level of high severe depression.

The development of democracy is very good for the nation in the long run. For democracy to work a healthy civil society is a prerequisite. It should be supported by the middle class, and I think we are seeing more cooperation between the fragile Indonesian middle class and the LSM that would form the backbone of the civil society.

I couldnt agree more with you, democracy is the answer for Indonesia in the future but the problem is unfortunately we abused the freedom of democracy, to replace it by something like mass protests, which sometimes led to riots and what is making it terrible, they dont even protesting for only a big case, but even a very small case, you can even see mass protesting in the street. isnt they disturbed the society instead?

I think we are seeing more cooperation between the fragile Indonesian middle class and the LSM that would form the backbone of the civil society.

Sorry but not trying to be pessimistic, the Upper and middle class seeing more cooperation with the LSM are because they know LSM is having the influence in a society, thus enable them to work easier with their project or in otherwords.....(you guess....) I know because my previous company that i worked did the same thing.

I guess I can understand the modernist appeal of the skyscrapers, but don't let it dupe you into hating the messiness of democracy.

I dont hate democracy, in fact i love the freedom to choose and to say whatever you want to say, but i hate the disfunctional and misused of democracy with an organisation that supposed to be mediating the conflict, not intervening and rejects everything without even learning the problem first.

Capitalism work best in a democracy.

Wrong, capitalism work best for western countries. :lol:

I think it is good that there is room for conflict, I think the LSM has a very important function of mediating the poor in that very room.

Mediating? then by any means they cant intervene with the problem itself, because when you try to mediate between one party and second party, you can only listen to them and trying to make both parties happy, not only in one party side. Thats mediating.

My view is based on what i concern, I am expressed my forgiveness if you are maybe one of LSM member, but this comment is purely just to show my disagreement with the LSM. So dont let our friendship torn apart will ya? :D

cheers

indistad

August 30th, 2004, 04:31 PM

Hey no hard feelings, Dave.
I actually like challenging discussions like these. I think the Asian forumers are waaay to 'polite'.

Granted I don't know much of the case on the Jakarta tower, I am upset by your blatant comment on how the LSM is bad without understanding its function in the greater society.

I do believe the riot is a systemic failure of the Indonesian urban planning. Riots happens in a lot of Indonesian cities from time to time. Riots do not happen all the time, they are latent in the whole city structure. Look at the kampung fights that happen in some area of the city. These things are not, like many people would like to believe, something permanent in the city.

In fact the whole city of Jakarta, to my knowledge feels like a large battlefield. There is an architecture of fear in the consciousness of Jakartan. Look at the way fences are made to top with spiky glass or iron railings, look at the enclaved gated estates that dot the fringe of the city.

There are huge areas of the city where it is off limits to anyone outside of it. There is the constant fear of being mugged, fooled, killed. There are student fights and large random violence.

This is the failure of the city government and planners to adapt a more humane approach to the development of the city. This is the result of trying to make a city that fits only for middle and upper middle class citizen. I believe it doesn't have to be.

These mass protests and euphorias will come down by itself. There would be a certain equilibrium reached through the system's own dynamics. But to not let them have the chance to protest would be dangerous for the long run of democracy.

Capitalism and democracy, along with the scientific revolution, is interconnected. They are part of the structure of modernism. In any case, Indonesia is a whole lot more 'capitalistic' than any western nation could ever be, if that is what you mean by capitalism. But capitalism only works in a country run by law, where property is assured by the state and where democracy ensures a somewhat even battlefield.

I think mediation in this case has to be special. The people we are talking about are not aware that they have the power and right to object to the things the state do to them. There is a hegemonic veil to obscure them from the possibility they can do for themselves. I know some people working in the LSM your talking about and they understand that what they are doing is to channel real aspirations people have about what they want.

The thing is, the greatest argument the state gives is that such protest obstructs the good of the public. But what is the public in a city where it is geared to provide amenities for the rich only? They have nothing to lose for this, because they rarely benefit from the thing the city builds. What good is, for instance, a toll road, when you don't have a car?

Large cities do not have to be rapaciously unfair. I know New York wouldn't be a good comparison, but I've visited it and I have to say that because of the emphasis on, say public transport instead of private transport, instead of attending to the needs of the everybody rather than the rich, it has a nicer, trustworthy atmosphere. I could contrast this to LA, which had some riots in the early 90s.

I don't work for LSM. I mostly do academic stuff. I am just scarred though that such arguments you have just mentioned would be used, as they had in the Soeharto years, to justify repression. I know you live in New Zealand so you don't have to worry a thing. But for someone living in Indonesia, I am always fearful of the possibility of going back to some dictatorship.

kikitielman

August 30th, 2004, 05:30 PM

i'm just commenting on LSM and NGO, i believe they play their part as groups of people try to help their in needs. i believe they play their role perfectly with their own way.

i, myself was also a president of an NGO in Bandung before i left for Australia, to be exact that i was the president of Rotaract Club Bandung Metropolitan under the flag of Rotary International.

We provided a scholarship for many bright students to continue their schooling and we rebuilt one elementary school in Bandung.....

and i believe there are thousand of social club or LSM or NGO in Indonesia that will do the same like what we did.

the only disappointment that i feel about LSM or NGO your talking about here, is that they try put their mind just to get supprt from those who in needs so they can put their doctrin or "message" that i think is just unappropriate....

remember about "becak" case a decade ago, one of the LSM yelled out,.... as i said, they just yelled out but give no solution, even they say bring "becak" back to jakarta without considering or recalculate what actually the purpose of the government.

everytime there's an issue, they hit the road... always... they never bother to get an appointment to sit together with the government.......

i remembered also when the government invited LSM to discuss about an issue (i couldn't remember what was the case), 60% of the LSM didn't come, but ten i found out that they were on the road "again".

i know "hit the road" was so popular, but it won't solve the problem....

but before you dislike NGO or LSM why don't you try one, i believe that they have a good side.

maybe youse all can check your local Rotary Club or Rotaract Club, because this is the only NGO i've ever joined to, and i didn't have any bad experience or "hit the road"

anyway it's not a promotion of a rotary club or else, but maybe it will give you a broaden view of what the real LSM or NGO really means

Cheers

David-80

August 30th, 2004, 06:39 PM

Hey Indi, thanks for the opinion that you made, I really enjoy reading it. But I dont live in NZ, my dad came from there, I am in Jakarta now with my wife and just working here for approx 2 years. I also want to see Indonesia enjoy its freedom as a democracy country, but i also want to see the people smart enough to understand what democracy is all about. And that is LSM or NGO jobs to explain it for them and not just roaring like a lion but do nothing.

What kind of LSM that i think good for Indonesia

LSM that always understand the people, company and government.

LSM that mediate the poor like they are mediating the rich.

Now, one of Indi example is why building highway if the poor cant ride a car on it. I think this a bit extreme choice, because we know highway and tollway are the major infrastructure that we need in Indonesia, regardless the poor cant ride a car on it, whom we should blame? the developer? no they are just doing their job, the government? they borrow the money for it and got 230 million people to take care, the rich? what it has something to do with them? so who?

@Kiki, my mom is involved with WIC (Women International Club) and Rotary club that most of the time, they went to many hospital and Adoption house to donate some money, scholarship and maybe singing with them. That kind of NGO is fine with me, what i am disputing is the LSM that always say "it has to be in the people interest otherwise no" but they never learned the proposal at 1st. This kind of LSM is like a failed infected mushrooms that spreads to the other mushrooms and when people eat it, they got stomach ache.

anyway, Is Indonesia well better now or before the crisis?

cheers

indistad

September 1st, 2004, 01:50 PM

Well Dave, I don't know if that example I gave, that toll road one is such an extreme example.

I do know that a friend of mine visiting Mexico City complained that the city is one geared for the rich. A lot more than Jakarta is now. He said (I don't know how much of this is true), the poor in Mexico City is a lot worse off because the government builds infrastructures meant for the rich: say toll roads instead of subways.

Soeharto had a vested interest in promoting the roads. His eldest daughter was a toll road magnate. In the early 90s there were lots of voices concerning this one-sidedness. They wouldn't listen because they never have an image of a balanced city. They always imagined Jakarta to be a 'westernized' city, full of skyscrapers and middle to upper class apartments.

The government of Jakarta in the early 90s commenced their plan of making Jakarta a service city. But who are they servicing?? International corporation to my knowledge.

What I am saying is that this policy hurts EVERYBODY, the rich, the poor and the middle class. The city is sprawling, if they had focused public transport from the start (and the start was actually in the mid 70s!!), the middle class wouldn't have to live two hours away from their workplace, the poor would have a 'cheap' way of getting to and fro in the city and the rich wouldn't even have to use a car.

Its not just public transport, look at Sutiyoso's statement of creating some 300 new malls in the city. It shows how much he is intending to help the condition of the city.

Oh you live in Jakarta? Where? I once spent some time in Ciputat, that was hell personified. Then you know how bad the condition is. It isn't a perenial condition, it can be fixed through the mediations of the civil society.

I guess I can understand the agitation if some LSM are like that. I'm not sure how much of a plan such a particular LSM is like. I do know though that there are tons of LSM and to condense them into a monster would not be prudent. I also know that as we speak there are some kind of reformation process going on there too. There will be greater cooperation between the middle class and upper class with the LSM. That's good news. I think the Chinese middle class have an opportunity to obtain some justice by cooperating with LSM. I think, for instance, the rapings of 1998 must be adressed. The nation cannot hide in some forgetfulness, it must be confronted in a way South Africa confronted its apartheid years.

indistad

September 1st, 2004, 02:10 PM

Is Indonesia well better now or before the crisis?

This is a somewhat meaningless question. The crisis was brought about by the mishandling of the Soeharto government for years, for its mistreatment of the economy and its huge amount of corruption creating a high cost economy.

The crisis didn't just come pooof out of nothing. Many economist (unfortunately none of those WB economist) have been warning Indonesia about this unhealthiness. Granted the changes in capital accumulation and the volatility caused by too much capital in the world capital market was the trigger.

I find it amazing about this little amnesia Indonesians are experiencing. Many thinks that reformasi caused the crisis. Well, the crisis happened well before the reformasi process and it was caused entirely during the Soeharto government.

Yes, it was better before the crisis, but we were always borrowing time. The condition of the economy and the contradictions of Soeharto has always put Indonesia in a position of risk.

tata

September 19th, 2004, 11:32 PM

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from thejakartapost.com

Two participants of the International Clean Up Day, organized by the Bubbles Dive Center of Kepulauan Seribu regency, pick up a shabby doll on the beach of Kotok Island. Jakarta's garbage which is washed to the islands, is the main source of pollution in the regency.

David-80

September 21st, 2004, 12:40 AM

I heard you cant own an island anymore in Indonesia, is that true?

cheers

Mahaputra

September 21st, 2004, 06:42 AM

really?? damn... there goes my dream of buying an island in the future...

tata

February 22nd, 2005, 02:35 PM

Jakarta Policemen trying out their batery-powered bicycle....
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride it where I like...

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tata

February 22nd, 2005, 04:54 PM

Summrized and translated from news in Kompas Feb 22, 2005:

Menteng football stadium converted into a public park

In an attempt to make Jakarta greener and create city lung, the city will convert Menteng stadium into a public park in 2006. Menteng stadium is located in Jl HOS Cokroaminoto Menteng, Central Jakarta, one of the most elite district in the city. Currently Persija FC occupies it as its homebase and will move it to Lebak Bulus Stadium South Jakarta.
The 3,4 hectares park will be equipped with jogging track, art galery, cafe and parking lots.

Yamauchi

February 23rd, 2005, 12:43 AM

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To the officer on the right: you can patrol my street anytime. I'm just joking of course.

tata

March 9th, 2005, 03:11 PM

Forests in Jakarta

Translation:
Jakarta Pusat: Central Jakarta
Jakarta Utara: North Jakarta
Jakarta Selatan: South Jakarta
Jakarta Timur: East Jakarta
Jakarta Barat: West Jakarta
Pulau Seribu: Thousand Island

Hutan Istimewa: Special Forest
Hutan Kota: City Forest
Kawasan Hutan: Forest area
Hutan Pulau Seribu: Thousand island forest

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tata

March 14th, 2005, 04:12 PM

Welcoming World Cup 2006

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PEMBARUAN/YC KURNIANTORO

KUMPUL BOLA 2005 - Sejumlah peserta menggelindingkan bola raksasa dan membawa spanduk besar di Jalan MH Thamrin, Jakarta Pusat, Minggu (13/3). Bola dengan diameter 3 meter itu digelindingkan mulai dari Bundaran Hotel Indonesia hingga Lapangan PASI, Kompleks Gelora Bung Karno, Senayan. Kegiatan ini diadakan Coca-Cola yang terpilih sebagai salah satu sponsor resmi Piala Dunia 2006.

ryanr

March 15th, 2005, 03:27 PM

Not really about Jakarta...but it is news.

Guess what? I met President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono today!:) Our economics class was previleged enough to visit Istana Negri. It was a great visit...we were there to be positive and ask questions about simple things (economics wise), and not to critisize him. Overall, he was delighted because it took away some of the heat and pressure from normal office work (and criticism) to spend some time with graduating high school students.

Fir3blaze

March 15th, 2005, 04:06 PM

Coool....so how did you find him, eh? What was discussed there?

Alvin

March 15th, 2005, 11:27 PM

wahh, I envy you, GreyX!! did you have a photograph taken with the President?

David-80

March 16th, 2005, 02:54 PM

Ryan, he speaks good english rite? with a little american accent :D

cheers

ryanr

March 16th, 2005, 03:39 PM

He gave a short speach about growing up and gave us advice in becoming good people to lead our generation:) It was a very nice speach, inspiring indeed. I'm really impressed by him. We then talked about economic prospects for Indonesia in the next 5 years...he knows his economic theories!:okay:

Yes, his english is good. But his advisor speaks better english:D That guy is intelligent and very fluent in many languages. Forgot his name...he is also the presidential spokesman.

And yes, we took a group photograph and individual photographs of each of us shaking hands with Mr. President. Very good experience:)

ryanr

March 16th, 2005, 03:40 PM

And Istana Negri and Istana Merdeka are beautiful structures. We were only allowed to enter Istana Negri...beautiful interior. But we were told that Merdeka has a better interior.

sanhen

March 16th, 2005, 04:27 PM

Errr.. its not Istana Negri I think.. but Istana Negara hehehe
I've been to both. And they all very nice.
I still have some photos of them somewhere in my room.

indistad

March 16th, 2005, 04:30 PM

That's really cool grey x.

"Yes, his english is good. But his advisor speaks better english That guy is intelligent and very fluent in many languages. Forgot his name...he is also the presidential spokesman."

Is it Sudi Silalahi or Andi Mallarangeng? I think Sudi is behind many of the president's political decision. He's a good advisor and a smart man. I don't really like Andi Mallarangeng. When you see him in an interview, you just knew the guy is there for the face (and what about that moustache lady??), not much for the brains though... At least I think those are his two advisors among

indistad

March 16th, 2005, 04:31 PM

Fir3blaze

March 16th, 2005, 05:12 PM

And yes, we took a group photograph and individual photographs of each of us shaking hands with Mr. President. Very good experience:)

*Envy* How come you guys get to do that and I dont! :P Kidding... Well, nice experience for you i suppose! :D

Alvin

March 17th, 2005, 12:02 AM

I think we all envy you, GreyX.

Anyway, the presidential spokesman is Andy Mallarangeng. Sudi Silalahi is the cabinet secretary.

ryanr

March 17th, 2005, 03:01 AM

My bad...You are right, it is Istana Negara.

Actually, you are wrong. Andy Mallarangeng (if it was actually him; somebody post a picture so i can indentify:D) is very intelligent.

Sudi Silalahi was also present in the event:)

Yamauchi

March 17th, 2005, 06:14 AM

He has a slight 80s Hong Kong look going on.

http://www.popular-maj.com/content/Wawancara/069/image/wwc2.jpg

ryanr

March 17th, 2005, 02:43 PM

No thats not him. Its a different person. That guy does look like "not much for brains":lol:

David-80

March 17th, 2005, 03:36 PM

Btw, we should meet and have a drink before you leave to canada :)

cheers

tata

April 14th, 2005, 04:50 PM

Anyone heard of project SENAYAN CITY from PT Agung Podomoro Group? Read detik.com

tata

May 16th, 2005, 10:13 AM

Japanese school reaches out to local people Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Strolling into the Jakarta Japanese School (JJS) complex in Bintaro Jaya, Tangerang, one immediately feels welcome thanks to its friendly atmosphere.

While the security arrangements are tight, as is typical of most international schools in the capital, the security guards treat guests with respect, while dutifully checking the identity of each one.

"Please take off your shoes and put on the slippers there," an Indonesian female guard told The Jakarta Post in the school lobby.

She said every guest is required to take off their shoes before walking into the building. The regulation, however, does not apply to students and teachers.

JJS, the only Japanese school in the capital, moved to its current location in 1996 after moving from Tebet to Pasar Minggu and then to Cilandak, all in South Jakarta.

The JJS currently has 638 elementary school students and 222 junior high school students.

Its kindergarten is still located in Cilandak, with 176 students.

JJS principal Naoru Kiryu said all students in the school were Japanese or half Japanese. Needless to say that its medium of instruction is Japanese.

"We don't have any non Japanese-speaking students. Some have an Indonesian mother or father who is married to a Japanese," Kiryu told the Post.

He said that most Japanese diplomats posted in Jakarta and businesspeople staying for a long time in the city send their children to the school.

Kiryu added that most students studying in the school moved to Indonesia after studying for some time in Japan.

"So, they just continue their lessons here. We must provide lessons as a continuation of what they have learned in Japan," he said.

The school, established in 1969, employs a total of 44 Japanese teachers, five Indonesian teachers and five Western teachers.

"Beside English, we teach Indonesian language so that they can communicate with their Indonesian friends. In fact, we often invite local schools for matches, including basketball and soccer," the school's director for community relations Hiroshi Saito told the Post.

Besides science and computer laboratory rooms, the school also has one big soccer field, surrounded by a 400-meter track, two big gymnasiums, and two swimming pools, one each for elementary and junior high students.

JJS also has a special program for the students to familiarize themselves with the local culture and customs by holding events involving local schools and residents.

"Periodically, we train them to plant rice in rice fields in several villages around Jakarta. They can communicate directly with farmers there," Saito said.

Every year during Idul Fitri, the school also holds charity programs to help residents from surrounding areas, he said.

The school also employs around 50 nearby local residents as janitors and security guards and hires over a dozen buses from a local bus company to pick up students from their homes and drop them home again after school.

"We have no problem in dealing with residents from surrounding areas as the school, its staff and students can mix harmoniously with them," a senior security guard, who asked not to be named, told the Post.

Alvin

May 17th, 2005, 02:00 PM

Fancy a starbucks coffee while doing your banking transaction? this is interesting..never heard it being done elsewhere.

Indonesia's 1st Starbucks-Bank Niaga Outlet To Open Wed

Tuesday May 17, 2005, 8:09 pm

DJ Indonesia's 1st Starbucks-Bank Niaga Outlet To Open Wed

JAKARTA (Dow Jones)--Indonesia's PT Mitra Adi Perkasa (MAPI.JK) will open its first Starbucks coffee shop shared with PT Bank Niaga (BNGA.JK) Wednesday in the country's capital of Jakarta, the companies said Tuesday.

The two companies will share a 400-square meter location in a building in one of Jakarta's prime business district, where people can buy various Starbucks coffee drinks while doing banking transactions with Bank Niaga.

"If public response is good - I believed it will be good - we will open more (shared) outlets in the future," said Indrawan Widjaja, a director with Mitra Adiperkasa. Its unit, PT Sari Coffee, is the local franchisee of the U.S. coffee company Starbucks Corp. (SBUX).

The shared outlet is one of the three outlets it will open Wednesday in the country, to mark a three-year anniversary since it opened its first outlet in Indonesia in 2002. Two of the new outlets will be in Jakarta and one in West Java's capital of Bandung.

The company later this year will open another outlet on the resort island of Bali, bringing the total there to three.

Bank Niaga's Vice President Hashemi Albakri said that the bank is targeting young middle class customers with novel banking services.

Malaysia's Commerce Asset Holding Bhd. (1023.KU) holds a 52.8% stake in Bank Niaga, while the Indonesian government owns 21% and the public holds the rest.

-By I Made Sentana; Dow Jones Newswires; 62-21 39831277; I-Made.Sentana@dowjones.com

-Edited by Marissa Chew

Alvin

May 27th, 2005, 05:01 PM

27-05-2005
Pemkot Jakpus Tetapkan Jalan Thamrin dan Jalan Kuningan Sebagai Jalan Protokol Pertama dan Kedua

Pemerintah Kota Jakarta Pusat telah menetapkan jalan Thamrin dan jalan Kuningan sebagai Jalan protokol pertama dan jalan protokol kedua. Dalam kaitan tersebut, segala yang menyangkut protokol, harus dibenahi seefisien mungkin, mulai dari sarana keindahan taman, tertib lalu lintas, penataan bangunan dan penetapan lajur three in one hingga penataan saluran menjadi prioritas utama kedua jalan protokol Pemkot Jakpus

Kepala Bagian Humas dan Protokol Jakarta Pusat, Oyong H Abidin, SH, MM ketika ditemui beritajakarta.com di ruang kerjanya, Jumat (27/05/2005) mengatakan, pihaknya menetapkan jalan Thamrin dan jalan Kuningan sebagai jalan protokol pertama dan jalan protokol kedua. Pasalnya, kedua jalan ini dilalui oleh para pejabat pemerintahan baik di pusat dan Pemprop DKI. Selain itu, arus lalu lintas yang begitu tinggi menyebabkan kedua jalan itu menjadi unggulan di willayah kota Jakarta Pusat.

“Di kedua jalan itu banyak juga bangunan pemerintahan dan swasta. Namun yang terpenting di kedua jalan itu banyak dibangun fasilitas masyarakat,” kata Oyong.

Dia mencontohkan, kawasan Bank Indonesia yang di depannya sudah tertata rapi begitu pula dengan pedestrian yang membuat wilayah itu semakin indah untuk dipandang. “Ada rasa nyaman kalau kita melintasi jalan Thamrin, jalan Sudirman dan Kuningan,” ujar mantan Kasubag Keprotokolan Pemprop DKI Jakarta itu.

tata

June 6th, 2005, 02:06 PM

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Dua peserta memainkan alat musik tiup tradisional Skotlandia pada acara "Jakarta Highland Gathering 2005", di Central Island Imperial Klub Golf Lippo Karawaci, Tangerang, Minggu (5/6). Acara ini menampilkan beberapa cabang olahraga, kesenian dan kebudayaan rakyat Skotlandia.

Alvin

June 29th, 2005, 04:56 PM

City to have Las Vegas-style fountains

Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

After the laser lighting on the National Monument (Monas) and the deer zone in its park, a new attraction emulating the Las Vegas Bellagio dancing fountains is set to become another city icon next month.

With music and choreographed laser beams, the Rp 26 billion (US$2.7 million) project is simply an embarrassment amid recent reports that at least 8,455 toddlers in the city are suffering from chronic undernourishment.

"The construction is 80 percent complete. Hopefully, we can start operating the 'dancing and chanting fountain' on July 18," said Nyomananda, president director of PT Media Indra Buana (MIB), which is developing the fountain, during a hearing with City Council Commission D overseeing development affairs.

The launch of the fountain is overdue since it was slated for June 22, to highlight the celebrations of the city's 478th anniversary.

The fountain, which is in the west part of the park, will measure 45 meters in width and 80 meters in length.

Like the $52 million Bellagio fountains, the water of which performs to songs by great singers such as Luciano Pavarotti and Frank Sinatra, the Monas fountain will also feature 10 different choreographed dances performed by jets of water alongside 14 song titles.

Instead of Pavarotti or Sinatra, Governor Sutiyoso himself has hand-picked the titles, including a Betawi (native Jakarta) song Jali Jali, pop song Serasa (Feels like) by singer Chrisye and a piece from the opera Carmen: Le Toreadors composed by Bizet.

Ira Octavira, a director of MIB, said that the fountain built using German technology would be able to shoot water up to 30 meters into the air, with moving waves of water up to 10 meters high traveling around the circumference of the fountain.

The fountain will also use laser lights flashing unto the water screen to create various visual effects.

The fountain will need a total power of 1,660 kilo volt ampere (KVA).

"The fountain is designed to accommodate modifications, including putting a giant stage over the fountain," Ira said, adding that with good maintenance it could operate properly for about 10 years.

The fountain is being renovated since the old fountain that stopped working early in the 1980s has become a bathing pool for street people.

Sutiyoso has argued that the development of the fountain would not cost taxpayers any money since it would be financed by MIB through a barter scheme in exchange for 28 locations for outdoor advertisements across the capital.

tata

July 7th, 2005, 09:50 PM

City to provide seven more community parks

Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

What kind of community parks do people want? Do they want a playground, a sports field, or both, with facilities where people can relax and enjoy an afternoon?

The City Parks Agency announced on Tuesday that it was planning to develop seven new community parks across the capital, bringing the number of community parks to 80 by the end of the year.

"Five of them are still under negotiation for the acquisition of the land, while two others, in North Jakarta and West Jakarta, are ready to be converted into parks," the agency head Sarwo Handhayani told The Jakarta Post at City Hall.

Handhayani said that the five locations still in need of land acquisition were in Cakung and Pulogadung in East Jakarta, Pancoran in South Jakarta, Cengkareng in West Jakarta and Cilincing in North Jakarta.

The development of the parks -- which measure between 200 square meters and 1,000 square meters -- would cost up to Rp 1 billion (US$103,092).

"Ideally, every subdistrict should have at least two community parks. But, we can only afford seven parks this year amid limited budget allocations for park development," she said, without sharing the exact details of the budget allocation.

Jakarta has a total of 267 subdistricts.

The agency has been establishing community parks, mostly in slum areas, since 2001 in a bid to increase the number of green spaces in densely populated areas.

Residents would be able to determine the function of the park in their areas, she added.

"They can use the park as a place to hang out or exercise or as a playground for children. The facilities provided will be relevant to the needs of the community."

The city administration is aiming for a total of 9,156 hectares, or 13.94 percent of Jakarta's area, for open and green spaces by 2010 in its 2000-2010 Master Plan.

Currently, there are 5,911 hectares of green areas, or 9 percent of the capital's land area.

Environmentalists have repeatedly said that, ideally, green areas should comprise around 30 percent of the city's total area, to help ease flooding and reduce air pollution.

On Tuesday, the Jakarta administration also received 1,000 trees from automaker Honda Prospect Motor. Those trees will be planted along the banks of the Banglio River in Cilincing, North Jakarta.

Also present at the handover ceremony were Governor Sutiyoso and Honda president director Kenji Otaka.

"I hope other big companies, especially those in the automotive industry, which are responsible for worsening air quality here with their vehicular emissions, will also take part in the replanting of the city to reduce air pollution here," Sutiyoso said.

Honda general manager of sales and marketing Jonfis Fandy revealed that the company would also give the same number of trees to the administration as vehicles they sell in the upcoming Gaikindo Auto Expo 2005 from July 8 to July 17.

XxRyoChanxX

July 8th, 2005, 11:18 AM

las vegas style fountains? nice.......is it done?

Alvin

July 10th, 2005, 08:17 AM

Indonesians are in love with badminton..

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Indonesians play badminton on a Jakarta street, July 10, 2005. About 600 people played on a busy street in an attempt to break an Indonesian record. REUTERS/Beawiharta

July 10th, 2005, 03:45 PM

omg, it's in the middle of the street.

Fir3blaze

July 10th, 2005, 07:10 PM

Hey, that's Transjakarta Busway! Which road are they playin on? Doesnt look like Thamrin.

Alvin

August 14th, 2005, 01:04 PM

YUM..... :cheers:

Jakarta Chocolate Expo
For those who crave chocolate, an upcoming world class chocolate trade exhibition in the city will be high on their list of must-visit events.

A visit to the Jakarta Chocolate Expo scheduled to run from Aug. 25 through Aug. 27, 2005, could also be a great day out for the entire family.

Chocolate fashion contests, chocolate painting, chefs competition and some talk shows will be among the activities taking place during the exhibition, which will be organized by the Embassy of Chocolate, Tulip.

Children can play around a chocolate castle, which will stand 7 meters high at the Semanggi Expo in the Sudirman Central Business District on Jl. Sudirman.

This will be the third chocolate exhibition here after ones in 2001 and 2003.

Embassy of Chocolate, Tulip, Jl. Raya Narogong Km. 7, Bekasi
Phone: (021) 820 4054

-- The Jakarta Post

Alvin

August 18th, 2005, 04:01 AM

Good news for the future - Jakarta, Bogor, Depok , Tangerang, Bekasi and Cianjur will merge into a megapolitan called Jabodetabekjur...hahaha...what a name. It should just be called "Greater Jakarta".
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Naskah Kota Megapolitan diteken

Bisnis Indonesia JAKARTA: Pemerintah Provinsi DKI Jakarta bersama Pemerintah Daerah Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi, serta Cianjur mulai serius menggabungkan diri ke dalam satu wilayah bernama Jabodetabekjur Kota Megapolitan.
Naskah Kota Megapolitan ditandatangani pada Jumat malam pekan lalu dan disaksikan pejabat Departemen Dalam Negeri.

"Perjanjian kerja sama dalam kerangka wilayah hinterland menjadi megapolitan," kata Sekda DKI Jakarta Ritola Tasmaya, kemarin.

Wilayah Bodetabekjur bisa melakukan kerja sama dengan payung Departemen Dalam Negeri berdasarkan UU No. 32/2005 tentang Pemerintahan Daerah. "Dalam UU Nomor 34/1999 tentang Pemerintahan DKI Jakarta memang belum ada, tapi akan direvisi."

Menurut Ritola, kerja sama yang dimaksud dalam bidang tata ruang, ekonomi, kesejahteraan, kesehatan, pendidikan, dan sosial.

Infrastruktur lain yang akan dibangun, dia melanjutkan, misalnya, monorel yang akan menghubungkan Jakarta-Depok dan Jakarta-Bekasi. Bupati Tangerang Ismet Iskandar bersemangat mendukung pembangunan Kota Megapolitan. "Saya sangat mendukung cita-cita ini."

Dengan bergabungnya kota-kota di pinggiran ke dalam Jakarta, kata Ritola, akan memudahkan pemerintah Ibu Kota melakukan kebijakan yang lebih luas, misalnya, soal pembangunan sarana pembuangan sampah yang sekarang menjadi kontroversi dengan penduduk lokal.

Bukan hanya itu, pemerintah Jakarta juga lebih mudah menjalankan koordinasi kebijakan tata ruang pembangunan infrastruktur.

Tidak seperti sekarang di mana kebijakan Ibu Kota terbentur kepada kebijakan kota lain di sekitarnya. Padahal, dari waktu ke waktu, pembangunan Ibu Kota meningkat pesat sampai ke pinggir kota.

"Jika kota-kota pinggiran masih berdiri sendiri seperti sekarang maka akan menyulitkan perkembangan Ibu Kota ke depan, karena pembangunannya akan terganjal kebijakan kota lainnya." (k20)

Blue_Sky

August 18th, 2005, 06:06 AM

That is a great news
Good for the cities involved inside

:cheers: :cheers:

sanhen

August 18th, 2005, 08:54 AM

Great news. Stupid name :D

Mahaputra

August 27th, 2005, 06:10 AM

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DIP IT DEEP: Visitors at the Jakarta Chocolate Expo 2005 dip biscuits in a chocolate fountain. Chocolate manufacturers, distributors and bakeries featured in the exhibition that runs through Saturday. Other events at the expo include a chocolate fashion competition and a chef's contest. (JP/Arief Suhardiman)
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ref: www.thejakartapost.com

627

August 27th, 2005, 06:24 AM

grosss dude...

the chocolate fountain is all chunky n crusty.. ahhaah

sanhen

August 27th, 2005, 06:28 AM

Dip it deep.. does it means we share the dip? *yuck* hehehehe

Is there any Max Bremner outlet in Jakarta?
I am surprise there is no chocolate cafe or Nandos in Indonesia.

Alvin

August 27th, 2005, 06:36 AM

Dip it deep.. does it means we share the dip? *yuck* hehehehe

Is there any Max Bremner outlet in Jakarta?
I am surprise there is no chocolate cafe or Nandos in Indonesia.
yeah havent heard of any chocolate cafes...future business idea? hehe

here in sydney, there's also Lindt Cafe..

August 27th, 2005, 06:43 AM

from the pic, that fountain is too high, look at their clothes, you will see dark spot in their armpit hehe

mus90

August 27th, 2005, 06:53 AM

wat da?? no nandos in Indonesia! Yes there is. For sure I know there's Nandos in Cilandak Town Square cause I've eaten der hehe..

sanhen

August 27th, 2005, 09:12 AM

Oooohhhhhhhhhh there IS nandos in INDONESIA????? You save my day mann!!!!

wS.. armpit? :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: that just grossss hahaha

Mahaputra

August 27th, 2005, 01:07 PM

yeah there's nandos in Indonesia..at Citos..
they've got almost everything at citos
ahhaha

sanhen

August 27th, 2005, 04:18 PM

Umm.. where in Jakara is this cilandak town square?

ksunarjo

August 27th, 2005, 05:03 PM

it's in cilandak. jl. T.B simatupang, south-jakarta
cilandak town square is called "citos" for short

ksunarjo

August 27th, 2005, 05:08 PM

citos is quite popular among JIS kids, and south-jakartan kids. it also quite popular for family dining.

cOcO_cHaneL

August 27th, 2005, 05:58 PM

they have nandos in tAman anggrek too! i often dine there with ma mom after da busy shopping activities we did,, ahhaahah..

tata

August 27th, 2005, 09:00 PM

Good news: old city to be restored

Kota Tua Jakarta Akan Direstorasi
Sabtu, 27 Agustus 2005 | 17:41 WIB

TEMPO Interaktif, Jakarta: Pemerintah Kota Jakarta Barat akan merestorasi wilayah kota tua dan pecinan. "Kami sedang melakukan kerjasama dengan pemerintah Belanda untuk merestorasi kota-kota, bangunan dan museum yang ada di kota tua ini," kata Wali Kota Jakarta Barat Fajar Panjaitan ketika menghadiri Festival Kota Tua dan Pecinan di Taman Museum Sejarah Jakarta (Museum Fatahillah), Sabtu (27/8).

Festival Kota Tua hari ini berlangsung cukup meriah. Ribuan orang menghadiri acara yang resmi dibuka wali kota pada pukul 09.00 WIB itu. Acara diisi dengan pawai marching band Gita Abdi Praja Sekolah Tinggi Pemerintahan Dalam Negeri, tanjidor, barongsai, parade pengantin Betawi dan Tionghoa dan lain-lain.

"Kami berharap melalui peristiwa seperti ini, masyarakat luar bisa mengetahui betapa luas budaya yang berkembang di kota tua," kata Fajar.

JAYBE

August 28th, 2005, 01:00 AM

Sorry I cannt read the article., but are they gonna to restore the old section of the city ??

Fir3blaze

August 28th, 2005, 08:02 AM

Yeap, that's what the article said. In short, the municipality of Western Jakarta will be working together with the government of netherland to restore the old section of Jakarta.

tata

August 28th, 2005, 10:25 PM

More news about restoring old city (now in English and picture of the related festival :D )

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KOTA REVIVAL: A group of participants of the Old City and Chinatown Festival demonstrates the traditional East Java attraction reog ponorogo in the courtyard in front of Fatahilah Museum in West Jakarta. The one-day festival on Saturday, which was aimed at encouraging the public to revitalize the old city, also promoted the cultures of today's Jakartans. JP/Mulkan Salmona

Old city comes to life

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

The old town of Batavia, known as Kota today, in West Jakarta looked like the pages of a history book come to life on Saturday.

Women in kebaya encim, or the traditional Malay blouse fastened with pins, and men in sadariyah, or tunic and sarong, walked down the road lined with Batavia's old buildings and in the cobble-stone square in front of the Jakarta Museum of History, otherwise known as Fatahilah Museum.

Others, clad in the uniform of Dutch officers, rode old-fashioned bicycles, inspecting the visitors to the second annual Old City and Chinatown Festival.

The festival, which is aimed at encouraging both city residents and tourists to visit the old city, featured a parade, arts performances, a food fair and a Chinese-themed corner.

The event highlighted the history of the area, which was occupied during the 17th century by Dutch colonials, the native Betawi people and the Chinese.

At the parade, it was not just Chinese and Betawi cultures that were represented, such as through the dragon dance, lion dance, tanjidor group music, giant effigies and martial arts, but also traditional performances from other ethnic groups living in Jakarta today like the reog ponorogo and kuda lumping from East Java as well as Bali's Barong dance.

The procession -- which moved along Jl. Pos to Jl. Jembatan Batu, Beos train station, Jl. Pintu Besar Selatan and turned around on Jl. Hayam Wuruk -- was livened up by a marching band comprising 63 students from the Institute of Public Administration in Jatinangor, West Java.

There was much oohing and aahing from the crowd over two traditional buggies, which were lavishly decorated and transported "newlywed" Betawi and Chinese couples.

Besides the parade, about 40 stands were set up in the square in front of the museum, offering handicrafts, souvenirs, food and Chinese medicine. Feng Shui experts and cartoonists were also at the site to converse with visitors.

"This year's event was good but I liked last year's more. It was more festive with the decorated floats," said Kusmawati who was accompanied by her daughter.

West Jakarta Mayor Fadjar Panjaitan, who opened the event, said that residents should be proud of the old Dutch buildings, which had huge tourism potential.

"These old buildings must be protected," he said.

At the event, Fadjar was asked to preserve the buildings by two Dutch actors, who were playing architect Long Broek and Governor General Mat Suyker on the main stage.

"My name is Long Broek and I'm the architect of all these buildings. Their condition now is not what it was. I hope you will take good care of them," he said.

cOcO_cHaneL

August 29th, 2005, 04:21 PM

cool! shows their respect to chinese cultures too :)

Blue_Sky

August 29th, 2005, 05:27 PM

tata

August 30th, 2005, 12:42 PM

http://jkt1.detik.com/beritafoto/public/index.php?fuseaction=detik.readfoto&tahun=2005&bulan=08&tgl=29&time=114944&idnews=431049&idkanal=157&id=1

http://jkt1.detik.com/beritafoto/public/index.php?fuseaction=detik.readfoto&tahun=2005&bulan=08&tgl=29&time=122819&idnews=431114&idkanal=157&id=1

Ada udang dibalik batu?
Tata

Pasar Blok M akan Dibangun Jadi Pasar Tertata

Jakarta, 30 Agustus 2005 15:28
Gedung Pasar Blok M Melawai Jakarta Selatan yang terbakar, Senin (29/8), akan dibangun kembali menjadi pasar.

"Akan dibangun sebagai pasar kembali, prinsipnya dibangun kembali untuk makin kompetitif," kata Gubernur DKI Jakarta Sutiyoso menjawab pertanyaan wartawan di Balaikota, Selasa.

Dia mengemukakan pembangunan pasar tersebut harus mampu membuat dagangan pedagang semakin laku.

"Jadi dagangan harganya murah dan tertata baik. Yang pasti, akan menjadi pasar kembali," kata Sutiyoso.

Mengenai penyebab kebakaran, Gubernur mengemukakan hal itu masih diselidiki namun dia mengaku banyaknya PKL (pedagang kakilima) di kawasan tersebut membuat kendaraan pemadam sulit melakukan pemadaman.

Sutiyoso mengemukakan, kualitas dan kuantitas personel pemadam harus ditingkatkan dan dia merencanakan setiap tahun ada rekrutmen baru.

Gubernur juga mengemukakan, anggota Sudin Pemadam Kebakaran Jakarta Selatan yang gugur saat menjalankan tugas memadamkan kebakaran pasar tersebut akan mendapat santunan.

"Ada standarnya tapi saya tidak ingat. Saya sudah minta PD Pasar Jaya memberi tambahan," kata gubernur.

Jenazah Subandi (42) , petugas pemadam yang gugur saat memadamkan pasar tersebut dimakamkan pada Selasa dengan upacara korps pemadaman di TPU Kampung Kandang, Jagakarsa, Jaksel.

Kepala Dinas Pemadam Kebakaran DKI Johny Pangaribuan yang memimpin upacara tersebut menyatakan menaikkan pangkat kepegawaian almarhum dari semula 3C menjadi 3D.

Humas PD Pasar Jaya Nurman Adhi mengemukakan pihaknya memberi santunan Rp20 juta kepada keluarga almarhum.

Jabatan terakhir Subandi adalah Kepala Sektor Pemadam Kebakaran Tebet dan diperbantukan menangani kebakaran Pasar Blok M.

Subandi terakhir kali terlihat oleh rekan-rekannya sekitar pukul 12.00 WIB dan ditemukan Selasa malam di lantai tiga dalam kondisi hangus terbakar.

Pasar Blok M dengan empat lantai mampu menampung 1.500 kios pakaian, tas, kosmetik, kios percetakan, usaha cukur rambut dan penjahit pakaian. [TMA, Ant]

Ara

August 30th, 2005, 02:29 PM

Nandos is a South African company.

:)

Blue_Sky

August 30th, 2005, 05:41 PM

SD dan SMP Di Jakarta akan digratiskan
http://jkt.detiknews.com/indexfr.php?url=http://jkt.detiknews.com/index.php/detik.read/tahun/2005/bulan/08/tgl/30/time/195135/idnews/432353/idkanal/10

Blue_Sky

September 2nd, 2005, 12:58 PM

Seberapa pedulinya kamu terhadap lingkungan?
"Hijaukan Jakarta, datang, tanam, lestarikan"
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Clean Up Indonesia (http://www.cleanup.or.id) adalah bagian dari Clean Up The World (http://www.cleanuptheworld.org) akan melakukan
serangkaian sosialisasi sebelum kegiatan Clean Up Day 2005 yang akan diselenggarakan pada:

(1) Hari Minggu, tanggal 11 September 2005
mulai pukul 06.00 - 10.00 WIB
di seputar areal Stadion Gelora Bung Karno, Senayan.

(2) Hari Rabu, tanggal 14 September 2005
mulai pukul 10.00 - 13.00 WIB
di Bunderan HI, Jakarta Pusat.

Kegiatannya yaitu menyebarkan brosur, flyer, stiker, dan pendaftaran volunteer.

Untuk Clean Up Day 2005 sendiri dengan tema "Green Cities, Green Communities" akan dipusatkan pada:
Hari/Tanggal: Minggu, 18 September 2005
Waktu : 07.00 WIB – selesai
Tempat : Hutan Taman Kota Kampung Sawah,
Jl. S.Parman, Kebon Jeruk, Jakarta Barat.

Untuk daftar langsung:
http://www.cleanup.or.id/index.php?...n&task=register

Silahkan bila ada pertanyaan bisa langsung disini atau bisa join di milis kami dengan mengirimkan email kosong:
indonesiabersih-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Info di website:
http://www.cleanup.or.id

cOcO_cHaneL

September 3rd, 2005, 08:36 AM

pitty im not gonna b in indo yet during that time..

macgyver

September 3rd, 2005, 08:55 AM

Blue_Sky

September 18th, 2005, 04:36 PM

Kebun Binatang Ragunan ditutup Mulai senin besok

Jakarta - kebun Binatang Ragunan (KBR),Jakarta selatan,akan ditutup selama 21 hari.Sebab,di Taman Margasatwa jakarta itu ditemukan 19 unggas positif terserang virus Flu Burung.

http://jkt.detiknews.com/indexfr.ph...3813/idkanal/10
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Ara

September 18th, 2005, 05:54 PM

yes to a greener jakarta!!!

tata

September 22nd, 2005, 03:07 PM

Jakarta to build new jail

Jakarta Akan Bangun Penjara Baru
Kamis, 22 September 2005 | 12:56 WIB

TEMPO Interaktif, Jakarta: Gubernur DKI Sutiyoso bersedia memenuhi permintaan Menteri Hukum dan HAM Hamid Awaluddin agar membantu membangun penjara untuk warga DKI. Hamid, Kamis (22/9) pagi, berkunjung ke Balai Kota.

Menurutnya, penjara-penjara di Jakarta sudah kelebihan penghuni. Misalnya rumah tahanan wanita Pondok Bambu, lembaga permasyarakatam Cipinang, dan rumah tahanan Salemba.

Untuk rumah tahanan Salemba yang memiliki kapasitas 700 orang ternyata telah dihuni 4.200 narapidana. ?Kami mengambil tindakan darurat dengan membantu membangun gedung,? ujar Sutiyoso seusai bertemu Hamid.

Sutiyoso menambahkan, Menteri Hukum telah menawarkan sebidang tanah seluas 10 hektare yang merupakan aset Departemen Hukum di Tangerang. ?Tahun ini direncanakan tapi baru mulai dibangun tahun depan,? katanya. Badriah

tata

October 26th, 2005, 10:01 PM

Jakarta to turn waste into electricity
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dari: www.gatra.com

Jakarta akan Ubah Sampah Jadi Energi Listrik

Jakarta, 26 Oktober 2005 15:22
Pemda DKI akan bangun empat instalasi pengolah sampah, guna meringankan beban TPA Bantar Gebang, Bekasi, yang kini menerima 6.000 ton sampah per hari.

"TPA Bantar Gebang akan kita kurangi bebannya dengan cara membangun instalasi tempat pengolahan sampah terpadu (TPST) tingkat kota. Pembangunannya secara berjenjang, mungkin memakan waktu 10 tahun hingga terbangun semuanya," kata Kepala Dinas Kebersihan Rama Budi di Balaikota, Jakarta, Rabu.

Instalasi tersebut akan dibangun di Jakarta Selatan, Jakarta Utara, Jakarta Barat, dan Jakarta Timur namun tidak akan dibangun di Jakarta Pusat karena keterbatasan lahan.

Rama mengingatkan instalasi tingkat kotamadya tersebut tidak akan menggantikan TPA Bantar Gebang, tetapi hanya meringankan beban karena semakin lama kapasitas TPA Bantar Gebang akan makin menurun.

Konsep yang akan dibangun untuk instalasi tingkat kota tersebut adalah waste to energy di mana sampah yang datang langsung diolah menjadi energi listrik.

"Jadi tidak akan mengganggu lingkungan karena sampah datang dalam truk kontainer tertutup, langsung diolah sehingga tidak sempat ada tumpukan sampah," kata Rama Budi.

Pengolahan sampah dengan teknologi tinggi tersebut menyebabkan lahan yang diperlukan relatif tidak luas, hanya lima hektar hingga 10 hektar untuk tiap instalasi dengan kapasitas olah masing-masing sekitar 1000 ton perhari.

Teknologi waste to energy yang akan digunakan terdiri dari berbagai jenis seperti efficient incenerasi, bio gasifikasi dan ETAD.

"Kita tidak akan gunakan satu teknologi saja, soalnya kalau gagal, bisa payah," katanya.

Tempat pengolahan sampah tingkat kotamadya tersebut akan mempersingkat pengangkutan sampah dari sumber hingga hanya sekitar 10 km.

"Bandingkan dengan TPA Bantar Gebang, perjalanan sampah ke sana jaraknya 50 km," katanya.

Rama Budi mengemukakan selama ini ada 153 proposal swasta yang ingin bekerjasama dengan Pemprov untuk menangani sampah ibukota, namun tim yang melakukan penilaian hanya menemukan tiga investor serius.

"Mereka benar-benar serius, jadi tidak mundur-maju lagi. mereka akan bangun pembangkit listrik tenaga sampah, jadi nanti pengolahan sampah bukan sekedar incenerator," katanya.

Dinas Kebersihan mensyaratkan calon investor harus sudah berpengalaman mengelola sampah dan dibuktikan dengan instalasi sampah yang sudah mereka bangun.

"Prosedurnya, setelah kita lakukan penelitian, akan ditindaklanjuti dengan MoU, kemudian dilakukan `feasibility studies`. Teknologi yang ditawarkan berasal dari Belgia, Amerika Serikat dan Singapura. Instalasinya sudah dibangun di China dan Singapura, nanti kami akan tinjau langsung ke sana," kata Rama Budi.

Pembangunan instalasi pengolahan tersebut sepenuhnya dibiayai swasta sehingga tidak membebani APBD.

"Tapi setiap ton sampah yang kita kirim ke sana akan kena `tipping fee` karena biaya pengolahan sampah itu tidak dapat ditutupi dari listrik yang mereka jual," kata Rama Budi.

Tipping fee adalah biaya pengolahan sampah per ton dan saat ini harganya Rp53 ribu di TPA Bantar Gebang.

Mengenai TPST Bojong maupun TPST Cikelor, Rama mengemukakan instalasi tersebut diperlukan jika konsep "Jakarta Megapolitan" dijalankan.

"Bisa saja Cikelor dipakai untuk tingkat regional, Departemen PU kan ada konsep penanganan sampah secara regional. Kalau konsep Jakarta Megapolitan dijalankan, kan produksi sampah akan jauh di atas kondisi sekarang yang enam ribu ton," katanya. [TMA, Ant]

XxRyoChanxX

October 27th, 2005, 02:14 AM

wow waste to electricity? ...

tata

November 2nd, 2005, 11:13 PM

from www.TheJakartaPost.com

Menteng park development to cost Rp 55.5b

Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta

The City Parks Agency revealed Tuesday that the administration was set to convert the historic stadium of city soccer team Persija into a community park, for an estimated cost of Rp 55.5 billion.

"The development of the park is slated to start early next year and it will be completed by the end of 2006," agency head Sarwo Handhayani told reporters at City Hall.

Handhayani said the park would be equipped with three futsal fields, 12 badminton courts, six basketball courts, a jogging track and skating space.

"There will be a playground for children and a plaza for visitors to hold various indoor activities, like aerobics, even yoga," she said.

The entire area of the park will be able to accommodate a total of 1,200 visitors.

The park will also have a basement with parking space for at least 200 cars.

Governor Sutiyoso said the conversion of the poorly managed historic park into a community park was meant to cater for residents' need for space to conduct community activities.

"The conversion is for the greater interest of residents. We won't convert the park for use as commercial premises," he asserted.

The planned parking area that would take up space in the park, he said, was necessary to reduce chronic traffic congestion in the area.

"When the parking lot is operational, we will restrict on-street parking in the area," he said.

Traffic congestion is common in the area around the stadium with many building tenants and visitors parking on the streets. Parked vehicles on Jl. HOS Cokroaminoto often occupy two of the street's three lanes.

Notwithstanding Sutiyoso's statement that the stadium would not be turned over to commercial interests, however, the proposal outlined by the parks agency allocates space for cafes, restaurants and street vendors.

The planned conversion has been criticized by many people who assume a hidden agenda on the part of the administration to develop the area for commercial purposes, in addition objections from heritage lovers.

The stadium was one of the country's first modern city parks and was designed by architect P.A.J Moojen during Dutch colonial period in 1910.

A gubernatorial decree on the preservation of heritage buildings and historic sites classified the stadium, originally called by the Dutch name Voetbalbond Indische Omstreken, or Viosveld, as an historic site.

Since 1961, the stadium has become the home training ground for the Persija soccer club.

The administration said that it would provide a new home training ground for the soccer team in Lebak Bulus, South Jakarta in exchange for the Menteng stadium.

In addition to the Menteng park, the parks agency is currently finalizing the construction of the Prince Diponegoro fountain and statue on Jl. Diponegoro, Central Jakarta, and the shifting of the Kartini statue from Jl. Diponegoro to the National Monument Park (Monas).

sanhen

November 3rd, 2005, 03:27 AM

Hmmm I hope there will be some sort of security control in the new park area. If not, we will see what happened to monas before. Prostitution, drug dealings, crime etc.

firmanhadi

November 3rd, 2005, 04:11 AM

Jakarta to turn waste into electricity This is great if it works. Garbage is one "commodity" that we're never short of! :D

sanhen

November 3rd, 2005, 05:25 AM

This is great if it works. Garbage is one "commodity" that we're never short of! :D

Actually garbage is a HUGE business. There are companies that works in exporting and importing garbage. There are also companies that do salvaging, looking for 'good' gargabe to sell 'as new' stuff (not milk, for sure hehehe). Not to mention recycling company.

Blue_Sky

November 3rd, 2005, 10:56 AM

This is great if it works. Garbage is one "commodity" that we're never short of! :D
Yes it can...
but it will produce a heavy pollution also
evan worse than coal

if you dont believe just play sim city :tongue2:

cOcO_cHaneL

November 4th, 2005, 07:38 AM

^^ yeah simcity gives me quite a lot of knowledge too :D

woww for community park!

bahar

November 4th, 2005, 09:56 AM

hahaha.. in Sim City, Incinerator does produce polution. But I think the amount of pollution/electricity generated is better than coal.

cOcO_cHaneL

November 4th, 2005, 06:52 PM

i reckon simcity is a hard game to play heheheheh or maybe im just too stooopiddoo. playin hard to get hey hehe

Blue_Sky

November 9th, 2005, 08:14 PM

Jakarta to make unskilled migrants feel unwelcome

Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

The Jakarta administration will launch what it says will be a major dragnet to net unskilled migrants starting mid-November.

"We will launch massive raids against the migrants starting 11 days after Idul Fitri at locations across the city that we believe are popular places for migrants to stay while they are looking for jobs," said the director of the Jakarta Population and Civil Registration Agency, Abdul Kadir, Tuesday.

Previously, Governor Sutiyoso stated that the administration would start screening unskilled migrants entering the capital by bus and train three days after the Idul Fitri holiday, which was normally the peak time for the reverse exodus.

Kadir argued that a period of 11 days would give his agency enough time to prepare the raids.

"In addition, after 11 days, those who are looking for jobs will still be in the city, while vacationers who have come to spend their holidays in the city ... will have left Jakarta by that time," he said.

During the house-to-house raids, mainly targeting rented homes and boarding houses, a combined force of personnel from the population agency, public order agency, the military, the prosecution service, the police and district court judges, would be deployed. Summary on-the-scene trials would also be held to process migrants who fell foul of the population control regulations.

According to Bylaw No. 4/2004 on population control and civil registration, new migrants must report to the population control agency 14 days at the latest after their arrival in the city. The bylaw requires a new migrant aged 17 or above, or who is already married, to obtain a visitor's identity card (KIP). They are also required to show documents certifying that they have permanent jobs and permanent abodes in Jakarta.

Migrants who violate the bylaw are subject to a maximum sentence of three months in prison, or a Rp 5 million fine. But in reality, the authorities usually only require them to pay fines ranging from between Rp 25,000 and Rp 50,000.

Some areas, like Jati Pulo in West Jakarta, Kelapa Gading Barat in North Jakarta, Cipinang Melayu in East Jakarta and Kalibata in South Jakarta are popular destinations for migrants as they are close to office and industrial complexes.

Sutiyoso said that the annual influx of migrants would be repeated this year, pointing out that Jakarta continued to be a magnet for unskilled migrants amid slow economic growth in other parts of the country.

"Worse still, the impact of the fuel price hikes recently have dealt a severe blow to less developed regions. So, we are actually expecting more migrants this year," he said.

With 70 percent of the country's money supply circulating in Jakarta, the city has to cope with an influx of between 200,000 and 250,000 migrants annually.

"Jakarta is on the brink of an overpopulation crisis," he warned.

Sutiyoso has repeatedly blamed the migrants for causing a host of urban problems, like worsening housing quality, rising unemployment and even flooding.

I-Box

Number of people enter and leave the capital

Year Exodus Influx Difference

2002 2,643,273 2,874,801 231,528

2003 2,816,384 3,021,214 204,830

2004 2,213,812 2,404,168 190,356

2005* 2,500,000 200,000-250,000

*estimated

Source: City Population and Civil Registration Agency

sanhen

November 10th, 2005, 01:19 AM

Make Jakarta a closed city I say, with borders and custom house etc.

havoxx

November 10th, 2005, 04:56 AM

Make Jakarta a closed city I say, with borders and custom house etc.

Doesn't sound feasible...Although I must admit it would contribute such a drastic changes to our ever increasing population...Darn!!! If only it'd been the 18th or 19th century...LOL!

:jk:

firmanhadi

November 10th, 2005, 06:39 AM

Jakarta to make unskilled migrants feel unwelcome

Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

The Jakarta administration will launch what it says will be a major dragnet to net unskilled migrants starting mid-November...
Yeah right, this ain't gonna work. Build more roads and infrastructure outside Jakarta, and they wouldn't have to do this.

XxRyoChanxX

November 10th, 2005, 07:01 AM

yeah

Blue_Sky

November 16th, 2005, 11:34 AM

Jakarta still seen as land opportunity

Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

This is the second in a series of articles on the city administration's treatment of unskilled migrants who come to Jakarta in search of work.

Gazing up at the buildings along Jl. Sudirman in Central Jakarta, Warno, 25, allowed himself to dream that someday he would work in one of those imposing structures.

"I came here to find a job and I hope that I do find work," said Warno, who graduated from the School of letters at Diponegoro University in Semarang, Central Java, in 2003.

Since arriving in Jakarta three days after Idul Fitri, Warno has lived with his older brother, who is a security guard at a factory in East Jakarta.

Warno, who is looking for work as a tour guide, freelance teacher or salesman, is counting on his English language skills to give him an advantage over the competition for jobs.

"I believe if you have the determination and do not give up, you can succeed here in Jakarta. I have heard too many success stories to not believe that. Besides, there is now work back home," said Warno, who tried in vain to find a decent job in Semarang after graduating from college.

Warno said he was prepared to work in a little restaurant owned by a friend in Jakarta until he was able to find a job in his field.

"Working in a small restaurant or selling meatballs from a cart in Jakarta, I would make more money than working as an office clerk back in my hometown," he said.

Warno is one of the thousands of migrants who came to Jakarta after Idul Fitri. City officials say some 180,000 people migrated to Jakarta after the Idul Fitri holiday, down from about 190,000 last year.

While not necessarily true that migrants can earn much more money in Jakarta than in their hometowns, many people from outside the capital still harbor the belief that Jakarta is the key to a better life.

A regional autonomy expert at the University of Indonesia, Smita Notosusanto, said many people still believed they could find wealth and a good life in Jakarta.

"They have the misperception that they can have a better life in Jakarta. They hear from people and see on TV shows how easy it is to make money and how good life is in Jakarta," she told the Post.

The fact is, Smita said, millions of Jakarta residents are unemployed, underemployed or working in the informal sector with no benefits.

She said the emergence in the capital of diseases like bird flu, dengue fever and malnutrition indicated the city could not cope with any more residents.

From a population of about 10 million, only around 3.5 million, or 35 percent, are employed in the formal sector.

Meanwhile, Jababeka industrial estate general manager Agus H. Canny said many migrants from outside Greater Jakarta were hired by the 1,115 companies in the industrial estate.

"The 1,115 companies employ about 250,000 workers. I think the majority of workers come from outside Greater Jakarta," he said.

Smita said the continued influx of migrants also showed that many regions were failing to create jobs for residents.

"Education is getting better but graduates are not qualified for the jobs that are available. Regions have to change the curriculums to suit their needs.

"Since regional autonomy, several regions have been successful in terms of development. Other regions must learn from them," she said.

Blue_Sky

November 16th, 2005, 11:35 AM

Fewer migrants enter city after holiday

Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

With the city doing everything it can to make unskilled migrants feel unwelcome, the number of migrants arriving in Jakarta following the Idul Fitri has continued to decline for the last four years.

City Population and Civil Registration Agency head Chair Abdul Kadir said about 180,000 migrants had entered the city as of two weeks after Idul Fitri, the peak of the annual post-holiday influx of migrants. At the same time last year the number of migrants arriving in Jakarta was 190,000.

These figure are obtained from the difference in the number of people who leave town prior to Idul Fitri and the number of people who return to Jakarta after the holiday.

Though the administration claims these numbers are official, many critics question the data, asking, for example, how authorities determine whether the people arriving in Jakarta after the holiday are job-seeking migrants or simply temporary visitors to the city.

Governor Sutiyoso has repeatedly called on residents returning to their hometowns for Idul Fitri not to bring back relatives or friends when they return to the already-crowded capital.

The governor has blamed the migrants for many of the city's urban headaches, including housing shortages, unemployment and flooding.

Though fewer migrants have entered the city looking for work, the administration has said it will go ahead with house-to-house raids targeting migrants who cannot produce documents showing they have a permanent job and residence.

The operation will be launched on Nov. 24 and Nov. 25.

"Every municipality will deploy 60 officers from different institutions, including the immigration office, public order agency, military, prosecutor's office, police and district court judges," Kadir said.

Rented homes and rooms will be among the targets of the operation, particularly in areas like Jati Pulo in West Jakarta, Kelapa Gading Barat in North Jakarta, Cipinang Melayu in East Jakarta and Kalibata in South Jakarta, which are known for large migrant populations because of their proximity to office and industrial complexes.

People rounded up during the operation will be tried immediately at the scene for violating the population regulation.

Bylaw No. 4/2004 on population and civil registration requires new migrants to register with the population agency no later than 14 days after their arrival in the city. The same bylaw also stipulates that new migrants who are above the age of 17, or who are already married, must obtain a visitor's identity card (KIP). They are also required to show documents certifying that they have permanent employment and a permanent residence in the city.

Those who violate the bylaw face a maximum sentence of three months in prison or a Rp 5 million fine. In reality, however, violators are generally fined between Rp 25,000 and Rp 50,000.

Sutiyoso has also instructed mayors in the five municipalities in the capital to use the operation to target terrorist suspects.

Number of people leaving and entering the capital around Idul Fitri

Year Exodus Influx Difference

2002 2,643,273 2,874,801 231,528

2003 2,816,384 3,021,214 204,830

2004 2,213,812 2,404,168 190,356

2005 2,200,000 2,380,000 180,000

Source: City Population and Civil Registration Agency

Blue_Sky

November 18th, 2005, 06:00 PM

Polda Metro Jaya mengeluarkan peraturan tentang kewajiban lapor 1x 24 jam bagi tamu atau pendatang di wilayah hukum Polda Metro Jaya.

Ketentuan itu dituangkan dalam peraturan Polda Metro Jaya Nomor 01 Tahun 2005, yang disebarkan Polda Metro Jaya ke seluruh Jajaran Polda dan perangkat pemerintahan di DKI Jakarta.

“Peraturan ini sifatnya mempertegas peraturan yang sebelumnya memang telah diberlakukan,” kata Kepala Bidang Humas Polda Metro Jaya, Kombes I Ketut Untung Yoga Ana, Kamis (17/11).

Peraturan itu antara lain merujuk pasal 515 jo 516 Undang Undang Nomor 1 tahun 1964 yang mengancam 6 hari kurungan bagi dalam tempo 14 hari tamu tak melapor.

Dikeluarkanya peraturan ini, lanjut dia, karena peraturan serupa yang dikeluarkan Pemda banayak diabaikan masyarakat. Terbukti dengan bisa bercokolnya orang asing atau buronan bom di sejumlah tempat tanpa termonitor oleh otoritas setempat.

Menurut Ketut kasus bercokolnya kawanan teroris pimpinan Azahari di jalan Flamboyan, Batu, Malang tanpa diketahui warga sekitar menjadi pelajaran berharga. Apalagi sebelumnya diperoleh informasi rencana kelompok ini akan melakukan serangkaian pengeboman di wilayah Jakarta menjelang perayanaan natal mendatang.

“Kami tak ingin kecolongan seperti kejadian sebelumnya,” ujarnya.

Dalam peraturan tersebut setiap pendatang juga tamu yang menetap sementara di wilayah hukum Polda Metro Jaya wajib melaporkan keberadaannya kepada pejabat di lingkungan setempat seperti Ketua RT, Ketua RW atau pejabat berwenang. Waktu yang ditentukan selambat-lambatnya 1 kali 24 jam.

Demikian juga dengan penyedia tempat diwajibkan untuk mencatat biodata dan melaporkan kedatangan pendatang atau tamu yang tinggal sementara, ditempat usahanya atau rumahnya kepada Ketua RT atau RW dalam waktu 1 kali 24 jam sejak kedatangannya.

Para tamu dan penyedia tempat bermalam akan dikenakan sanksi bila sampai 14 hari tidak melaksanakan kewajiban tersebut.
http://www.tempointeraktif.com/hg/jakarta/2005/11/17/brk,20051117-69340,id.html

Blue_Sky

February 3rd, 2006, 06:06 AM

Gubernur DKI Jakarta Sutiyoso direncanakan akan mengikuti rapat dengar pendapat (RDP) dengan DPR RI, Kamis (2/2). Salah satu agenda rapat dengan Panitia Khusus besok, yaitu membahas revisi Undang-undang No 34/1999 tentang Ibu Kota negara.

Kepala Biro Humas dan Protokol DKI Jakarta, Catur Laswanto, Rabu (1/2), menjelaskan selain masalah revisi Undang-undang tersebut, rapat tersebut juga akan membicarakan masalah usulan penerapan konsep megapolitan untuk kawasan Jabodetabekpunjur (Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi, Puncak, dan Cianjur).

Catur menolak berkomentar ketika ditanya mengenai usulan yang akan disampaikan Pemprov DKI seputar konsep megapolitan tersebut. “Saya belum bisa bicara banyak soal usulan yang akan kita sampaikan karena materinya sedang disiapkan,” jelasnya.

Namun, yang terpenting, lanjut Catur, adalah adanya kesamaan persepsi antara Jakarta dan daerah penyangga itu. "Sedangkan, mengenai teknisnya akan dibicarakan bersama sehingga saling menguntungkan,” ungkapnya.

Sementara itu, Gubernur Sutiyoso sebelumnya mengatakan konsep megapolitan tidak akan mencaplok daerah-daerah di luar wilayah Jakarta yang termasuk dalam cakupan kawasan Megapolitan. "Fungsi pemerintahan mereka tetap. Megapolitan bukan penggabungan atau kasarnya pencaplokan. Setiap daerah punya interes dan kebijakan sendiri," ujarnya.

Daerah-daerah penyangga yang termasuk dalam konsep megapolitan, seperti Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi, Puncak, dan Cianjur hanya akan disatukan dalam manajemen satu ruang. "Konsep ini harus membawa keuntungan bagi masing-masing daerah,” jelasnya.

Karena itu, kata Sutiyoso, diperlukan seorang pejabat setingkat menteri yang bertanggung jawab mengkoordinir Jakarta dan daerah sekitarnya tersebut. "Bisa saja Gubernur Jakarta sebagai ex-officio penanggung jawab. Jadi jelas siapa yang bertanggung jawab," ujar Sutiyoso.

Selama ini, lanjut Sutiyoso, sudah ada forum komunikasi Cuma implementasinya di lapangan belum berjalan maksimal.
Mantan Pangdam Jaya itu mengatakan, pentingnya seorang pejabat setingkat menteri itu karena banyak masalah di ibu kota yang berkaitan dengan daerah penyangga di sekitarnya.

Dengan adanya koordinasi yang jelas, lanjut Sutiyoso, diharapkan hubungan antara Jakarta dengan daerah penyangganya menjadi lebih baik. "Jadi perlu diatur juga soal tata ruang, soal kemacetan, sampah, dan banjir. Bayangkan saja setiap hari 600 ribu kendaraan masuk ke Jakarta," ungkap pria yang juga menjadi Pembina Persija Jakarta itu.

Dia menjelaskan perlunya sinkronisasi antara kota yang terkait sehingga keuntungan maupun beban dapat dirasakan bersama. "Jadi perlu ada koordinasi di sini. Contohnya soal sampah, jadi jangan cuma dianggap daerah sekitar dapat sampah. Sampah bisa menjadi profit jika dikelola. Jakarta juga selalu dapat kiriman banjir dari selatan," ujarnya.

Blue_Sky

February 3rd, 2006, 06:07 AM

Jakarta - Perda Nomor 2 tahun 2005 yang berisi larangan merokok di tempat umum akan berlaku pada Sabtu (4/2/2006). Untuk menyambutnya, Pemprov DKI Jakarta menggelar apel siaga di halaman Balaikota DKI Jakarta, Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan, Jakarta, Jumat (3/2/2006).

Apel dipimpin oleh Gubernur DKI Jakarta Sutiyoso yang bertindak sebagai inspektur upacara. Perda yang mengatur pengendalian pencemaran udara itu juga berisi penerapan uji emisi bagi kendaraan bermotor yang beralamatkan di Jakarta.

Apel diikuti lebih dari 1.000 orang yang terdiri dari wakil-wakil penyuluh dan satuan tugas seluruh kecamatan di DKI Jakarta, bengkel pelaksana, teknisi pelaksana emisi dan pengujian kendaraan bermotor.

Apel ini juga dihadiri oleh pejabat DKI Jakarta, seperti Wagub DKI Fauzie Bowo, Kepala Badan Pengedalian Lingkungan Hidup Daerah (BPLHD) Kosasih Wirahadikusumah, Ketua DPRD DKI Jakarta Ade Surapriatna dan sejumlah artis.

Dalam sambutannya Sutiyoso menyatakan, apel ini merupakan wujud sosialisasi Pemrov DKI Jakarta dalam mengatasi dan mengendalikan pencemaran udara di Jakarta mengingat 70 persen pencemaran udara yang berasal dari kendaraan bermotor.

Dalam acara ini rencanaya akan dilakukan pengujian kendaraan bermotor milik Gubernur DKI Jakarta, Wakil Gubernur DKI Jakarta Fauzie Bowo, Ketua DPRD dan artis ibukota. Nantinya, juga akan dilepas satuan tugas yang mengawasi masyarakat yang merokok di kawasan larangan merokok di tempat umum. (mar)

F-ian

March 7th, 2006, 11:59 AM

East Jakarta to Have Korea Town in August

A 3.1-hectare Korea town is being developed in Pulo Mas, East Jakarta. The Korea town would mainly function as a business center to facilitate the country’s investment in Indonesia. The town will also become a tourist attraction due to the unique architecture of its buildings.
According to data from the trade center, the Korean population in Indonesia now amounts to 45,000, the largest in Southeast Asia after Malaysia, which has Korean population of 10,000.
Korean investment in Indonesia continued to increase. Currently, Indonesia is South Korea’s third-largest foreign investment destination after China and the United States, with total money reaching US$ 6.8 billion, employing around one million workers and generating annual exports worth S 6 billion.
He said that textiles, electronics, agribusiness, automotive, information technology and handicrafts would dominate business transactions in the Korea town

Zorobabel

March 26th, 2006, 02:40 AM

I've been thinking about trying to compile the population of Jakarta and the area within 40km of the city's border. I have a feeling it's going to be huge, perhaps around 35 million.

F-ian

March 26th, 2006, 04:48 AM

anyone to make the Jakarta Megalopolitan Concept Thread?

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March 11, 2006

Sutiyoso wins over West Java governor to megalopolitan plan

Rusman and Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Bekasi

A previously resistant West Java Governor Danny Setiawan changed his mind Friday and endorsed the ambitious megalopolitan concept proposed by Governor Sutiyoso after they met in Bekasi, West Java.

During the 15-minute closed-door meeting, Sutiyoso convinced his West Java counterpart that Jakarta would not take over the jurisdiction of the five other cities included in the plan.

"Sutiyoso himself says the megalopolitan will not be aimed at taking over the jurisdictional power of West Java, that is why we support it," he said after Friday prayers that were also attended by Sutiyoso and Bekasi Mayor Achmad Zurfaih.

Danny added the concept centered on city planning which would help improve the welfare of people living in Jakarta's neighboring cities.

The men's first meeting since Sutiyoso floated the megalopolitan idea early this year came at Achmad's invitation to attend the launching of Al Barkah mosque in conjunction with Bekasi municipality's 9th anniversary.

The West Java governor, as well as the Banten administration, previously expressed opposition to the megalopolitan concept if it undermined their jurisdiction.

Under the megalopolitan concept, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi and Cianjur would be incorporated with Jakarta in an administrative area called Jabodetabekjur.

Bogor, Depok, Bekasi and Cianjur are part of West Java province, while Tangerang is located in Banten province.

Sutiyoso, who presented Rp 100 million (about US$11,000) in cash to finance the mosque's development, took the opportunity to promote the concept to the hundreds of congregation members.

"The establishment of the megalopolitan is a natural process that has taken place in many countries such as Japan, the Philippines and the United States. It is purely aimed at city planning. It's only the media which has made it a controversial issue," he said.

Its formation would allow Jakarta to fund public projects in Bekasi, he said, including for schools and hospitals. He added his administration would also extend the development of the busway corridors to link Bekasi to Jakarta areas.

"I will also ask the monorail consortium to extend the project to reach Bekasi, so people working in Jakarta no longer need to spend hours traveling through heavy traffic," Sutiyoso said.

"You only need to visit the nearest station and you will arrive in Jakarta in less than one hour."

Separately, an expert said business concerns were at play in the megalopolitan concept, which was first proposed by then governor Ali Sadikin in the 1970s.

"Governor Danny is right to give his support only after Sutiyoso guaranteed he would not usurp his jurisdiction, but business interests are still the main deal behind all this," an urban planning expert from Parahyangan Catholic University, Asep Yusuf, said.

Asep, one of the experts invited to give his opinion to the Regional Representative Council in drafting the megalopolitan concept, said integrated city planning was a must for Jakarta and its supporting areas to solve their problems.

"That's why the West Java administration can't close its door to the city planning."

XxRyoChanxX

March 26th, 2006, 08:31 PM

wow I never knew there were that many koreans in Indoneisa..

sanhen

March 27th, 2006, 12:02 AM

^^ So do I.

tata

April 8th, 2006, 07:25 PM

sorry nih gue ga' tau mau taro dimana artikel ini. tapi menarik juga ternyata di US ada juga klompok2 yg menentang film ini

Wal-Mart tetap jual DVD film gay

LOS ANGELES: Wal-Mart Stores Inc, perusahaan ritel terbesar di dunia, maju terus dengan rencananya untuk menjual kopi DVD film bertema gay, Brokeback Mountain, meski mendapat protes dari sebuah kelompok advokasi Kristen.

Perhimpunan Keluarga Amerika, yang menyerukan boikot terhadap Ford Motor Co karena memasang iklan dalam penerbitan gay, baru-baru ini mulai menekan Wal-Mart agar menolak memasukkan film peraih Piala Oscar itu dalam 3.700 tokonya di AS.

Tupelo, kelompok yang berbasis di Mississippi, menuduh Wal-Mart-salah satu penjual DVD terbesar di AS-meninggalkan citra perusahaan itu yang 'bersahabat dengan keluarga' dengan menjual film tersebut, tentang dua koboi yang terlibat dalam skandal percintaan homoseksual.

Berbagai poster film Brokeback Mountain yang menampilkan bintang Jake Gylenhall dan Heath Ledger, dipasang secara mencolok di bagian depan toko-toko milk Wal-Mart untuk mempromosikan rilis DVD itu.

Dalam pernyataannya di situs web miliknya, kelompok itu mendesak umat Kristen yang prihatin agar memberitahukan kepada manajer Wal-Mart setempat bagaimana perasaan mereka, dan mereka merasa sedih atas keputusan mempromosikan dan menawarkan film homoseksual itu.

Gail Lavielle, juru bicara Wal-Mart, menepis tuduhan bahwa raksasa ritel tersebut mengusung agenda sosial tertentu.

"Satu hal yang kami pertimbangkan saat kami memutuskan untuk menjual sesuatu adalah, apakah ada permintaan atas barang itu di kalangan konsumen kami. Kami toko ritel. Kami ingin menjual sesuatu yang akan dibeli oleh konsumen," ujar Levielle.

Bukan film laris

Menurut Universal Studios Home Entertainment, bagian dari divisi media General Electric Co, penjualan film yang menyabet tiga Piala Oscar itu mencapai 1,4 juta keping DVD pada hari pertama di seluruh toko ritel, Senin.

Brokeback Mountain telah meraup pemasukan sebesar US$160 juta dari penjualan karcis di seluruh dunia, termasuk US$83 juta di AS sendiri. Namun, menurut standar Hollywood, film itu bukan termasuk film laris.

"Film itu bukan film laris, jadi jika Wal-Mart tak mengusung agenda tertentu, mengapa mereka bela-belain?" kata Randy Sharp, eksekutif Perhimpunan Keluarga Amerika, kepada Los Angeles Times.

Perhimpunan itu memiliki anggota 3 juta orang dan melancarkan boikot terhadap Ford bulan lalu, dengan menuduh Ford mengingkari janjinya untuk mencabut iklan mobil mewahnya, Jaguar, dan Land Rover, dari berbagai penerbitan gay.

Brokeback Mountain ternyata tidak hanya mendapat tekanan dari luar, tetapi juga dari dalam kalangannya sendiri, menyusul gugatan aktor Randy Quaid terhadap produser film tersebut.

Quaid menggugat produser film Brokeback Mountain pada awal Maret lalu untuk membayar kompensasi US$10 juta, dengan alasan produser telah menipu dirinya agar mau menerima honor rendah, dengan menyatakan film tersebut adalah film berbiaya murah.

Quaid, 55, memainkan peran pen-ting dalam film tersebut sebagai pemilik peternakan yang memergoki hubungan homoseksual antara dua koboi.

Aktor yang cukup disegani itu menyatakan Ang Lee, sutradara Brokeback Mountain, pada 2004 pernah mengemukakan kepadanya bahwa "Kami tak dapat membayar tinggi, kami memiliki uang yang amat sedikit, setiap orang berkorban dalam pembuatan film ini."

Gugatan itu tidak menyebutkan berapa Quaid dibayar, namun mengemukakan bahwa para tergugat melakukan 'movie laundering' yang dirancang untuk memperoleh layanan dari talenta seperti Randy Quaid agar mau menerima syarat yang tak menguntungkan untuk sebuah film, yang pada kenyataannya didukung oleh studio dan menggunakan teknik distribusi dan pamasaran yang umum.

Gugatan itu meminta ganti rugi sebesar US$10 juta serta kompensasi punitif (bersifat menghukum). Pihak penggugat juga meminta restitusi untuk keuntungan yang diperoleh dengan cara tidak semestinya.

Film-film Quaid sebelumnya antara lain Kingpin, Not Another Teen Movie, dan Independence Day.

Antara/Reuters

F-ian

April 9th, 2006, 06:55 AM

well thats Misc News. Not jakarta misc. News

tata

April 16th, 2006, 10:56 AM

Urban art:

Komunitas seni urban Indonesia memukau dunia

Akhir pekan lalu, sehari setelah masyarakat 'dikejutkan' kehadiran majalah Playboy Indonesia, dentum bas music techno, ratusan ribu unit sepatu olahraga-biasa disebut sneakers-terpampang berderet di dinding kawat menyambut anak-anak usia remaja Jakarta.

Malam itu rok mini, jins belel, pusar terbuka, punggung telanjang, rambut kribo, rambut mohawk, tindik dan tato lambang pemberontakan pada sistem akrab menyatu dengan model baju yang lebih santun seperti jilbab.

Pada ujung ruang Semanggi Expo tempat Sneaker Pimps Jakarta digelar, gemeretak roda skateboard menyatu dengan desis cat kaleng. Aroma asam keringat, semerbak harum parfum bercampur dengan kerasnya aerosol dan alkohol.

Padahal hobi menghias sepatu atau customized sebetulnya bukan hobi yang murah. Untuk membeli sneakers saja dibutuhkan duit Rp500.000 hingga Rp2 juta. Alokasi dana itu paling besar tentu untuk membeli sepatu.

Semakin langka sepatu, maka semakin besar duit yang dikeluarkan. Sebut saja sneakers langka seperti Nike Dunk, Adidas Super Star Limited Edition, Reebok G-Unit, dan Asics Tiger Onitsuka Mexico.

Tidak hanya remaja usia belasan dan dua puluhan yang hadir malam itu. Berjalan beriringan di samping sosok Metromini penguasa jalanan Ibu Kota yang dihiasi tempelan grafiti nampak beberapa selebritas dan pejabat.

"Pameran kayak gini keren banget. Untuk usia seperti saya. Rasanya gaya hidup sneakers masih masuk," ujar Tessa Kaunang yang memiliki tak kurang dari 20 pasang sneakers.

Tak jauh dari tempat dia berdiri, aktris dan foto model Devi Permatasari bersama Eksanti dan Sigi Wimala sedang menunjuk beberapa sneakers langka buatan Nike seperti Dunk dan Air Force One yang dicat warna-warni.

"Kalau aku pakai sneakers paling-paling untuk olahraga. Nah yang rajin pakai sepatu kayak gini ya suamiku [Candra Priatna]. Dia kan desainer," ujar Devi.

Sementara itu Dirjen Pajak Hadi Purnomo mengaku sejak muda memang sudah menjadi penggemar sneakers. Tak heran anak, istri hingga cucunya pun ketularan suka dengan sepatu ini.

Menurut dosen desain grafis Universitas Trisakti Yongky Saf, pameran seni urban atau seni jalanan ini sangat luar biasa, sebab selain mengedepankan pameran sepatu-sepatu langka juga menggabungkan antara grafiti, mural dan musik.

"Aura seninya luar biasa dan sangat inspiratif, terutama bagi orang yang bergerak di bidang seni desain. Orang-orang tua juga bisa belajar dari seni di luar seni kontemporer."

Bagaimana dengan street art yang diidentikkan dengan kejahatan vandalisme? Rasanya itu harus dipertanyakan, sebab salah satu bintang malam itu yaitu Futura 2000 justru berangkat dengan coretan-coretan ajakan mengagungkan Tuhan.

Namun, ada yang berbeda dibandingkan dengan gelaran tahun lalu yang bertajuk The Medium Rare Exhibition di Museum Nasional yang diselenggarakan komunitas pecinta sneakers Footurama dan komunitas grafiti Tembok Bomber tanpa dukungan pihak pabrikan sepatu.

Kali ini komunitas urban art itu mendapat dukungan dari pelopor tur pameran Sneaker Pimps, Peter Fahey. "Kami betul-betul kaget dengan respons publik Jakarta tahun lalu. Itu alasan mengapa Indonesia jadi salah satu pilihan di Asia Tenggara."

Jadi jangan heran jika kemudian selain Futura 2000 yang merupakan legenda seni urban New York hadir pula nama-nama besar di bidang ini seperti Ewok5MH (New York) dan SBTG (dari Singapura).

Nama-nama seniman jalanan ini memang terdengar aneh di telinga. Hal itu tak lain karena seni ini berangkat dari persaingan gang yang biasa membubuhkan nama inisial bagi keberadaan mereka.

Tetapi di balik nama-nama aneh tersebut tersimpan profil yang tidak sembarangan. Hasil karya Futura, misalnya, bisa dinikmati di beberapa album pemusik dunia, sementara Ewok adalah orang di balik pertunjukan anak-anak Lazy Town yang terkenal.

Sedangkan SBTG atau Mark Ong adalah pemenang kompetisi customized Niketalk. Hasil karya Ong bisa ditemukan di toko-toko terkenal di Jepang, Singapura dan Australia.

Dalam urusan ekonomi, salah satu jenis alas kaki ini adalah hal yang penting. Tentu masih kita ingat, gara-gara beberapa raksasa industri sepatu multinasional hengkang, ribuan buruh jadi pengangguran.

Jagoan ekspor

Pada 2001 nilai ekspor sepatu mencapai US$1,5 miliar, namun anjlok menjadi US$1,14 miliar pada tahun berikutnya. Dan perlahan membaik pada 2003 dengan perolehan nilai ekspor US$1,18 miliar.

Nilai itu terus meningkat menjadi US$1,32 miliar hingga pada 2005 ekspor sepatu telah mencapai US$1,5 miliar. Angka ini makin membesar jika menghitung penjualan di dalam negeri yang mencapai Rp 4,5 triliun.

Angin segar itu makin kencang setelah Uni Eropa meneken aturan antidumping pada China dan Vietnam. Hasilnya, prinsipal sepatu dunia yang sempat ogah ke Indonesia kini kembali masuk ke dalam negeri.

Menurut Mendag Mari E. Pangestu, saat ini telah masuk investasi baru dari Poong Won dan PT Spotec, vendor sepatu merek Adidas dari Korsel. Selain itu, Adidas juga sudah mengalihkan 24% kontrak produksi mereka dari China ke Indonesia.

Merek lain seperti Reebok, Nike, dan Puma juga kembali masuk ke Indonesia sejak Maret, sedangkan pemegang lisensi merek sepatu dari Italia, Lotto, juga sudah melipatgandakan kontrak produksi di Indonesia hingga 2010.

Untuk di Asia, Indonesia adalah negara pertama yang mendapat kesempatan menyelenggarakan kontes desain sepatu Nike. Jika desain tersebut menang, maka Nike New York akan memproduksi sepatu yang didesain itu. (algooth.putranto@bisnis.co.id)

Oleh Algooth Putranto
Wartawan Bisnis Indonesia

tata

May 14th, 2006, 11:48 AM

semoga aja jkt juga kaya gini

One Stop Service
Di Sragen Buat KTP Selesai Dua Menit

Sragen, 10 Mei 2006 17:06
Kepala Kantor Pelayanan Terpadu Pemkab Sragen M.Isnadi mengungkapkan, pembuatan kartu tanda penduduk (KTP) di wilayahnya hanya membutuhkan waktu dua menit, asal semua persyaratan dipenuhi.

"Dengan menggunakan pelayanan one stop service, pembuatan KTP bisa dilayani dalam waktu dua menit selesai, asalkan telah memiliki kartu keluarga dan ada surat pengantar dari lurah dan camat," kata Isnadi di Sragen, Rabu.

Menurut dia, pembuatan KTP untuk warga sudah mengacu standar nasional, ini dimaksudkan apabila sewaktu-waktu diberlakukan KTP secara nasional sudah tidak masalah lagi.

Pembuatan KTP dengan waktu dua menit di Sragen setiap hari mampu melayani sebanyak 100 orang.

"Silahkan dicek dan kalau masih tidak percaya tanyakan kepada warga yang sedang mencari KTP," ujarnya.

Salah seorang warga Jalan Hasanudin Nomor 15 Mojo Wetan, Sragen Dwi Setiyanto, yang sedang mencari akte kelahiran putranya juga membenarkan tentang pembuatan KTP di Sragen sangat cepat.

"Saya juga pernah mencari KTP di sini pelayanan sangat cepat dan pembayarannya semua dilakukan transparan tidak seperti dulu lagi," kata Dwi Setiyanto.

Kantor Pelayanan Terpadu Pemerintah Kabupaten Sragen dioperasikan mulai Oktober 2002 yang waktu itu hanya melayani 15 jenis perijinan, tetapi sekarang telah berkembang menjadi 62 jenis, dengan melibatkan pekerja total 36 orang.

Ke-62 jenis pelayanan itu meliputi perizinan sebanyak 52 jenis, diantaranya izin prinsip, lokasi, IMB, ganguan dan tempat usaha (HO/ITU), SIUP, izin usaha industri , dengan waktu satu hari sampai 12 hari bisa selesai.

Sementara itu, mengenai pelayanan non perizinan ada sepuluh jenis, meliputi pembuatan kartu keluarga (KK), KTP, akte kelahiran, akte kematian, akte pengangkatan anak, akte pengakuan dan pengasuhan anak (khusus WNI keturunan), akte perubahan, akte perkawinan, akte perceraian dan pelayanan informasi dan pengaduan.

"Semua layanan disini kami jamin bisa selesai tepat waktu dan tidak akan ada pungli, karena semuanya dilakukan secara transparan," tambahnya. [TMA, Ant]

paradyto

May 14th, 2006, 12:16 PM

sanhen

May 14th, 2006, 06:12 PM

Btw gua baru denger kalo di indo korean ada sebanyak geto.. is there any expat statistic @ indo that i can access?

XxRyoChanxX

May 14th, 2006, 08:57 PM

huhuhu I have a fetish for korean ..and their culture..everything...

Korean BBQ is gooddd

Alvin

May 16th, 2006, 04:45 AM

pretty girls protesting against corruption in state-owned electricity company PLN yesterday in Jakarta. ;)
http://www.kompas.com/koleksifoto/0605//big6051502.jpg
http://www.kompas.com/koleksifoto/0605//big6051503.jpg
http://www.kompas.com/koleksifoto/0605//big6051504.jpg

XxRyoChanxX

May 16th, 2006, 09:30 AM

they look like they're not serious for some reason

tata

May 16th, 2006, 07:16 PM

dancing police woman: http://www.liputan6.com/view/6,122948,1,0,1147795865.html

us_lukman

May 17th, 2006, 08:51 AM

Laut identik dengan wisata pantai nan romantis. Mendayung perahu, berenang, dan sekadar bersantai menikmati angin laut. Juga ikan-ikan yang gurih dan bergizi. Tapi jangan harap semua itu bisa didapati di perairan Teluk Jakarta, keadaannya jungkir balik 180 derajat. Teluk yang membentang dari Pantai Kamal di ujung barat Jakarta hingga Marunda di sebelah timur ini sangat kumuh. Air lautnya tak lagi biru jernih, yang ada hijau keruh, bahkan nyaris hitam dengan bau menyengat. Penuh sampah pula.

Ternyata, data resmi Badan Pengelolaan Lingkungan Hidup Jakarta menyebutkan perairan Teluk Jakarta sebenarnya sudah tak layak lagi untuk wisata bahari dan kehidupan biota laut. Alasannya, Teluk Jakarta tercemar; kandungan nitrat, amoniak, dan phosfat sudah melebihi ambang batas. Bahkan pencemaran sudah mencapai Kepulauan Seribu.

Sejauh mana sebenarnya pencemaran yang terjadi di Teluk Jakarta? Sangat Serius. Tim Sigi SCTV mendapat informasi setidaknya tiga kali dalam setahun terjadi kematian massal ikan dan berbagai jenis kerang akibat konsentrat limbah yang melebihi ambang batas. Yang terhebat terjadi pada 2004, ratusan ribu bahkan mungkin jutaan ikan mati.

Penyebabnya, Laut Jakarta telah menjadi tong sampah raksasa bagi limbah organik dan logam beracun. Sedikitnya 1,3 juta meter kubik limbah cair baik rumah tangga maupun industri setiap hari digelontorkan ke laut. Itu belum termasuk beban 500 ribu ton sampah per tahun yang menjadi polutan beracun perairan Teluk Jakarta. Tak heran jika kandungan timah hitamnya mencapai 8,43 ppm atau jauh lebih tinggi dari standar aman yakni 0,4 ppm. Begitu juga kadar logam berat macam cadmium.

Lantas dari mana datangnya limbah? Usut punya usut, 13 sungai besar yang bermuara ke Teluk Jakarta mulai dari Sungai Kamal hingga Cakung memiliki andil. Sepanjang pengamatan Tim Sigi, sungai-sungai itu sangat memprihatinkan. Mereka menjadi saluran limbah gratis bagi sekitar 20 juta warga Jakarta, Bogor, Tangerang, dan Bekasi. Ditambah pula sekitar 1.600 perusahaan yang juga menggelontorkan limbah cairnya ke sungai.

Tengok saja cairan yang keluar dari sebuah hotel mewah di kawasan Senayan yang tampak berbusa. Demikian pula limbah cair dari sentra pabrik jins dan loundry di Kampung Sukabumi Selatan, Jakarta Barat yang menjadi sorotan pemerintah Jakarta saat ini. Limbah-limbah seperti inilah yang akhirnya masuk ke sungai besar dan bermuara di Teluk Jakarta.

Kondisi Sungai Cideng juga sangat memprihatinkan. Sungai yang membelah perkampungan padat penduduk ini berwarna hitam pekat dengan bau yang tidak sedap. Ahli pengolah limbah menyebutnya mendekati unaerobik yang artinya kondisi oksigen kurang dan tercemar berbagai limbah organik dalam konsentrasi yang sangat tinggi.

Sejauhmana sebenarnya sungai-sungai Jakarta tercemar limbah? Tim Sigi menelusurinya dengan beberapa metode. Pertama, dilakukan penelitian langsung bersama tiga peneliti lingkungan dan ahli limbah dari Badan Pengkajian dan Penerapan Teknologi (BPPT). Hasilnya, kandungan oksigen sangat rendah. Sungai Cakung yang menjadi aliran limbah industri di sekitar Pulogadung misalnya, kandungan oksigennya mendekati nol. Padahal, standar minimal mencapai enam miligram per liter.

Metode kedua adalah dengan mengamati buih dan fisik air. Di stasiun pompa air waduk Pluit yang bermuara ke Teluk Jakarta misalnya, airnya terlihat hitam pekat dan muncul banyak buih saat pompa air dinyalakan. Menurut Nusa Idaman, ahli limbah BPPT, busa-busa ini menandakan banyaknya polutan yang terlarut dalam air. Kandungan itu bisa berupa detergen dari rumah tangga maupun polutan limbah kimia lain.

Kepala BPLH DKI Jakarta Kosasih Wirahadikusumah membenarkan pencemaran air sungai di Jakarta terus meningkat dari tahun ke tahun. Hanya tersisa lima persen sungai yang tercemar ringan. Peraturan yang melarang membuang limbah ke sungai sebenarnya sudah cukup. Sepanjang 2005, setidaknya 500 perusahaan ditegur karena membuang limbah ke sungai. Tujuhbelas lainnya diproses secara hukum karena membuang limbahnya secara ngawur.

Tak hanya biota laut yang terimbas pencemaran. Para nelayan dan peternak kerang hijau ikut meradang. Daeng Ismail, satu dari 22 ribu peternak kerang hijau di Teluk Jakarta misalnya, kini menjerit akibat kondisi perairan yang terus memburuk. Pria asal Bugis terus menambah modal usaha karena terpaksa memindahkan bagan ternaknya ke tengah laut. Namun, hasil yang didapat tetap tak memuaskan. Hasil panen terus menukik dari tahun ke tahun. Para nelayan yang dijumpai pun punya jeritan hati serupa dengan Ismail. Ikan-ikan susah didapat.

Pengamatan Tim Sigi sepanjang dua pekan terakhir memang mendapati air di Teluk Jakarta sangat mengkhawatirkan. Bahkan saat tak turun hujan, air laut menjadi hijau kehitam-hitaman hingga pada jarak sekitar lima kilometer dari bibir pantai. Kondisi yang tak lagi sehat untuk budi daya kerang dan ikan.

Dari sini timbul pertanyaan. Masih amankah hasil laut Teluk Jakarta dikonsumsi?. Inilah yang masih diperdebatkan. Pakar Ekologi Kelautan Institut Pertanian Bogor Ario Damar menyebut kerang dari Teluk Jakarta sebaiknya tak dikonsumsi. Sebagian lainnya menyebut hasil laut Teluk Jakarta masih layak.

Untuk membuktikan hal itu, Tim Sigi mengambil sampel kerang dari Teluk Jakarta dan mengujikannya ke Laboratorium Uji Mutu Departeman Perikanan dan Kelautan DKI Jakarta. Hasilnya, memang ditemukan logam berat macam merkuri, cadmium, dan plumbum atau timah hitam. Namun kadarnya masih dalam batas aman untuk dikonsumsi manusia.

Kondisi itu jelas bertolak belakang dengan hasil uji di laboratorium yang sama pada 2005. Saat itu, sejumlah ikan dan kerang-kerangan ditemukan mengandung logam berat yang melebihi batas aman. Kerang hijau misalnya, ditemukan mengandung timah hitam 8,43 ppm jauh di atas batas aman yakni 0,4 ppm. Begitu pula kadar cadmiumnya yang mencapai lebih dari 10 kali lipat batas aman.

Yang paling mengagetkan adalah jenis ikan cukang karena didapati mengandung timah hitam sebanyak 23 ppm pada insang, merkuri sebesar 6,72 ppm, dan Crom sebanyak 33 ppm. Sekadar perbandingan, tragedi Minamata di Jepang terjadi karena kadar merkuri pada ikan mencapai 10 ppm.

Tak hanya itu, BPLH Jakarta menyebut mutu perairan Teluk Jakarta terutama di perairan Ancol dan sekitarnya juga mengandung senyawa kimia seperti nitrat, amonik, dan phosfat dalam jumlah yang tinggi. Jika sudah begini, masalah kembali terpulang kepada ketegasan pemerintah dan kesadaran warga. Jika sikap tak berubah sudah tentu Teluk Jakarta akan kian tercemar hingga suatu saat tak ada lagi wisata laut atau lezatnya ikan. Teluk Jakarta bukanlah tong sampah raksasa.

F-ian

May 19th, 2006, 06:23 AM

Residents turn wrong side of the tracks into a garden http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/5479/pejomponganp5c9ez.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Tantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Haji Rabijono has a dream. He wants the area along the railway track in Pejompongan, Central Jakarta, to be awash in green; a leafy refuge from the parched scenery of nearby Slipi and Tanah Abang.

His resolve was further strengthened when this neighborhood unit (RW) 06 chief in Bendungan Hilir subdistrict saw proof in Banjarsari in Cilandak, South Jakarta, of the possibilities.

"What I saw there quite amazed me and made me want to replicate it. Maybe even do better here," Rabijono, called Pak Haji by his neighbors, told The Jakarta Post at his home next to the train tracks, Tuesday.

So about a month ago, with the blessing of the subdistrict head, Rabijono began his regreening program in his neighborhood unit of some 700 households.

"I've asked each household to plant a minimum of 30 plants, and I'm pleased to say that at least 80 percent of residents have complied," he said in the quiet moments between passing trains -- about every 15 minutes -- when conversation is useless.

Rabijono's main concern, though, was the homes of the minimum-wage construction workers, ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers, and traditional market traders, who are his immediate neighbors along the railway track.

"I want to see this area filled with lush greens and flowers; beauty that would be the pride of the people living here," he said.

The front of Rabijono's own home -- which doubles as the RW's secretariat during his term of office -- is already filled with potted plants, ranging from those that serve only to please the eye, to those with medicinal qualities like tropical climbing vine sirih merah (Piper crocatum), mahkota dewa (Phaleria macrocarpa or crown of god), and sambung nyawa (Gynura procumbens), an evergreen shrub with a fleshy stem with a purple tint.

"Indonesia has got a wealth of plants with medicinal qualities, which, if we grow them, can be sold for a profit," he said, explaining that a piece of sirih merah leaf, which is said to relieve high blood pressure, diabetes and toothache, could cost Rp 10,000 (about US$1) in Jakarta.

These medicinal plants are what Rabijono encouraged his neighbors to plant in their 30 pots, and he was willing to help out by contributing some of his own plants.

"Medicinal plants are not cheap, but surprisingly people have not complained. I guess they are aware the plants are for their own good," he said.

Residents' enthusiasm for the project was helped along by U.S.-based nonprofit organization Mercy Corps, which promised each participating household 11.1 kilograms of cooking oil and 5 kg of peas a month for the three months of the program.

"This is, of course, with the understanding they will spend at least one-and-a-half hours each day tending the plants," Akhmad Mukhsin, community health assistant for Mercy Corps's Jakarta Nutrition Program, said.

Mercy Corps has been working in the area for the past year, particularly with programs concerning food, health care, and sanitation.

It is only a few weeks into the program, and already a touch of green has enriched the homes along the train tracks. When The Jakarta Post visited the area, several women were seen puncturing holes in plastic boxes to make more pots for plants.

The next step, Rabijono said, would be to get residents into better sanitation habits and separating household waste.

"About three months from now, when the regreening project is well under way, I want to introduce waste management to the residents," he said, explaining that every three homes in the area would have their own bins, so they could collect household organic waste and make compost.

Rabijono has another dream. He wants his RW to qualify for the Jakarta administration's annual award for best neighborhood unit in the province, which will take cleanliness and environmental friendliness into account.

"But we can't, because we don't have an official RW secretariat," he said, adding that despite his repeated pleas to the authorities, there is no official RW office on the horizon.

Zorobabel

May 19th, 2006, 06:46 AM

Good job Haji Rabijono. I've always had a dream to do something similar wherever I've lived.

Alvin

June 3rd, 2006, 01:35 AM

Sutiyoso wants to revitalise Jakarta's old town....lets hope this becomes reality
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Konservasi Menjadi Proyek Unggulan Setara Busway

Jakarta, Kompas - Selain membangun jalur bus khusus atau busway dan monorel, Gubernur DKI Jakarta Sutiyoso menjelang akhir masa jabatan melakukan revitalisasi kota tua sebagai proyek unggulan (dedicated project) tahun 2007.

Menurut Kepala Dinas Kebudayaan dan Permuseuman DKI Jakarta Aurora Tambunan seusai paparan di Kantor Gubernur, Jumat (2/6), Sekretaris Daerah DKI Ritola Tasmaya menyatakan bahwa revitalisasi kota tua setara dengan program unggulan Sutiyoso.

"Koordinasi dilakukan antarinstansi seperti Dinas Perhubungan, Pertamanan, dan Penerangan Jalan. Adapun Leading sector dipimpin Dinas Kebudayaan dan Permuseuman. Sebagai langkah awal akan segera dilakukan perubahan traffic management di sekitar Museum Fatahillah menjadi semipedestrian," kata Aurora.

Proyek itu mengubah sebagian ruas jalan dengan prioritas sebagai jalur pejalan kaki. Untuk itu, lanjut Aurora, permukaan jalan di antara Museum Bank Indonesia, Museum Fatahillah, dan Museum Wayang di Jalan Pintu Besar Utara akan dilapisi batu andesit sehingga bergelombang seperti trotoar.

"Kalau permukaan jalan bergelombang praktis pengemudi kendaraan harus melambatkan laju sehingga tidak membahayakan pejalan kaki seperti sekarang. Bagi pengemudi yang ingin melaju di kawasan tersebut dapat berbelok ke arah Kalibesar Timur," ujar Aurora.

Pembangunan sarana terpadu juga dikembangkan di kawasan itu, seperti jalan layang dari Kampung Bandan, penataan taman, penerangan, dan sarana penunjang.

Sehari sebelumnya, Wakil Perdana Menteri Belanda Laurens Jan Brinkhorst bersama 40 pengusaha Belanda di Gedung Arsip Nasional menyatakan bersedia membantu revitalisasi kota tua. "Namun tentunya kami tidak akan berjalan bersama kebijakan pihak Indonesia," katanya. (ong)

F-ian

June 9th, 2006, 06:12 PM

Officials say antipollution billboards not a pretty sight

Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Environmentalists say the removal of six billboards, which welcomed visitors to the "city of pollution", comes as a major setback for the Jakarta administration's clean air campaign.

Councillor Mukhayar, who is also deputy chairman of Commission D for environmental affairs, said he felt let down by the city administration.

"It's a real shame ... Even without them, everybody knows how polluted Jakarta's air is. So why try to conceal the truth?" Mukhayar, who heads the Jakarta Environment Caucus, told The Jakarta Post on Thursday.

The billboards, designed by the Jakarta Environmental Management Agency (BPLHD) and clean air campaigner Swisscontact, were erected as a reminder to residents to get their vehicles' exhaust emissions tested.

One billboard was set up in each of the city's five municipalities and the sixth in front of the BPLHD office, for World Environment Day on Monday.

However, after just one day, Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso said the billboards were coming down.

He provided no explanation, but some officials said the billboards were bad for tourism.

(Me: I feel like I wanna laugh don't know why :hilarious )

Ari Muhammad of Swisscontact said there was no logic to the notion.

He said that residents, including officials, needed to look at the text for what it was.

"It's self-criticism for the public ... We have to take concrete action to improve the quality of city air, together," he said.

Sutiyoso has himself conceded Jakarta is the world's third-most polluted city, after Mexico and Bangkok, blaming it on unchecked exhaust emissions from vehicles and factories.

While promoting his idea of incorporating Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi, Puncak and Cianjur into Jakarta, Sutiyoso claimed it would help to reduce air pollution.

He promised to improve commuter linkages so that people were more willing to leave their cars at home.

Administration data shows that more than 2.5 million private cars, 3.8 million motorcycles and 255,000 public transportation vehicles traverse the city streets each day, and many of them come from areas outside Jakarta.

Jakarta is the first city in the country to have issued a local ordinance on air pollution control, which requires private cars to undergo emissions tests and public transportation vehicles and official cars to use compressed natural gas.

BPLHD head Kosasih Wirahadikusumah said his office was trying to get a permit from the governor, so that the billboards could be put back.

"They won't be gone long," he told the Post.

Alvin

June 20th, 2006, 12:02 PM

Kota to be transformed into heritage site
Anissa S. Febrina and Intan Ismawati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

When it comes to revitalizing Jakarta's historic Old Town area, the city administration is thinking big and starting small.

In fact, it might start with something as small as revamping a strip beside the Jakarta Historical Museum, but the project's vision is to re-make the area better known as Kota into a heritage site to rival those in European cities.

"The ultimate goal is to transform Kota into a cultural tourism spot that features heritage values, but still allows room for economic activities," Jakarta Culture and Museum Agency head Aurora Tambunan said recently.

After almost a decade without real urban development, Kota's facelift will begin with the remake of Jl. Pintu Besar Utara, a semi-pedestrian strip in West Jakarta.

The street houses three museums -- the Jakarta Historical Museum, the Puppet Museum, and the Art and Ceramic Museum -- as well as several empty buildings.

Under the plan, it will no longer be just a strip that people speed past on their way to other destinations.

The administration hopes vehicles will give way to people on foot later this year, as the 8-meter wide lane will be reduced to a 5-meter, meandering street.

"What we are trying to do is to calm the traffic, so that people can enjoy the heritage sites," Aurora said. "We hope that the ones who come through are those who want to enjoy the value of the area." To calming the traffic, the authority plans to change the ground cover of the street from asphalt to andesit stone blocks both on the pedestrian and street level.

Public transportation will also be re-routed west through Jl. Bank.

All cables will be moved underground and tall trees will be regularly maintained so as not to block the buildings' facades.

Several physical details, such as brass plates engraved with information about the area's architectural heritage, will be added later.

"It might seem like just a physical project, but it is aimed at creating a better image and gaining the trust of investors as well as the public that the revitalization can happen," she added.

The 193-hectare area's revival has been planned since 1973, but little has actually taken place.

Dozens of old buildings dating back to the 17th century are being used only as sets for film shoots, photography backdrops, and sleeping quarters for the homeless.

The administration will expand the street-revamping project to Jl. Kali Besar Timur and Jl. Pos Kota, as well as giving Fatahillah Square a makeover.

Two alleys connecting Fatahillah Square to Kali Besar will be made purely pedestrian areas.

"As the image changes, we hope that private investors will be convinced to find new uses for their old buildings there," Aurora said.

Investors are currently considering revitalizing eight old buildings, the organization Jakarta Old Town Kotaku (JOK) reported.

Aurora added that her agency will start lobbying several building owners to make room for street vendors on their first floors.

"Vendors should stay on the streets temporarily. As they grow bigger, they should occupy a permanent place," she explained.

Meanwhile, JOK member Ella Ubaidi explained that revitalizing the area is about more than conserving buildings.

"It involves social, economic and cultural aspects. As long as we see it as mere conservation, it will never work," she said.

F-ian

June 20th, 2006, 08:53 PM

City aims to clean up Jakarta Bay

JAKARTA: The city administration has allocated Rp 10 billion (about US$1.1 million) for studies on solving the chronic problem of waste in Jakarta Bay, KCM reported Monday.

Waste at the bay is reportedly accumulating at the alarming rate of 300 cubic meters a day, and is encroaching on the maritime national park in Kepulauan Seribu regency.

Jakarta Sanitation Agency head Rama Boedi said his agency was now trying to find the right system to manage waste in the bay.

"We're going to use a trial-and-error method. We learn through action," he said.

F-ian

June 23rd, 2006, 11:02 AM

Sutiyoso assures a brighter future

Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

In his speech to commemorate the city's 479th anniversary on Thursday, Governor Sutiyoso reminded the people of positive developments under his administration and assured them things would only get better.

"We have survived the financial crises and the May 1998 riots ... now we're on our way to creating a humane capital, an efficient and world-class competitive city."

He said that during his second five-year term, which ends at the end of 2007, economic growth and inflation had accelerated by 5.24 percent and 5.87 percent respectively.

The city budget, he said, had increased from Rp 11.07 trillion in 2003 to Rp 12.40 trillion in 2004, to Rp 14.30 trillion in 2005 to Rp 17.90 trillion this year.

"We expect next year's budget to surpass Rp 20 trillion."

With its five-year plan covering the transportation system -- including the busway, monorail, subway and river transportation -- the construction of the East Flood Canal, and apartments and a micro-credit scheme for the city's poorest people, the administration thought the theme "With concern and under transparent administration, we create a friendly and modern public service" fitting for anniversary commemorations.

"It is high time we worked harder to create a new image of the city administration as a credible, clean, quality and dignified government," Sutiyoso addressed his subordinates during the ceremony held at the City Council building.

Attending the ceremony was the secretary-general of the Home Ministry, Progo Nur Zaman, who reminded Sutiyoso to focus also on the development of infrastructure for people in the low-income bracket.

"Let us not focus solely on the development of large-scale infrastructure while forgetting the slum areas and fishermen's villages," he said in his speech.

As a gift to the Jakarta administration, environmentalists compiled a list of the city's long outstanding problems, to signify the people's right to a healthier environment.

The list included the city's sharp population growth, clean water shortage, air pollution, poor waste management system and inadequate public transportation system.

The city administration has made efforts to solve standout problems like air pollution and waste disposal by issuing several bylaws, though it says it does not have the money to properly enforce them.

The Jakarta Environmental Management Agency (BPLHD) conceded official cars would not be powered by compressed natural gas straightaway for financial reasons.

"We don't have the budget to buy what we need to make CNG use mandatory," the agency's head, Kosasih Wirahadikusumah, told a discussion organized by the Jakarta Environment Caucus for the city's anniversary.

A 2005 local ordinance on air pollution required all public transportation and official vehicles to use CNG by May 20.

"Hopefully, all our operational cars will be using CNG next year," Kosasih said.

The administration has said that exhaust from gasoline-guzzling transportation and private vehicles contributes up to 80 percent of pollution in the city.

Switching to CNG requires a Rp 10 million investment from vehicle owners for a catalyst converter.

"It is every citizen's right to enjoy a better environment. But since city planning only benefits the people who 'own' the city, the public is being denied that right," Firdaus Cahyadi of the caucus said. (10)

XxRyoChanxX

June 24th, 2006, 11:54 PM

yess plzzz...give the indonesian ppl a better future...

Alvin

June 28th, 2006, 02:51 AM

Proyek Perkotaan Macet

Para Pejabat Takut Dituduh Korupsi oleh Jaksa, Polisi, dan BPK

Jakarta, Kompas - Karena takut dituduh korupsi, pembangunan fisik perkotaan di seluruh Indonesia tahun 2006 nyaris terhenti. Demikian disampaikan Ketua Umum Asosiasi Pemerintah Kota Seluruh Indonesia Jusuf Serang Kasim yang ditemui Kompas di Jakarta, Selasa (27/6).

Jusuf mengatakan, baru sekitar dua belas persen anggaran dari belanja pembangunan yang dimanfaatkan tahun ini untuk membangun pelbagai proyek di perkotaan Indonesia.

"Hanya karena laporan surat kaleng atau SMS saja seseorang diperiksa aparat sedemikian rupa. Padahal banyak laporan masuk yang tidak dapat dipertanggungjawabkan. Ini menjadi gejala umum di seluruh Indonesia. Banyak aparat yang menolak menjalankan proyek karena takut dikenai pelbagai tuduhan," ujarnya yang memaparkan keluhan para anggota Asosiasi Pemerintah Kota Seluruh Indonesia (Apeksi) yang memimpin 91 pemerintah kota di seluruh Indonesia.

Menurut Jusuf, sering kali persoalan administratif dengan begitu rupa dituduhkan sebagai korupsi yang akhirnya memakan waktu dan biaya. Karena itu, sebagian besar pejabat enggan melaksanakan proyek karena ada kecenderungan untuk mencari-cari kesalahan oleh aparat penegak hukum terhadap kegiatan pembangunan pelbagai sarana.

Beberapa pejabat yang tak bersedia disebutkan namanya membenarkan adanya kekhawatiran mereka menjadi sasaran tuduhan yang tidak jelas oleh jaksa, polisi, dan Badan Pemeriksa Keuangan (BPK).

Sementara, ketentuan yang berlaku di lingkungan pemerintah kota/kabupaten tidak dipahami sepenuhnya oleh jaksa, polisi, dan BPK. "Sesuatu pekerjaan yang sudah benar dikerjakan sesuai aturan masih saja disalahkan BPK. Maunya apa sih mereka. Pusing!," kata seorang pejabat yang punya pengalaman diperiksa BPK.

Di Jakarta juga terbengkalai

Sejumlah proyek infrastruktur di Jakarta, seperti jembatan layang Martadinata dan Roxy serta terowongan Kebayoran Lama, hingga kini juga masih terbengkalai. Pekerjaan yang terhenti itu mengganggu kepentingan publik. Jembatan layang Roxy sedianya untuk mengatasi kemacetan lalu lintas yang melintasi jalur kereta api. Begitu pula untuk terowongan Kebayoran Lama yang pengerjaannya kini terhenti.

Kepala Subdinas Jembatan pada Dinas Pekerjaan Umum Pemerintah Provinsi DKI Jakarta Ery Basworo kemarin mengatakan, kelanjutan proyek-proyek infrastruktur di Jakarta bukan terhadang masalah anggaran, tetapi mekanisme kelanjutannya sekarang baru diperbaiki.

"Setelah pengesahan APBD DKI 2006 pada Maret lalu, sebetulnya anggaran sudah dapat ditarik. Namun, untuk kelanjutan proyek itu masih diperlukan lelang," kata Ery. (ong/naw)

Blue_Sky

October 16th, 2006, 12:31 PM

Liputan6.com, Jakarta: Kebakaran melanda Gedung Pertamina di Jalan Perwira, Gambir, Jakarta Pusat, Senin (16/10). Musibah yang sama juga melanda Gedung Palang Merah Indonesia di Jakarta Selatan. Hingga berita ini disusun, api di kedua gedung itu belum bisa dipadamkan.

Api di Gedung Pertamina diketahui mulai berkobar di lantai 19 pada pukul 04.30 WIB. Petugas pemadam kebakaran yang menurunkan 15 unit mobil pemadam kebakaran belum berhasil menjinakkan si jago merah.

Sementara itu, seorang bocah perempuan yang mengalami keterbelakangan mental tewas terbakar saat rumahnya terbakar di Jalan Petamburan IV, Jakarta Pusat. Ananda Febrianti yang sedang menonton televisi tak bisa menyelamatkan diri karena api dengan cepat menyambar tempat tidur bocah berumur delapan tahun ini. Jenazah anak keempat dari pasangan M. Tohir dan Sri Mulyani langsung dibawa ke Rumah Sakit Cipto Mangunkumo.

Kebakaran yang melanda permukiman padat penduduk itu dalam waktu singkat dapat dipadamkan oleh warga yang sedang menunggu waktu berbuka puasa. Hingga saat ini personel Kepolisian Sektor Metro Tanahabang masih menyelidiki penyebab dan sumber api berasal. Namun kuat dugaan, api berasal dari hubungan pendek arus listrik dari televisi yang berada di kamar atas rumah milik M. Tohir.(YAN/Tim Liputan 6 SCTV)

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Blue_Sky

October 16th, 2006, 12:37 PM

JAKARTA, SENIN - Gedung Pusat Pertamina, di Jalan Perwira, Senin (16/10) pukul 05.30 terbakar. Api dengan cepat memenuhi lantai 18, 19 dan 20 gedung tersebut.

Seperti dilaporkan Prabowo, reporter Sonora, lantai 18 merupakan ruang bagian pemasaran dan niaga. Sementara lantai 19 bagian perkapalan dan lantai 20 ruang Dirut Pertamina.

Sebenarnya Pertamina memiliki unit pemadam kebakaran termasuk mobil pemadam yang memiliki tangga khusus untuk memadamkan api di gedung tinggi. Namun, sampai saat ini mobil tersebut masih di garasi dan belum digunakan. Kabarnya pada saat kebakaran, tidak ada petugas jaga di tempat itu.

Saat ini pemadaman dilakukan dengan menggunakan air yang bersumber dari hidran yang ada di gedung Pertamina dan didukung unit penyuplai air yang diambil dari kali dekat gedung. Pemadaman dilakukan petugas langsung ke titik, api. Petugas naik ke lantai dimana asap masih mengepul, karena mobil pemadam dengan tangga sekali pun tidak bisa mencapai lantai 19-20.

Kendala pemadaman adalah posisi lokasi kebakaran yang tinggi dan asap sehingga petugas menggunakan masker dan tabung oksigen dan secara bergantian melakukan pemadaman.

Karyawan Pertamina yang sudah berdatangan pagi ini masih menunggu di ruangan kantor pelayanan safety sambil menunggu instruksi apakah hari ini diminta bekerja atau tidak.

Sumber kebakaran hingga berita ini diturunkan belum diketahui. Sampai saat ini tidak terlihat api di lantai yang terbakar, hanya asap tebal masih mengepul.

Sebanyak 20 unit mobil pemadam kebakaran saat ini sudah berada di gedung Pertamina untuk berusaha keras memadamkan api.

Blue_Sky

October 16th, 2006, 12:38 PM

Jakarta - Hingga pukul 09.25 WIB, Senin (17/10/2006), api di Gedung Pertamina di Jalan Perwira, Jakarta Pusat, belum berhasil dijinakkan. Sulitnya pemadaman ini disumbang kondisi gedung yang tidak memiliki fasilitas mengantasipasi kebakaran.

Pada Agustus 2004, Dinas Kebakaran DKI Jakarta sudah mengingatkan Pertamina agar melengkapi kantor pusatnya itu dengan alat-alat pemadam kebakaran. Tapi tidak diketahui mengapa seruan itu diabaikan.

Kala itu Pertamina diingatkan untuk menambah hidran, membangun lift kebakaran, alarm kebakaran, sprinkler (alat penyemprot api di langit-langit), kipas penekan asap, dan lampu penerangan darurat.

"Apakah sedang akan dipasang atau bagaimana, saya tidak tahu. Tapi yang jelas, ada beberapa hal yang harus diperbaiki dan ditambah," kata Kepala Dinas Pemadam Kebakaran DKI Jakarta Martono di lokasi kebakaran.

Pada pukul 09.20 WIB, api di lantai 19 dan 20 kembali membesar. Petugas Pemadam mengantisipasi hal itu dengan menyiramkan air ke lantai di bawahnya sebagai usaha pendinginan. Asap tebal dan kobaran api terlihat dari bawah.
Petugas juga berusaha mencari orang-orang yang kira-kira masih berada di lantai 1-18.

Pertamina (http://www.detiknews.com/indexfr.php?url=http://www.detiknews.com/index.php/detik.read/tahun/2006/bulan/10/tgl/16/time/093643/idnews/696073/idkanal/10)

Blue_Sky

October 16th, 2006, 12:39 PM

Kris Fathoni W - detikcom

Jakarta - Api di gedung Pertamina Pusat, Jl Perwira, Jakarta Pusat, mulai terlihat mengecil pada pukul 09.30 WIB, Senin (16/10/2006). Namun asap hitam justru terlihat semakin tebal membumbung dari lantai 18, 19, dan 20. Tak ayal asap hitam ini membuat hitam dinding gedung itu.

Di tengah upaya pemadaman, seorang pegawai Pertamina membagikan masker penutup hidung berwarna hijau. Puluhan karyawan yang berdiri sambil menyaksikan pun langsung berhamburan berebutan masker itu. Satu kardus masker pun langsung ludes, beberapa karyawan terlihat tidak mendapatkan masker gratis itu.

Sejatinya, masker tersebut diperuntukkan bagi mereka yang hendak naik menyelamatkan dokumen. "Dari lantai 11 ke bawah dipersilakan mengambil dokumen, tapi kalau ke atas lantai 12 jangan, sudah penuh asap," teriak seorang satpam Pertamina, Nana Supriatna.

Dia meminta agar para karyawan Pertamina melakukannya dengan hati-hati. Selain itu di setiap lantai ada satpam dan petugas pemadam kebakaran. "Kalau tidak bisa jangan dipaksakan dan maskernya jangan lupa dipakai," ucap Nana lagi.

Namun meski masker telah dibagikan, tidak ada karyawan yang bergegas naik. Mereka malah asyik melihat kembali jalannya kebakaran dengan pandangan ngeri. Beberapa di antara mereka malah mengabadikan pemandangan itu melalui ponsel kamera mereka.

"Biar lihat kebakarannya. Bukan untuk kenang-kenangan," kilah seorang pegawai yang enggan menyebutkan namanya.(ndr/nrl)

Pertamina (http://www.detiknews.com/indexfr.php?url=http://www.detiknews.com/index.php/detik.read/tahun/2006/bulan/10/tgl/16/time/100328/idnews/696099/idkanal/10)

ncon

October 16th, 2006, 01:41 PM

waht a shame :(

any update news??

sanhen

October 16th, 2006, 03:05 PM

Hmmm... upaya2 menghancurkan dokumen?

F-ian

October 16th, 2006, 04:29 PM

^^ Lol Sahen bisa Aja

Liputan6.com, Jakarta: Kebakaran melanda Gedung Pertamina di Jalan Perwira, Gambir, Jakarta Pusat, Senin (16/10).
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y4/sicklifehood/050602News/061016Pertamina.jpg

reminds me of WTC 9/11 :D

Blue_Sky

October 17th, 2006, 07:25 AM

Hmmm... upaya2 menghancurkan dokumen?

Biar menghilangkan dokumen2 yg bisa jadi bukti korupsi

:D:D

F-ian

November 21st, 2006, 07:06 AM

Water park to make splash in Serpong
Saturday, November 04, 2006

Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang

Jakartans may soon be able to plunge into the fun at the Ocean Park Water Adventure in the Bumi Serpong Damai housing complex in Serpong, Tangerang.

The management of the water park, "Southeast Asia's largest", say it will open to the public by the end of the year. (see photos)

The Rp 80 billion park, which is located on a 3.5-hectare property next to the German Center on Jl. Raya Serpong, can accommodate 4,000 visitors a day.

Dhony Rahajoe, the general manager of corporate communications at PT BSD, said the water park would be far larger than Sunway Lagoon in Hong Kong, Genting Highlands in Malaysia or Wild Wild Wet in Singapore.

He said the park was child-friendly as it included areas for all ages.

"Visitors are in for an unforgettable experience," he told The Jakarta Post.

They can set off an adventure to explore the wreck of a pirate ship or the 500-meter-long Caribbean River.

But the breathtaking Pacific wave pond, which can generate 1.5-meter-high waves, is the park's main attraction.

Dozens of families from Greater Jakarta visited the park during the Idul Fitri holiday.

However, they were turned away at the gates because it has yet to open.

Workers have been patiently explaining to irate fun-seekers the park is still under construction.

"I was misled by media reports that said the park would be open in time for the Idul Fitri holiday," Adam Muchlis, who took his family to the park from Rangkasbitung in Lebak regency, told the Post.

Blue_Sky

November 21st, 2006, 10:15 AM

I Hope not another marketing bluff from the developer
Btw, Genting Highland in Malaysia is not a water park, its a theme park
I dont know about Hong Kong but SUnway Lagoon is in Malaysia

just for additional story
My friend from Surabaya came to KL last month
She said that the lattest theme park in Surabaya currently is the largest in SEA, but after I take her to Sunway Lagoon in KL then she just realized that she has been cheated by the marketing gimmick :lol:

David-80

November 21st, 2006, 07:31 PM

She said that the lattest theme park in Surabaya currently is the largest in SEA, but after I take her to Sunway Lagoon in KL then she just realized that she has been cheated by the marketing gimmick

blue, yg disurabaya namanya apaan? kayak dufan juga?

cheers

sanhen

November 22nd, 2006, 01:49 PM

Yg di Surabaya lebih gede dr yg di ancol ya?

Man.. I love water park.

tata

November 22nd, 2006, 09:39 PM

indonesia's kite museum:
http://www.museumlayanglayang.com/

F-ian

November 26th, 2006, 09:41 AM

Alvin already posted this but unfortunately its in Bhs Indonesia so here it is in English
-----------------------------------------------------
Jakarta, Mall City

New malls are mushrooming. In Jakarta alone there are almost
100 new units.

WEDNESDAY, 2:20am, five days before Lebaran. The streets
should be empty. However, at one corner of a prestigious
property project in the Hotel Indonesia area, Jalan M.H.
Thamrin, Jakarta, people are hectically busy. Illuminated by
hundreds of neon lights, workers are busily completing the
construction of Grand Indonesia, the largest shopping mall
in the capital with an area of 15 hectares.

The presence of Grand Indonesia—plus hotel, offices and
apartments—in the middle of 2007 will certainly add to the
hustle and bustle of Jakarta, which is dreaming of becoming
a shopping tourist city. Close by stands Plaza Indonesia,
already 16 years old. There is also its extension: Plaza
Indonesia Entertainment X’nter, offering upper-class
entertainment and living style. Around 200 meters from the
Hotel Indonesia roundabout lies Jakarta City Center.

And that is only around the Welcome Monument. If you draw a
line along the roads connecting Hotel Indonesia from the
south to the north, or from Jalan Sisingamangaraja, Jalan
Sudirman, Jalan M.H. Thamrin, to Jalan Gajah Mada, there are
17 shopping malls. Today around the protocol roads three
shopping malls are being built: Gajah Mada Square, Pacific
Place, and Citywalk Sudirman.

“New shopping malls are indeed being built rapidly,” said
Lucy Rumantir, Chair of PT Jones Lang LaSalle, in a
discussion with Tempo sometime ago. There are two main
categories: malls or plazas whose spaces are rented, and
strata-title whose spaces are usually sold.

Let’s take a look back at the situation before the economic
crisis in 1998. At that time dozens of years were needed to
build a shopping mall in Jakarta with a total area of 1
million square meters. The first mall built was Ratu Plaza
in South Jakarta, which started its operations in 1986.
Post-crisis 1998 to 2000, there were no shopping malls under
construction because economic conditions were at their
nadir.

Between 2001-2005, things started looking up again. In a
matter of five years, the area jumped from 1.4 million
square meters to 2.4 million square meters, comprising 78
shopping malls. One phenomenal example that started its
operations at that time was Cilandak Town Square (Citos) in
South Jakarta. With a concept of providing a spacious area
for pedestrians, Citos is successful in luring visitors.

Today, in merely three years until 2008, 16 new shopping
malls on nearly 1 million square meters are being built. In
addition to the above-mentioned Pacific Place, Citywalk
Sudirman and Gajah Mada Square, coming soon will be Kalibata
Mall in South Jakarta, Mall of Indonesia in Kelapa Gading,
and Pluit Junction in North Jakarta. These new names push
the number of shopping malls around Jakarta to 100 units.

With such rapid growth and the liberalization of the retail
sector in 1998, Indonesia became a target for foreign retail
players. Post-crisis, many big world retail names,
previously unknown here, are mushrooming in all corners of
Jakarta. Today, world retailers such as Carrefour,
Starbucks, Debenhams, Prada, Gucci, Cartier and others are
no longer foreign to the ears of the people in Jakarta.

More are coming in droves, not wanting to be left behind in
reaping fortunes from a country with the fourth largest
population in the world. There is Best Denki Electronic
Center from Japan, making its first appearance in Senayan
City. Or Central Dept. Store from Thailand, and Blitz
Cinema, a cinema network from Singapore, set to appear in
Grand Indonesia.

In March of next year, Gap and Banana Republic, a retail
seller of clothes and body care with 3,000 stores all over
the world, will open 15 outlets here. They are collaborating
with F.J. Benyamin Holding Ltd., a retailer from Singapore.
“The Indonesian market is suitable for Gap products which
are of high quality,” said Nash Benyamin, CEO of F.J.
Benyamin Holding Ltd., in an October release.

For Gap and Banana Republic, and other big retailers,
Indonesian people with their income of US$1,300 per annum
are indeed a good market. “When we brought foreign mall
managers and retail businessmen to Jakarta last month, they
were flabbergasted by the crowded malls here,” said head of
the Indonesian Association of Shopping Mall Managers, M.
Sjohirin.

And it is not only malls or trade centers that are being
built but also hypermarkets and supermarkets. Carrefour,
Giant, Hypermart, are becoming easier to find in the center
of the city. Modern market practitioners reason that,
compared to other cities in other countries, the numbers
here are still low. For example, in 2005, every square meter
of shopping mall in Jakarta accommodates 3.1 people. In
Singapore the figure is only 1.7, and in Bangkok it is 2.2.

But actually the retail growth in Indonesia is high enough,
especially in the capital, with its population of 7.5
million. A survey by AC Nielsen released at the end of
August mentioned that Indonesia’s retail sales growth is the
highest compared to other countries in Southeast Asia. The
growth of retail goods sales (51 types of best-seller daily
needs) in Indonesia was 18 percent in 2005, reaching Rp57.2
trillion, compared to the previous year.

“Furthermore, if you count January-October 2005 only, before
the oil price increases, the growth was larger, 20.3
percent,” said Director for Retail and Business Development
of AC Nielsen, Yongky Surya Susilo. This means that the
retail business in Indonesia is still full of prospects.

Lately, many rich Indonesians no longer shop in Singapore.
One survey found that before the crisis it was easy to meet
Indonesians shopping in Orchard Road, Singapore. However,
with the increasing number of luxurious malls selling high-
class goods in Jakarta, they don’t go there any more. It is
enough to go to Plaza Indonesia, Pondok Indah Malls I and
II, Plaza Senayan, Taman Anggrek Mall, and Senayan City.
Before long, they will also be spoiled with the presence of
Grand Indonesia and Pacific Place.

Although the numbers are increasing, the luxurious malls are
still crowded with visitors. Outlet owners don’t think twice
about paying the expensive rents. “Isn’t that a sign that
wealthy Indonesians no longer shop in Singapore?” asked
Sjohirin. Consider this, according to Lucy Rumantir, “Just
to have coffee, in the past Jakartans went to Singapore.”

Many people are in the middle- and upper classes. According
to a 2003 census by the Central Bureau of Statistics, they
numbered around 7 million prosperous households. In Jakarta
there are 500,000 wealthy households. Among them are
thousands of university students who used to study abroad
who have since returned home, bringing with them new fashion
trends and living styles. “So, the emergence of these upper
malls is also to respond to their needs,” said Lucy.

The problem is, the shopping/living style is not just the
monopoly of foreign university students alumni. Apparently,
the majority of Indonesians like frequenting malls. Once
again, a survey by AC Nielsen in 2005 showed that 93 percent
of the Indonesian customers consider shopping at malls as
entertainment or recreation. “In Asia, Indonesia is number
two following Hong Kong,” said Yongky Susilo.

To gubernatorial candidate for the Special Capital Region of
Jakarta, Faisal Basri, such a style of living is of extreme
concern. The policy of the regional leadership of Jakarta on
city planning is not clear. The policy that allows the
construction of malls in many places has encouraged the
style of living of young Jakartans to be consumptive. “They
become a generation that’s memble (lackluster), like
drinking coffee, entertainment, dating, and hanging out in
malls. This is a big sin,” Faisal told Tempo.

These young Indonesians should be educated to love parks,
the environment, and culture. The numbers of city forests
and parks should be increased, not malls. Traditional
markets should also be improved to become clean and
comfortable. That is why, if elected Governor of Jakarta,
Faisal promises not to issue new permits to build malls.
“Old permits when they expire will not be renewed.” Alas,
Jakarta is already a greater mall city.

Heri Susanto

Proportion of Shopping Malls in Jakarta to Cities in Other
Countries (2005) City

population Million*Retail Supplies*Retail Supplies Proportion**

Jakarta 7.5 2.4 3.1
Singapore 4.4 2.5 1.7
Bangkok 9.7 4.5 2.2
Manila 11.3 3.0 3.7
Hong Kong 7.0 9.5 0.7

Source: Jones Lang LaSalle Research

Kings on the Mall Thrones

EVERY year a new shopping mall is born, from rented to
strata-title. Ubiquitous in Jakarta, they offer new brand
names previously found only in Paris, London, or Milan. They
apparently belong to mere handfuls of people. In their hands
are whirlpools of trillions of rupiah per annum.

Yandhrie Arvian

Muktar Widjaja Under the flagship of PT Duta Pertiwi Tbk, a
subsidiary of Sinar Mas Group, Muktar pioneered the
establishment of trade centers. This son of taipan Eka
Tjipta Widjaja built ITC Mangga Dua in 1989. With a building
size of 138,000 square meters, the areas sold in the
wholesale center total 80,600 square meters.

* ITC Roxy Mas * Mangga Dua Mall * Ambassador
Mall * ITC Cempaka Mas * ITC Fatmawati * ITC
Harco Mas Mangga Dua * ITC Kuningan * Grand ITC
Permata Hijau * ITC Depok

Robert Budi Hartono From cigarettes, the Djarum Group boss
joins the business property fray. Through PT Cipta Karya
Bumi Indah, Djarum is currently building a ‘superblock’
Grand Indonesia, on the grounds where Hotel Indonesia and
Hotel Wisata used to stand. Funds required Rp2.3 trillion.

* Margo City Square * Daan Mogot Mall * WTC
Mangga Dua * Trade Center

Sugianto Kusuma In the eyes of Tomy Winata, the boss of the
Agung Sedayu Group is his senior and business mentor.
Together with Trihatma K. Haliman, the commissioner of the
Artha Graha Group familiarly called Aguan, he is also
building Mangga Dua Square and Kelapa Gading Square.

* STC Senayan * Darmawangsa Square

Murdaya Widyawimarta The husband of businesswoman Hartati
Murdaya entered the property business after purchasing 47.5
percent of PT Metropolitan Kencana shares through the
Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency sales and purchase
agreement program in 2002. Share ownership previously
belonging to the Salim Group was sold at Rp600 billion.

* Pondok Indah Mall I * Pondok Indah Mall II *
Puri Indah Mall

Franky Oesman Widjaja Son of taipan Eka Tjipta Widjaja and
CEO of PT Plaza Indonesia Realty Tbk. It’s from this company
that Franky controls Grand Hyatt, Plaza Indonesia, and Plaza
Indonesia EX.

* Plaza Indonesia * Plaza Indonesia EX * Plaza
Indonesia Extension

James Riady Its beginnings in the banking world, the Lippo
Group expanded into the property business in 1992. Starting
with Lippo Cikarang and Lippo Karawaci, the business empire
today led by James Riady built the Depok Town Square. It
accommodates 2,300 stores.

* Pluit Mega Mall * Cibubur Junction * Gajah
Mada Plaza * Galeria Matahari

Trihatma K. Haliman This property dragon is eighth in the
list of the top 40 richest Indonesians according to Forbes
Asia magazine, issued last September. His wealth is
estimated at US$900 million. Senayan City is one of his
biggest projects. Covering an area of 76,000 square meters,
the Rp1.1-trillion shopping mall is the largest in Southeast
Asia.

* Plaza Semanggi Shares: 40% (collaboration with
Lippo Group) * Lindeteves Trade Center * Mangga Dua
Square Shares: 35% (collaboration with Agung Sedayu
and Artha Graha Group) * Kelapa Gading Square
Shares: 50% (50% Agung Sedayu)

Blue_Sky

November 27th, 2006, 02:35 PM

blue, yg disurabaya namanya apaan? kayak dufan juga?

cheers

I was refering to this
http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6981301&postcount=278

F-ian

March 22nd, 2007, 11:06 PM

anyone to make a Jakarta Election (Pilkada) New Thread?

Blue_Sky

March 23rd, 2007, 05:21 AM

I'll make it

Blue_Sky

April 24th, 2007, 07:55 AM

http://www.detiknews.com/indexfr.php?url=http://www.detiknews.com/index.php/detik.read/tahun/2007/bulan/04/tgl/24/time/114441/idnews/771787/idkanal/10

F-ian

April 24th, 2007, 12:05 PM

^^ wha... that has the first Jumping castle in Indonesia :D

Blue_Sky

September 1st, 2007, 06:13 AM

Businesspeople say Jakarta not the place

Mustaqim Adamrah, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Local entrepreneurs are skeptical about the "abundant" business opportunities in the capital, citing that many sectors are untapped but marketing and licensing obstacles remain, the trade chamber chairman says.

The chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Jakarta chapter, Sofian Pane, said Thursday the trade sector in the capital was lucrative but businesspeople often came up against problems in obtaining business licenses and product distribution.

"Jakarta is at the core of trading. It has great potential, with export and import transactions in the capital accounting for around 60-70 percent of exchanges," Sofian said on the sidelines of a discussion on business opportunities in the archipelago's regions.

"However, businesses spend so much time on product deliveries alone because of, for example, traffic congestion in Jakarta. This has resulted in high costs."

Spending on product transportation, he said, ranged from 22-32 percent of a product's market price.

"The capital's reliance on other regions, which supply 98 percent of its needs, is also a cause of the high cost," Sofian said.

By comparison, the spending on transportation only contributes around 10-15 percent of the market price of a product both in Malaysia and Vietnam, while the figure is lower in the city-state of Singapore, he said.

"There must be something wrong if Jakartan businesses spend much more than neighboring countries."

He said costs also increased if consignments were held at ports for document processing for more than a month, despite Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati's order to excise and duty services to shorten the period to between a week and a month, depending on the category of the goods.

High spending, Sofian said, also meant that the products Jakartan businesspeople sold overseas were less competitive than those of rival countries, causing a dilemma "as to which countries' businesses should export their products".

In addition to high distribution costs, he said, difficulties in getting licenses were also encountered by businesses in the capital.

The city administration is establishing one-roof services that will allow businesses to acquire the licenses they need within 60 days, from the former 151 days, following a 2006 ministry regulation on the services.

The system will provide, among other things, permission to use sites, licenses to build structures, company legal documents, business licenses and a company registration code.

"Yes, the administration has such a plan. But we still don't know when the system will fully run," said Sofian.

The administration has just begun operating a building in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, that uses the system.

It plans to build two more in the future, while awaiting a gubernatorial regulation on the comprehensive use of the one-roof services.

Regions like Sragen, Kebumen -- both in Central Java -- and Batam in Riau Islands have already established such a system, which has helped boost their local revenues.

According to the Jakarta Investment Coordinating Board's data, realized national investment in the capital reached Rp 14.9 trillion (US$140 billion) as of April this year, 14.47 percent of the planned Rp 102.94 trillion for this year alone.