[Indonesia] Foreign Policy and International Relations (IV) [Archive]

rilham2new

November 2nd, 2007, 07:01 PM

Topics to be discussed from PREVIOUS THREAD

Originally posted by ALVIN

[QUOTE=Alvin;16175360]The invisible giant of Southeast Asia
By Philip Bowring Published: October 29, 2007

JAKARTA: 'We have to be brave enough to ask: What would the world do without Indonesia?" When she recently posed this question to her compatriots, Indonesia's trade minister, Mari Pangestu, had in mind the country's role as premier global supplier of various important commodities.

But the question could as well have been asked about Indonesia's wider relevance to the world. Boastful it might sound, but the remark offered a counterpoint to the nation's extremely low international visibility, a result of the mix of deference, inward looking politics and persistent lack of leaders willing to make an articulate stand on the world stage.

Indonesia is about to become the president of the UN Security Council. That is unlikely to alter its international profile, but it does provide occasion to look at why Indonesia is rather more important than it usually appears, and at why it fails to leave much of a mark.

Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous nation, the largest predominantly Muslim country, the third largest (after India and the United States) democratic country, a 3,000-mile-wide archipelago dominating key international waterways - the Malacca, Sunda Lombok and Makassar straits.

But Indonesia is not taken very seriously as a Muslim country. Though the Muslims of the Middle East and Arab world in particular have much to learn from the tradition of religious tolerance at the heart of the Indonesian state, the Muslims of west Asia, and the Arabs who claim some special status as source of the religion, have scant interest in learning from the East.

While the outside world gets excited over the economic rise of China and India, it seldom stops to notice the equally remarkable transformation of Indonesian politics in the 10 years since the downfall of the 30-year authoritarian rule of President Suharto.

It now has the most open, extensive, decentralized democratic system in all of Southeast Asia, achieved possibly at some cost to economic growth but with little localized disorder, and with settlements of the Aceh and Timor Leste issues to its credit.

It is also a remarkably plural society to which the position of Pangestu, a woman, and ethnic Chinese and a Christian attests, and a cultural vitality that puts much of a money-obsessed region to shame. It is of course not without communal tensions and occasional bloodshed. But it provides a salutary contrast to its small higher profile, wealthy neighbors, Malaysia, a country of growing religious intolerance and deepening racial divide and Singapore, a state whose social and political development lags far behind its foreign investment-driven economy.

Yet despite its attributes and size, Indonesia's influence is slight. Its efforts at being a player have been half-hearted, and even its national airline does not fly to Europe. It should be the natural leader of Jakarta-headquartered Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean), this year celebrating its 40th birthday. But Indonesia's diplomatic voice is almost silent.

If any Asean country has a chance of persuading the Burmese junta to change its ways, to democratize gradually without falling apart, it should be Indonesia. It has made such a transition, albeit from a very different and more successful type of authoritarian government.

Unlike Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia, it does not have local commercial interests dictating policy to Burma. But a reluctance to stand up, to divert from a Suharto-era doctrine of "non-interference," to seize Asean leadership rather than be player in a leaderless team, has left the running on Asean's approach to Burma to the likes of Singapore, home from home for the Burmese generals and their wives.

Likewise with its economy. Indonesia may never has been a "tiger" economy and suffered more than any country from the Asian crisis. It may still have more problems with corruption and bureaucracy than its major Asian competitors. It even has had the temerity not to succumb to every foreign investor demand by providing levels of employment protection unheard of in China. Nor does it enrich its politicians as does China's Communist party. On a longer view, the 40 years since China and Indonesia were both traumatized in the mid-1960s, it has done creditably.

Foreign eyes may be on China and India. But looking ahead natural resources are likely to be scarcer than the cheap labor of those two countries. It is also less dependent, at least than China, on Western demand for Asian manufactures. Indonesia's mix of resource, base, attractive demographics, vibrant culture and domestic demand potential have mostly gone unsung, not least by a government so focused on domestic issues and local politics.

In short, Indonesia and the rest of the world could benefit much from knowing each other better.

AceN

November 2nd, 2007, 07:01 PM

Thread ini dirancang bukan buat panas2an dua negara seperti thread2 sebelumnya !!!!

tapi kalo panas2an antar pulau boleh kagak....hehehe :jk:

rilham2new

November 2nd, 2007, 07:02 PM

Originally posted by SADE

[QUOTE=Sade;16188742]What an encouraging article, thanks for posting Alvin. I found a similar article by the same writer.

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Indonesia Comes Alive
Philip Bowring
29 October 2007

Ten years after the Asian financial crisis, the archipelago looks well-placed to weather trouble

This could well be a case of the hare and the tortoise. So much noise is made about the rapid growth of India and China that Asia’s third most populous country is often overlooked. For sure, Indonesia still bears some scars from the Asian crisis of a decade ago and GDP growth of about around 6 percent is nothing very startling.

But Indonesia trundles forward and looks far better placed than most – not least China – to weather any sharp downturn in western import markets, or a financial crisis engulfing those who have allowed easy credit to expand longer than is prudent.

For sure there are grumbles from local and foreigners alike. Indonesians, especially lower income ones, complain about rising food and fuel inflation and increasing income gaps. Foreigners complain about bureaucracy, corruption and a new investment law that has a long exceptions list and often vague wording reflecting nationalistic instincts and political ploys. It still has no new mining law to reconcile foreign, national and local autonomy issues and spur the investment needed if Indonesia’s position as a mineral exporter is to be sustained.

Capital, especially foreign capital, frets about labor laws that provide levels of job security unknown in the likes of China and Vietnam. Everyone complains about inadequate power and shoddy transport infrastructure that is hobbled by uncertain relationships between the government and private sector and central and local governments. Parliament is fractious and the president’s need for a disparate coalition means endless delays and compromises. Cautious budgeting, administrative incompetence and price controls on power contribute to the problems. Centralized, big ticket corruption is down but the judiciary still stinks.

Indeed, to hear all the complaints it is quite a surprise to learn that the economy is growing at 6.3 percent, that non-commodity exports are faring well enough and that economic growth could well accelerate to over 6.5 percent in 2008. Domestic demand is strong, at least in regions where high commodity prices are flowing through to households and government spending on infrastructure should begin to kick in soon. With an election due in 2009, the government has every reason to provide some stimulus over the next 18 months.

The naysayers believe this relative improvement is largely due to a run of good luck with commodity exports. High oil prices are a domestic problem for the government, which has to either allow local prices to rise or see the budget take a hit. Overall, however, high energy prices are good for Indonesia, which is no longer a net oil exporter but does export gas and huge amounts of coal. Although new investment in oil and mining has been far too slow due to bureaucratic and political obstacles, plantation investment has been roaring ahead – bad news for the rainforest but not bad for employment and exports.

Then there are the high prices for palm oil, copper gold, nickel, rubber and most other commodities. Some of this may be unsustainable in the longer term, however, agricultural commodities could be seeing a longer cycle as global demand growth, boosted by bio-fuels, appears to be outrunning supply potential. That may not be the case with most minerals. Nonetheless, a strong case can be made for the argument that commodities now are in shorter supply than cheap labor in export manufacturing centers such as China and India. Indonesia, with a predominance of commodity exports, thus should have sustained gains in its terms of trade.

As it is, the terms of trade can withstand some deterioration and accommodate faster domestic demand, at least for a couple of years, without running into major financing problems. The current account has been in surplus for almost a decade, hit US$9 billion in 2006 and will probably be more this year. External debt is down to around 35 percent of GDP and public debt, approaching 100 percent just after the Asian crisis, is down to a similar level. The government’s budget has a deficit of only 1 percent of GDP, giving scope for stimulus.

Even the non-resources export sector is doing much better than is usually imagined given the complaints about wage costs relative to Vietnam, labor law issues and poor port infrastructure. But textiles and footwear have been more than maintaining global market share.

Overall Indonesia is less dependent on the US market –12 percent of exports – than almost anywhere in Asia. The largest market, Japan, may be growing slowly but overall Asia accounts for over 50 percent and the EU around 16 percent. Exports to China are 9 percent but growing fast – and sure to get bigger as it invests in gas and other resource projects.

Indonesia also has reasonable hope of gaining ground in the skill and creativity industries, from locally designed furniture and jewelry to high-value ceramics. Tourism potential is insufficiently exploited, partly due to the sustained fallout from the Bali and other bombings and partly because of the poor safety records of Indonesian airlines. It has so far attracted very few Chinese visitors compared with other SE Asian destinations despite its wealth of scenic and cultural attractions.

For most investors however, the biggest attraction is the potential of a domestic market underpinned by a steady rise in the labor force. Some middle technology industries like car parts and motorbikes now have volumes which can make them internationally competitive. It is reasonable to expect a medium term growth of at least 5 percent. Of course this looks unexciting compared with China and India, but since the start of the decade it has been achieved in the face of extremely conservative fiscal and monetary policies marked by a stable exchange rate and the rebuilding of a banking system, now with significant foreign ownership, with high capital to risk asset ratios and return on capital. In short, the country is living within it means. That could be a priceless asset as the world teeters on the edge of more financial turmoil.

There are as always possible political setbacks. A return to the instability and drift of the Megawati Sukarnoputri era – a possibility – is one. But change, if it comes, is more likely to be a reshuffling of existing players. Militant Islam is not a threat. Perhaps more relevant is the possible rise of Indonesian Peronism, a populist nationalism which appeals to some in Megawati’s PDI, and some in the military. But the risk of a serious ideological shift or social disorder is no greater than in India and probably less than in China.

None of this makes the Jakarta stock market or the rupiah a must buy at present. It merely serves to put Indonesia’s relative economic merits into a broader Asian perspective.

rilham2new

November 2nd, 2007, 07:05 PM

tapi kalo panas2an antar pulau boleh kagak....hehehe :jk:

Emmm,, kalo Pulau nya beda negara yah gak boleh :D

:rofl: :rofl:

Kinda remind me with TRIPTOHELL, wiseman need to stop first

:jk:

kamski

November 3rd, 2007, 01:00 AM

2005 Islamic Development Bank conference in Putrajaya concluded that Indonesia is well on its way to become a major economic power in Asia, after China and India. The world looks is increasingly looking more into Asia as growth in European and American countries are getting stagnant.

BUT, this is not an automated course; as usual, Indonesia has to fix a lot of internal problems currently faced (the everyday, natural home-made goodness such as corruption), and also the finding didn't mention about the expected disparity between the rich and the poor (or maybe it did, I don't remember).

zxczx86

November 8th, 2007, 11:51 PM

Penangguhan DCA Indonesia-Singapura

Singapura Jadi "Rumah" Koruptor
Indonesia

Laporan Wartawan Persda, Hidayat/Domuara
Ambarita

JAKARTA, PERSDA- Ketua Kajian Masyarakat Anti-Korupsi Universitas Gadjah (UGM) Denny Indrayana mengatakan, penangguhan kerja sama di bidang pertahanan atau Defence Cooperation Agreement/DCA antara Indonesia dan Singapura berdampak terhadap upaya mengekstradisi koruptor Indonesia yang banyak berlindung di negara tetangga itu. "Penangguhan DCA ini pasti ada dampaknya terhadap ekstradisi, karena DCA ini satu paket dengan perjanjian ekstradisi. Singapura sudah sengaja dari awal, menyiasati perjanjian DCA satu paket dengan ekstradisi. Dengan ditangguhkannya perjanjian DCA sangat bisa perjanjian ekstradisi juga batal," ujar Indra usai peluncuran bukunya berjudul
Amandemen UUD 1945: Antara Mitos dan Pembongkaran di Jakarta, Kamis (8/11). Batalnya perjanjian ekstradisi yang telah diupayakan bertahaun-tahun tapi tak berhasil, akan membuat koruptor asal Indonesia aman berlindung di Singapura. "Singapura menjadi rumah buat koruptor Indonesia," tandas Denny sembari mengatakan, pembatalan ini akan berdampak terhadap ekstradisi koruptor, tapi di sisi lain, tidak akan mempengaruhi integritas negara Indonesia. Denny menerangkan, selama ini Singapura seakan membuat paradoksal. Di satu sisi, Singapura selalu mengklaim sebagai negara bersih, tapi di sini lain, faktanya banyak dana dari bangsa kita yang dilarikan koruptor ke sana. "Saya menduga, sebelumnya, perjanjian ektradisi itu sudah diantisipasi pemilik uang dengan capital flight ke luar Singapura," ujar Denny.
27 April lalu, Kejaksaan Agung mengaku telah membuat daftar nama-nama buronan 20 orang yang lari ke Singapura. Ke-20 orang buron tersebut ada yang berstatus tersangka dan terpidana dalam kasus korupsi. Hasil survei yang dibuat Merril Lynch Singapura akhir tahun 2005, total aset orang kaya di Singapura sebesar 260 miliar dolar AS. Yang mengejutkan, sepertiga dari 55.000 orang kaya di Singapura atau sekitar 18.000 orang yang memiliki kekayaan minimal di atas 1 juta dolar AS adalah orang Indonesia. Mereka rata-rata berstatus sebagai penghuni tetap (permanent resident). Jumlah kekayaan orang Indonesia di Singapura diperkirakan sekitar 87 miliar dolar atau setara dengan Rp 800 triliun.

www.kompas.com

zxczx86

November 8th, 2007, 11:56 PM

DCA Singapura-Indonesia Ditangguhkan
Laporan Wartawan Persda, Ade Mayasanto

JAKARTA, PERSDA- Perjanjian kerja sama di bidang pertahanan atau Defence Cooperation Agreement/DCA antara pemerintah Indonesia dan Singapura yang ditandatangani di Tapak Siring, Bali, 27 April 2007 akhirnya berantakan. Kedua negara sepakat menangguhkan sementara kesepakatan yang didesain satu paket dengan perjanjian ekstradisi. Penangguhan ini dikemukakan Juru Bicara Kepresidenan bidang Luar Negeri Dino Patti Djalal di kantor presiden, Kamis (8/11). "Ini kesepakatan antara kedua belah pihak karena memang dipandang isu ini terlalu sensitif atau agak sulit dimajukan dalam kondisi politik dewasa ini. Jadi ada kesepakatan untuk sementara ini masih sulit tidak perlu dipaksakan dahulu," kata Dino. Dibahas lagi kapan? "Saya belum ada tanggapan khusus mengenai itu, lebih baik tanya Menteri Pertahanan." Masih put onhold, berarti proses ratifikasinya onhold, berarti belum ada tanggal yang pasti sampai kapan itu. Jadi untuk sementara onhold."

www.kompas.com

zxczx86

November 9th, 2007, 12:15 AM

dulu bukannya Indonesia yang meminta "izin ekstradisi" dalam perjanjian itu yah?! kalo iya berarti si Sing bukannya sengaja menyiasati perjanjian DCA satu paket dengan ekstradisi donk.

"Saya menduga, sebelumnya, perjanjian ektradisi itu sudah diantisipasi pemilik uang dengan capital flight ke luar Singapura," ujar Denny. - ..."Saya menduga...." - doh! hanya sekedar dugaan, belum tentu benar, dan belum tentu dia menduga dengan alasan yang kuat, mungkin si denny itu cuma asal menduga aja

Anyway, gw tadi sempet kepikiran lho, kalo singapore gak ada, koruptor2 dari indo larinya mungkin ke Malay, jadi yang disalahin Malay, bukan sing. Kalo Malay gak ada, munkgin koruptor2nya lari ke Australia, jadi yang disalahin australia... Nah, yang bikin gw kepikiran lagi, apa itu salah negara lain kalo ada koruptor dari Indo singgah di sono? koq kesannya kita nyalahin Singapore kalo ada koruptor2 indo di sono. Apa mungkin kita sekedar jealous karena duitnya koruptor dipake di sono? What do you think guys??? :hm:

zxczx86

November 9th, 2007, 12:45 AM

oh, tapi harusnya sing gak usah diminta untuk kasih ijin ekstradisi ya. Setahu gw ekstradisi antar negara tuh harusnya ud otomatis, gak usah pake minta2 injin dulu. Tapi fakta kalau Indo harus minta ijin extradisi dengan ganti sing boleh pake tanah indo buat latihan militer, jelas indo ngambek! Hahahaha

-sorry gw nge-post beruntun -

skyscraperboy

November 9th, 2007, 05:16 PM

I couldn't find Transportation Thread so, post it here.

Malaysia, Indonesia Sign MoU On Toll Highway Management

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 9 (Bernama) -- Malaysia and Indonesia today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the exchange of information and technical collaboration on tolled highway management.

The memorandum was signed by the Works Ministry's secretary-general Datuk Syed Jamal Syed Jaafar on behalf of Malaysia, while Indonesia was represented by its Tolled Road Management chief Hisnu Pawenang.

Syed Jamal said the MoU would strengthen, encourage and develop technical cooperation in tolled highway management between both countries.

"The MoU outlines several technical cooperation such as the exchange of information and technical expertise, human capital development and tolled highway management in the planning, designing, construction, operational and maintenance aspects," he told reporters after the signing ceremony here today.

Also present was Malaysian Highway Authority director-general Datuk Mohamad Razali Othman.

Hisnu said the Indonesian government was building a tolled highway stretching between 1,100km and 1,600km which started in 2005 and scheduled for completion in 2010.

He said most of the highway projects in Indonesia were on Java island, and among them a highway connecting Jakarta-Samarang, and another linking Samarang-Solo-Surabaya.

"Ring roads are being built in Jakarta as well as a tolled highway in Makassar, Sulawesi," he said.

Omluki

November 10th, 2007, 04:53 PM

Wah, bukan cuma "Rasa Sayange" dan "Indang Sungai Garinggiang" yang diklaim, tapi juga "Jali-Jali". Wah, emang busyet bener dah Malaysia....

Malaysia, Atas Nama Melayu Membajak Lagu

Kisruh pembajakan lagu daerah Maluku, Rasa Sayange, oleh Pemerintah
Malaysia belum lagi reda. Kini delegasi kesenian Malaysia "Cinta
Sayang" kembali berulah ketika tampil pada Asia Festival 2007 di
Osaka, Jepang, pertengahan Oktober lalu. Pada saat menari, mereka
menggunakan lagu pengiring Indang Sungai Garinggiang yang berasal dari
Sumatera Barat.

Entah lalai atau memang sengaja, Malaysian Tourism Office di Osaka
yang memimpin delegasi itu sama sekali tak menyebutkan Indang Sungai
Garinggiang berasal dari Indonesia. Kebetulan ada seorang staf
Konsulat Jenderal Republik Indonesia (KJRI) di Osaka yang hadir di
Asia Festival 2007.

Langkah sigap pun terayun dari KJRI Osaka. Surat protes melayang ke
Direktur Malaysian Tourism Office di Osaka, Azhari Haron, pada 19
Oktober. Tembusan surat itu juga dikirim ke penyelenggara festival,
F.M. Cocolo. Menurut Konsul Jenderal RI, Pitono Purnomo, surat ini
berisi peringatan keras agar Malaysia tak sembarangan menggunakan
lagu-lagu Indonesia.

Pada dasarnya, KJRI tak memasalahkan penggunaan lagu-lagu Indonesia
oleh negara lain. Hanya saja, harus disertai iktikad baik dan
kejujuran. Misalnya, menyebut dari mana lagu itu berasal. Setelah
mendapat laporan dari stafnya, KJRI langsung melakukan koordinasi dan
mencari informasi dari berbagai pihak. Hasilnya, KJRI mendapat suplai
data tambahan soal asal mula lagu Indang Sungai Garinggiang.

Lagu itu adalah ciptaan Tiar Ramon (almarhum) pada 1981. Seniman
Sumatera Barat ini mencipta lagu tersebut atas permintaan Pemerintah
Daerah Sumatera Barat untuk mengiringi "Tari Indang". Lagu itu pertama
kali diperkenalkan pada saat upacara pembukaan Musabaqah Tilawatil
Quran Tingkat Nasional di Padang tahun 1983.

Malaysia tak bisa seenaknya mengubah sebagian lirik dan aransemen lagu
itu. Apalagi jika ditujukan untuk menggiring persepsi penonton agar
menganggap lagu itu berasal dari Malaysia. "Kejadian ini nanti bisa
diartikan negatif, misalnya seperti menantang Indonesia," Pitono
menegaskan.

Malaysia seharusnya tahu diri, agar hubungannya dengan Indonesia tidak
semakin memburuk. Hubungan dua negeri serumpun ini sudah memanas
selama beberapa tahun terakhir. Penyebabnya, perlakuan tak manusiawi
pada tenaga kerja Indonesia (TKI), yang kemudian merembet ke warga
negara Indonesia di Malaysia, bahkan menimpa istri diplomat Indonesia
di Kuala Lumpur.

Sentimen nasionalisme Indonesia kembali terusik ketika Menteri
Pariwisata Malaysia, Adnan Tengku Mansor, tanpa malu-malu menyatakan
bahwa lagu Rasa Sayange adalah lagu Melayu yang tergabung dalam
Kepulauan Nusantara (Malay Archipelago). Lagu ini lalu dijadikan lagu
tema situs Kementerian Pariwisata Malaysia sejak awal Oktober lalu.

Padahal, Gubernur Maluku Karel Albert Ralahalu menyatakan bahwa klaim
Malaysia itu tak berdasar. Apalagi, Indonesia punya bukti kuat rekaman
Rasa Sayange dalam piringan hitam yang dikeluarkan Lokananta tahun
1958. Lokananta adalah perusahaan rekaman milik negara Indonesia yang
berlokasi di Solo, Jawa Tengah.

Toh, Malaysia bergeming. Lagu Rasa Sayange tetap menjadi jingle
promosi pariwisata mereka ke seluruh dunia. Tampaknya tren pembajakan
Malaysia belum berhenti. Buktinya, Hanindita, mahasiswi Indonesia yang
tengah kuliah di Johor, Malaysia, ketika naik bus ke kampus, mendengar
lagu Jali-jali yang dinyanyikan dengan aroma Melayu.

Tak hanya itu. Ternyata teks lagunya juga diubah. Frasa "merdu sekali"
dalam bait "lagunya enak lagunya enak merdu sekali" diubah menjadi
"dari Langkawi" (nama pulau wisata di Malaysia). "Sejak kapan
Jali-jali pindah ke Langkawi," kata Hanindita, yang menuliskan
pengalaman ini dalam blog-nya di http://tortlem.multiply.com.

Info dari Hanindita langsung direspons ratusan orang. Ternyata lagu
Jali-jali versi Malaysia beredar di situs berbagi video YouTube sejak
13 September lalu. Video lagu yang dinyanyikan Kenny Lee ini terkesan
jadul (jaman dulu) dan sangat mellow. Jauh berbeda dari versi
Jali-jali yang dinyanyikan Benyamin S. yang berirama gembira.Awalnya, oleh si pengirim video, lagu Jali-jali ditulis sebagai lagu
daerah Melayu. Namun, setelah mendapat protes dari para pengunjung
laman situs itu (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okHZx-c-wc4), pengirim
video berkebangsaan Malaysia itu menyebutkan, Jali-jali berasal dari
daerah Betawi di Indonesia.

Kasus-kasus seperti ini sangat mungkin terjadi lagi. Pada saat kasus
Rasa Sayange mencuat, Menteri Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata Jero Wacik
berjanji segera mendaftarkan hak atas kekayaan intelektual lagu-lagu
daerah. Semoga Jero Wajik tak sekadar mengumbar janji.

Astari Yanuarti
[Nasional, Gatra Nomor 51 Beredar Kamis, 1 November 2007]

Venantio

November 10th, 2007, 05:23 PM

Ahhh... No respect to my neighbour.. I will never say that Malaysia is my neighbour or brother... It is bullshit..!!

Venantio

November 10th, 2007, 05:26 PM

OR PERHAPS THEY (MALAYSIAN PEOPLE) WANT TO BE PART OF INDONESIA?? THINK ABOUT IT !! IF THEY ALWAYS DO THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN, THEN IT SEEMS THAT THEY WANT TO BE INTEGRATED WITH INDONESIA... WE HAVE TO RESPOND THEM...

F-ian

November 10th, 2007, 05:33 PM

ampun deh emang bener2 susah bgt yah nyptain lagu? :nuts: :wallbash: :crazy:

rilham2new

November 10th, 2007, 07:13 PM

Malaysia tak bisa seenaknya mengubah sebagian lirik dan aransemen lagu
itu. Apalagi jika ditujukan untuk menggiring persepsi penonton agar
menganggap lagu itu berasal dari Malaysia. "Kejadian ini nanti bisa
diartikan negatif, misalnya seperti menantang Indonesia," Pitono
menegaskan.

Argghhh,, can we get rid out of this kinda news :bash: ... ANyway I dont like the phrase "MENANTANG INDONESIA" .... Jawaban kok nyeleneh

AceN

November 10th, 2007, 07:15 PM

ampun deh emang bener2 susah bgt yah nyptain lagu? :nuts: :wallbash: :crazy:

Bukannya SUSAH :nono:

Tapi kalo ada yang lebih mudah ( baca : NYOLONG ) , ngapain dipersulit ?!

:naughty::naughty::naughty::naughty:

Tul nda ?

"Others can only follow......"

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@ilham : This is a free forum lho ham...and you're not the moderator :tongue2: everyone here is free to post any news related to this thread ;) and yes, we can't get rid out of this kinda news as long as the SOURCE ( read : MY ) hasn't stopped making any 'news' again.....

" Ga bakal ada kebakaran kalo ga ada API "

;)

Venantio

November 10th, 2007, 07:32 PM

By the way fellas, anyone here can show us the number of patent for Batik and Keris that were done by Malaysia? Someone asks me to prove this patent....

AceN

November 10th, 2007, 07:49 PM

By the way fellas, anyone here can show us the number of patent for Batik and Keris that were done by Malaysia? Someone asks me to prove this patent....

Malaysia patented Batik's technology..i mean, they produce batik with modern technology and they patented their technology..

and..

Malaysia never patented any kind of Indonesian Batik's Motif

CMIIW..

rilham2new

November 10th, 2007, 08:36 PM

@ilham : This is a free forum lho ham...and you're not the moderator :tongue2: everyone here is free to post any news related to this thread ;) and yes, we can't get rid out of this kinda news as long as the SOURCE ( read : MY ) hasn't stopped making any 'news' again.....

" Ga bakal ada kebakaran kalo ga ada API "

;)

Well setuju ,,,

Tapi kalo berita2 itu cuman menunjukkan arogansi dan mislead nationalism ,,, malah kita yang jadi keliatan bodoh :p~ .... Well, aq bener2 rindu banget ama Indonesia yang dalam menyelesaikan masalah selalu mengutamakan Ke-ELEGAN-an ... Sekarang kita cuman kayak kembali ke zaman bambu runcing :nuts:

Lagian aq cuman berharap aja kok , sebagai thread starter yang baik :nocrook:

tapi TS dimana2 juga punya syarat berita macam apa yang perlu diposting di thread tersebut :nocrook: ... Kayak aq buat thread INDONESIA NIGHTSHOT CITIES misalnya,,, aq juga pake syarat sebagai TS :nocrook:

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Well, SOURCE itu sebenarnya yah MEDIA LOKAL kita yang punya intensi untuk menaikkan kemarahan rakyat,, menaikkan level sensasi dan mencoba supaya OPLAH jualan mereka naik :p~ ... Kalo Malaysia nya mah dari dulu juga gitu2 aja ,,, kalo nyolong yah memang udah dari dulu juga,,, sebenarnya mereka melempar api juga udah dari dulu.

Well, ini source nya GATRA, kan ??? GATRA itu majalah RASIS yang mempopulerkan istilah CUKONG sehingga jadi lazim dipake sehari-hari di Indonesia, kan ????? Well, gak semua MEDIA punya tendensi memberikan "PURE INFORMATION" ... Ada juga media yang "MIXTURE INFORMATION+SENSATION" ... dengan sistem pers di Indonesia.... yang "MIXTURE INFORMATION+SENSATION" tuh gampang ditemui :p~ ... I want to read and seeking an info when reading newspaper NOT sensation ...

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well, kalo tiba2 nih thread didatengin ma orang Malaysia (yang SORRY TO SAY, kebanyakan) menyikapi masalah secara lebih elegan ... aq lebih baik menarik diri :D ..

rilham2new

November 10th, 2007, 08:49 PM

F-ian

November 10th, 2007, 09:38 PM

Masalah Batik yg di patent iya mungkin Ilham bener... tp ada jg berita yg bilang kalo Patentnya itu cuma RUMOR alias ngak bener tandas (bukan Tandas Bhs Malaysia loo :lol:) seorang politik mereka

cepet pindah topik deh biar gak panas

Indonesia to become Harvard 'peace lab'

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Indonesia's success in ending conflicts and creating peace has led Harvard University to propose using this country as a laboratory for its study into peace processes.

The Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research plans to work with Paramadina University (UPM) in Jakarta to develop studies looking at past and ongoing peace processes in Indonesia.

"Indonesia is a fascinating country to study," program director Claude Bruderlein said during a discussion on peace-building at UPM on Friday.

"Lessons learned here are very telling, very informative," he said.

Paramadina Rector Anis Baswedan said peace is now taking root in places once plagued by bloody conflicts, such as Ambon, Aceh and the Central Sulawesi district of Poso.

"There are lessons here that could be useful to the peace processes in other countries," he said.

The two universities are now finalizing details of the proposed plan. "Harvard sets very tough criteria," Baswedan said.

Bruderlein said the UN had cited studies of peace processes in African countries, the Middle East, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

"Yet, our research finds that Indonesia has been one of the most successful countries in peace-building endeavors."

The Harvard program has been primarily active in the Middle East, particularly in the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Bruderlein said there is a need for professionals in peace-building activities to exchange notes and experiences, which would allow them to develop a methodology and standards as well as vocabularies.

"There is very little literature on peace-building at the moment," he said.

He said nations undergo three phases before reaching lasting peace: peace and security, peace and justice, and peace and development.

Peace remains tentative in the first two phases, but once a nation reaches the final stage, most of the political issues will have been settled and what remain are mostly technical aspects, he said.

Indonesia makes an ideal laboratory for peace-building studies because it offers simultaneous examples of all three phases as the nation tries to integrate security, justice and development, he said.

paw25694

November 11th, 2007, 08:33 AM

capek yah..

peseg5

November 11th, 2007, 09:20 AM

capek yah..

yah istirahat dong... :p

Omluki

November 11th, 2007, 03:43 PM

Tapi kalo berita2 itu cuman menunjukkan arogansi dan mislead nationalism ,,,

.... well, kalo tiba2 nih thread didatengin ma orang Malaysia (yang SORRY TO SAY, kebanyakan) menyikapi masalah secara lebih elegan ... aq lebih baik menarik diri :D ..

Relax bro, Gatra only gave us info on some Indonesian songs that was claimed by malaysian. The information did not incite us to invade malaysia.

No worry if this thread will be hijacked by malaysian forumer. I want to know their responses on Jali-Jali and Indang cases. They might have "elegantly" made up an excuse on Rasa Sayang Hey (their version of Rasa Sayange) as Malay folk song. Now I'm curious, what is their "elegant" take on the other two songs.....

r4d1ty4

November 11th, 2007, 04:14 PM

sedikit oot..agak ga penting malah..waktu itu gw donlod lagu Dewa lewat LimeWire..pas gw masukin iTunes ehhh genrenya : "Malaysian Pop"..

busehhh...

rilham2new

November 11th, 2007, 04:16 PM

AceN

November 11th, 2007, 05:47 PM

nungguin ilham sama omluki ahh.......... :tongue4:

zein_el dine

November 12th, 2007, 01:18 AM

Relax bro, Gatra only gave us info on some Indonesian songs that was claimed by malaysian. The information did not incite us to invade malaysia.

No worry if this thread will be hijacked by malaysian forumer. I want to know their responses on Jali-Jali and Indang cases. They might have "elegantly" made up an excuse on Rasa Sayang Hey (their version of Rasa Sayange) as Malay folk song. Now I'm curious, what is their "elegant" take on the other two songs.....

Warga Malaysia terutama Generasi Muda agak kurang pengetahuan tentang asal muasal lagu lagu rakyat kerna tidak mendapat pendedahan dari pihak Malaysia! Selama 1 generasi di Malaysia ( Late 80s till early 2000) lagu Indonesia agak kurang mendapat tempat di Radio maupun TV kerna dasar support Malaysian Artist. Walaupun lagu Jali Jali, Burung Kakak Tua, Sarinande, Soleram dan juga Rasa Sayange popular sebagai lagu rakyat tapi pendedahan asal muasal tidak didedahkan! Malah lagu Melayu yang berasal dari daerah Indonesia seperti Sri Lankat, Inang Pulau Kampai pernah dikatogerikan sebagai lagu 'Irama Malaysia'. Tetapi kebelakangan ini ungkapan 'Irama Malaysia' sudah tidak digunakan lagi.
Its good that the issue of Rasa Sayange were brought up by Indonesian so as to give awareness to the ignorant Malaysian as to the origin of these folk songs!http://www.skyscrapercity.com/images/smilies/shake.gif
:ohno:http://www.skyscrapercity.com/images/smilies/bash.gif
:bash:

kamski

November 12th, 2007, 01:45 AM

Lol you guys are so easy...

AceN

November 12th, 2007, 06:26 AM

Good reply zinedine..eh..zein_el_dine.. :okay:

AceN

November 12th, 2007, 07:00 AM

-De-Pe-

Alvin

November 12th, 2007, 05:55 PM

I think this is something to be proud of.
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Indonesia's blend of democracy and Islam wins award
Email Printer friendly version Normal font Large font Mark Forbes, Bali
November 13, 2007

INDONESIA has been hailed for proving that Islam and democracy can co-exist by establishing and maintaining the only functioning democracy in South-East Asia.

Indonesia's people and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono were yesterday awarded the Democracy Medal by the International Association of Political Consultants. Before delegates in Bali and most of his cabinet, Dr Yudhoyono said Indonesia had transformed itself in less than a decade and would never return to repression.

Although sceptics had claimed Indonesia would splinter or radicalise, "the heart and soul of Indonesia remains moderate and progressive", Dr Yudhoyono said. "In Indonesia democracy, Islam and modernity go hand in hand.

"Democracy in Indonesia has reached a point of no return," said the nation's first directly elected president.

The president of the association, Ben Goddard, said: "Indonesia is a shining example of hope". The most populous Muslim nation had demonstrated that Islamic values were compatible with democracy, he said.

The association's Asian head, Pri Sulisto, said Indonesia's success in implementing democracy "serves as an example for Asian countries, most of which are still ruled by iron-fist regimes".

Political scientist and author Kevin Evans said Indonesia was, along with India, the only truly functional democracy in Asia.

The award highlighted the significant progress made since the dictator Soeharto was forced to resign in 1998, Mr Evans said.

Now, for the first time, every politician is directly elected, he said. "The nation is also passing the terrorism test without winding back human rights and free speech."

The Indonesian people, through demonstrations, brought about the collapse of the Soeharto regime and in 2004 Indonesia held the largest single-day election in the world, Mr Goddard said.

From being ruled by corrupt elites, the "pyramid of power" had been "turned upside down" by bringing democracy to the people, Dr Yudhoyono said. "Indonesia has proved that no matter the size of the population, the difficult geography, ethnic diversity political complexity or historical background, democracy can come and grow."

It is the first time in 25 years the award from political consultants and advisers across the globe has been granted to a nation. Previous recipients include Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi.

rilham2new

November 13th, 2007, 05:21 AM

Warga Malaysia terutama Generasi Muda agak kurang pengetahuan tentang asal muasal lagu lagu rakyat kerna tidak mendapat pendedahan dari pihak Malaysia! Selama 1 generasi di Malaysia ( Late 80s till early 2000) lagu Indonesia agak kurang mendapat tempat di Radio maupun TV kerna dasar support Malaysian Artist. Walaupun lagu Jali Jali, Burung Kakak Tua, Sarinande, Soleram dan juga Rasa Sayange popular sebagai lagu rakyat tapi pendedahan asal muasal tidak didedahkan! Malah lagu Melayu yang berasal dari daerah Indonesia seperti Sri Lankat, Inang Pulau Kampai pernah dikatogerikan sebagai lagu 'Irama Malaysia'. Tetapi kebelakangan ini ungkapan 'Irama Malaysia' sudah tidak digunakan lagi.
Its good that the issue of Rasa Sayange were brought up by Indonesian so as to give awareness to the ignorant Malaysian as to the origin of these folk songs!http://www.skyscrapercity.com/images/smilies/shake.gif
:ohno:http://www.skyscrapercity.com/images/smilies/bash.gif
:bash:

Errmm,, AMBOI SRI LANGKAT is indeed Melayu Deli (North Sumatra ) song,,, :lol: ... My mother can confirm that :lol:

rilham2new

November 13th, 2007, 05:24 AM

Welll,,, this news will surprise some of us ...

source: JPNN (posted on RIAUPOS)
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Batal, Perjanjian Pertahanan Indonesia-Singapura *well, the title is just a sensation,,, I suggest u read the whole news ..... Ini style berita JPNN .... So, be calm pal ...
13 Nopember 2007 Pukul 08:47

JAKARTA (RP)-Perbedaan pendapat soal aturan pelaksanaan (Implementing Arrangement/IA) perjanjian pertahanan (Defence Cooperation Agreement) antara Indonesia dan Singapura akhirnya membuat pelaksanaan perjanjian tersebut benar-benar terhambat. Parlemen kedua negara pun tidak mau meratifikasi perjanjian yang memungkinkan kerja sama pelatihan perang ketiga angkatan dua negara bertetangga tersebut. Karena perjanjian itu pelaksanaannya disepakati satu paket dengan perjanjian ekstradisi, maka otomatis perjanjian tersebut juga dihentikan.

‘’Karena belum dicapai kesepakatan soal IA DCA, kita sepakat untuk put aside (mengenyampingkan, red) perjanjian itu,’’ kata Menlu Nur Hassan Wirajuda di Hotel Sultan kawasan Senayan, Senin (12/11). Diapun tidak mengetahui sampai kapan perjanjian tersebut akan dilanjutkan bahkan diratifikasi oleh DPR masing-masing negara.

Apakah masih menunggu angin baik lagi? Dengan tersenyum, dia mengiyakan. ‘’Iya kita masih tunggu anginnya kapan bisa mulai berunding lagi,’’ katanya sesaat sebelum pergi ke Bandara Soekarno Hatta. Menurutnya, bagi Singapura perjanjian DCA yang telah ditanda-tangani oleh Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono dan PM Singapura Lee Hsien Long di Istana Tampak Siring Juni lalu sudah tinggal dilaksanakan. ‘’Menurut pemikiran Singapura perjanjian DCA sudah on the right track, tapi tidak bagi kita,’’ tambahnya. Karena DCA sudah macet, otomatis perjanjian ekstradisi juga macet.

Nampaknya, harapan bagi pemerintah Indonesia untuk bisa memulangkan terdakwa kasus dugaan korupsi dan asetnya dari Singapura akan sulit terwujud. Pasalnya, syarat perjanjian ekstradisi bisa berjalan setelah perjanjian DCA selesai diratifikasi oleh parlemen kedua negara. Padahal komisi I DPR sudah mengisyaratkan tak ingin meratifikasi DCA. Ini terbukti dari komentar anggota Komisi I DPR Abdillah Toha soal DCA. ‘’Kalau DCA tidak mungkin disetujui, haram hukumnya meratifikasi itu,’’ tegasnya.

Juli lalu, Menlu Nur Hassan Wirajuda mengatakan pasca penandatanganan DCA dan Ekstradisi belum ada pembicaraan lebih lanjut. Lebih lanjut, suami Herawati itu mengatakan, Indonesia sedang menunggu sinyal untuk melakukan pembicaraan IA DCA.

‘’Sementara ini belum ada pembicaraan yang spesifik mengenai waktu perundingan,’’ kata Hassan, ketika ditanya kapan perundingan dimulai. Menurut menteri kelahiran Tangerang itu, meskipun Singapura belum merespon ajakan Indonesia, pemerintah masih ingin melanjutkan perjanjian pertahanan tersebut.

‘’Kalau ada respon dari Singapura kita tetap akan meneruskan perjanjian itu,’’ tegasnya.

Sebelumnya, Departemen Luar Negeri Singapura telah mengirimkan dua lembar press release yang isinya menegaskan itikad baik pihaknya dalam meneruskan perjanjian DCA. Dalam pemberitahuan tersebut, juga dikatakan bahwa mereka telah mengirimkan sebuah proposal yang berhubungan dengan IA (implementasi) DCA tapi Indonesia belum merespon. Ketika dimintai tanggapan, Hassan dengan tegas mengatakan proposal itu adalah proposal lama yang diberikan oleh pemerintah Singapura pada 7 Mei lalu.

Mereka memberikan proposal tersebut saat membicarakan implementing agreement (IA) di Hotel Shangrilla. ‘’Saat itu kita sudah memberikan jawaban bahwa sesuai pasal 6 perjanjian DCA ada keperluan untuk membuat aturan pelaksanaan latihan militer yang tercantum dalam draft DCA,’’ bebernya. Menurut Hassan, jika diantara kedua belah pihak menemui jalan buntu dan tidak ada perundingan tentang IA maka perjanjian pertahanan (DCA) dianggap belum selesai. Pasalnya tidak ditemukan kesepakatan tentang pengaturan latihan militer khususnya di kawasan Bravo.(nue/jpnn)

paw25694

November 13th, 2007, 07:40 AM

BAGUS!

AceN

November 13th, 2007, 08:32 AM

HoooooRREeeeeeeee.......!!!!

peseg5

November 13th, 2007, 11:35 AM

Ekstradisi jg batal dong?

rilham2new

November 13th, 2007, 11:37 AM

^^ ohh, gak.... bahasa kerennya SUSPENDED

XxRyoChanxX

November 14th, 2007, 09:00 AM

edited

Cah SMG

November 14th, 2007, 09:40 AM

I still don't get it, why Malaysian government so easily claimed something that don't belong to them... Angklung is "music bamboo malay" -- what a non-creative and akward name :lol::lol:

A nice article from Kompas today:

Indonesia-Malaysia
Jangan Ambil Angklung Kami, Pakcik…

Diplomasi kebudayaan dalam arti yang sesungguhnya terjadi pada Minggu (11/11) malam di Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. Dan itu dilakukan dengan cerdik oleh seorang wanita yang bukan diplomat, tapi oleh seniman yang sehari- hari adalah instruktur (musik) angklung.

Lewat pergelaran angklung interaktif pada salah satu sesi "Malam Budaya Indonesia" di ibu kota negeri jiran tersebut, Ika Widyaningsih dari Saung Angklung Mang Udjo mengajari para undangan dari Malaysia tentang bagaimana seharusnya bermain angklung. Padahal, di Malaysia, seni tradisi ini sudah diklaim sebagai musik nasional kerajaan dengan label music bamboo malay dan (konon) tengah diupayakan untuk mendapat pengakuan UNESCO.

Di antara tamu kehormatan yang hadir adalah Menteri Kebudayaan Kesenian dan Warisan Nasional Kerajaan Malaysia Dato’ Sri Rais Yatim. Menteri Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata RI Jero Wacik, Dirjen Nilai Budaya Seni dan Film Mukhlis PaEni, serta Halim Kalla dari Kadin Indonesia Komite Malaysia ikut duduk mendampingi Dato’ Sri Rais Yatim dalam satu meja.

Sebelum "permainan" dimulai, pemain-pemain angklung dari Saung Angklung Mang Udjo membagikan suvenir berupa sebuah angklung kepada setiap penonton. Dari atas panggung, Ika dengan fasih menuntun mereka bagaimana cara memegang dan membunyikan angklung yang benar. Dato’ Sri Rais Yatim bersama istri juga mengikuti peragaan Ika, yang kemudian disusul instruksi tentang bagaimana posisi dan cara menggerakkan angklung agar menghasilkan nada-nada dasar musik yang diinginkan.

Sebagian besar undangan terlihat hanyut mengikuti instruksi Ika. Mereka seperti menikmati permainan baru dari alat musik bambu yang sederhana, tetapi sungguh menakjubkan karena ternyata mampu menghasilkan nada-nada musik yang inspiratif dan menawan.

Awalnya, beberapa lagu dimainkan dengan tertatih-tatih. Sekitar 200 undangan semula kikuk memegang dan menggoyang-goyangkan alat musik bambu tersebut. Beberapa di antaranya bahkan tampak frustrasi, lalu meletakkan angklungnya di meja, sebelum akhirnya ikut kembali "bergabung" sambil menggeleng-gelengkan kepala.

Di sinilah kepiawaian Ika Widyaningsih sebagai instruktur. Berkat pengalamannya selama bertahun-tahun sebagai instruktur, Ika mampu membangkitkan minat para "pembelajar" angklung untuk mengikuti setiap gerakan jari tangannya guna menemukan nada yang pas, sesuai irama lagu yang dimainkan.

"We are the best. Semoga dengan angklung persahabatan Indonesia-Malaysia tetap jaya," kata Ika memuji, setelah lagu Falling in Love dalam iringan musik angklung yang dimainkan secara interaktif itu mengumandang, dan diakhiri aplaus meriah.

Bermakna ganda

Misi kesenian yang diusung lewat program "Jembatan Budaya Indonesia-Malaysia" pada Minggu malam lalu sesungguhnya memiliki makna ganda. Di satu sisi, "Malam Budaya Indonesia" itu sebagai ungkapan persahabatan di antara kedua negara sebagai bangsa serumpun. Di sisi lain—diakui atau tidak—misi kesenian Indonesia kali ini juga untuk mengingatkan Malaysia pada etika dan nilai persahabatan yang hakiki.
Tindakan Malaysia dalam beberapa waktu terakhir terhadap bangsa Indonesia sempat menyulut sentimen negatif di Tanah Air. Hal itu terjadi lantaran sikap dan/atau langkah yang mereka tempuh dirasakan telah menyinggung harga diri dan martabat bangsa Indonesia.

Khusus di bidang kebudayaan, kegalauan itu dipicu klaim sepihak Malaysia atas produk-produk budaya Indonesia. Dalam kasus pematenan batik oleh Malaysia, misalnya, meski hanya menyangkut motifnya, citra yang kemudian mendunia akhirnya bisa memunculkan anggapan bahwa batik secara keseluruhan adalah milik Malaysia.

Begitu pun klaim Malaysia terhadap angklung, yang mereka pasarkan lewat dunia perpelancongannya sebagai music bamboo malay. Bukan tidak mungkin klaim ini akan meminggirkan posisi angklung di pergaulan antarbangsa lantaran Indonesia bisa dianggap sebagai pengekor.

"Padahal, dari sejarah dan penelitian yang kami lakukan, angklung benar-benar musik tradisi asli Indonesia," kata Satria Yanuar Akbar, Direktur Operasi Saung Angklung Mang Udjo.

Angklung merupakan alat musik yang berasal dari Jawa Barat. Angklung gubrag di Jasinga, Bogor, adalah salah satu yang masih hidup sejak lebih dari 400 tahun lampau. Kemunculannya berawal dari ritus padi. Angklung diciptakan dan dimainkan untuk memikat Dewi Sri turun ke Bumi agar tanaman padi rakyat tumbuh subur.

Dalam perkembangannya, angklung berkembang dan menyebar ke seantero Jawa, lalu ke Kalimantan dan Sumatera. Pada 1908 tercatat sebuah misi kebudayaan dari Indonesia ke Thailand, antara lain ditandai penyerahan angklung, lalu permainan musik bambu ini pun sempat menyebar di sana.

Bahkan, sejak 1966, Mang Udjo—tokoh angklung yang mengembangkan teknik permainan berdasarkan laras-laras pelog, salendro, dan madenda—mulai mengajarkan bagaimana bermain angklung kepada banyak orang dari berbagai komunitas. Termasuk mereka yang berasal dari Malaysia.

Kini, setelah Malaysia menyatakan angklung sebagai musik nasional kerajaan, keinginan dari pemerintah negeri jiran itu untuk mendatangkan instruktur dari Saung Angklung Mang Udjo terus berdatangan. Dengan iming-iming gaji besar, mereka ingin agar dibentuk komunitas music bamboo malay di sana, lalu minta juga diajarkan bagaimana cara bermain angklung.

"Ika sebagai murid senior Mang Udjo beberapa kali ditawari pindah ke Malaysia. Namun, hingga sejauh ini kami hanya memberikan jawaban diplomatis: belum ada waktu. Kami sebetulnya juga ingin menyebarkan angklung ke seluruh dunia. Tapi, pada saat bersamaan apa tindakan pemerintah untuk memagari agar angklung tetap jadi milik kita?" kata Satria.

Atau, boleh jadi pandangan Mang Udjo (alm) terhadap masa depan angklung beberapa tahun lampau benar-benar akan jadi kenyataan. Bahwa, "Mungkin bangsa yang dihargai (dunia) adalah yang memelihara budaya, bukan yang menciptakannya". Jika itu yang terjadi, masih pantaskah kita bersikukuh untuk berkata kepada Malaysia: "Jangan ambil angklung kami, Pakcik…." (ken)

XxRyoChanxX

November 14th, 2007, 10:19 AM

::edited::

::sigh:: NO COMMENT

materialistus

November 14th, 2007, 10:34 AM

AceN

November 14th, 2007, 01:22 PM

La.....La...La....La.......La....La...LaAaa.... LaaAaaaa......LAALAAAAAAAAAA............

Yang satu maling, yang dimaling juga ga kalah bego - didiemin doank

rilham2new

November 14th, 2007, 01:34 PM

XxRyoChanxX

November 14th, 2007, 05:32 PM

Indonesia's blend of democracy and Islam wins award :)
sorry if posted before

Mark Forbes, Bali
November 13, 2007

INDONESIA has been hailed for proving that Islam and democracy can co-exist by establishing and maintaining the only functioning democracy in South-East Asia.

Indonesia's people and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono were yesterday awarded the Democracy Medal by the International Association of Political Consultants. Before delegates in Bali and most of his cabinet, Dr Yudhoyono said Indonesia had transformed itself in less than a decade and would never return to repression.

Although sceptics had claimed Indonesia would splinter or radicalise, "the heart and soul of Indonesia remains moderate and progressive", Dr Yudhoyono said. "In Indonesia democracy, Islam and modernity go hand in hand.

"Democracy in Indonesia has reached a point of no return," said the nation's first directly elected president.

The president of the association, Ben Goddard, said: "Indonesia is a shining example of hope". The most populous Muslim nation had demonstrated that Islamic values were compatible with democracy, he said.

The association's Asian head, Pri Sulisto, said Indonesia's success in implementing democracy "serves as an example for Asian countries, most of which are still ruled by iron-fist regimes".

Political scientist and author Kevin Evans said Indonesia was, along with India, the only truly functional democracy in Asia.

The award highlighted the significant progress made since the dictator Soeharto was forced to resign in 1998, Mr Evans said.

Now, for the first time, every politician is directly elected, he said. "The nation is also passing the terrorism test without winding back human rights and free speech."

The Indonesian people, through demonstrations, brought about the collapse of the Soeharto regime and in 2004 Indonesia held the largest single-day election in the world, Mr Goddard said.

From being ruled by corrupt elites, the "pyramid of power" had been "turned upside down" by bringing democracy to the people, Dr Yudhoyono said. "Indonesia has proved that no matter the size of the population, the difficult geography, ethnic diversity political complexity or historical background, democracy can come and grow."

It is the first time in 25 years the award from political consultants and advisers across the globe has been granted to a nation. Previous recipients include Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/indone...4766587447.html

AceN

November 14th, 2007, 06:09 PM

^^ Re post kan Ryo ?...tapi gapapa deh... :D hehehehe..

XxRyoChanxX

November 15th, 2007, 12:08 AM

yeah... hehehhe

Cah SMG

November 15th, 2007, 06:59 AM

it is our own incompetence of protecting our heritage & culture. in this day and age of globalisation and patenting of every acpects of life for social or commercial gain, indonesia still refused to conform to the international standard of protecting and adknowleging intellectual & cultural rights...

This is an insane logic. So, anything in your backyard is legally can be stolen by your neighbor as long as is not patented. Including your wife, ha ha ha....
Put aside weird logic, try use ETHICS first.

Anyway, you can't patent cultural heritage (such as arts, books, songs, dances, etc)

What can be patented? "any new invention and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter (relates to chemical compositions and may include mixtures of ingredients as well as new chemical compounds), or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent,” (US Patent and Trademark Office)

An invention which must be new, inventive, and useful or industrially applicable.

AceN

November 15th, 2007, 08:50 AM

^^ menyimpang jaoooohhhh dari pembicaraan... :( masa bawa2 wife sagala...:tongue: disini lebih ke titik berat ke paten dalam artian perlindungan terhadap kebudayaan..bukan ke U.S Patents ! :D

Cah SMG

November 15th, 2007, 09:53 AM

"Paten dalam artian perlindungan terhadap kebudayaan" kayaknya cuma ada dan berlaku di negaranya mbahmu kali ya. Coba, pelajari dulu soal paten baik-baik, biar nanti naik kelas...

Itu sebabnya Malaysia mau mengklaim angklung (dengan menamai "music bamboo malay") dengan meminta pengakuan ke UNESCO bukan mempatenkan. Karena emang Angklung dan produk lain yang sudah ada sejak lama tidak bisa dipatenkan.

Kamu bisa mem-patenkan alat musik baru yang kau ciptakan terbuat dari "daun bambu atau daun mlinjo", jika sebelumnya tidak ada, dan emang kamu penciptanya.

Kalau pengin jelas soal paten, coba tanya ke pak Google ato bu Yahoo....

materialistus

November 15th, 2007, 10:15 AM

This is an insane logic. So, anything in your backyard is legally can be stolen by your neighbor as long as is not patented. Including your wife, ha ha ha....
Put aside weird logic, try use ETHICS first.

Anyway, you can't patent cultural heritage (such as arts, books, songs, dances, etc)

What can be patented? "any new invention and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter (relates to chemical compositions and may include mixtures of ingredients as well as new chemical compounds), or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent,” (US Patent and Trademark Office)

An invention which must be new, inventive, and useful or industrially applicable.

whats 'nmbahmu' and 'mlinjo' ?

again, from your posting, it seem like many indonesian like you prefers to avoid a topic by trying to find trivial flaws.

thats a bit simple minded isnt it ;O)

AceN

November 15th, 2007, 12:11 PM

kamski

November 15th, 2007, 02:57 PM

Put aside weird logic, try use ETHICS first.

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While I agree with you, the problem is international law doesn't necessarily recognize "ethic".

rilham2new

November 15th, 2007, 03:29 PM

^^ Yeah, dari tadi siang aq juga mau mempermasalahkan kata2 kayak ETHICS itu .... tapi gak jadi :p~

Cah SMG

November 16th, 2007, 12:24 PM

whats 'nmbahmu' and 'mlinjo' ?

again, from your posting, it seem like many indonesian like you prefers to avoid a topic by trying to find trivial flaws.

thats a bit simple minded isnt it ;O)

"Mbahmu" and "mlinjo" is not for your posting. It's a joke for AceN (I hope he understand the joke).

My previous posting is precisely to counter your simple mind. You mentioned:

"In the age of globalisation and patenting of every acpects of life for social or commercial gain, indonesia still refused to conform to the international standard of protecting and adknowleging intellectual & cultural rights by having inward looking policies....

My respond: We can not patent "every aspects of life to protect and acknowledge intellectual & cultural rights.."

To put it bluntly: We can not protect Rasa Sanyange, Jali-jali, Angklung, Batik, and other Indonesian cultural heritage by patenting it. Patent is only prevail for new invention related to industrial and commercial ends. There is your flaw logic....

That's why I propose to remind Malaysian on ETHICAL value: If you use other nation's cultural heritage, you should at least mentioned the source or at best asking for permission. If you want to claim it, well, you'd better make sure that it really belong to you.... or else, somebody would call you a thief

That's all about ETHICS and is, surelly, not simple :)

materialistus

November 16th, 2007, 01:06 PM

Okay, that make sense.

i think i just mis-phrased the whole thing. my point was that the government should be more proactive to give a better image of indonesia to the world (by making improvement to almost all aspects of their policies and governance system). not necessarily patenting everything we have. then again, sometimes it pays to heed what other thinks about us instead of ignoring our international image altogether by having a small minded chauvinistic immature behaviour on behalf of the government. they have to remember how they preceived themselves is not necessarily how others perceives. the government of indonesia can think they're a giant hulk, but other countries look at them as cockroach.

i know the above sounds harsh -and apology for that- but i'm a bit tired whenever i tried to say something, some people would try to steer off the point by scrutinising my phrasing flaws and magnify it.

comprendez?

Lastresorter

November 17th, 2007, 11:02 AM

This looks to me like an Indonesia vs. other countries thread. Nothing much about foreign policy or international relations.

AceN

November 17th, 2007, 06:04 PM

^^ Thanks for your protest here.. ;)

rilham2new

November 17th, 2007, 07:26 PM

^^ Thanx for replying in elegant way AceN ...yeahhh,,, Indonesian Forumer BISAAAAA :D ... eheheheh

AceN

November 17th, 2007, 08:41 PM

...ahh ilham... bikin aku tersipu-sipu..... :hilarious

aremania19

November 20th, 2007, 06:43 PM

hiiamdib

November 20th, 2007, 07:58 PM

ASEAN signs blueprint for economic integration

By JASON GUTIERREZ
Agence France-Presse

SINGAPORE - Southeast Asian leaders on Tuesday signed an "economic blueprint" aimed at creating a single market of more than half a billion people by 2015 to help battle competition from giants China and India.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is fast-tracking the integration of its 10 economies to create a free market zone with a unified production base and no tariffs, moving up the timetable by five years.

The plan will make ASEAN "more dynamic and competitive" while addressing the "development divide and accelerating integration of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam," the bloc's four poorest countries, the document said.

"A free and open investment regime is key to enhancing ASEAN's competitiveness in attracting foreign direct investment as well as intra-ASEAN investment," the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint said.

The document calls for the elimination of import duties on all products, except for some sensitive items, by 2010 for the six bigger members and by 2015 for the four smaller economies.

Restrictions in trade and services in the sectors of air transport, e-commerce, healthcare and tourism would also be substantially removed by 2010 and by 2013 for the services sector.

Ramon Kabigting, a Philippine trade official who helped draft the blueprint, said it takes ASEAN a step closer to its ambitious goal of becoming a European-style single market.

He said it binds ASEAN countries into instituting economic reforms while giving smaller members enough time to adjust to liberalization.

"By 2015 we will have a zone that is a seamless production base and a single market," Kabigting told reporters. "There are measures here that are here specifically to help us."

He said that once the targets are achieved, "goods and materials as well as peoples will move freely across the borders."

Complicating the situation are disparities between the group's more developed members Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, and lower-income states Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam.

Observers say the reforms are also imperilled by vested interests, red tape and foot-dragging in the region.

ASEAN economic ministers said that achieving the goals would not be easy, and that leaders must show political will if the region is to transform itself into a unified trading zone.

"We really have to see this in a very, very positive way," said Indonesian Trade Minister Mari Pangestu. "We cannot stop the clock -- we need to make ourselves more competitive."

Jose Concepcion, the Philippine representative to the ASEAN Business Advisory Council, said that while there may be some "hiccups in the political front," liberalization must not be stopped.

He was referring to calls for trade sanctions against ASEAN's pariah state Myanmar, which has refused calls to shift to democracy and sparked outrage with a recent deadly crackdown on pro-democracy rallies.

rilham2new

November 21st, 2007, 07:40 AM

ya, tapi ini masalah tergolong serius kan, jadi nggak salah kalo mau ngebahas tuntas gitu. kalo semua-muanya ntar diambil malaysia (tanpa dasar yang jelas tentunya) terus kita mau jadi apa dong? kan kebudayaan itu juga identitas kita. jangan2 malah ntar kebalik kita yang dituding meng'kopi' malaysia kalau semuanya sudah mereka klaim sebagai milik mereka.

omong2 ada nggak artikel atau apalah yang mbahas soal reaksi Departemen Pariwisata soal ini?

makasih sebelumnya~

Yepp, serius banget ....

[OMITTED PART OF MY POSTS, I found it too long, nobody will read it ... Kalau niat mau baca ,,, PM aja :p~ ]

Well, I tried to make it in most ellegant way I could ;) ... Sorry kalau ada salah2 kata & data :p~

aremania19

November 21st, 2007, 07:05 PM

Well, I tried to make it in most ellegant way I could ;) ... Sorry kalau ada salah2 kata & data :p~

wadoh, aku di-quote nih, hehehe :lol::lol: j/k

maap jugag... soalnya aku sendiri agak 'sensitif' kalo ada soal yang nyangkut negeri jiran,, baik di thread ini maupun di thread lain, jadi kadang2 sudah njeplak, maksudnya kayak nyolot duluan gitu :D i didn't mean to be so rude to fellow Indonesian jadi jangan kapok ketemu aku ya :D:D

peace man!

indistad

November 22nd, 2007, 01:17 AM

I don't think ASEAN can integrate much with their economies being so competitive instead of complementary. Perhaps ASEAN+3 might have a better chance, but I wouldn't like to see us being puppets for a Chinese dominated body.

F-ian

November 25th, 2007, 02:00 PM

Kevin Rudd is Pro Indonesia Right? that's Good :)
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Australia's PM-elect to visit U.S., Indonesia soon
www.chinaview.cn 2007-11-25 15:18:18

CANBERRA, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Australian Prime minister-elect Kevin Rudd on Sunday said he will visit the United States and Indonesia soon.

Rudd was speaking at his first news conference as prime minister-elect in Brisbane, capital of his home-state of Queensland, since the Labor party's election win on Saturday.

He said he has talked to U.S. President George W Bush, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

"My conversation this morning with President Bush - he kindly rang to congratulate me, I thanked him for the courtesy of the call," Rudd said.

"I emphasized to President Bush the centrality of the U.S. alliance and our approach to our future foreign policy," he said.

He said he told Bush that he planned to visit the United States soon.

Rudd also said he plans a visit to Indonesia around the new year in addition to the upcoming visit to the Indonesian island of Bali where he will lead the Australian delegation to attend an international meeting on climate change.

Yudhoyono has formally invited Rudd to next month's Bali meeting.

"I responded positively of course to President Yudhoyono's invitation and said I looked forward very much to meeting him in Bali very soon," Rudd said.

"I also emphasized to President Yudhoyono the absolute importance of a strong bilateral relationship between ourselves and Indonesia and I also look forward to some time in the new year to further visit Indonesia to extend and broaden our relationship with that country," he said.

Meanwhile, Rudd said he also discussed climate change with Brown and looks forward very much to working closely with the British government on that in the future.

"I look forward generally to working with the British government in the future on a range of foreign policy measures across the world," he said.

aremania19

November 25th, 2007, 02:40 PM

^^ good... semoga gak ada berantem dan masalah lagi dengan Australia kedepannya, amin!

F-ian

November 25th, 2007, 03:27 PM

+ No more terrorist hate Aussies :)

aremania19

November 25th, 2007, 04:05 PM

:lol::lol::lol: 'doa untuk mas teroris'

kamski

November 26th, 2007, 01:15 AM

Thank god Howard lost.

Trip2Java

November 26th, 2007, 04:54 AM

materialistus

November 26th, 2007, 12:30 PM

The answer is YES.

I read an article about it in Reuters few weeks ago. but I didn't post it here as I know what kind of blind nationalism backlash I will get.

Rudd is pro-good relationships with his northern neighbours (not only specifically indonesia) which is good. He speaks fluent Mandarin and less old-skool than Howard (bear in mind that Howard is a conservative with values more suited to 1950s Australian mindset). But this does not mean he will let some war criminals in the neighbouring country roam around free. And he made it clear since the very beginning that the AU Foreign Policy will not change significantly.

I do believe that many Indonesian generels should be sent to Den Haag.

MARINHO

December 9th, 2007, 08:37 AM

peseg5

December 9th, 2007, 07:16 PM

With or without the Palestinians trade between Indonesia and Israel has taken place in the past. Indonesian intelligence where partly trained by the Mossad and pilots have been receiving training in Israel.
The Uzi's from several Indonesian security forces where Israeli made but the Israeli trademarks where removed.

Yeah, this is understandably in foreign affairs. Indonesia doesn't recognize Taiwan too in the name of "one China policy". But when you go to Glodok to search for a new PC, Taiwanese goods are everywhere. Hehe

AceN

December 10th, 2007, 12:43 AM

Yeah, this is understandably in foreign affairs. Indonesia doesn't recognize Taiwan too in the name of "one China policy". But when you go to Glodok to search for a new PC, Taiwanese goods are everywhere. Hehe
ya biasa laaaaa......kepura-puraan politik belaka.. :D

sanhen

December 10th, 2007, 09:07 AM

metode "asal bapak senang"? :D :D hehehe

materialistus

December 10th, 2007, 01:59 PM

WASHINGTON (Antara): Foreign Affairs Minister Hassan Wirajuda has said Indonesia will acknowledge and open diplomatic ties with Israel only when a Palestinian state is established.

"Not until Palestine ... establishes an independent Palestinian state ... will we acknowledge Israel and open diplomatic ties," Hassan said Wednesday.

The minister said his presence at the Annapolis Conference, which was also attended by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, did not necessarily mean Indonesia intended to establish ties with Israel, except under those conditions.

Based on the results of the Palestinian-Israeli conference held in the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, on Nov. 27, he said Indonesia welcomed the decision of Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to continue the negotiation process to find a solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.

"We can not be sure the negotiation process in the next one year will really produce a final peace agreement ..."I don't expect from a one-time meeting in Annapolis, conflicting parties will be able to solve their problems. It's impossible," Hassan said after the meeting.

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With or without the Palestinians trade between Indonesia and Israel has taken place in the past. Indonesian intelligence where partly trained by the Mossad and pilots have been receiving training in Israel.
The Uzi's from several Indonesian security forces where Israeli made but the Israeli trademarks where removed.

I must say this is ridicilous. most of mid-east countries have diplomatic ties with Israel. And Indonesia being a secular multicultural country has more in common with Israel than any other nations in the region (Lebanon is also a sample). If you're a Jakarta-based edcuated middle class, I can assure you, if you ever have to live in the region, the country you can feel most comfortable in will be Israel.

Judging a country's colonialist policy is one thing, being immature by abolishing diplomatic ties altogether is another. Plus, without the obvious double standard, probably Indonesia would have no diplomatic ties with most major superpowers of the world with dark colonial past. In this case, there goes : USA, Most of EUs, Japan, Australia, etc, etc.

Let's shroud ourselves in a tempooroong.

materialistus

December 10th, 2007, 02:08 PM

EDITED

Go Ahead Eagles

December 10th, 2007, 03:23 PM

materialistus

December 10th, 2007, 04:22 PM

Haifa. didn't get chance to see to Tel Aviv.

Israel is quite multicultural with huge proportion of foreigners (Russians & Ethiophians) have at least a bit of jewish ancestry. Maybe you're right about Dubai, it's a bit like Singapore. but then again, I heard bad things about the Dubaians as well, the way they treat foreigners, etc.

I think in every country, you can always find people who are a bit narrow minded. And even that mostly the older generations. There are many young Israelis in Thailand doing their gap year who are as open minded as any other westerners. maybe even more so compare to their regional counterparts.

MARINHO

December 10th, 2007, 05:04 PM

The differences between the countries in the Middle East and Indonesia is that the majority of those Middle Eastern countries are not democratic while Indonesia is a respected democratic country.

And there are a lot other factors that make Indonesia and the Middle East uncomparable on the Israel issue.

Egypt and Jordania are not democratic and the majority of their citizens have different opinions than their respective governments have.
Both Egypt and Jordania receive massive amounts of financial aswell military assistence from the United States to promote peace and tranquility. Aside from that Egypt receives all kind of trade benefits from the United States if they continue to improve the relationship with Israel.
While Egypts foreign policy is shaped by the financial, military assistance from the United States the internal problems in Egypts are growing bigger and bigger.
But what if both Egypt and Jordania will become full fledged democracies what will the reaction of their citizens will be? Foreign policy will change drastically in those nations as the voice of the people was neglected for too long.
The redicilous war started in Iraq followed by the democratisation did also not change the foreign policy of Iraq as it's prime minister said that it was not going to recognize Israel. So with or without Saddam the recognition of the State of Israel is far way.

So how long can the United States continue with buying peace in the Middle East? All agreements are facilitated by the United States with massive ammounts of money. How long is the United States able but more important willing to finance that? Aside from pressure from the outside the internal pressure against the foreign policy of the United States is growing.

And Indonesia....
Indonesia should decide what's best for itself. I would say if a referendum would be held the majority of the Indonesians would say no against full bilateral ties with Israel. But do the Indonesian citizens no why to vote no? The answer is no as the majority of the majority of the Indonesian citizens will not no why to vote no. They will name the Palestinian issue but they will not be able to name negative effects for Indonesia if the bilateral ties between Indonesia and Israel will be established.

But if you look at trade opportunities and to Indonesia's geographic position it is rediculous that Indonesia's foreign policy is decided by the Palestinian issue.
If Indonesia really want to assist the Palestinians Indonesia should materialize it by sending aid. Is Indonesia sending aid?
I would say open ties with Israel as Indonesia should remain neutral and it should also safeguard opportunities on the fields of education, trade, research.

By opening bilateral ties it can contribute positively in the current unstable situation.

What do you guys think about international meeting between the Palestinian Territories and the State of Israel in Bogor or Bali?

(Materialistus the position of Israel cannot be compared to other countries as the situation and the condition in which Israel was established is totally uncomparable with other countries)

I must say this is ridicilous. most of mid-east countries have diplomatic ties with Israel. And Indonesia being a secular multicultural country has more in common with Israel than any other nations in the region (Lebanon is also a sample). If you're a Jakarta-based edcuated middle class, I can assure you, if you ever have to live in the region, the country you can feel most comfortable in will be Israel.

Judging a country's colonialist policy is one thing, being immature by abolishing diplomatic ties altogether is another. Plus, without the obvious double standard, probably Indonesia would have no diplomatic ties with most major superpowers of the world with dark colonial past. In this case, there goes : USA, Most of EUs, Japan, Australia, etc, etc.

Let's shroud ourselves in a tempooroong.

materialistus

December 10th, 2007, 06:58 PM

You're right. It's not easily comparable. And I put it out in the harshest basic logic which is a bit crude. But my question was, why single out one country when -if you learn history-, most other countries we have billateral relationship with are as guilty.

Ie, 50million native south american by the conquistadors that is Brazil/Argentina/etc? Aborigins by the Australian State? Indonesians by the Dutch Government entities for 450 years? Mongolians/other asians by the Japanese? Amerindians by the European American? etc etc etc. Anyone?

Also, just to let you know, despite my sympathy for the Palestinian, we also have to take into account that there are corruptions within the authority which witness unaccountable amount of foreign aids gone to oblivion.

Venantio

December 11th, 2007, 12:08 PM

I never know that these people are jewish.

And i quote : I can assure you, if you ever have to live in the region, the country you can feel most comfortable in will be Israel."

Have you ever lived there or even been there?
I heard it is a beautiful country with great landschap and beaches there. But the people especially the jewish, i heard and i've had bad experience with jewish people that they are very rude to other people. Especially if they know that you are not jewish.
If you live in Dubai, i think Dubai is the most comfortable place to live in the region.

Do you think that we, Indonesian, never have bad attitude to foreigners? Do you think that only Jews do that rude to other people?

I think it is ridiculous to apply double point of view (or.. is it double standard?) to other country, while our country did this too. We have to open our heart and see that people in Timor Leste and people around the world point us out as a country with darkest colonial past and very cruel...

IMO, we will automatically play our role in middle east easily if we have diplomatic ties with israel, if we have representative there...

paw25694

December 11th, 2007, 12:29 PM

i wonder, itu kan sering tuh iklan ziarah ke Jerusalem di koran2, kalo gitu urusan2 imigrasi2annya gimana sih?? :?

yang Go Ahead Eagles bilang sedikit ada benarnya (kalo gak salah ada di Kitabnya gitu.. but i dont want to talk about it :D peace!)
... if they know that you are not jewish.

yang venantio bilang juga bener :D
Do you think that we, Indonesian, never have bad attitude to foreigners?

biasanya kan orang dari A bersikap baik ke A, B ke B, dll.. :P

kamski

December 11th, 2007, 12:46 PM

@Materialistatus

I'd rather live in Dubai, or even Beirut, than Israel. I have been to (and have lived in) the Middle East, and I could say safely that the media has disproportionately blown up the whole "strict ruling" bullshit. You can't group all Arab countries into one shell; they all have varying degree of freedom: starting with Saudi Arabia with the least, all the way to Lebanon and Dubai. Let's just say, in the middle east, if you can have nightclubs in your country, it's considered VERY lenient.

@MARINHO
You're kidding me right? You're saying it's okay to cooperate with a state that has an insane record of human rights abuse, just so we can import more stuff from them? There's absolutely no "neutral" ground here (in fact there never was): You either support them (through whatever means, even if your initial idea is for your own benefit), or against them. If you ask people why they don't want any diplomatic tie with Israel, they KNOW the answer: they have abused the rights of the Palestinians for so long, and they acknowledge that condition. So they're against it.

I don't mean this to be an attack, but your writing reminds me of an editorial from magazines like the Economist and Businessweek: very pragmatic. That is good at times, but often we can't turn a blind eye on facts too. I say we should keep the pressure up against the government of Israel to end the occupation in Palestine.

@Venantio
The whole Middle Eastern countries have tried to pressure Israel (though half-heartedly) for ages, yet still no favorable conclusion. You think by having ties with Israel it will be better? I completely disagree, but maybe if you could elaborate, you could shed some lights.

Oh btw, the Indonesian government has been very evil. Look at Aceh, Riau, Timor Timur... actually, other than Jakarta, the government has raped the rest of the provinces from its natural resources, economy, and people.

But it wasn't me. It wasn't you. It wasn't SSC. It was clearly the government.

Oh the liiiiies.

materialistus

December 11th, 2007, 01:11 PM

@Materialistatus

@MARINHO
You're kidding me right? You're saying it's okay to cooperate with a state that has an insane record of human rights abuse, just so we can import more stuff from them? There's absolutely no "neutral" ground here (in fact there never was): You either support them (through whatever means, even if your initial idea is for your own benefit), or against them. If you ask people why they don't want any diplomatic tie with Israel, they KNOW the answer: they have abused the rights of the Palestinians for so long, and they acknowledge that condition. So they're against it.

I don't mean this to be an attack, but your writing reminds me of an editorial from magazines like the Economist and Businessweek: very pragmatic. That is good at times, but often we can't turn a blind eye on facts too. I say we should keep the pressure up against the government of Israel to end the occupation in Palestine.

@Venantio
The whole Middle Eastern countries have tried to pressure Israel (though half-heartedly) for ages, yet still no favorable conclusion. You think by having ties with Israel it will be better? I completely disagree, but maybe if you could elaborate, you could shed some lights.

Oh btw, the Indonesian government has been very evil. Look at Aceh, Riau, Timor Timur... actually, other than Jakarta, the government has raped the rest of the provinces from its natural resources, economy, and people.

But it wasn't me. It wasn't you. It wasn't SSC. It was clearly the government.

Oh the liiiiies.

Errr.... am i missing something here ?????

As i said earlier, WHY single out one country based on judgement of human rights abuse ??? Again, what about the human rights of millions of native south americans, aborigines, etc, etc. yet, we're having ties with US/Brazil/Australia/Japan/etc/etc.

How about the Arab brotherhoods rubbish ??? Do you know how the Lebanese/Jordanians/etc authorities treat Palestinian refugees ???? Speak to them !

Do you know how many young israelis army deserters who rather spent time in jail than serving the compulsory military service? Do you know how many young Israelis drifting from countries to countries as to avoing being drafted to the military if they return to Israel to support some ideals they don't agree on? Do you know how many Isrealis prefers to have dual states in the region and living a peaceful existence had their ultra nationalist oldskool government not controlling them otherwise.

What I'm saying is : We are as morally crippled nation does not have the right to be in a moral high ground unless we clean, pardon, and amend ourselves of past wrongdoings.

Israel and Israelis welcome...

materialistus

December 11th, 2007, 01:35 PM

Actually, forget the above. Priority wise, maybe the government should put extra work on protecting its citizen abroad.

From the BBC

Indonesians deported from Mecca

Saudi Arabia is deporting hundreds of Indonesian migrant workers after they were caught hiding in Mecca waiting to take part in the Hajj later this month.

The 600 Indonesians, whose residency permits had expired, were discovered by undercover police in two villas rented by an illegal pilgrimage company.
They are said to have paid hundreds of dollars each to be smuggled into Mecca.

Every year about two million Muslims converge on Mecca - the holiest place in Islam - to take part in the Hajj.

The pilgrimage is one of the pillars of Islam, which every adult Muslim must undertake at least once in their life if they can afford it and are physically able.

This year's Hajj will begin on 19 December, the 8th day of the Islamic lunar month of Dhu al-Hijjah, and end five days later.

'Overstayers'

On Sunday, the General Directorate of Passports in Mecca announced it had arrested the 600 Indonesian citizens and their disabled Indonesian guide in two neighbouring villas in the city's al-Aziziya district.

The arrests were made after a tip-off by undercover police, who had noticed something suspicious about the pilgrims living in the two buildings, according to the Saudi newspaper Arab News.

Some of the overstayers want to do Hajj and also work as maids for pilgrims - it's a good time to make money Arrested Indonesian guide

"The guide had been taking requests from overstayers in Jeddah who wanted to perform Hajj. He agreed to sneak them into Mecca and gave them food and accommodation," an immigration official told the paper.

"The overstayers seem to have paid him well."

Saudi Arabia imposes strict quotas for pilgrims from each country and requires foreign nationals to register.

Many of the pilgrims were smuggled into Mecca in private vehicles, while others tried to avoid attracting attention by walking through the mountains which surround the city, the official added.

Arab News quoted the disabled guide saying he had charged the Indonesians up to 2,500 Saudi riyals ($670, £330) and had helped many others perform the Hajj in a similar way in the past.

"Some of the overstayers want to do Hajj and also work as maids for pilgrims. It's a good time to make money. They're killing two birds with one stone," he reportedly told Arab News.

The Indonesian consulate-general in Jeddah said it had assigned staff to co-ordinate with the Saudi authorities.

kamski

December 11th, 2007, 02:05 PM

Errr.... am i missing something here ?????

As i said earlier, WHY single out one country based on judgement of human rights abuse ??? Again, what about the human rights of millions of native south americans, aborigines, etc, etc. yet, we're having ties with US/Brazil/Australia/Japan/etc/etc.

How about the Arab brotherhoods rubbish ??? Do you know how the Lebanese/Jordanians/etc authorities treat Palestinian refugees ???? Speak to them !

Do you know how many young israelis army deserters who rather spent time in jail than serving the compulsory military service? Do you know how many young Israelis drifting from countries to countries as to avoing being drafted to the military if they return to Israel to support some ideals they don't agree on? Do you know how many Isrealis prefers to have dual states in the region and living a peaceful existence had their ultra nationalist oldskool government not controlling them otherwise.

What I'm saying is : We are as morally crippled nation does not have the right to be in a moral high ground unless we clean, pardon, and amend ourselves of past wrongdoings.

Israel and Israelis welcome...

You should read what I wrote to Venantio and put it in a more global context, buddy. Israelis are one thing, the Israel government is another. I have a couple Israeli friends, and they're great people.

Yes, America and many other countries in the world (including Indonesia) have a history of aggression. The difference between them and Israel is that the situation in Israel is ongoing. In America, the people have already settled there, progressively created better non racist system (it's debatable, I know, but bear with me), and it's been hundreds of years since Colombus settled down and killed the natives. Besides, you can't blame anyone in America now for their being to be there. And we have advanced, as humans, haven't we? We have decided that aggressions are wrong, so any type of aggressions should be put under scrutiny.

In this case, Israel is STILL doing what is forbidden by international agreement: an invasion and annexation of parts of another sovereign country. The crazy thing is that it's STILL happening. I'm not gonna bore you with the facts and history (and I assume you know about the pre-1967 border and all), but facts are facts and we shouldn't turn a blind eye.

That's the difference between Israel and the rest of the world: that country hasn't abandoned the practice of invasions.

Now you may say "hey America does that to Iraq!". While I would LOVE to say that we can be better than America, the fact is that we are FAAAAR away from their advancement. Perhaps, we need America. We have bilateral agreements with that country in many fronts, and it will be detrimental to our growth. There are many other issues in regard to this, but as they are very sensitive (especially this being an international issue on an international board), I'd rather you PM me if you wanna continue to discuss about it.

Go Ahead Eagles

December 11th, 2007, 04:03 PM

Do you think that we, Indonesian, never have bad attitude to foreigners? Do you think that only Jews do that rude to other people?

I think it is ridiculous to apply double point of view (or.. is it double standard?) to other country, while our country did this too. We have to open our heart and see that people in Timor Leste and people around the world point us out as a country with darkest colonial past and very cruel...

IMO, we will automatically play our role in middle east easily if we have diplomatic ties with israel, if we have representative there...

I was saying that jewish treat other non jewish people badly has nothing to do with indo and israel diplomatic relation. I was quoting and try to find out why materialistus think that in the region, israel is the most comfortable country to live in.
So don't think that my opinion is a double point of view or double standard.

materialistus

December 11th, 2007, 06:19 PM

Kamski,

I do get your point. And I understand where you're coming from. I do still think though that they’re being singled out of the age old prejudice on behalf of the misinformed socio-demographic majority of Indonesia (again, most other nations in that region with similar socio-demography to indonesia actually trades and do have billateral ties with the state of Israel).

I am actually on neutral ground on this issue. As in I sympathise with both Palestinians & Israelis who are victims of their governments corrupt politics. But, I do agree that this is a sensitive issue and should not be discussed here.

Let's just say we agree to disagree.

Venantio

December 12th, 2007, 04:15 AM

@Venantio
The whole Middle Eastern countries have tried to pressure Israel (though half-heartedly) for ages, yet still no favorable conclusion. You think by having ties with Israel it will be better? I completely disagree, but maybe if you could elaborate, you could shed some lights.

Oh btw, the Indonesian government has been very evil. Look at Aceh, Riau, Timor Timur... actually, other than Jakarta, the government has raped the rest of the provinces from its natural resources, economy, and people.

But it wasn't me. It wasn't you. It wasn't SSC. It was clearly the government.

Oh the liiiiies.

I didn't say like that...
I said that it will be easier for us to play our role in middle east, especially in Arab Israel cases, if we have diplomatic ties with Israel.

Now it seems to be more difficult for us because we are not being neutral country. Having ties with Arab/Palestine and also with Israel, we could stand between them, in neutral position....

Venantio

December 12th, 2007, 04:31 AM

I was saying that jewish treat other non jewish people badly has nothing to do with indo and israel diplomatic relation. I was quoting and try to find out why materialistus think that in the region, israel is the most comfortable country to live in.
So don't think that my opinion is a double point of view or double standard.

Be careful buddy, once you said "jewish" in the way like that, then you would become racist. At least, you put hatred of Jewish in your mind and let it grow freely and it will be generated not only to them who are really cruel to non Jewish, but also to Jewish that really have love and peace in their whole life.

I agree this issue has already become big issue and does not only touch political problem but also other issues such as race issue, religion issue, historical issue and so on... It becomes very sensistive issue...

MARINHO

December 12th, 2007, 06:52 AM

Kamar Dagang Amerika Serikat Indonesia membuka situs web untuk promosi
hubungan antara Israel dan Indonesia di bidang perdadangan.

www.israindo.com

MARINHO

December 12th, 2007, 07:41 AM

I do understand your position on the human right abuses and with you loads of other people do share your opinion. But if Indonesia is really committed to assist the Palestinians it should send assistence or better do trade with them. Political solidarity will not change the position of hungry refugees, wounded or traumatised children.
And don't forget victims are to be found on either site on the Israeli side aswell as the Palestinian side.
The mainstream media isn't always giving you the right picture of the whole situation.

Kamski regarding the thing that I wrote it's no problem. I do not see it as an attack. People who write can expect comments either negative or positive. They have to receive it. It's good to criticise people openly.

@MARINHO
You're kidding me right? You're saying it's okay to cooperate with a state that has an insane record of human rights abuse, just so we can import more stuff from them? There's absolutely no "neutral" ground here (in fact there never was): You either support them (through whatever means, even if your initial idea is for your own benefit), or against them. If you ask people why they don't want any diplomatic tie with Israel, they KNOW the answer: they have abused the rights of the Palestinians for so long, and they acknowledge that condition. So they're against it.

I don't mean this to be an attack, but your writing reminds me of an editorial from magazines like the Economist and Businessweek: very pragmatic. That is good at times, but often we can't turn a blind eye on facts too. I say we should keep the pressure up against the government of Israel to end the occupation in Palestine.

Go Ahead Eagles

December 12th, 2007, 10:12 AM

Be careful buddy, once you said "jewish" in the way like that, then you would become racist. At least, you put hatred of Jewish in your mind and let it grow freely and it will be generated not only to them who are really cruel to non Jewish, but also to Jewish that really have love and peace in their whole life.

I agree this issue has already become big issue and does not only touch political problem but also other issues such as race issue, religion issue, historical issue and so on... It becomes very sensistive issue...

Yes i agree that it becomes a sensitive issue. Don't get me wrong. I absolutely have feel no hatred against jewish. When i said it i agree that i should have said some jewish because of course i know not all the people (doesn't matter if they are jewish, catholic, or whatever religion) are the same and that there is only a small group who have those "hatred" thinking.

What i wrote is based on personal experience having a sister in law living in Israel and being there several times. I also met jewish people who i had a good time with. So i know no body is the same.
:cheers:

Venantio

December 12th, 2007, 10:35 AM

Yes i agree that it becomes a sensitive issue. Don't get me wrong. I absolutely have feel no hatred against jewish. When i said it i agree that i should have said some jewish because of course i know not all the people (doesn't matter if they are jewish, catholic, or whatever religion) are the same and that there is only a small group who have those "hatred" thinking.

What i wrote is based on personal experience having a sister in law living in Israel and being there several times. I also met jewish people who i had a good time with. So i know no body is the same.
:cheers:

Then we are in the same position, dude.... I would agree if Indonesia had intention to open diplomatic ties with Israel....

peseg5

December 12th, 2007, 04:44 PM

Then we are in the same position, dude.... I would agree if Indonesia had intention to open diplomatic ties with Israel....

Hoho, I'm sure they will, but until the Palestinian have it's freedom. And same as Taiwan, it will come true until they've solved their dispute with China.

JAG2

December 12th, 2007, 05:48 PM

Must we go on , discussing this matter?? otherwise this is getting too sensitive.

MARINHO

December 12th, 2007, 11:23 PM

Well I think it should be clear that Indonesia should step and find what it can earn from the ungoing situation. Trade, education, culture and sports are the keywords. How can Indonesian businessmen benefit?

Venantio

December 13th, 2007, 03:59 AM

Hoho, I'm sure they will, but until the Palestinian have it's freedom. And same as Taiwan, it will come true until they've solved their dispute with China.

Taiwan?? Absolutely it has another totally different story....

peseg5

December 13th, 2007, 06:14 AM

Taiwan?? Absolutely it has another totally different story....

Yeah totally different story, but it's actually same concept.

Why we don't have diplomatic relation with Taiwan? If you remember 'one China policy' then you'll understand.

Venantio

December 13th, 2007, 10:57 AM

Yeah totally different story, but it's actually same concept.

Why we don't have diplomatic relation with Taiwan? If you remember 'one China policy' then you'll understand.

I know and understand it.... That is why I said it has different story

lombok

December 18th, 2007, 06:53 PM

Kriminalisasi Bangsa
Laku Teruk Orang Malay

Tambah teruk saja aksi penjenayah asal Malaysia terhadap warga Indonesia. Terbukti mereka meracuni pula anak bangsa ini dengan narkoba. Lihat saja dua kasus penimbunan ekstasi di Jakarta yang menghebohkan itu. Ternyata biang keroknya warga Malaysia.

Pengungkapan kasus ekstasi di Jakarta Barat, 22 November lalu, menjaring lima tersangka, dua di antaranya warga Malaysia, yakni Lim Jit Wee dan Chua Lik Chang. Polisi mengamankan ekstasi hampir 500.000 butir dan mengejar tiga warga Malaysia lainnya yang diduga bos sindikat tersebut.

Pengungkapan kedua berlangsung sepekan berselang di perumahan elite Kelapa Gading, Jakarta Utara. Tersangka tunggal yang dicokok bernama Ong Seng Chye. Dari kediaman yang dikontrak tersangka, polisi mengamankan 410.000 butir ekstasi.

Para penjenayah narkoba dari negeri jiran terbukti mencoba mengedarkan pil gedhek secara besar-besaran. Mereka menyelundupkannya dari Hong Kong melalui Pelabuhan Tanjung Priok, Jakarta Utara.Yang dapat disita saja hampir 1 juta butir. Diperkirakan, jumlah yang sempat beredar dan meracuni bangsa ini jauh lebih besar.

Banyak pihak geram dibuatnya. "Tak boleh dikasih hati. Jatuhi hukuman mati, dan harus betul-betul dilaksanakan. Kalau tidak, mereka akan terus beraksi di negeri ini karena merasa aman, merasa hukumnya ringan," kata Sofyan Ali, Koordinator Posko Nasional Gerakan Rakyat Anti-Madat.

Kriminolog dari Universitas Indonesia, Erlangga Masdiana, mengingatkan, kalau penegakan hukum terus lembek, dikhawatirkan sindikat narkoba makin membesar. "Kita seharusnya belajar dari Cina. Mereka berani mengambil sikap memerangi pelaku kejahatan narkoba dan koruptor. Dihukum mati, dan itu diumumkan," katanya.

Anggota Komisi I DPR dari Fraksi PDI Perjuangan, Andreas H. Pareira, tampaknya lebih gondok lagi. Ia menilai tindak kriminal yang dilakukan warga Malaysia sudah keterlaluan. "Mereka bukan hanya dalang pembalakan liar, gembong terorisme, tapi terbukti pula menjadi gembong besar narkoba," ujarnya.

Sebelum kasus narkoba itu mencuat, serangkaian aksi kriminal warga Malaysia sudah banyak terjadi. Antara lain aksi hipnotis, pembobolan kartu kredit, pembalakan liar, dan penistaan terhadap warga Indonesia. Di luar itu, yang paling menghebohkan, ya, teror bom yang ditebar Noor Din Mohd. Top dan Dr. Azahari, gembong teroris asal Malaysia.

Modus aksi hipnotis tergolong sederhana, tapi selalu saja makan korban baru. Pelaku, dengan logat Melayu kental, biasanya mengaku sebagai awak kapal dan berlagak menanyakan alamat, tapi ujung-ujungnya menawarkan jam Rolex (tentu saja palsu). Di bawah pengaruh hipnotis, korban mau saja membeli jam palsu itu dengan harga mahal.

Bahkan tidak jarang korban sampai mencairkan depositonya, meski belum jatuh tempo. Misalnya yang dialami Conny, beberapa tahun lalu. Warga Kota Bogor, Jawa Barat, ini menguangkan depositonya Rp 26 juta untuk menebus jam yang harganya di pasaran cuma Rp 100.000 itu. Setelah uang melayang, barulah ia sadar tertipu.

Kasus pembobolan kartu kredit dengan dalang orang Malaysia pernah diungkap pihak Kepolisian Kota Besar Medan, Desember dua tahun silam. Sayang, dalangnya lolos. Polisi hanya membekuk dua tersangka yang menjadi kaki tangan si dalang. Kawanan pelaku sempat membobol dua penyelenggara kartu kredit ternama senilai Rp 5 milyar.

Pembalakan liar pun acap terjadi. Disinyalir melibatkan cukong-cukong besar di Malaysia. Kabarnya pula, mereka tak segan menggeser patok perbatasan sehingga mencaplok areal hutan dalam wilayah RI.

Lalu, ini yang selalu terjadi, aksi kriminal terhadap warga Indonesia di negeri jiran itu. Pelakunya justru kaum "baik-baik", setidaknya dilihat dari atribut yang disandang: majikan, anggota Rela, dan anggota Polisi Diraja Malaysia. Yang paling sengsara akibat perlakuan mereka, ya, kaum tenaga kerja.

Para tenaga kerja itu, yang berperan besar dalam memajukan ekonomi Malaysia, malah jadi sasaran pemerasan, dikejar-kejar, disiksa, dan dinista. Tak sedikit yang sampai sekarat dan pulang ke Tanah Air tinggal jasad. Wisatawan, termasuk pebisnis, tak luput dari pemerasan dan penganiayaan.

Bahkan wasit karate Donald Luther Colopita babak belur dihajar polisi brengsek Malaysia. Padahal, Donald adalah anggota kontingen karateka Indonesia yang tengah mengikuti event olahraga atas undangan Pemerintah Malaysia.

Kecaman pun meluncur deras, yang menilai pemukulan itu cermin arogansi sekaligus sikap primitif secara diplomatik. Penilaian ini makin terbukti menyusul aksi penangkapan Muslianah Nurdin, istri Atase Pendidikan KBRI Kuala Lumpur, Imran Hanafi, oleh Rela Malaysia, beberapa waktu lalu.

Padahal, Muslianah telah menunjukkan identitas berupa kartu diplomatik yang dikeluarkan pihak imigrasi Malaysia. Tapi anggota Rela (kelompok relawan rakyat Malaysia yang kerap merazia warga asing) menyatakan, kartu itu palsu. Muslianah baru dilepas setelah menelepon keluarga di kediamannya, agar membawakan paspor diplomatnya.

Di negeri jiran itu, orang Indonesia sama sekali tak dianggap. Hal-hal buruk selalu ditimpakan pada orang Indonesia. Bahkan banyak aksi kejahatan di Malaysia yang mengambinghitamkan warga Indonesia. Belakangan terbukti, aksi-aksi kriminal di negeri itu justru dilakukan warga Malaysia.

Di luar semua itu, orang Malaysia masih juga melakukan kriminalisasi di bidang budaya. Contoh yang masih hangat, pencaplokan kesenian angklung dan reog Ponorogo. Juga pencaplokan beberapa lagu daerah Indonesia.

Kenapa Malaysia melakukan aksi tak terpuji terhadap Indonesia yang selalu disebutnya sebagai saudara serumpun? Menurut Dr. Hariyadi Wirawan, Ketua Departemen Hubungan Internasional, FISIP Universitas Indonesia, hal itu disebabkan Indonesia punya kelemahan dari segi hukum dan aparatnya.

"Hukum yang tak solid, tak tegas, ditambah aparat yang korup, semakin menambah mudahnya ekspansi kejahatan orang-orang Malaysia di Indonesia," ujar Hariyadi. Yang agak mengejutkan, Hariyadi menyodorkan dugaan bahwa aksi itu dimotori kelompok "The Malay Supremacy" di sayap pemuda UMNO.

Menurut Hariyadi, sekitar lima bulan lalu, laporan intelijen Cina menyatakan, di Malaysia ada gerakan "The Malay Supremacy", orang-orang Melayu yang ingin mendominasi perpolitikan tidak hanya di Malaysia, juga Asia Tenggara. Dicurigai, di belakangnya adalah Wakil Perdana Menteri Malaysia, Najib Tun Abdul Razak, yang menginginkan Melayu superior.

Hariyadi menduga, kelompok itu tak suka Indonesia sebagai rumpun terdekat terlalu mendengung-dengungkan demokrasi. Sebab, apabila demokrasi sampai masuk ke Malaysia, superioritas Melayu akan diganggu oleh dua etnis lain, yakni Cina dan India. Terbukti, belum lama ini terjadi demonstrasi besar etnis India menuntut haknya.

Untuk itulah, masih menurut Hariyadi, kelompok ini terus-menerus mengaduk-aduk Indonesia, baik dari segi politik, budaya, maupun ekonomi. "Harapannya, Indonesia akan chaos, sehingga bisa mengembalikan pemerintahan yang lebih keras, yang bisa menampik demokrasi," kata Hariyadi.

Mungkin dugaan itu terlalu berlebihan. Pihak Kedutaan Besar Malaysia sendiri belum bisa dimintai komentar. Toh, pihak kepolisian sudah pasang kuda-kuda, antara lain meningkatkan pengumpulan informasi intelijen. "Jangan terlena oleh pengakuannya (Malaysia) sebagai saudara serumpun," ujar Kadiv Humas Mabes Polri, Inspektur Jenderal Sisno Adiwinoto. Iya tuh!

kamski

December 19th, 2007, 03:40 AM

Artikel diatas cuman memperburuk relasi Indonesia-Malaysia.

paw25694

December 19th, 2007, 04:40 AM

^^ :yes:

MARINHO

December 19th, 2007, 04:59 AM

I think it's important that the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs should compile a list of countries where crime, violence and other acts resulting in loss of life, financial loss of Indonesian citizens should be mentioned.

This list should especially include the countries where Indonesian workers oftenly are deployed.

F-ian

December 22nd, 2007, 05:22 AM

Indonesia welcomes South Korea's Lee

www.chinaview.cn 2007-12-21 13:49:44

JAKARTA, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia welcomes the election of conservative Lee Myung-bak as South Korea's next President, saying it expected stronger economic and politic relations with one of the world's largest economies, local press reported Friday.

"Indonesia's government welcomes Lee Myung-bak as South Korea president-elect," Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda told major newspaper The Jakarta Post.

"We hope that good bilateral relations between Indonesia and South Korea in all fields can be improved further."

Hassan said Indonesia hoped the strategic partnership agreement signed last year would be filled with concrete cooperation and activities.

"Indonesia and South Korea's strong relationship is an important pillar for the advancement of regional integration in East Asia," Hassan said.

South Korea is one of Indonesia's main trading partners.

In 2006, Indonesia recorded a trade surplus of 4.818 billion U.S. dollars in bilateral trade.

Indonesia is South Korea's fourth largest investment destination with 4.77 billion dollars invested in the archipelago, said the English-language daily.

There are around 1,200 Korean-owned companies in Indonesia, while around 35,000 Indonesians work in South Korea.

MARINHO

December 22nd, 2007, 05:29 AM

The figure of 35.000 is it largely consisting Indonesian engineers?

There are around 1,200 Korean-owned companies in Indonesia, while around 35,000 Indonesians work in South Korea.

F-ian

December 22nd, 2007, 07:32 AM

I think so..^^ I don't think there's much/any tkw in Korea..

MARINHO

December 29th, 2007, 09:17 AM

Prodita Sabarini, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar

The Malaysian information minister criticized the Indonesian press for being too open, saying the media here is insensitive to Malaysian politics.

Dato' Seri Zainudin said the Indonesian media was "too excited" by the freedoms it had been granted since the downfall of the New Order regime in 1998.

Speaking to journalists after a meeting with Malaysian students studying in Bali at the Wina Holliday Inn in Kuta, the minister criticized the Indonesian media for providing air time to Malaysian opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim.

In October, Anwar was interviewed on Metro TV's talk show Kick Andy. In the interview, Anwar spoke candidly about corruption and the suppression of the press in Malaysia, topics that are rarely covered by the mainstream media there.

"We view this as insensitive. We would never provide space for the opposition of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono or someone anti-Indonesian in the Malaysian media," Zainudin said.

He asked the media in both countries to refrain from reporting on issues that could provoke negative feelings.

"The media should emphasize the positive and seek good things to report," he said. "After all, we want to create a good relationship between the two countries."

Indonesia has been ranked 100th out of 169 countries in the Reporters Without Borders' 2007 Press Freedom Index, while Malaysia ranked 124th, dropping 32 places from last year. It was Malaysia's lowest position in its media history.

In Southeast Asia, Cambodia topped the list (ranked 85th in the world), followed by Timor Leste (94th).

Indonesia's press freedom boomed after the downfall of Soeharto in 1998 and the closure of the Information Ministry, an institution that controlled the media in Indonesia, in 1999 by the then president Abdurrahman Wahid, and the passing of the 1999 Press Law, guaranteeing press freedom in Indonesia.

Zainudin said Indonesia was facing the "euphoria of freedom after being suppressed".

He added that in Malaysia the media has never been suppressed, while suggesting that Malaysia has a "guided" freedom.

Most Malaysian newspapers and electronic media outlets are controlled by the government or political parties in the ruling coalition. They also operate with a government license, which must be renewed annually. Internet news sites do not have these restrictions.

Contacted by telephone in Jakarta, chairman of the Indonesian Press Council Ichlasul Amal said Indonesian press freedom was in line with the spirit of reform and democracy and that the Malaysian media was the one that should be more open.

"There is a lot of information that the Malaysian public needs to know, but which is inaccessible. The news there has become homogeneous," he said.

Ichlasul said that in Indonesia, the biggest threat to press freedom was within journalists themselves. "A lack of professionalism and work ethics will jeopardize press freedom here. If journalists do not improve themselves, they will lose their credibility and the public's trust in them."

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Anwar Ibrahim spoke on Aljazeera and BBC World about Malaysian issues but does it mean that the UK and Qatar press is too open?
Indonesian media is acting how it should act. But Malaysian media is acting by standards set by politicians. If people feel the need to shape a country by putting al kind of undemocratic measures on religious minorities, ethnic groups, the press has no other option then write about it. Free press is the key ingredient for a democratic and open society.

rilham2new

December 30th, 2007, 03:57 AM

Dato' Seri Zainudin said the Indonesian media was "too excited" by the freedoms it had been granted since the downfall of the New Order regime in 1998.

Zainudin said Indonesia was facing the "euphoria of freedom after being suppressed".

THis is all so true .... But, the impact of this news can only be found to young generation (who tend to believe whatever they read on newspaper / any local media) .....

The contra-indication could be found, when we're talking to our old-generation ,, they got very different perspective and sounds wiser ;p~ .... At least to me ... From the way they react to this recent issue, it is all-totally different ;) ..

Just look at this thread, Reog thread, and Batik Thread .... The way how Youngsters (under 30s) react was reallly much different compare to Above 30s forumer :D ..

Am I right ??? :D

Cah SMG

December 30th, 2007, 06:45 AM

paw25694

December 30th, 2007, 03:17 PM

^ :lol:

OshHisham

December 31st, 2007, 05:36 AM

THis is all so true .... But, the impact of this news can only be found to young generation (who tend to believe whatever they read on newspaper / any local media) .....

The contra-indication could be found, when we're talking to our old-generation ,, they got very different perspective and sounds wiser ;p~ .... At least to me ... From the way they react to this recent issue, it is all-totally different ;) ..

Just look at this thread, Reog thread, and Batik Thread .... The way how Youngsters (under 30s) react was reallly much different compare to Above 30s forumer :D ..

Am I right ??? :D

good to hear you comments, ilham:)...a very welcoming and diplomatic. so, i should 'change' my policy toward you. sorry for all my post on you before. PEACE

MARINHO

January 13th, 2008, 02:10 AM

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP): Saudi authorities on Saturday beheaded an Indonesian maid convicted of killing her employer, the Interior Ministry announced.

In a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency, the ministry said the maid used a pillow to suffocate her employer Aisha Al Makhaled and then stole her jewelry in the southern province of Asir.

Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islam under which those convicted of murder, drug trafficking, rape and armed robbery are executed in public with a sword.

The maid is the second person to be executed this year in the desert kingdom, according to an Associated Press count. Saudi Arabia beheaded 137 people last year, up sharply from the 38 in 2006.

MARINHO

January 13th, 2008, 02:11 AM

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP): Indonesia's president called for Indonesians to be better protected from abusive employers in Malaysia on Friday, as the two countries signed a pact to boost bilateral trade.

Three high-profile abuse cases last year - including the murder of an maid in her employer's house - highlighted the ill-treatment of Indonesian workers and strained relations between the neighboring countries.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who arrived Thursday for a three-day visit, said he and Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi "openly discussed" the workers' cases.

"We want to ensure they (Indonesians in Malaysia) are protected and that they are given their rights," Yudhoyono said at a joint news conference with Abdullah in the administrative capital, Putrajaya. "I have also told (the workers) to obey Malaysian laws when they are here."

Almost 60 percent of the more than 2 million foreign workers in Malaysia are from Indonesia, including more than 270,000 maids.

Malaysian courts were to rule on 17 cases brought by Indonesians against their allegedly abusive employers, Yudhoyono said. "Justice must be upheld anywhere," he said.

Although the protection and treatment of Indonesian workers in Malaysia has improved, both countries hope this situation will get better in the coming years "so that the presence of Indonesian workers will benefit both Malaysia and Indonesia," Yudhoyono said without elaborating.

Abdullah and Yudhoyono also witnessed the signing of a pact to set up a joint trade and investment committee to boost trade, and announced that the two countries would establish a panel to resolve cultural disputes such as one over claims that Malaysia used traditional Indonesian songs and dances in its tourism campaign.

"We have a strategic relationship ... but there are problems that crop up from time to time that need to be resolved," Abdullah said.

Tensions between the two countries grew last year after an Indonesian maid's highly publicized escape from her allegedly abusive Malaysian employer by climbing out of his 15th-story apartment window. In August, an Indonesian maid was found dead in her employer's house. Her employer has been charged with murder.

Another Malaysian is on trial for allegedly scalding her maid, who has since been moved to a temporary shelter at the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur along with dozens of other maids who have fled their abusive employers. (***)

MARINHO

January 13th, 2008, 02:33 AM

To protect the overseas workers Indonesia should compile a list of employers that violated the basic rights of Indonesian overseas workers.
This list should include various information ranging from the employers professional background to cultural background.

If the employers will enter Indonesian Territory they should be questioned immediately and if possible arrested immediately.

Venantio

January 14th, 2008, 05:25 AM

^^^ No, you're not right. Older people not grow wiser. They more careful, grow weary and worry....

It's pity, for such a young age you seem very old, you easily weary and worry... ha ha ha (and this is not kidding :))

Worry? Worry about what? older people become wiser and careful. I think yes they are going to be wiser while growing older... It is true...

Cah SMG

January 14th, 2008, 10:38 AM

^^ It's just a (serious) joke. The point is not for older people, but for youngster who acts as a wiseguy...:). I believe there's always oldies who wise and young at heart...

XxRyoChanxX

January 16th, 2008, 12:12 AM

an Article about Indonesia (NY times)

January 12, 2008
A Resilient Indonesia Moves Beyond Suharto
By SETH MYDANS

JAKARTA — As Indonesia’s former strongman, Suharto, lay on his sickbed this week, the country that rejected him 10 years ago was in the early stages of a democratic election campaign.

Though the nation’s leaders spoke with respect of the man who had been their master and mentor for three decades, they were by their actions repudiating him, moving forward with a new Indonesia that contrasts in almost every way with one he bequeathed to them.

From one of the most centralized and controlled countries in the region, it has transformed itself into one of the most decentralized, free, open and self-regulating.

From a brutal and corrupt regime under the heel of the military, it has become the standard bearer of democracy in Southeast Asia. It stands out for its political liberalism at a time when coups and coup attempts have discredited the region’s two exemplars of democracy, Thailand and the Philippines.

“Indonesia represents a good-news story in the region and in the world,” said Ralph Boyce, a former United States ambassador to Indonesia during the post-Suharto period.

It did not disintegrate as a nation or fragment into a tumult of mini-wars, as many people feared when the dictator suddenly released his grip. It was not engulfed in Islamic radicalism, although that struggle is still playing itself out. It did not fall back into the grip of the military or collapse in economic ruin.

“They’re well on their way to establishing a more democratic and modern Indonesia,” Mr. Boyce said, “which is quite a challenge when you are dealing with one of the world’s largest and most disparate societies.”

A vast archipelago with a population of 240 million, Indonesia is the world’s fourth most-populous nation, whose people are 90 percent Muslim. As the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, it is demonstrating that Islam can be compatible with democracy.

Since Mr. Suharto was ousted as president in May 1998, Indonesia has had four presidents, all of whom have worked, unlike him, within the democratic system. The next election is a year away but already three of them the four have declared that they want the job again.

In the past decade, Indonesia has held three national elections and more than 300 elections for provincial and district officials in votes that have been judged to be relatively clean and in which the results have mostly been accepted by the losers.

In the marketplace of elections, political Islam has failed to win support, and Indonesians have mostly rejected the radicalism and violence of Islamist groups. In general, the country has become more devoutly religious but has not embraced extremism.

“I think the more hard-line Islamists discredited themselves in the early post-Suharto period” when they attempted to bully the nation into Islamic conservatism, said Greg Fealy, a specialist on Indonesia at the Australian National University. “They added to the wariness that the general public had toward strong Islamism.”

After three decades in power during which he bent Indonesia to his will, Mr. Suharto disappeared almost completely from public life, puttering quietly in his modest home in central Jakarta as his health grew steadily worse.

“What we learned,” said Mr. Boyce, “is that at least in Indonesia, when you lose absolute power, you lose it absolutely.”

In today’s Indonesia, Mr. Suharto is not even a reference point against which policies and reforms are measured.

His legacy is a mixture of economic growth, a culture of corruption and a stunted political system.

A nation that was written off as an economic failure when he took power in 1965 became one of Asia’s tigers. Roads, schools, clinics and electricity raised living standards, and economic liberalism tied the economy to the outside world.

When the economy collapsed during the Asian financial crisis of 1997, Mr. Suharto lost the basis of his legitimacy, and growing discontent burst into the open.

In the decade since then, Indonesia has climbed back toward prosperity. A growth rate that fell to a negative 13 percent has risen to more than 6 percent.

But although the nation embraced democracy with starved enthusiasm, it found that Mr. Suharto had eviscerated its institutions, weakened its political parties and blocked the rise of potential leaders, setting back its political development.

There are no fresh faces in the presidential field for 2009. Political analysts say they are waiting until the next vote, in 2014, to see a new generation emerge.

One of the most profound changes has been the decentralization that dispersed power and political accountability from the all-powerful executive in Jakarta to local governments around the country.

The country’s bank deposits fell from 70 percent in the capital, Jakarta, to 35 percent, said Craig Charney, a political scientist and pollster based in New York — “a redistribution of wealth rare in countries outside of revolution or war.”

This has increased the political accountability of local leaders, potentially improving the delivery of government services, and it has increased stability by defusing separatist demands.

But it has also run the risk of creating what people here call hundreds of corrupt and autocratic mini-Suhartos. And it has weakened the hand of the central government in putting its policies into effect.

This accomplishment is Indonesia’s main task today, said Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono, a cabinet minister under every president since the time of Suharto.

“Before we claim to be the third largest democracy we have to overcome what I call the delivery deficit,” he said. “For democracy to take root here it must prove that it can improve the lives of the people.”

Forty-nine million people live on less than $2 a day, he said. Ten million are unemployed. Large numbers have no access to health care, primary education or clean water. The infant mortality rate is one of the highest in the region.

“We call it procedural democracy,” said Bonar Tigor, who heads a pro-democracy group called Solidarity Without Borders. “We have freedom of political expression. We have good freedom of the press and freedom of assembly. We no longer have political prisoners.” But he said, “Democracy has been kidnapped by the elites who have gotten all the benefits. The hard daily life of the people on the bottom is still the same.”

For many of these people, the controls of the Suharto regime offered a marginally better life. Commodities like gasoline, rice, sugar and cooking oil were subsidized by the government. Now the poor are at the mercy of the market.

Problems like these are challenges for the country’s democratic government, the hard work of everyday governance. Indonesia’s success now depends on small and incremental changes rather than on the heart-stopping historical turning points of a decade ago.

“The biggest news here is that there is no crisis,” said Douglas Ramage, the country representative for the Asia Foundation.

“What strikes me is the sheer normality of the country. Indonesia is now a normal nation.”

paradyto

January 24th, 2008, 12:30 AM

RI needs to persuade U.S to force Israel not to use force in dealing with Palestine

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Member of the foreign affairs commission of the House of Representatives (DPR) of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle(PDI-P) faction Andreas H Pareira, said in Jakarta on Wednesday that Indonesia along with other Moslem countries needs to persuade the United States to force Israel to refrain from using force in dealing with Palestine.

He made the statement commenting on the blockade imposed on Palestine which had caused suffering to the civil population there, especially that Israeli military attacks have killed a number of citizens in the last few days.

"We cannot just blaming the United States. On the other hand, Indonesia along with some other countries, including Moslem countries, need to persuade the United States to act against Israel, rather than merely expressing condemnations with any concrete action," Andreas Pareira pointed out.

According to Andreas Pareira, Israel would only listen to the United States, and the US many even force the zionist country not to use force in trying to solve its conflict with Palistine.

"It has indeed been difficult to bring the two conflicting sides to the negotiating table to discuss peace in the Middle East, especially the Israel-Palestine conflict," he said.

Andreas Pareira said so long as both Israel and Palestine cannot refrain from using force, peace negotiations between the two conflicting sides remain a dream in broad day light.

"Only if the two sides could be persuaded not to resort to force, prioritize common sense, and sit at the negotiating table for the sake of peace and welfare of their people, it would be a good beginning to start a more civilized life," Andreas Pareira added.(*)

skyscraperboy

February 1st, 2008, 03:58 AM

Malaysia, Indonesia Should Look At Bigger Picture (old news, but worth to read):)

SHAH ALAM, Jan 7 (Bernama) -- Malaysia and Indonesia need to look at the bigger picture in bilateral relations as both countries have the potential to further develop together, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tub Razak.

He said this could be helped by the fact that the people of both countries were compatible as they shared the same language, culture, history and religion and even looked similar physically, while their leaders had the same aspirations for the people.

Najib was speaking at the opening of the three-day Malindo (Malaysia-Indonesia) Dialogue 2008 organised by the Malaysian Youth Council and Indonesian National Youth Committee, here tonight.

He said Malaysia was the biggest investor in Indonesia in 2006 with investments worth RM8.4 billion, while Malaysian investors were encouraged to have genuine Indonesian partners, for instance, in setting up business ventures or developing plantations, and not as sleeping partners.

At the same time, he added, Malaysia also encouraged Indonesian businessmen to invest in Malaysia, adding that the Sheraton Imperial Hotel in Kuala Lumpur was owned by an Indonesian investor.

Najib said besides investments, Malaysia and Indonesia could also enhance cooperation in tourism -- from Bali to Langkawi and from Kuala Lumpur to Jakarta -- which had a lot of potential.

Najib said both countries should have openness in the appreciation of each other's culture, like music and songs, but "we should not allow a popular folk song like 'Rasa Sayang' to sour our relations", referring to the recent controversy over the origin of the song.

He said the mass media should not blow up problems between the two neighbouring countries where the Indonesian media, being more open and free, had been treating Malaysia as their favourite "whipping boy".

"This will not benefit anyone," he said, adding that he wanted to see Malaysia-Indonesia relations reach the pinnacle of cordiality.

Najib said although there were those who said that the relations based on the people being of the same stock was no longer relevant, both sides should not question this basis as it was of no benefit.

"Therefore, to preserve our good relations, the younger generation of both countries must understand and appreciate our similarities since time immemorial."

Najib said both gained from the presence of Indonesian legal migrant workers in Malaysia, with the country being able to implement the development projects and the more than one million Indonesian workers able to remit money home to help their families.

He said Malaysia treated cases of Indonesian maid abuse like that of Nirmala Bonat's seriously, with the offenders taken to court.

"There were also several cases of crime such as house break-ins committed by Indonesian nationals and they too had to face the law.

"But we must not allow such incidents to affect our relations. As the Malay adage goes, 'one should not burn the mosquito net just because of one mosquito'.

"We shed tears together in fighting for our independence from the colonial masters and quite recently when the tsunami hit Aceh, where Malaysia also contributed millions of ringgit to help the victims."

He said where Malaysians and Indonesians competed, like in sports, they should behave like gentlemen.

Najib said tonight's function was nostalgic to him as a founder of the series of dialogue between Malaysian and Indonesian youths and still on after 20 years.

Also present were Information Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin and Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.

-- BERNAMA

kamski

February 1st, 2008, 08:35 AM

as sleeping partners.

WTF?!?!?!? HAhahahahahahahah!

rilham2new

February 1st, 2008, 10:06 AM

^^ Hahahaha, imagine CIMB Berhad is "sleeping partner" of Bank Niaga :D :rofl:

F-ian

February 5th, 2008, 06:25 AM

G-7 to Invite China, Russia, S. Korea, Indonesia, Nukaga Says

By Keiko Ujikane

Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Group of Seven nations will invite China, South Korea, Russia and Indonesia to participate in talks on the sidelines of a meeting of the world's richest nations in Tokyo this week, Japan's Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga said.

Finance ministers and central bankers from the G-7 will meet on Feb. 9 in Japan's capital. The group comprises the U.S., Japan, Germany, the U.K., France, Italy and Canada.

China and the three other non-member nations will discuss the global economy and financial markets as well as higher oil prices, among other topics, Nukaga said at a news conference in Tokyo today. Russia will attend some of the main G-7 meeting.

paradyto

February 9th, 2008, 12:07 AM

Rudd and Wirajuda meeting highlights closer bilateral ties

Sydney (ANTARA News) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd received Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda in Sydney on Friday afternoon in a bid to strengthen the already close relations between the two countries.

The meeting took place in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Office here for about one hour, 30 minutes longer than planned by the Australian government.

Hassan Wirajuda after the important meeting with Kevin Rudd told Indonesian journalists that the two sides discussed closer relations between the two countries.

Wirajuda in his three-day visit was accompanied by Indonesian ambassador to Australia and Vanuatu TM Hamzah Thayeb, including Indonesian Foreign Ministry spokesman Kristiarto Legowo.

Indonesia always attached importance to a more intensive integration of Australia in Asia, especially in East Asia.

Thus, since the very beginning, Indonesia supported the participation of Australia, New Zealand and India in the East Asian summit which led to ASEAN plus six. The six countries are Japan, South Korea, China, Australia, New Zealand and India.

ASEAN groups Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam.

The meeting also touched on how to follow up on the results of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Bali in December 2007, which was laid down in the Bali Roadmap.

Indonesia also said that Prime Minister Rudd`s ratification of the Kyoto Protocol in December last year was the right decision made on the right time, which led to wider support to a global agreement on the need for the Bali Roadmap.

The next challenge is how to follow it up and how to maintain the momentum of such cooperation between countries with tropical rain forests and the advanced industrialized nations, he said.

On the sidelines of the APEC meeting in Sydney in September last year, the two governments also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on reforestation in Indonesia, particularly in Kalimantan.

Indonesia, the foreign minister said, wished to implement this issue and the UNFCCC is expected to urge the advanced countries to support the reforestation drive without waiting till 2012.

According to Wirajuda, Premier Rudd gave a positive respond and the two countries` governments agreed to take the initiative in the global context, including in the G-8 summit in Hokkaido, Japan, in mid-2008.

Asked if travel advisories were taken up at the meeting, Wirajuda replied in the negative, because the matter was already discussed when Wirajuda met with his Australia counterpart Stephen Smith in Perth, Western Australia a day before.

In addition, the minister said that in the past two years there was no terrorist attack in Indonesia. In 2007 and 2008 Indonesia received Australian assistance worth 458 million Australian dollars.

The foreign minister and an entourage were slated to return home on Saturday. (*)

AceN

February 12th, 2008, 05:04 AM

Malaysia Buru Naskah Kuno Kerajaan Melayu

Tanjungpinang (ANTARA News) - Budayawan Kepulauan Riau (Kepri) menyatakan budayawan Malaysia sedang memburu naskah kuno kerajaan Melayu untuk kepentingan tertentu sejak lima tahun terakhir.

Budayawan Kepri, Raja Malik, Selasa, mengingatkan kepada warga setempat yang menyimpan naskah kuno kerajaan Melayu agar tidak terbujuk dan menjual naskah berharga tersebut kepada warga Malaysia.

"Aksi penjualan naskah kuno itu telah terjadi sekitar 28 tahun yang lalu. Namun puncaknya pada lima tahun terakhir," katanya kepada ANTARA di ibukota Provinsi Kepri, Tanjungpinang.

Saat ini naskah kuno kerajaan Melayu yang berhasil dikumpulkan dan tersimpan di museum hanya 400-an saja.

"Banyak yang dikuasai warga dan dijual pada pemburu dari Malaysia," kata Raja Malik, yang juga Ketua Balai Maklumat Pulau Penyengat, Kota Tanjungpinang.

Padahal, lanjutnya, naskah kuno itu sangat berharga dalam mengungkap fakta sejarah kejayaan kerajaan Melayu di Kepr,i seperti kerajaan Melayu di Pulau Penyengat, Lingga, Bintan dan Tanjungpinang.

Naskah tersebut merupakan identitas kerajaan Melayu pada masa lalu yang tidak dapat dipungkiri oleh siapapun juga.

Namun itu mulai menjadi permasalahan karena puluhan naskah penting telah dikuasai Malaysia.

"Bagaimana mungkin kita bisa membuktikan sejarah kerajaan Melayu kalau faktanya tidak ada. Karena itu kita harus sama-sama menjaganya," ucapnya.

Kerajaan Malaysia mengaku puncak peradaban Melayu pada masa lalu berada di Malaysia yang dilengkapi dengan bukti-bukti melalui fakta sejarah, salah satunya naskah kuno, tuturnya.

"Malaysia terus mencari fakta-fakta sejarah di wilayah Kepri," katanya.

Menurutnya, Pulau Penyengat merupakan jantung peradaban Melayu yang dilengkapi dengan fakta-fakta sejarah seperti naskah kuno, bangunan kerajaan dan kuburan para raja.

Kerajaan Melayu di Pulau Penyengat menyimpan berbagai ilmu pengetahuan, adat istiadat atau kebiasaan dan seni yang tidak dimiliki Malaysia.

"Namun itu tidak akan diakui jika didukung fakta-fakta sejarah," katanya.

Ia mengatakan, kalau Malaysia mengklaim sejarah masa lalu tanpa dilengkapi alasan yang kuat sulit untuk membuahkan hasil. Karena itu, naskah-naskah kuno patut dipertahankan.

OshHisham

February 12th, 2008, 08:45 AM

malaysia might be hunting for old artifacts and records of Malay Sultanate (Empayar Johor-Riau under the rule of johor sultan based in today's Johore). so, it is normal to get all related source to safeguard the history from lost.

it is not about malaysia claiming this and that...patenting here and there. it's about the history of malay sultanate as well as society, don't be such narrow minded nationalists...!

Cah SMG

February 13th, 2008, 01:09 PM

^^^Sometimes we have to overly cautious, after the reccuring Malaysia's claiming this and that.... special caution is necessary ha ha ha.

No offense, We can not act normally when facing abnormality ha ha ha

AceN

February 13th, 2008, 03:36 PM

No offense, We can not act normally when facing abnormality ha ha ha

:lol::lol::lol:

=NaNdA=

February 14th, 2008, 03:28 AM

gw denger perbatasan Indonesia - Malaysia di Pulau Sebatik
mulai digeser lagi pelan - pelan ama tentara Malaysia

anybody have the news?

AceN

February 14th, 2008, 04:14 AM

^^ Terlalu sensitif ah.... ;)

rilham2new

February 16th, 2008, 05:52 AM

LONDON TREATY 1824 .... Adalah saksi sejarah terpecahnya Nusantara ....

rilham2new

February 16th, 2008, 05:56 AM

gw denger perbatasan Indonesia - Malaysia di Pulau Sebatik
mulai digeser lagi pelan - pelan ama tentara Malaysia

anybody have the news?

Sensitif memang .... tapi tahu gak kalau katanya penduduk Indonesia juga ikut menggeser perbatasan itu. Supaya kampungnya masuk ke dalam kawasan Malaysia ?????

Well, itu menurut media Malaysia. Benar atau salahnya aku gak tahu.... Tapi, siapa sih yang mau hidup susah. Kita sering melupakan masyarakat perbatasan soalnya :p~ ...

rilham2new

February 16th, 2008, 06:00 AM

Melayu Riau ama Melayu (ASLI) Malaysia sudah lama berbagi budaya,,,, di antara kami tidak ada yang saling curiga. Tari zapin ada di mana2 .. Di semenanjung aDA, di Sumatra pun ada ... Bahkan, di Pontianak ada ...

Kok kami gak pernah mempermasalahkan yaa ..... Bahkan, kami sering menggunakan lagu Melayu dari sebrang untuk acara kawinan. Mereka pun sama saja. :p~ .... Hmm, aku juga rada heran sama Indonesia (dan juga, Malaysia)..

KEJADIAN INDOvsMAL yang terjadi belakangan ini adalah agenda elite politik untuk mengalihkan perhatian rakyat atas sulitnya keadaan negara. :p~ .... Bukan apa ya... semuanya serba kebetulan. Kenapa mesti terkuak tahun 2007 ???? :P~

Hahahaa, MUNAFIK ...

==========================

Saudara ku ada yang budayawan Melayu ... Dia bilang, untuk mempelajari Kesultanan Melayu di Indonesia, kalau perlu kita berburu literatur dan fakta sejarah sampai ke Belanda. Sampai ke Gujarat. Sampai ke Malaysia (ini sangat 1 juta kali, mungkin).

Aku rasa gak salah juga, kalau mereka mau menelisik jejak kesultanan mereka. Dulu, kesultanan Melayu Johor-Riau-Lingga itu satu ... Pusatnya terletak di Pulau Penyengat, Kabupaten Bintan (Provinsi Kepulauan Riau).... Gara2 traktat London, Kerajaan2 itu jadi pecah ... -_-" ....

Dan asal semua anda tahu saja, di era runtuhnya Kejayaan MELAKA. Perdagangan di Temasek (sekarang Sin-Chia-Poo) menjadi berkembang pesat. Menjadikan Kerajaan Johor-Riau Lingga ini memimpin. Pusatnya di Penyengat, Pulau Bintan. Kerajaan ini sekaligus menjadi kerajaan Melayu yang berbasiskan kesultanan terbesar sepenjang sejarah. Sayang gara2 TRAKTAT SIAL 1824... Kawasan masyur, makmur ini jadi pecah. :p~ .... Well, tinggal sejarah.

Pecahan kerajaan Johor ... Istana nya masih ada .... Pecahan Kerajaan penyengat, istananya udah hancur lebur dimakan zaman. :) Itu sejarahnya :) .... Jadi, YA YANG MAU ABSURD SILAHKAN TELUS ABSURD.

Omluki

February 16th, 2008, 08:39 AM

^^^Yeah agree, yours is the most absurd posting. What's your point dude?

indistad

February 16th, 2008, 01:56 PM

rilham2new

February 16th, 2008, 09:40 PM

^^^ diskusi seputar indonesia vs malaysia yg ilham sebutkan itu nggak ada hubungannya dengan permasalahan usaha orang malaysia memburu naskah melayu karena yang mereka klaim lewat iklan-iklan pariwisata mereka bukan kebudayaan melayu, melainkan kebudayaan jawa, maluku dan lain-lain. kalo masalah naskah mah, nggak usah orang malaysia, univeritas paling utama di asia tenggara yang sedang melakukan inventorisasi kebudayaan melayu dan kepulauan2 lain itu malah NUS di singapura.

Good god great.. u've got my point this time. Aku sudah nyebut istilah MELAYU (ASLI) MALAYSIA, bukan ??? Berarti it refers to Sumatran-Bornean-ethnicity, not racial.
Melayu yang diimpor tidak termasuk ya :D ... (no offense)

kesultanan riau itu sebenarnya adalah offshoot dari kesultanan bugis yang memanfaatkan kekacauan masa-masa perang napoleon untuk berdagang. penguasa daerah itu sudah lama (kira-kira mulai 1795) ada di tangan inggris sebagai superpower dunia.

Kesultanan besar apa sih di Indonesia, pasca era Hindu-Budha ... yang tidak terbentuk di kawasan perdagangan .... Pliss dong ahh ... Seluruh kesultanan di kawasan Indonesia Barat, kan terbentuk pada masa era kejayaan perdagangan :P~ ... Bukan, berarti gak ada budaya yaa ... Dan bukan, pula gak punya catatan sejarah. Jadi, kalau gara2 alasan di atas ... kerajaan itu tidak perlu dicari fakta sejarahnya, wahh itu malah yang absurd :p~

permasalahan gw adalah: apa hubungannya dengan orang malaysia mengklaim budaya jawa dan non-melayu lainnya buat dijadiin soundbite iklan murahan mereka?

Hmm, mungkin atas persetujuan orang2 MELAYU IMPOR itu kali yaa :p~ ....
dan mungkin RAS2 IMPOR itu juga kali yaa.... (no offense). Lebih jauh dari itu jawab sendiri :D ...

rilham2new

February 16th, 2008, 09:47 PM

^^^Yeah agree, yours is the most absurd posting. What's your point dude?

Which posts???

* My point is revealing my view which somehow significantly different than most of our forumer here. U know what, I can be much more objective than u all buddy.

My point:
1. I LIVE BOTH IN INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA
2. I EXPERIENCE SOCIETY IN INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA
3. I READ INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA MEDIA
4. I AM INDONESIAN (as nationality) and also MALAY (in term of ethnicity).
5. AND I ALSO KNOW EXACTLY THAT WHAT INDONESIAN MEDIA WRITE ABOUT MALAYSIA IS NOT 100% TRUE, and VICE VERSA. ALL BECAUSE, I CAN MAKE A DIRECT COMPARATION, SINCE I LIVE IN BOTH COUNTRY.

My view is variation between two nations and two countries, which most of our forumers here (mostly only have ONE-SIDED VIEW) ... I PICK GOOD MALAYSIAN POINT AND LEAVE THE BAD ONE, and vice versa. PUT YOursel on others' shoes is common proverb which I applied right now.

THis is my view which probably will never ever be shown in Indonesia Media

gw denger perbatasan Indonesia - Malaysia di Pulau Sebatik
mulai digeser lagi pelan - pelan ama tentara Malaysia

anybody have the news?

Sensitif memang .... tapi tahu gak kalau katanya penduduk Indonesia juga ikut menggeser perbatasan itu. Supaya kampungnya masuk ke dalam kawasan Malaysia ?????

Well, itu menurut media Malaysia. Benar atau salahnya aku gak tahu.... Tapi, siapa sih yang mau hidup susah. Kita sering melupakan masyarakat perbatasan soalnya :p~ ...

indistad

February 16th, 2008, 10:51 PM

baca dulu baek-baek post loe ya. loe pertama yg me-refer pada perbincangan indo-mal belakangan ini: itu adalah perbincangan mengenai peng-klaiman kebudayaan non-melayu oleh malaysia. kalo masalah perburuan naskah melayu gw ga ada masalah. the problem is you trying to dig up old feuds, dimana kemarahan orang indonesia itu totally justified (seperti yg udah gw bahas di thread sebelumnya), pada posting yang nggak ada hubunganna. paham?

ya ileh, loe belajar sejarah lagi dech. salah satu kerajaan pasca hindu budha paling kuat di nusantara adalah kerajaan mataram, dan itu adalah kerajaan agraris, bukan kerajaan perdagangan. kalo dilihat di asia tenggara, hampir semua kerajaan-kerajaan paling kuatnya (siam, mataram, vietnam adalah kerajaan agraris). kerajaan-kerajaan perdagangan adalah yang paling rapuh terhadap encroachment barat, kayak makassar dan malaka.

gw ga bisa ngomong apa-apa ya atas nama orang melayu dan gw ga terlalu peduli. you can have your garishly norak dan warna-warni culture. yang gw peduli adalah budaya jawa. sekali lagi, post diatas mengenai perburuan naskah melayu gw ga peduli sama sekali. yg gw permasalahkan adalah orang kayak loe yg nggak ngerti permasalahan mengungkit kemarahan orang-orang dari budaya lain atas perlakuan tidak seronok pemerintah malaysia terhadap tradisi kebudayaan kita.

rilham2new

February 16th, 2008, 11:38 PM

^^ Memang susah melihat Indonesia ama Malaysia dari Belanda .... MAsalah orang Jawa seharusnya bukan masalah nasional ... Maaf.... :p~... Perbincangan ini seharusnya antar-etnis Jawa yang diekspor ke Malaysia, dengan yang ada di tempat aslinya lah... Dan itu juga bukan bidang yang buat aku tertarik. .. Yang paling norak dan disgusting itu menurut aku ngakunya banyak baca tapi hal di bawah ini aja gak tahu .... :lol: ..

Btw, Mataram itu mudah dihancurkan kok .... Buktinya diadu domba aja petingginya langsung hancur (yang tersisa tinggal pemerintahan boneka yang dicengkeram BELANDA (pemimpin dimanjakan dengan fasilitas Belanda), trus pas perjuangan kemerdekaan mulai deh mendukung Indonesia .. This is probably, what we call as MUNAFIK ....) :p~ ... Agraris kuaat ?? NONSENSE. Sejarah mencatatkan semua kerajaan Indonesia yang berbasis agraris, kalau mau ekspansi ujung2nya pasti menjadikan perdagangan sebgai basis. Apakah MAJAPAHIT kuat armadanya waktu dia masih AGRARIS-sentris ???? Jangan pura2 gak tahu ya ... Mataram itu kuat cuman dari segi budaya :p~ ...Dari segi politik, IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST UNSTABLE ever in Indonesia, saling tuduh menuduh-nuduh dan menjatuhkan adalah hal biasa, mudah disusupin Belanda lagi :lol: ..... Mungkin itu kali ya yang diturunkan ke rakyat2 nya di Solo ma Yogya sekarang. Terlalu bangga ma budaya.. sampe2 masalah kalian menjadi masalah nasional. Ngomong-ngomong kita belajar buku sejarah yang sama, kan .... YAng aku tahu, buku sejarah kita mengajarkan bahwa MATARAM adalah kerajaan yang paling goyah ... karena mudah disusupi belanda dan internalnya mudah diadudomba. :rofl: ....

NO REPLY ... Masalah Indonesia itu kekurangan Infrastruktur, KKN, kmiskinan.... bukan supremasi budaya (apalagi budaya2 yang berbasis PRIMORDIALIS) .... Aku boring banget, kalau hal2 kek gini dijadikan alasan untu mengalihkan perhatian rakyat...

=NaNdA=

February 17th, 2008, 02:44 AM

:nuts:

paw25694

February 17th, 2008, 02:53 AM

yah berantem lagi :nuts:

Omluki

February 17th, 2008, 09:49 AM

Which posts???

* My point is revealing my view which somehow significantly different than most of our forumer here. U know what, I can be much more objective than u all buddy.

My point:
1. I LIVE BOTH IN INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA
2. I EXPERIENCE SOCIETY IN INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA
3. I READ INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA MEDIA
4. I AM INDONESIAN (as nationality) and also MALAY (in term of ethnicity).
5. AND I ALSO KNOW EXACTLY THAT WHAT INDONESIAN MEDIA WRITE ABOUT MALAYSIA IS NOT 100% TRUE, and VICE VERSA. ALL BECAUSE, I CAN MAKE A DIRECT COMPARATION, SINCE I LIVE IN BOTH COUNTRY.

My view is variation between two nations and two countries, which most of our forumers here (mostly only have ONE-SIDED VIEW) ... I PICK GOOD MALAYSIAN POINT AND LEAVE THE BAD ONE, and vice versa.

You are objective? Ha ha nice try....

Let's be real: In regard to Indo-Malay relation issues in this forum, you are trying very hard to become Malaysian MOUTHPIECE, you're very good at juggernautting (melibas) any info or opinion that, supposedly, irritating Malaysian.

Off course, that's fine, as long as it's--borrowing your term--not ABSURD.

Your view is the best example of absurdly objective view. The best one:lol:

Venantio

February 17th, 2008, 10:39 AM

Btw, Mataram itu mudah dihancurkan kok .... Buktinya diadu domba aja petingginya langsung hancur (yang tersisa tinggal pemerintahan boneka yang dicengkeram BELANDA (pemimpin dimanjakan dengan fasilitas Belanda), trus pas perjuangan kemerdekaan mulai deh mendukung Indonesia .. This is probably, what we call as MUNAFIK ....) :p~ ... Agraris kuaat ?? NONSENSE. Sejarah mencatatkan semua kerajaan Indonesia yang berbasis agraris, kalau mau ekspansi ujung2nya pasti menjadikan perdagangan sebgai basis. Apakah MAJAPAHIT kuat armadanya waktu dia masih AGRARIS-sentris ???? Jangan pura2 gak tahu ya ... Mataram itu kuat cuman dari segi budaya :p~ ...Dari segi politik, IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST UNSTABLE ever in Indonesia, saling tuduh menuduh-nuduh dan menjatuhkan adalah hal biasa, mudah disusupin Belanda lagi :lol: ..... Mungkin itu kali ya yang diturunkan ke rakyat2 nya di Solo ma Yogya sekarang. Terlalu bangga ma budaya.. sampe2 masalah kalian menjadi masalah nasional. Ngomong-ngomong kita belajar buku sejarah yang sama, kan .... YAng aku tahu, buku sejarah kita mengajarkan bahwa MATARAM adalah kerajaan yang paling goyah ... karena mudah disusupi belanda dan internalnya mudah diadudomba. :rofl: ....

Sebagian besar, kalau tidak bisa dibilang semua, masalah politik besar di dunia ini dilatarbelakangi oleh kepentingan ekonomi/perdagangan. Kolonialisme pun sebagian besar adalah akibat kepentingan ekonomis. Yang lainnya penyebabnya adalah masalah rasial dan diskriminatif yang sekarang justru semakin ditinggalkan.

Mengenai budaya, saya rasa Ilham pun juga bangga akan budaya Melayu kan ya? It's not a big deal, people all over the world are proud of their own culture and they always try to maintain it. Bisa ditunjukkan nggak apa buktinya bahwa orang Yogya itu TERLALU BANGGA akan budaya? What kind of "TERLALU BANGGA" do you mean? Apakah karena mereka begitu kuat memegang tradisi kebudayaan terus kita bisa bilang terlalu bangga?

Apakah yang disusupi oleh Belanda dulu cuma di Jawa, apakah wilayah Sulawesi, Sumatera, Borneo dan Papua tidak disusupi Belanda? Ingat lho, wilayah west Papua itu menjadi rebutan antara RI dan Belanda sampai sekitar tahun 1963. West Papua tetap dikuasai Belanda sehingga memicu perang laut Arafuru (Belanda nembak duluan, tapi TNI berusaha menyusup diam-diam).

Kolonialisme Belanda dengan VOC-nya sangat jelas menunjukkan kepentingan dagang adalah motivasi utama kolonialismenya. Hal yang sama (kepentingan ekonomi) juga terjadi pada proses penyebaran agama Islam di Nusantara yang sebenarnya dibawa lewat hubungan dagang, terciptanya hubungan dengan Cina.

indistad

February 17th, 2008, 01:10 PM

Memang susah melihat Indonesia ama Malaysia dari Belanda .... MAsalah orang Jawa seharusnya bukan masalah nasional ... Maaf.... :p~... Perbincangan ini seharusnya antar-etnis Jawa yang diekspor ke Malaysia, dengan yang ada di tempat aslinya lah... Dan itu juga bukan bidang yang buat aku tertarik. .. Yang paling norak dan disgusting itu menurut aku ngakunya banyak baca tapi hal di bawah ini aja gak tahu .... ..

emang bukan masalah nasional. dari awal yang gw protes adalah penggunaan budaya jawa untuk mempromosikan pariwisata malaysia. sekali lagi, coba perhatikan baiik baiik (since you've obviously got a problem with that), loe mencoba mencampur-adukan dua permasalahan yang nggak berhubungan. cabee deeechh....

Btw, Mataram itu mudah dihancurkan kok .... Buktinya diadu domba aja petingginya langsung hancur (yang tersisa tinggal pemerintahan boneka yang dicengkeram BELANDA (pemimpin dimanjakan dengan fasilitas Belanda), trus pas perjuangan kemerdekaan mulai deh mendukung Indonesia .. This is probably, what we call as MUNAFIK ....) :p~ ... Agraris kuaat ?? NONSENSE. Sejarah mencatatkan semua kerajaan Indonesia yang berbasis agraris, kalau mau ekspansi ujung2nya pasti menjadikan perdagangan sebgai basis. Apakah MAJAPAHIT kuat armadanya waktu dia masih AGRARIS-sentris ???? Jangan pura2 gak tahu ya ... Mataram itu kuat cuman dari segi budaya :p~ ...Dari segi politik, IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST UNSTABLE ever in Indonesia, saling tuduh menuduh-nuduh dan menjatuhkan adalah hal biasa, mudah disusupin Belanda lagi ..... Mungkin itu kali ya yang diturunkan ke rakyat2 nya di Solo ma Yogya sekarang. Terlalu bangga ma budaya.. sampe2 masalah kalian menjadi masalah nasional. Ngomong-ngomong kita belajar buku sejarah yang sama, kan .... YAng aku tahu, buku sejarah kita mengajarkan bahwa MATARAM adalah kerajaan yang paling goyah ... karena mudah disusupi belanda dan internalnya mudah diadudomba. ....

sejarah membuktikan bahwa: semua peradaban yang berdasarkan perdagangan memiliki kecendrungan rapuh kalau tanpa basis agraris. satu-satunya tempat dimana ada basis agraris kuat di seluruh indonesia adalah di jawa. ya nggak ada lah kerajaan agraris (yang hampir selalu berperadaban lebih tinggi dibandingkan peradaban yang berdasarkan atas perdagangan semata) untuk nggak memanfaatkan perdagangan: asalkan itu menguntungkan, dimanfaatkan. tapi di abad 18, hal itu sudah tidak menguntungkan lagi (gw jelasin kenapa dibawah).

mataram adalah kerajaan dengan struktur paling rumit di indonesia dan merupakan salah satu peradaban paling tinggi di seluruh nusantara. belanda butuh waktu lebih dari seabad untuk menganeksasinya, tetapi bahkan tidak seluruhnya: yogyakarta dan surakarta tetap berlanjut.

Permasalahanmu adalah kamu mencampur adukkan peradaban dengan kelemahan struktur politik mataram. mataram nggak beruntung karena ia berada pada jalur utama masuknya perdagangan eropa ke asia timur: selat sunda. di abad ke 18, semua negara-negara agraris asia (termasuk siam, cina, vietnam, jepang dan mataram) mulai menutup diri dari jalur perdagangan karena hegemoni belanda yang mengancam. berbeda dengan semua peradaban diatas, mataram tidak beruntung karena belanda memilih jawa sebagai pusat dari kekuasaannya.

alasan utama mengapa belanda nggak mencampuri urusan kerajaan-kerajaan melayu kecil seperti riau (yang sebenarnya merupakan koloni bugis dan bukan kerajaan melayu, dimana orang bugis menjadi aristokrat dan penguasa dan orang melayu jadi kacung hehehhe) sampai kira-kira pertengahan kedua abad ke 19 adalah karena emang nggak penting. sementara jawa, sebagai pusat penghasil makanan dan kebudayaan di nusantara dianggap penting dan berbahaya pada belanda.

diseantero abad 19, ketika orang-orang eropa mulai mencoba melakukan penelitian terhadap kepulauan-kepulauan nusantara, jawa menjadi standar untuk menilai peradaban diluarnya. dari raffles yang jatuh cinta ama jawa, hingga p.j. veth, salah satu budayawan utama belanda. Java, heerlijk java! kata veth. walaupun politically incorrect, prof. gw, sejarawan yang dihormati dari leiden, mengatakan bahwa wajar aja jawa sangat dikagumi: di asia tenggara ia setaraf hanya dengan peradaban besar seperti siam.

kenyataan bahwa jawa jatuh ke tangan belanda itu patut disayangi, tetapi dibawah kolonialisme belanda pun, mereka mengalami revolusi budaya yang indah; itu karena walaupun secara politik mereka kalah, secara peradaban jawa masih tetap kuat.

NO REPLY ... Masalah Indonesia itu kekurangan Infrastruktur, KKN, kmiskinan.... bukan supremasi budaya (apalagi budaya2 yang berbasis PRIMORDIALIS) .... Aku boring banget, kalau hal2 kek gini dijadikan alasan untu mengalihkan perhatian rakyat...

nggak ada yang mengatakan apapun mengenai supremasi budaya. bukan salah gw loe ga paham soal itu. yang dipermasalahkan dari awal, nih gw pake huruf gede-gede biar loe paham: BUDAYA JAWA ITU BERARTI SEKALI BUAT ORANG JAWA DAN ORANG JAWA AKAN MARAH KALAU ORANG DARI SEBERANG YANG NGGAK PAHAM AKAN KEBUDAYAAN JAWA (YANG SANGAT RUMIT DAN INDAH ITU) UNTUK DIPERGUNAKAN SEBAGAI IKLAN MURAHAN KEBUDAYAAN LAIN.

I am not talking about cultural supremacy or about nationalism apalagi pembangunan :lol: its amazing you don't understand such a simple shit. jangan khawatir, gw juga tertarik soal masalah infrastruktur dan pembangunan ekonomi. cuman bukan hanya soal itu saja yang gw peduli.

OshHisham

February 18th, 2008, 03:59 AM

NO REPLY ... Masalah Indonesia itu kekurangan Infrastruktur, KKN, kmiskinan.... bukan supremasi budaya (apalagi budaya2 yang berbasis PRIMORDIALIS) .... Aku boring banget, kalau hal2 kek gini dijadikan alasan untu mengalihkan perhatian rakyat...

yup..truly agree on this

OshHisham

February 18th, 2008, 04:03 AM

emang bukan masalah nasional. dari awal yang gw protes adalah penggunaan budaya jawa untuk mempromosikan pariwisata malaysia. sekali lagi, coba perhatikan baiik baiik (since you've obviously got a problem with that), loe mencoba mencampur-adukan dua permasalahan yang nggak berhubungan. cabee deeechh....

can you name it if you don mind? is there any problem for indonesian if javanese ethnic in malaysia wants to dance their forefather's dance (barongan) even if they migrate to malaysia (especially Johor)?

i've never seen Tourism Malaysia promotes that javanese dance on television...

OshHisham

February 18th, 2008, 04:10 AM

Pecahan kerajaan Johor ... Istana nya masih ada .... Pecahan Kerajaan penyengat, istananya udah hancur lebur dimakan zaman. :) Itu sejarahnya :) .... Jadi, YA YANG MAU ABSURD SILAHKAN TELUS ABSURD.

kerana itu kerajaan Malaysia bimbang sekiranya naskah-naskah lama yang masih berada di Indonesia akan hilang. tambahan pula di Indonesia banyak sekali bencana alam, spt tsunami dan gempa bumi....

kerana itu perlu ada penyimpanan yang selamat untuk artifak artifak tersebut....it's for the sake of whole Malay...yes, whole malay, not malaysian only...

Venantio

February 18th, 2008, 04:32 AM

Hi Guys, especially indistad and ilham, why don't you open a new thread talking about Indonesian history?

kaki_langit

February 18th, 2008, 08:32 AM

kerana itu kerajaan Malaysia bimbang sekiranya naskah-naskah lama yang masih berada di Indonesia akan hilang. tambahan pula di Indonesia banyak sekali bencana alam, spt tsunami dan gempa bumi....

kerana itu perlu ada penyimpanan yang selamat untuk artifak artifak tersebut....it's for the sake of whole Malay...yes, whole malay, not malaysian only...

Hahahaha ..... Kalau caranya etis (kerja-sama dengan peneliti/universitas lokal) nggak apa-apa .. pakcik !!!

Tapi kalau caranya gelap-gelapan alias curi sana curi sini ya maaf aja !!!

Gitu aja koq repot ....:banana::banana::banana:

paw25694

February 18th, 2008, 11:31 AM

*breaking news* do we recognize the Republic of Kosovo?

MARINHO

February 18th, 2008, 12:17 PM

Is Kosovo of any significance for Indonesian businesses or interests?
I don't think it is.

There is no need to support the independence. Serbia is more important for Indonesia.

=NaNdA=

February 24th, 2008, 12:51 PM

Dunia Minta Indonesia Beraksi untuk Demokrasi di Myanmar
Oleh Gusti NC Aryani

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Berawal dari sebuah telepon pada Rabu (13/2) pagi, perhatian dunia sontak beralih ke Indonesia ketika harapan-harapan tentang membumikan demokrasi di Myanmar kembali didengungkan.

Secara khusus, Sekertaris Jenderal PBB Ban Ki-moon menelpon Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono guna membahas proses demokratisasi di Myanmar setelah penguasa di negeri itu menetapkan waktu bagi diadakan referendum.

Pemimpin tertinggi di Myanmar menetapkan Mei 2008 sebagai waktu yang tepat untuk melakukan referendum rancangan konstitusi dan menggelar pemilihan umum dua tahun mendatang (2010).

Menurut Presiden Yudhoyono, PBB mengharapkan peran Indonesia untuk memelihara komunikasi dengan pimpinan Myanmar guna menindaklanjuti proses demokratisasi di negara tersebut.

"Saya memilih untuk jadi bagian dari proses itu, betul-betul diimplementasikan, karena dunia sudah menunggu terlalu lama. Daripada ikut menyangsikan, ikut tidak percaya, sehingga tidak bergerak maju," tutur Yudhoyono.

Pemerintah RI sepenuhnya mempercayai janji pemerintah Myanmar dan siap berkontribusi sekalipun dunia internasional banyak yang meragukan terwujudnya demokrasi di Myanmar.

"Kita siap berkontribusi apa pun. Kita pun siap kalau diminta jadi `monitoring mission`," katanya.

Desakan agar Indonesia meningkatkan perannya guna menyelesaikan kasus Myanmar tidak hanya muncul dari PBB.

International Crisis Group (ICG) --organisasi non-pemerintah-- yang berpusat di Brussels juga mendesak Indonesia memimpin penyelenggaraan pertemuan regional tentang krisis politik di Myanmar, seperti peran yang dimainkan dalam mengawali proses perdamaian Kamboja pada 1988.

"Indonesia dapat memainkan peran amat penting, mungkin dengan menjadi tuan rumah pertemuan regional sejalan dengan penyelenggaraan Jakarta Informal Meeting (JIM) yang menjadi titik awal proses perdamaian di Kamboja selama 1988-1989," kata Presiden ICG Gareth Evans sebagaimana dikutip kantor berita Jerman (dpa).

Evans menunjuk penumpasan brutal oleh junta yang berkuasa di Myanmar terhadap aksi protes yang dipimpin biksu Buddha pada September 2007, yang menewaskan sedikitnya 31 orang dan menuai kecaman komunitas internasional.

Usulan tersebut segera disambut oleh para pengamat masalah Myanmar.

"Saya pikir itu gagasan yang baik, karena Indonesia salah satu anggota Dewan Keamanan PBB sekarang dan merupakan negara yang paling cocok dalam ASEAN untuk memulai proses tersebut," kata Win Min, dosen masalah Myanmar di Universitas Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Win Min mencatat bahwa Indonesia di bawah pimpinan Presiden Yudhoyono bersama Jenderal Senior Than Shwe dari Myanmar tahun lalu sepakat untuk memulai dialog politik dengan pemimpin oposisi Aung San Suu Kyi.

Tapi prosesnya berjalan lambat dan mencerminkan resistensi junta terhadap setiap bentuk ancaman terhadap kekuasaan mereka, yang mereka pegang sejak 1962.

Kolaborasi PBB

Sebagai langkah awal komitmennya mendukung proses demokratisasi di Myanmar, pemerintah RI melakukan tukar pikiran dengan utusan khusus Sekjen PBB untuk Myanmar Ibrahim Gambari.

Gambari sengaja berkunjung ke Indonesia guna bertemu dengan Menteri Luar Negeri RI Hassan Wirajuda dan Presiden Yudhoyono sebelum melakukan lawatan ke Myanmar pada pekan pertama Maret.

Ditemui seusai melakukan pertemuan dengan Presiden Yudhoyono di Kantor Kepresidenan Jumat (22/2), Gambari menyatakan bahwa ia melihat peran Indonesia dan juga negara-negara ASEAN lainnya dalam mendorong proses penyelesaian Myanmar sangat baik dan mengharapkan peran lebih besar dari negara-negara itu.

"Myanmar adalah anggota ASEAN dan saya percaya ASEAN memiliki peran yang sangat penting dan posisi mereka dalam masalah Myanmar cukup jelas," katanya.

Gambari --yang bukan baru pertama kali ke Indonesia guna membahas kasus Myanmar-- juga mengatakan bahwa PBB dan Indonesia memiliki pandangan yang sama, yaitu menginginkan Myanmar yang damai, bersatu, stabil dan sejahtera.

Sementara itu, Menteri Luar Negeri RI Hassan Wirajuda menilai keputusan pemerintah Myanmar menetapkan tenggat waktu sebagai suatu perkembangan positif karena itu adalah kali pertama pemerintah Myanmar mengindikasikan adanya jadwal guna melaksanakan elemen-elemen yang terkandung dalam peta jalan menuju demokrasi.

"Dan, pemerintah RI mengharapkan agar hal itu diiringi oleh suatu proses yang kredibel dan substantif sehingga masyarakat internasional pun bisa melihat perkembangan yang nyata," ujarnya.

Lebih lanjut ia mengatakan pemerintah RI menilai, masalah Myanmar bukan sekadar isu demokrasi dan HAM sehingga penanganannya harus meliputi seluruh dimensi, antara lain dari sisi kepentingan nasional dan kedaulatan Myanmar.

"Kita tahu bahwa mereka menghadapi berbagai masalah di dalam negeri yang terkait dengan separatisme dan kemiskinan. Oleh karena itu, cara kita menangani isu tersebut jangan semata-mata terfokus pada masalah HAM," ujarnya.

Pemerintah Indonesia menilai ada tiga hal yang harus diperhatikan untuk menyelesaikan kasus Myamar yaitu proses demokrasi, pembangunan ekonomi dan proses keamanan serta persatuan nasional.

Sebagai sahabat, pemerintah RI berharap terwujudnya pemilu dapat berlangsung secara inklusif, transparan, dan mengikutsertakan semua elemen pelaku demokrasi, termasuk kaum minoritas tanpa harus menganggu stabilitas dan keutuhan Myanmar.

Sementara itu, berdasarkan undang-undang yang baru, tokoh pro-demokrasi Aung San Suu Kyi tidak akan diijinkan untuk ikut serta dalam pemilihan presiden tahun 2010 karena ia menikahi seorang warga asing, Michael Aris, berkebangsaan Inggris yang meninggal dunia pada 1999.

Selain itu juga karena anak-anak pasangan itu telah memiliki paspor asing.

Gambari mengkonfirmasi bahwa salah satu agenda lawatannnya ke Myanmar bulan depan adalah untuk membicarakan keikutsertaan tokoh oposisi Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, dalam pemilihan umum yang rencananya digelar pada 2010.

"Dari sudut pandang PBB proses referendum pada Mei 2008 dan proses pemilu pada 2010 haruslah transparan dan melibatkan semua pihak sehingga mendapatkan pengakuan yang luas," kata Gambari.

"Draft konstitusi seharusnya juga mendapatkan dukungan maksimal dari publik yang bisa dicapai melalui penerapan prinsip-prinsip yang transparan. Saat ini konsultasi dan penyusunannya masih terus berlanjut," katanya.

Terkait hal itu, pemerintah Indonesia berharap Gambari bisa memperoleh kapasitas yang lebih besar dalam melaksanakan tugasnya terutama guna berhubungan dengan para jenderal senior Myanmar, aktor-aktor politik dan termasuk Suu Kyi sehingga dapat menjembatani antar pihak yang bertikai di Myanmar.(*)

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February 25th, 2008, 04:02 AM

ASEAN Sepakat Hindari Klaim Budaya yang Bukan Miliknya

Yogyakarta (ANTARA News) - Negara-negara ASEAN telah bersepakat untuk tidak mengklaim seni dan budaya asli milik koleganya di kawasan itu sebagai miliknya, seperti yang terjadi ketika Malaysia mengklaim Reog Ponorogo, kesenian asli asal Indonesia.

Pernyataan itu disampaikan oleh Menteri Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata (Menbudpar) Jero Wacik usai menutup ASEAN Youth Camp 2008, wadah kerjasama seni dan budaya antar muda-mudi ASEAN, di Yogyakarta Minggu malam.

Menurut Menbudpar, negara-negara ASEAN sependapat bahwa jika suatu mereka membawakan atau menampilkan budaya dari negara lain di kawasan itu harus menyebutkan negara asal budaya itu dilahirkan.

Dengan begitu, katanya, tidak akan terjadi saling ketersinggungan.

"Kami dengan Menteri Kebudayaan Malaysia juga sudah saling bersepakat tentang masalah tersebut, terutama setelah terjadi ketegangan karena negeri itu mengklaim kesenian Reog Ponorogo sebagai budaya asli Malaysia," katanya.

Ia mengatakan bahwa kesenian reog Ponorogo asli dari Jawa Timur, namun kesenian itu pernah dibawa oleh orang-orang Ponorogo yang hijrah ke negeri Jiran ratusan tahun lalu. Kemudian mereka mengembangkan kesenian itu dengan nama `Barongan`.

"Menteri Kebudayaan Malaysia sudah mengakui jika kesenian `Barongan` adalah kesenian Reog Ponorogo dari Jawa Timur dan dibawa orang-orang Ponorogo ratusan tahun lalu. Silahkan saja masyarakat Malysia memainkan reog tapi mereka harus menyebutkan asal dari kesenian itu,"katanya.

Ia mengatakan, kesenian asal negeri Cina, Barongsai, kini banyak dimainkan oleh warga Indonesia. Karena keseninan itu makin tumbuh subur berkembang di Indonesia.

Kesenian Barongsai juga dibawa oleh orang-orang negeri Cina yang datang ke Indonesia ratusan tahun lalu. Tapi selama ini kita tetap menyebutkan kesenian ini asli Cina bukan milik Indonesia, sehingga tidak pernah ada masalah dengan Cina,katanya.

Asean Youth Camp 2008 berlangsung sejak tanggal 20 Februari diikuti wakil pemuda seluruh negara anggota ASEAN ditambah perwakilan dari Korea yang berusia 16-25 tahun.

Substansi kegiatan antara lain bidang tari, musik, seni kriya, warisan budaya dan foto jurnalistik.(*)

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paradyto

February 26th, 2008, 12:28 AM

Indonesia urged to recognize Kosovo`s independence
By Bambang Purwanto

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian government has been urged to recognize Kosovo`s independence which was declared on February 17, 2008, and has the recognition of some countries and international institutions.

It was reported that the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has hailed Kosovo`s declaration of independence.
Australia, the United States, Britain and the European Union have also recognized Kosovo`s independence.

A member of the Prosperous Peace Party faction in the House of Representatives (DPR), Jeffrey Massie, wondered why Indonesia known as the biggest moderate muslim country in the world had yet to recognize the independence of Kosovo whose majority of its people are also moderate muslims.

"Kosovo has long been dreaming of getting rid of injustice and discrimination," Jeffrey said.

The legislator further said a civil war which has claimed many lives and material loss is the reason why they had decided to cut loose from Serbia.

Thus, he called on the Indonesian government not to hesitate in recognizing Kosovo`s independence.

Meanwhile, Secretary of the Golkar faction in the People`s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Hajriyanto Y Thohari said there was no reason for Indonesia not to recognize the independence of the people of Kosovo.

"The basis of our recognition of the independence of Kosovo is the preamble of the 1945 constitution which condemns colonialism and oppression," he said.

According to Hajriyanto who is also a member of the House`s foreign affairs Commission, Indonesia needs to immediately recognize Kosovo`s independence.

"The independence of Kosovo is that country`s inalienable right following the genocide and ethnic cleansing committed systematically by Serbia in the 1990s," he said.

The genocide and ethnic cleansing of the people of Kosovo were reasons enough for their independence.

"There are two reasons why Indonesia should recognize Kosovo`s independence. Firstly, the Indonesian 1945 constitution which is against colonialism and oppression, so that genocide and ethnic cleansing must therefore be abolished," he said.

"Secondly, as the world`s biggest democratic country Indonesia needs to take the lead in defending oppressed nations," he cited.

More important to remember is that the Kosovo nation is a moderate moslem community like Indonesia, he said.

Thus, recognizing a moderate moslem country will increase the number of moderate Islamic supporters which may give a bigger contribution to the creation of dialogues between the West and Islam.

In addition, the position of Kosovo in the heart of Europe is very strategic representing moderate Islam.

"We believed that the moderate Islamic Kosovo nation will reduce the gap between the West and Islam. Indonesia and Kosovo will be able to go hand in hand in promoting dialogues between Islam and the West in a peaceful manner," he said.

The Indonesian government also needs to have a consultation with the House of Representatives (DPR) before taking a stand on the situation in Kosovo.

Waiting for UNSC`s decision

In response to Kosovo`s independence, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the Indonesian government was still waiting for the results of a discussion in the UN Security Council to adopt a stand on the matter.

Unlike European nations, Indonesia as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council is still monitoring developments of the issue, Yudhoyono said at a press conference with visiting Finnish President Tarja Halonen last Monday.

Yudhoyono said Indonesia respected the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a country and was aware that the situation in Kosovo was the result of the incompleted process of deconstruction among the nations which once made up the former Yugoslavia.

The Indonesian president noted that a number of parties were trying to settle the crisis in Kosovo but until now their efforts had yet to produce a solution.

The head of state said he had received reports from the Indonesian representative to the UN about a UN Security Council meeting still discussing the legality of Kosovo`s declaration of independence.

"Thus we are still monitoring further developments around the matter," he said.

Meanwhile, Indonesian Foreign Ministry spokesman Kristiarto Soeryo Legowo said the Indonesian government would observe closely the developments in Kosovo and is not yet in a position to give a recognition to its independence.

He said the Indonesian government was hoping the declaration would not trigger unrest or open an conflict, especialy with Serbia, given the fact that many people had already become victim of the conflict in the Balkan region.

He said the Indonesian government`s mind was open enough to view the Kosovo issue as part of a series of specific problems facing parts or ethnic groups in the former Yugoslav federation in the past 15 years which led to the birth of several independent entities.

Kristiarto added Indonesia also deplored the failure of dialogs and negotiations to settle the dispute so that it led to the unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo.

Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in its capital city of Pristina on Sunday (Feb 17). The declaration was read out by Prime Minister Hashim Thaci in a parliamentary session attended by 109 members.

Some 90 percent of the Kosovo people are ethnic Albanians.

Kosovo has two million people, 80 percent of whom are ethnic Albanians and the rest Serbians.

Kosovo has been placed under the supervision of the UN since the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) withdrew its 2,000 troops from the region in 1999.(*)

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February 26th, 2008, 06:18 AM

Wapres: Indonesia Selalu Jadi Primadona
Februari 26th, 2008 in International |

HUBUNGAN BILATERAL : Wapres Jusuf Kalla berbincang serius dengan Presiden Korsel Lee Myung-bak pada pertemuan bilateral kedua negara di Istana Chong Wa Dae, Seoul, Korsel, Selasa (26/2). Pertemuan tersebut membahas peningkatan hubungan terutama masalah ekonomi. [ Foto Ant ]

Seoul, Korsel ( Berita ) : Wakil Presiden M Jusuf Kalla mengatakan, dalam setiap hubungan bilateral dengan berbagai negara di dunia, Indonesia saat ini tidak lagi menempatkan diri sebagai negara yang meminta bantuan, namun yang terjadi justru sebaliknya, Indonesia menjadi primadona.

“Sekarang dunia sudah terbalik dengan Indonesia. Sekarang orang (negara lain) lebih mengharapkan hubungan yang lebih baik dari kira daripada kita ke negara lain. Indonesia selalu jadi primadona sekarang. Tetapi kita juga ingin selalu jadi perhatian dalam hal investasi,” kata Wapres M Jusuf Kalla saat keterangan pers seusai menghadiri pelantikan presiden Korsel Lee Myung-bak di Seoul Korea Selatan, Senin [25/02] .

Wapres memberikan contoh, saat berkunjung ke Jepang tahun lalu, justru Jepang yang meminta Indonesia supaya lebih banyak lagi mengekspor gasnya ke Jepang. Menurut Wapres, era dimana Indonesia selalu meminta-minta bantuan dan dukungan jika berhubungan dengan negara-negara lain di dunia sudah usai.

Wapres menjelaskan, dahulu jika dalam diplomasi internasional, Indonesia selalu sebagai pihak yang yang memposisikan diri meminta-minta bantuan, namun dengan kekayaan sumber daya alam khusus energi, posisi Indonesia sekarang sudah terbalik. “Sekarang setiap hubungan dengan negara lain, kita tak perlu meminta sesuatu, cuman kita perlu menjelaskan sesuatu,” kata Wapres.

Dalam kesempatan itu Wapres menjelaskan, Indonesia saat memiliki banyak sumber daya alam seperti tambang batubara, bahan baku untuk industri baja dan sebagainya. Karena itu, tambahnya, jika Korsel memang memerlukan energi, maka buatlah industri di Indonesia.

Selain itu Korsel memiliki industri baja yang bagus dan besar, namun kekurangan bahan baku. Indonesia, tambah Wapres menawarkan bahan baku industri baja tetapi untuk itu Korsel harus membangun industri bajanya di Indonesia.

Wapres juga selalu melontarkan perubahan mendasarkan dalam menjalankan diplomasi luar negeri. Jika dulu menggunakan prinsip “energy follow industry” maka, tambah Wapres sekarang prinsipnya terbalik “industry follow energy”.

Kehadiran Wapres M Jusuf Kalla ke Korsel selain untuk menghadiri pelantikan Presiden Lee Myung-bak juga digunakan untuk meningkatkan hubungan ekonomi kedua negara. Wapres secara maraton melakukan pertemuan dengan para pengusaha Korsel. “Indonesia selalu ingin jalin hubungan diplomasi yang baik dengan negara-negara Asia Timur dan dibarengi dengan hubungan ekonomi. Karena hubungan diplomasi tanpa dibarengi hubungan ekonomi tidak akan memberikan dampak yang besar,” kata Wapres.

Secara khusus Wapres menawarkan investasi di bidang industri baja kepada para pengusaha Korsel. Menurut Wapres saat ini sudah ada pembicaraan serius antara salah satu perusahaan Korsel dengan PT Krakatau Stell untuk membangun industri baja di Indonesia. “Mereka (negara-negara lain) sekarang memandang kita bukan lagi sebagai negara yang meminta-minta,” kata Wapres.

Dalam keterangan pers yang berlangsung di Hotel Lotte Seoul tersebut, Wapres M Jusuf kalla didampingi oleh Menteri perindustrian Fahmi Idris dan Budes RI Jacob Tobing.

Setelah melakukan kunjungan kenegaraan selama tiga hari 24 s/d 26 Februari 2008, Wapres dan rombongan Selasa besok akan terbang ke Osaka, Jepang. Selain ke Osaka, Wapres dan rombongan juga akan melanjutkan kunjungan ke Nagoya dan berakhir di Tokyo Jepang pada 29 Februari ( ant )

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March 3rd, 2008, 12:10 PM

Indonesia Berpartisipasi Caexpo Ke-4 Di Nanning
Maret 3rd, 2008 in International |

Beijing ( Berita ) : Sejumlah pengusaha Indonesia menurut rencana akan berpartisipasi dalam China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) ke-4 yang akan berlangsung di Nanning, China.

Pengusaha Indonesia yang dikoordinasi oleh Badan Pengembangan Ekspor Nasional (BPEN) Depdag akan kembali berpartisipasi dalam CAEXPO tersebut, kata Atase Perdagangan Beijing Imbang Listiyadi, di Beijing, Senin [03/03] .

Kegiatan tahunan yang selalu berlangsung di Wilayah Otonomi Guangxi tersebut, dijadwalkan berlangsung 28-31 Oktober mendatang dan telah menjadi agenda tetap bagi pemerintah China dan ASEAN, termasuk Indonesia, untuk mempromosikan berbagai potensi produk yang dimiliki masing-masing negara.

Bukan hanya akan menampilkan berbagai potensi produk ekspor melalui pameran tapi kegiatan itu juga diisi berbagai seminar seperti mengundang para investor serta penandatanganan berbagai bentuk kerjasama, baik antara pemerintah maupun perusahaan.

Ia berharap, adanya kesempatan promosi ini hendaknya bisa dimanfaatkan seoptimal mungkin oleh para pengusaha Indonesia, dalam upaya mempromosikan produknya tidak hanya ke pasar ASEAN tapi juga ke China.

Dalam setiap kegiatan tersebut akan berdatangan ribuan pembeli potensial, tidak hanya dari ASEAN dan China, tetapi juga dari negara lain, katanya.

Pemberitahuan jauh-jauh hari ini, katanya, perlu dilakukan agar para pengusaha nasional swasta maupun pemerintah daerah (pemda) yang akan ikut serta bisa mempersiapkan lebih matang sehingga bisa tercapai hasil optimal seperti memperoleh transasksi dagang.

Menurut catatan ANTARA, salah satu kesepakatan penting dalam CAEXPO 2007 adalah para Menteri Perhubungan/Komunikasi negara-negara anggota ASEAN dan China melakukan kesepakatan bersama mengenai kerjasama, keselamatan dan pengembangan pelabuhan di wilayah itu dan Indonesia dalam kerjasama itu diwakili Menteri Perhubungan Jusman Syafii Djamal.

Inti dari kesepakatan kerjasama itu adalah lebih mempererat penerapan keamanan fasilitas pelabuhan serta perlindungan lingkungan yang ada kaitannya dengan pantai. Dalam kesepakatan itu antara lain disebutkan kedua belah pihak sepakat meningkatkan dan mengkonsolidasikan kerjasama kepelabuhan ASEAN-China yang ditandatangani dalam pertemuan ke-5 Menteri Perhubungan ASEAN-China di Bangkok, Thailand.

Para menteri juga sepakat bahwa transportasi maritim memiliki jalur yang sangat penting untuk komunikasi antara ASEAN dan China, terutama dalam mendukung transportasi bagi perdagangan dan pariwisata antara kedua belah pihak.

Oleh sebab itu kedua pihak sepakat segera memperkuat pengembangan dan kerjasama kepelabuhan di wilayah itu, dengan tujuan untuk meyakinkan dan mempromosikan pertumbuhan ekonomi dan perdagangan antara ASEAN dan China.

Dalam kesepakatan itu juga disebutkan bahwa untuk mempercepat pengembangan pelabuhan, dibutuhkan suatu mekanisme koordinasi pelabuhan ASEAN-China, untuk mengefektifkan pelaksanaan yang ada kaitannya dengan kerjasama pelabuhan. (ant )

AceN

March 3rd, 2008, 05:49 PM

=NaNdA=

March 4th, 2008, 03:42 PM

^^ buru2 kali cen.. :D

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04/03/08 18:38
Kadin-JBIC Bicarakan Proyek-proyek Strategis Indonesia

Tokyo (ANTARA News) - Delegasi Kamar Dagang dan Industri Indonesia (Kadin) mengadakan pertemuan dengan pimpinan Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) di Tokyo, Selasa, guna membahas pengembangan proyek-proyek strategis di Indonesia yang mendapat dukungan dari lembaga bantuan keuangan Jepang itu.

Rombongan Kadin yang dipimpin langsung oleh Ketua Umum Mohamad S Hidayat, itu bertemu dengan Gubernur JBIC Koji Tanami dan sejumlah Dirjen yang menangani bantuan kerjasama pembangunan kawasan.

Pada kesempatan itu, Koji Tanami mengatakan, betapa pihaknya tetap berkomitmen dalam membantu pembangunan di Indonesia melalui proyek-proyek kerjasama yang telah berlangsung selama ini.

"JBIC juga menyatakan posisi Indonesia sebagai negara tujuan investasi Jepang telah naik peringkat. Itu berarti kepercayaan Jepang akan iklim perbaikan investasi mulai dirasakan," kata Tanami seperti dikemukakan Hidayat.

Setiap tahun JBIC mengeluarkan hasil survei negara-negara yang menjadi tujuan investasi Jepang. Tahun 2008 ini Indonesia naik peringkat menjadi urutan delapan, setelah sebelumnya di posisi sembilan. Satu dekade terakhir Indonesia terlempar dari posisi lima besar, yang biasanya berada di urutan kedua atau ketiga.

JBIC juga menyatakan kesanggupannya untuk ikut mendanai proyek-proyek infrastruktur serta akan terus mendorong peningkatan daya saing Indonesia dalam menghadapi pasar global.

Sementara itu, Kusumo Martoredjo, Ketua Kadin bidang Pertambangan dan Energi, menjelaskan perlunya JBIC memperluas proyek-proyek strategis di Indonesia, khususnya di bidang energi dan pertambangan yang selama ini banyak ditangani oleh Jepang.

"Jepang perlu membantu kegiatan Indonesia dalam mencari energi terbarukan, termasuk dalam melakukan studi kelayakannya," kata Kusumo.

Ia kemudian menceritakan perlunya peningkatan eksplorasi dan eksploitasi pertambangan batubara, khususnya di Kalimantan, serta pembangunan sarana transportasinya.

Dalam pertemuan yang berlangsung sekitar setengah jam itu, Dirut PT Antam Aditya Sumanegara juga menyampaikan perlunya JBIC membantu pengembangan lebih lanjut industri Chemical Grade Alumina (CGA) di Tayan, Kalimantan Barat, yang selama ini telah melibatkan perusahaan Marubeni Corp.

"Karena ini sudah berjalan, maka kita ingin mengembangkan lebih lanjut, namun membutuhkan pembiayaan dari JBIC yang dapat mempercepat realisasi pembangunannya. Tentu saja dengan bunga yang ringan dan sesuai ketentuan yang berlaku," kata Aditnya lagi.

Atas semua permohonan itu, Gubernur Koji Tanami mengatakan, akan memperhatikannya, mengingat selama ini Jepang juga telah "menikmati" kerjasama yang telah terjalin lama.

Selama berada di Tokyo, rombongan Kadin juga akan mengadakan pertemuan dengan pihak Japan External Trade Organization (Jetro) guna membicarakan peningkatan perdagangan dan investasi Jepang di Indonesia, sebelum kembali ke Jakarta pada Rabu (5/3).(*)

COPYRIGHT © 2008

adiyon84

March 5th, 2008, 09:42 AM

skyscraperboy

March 6th, 2008, 03:46 AM

MARINHO

March 6th, 2008, 05:52 AM

eh, kenapa saya dari Malaysia ni tak pernah dengar pun psl Reog Ponorogo tu ye?huhuhu..
maybe kurang membaca surat khabar atau tgk televisyen kot..
sorry.. tumpang lalu aje.. heehehehee....

Don't be so childish and behave yourself normally. You may have missed the news in the mass media but that doesn't mean that you should bring it up in the Indonesian Foreign Policy and International Relations Thread.

paradyto

March 6th, 2008, 06:42 AM

Ketegaran Indonesia Dalam Resolusi DK PBB Soal Iran
Oleh M. Syamsi Ali

News York (ANTARA News) - Pada Senin, 3 Maret, dunia sekali lagi dikejutkan oleh sikap yang semakin semena-mena ketika rancangan resolusi DK-PBB nomor 1803 untuk sanksi Iran yang disponsori Prancis dan Inggris disahkan dengan suara 14-0-1.

Dari 15 anggota DK-PBB, 14 menyetujui, 0 menentang, dan 1 yang abstain, yaitu Indonesia.

Indonesia saat ini adalah satu dari 10 anggota tidak tetap Dewan Keamanan PBB untuk dua tahun ke depan.

Sikap Indonesia ini tentunya dinilai secara ragam, bergantung pada siapa dan dari sudut mana menilainya.

Yang pasti, sikap abstain ini cukup mengecewakan negara-negara besar anggota Dewan Keamanan PBB. Lobi yang mereka lakukan agar Indonesia ikut mendukung resolusi sanksi ketiga kepada Iran ini cukup intens dan mendesak.

Namun pada akhirnya Indonesia tidak goyah dengan sikapnya untuk menentang, dan pada akhirnya mengambil "jalan tengah" dengan abstain pada saat pemungutan suara.

Tiga negara lainnya, yang selama ini bertahan untuk tidak dijatuhkannya sanksi ketiga atas Iran itu, yaitu Afrika Selatan, Libya dan Vietnam, pada akhirnya bertekuk lutut untuk mengikuti arah keinginan negara-negara kuat di DK-PBB.

Afrika Selatan, hingga detik-detik terakhir negosiasi sebelum pemungutan suara masih mengatakan bahwa resolusi tersebut mengabaikan laporan Direktur Jenderal International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Bahkan Afrika Selatan mengemukakan bahwa resolusi itu sebenarnya telah dipersiapkan sebelum laporan IAEA disampaikan di Dewan Keamanan PBB pada 22 Pebruari lalu. Artinya, resolusi itu memang dirancang tanpa merujuk kepada laporan Badan Anergi Dunia (IAEA).

Namun demikian, Afrika Selatan bersama Lybia dan Vietnam pada akhirnya ikut memberikan dukungannya kepada resolusi sanksi Iran tersebut. Dan ini semakin memberatkan posisi Indonesia yang harus menjadi "single fightera" dalam membela posisi Iran yang dianggap terzalimi.

Sejak awal, sebenarnya, Iran memang banyak mengharap dari 4 negara tersebut. Tapi dari 4 negara itu, Iran juga sadar kalau Afrika Selatan tidak banyak diharapkan, apalagi Libya yang memang sejak tahun-tehaun terakhir telah tunduk di bawah tekanan negara-negara kuat.

Maka, Iran menaruh harapan memang hanya kepada dua negara, yaitu Indonesia dan Vietnam. Sayang, Vietnam memiliki kepentingan domestik tersendiri untuk mendapatkan dukungan dari negara-negara besar. Sehingga terjadilah semacam "barter" kepentingan.

Alasan Indonesia

Indonesia selalu berpandangan bahwa solusi damai melalui jalur diplomasi adalah penyelesaian atas segala non proliferasi nuklir.

Selain itu, Indonesia juga mengakui hak semua negara untuk mengembangkan tenaga nuklir untuk kepentingan damai, dan oleh karenanya Indonesia percaya kepada Badan Enegri Atom Internasional untuk melakukan fungsinya untuk menverifikasi kegiatan-kegiatan pengembangan nuklir negara-negara anggota.

Alasan utama Indonesia untuk memilih "abstain" adalah bahwa resolusi itu mengabaikan laporan Badan Energi Atom Internasional (IAEA) yang mengatakan bahwa Iran telah cenderung kooperatif dengan lembaga itu.

Ketua badan tersebut, El-baradei, dalam banyak kesempatan telah menyampaikan hal itu dengan jelas. Indonesia menilai bahwa permasalahan nuklir Iran seharusnya diselesaikan melalui forum IAEA, dan bukan Dewan Keamanan PBB.

Indonesia menyadari bahwa dari enam poin yang diprogramkan badan nuklir dunia, lima di antaranya telah dipatuhi Iran.

Sehingga keluarnya resolusi tersebut dianggap sangat mengada-ada.

Iran lebih transparan, dan bahkan dengan jelas dilaporkan oleh IAEA bahwa Iran tidak melakukan pembuatan bom nuklir. Intelejen Amerika Serikat juga melaporkan yang sama beberapa waktu lalu.

Selain itu, niat baik Iran untuk duduk dalam meja dialog melalui jalur diplomasi, diharapkan Indonesia untuk menjadi solusi efektif bagi penyelesaian isu nuklir Iran.

Resolusi DK-PBB untuk sanksi sebagai hukuman justru semakin menjadikan dialog dan upaya diplomasi menjadi tidak kondusif. Masalahnya bukan pada kenyataan memproduksi senjata nuklir, tapi lebih kepada hilangnya keinginan untuk membangun kepercayaan.

Namun terlepas dari semua itu, Indonesia memiliki alasan mendasar dalam hal ini, yaitu sikap "non alignment" (ketidak berpihakan) kepada siapa dan atas tekanan siapaun.

Sikap independensi adalah sikap negara Indonesia sebagai negara berdaulat. Sikap ini akan semakin menjadikan Indonesia sebagai negara besar untuk membangun martabat dan harga diri di mata internasional.

Sikap bijak, rasional dan independen Indonesia di atas perlu mendapat acungan jempol dari berbagai kalangan. Sebab dengan sikap tersebut, Indonesia sekaligus memperlihatkan resistensi kepada sikap negara-negara maju terhadap perlombaan senjata di Timur Tengah.

Di satu sisi, Israel memiliki ratusan hulu ledak nuklir, dan bahkan masih terus mengembangkan persenjataannya, tapi tidak satupun dari negara-negara kuat, khususnya anggota-anggota tetap DK-PBB yang angkat bicara.

Sebaliknya, Iran yang kebetulan secara politik berseberangan dengan Israel, masih dalam tahap mencurigakaan sudah dihukum dengan sanksi.

Sikap mendua ini tentu akan semakin mempersulit upaya perdamaian di Timur Tengah.

Maka sikap Indonesia ini dianggap proporsional. Selain merepresentasikan sikap dasar kenegaraan, juga telah melihat perkembangan dunia secara imbang dan bijak.

Terlalu politis

Kasak-kasuk yang terjadi di DK-PBB selama ini memang seringkali terlalu bersifat politis. Keputusan-keputusan (resolutions) yang diambil juga seringkali lebih memihak kepada kepentingan-kepentingan negara-negara kuat, ketimbang kepentingan keamanan dunia.

Negara-negara kuat yang saat ini mendominasi DK-PBB seringkali mempermainkan posisi DK-PBB untuk kepentingan mereka. Tidak jarang sikap mendua mereka lakukan demi kepentingan itu. Ketika Israel melakukan serangan "blockade" ekonomi kepada penduduk Gaza, yang oleh sebagian bisa dianggap pembumihangusan penduduknya, negara-negara kuat dan Barat khususnya memilih untuk diam.

Di satu sisi, di saat apa yang dianggap membahayakan kepentingan negara-negara barat terancam di Timur Tengah, mereka tidak canggung melakukan apa saja untuk meloloskan resolusi di DK-PBB.

Rancangan resolusi Iran adalah satu dari sekian banyak resolusi yang bernuansa politis itu.

Bahwa di saat Iran semakin bersahabat dengan negara-negara tetangga, termasuk Irak, tentu ini membahayakan kepentingan negara-negara tertentu. Dan olehnya perlu ditemukan cara agar negara Iran tetap berada di bawah tekanan.

Dukungan Indonesia kepada Iran tentu tidak saja karena sesama negara Muslim besar. Tapi yang lebih mendasar bahwa Indonesia akan selalu berada pada posisi membela hak-hak yang terdzalimi dan kebenaran.

Ini tentunya berlaku pada posisi Indonesia yang selalu akan membela Palestina, selama hak-hak bangsa Palestina belum dikembalikan oleh penjajah Israel.

Harapan semua pihak tentunya, sikap tegas dan independen Indonesia ini akan selalu menjadi dasar berpijak bagi siapa saja yang mengambil keputusan ke depan.

Dunia memang mengimpikan sebuah sikap yang tidak larut mengikuti arus kepentingan negara-negara kuat. Indonesia diharapkan mampu mempertahankan semangat Konferensi Bandung yang tidak terombang-ambing ke arah mana kuatnya angin bertiup.

Maka pada akhirnya, semua tentu memahami sikap Iran yang tidak akan tunduk kepada resolusi yang dianggap dzalim dan illegal. (*)

Blue_Sky

March 6th, 2008, 08:46 AM

eh, kenapa saya dari Malaysia ni tak pernah dengar pun psl Reog Ponorogo tu ye?huhuhu..
maybe kurang membaca surat khabar atau tgk televisyen kot..
sorry.. tumpang lalu aje.. heehehehee....

Because Malaysian media only write what your government want to read, tell what your PM want to hear and broadcast what your legislative want to see

:nuts:

adiyon84

March 6th, 2008, 08:49 AM

Don't be so childish and behave yourself normally. You may have missed the news in the mass media but that doesn't mean that you should bring it up in the Indonesian Foreign Policy and International Relations Thread.

whatever..... lalalalalaaa.....

by the way, korang penah tgk tak macam mana kehidupan pendatang indonesia yg bekerja buruh ni? aiyyoh.. from what i see, i am really feel 'kesian' on them.. really.... bukan nak menghina atau nak mengejek diorang, tapi yang company malaysia tu taknak ke provide kemudahan elok sikit kat diorang? kemudahan air ke, tempat tinggal ke.. hmmmm.... haritu i lalu dekat sebelah tapak pembinaan, saw this group of people mandi dlm kolam yg kotor tu.. hmmm... pity on them lah... :ohno:

bola

March 6th, 2008, 12:20 PM

whatever..... lalalalalaaa.....

by the way, korang penah tgk tak macam mana kehidupan pendatang indonesia yg bekerja buruh ni? aiyyoh.. from what i see, i am really feel 'kesian' on them.. really.... bukan nak menghina atau nak mengejek diorang, tapi yang company malaysia tu taknak ke provide kemudahan elok sikit kat diorang? kemudahan air ke, tempat tinggal ke.. hmmmm.... haritu i lalu dekat sebelah tapak pembinaan, saw this group of people mandi dlm kolam yg kotor tu.. hmmm... pity on them lah... :ohno:

gak ngerti gw
speak english aja lah

=NaNdA=

March 6th, 2008, 03:37 PM

Kopassus

March 6th, 2008, 04:23 PM

Kamis, 6 Maret 2008 | 19:35 WIB
Laporan Wartawan Kompas, Wisnu Dewabrata

JAKARTA, KAMIS - Walau tidak secara spesifik menyinggung isu pertahanan dan hubungan militer antar kedua negara, Menteri Pertahanan Juwono Sudarsono menyatakan dalam pertemuan di Departemen Pertahanan, Kamis (6/3) siang, Pangeran Andrew sempat melontarkan tawaran bagi TNI untuk membeli helikopter tempur jenis Lynx.

Helikopter bermesin produksi Rolls Roys buatan Inggris itu adalah jenis helikopter yang menurut pengakuan Pangeran Andrew kepada Juwono, pernah digunakan sang Duke of York Andrew Albert Christian itu sekitar 20 tahun lalu ketika masih aktif berdinas di Angkatan Laut Inggris.

”Namun kita belum perlu helikopter jenis itu. Selain karena membutuhkan ruang pendaratan (landing platform) yang lebih luas sehingga tidak cocok untuk kapal Korvet yang kita punya buatan Belanda kemarin, harganya juga mahal karena memang helikopter itu punya kemampuan anti kapal selam,” ujar Juwono.

Kalau pun ada tawaran terkait kerjasama antar militer, selama ini yang dilakukan antarkedua negara adalah bentuk pertukaran perwira siswa berpangkat perwira menengah. Untuk pamen TNI mereka dikirim untuk belajar soal manajemen dan strategi pertahanan di jenjang pendidikan strata dua (S-2).

”Sekarang ini jumlah pamen TNI yang dikirim ke sana ada sekitar delapan orang perwira, kurang lebih sama jumlahnya dengan yang kita kirim ke Amerika Serikat. Selain itu sebagai bentuk diversifikasi pendidikan, kami juga mengirimkan ke Jepang dan tahun ini juga ke China,” ujar Juwono.

Lebih lanjut Juwono mengatakan dirinya juga sempat memaparkan upaya Indonesia untuk mulai membangun industri pertahanan dalam negerinya, serta sejumlah langkah yang saat ini sudah diambil untuk mendukung rencana itu.

Juwono kepada Pangeran Andrew memaparkan saat ini Departemen Keuangan Indonesia sedang memproses percepatan pengalihan kredit ekspor (KE) dari Dolar AS ke dalam Rupiah, melalui pemanfaatan dana bank-bank pemerintah untuk program pertahanan.

”Termasuk juga untuk program Korvet Nasional, pengadaan pesawat terbang jenis angkut oleh PT Dirgantara Indonesia, dan juga program pengadaan kendaraan tempur di PT Pindad. Tempo hari diumumkan Wapres agar PT Pindad bisa memproduksi 150 unit dalam tiga tahun,” ujar Juwono.

Kepada Pangeran Andrew juga dijelaskan soal peran dan tugas operasi militer selain perang (OMSP) TNI, yang diprediksi akan semakin sering dilakukan terutama terkait tanggap darurat penanganan bencana alam seperti sering terjadi belakangan ini.

Penjelasan itu menurut Juwono sangat diapresiasi oleh Pangeran Andrew dan hal itu kemudian dipahaminya sebagai dukungan militer terhadap program pemulihan ekonomi secara bertahap sekaligus sebagai pengawal proses demoratisasi politik dan ekonomi secara bertahap. (DWA)

Wisnu Dewabrata

MARINHO

March 6th, 2008, 08:43 PM

=NaNdA=

March 7th, 2008, 02:57 AM

^^ agree...
yes, that's not represent Indonesia for all... :D

adiyon84

March 7th, 2008, 03:55 AM

udah english koq tp campur melayu, indonesian, dan beberapa 'slang' language.. :D:D:D

opss..sorry nanda.. saya dah terbiasa cakap macam ni..
instead, mmg ramai org2 dari Malaysia ni suke campur adukkan bahasa..
mostly in Bahasa Melayu pasar + English.. (Manglish)... :lol:
this appear so much in big urban cities in Malaysia lah...
agaknya dah terbiasa macam tu sejak dulu lagi kot..
hehehehe...:colgate:

=NaNdA=

March 7th, 2008, 03:56 AM

^^ it's OK laa... :D

AceN

March 7th, 2008, 06:00 AM

Point Taken...back to topic :)

paradyto

March 7th, 2008, 03:31 PM

Indonesia's president to discuss Iran's nuclear program during Tehran visit
The Associated Press , Jakarta | Fri, 03/07/2008 1:00 AM | Headlines

Indonesia's president will travel to Iran next week to discuss Tehran's refusal to suspend uranium enrichment as demanded by the United Nations, a government spokesman said Thursday.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono - whose nation abstained from voting when the U.N. Security Council approved a new round of sanctions against Tehran on Monday - was scheduled to meet Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

Yudhoyono will urge Iran to be transparent and to cooperate with the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency, his spokesman, Dino Pati Djalal, said.

But Djalal said Indonesia - the world's most populous Muslim country - would continue to "support Iran's efforts to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes."

The latest U.N. Security Council resolution authorized a third set of sanctions targeting individuals, companies and equipment that could be used in Iran's nuclear program. It was adopted Monday by a vote of 14-0.

Iran dismissed the sanctions as "worthless" and vowed to continue uranium enrichment, a key process that can be used to produce nuclear fuel or a warhead for a bomb.

Ahmadinejad said Tehran, which denies it is seeking to build weapons, would end talks with the EU's chief negotiator.

Yudhoyono will be in Iran on Monday and Tuesday and then will travel to Senegal and the United Arab Emirates to attend the 11th Organization of the Islamic Conference, Djalal said. (***)

=NaNdA=

March 8th, 2008, 05:01 PM

http://www.antaraphoto.com/dom/prevw/grab.php?id=1204618902

JAKARTA, 4/3 - KERJASAMA INDONESIA-INGGRIS. Menteri Perdagangan Mari Elka Pangestu (kiri) menerima Pangeran Andrew di Kantor Departemen Perdagangan di Jakarta, Selasa (4/3). Kunjungan Pangeran Andrew sebagai Perwakilan Khusus Inggris untuk Perdagangan dan Investasi Internasional untuk mempererat kerjasama Inggris dan Indonesia terutama di bidang perekonomian. FOTO ANTARA/Andika Wahyu/mes/08

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see the words behind them.. :D

kamski

March 9th, 2008, 08:25 AM

What would the world do without Indonesia?

OMFG...

Pretentious motherfuckers...

bola

March 9th, 2008, 09:36 AM

GOOD QUESTION!

WHO CAN ANSWER THAT!?!?!

New_Species

March 9th, 2008, 03:07 PM

YG JELAS KLO TAMPA INDONESIA BELUM TENTU MALAYSIA BISA SEPERTI SEKARANG TRUTAMA ETNIS MELAYU DISANA

nih salah satu contohnya.....:bash:Air susu di balas Air Racun?/

http://www.topix.com/forum/world/malaysia/TV50Q8I3G9P5EK66E

http://www.topix.com/forum/world/malaysia/T9K5FSUHUUS5AE80A

=NaNdA=

March 9th, 2008, 03:20 PM

mulai lagi deh..

skyscraperboy

March 10th, 2008, 08:20 AM

New_Species

March 10th, 2008, 09:24 AM

why not? i'm just tell the truth,so u guys know the history....

MARINHO

March 10th, 2008, 09:31 AM

^^
But when it is about foreign policy and international relations it's not always good to say the truth. And history....................well history is about interpretations.

New_Species

March 10th, 2008, 01:23 PM

^^
But also not to forget a history otherwise you would get lost.
whether its good or not...people has they own opinion and you can eccepted or its up to you then.

skyscraperboy

March 10th, 2008, 06:09 PM

^^
But also not to forget a history otherwise you would get lost.
whether its good or not...people has they own opinion and you can eccepted or its up to you then.

Yes yes, without history we could get lost but this not the place to discuss about.

For the moment, 3 forumers already dislike about the topic that you trying show.
Why?? Because it going no where except to damage the Indonesia-Malaysia relation.

Air susu di balas Air Racun?? Well, this very sensitive issue to talk about.

For you, I found two forums that you could pour your opinion about the 'history'.
Good Luck!:)

http://www.simaqianstudio.com/forum/index.php?act=home
http://www.history-forum.com/

=NaNdA=

March 11th, 2008, 09:59 AM

http://www.antaraphoto.com/dom/prevw/grab.php?id=1205139510

JAKARTA, 10/3 - PEMBANGUNAN KOTA. Wapres Jusuf Kalla (kanan) menerima President International Urban Development Association Budiarsa Sastrawinata (tengah) dan Sekjennya Michel Sudarskis (kiri) ketika bertemu di Jakarta, Senin (10/3). Wapres berharap asosiasi tersebut dapat memberikan sumbangan pemikirannya dalam pembangunan tata kota di Indonesia. FOTO ANTARA/Saptono/Spt/08

bola

March 11th, 2008, 04:14 PM

hahhhh bosen berantem melolo.......................
ganti topik dunk......

adiyon84

March 12th, 2008, 05:07 AM

kita negara serumpun..
sama budaya, bahasa & adat resam..
tidak perlulah rasanya nak dibangkitkan lagi sentimen anti negara...
tidak semua bangsa indonesia & bangsa malaysia itu jahat-jahat...
harap-harap supaya kita dua negara ini hidup aman damai & sejahtera saja.. :)

ace4

March 12th, 2008, 09:52 AM

Rekapitulasi Berita Kunjungan Presiden RI ke Iran

SBY-Ahmadinejad Akan Bahas Sanksi Iran

Kamis, 6 Maret 2008 | 14:34 WIB
JAKARTA, KAMIS-Presiden RI Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono dan Presiden Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sekitar tanggal 10-11 Maret mendatang akan melakukan pertemuan kenegaraan. Kedua Kepala Negara akan membahas Resolusi Dewan Keamanan PBB Nomor 1803 yang memuat sanksi berat kepada Iran.

"Saya rasa soal resolusi DK PBB pasti akan dibahas dalam pertemuan kedua pemimpin," kata Juru BIcara Kepresidenan, Dino Patti Djalal saat memberikan keterangan pers di kantor Presiden, Jakarta, Kamis (6/3).

Meski memastikan akan ada pembahasan tentang resolusi DK PBB tersebut, Dino tidak berani mengupas apa saja yang akan disampaikan Presiden Yudhoyono dihadapan Ahamdinejad. "Saya belum bisa menyampaikan apa yang akan disampaikan Presiden Yudhoyono. Tapi yang jelas posisi Indonesia tidak akan berubah," ujarnya.

Lebih lanjut Dino mengatakan, Presiden Yudhoyono berharap dalam penyelesaian masalah nuklir Iran, semua pihak terus mengedepankan dialog. Apalagi setelah resolusi DK PBB, ada tawaran dialog antara three plus three. Adapun negara yang masuk dalam dialog ini antara lain Jerman, Inggris, Prancis dan Cina, Rusia, AS dengan Iran.

"Peluang untuk terus melanjutkan mencari solusi damai, yang bermartabat bagi semua pihak itu dan debat itu masih terbuka dan kita menghimbau semua pihak memanfaatkan jalur dialog untuk mencari peluang. Lebih dari itu, kita lihat saja," urainya.

Dalam resolusi 1803 tahun 2008, DK PBB menjatuhkan sanksi terhadap Iran antara lain penambahan larangan bepergian dan pembekuan aset-aset para pejabat Iran yang terkait dengan program pengembangan nuklir serta menerapkan larangan bepergian terhadap mereka yang terlibat banyak dalam aktivitas pengembangan nuklir Iran. Larangan juga dikenakan pada perdagangan dengan Iran, berupa produk-produk untuk penggunaan militer maupun sipil dilarang untuk masuk Iran.

Tidak hanya itu, sanksi lain pun masih membekap Iran. DK PBB juga memberlakukan pengawasan keuangan terhadap dua bank yang dicurigai terlibat dalam kegiatan pengembangan nuklir. Semua negara diminta untuk “berhati-hati” memberikan kredit, jaminan ataupun asuransi kepada mereka. Selain itu, inspeksi juga akan dilakukan terhadap kapal-kapal yang dicurigai membawa barang-barang terlarang, baik dari maupun ke Iran.

SBY Teken MoU

Kunjungan SBY ke Iran merupakan kunjungan balasan atas kehadiran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ke Indonesia beberapa waktu lalu. Pertemuan ini bukan pertemuan kedua. Presiden Yudhoyono sempat bertemu dengan Ahmadinejad saat menghadiri KTT G-8 dan Sidang Umum PBB di New York.

Selama di Iran, Presiden Yudhoyono menurut Dino akan pertemuan bilateral dengan Presiden Iran Ahmadinejad dan pertemuan dengan Pemimpin Spitual Iran Ayatollah Khamaeini. Ada pun permasalahan yang akan dibahas dalam pertemuan ini meliputi kerja sama perdagangan, energi dan pertanian.

Selama di Iran, Presiden juga dijadwalkan menyaksikan penandatanganan MoU antara lain di bidang pertanian, pendidikan, dan kepemudaan. "Tapi saya belum ada detail mengenai hal ini, jadi belum bisa disampaikan, " paparnya.

Setelah dari Iran, Presiden Yudhoyono akan terbang menuju Senegal untuk menghadiri KTT OKI ke-11 dengan tema The challenges the ummah in the 21st century. Dalam sidang KTT OKI, Presiden akan menyempatkan diri melakukan pertemuan dengan Pemimpin Sudan, Bangladesh, Presiden Palestina, PM Lebanon, dan Raja Yordania. "Yang ingin dicapai dalam KTT OKI adalah untuk menyepakati revisi piagam OKI," jelasnya.

Lebih lanjut Dino mengemukakan, Indonesia mengharapkan revitalisasi OKI dapat membawa manfaat bagi peningkatan daya tanggap OKI dalam menjawab tantangan dan isu2 yg menjadi kepentingan umat Islam dan juga sebagai wahana meningkatkan kerja sama antar negara-negara anggota OKI. KTT OKI kali ini akan dihadiri oleh delegasi 57 negara anggota.

Selepas dari Senegal, Presiden menuju Dubai dengan agenda khusus bertemu investor-investor lokal maupun internasional pada 15-16 Maret.(Persda Network/Ade Mayasanto)

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Rombongan Presiden SBY Tampil Serba Hitam

Selasa, 11 Maret 2008 | 00:30 WIB
TEHERAN, SENIN-Kunjungan kerja Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ke Iran, 10-12 Maret 2008, menyisakan kisah tersendiri bagi para peserta rombongan yang wanita. Hal itu terutama diakibatkan oleh karena adat kebiasaan di negeri itu yang mengharuskan kaum wanita mengenakan busana muslim berwarna gelap yang menutup seluruh badan kecuali wajah.

Satu jam sebelum pesawat kepresidenan Airbus 330-300 yang membawa Presiden Yudhoyono beserta rombongan mendarat di bandara internasional Mehrabad, Teheran, Iran, Senin (10/3), para anggota rombongan yang wanita sibuk membongkar tas masing-masing untuk mengeluarkan baju panjang dan kerudung berwarna hitam.

Suasana pesawat kepresidenan pun menjadi lebih riuh ketika sesama anggota rombongan saling membantu rekannya mengenakan kerudung mengingat hampir sebagian besar wanita yang turut di dalam rombongan Kepala Negara tidak mengenakan baju muslim.

Para staf kepresidenan termasuk para ajudan dan wartawati tidak terkecuali harus mematuhi anjuran itu. Namun di saat sejumlah orang masih sibuk melilitkan kain untuk menutup kepalanya, sejumlah staf kepresidenan telah melenggang dengan santai mengemasi barang-barang bawaannya.

Usut punya usut, mereka ternyata berpikir lebih praktis dengan membawa kerudung yang telah siap pakai, sudah dijahit seluruh sisinya sehingga tinggal dipakai seperti memakai topi. Seusai acara "ganti-penampilan" itu, sejumlah orang juga sibuk berfoto, terutama mereka yang kebetulan non-Muslim, sehingga itu adalah kali pertamanya mengenakan kerudung.

Dalam mengikuti seluruh rangkaian kegiatan Kepala Negara selama di Iran, kaum wanita memang dianjurkan mengenakan baju abaya/rufus sedangkan para pria mengenakan kemeja lengan panjang. Bagi beberapa orang yang tidak terbiasa, mengenakan baju panjang sambil membawa sejumlah perlengkapan kerja dapat sangat merepotkan, apalagi ketika diburu waktu sehingga harus berlari.

Pihak KBRI Teheran juga menganjurkan agar para peserta rombongan tidak merokok di tempat umum dan mengucapkan kata "salam" sebagai pengganti "hai" atau "hallo". Di Iran juga tabu bagi wanita untuk mendendangkan lagu di depan umum atau bersalaman antara pria dan wanita.(ANT/ROY)

http://www.kompas.com/read.php?cnt=.xml.2008.03.11.00304757&channel=1&mn=9&idx=25

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Presiden Tiba di Iran

Selasa, 11 Maret 2008 | 00:35 WIB
TEHERAN, SENIN-Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono dan Ibu Ani Yudhoyono, sekitar pukul 16.30 waktu Iran atau pukul 20.00 WIB mendarat di Mehrabad Airbase, Republik Islam Iran, untuk memulai kunjungan kenegaraan selama dua hari hingga Rabu (12/3) mendatang.

Dengan menggunakan pesawat kepresidenan Airbus 330-300 milik Garuda Indonesia, presiden di Mehrabad Airbase disambut oleh Duta Besar Luar Biasa dan Berkuasa Penuh RI untuk Iran Iwan Wiranataatmadja dan Menteri Informasi dan Tehnologi Komunikasi Iran Mohammad Soleymani serta sejumlah pejabat KBRI Teheran.

Presiden dan rombongan kemudian menuju Joumhouri Palace tempat presiden menginap selama di Iran. Berdasarkan jadwal acara, pada Selasa (11/3) Presiden akan melakukan pertemuan dengan Presiden Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad di Istana Kepresidenan Iran.

Kedatangan Presiden Yudhoyono di Istana Kepresidenan Iran didahului dengan upacara kenegaraan, dimana Presiden Yudhoyono akan memeriksa barisan kehormatan. Kemudian sekitar pukul 10.00 pagi waktu Iran, kedua kepala negara akan melakukan pertemuan empat mata yang kemudian dilanjutkan dengan pertemuan dwipihak antara delegasi RI dengan Iran.

Seusai pertemuan dwipihak, kedua kepala negara akan menyaksikan penandatanganan lima perjanjian yaitu Nota Kesepahaman (MoU) di bidang kerjasama pertanian, MoU antara pemerintah RI dan Iran di bidang pendidikan, ’share holder agreement" antara PT Pertamina (persero) dengan Oil Refining Industries Developing Company (ORIDC) dan Petrofield Refining Company Ltd, kesepakatan kerjasama antara KADIN dengan Kamar Dagang Industri dan Pertambangan Iran, serta MoU antara Iran Central Chamber of Cooperative dengan The Indonesian Cooperative Council.

Setelah itu Presiden Yudhoyono beserta rombongan menuju kantor pemimpin spiritual Iran Ayatollah Ali Khameini untuk bertukar pikiran. Pertemuan itu dijadwalkan berlangsung lebih kurang 45 menit. Pada keesokan harinya, Rabu (12/3) pagi Presiden Yudhoyono beserta rombongan langsung bertolak menuju Dakar, Senegal guna menghadiri KTT ke-11 OKI.

Sejumlah menteri yang mengikuti kegiatan Kepala Negara kali ini antara lain Menteri Luar Negeri Hassan Wirajuda, Menteri Sekretaris Negara Hatta Rajasa, dan Menteri Perdagangan Mari E Pangestu. Turut mengikuti, Wakil Ketua DPD RI Irman Gusman dan anggota DPR RI arief Mudatsir Mandan dan Mutamminul Ula.

Kunjungan kerja Presiden Yudhoyono ke Iran kali ini merupakan kunjungan balasan atas lawatan Presiden Ahmadinejad ke Jakarta pada Mei 2006. Dalam pertemun itu kedua negara sepakat untuk mendorong perdagangan dwipihak.

Di bidang perdagangan, total nilai perdagangan antara RI-Iran terus meningkat selama lima bulan terakhir. Pada 2007, dari Januari sampai Oktober nilai perdagangan kedua negara mencapai 409.454,5 dollar AS dengan nilai ekspor Indonesia sebesar 347.835,1 dollar AS dan nilai impor sebesar 61.619,4 dollar AS.(ANT/ROY)

http://www.kompas.com/read.php?cnt=.xml.2008.03.11.00351978&channel=1&mn=9&idx=25

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SBY-Ahmadinejad Bertemu Empat Mata

Selasa, 11 Maret 2008 | 06:28 WIB
TEHERAN, SELASA-Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono hari ini (Selasa, 11/3) melakukan pertemuan dengan Presiden Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad di Istana Kepresidenan Iran.

Berdasarkan jadwal acara, kedatangan Presiden Yudhoyono di Istana Kepresidenan Iran didahului dengan upacara kenegaraan. Presiden Yudhoyono akan memeriksa barisan kehormatan, kemudian sekitar pukul 10.00 pagi waktu Iran, kedua kepala negara akan melakukan pertemuan empat mata.

Pertemuan antara Yudhoyono dan Ahmadinejad ini akan membahas sanksi Dewan Keamanan (DK) Perserikatan Bangsa Bangsa (PBB) terkait dengan program nuklir Iran. Indonesia sebagai anggota tidak tetap DK PBB menolak sanksi terhadap Iran dengan mengambil sikap abstain saat voting.

Usai pertemuan empat mata, kemudian dilanjutkan dengan pertemuan dwipihak antara delegasi RI dengan Iran. Kedua kepala negara akan menyaksikan penandatanganan lima perjanjian yaitu Nota Kesepahaman (MoU) di bidang kerjasama pertanian, MoU antara pemerintah RI dan Iran di bidang pendidikan, ’share holder agreement" antara PT Pertamina (persero) dengan Oil Refining Industries Developing Company (ORIDC) dan Petrofield Refining Company Ltd, kesepakatan kerjasama antara KADIN dengan Kamar Dagang Industri dan Pertambangan Iran, serta MoU antara Iran Central Chamber of Cooperative dengan The Indonesian Cooperative Council.

Setelah itu Presiden Yudhoyono beserta rombongan menuju kantor pemimpin spiritual Iran Ayatollah Ali Khameini untuk bertukar pikiran. (ANT/ROY)

http://www.kompas.com/read.php?cnt=.xml.2008.03.11.06282038&channel=1&mn=9&idx=25

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SBY Saksikan Pengesahan Kerjasama RI-Iran

Selasa, 11 Maret 2008 | 21:17 WIB
TEHERAN, SELASA - Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono bersama Presiden Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad di Kantor Kepresidenan Iran, Selasa, menyaksikan penandatanganan lima nota kesepahaman kerja sama antara kedua negara di berbagai bidang. Lima nota kesepahaman kerja sama yang ditandatangani tersebut diantaranya adalah Nota Kesepahaman (MoU) di bidang pertanian, MoU antara pemerintah RI dan Iran di bidang pendidikan, serta perjanjian pembangunan kilang minyak antara PT Pertamina (persero) dengan Oil Refining Industries Developing Company (ORIDC) dan Petrofield Refining Company Ltd.

Selain itu, terdapat pengesahan kesepakatan kerjasama antara KADIN dengan Kamar Dagang Industri dan Pertambangan Iran, serta MoU antara Iran Central Chamber of Cooperative dengan The Indonesian Cooperative Council untuk pengembangan koperasi. Nota kesepahaman di bidang pendidikan dan pertanian ditandatangani oleh Menteri Luar Negeri RI Hassan Wirajuda dan Menteri Pendidikan serta Menteri Pertanian Iran. Nota kesepahaman kerja sama asosiasi pengusaha, ditandangani oleh Ketua KADIN MS Hidayat dan dari Iran oleh Ketua Kamar Dagang negara tersebut. Di bidang pertambangan, nota kesepahaman ditandatangani oleh Direktur Pertamina Soemarno dan rekannya dari Iran. (ANT)

http://www.kompas.com/read.php?cnt=.xml.2008.03.11.21172429&channel=1&mn=9&idx=25

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Presiden: Tidak Ada Risiko Kunjungi Iran

Rabu, 12 Maret 2008 | 04:19 WIB
TEHERAN, RABU - Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono menilai tidak ada resiko yang harus dihadapi Indonesia terkait keputusannya melakukan lawatan ke Iran di saat resolusi 1803 mengenai penguatan sanksi atas program nuklir Iran baru saja disahkan oleh Dewan Keamanan PBB. "Ini bukan era perang dingin di mana ada blok-blok tertentu," kata Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono kepada wartawan Indonesia dalam sesi jumpa pers di Istana Saad Abad, Teheran, Selasa (11/3) malam.

Kepala Negara menjelaskan bahwa era saat ini adalah era bebas sehingga Indonesia sebagai negara berdaulat pun dapat dengan bebas menjalankan politik luar negerinya yang bebas aktif. "Kalau saya mengunjungi Iran bukan berarti kemudian menabuh genderang perang dengan AS. Demikian juga jika saya melakukan kunjungan ke AS atau sebaliknya," ujarnya.

Menurut Kepala Negara, ketika dua negara bersahabat baik maka wajar jika ada perbedaan pendapat. Kerja sama, lanjut dia, juga tidak boleh kemudian putus gara-gara berbeda pendapat.

Oleh karena itu, kata Presiden, Indonesia tidak perlu kemudian merasa was-was dengan adanya lawatan ke Iran itu. "Kita menjalin kerja sama dengan berbagai pihak," ujarnya seraya menambahkan bahwa Indonesia tidak memposisikan diri sebagai anggota suatu pakta tertentu.

DK PBB telah mensahkan resolusi yang memperberat sanksi untuk Iran dalam masalah program pengayaan uranium dan pembangunan reaktor nuklir di negara itu.

Sanksi yang didukung oleh seluruh anggota DK-PBB, kecuali Indonesia yang memilih bersikap abstain itu meliputi pembatasan bepergian dan larangan bagi pejabat lain Iran, perluasan pembekuan aset, larangan barang yang lebih dari satu manfaat, kredit eksport, pemantauan keuangan, pemeriksaan barang atas pesawat dan kapal.

Setelah mengunjungi Iran, Presiden Yudhoyono dijadwalkan menghadiri Konferensi Tingkat Tinggi Organisasi Konferensi Islam (KTT OKI) di Senegal, selama tiga hari mulai 12 Maret 2008 hingga 15 Maret 2008. (ANT)

http://www.kompas.com/read.php?cnt=.xml.2008.03.12.0419010&channel=1&mn=9&idx=25

ace4

March 12th, 2008, 10:06 AM

Presiden Menuju Senegal

Rabu, 12 Maret 2008 | 14:05 WIB
TEHERAN, RABU-Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono mengakhiri kunjungan kenegaraannya selama tiga hari di Iran dan bertolak ke Dakar, Senegal, guna mengikuti KTT ke-11 OKI. Presiden Yudhoyono beserta rombongan lepas landas dari bandara Mehrabad, Teheran, Rabu (12/3) pagi sekitar pukul 10.00 waktu setempat. Rombongan Kepala Negara menggunakan pesawat kepresidenan Airbus 330-341 milik Garuda Indonesia.

Presiden dan rombongan dijadwalkan menempuh perjalanan selama lebih kurang 10,5 jam menuju benua Afrika dan dijadwalkan tiba di bandara internasional Leopold Sedar Senghot, Dakar, sekitar pukul 16.55 waktu setempat. Kedatangan Kepala Negara di Dakar akan dijemput oleh Duta Besar Luar Biasa dan Berkuasa Penuh RI untuk Senegal Sukarni Sikar dan disambut secara langsung oleh Presiden Senegal Abdoulaye Wade.

Kemudian Presiden Yudhoyono dengan didampingi Presiden Abdoulaye Wade akan memeriksa barisan kehormatan dan mendengarkan lagu kebangsaan Senegal. Seusai upacara penyambutan presiden dengan didampingi seorang menteri pendamping dari Senegal akan bermobil menuju Wisma Duta di Dakar, sementara Ibu Negara Ani Yudhoyono menggunakan mobil yang lain.

Berdasarkan jadwal acara, pada Kamis (13/3) Presiden akan mengikuti upacara pembukaan KTT ke-11 OKI di Hotel Le Meridien-President, Dakar. Pada acara pembukaan itu Ketua OKI pada KTT ke-10 PM Malaysia Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dan Ketua OKI pada KTT ke-11 Presiden Abdoulaye Wade akan menyampaikan pidato.

Selain mengikuti seluruh rangkaian pertemuan OKI, Kepala Negara juga akan melakukan sejumlah pertemuan dwipihak dengan beberapa kepala negara sdan kepala pemerintahan negara ahabat antara lain Palestina, Bangladesh, dan Sudan.

Sejumlah menteri yang mengikuti kegiatan Kepala Negara kali ini antara lain Menteri Luar Negeri Hassan Wirajuda, Menteri Agama Maftuh Basyuni, dan Menteri Sekretaris Negara Hatta Rajasa. Turut mengikuti, Wakil Ketua DPD Irman Gusman dan anggota DPR Arief Mudatsir Mandan dan Mutamminul Ula. Seusai mengikuti penutupan KTT ke-11 OKI,Presiden beserta rombongan dijadwalkan untuk bertolak ke Afrika Selatan pada Sabtu (15/3).(ANT/ROY)

http://www.kompas.com/read.php?cnt=.xml.2008.03.12.14053882&channel=1&mn=9&idx=25

David-80

March 12th, 2008, 10:22 AM

New_species, stop it or that would be your last post here. enough of Indo vs Malay discussion.

cheers

ace4

March 13th, 2008, 08:46 AM

Presiden SBY Ikuti KTT OKI

Kamis, 13 Maret 2008 | 09:24 WIB
DAKAR, KAMIS-Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Kamis (13/3), akan mengikuti upacara pembukaan KTT ke-11 OKI di Hotel Le Meridien-President, Dakar, Senegal.

Pada acara pembukaan itu Ketua OKI pada KTT ke-10 PM Malaysia Abdullah Badawi dan Ketua OKI pada KTT ke-11 Presiden Abdoulaye Wade akan menyampaikan pidato.

Selain mengikuti seluruh rangkaian pertemuan OKI, Kepala Negara juga akan melakukan sejumlah pertemuan dwipihak dengan beberapa kepala negara sahabat antara lain Palestina, Bangladesh, dan Sudan.

Presiden dan rombongan, Rabu sore, sekitar pukul 16.55 waktu Dakar, Senegal atau Kamis (13/3) sekitar pukul 01.00 WIB, mendarat di Bandara Internasional Leopold Sedar Senghot untuk mengikuti rangkaian KTT ke-11 Organisasi Konferensi Islam (OKI).

Dengan menggunakan pesawat kepresidenan Airbus 330-300 milik Garuda Indonesia, Presiden di bandara Leopols Sedar Senghot dijemput oleh Duta Besar Luar Biasa dan Berkuasa Penuh RI untuk Senegal Sukarni Sikar dan disambut oleh Presiden Senegal Abdoulaye Wade.

Kemudian, Presiden Yudhoyono dengan didampingi Presiden Abdoulaye Wade memeriksa barisan kehormatan dan mendengarkan lagu kebangsaan kedua negara. Seusai upacara penyambutan Presiden didampingi seorang menteri pendamping dari Senegal akan bermobil menuju Wisma Duta di Dakar, sementara Ibu Negara Ani Yudhoyono menggunakan mobil yang lain

Selama di Senegal Presiden Yudhoyono beserta rombongan akan menginap di Wisma Duta Indonesia di Dakar, sementara itu sisa rombongan yang lain, termasuk wartawan, di kapal pesiar yang disediakan khusus untuk delegasi OKI oleh pemerintah Senegal. (ANT/ROY)

http://www.kompas.com/read.php?cnt=.xml.2008.03.13.09241644&channel=1&mn=9&idx=25

New_Species

March 13th, 2008, 11:46 AM

New_species, stop it or that would be your last post here. enough of Indo vs Malay discussion.

cheers

Apooooloololololololoololololololololollololo!gize

Becasue I couldn't stand of my fart. Heheheh

New_Species

March 13th, 2008, 11:48 AM

hahhhh bosen berantem melolo.......................
ganti topik dunk......

Gak usah lah di besar2 kan.....

my point was clear if you want to speak about International relationship and first you must learn to eccept other opinion too and if you don't than I will leave it from your idiot circle.and please don't telling me not to speak the truth,it just because you want to have a good relation but doesn't mean you have to hiding from the fact and tell a lie.

bola

March 13th, 2008, 12:19 PM

Gak usah lah di besar2 kan.....

my point was clear if you want to speak about International relationship and first you must learn to eccept other opinion too and if you don't than I will leave it from your idiot circle.and please don't telling me not to speak the truth,it just because you want to have a good relation but doesn't mean you have to hiding from the fact and tell a lie.

all u did was register in this forum , come to this thread and flame the hell out of this thread.....
we all know the truth; we don't need u telling us that
u can disagree with everything that they say or we say
but u still have to show respect;
that's how you gain respect from people
don't call me an idiot

New_Species

March 14th, 2008, 04:22 AM

^^

.we.elu aja kaleee gua ngak!! :lol:

iya...iya..!! Gua ga panggil loe idiot lg ;p ~

Caapee ahh' gua mo Tidur.:yes:

ace4

March 14th, 2008, 04:45 AM

Rekor Baru SBY, Pembukaan KTT OKI 3 Jam Lebih

Jumat, 14 Maret 2008 | 04:24 WIB
DAKAR, JUMAT - Rekor baru dibukukan Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono dalam acara seremonial yang pernah dihadirinya. Adalah pembukaan KTT OKI ke-11 yang berlangsung di Dakar, Senegal, Kamis (13/3) siang, menjadi satu acara seremonial terlama yang dihadiri Presiden. Acara pembukaannya berlangsung lebih dari 3 jam. Hal ini diungkapkan juru bicara bidang hubungan luar negeri Dino Patti Djalal usai acara pembukaan di Dakar, Kamis.

Namun Dino menjelaskan, dalam acara pembukaan tersebut terjadi pengalihan kepemimpinan dari Malaysia sebagai tuan rumah KTT OKI ke-10, kepada Ketua OKI baru yaitu Senegal, dan berbicaranya beberapa tokoh dunia, termasuk Sekjen PBB Ban Ki-moon, yang secara khusus hadir dalam KTT OKI ini, menyebabkan panjangnya upacara pembukaan.

Lebih jauh ia menjelaskan, dari semua pernyataan pembukaan baik dari Malaysia, Senegal, Sekjen Liga Arab, Sekjen OKI dan Sekjen PBB, ada beberapa isu yang menonjol. "Hampir semua pembicara menyatakan perhatian yang sangat mendalam terhadap situasi di Palestina, khususnya di Gaza mengenai serangan Israel terhadap penduduk sipil di Gaza. Mereka semua mengutuk serangan ini dan mereka ingin agar proses perdamaian dapat segera dilakukan kembali sera kekerasan dapat dihentikan," terangnya.

Menurut Dino, umumnya para pemimpin dunia tersebut menyatakan keprihatinan karena banyak sekali konflik terjadi di komunitas Muslim dunia. Di Irak, Afganistan, Somalia, Sudan dan lain sebagainya, sehingga mereka mempertanyakan bagaimana respon dari negara-negara OKI terhadap banyaknya konflik-konflik dalam tubuh Islam sendiri.

"Ada juga perhatian khusus terhadap masalah kesejahteraan, terutama mengenai banyaknya orang-orang miskin di kalangan umat Islam, apa saja yang harus direspon OKI. Di sini sudah ada inisiatif baru yaitu inisiatif untuk mendirikan dana solidaritas yang akan dikelola Islamic Development Bank. Dananya sekitar 2,6 miliar dollar AS atau sekitar Rp 21 triliun, dan ini masih akan terus dikembangkan," Dino lagi. "Indonesia mendukung sepenuhnya dana ini, karena memang kita selalu berbicara bahwa umat Islam harus saling membantu, tapi kongkretnya bagaimana. Ini akan dilaksanakan segera setelah KTT OKI," tambahnya.

"Juga ada keperihatinan mendalam terhadap harga minyak. Sejumlah anggota OKI adalah produsen minyak yang besar, namun sebagian besar adalah konsumen minyak. Terasa sekali, termasuk tuan rumah Senegal yang mengeluh harga minyak dunia yang tinggi membebani luar biasa, yang dapat menimbulkan permasalahan ekonomi sosial pada negara-negara itu," ungkapnya.

"Malah tadi Presiden Senegal mengeluarkan ide yang menarik yaitu bagaimana bila nanti harga minyak naik, sepuluh persen khusus digunakan untuk membantu kemiskinan di negara-negara Islam. Namun hal ini belum mendapatkan tanggapan," kata Dino lagi. (PresidenSBY.info)

http://www.kompas.com/read.php?cnt=.xml.2008.03.14.04244919&channel=1&mn=9&idx=25

ace4

March 14th, 2008, 04:48 AM

Presiden Yudhoyono Temui Sekjen PBB di Sela KTT OKI

Jumat, 14 Maret 2008 | 04:03 WIB
DAKAR, KAMIS - Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono dijadwalkan melakukan pertemuan dengan Sekretaris Jenderal PBB Ban Ki-moon, Kamis, di sela KTT ke-11 OKI di Senegal, 13-15 Maret.

Menurut keterangan dari Istana Kepresidenan, pertemuan dengan Ban Ki-moon akan diselenggarakan sekitar pukul 17.30 waktu setempat atau 00.30 WIB di Hotel Le Meridien-President, Dakar, Senegal.

Sedangkan agenda pertemuan kedua pemimpin itu belum dikemukakan oleh kedua belah pihak. Namun, ini bukan pertama kalinya kedua pemimpin melakukan pertemuan empat mata. Bahkan pada awal tahun ini, Sekjen Ban Ki-moon secara khusus menelepon Presiden Yudhoyono untuk meminta pemerintah Indonesia berperan lebih dalam kasus Myanmar.

Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono beserta rombongan menghadiri KTT ke-11 OKI di Senegal setelah melakukan kunjungan kerja ke Teheran, Iran pada 10-12 Maret. Setelah itu Presiden dijadwalkan untuk melanjutkan lawatannya ke Afrika Selatan dan Dubai.

Menteri yang mengikuti kegiatan Kepala Negara kali ini antara ladalah Menteri Luar Negeri Hassan Wirajuda, Menteri Agama Maftuh Basyuni, dan Menteri Sekretaris Negara Hatta Rajasa. Turut mengikuti, Wakil Ketua DPD Irman Gusman dan anggota DPR RArief Mudatsir Mandan dan Mutamminul Ula.

Sementara itu, jika pada pagi hari acara pembukaan KTT ke-11 OKI begitu ramai dipadati wartawan sehingga dua ruang media center yang saling berhadapan tampak penuh sesak maka semakin siang jumlah wartawan yang mengikuti sidang OKI tampak mulai menurun.

Di ruang media yang terletak di sisi kanan tempat sholat --di mana panitia tidak menyediakan komputer, hanya sambungan internet-- hanya tampak terisi sepertiga ruangan. Padahal pada pagi hari, sejumlah orang tampak duduk di lantai yang dilapisi karpet untuk sekedar mengirimkan berita atau gambar. (ANTARA/GLO)

http://www.kompas.com/read.php?cnt=.xml.2008.03.14.04034217&channel=1&mn=9&idx=25

=NaNdA=

March 14th, 2008, 12:57 PM

http://www.antaraphoto.com/dom/prevw/grab.php?id=1205451866

JAKARTA, 13/3 - KTT OKI. Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono memimpin delegasi Indonesia pada pembukaan KTT Ke-11 OKI (Organisasi Konferensi Islam) di Hotel Meridien President, Dakar, Senegal, hari Kamis (13/3) siang waktu setempat. KTT dibuka secara resmi oleh Presiden Republik Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade sekaligus sebagai Ketua KTT OKI yang dalam sambutannya dia berharap negara-negara Islam mendesak Israel segera menghentikan tindak kekerasan terhadap masyarakat Palestina.I. FOTO ANTARA/Rumgapres/Muchlis Said/pd/hm/08

http://www.antaraphoto.com/dom/prevw/grab.php?id=1205451814

JAKARTA, 14/3 - KTT OKI. Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono berpose bersama 30 pemimpin negara-negara Islam pada KTT OKI ke 11 di Hotel Meridien le President, Dakar, Senegal, Kamis (13/3) siang waktu setempat. KTT dibuka oleh Presiden Republik Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade sekaligus sebagai Ketua KTT OKI yang dalam sambutannya dia berharap negara-negara Islam mendesak Israel segera menghentikan tindak kekerasan terhadap masyarakat Palestina. FOTO ANTARA/Rumgapres/Dudi Anung/pd/hm/08

=NaNdA=

March 14th, 2008, 01:41 PM

http://www.antaraphoto.com/dom/prevw/grab.php?id=1205220777

TEHERAN, IRAN, 11/3 - KUNJUNGAN PRESIDEN. Presiden Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (kanan) menyambut Presiden Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono di Teheran, Iran, Selasa (11/3). Gambar Presiden Yudhoyono juga terlihat dalam poster di sebelah kanan. FOTO ANTARA-REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl/ox/08.

ace4

March 15th, 2008, 08:30 AM

RI Kirim 90 PM Tambahan ke Lebanon

Sabtu, 15 Maret 2008 | 11:33 WIB
DAKAR, SABTU - Pemerintah Republik Indonesia memutuskan untuk mengirim 90 polisi militer ke Lebanon, sebagai tambahan terhadap 850 tentara infanteri yang saat ini bertugas di negeri itu.

Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono mengemukakan hal itu dalam jumpa pers mengenai pertemuan dengan Perdana Menteri Lebanon, Fuad Siniora, di sela-sela pertemuan puncak ke-11 Organisasi Konferensi Islam (OKI) di Dakar, Senegal, Jumat malam waktu setempat (Sabtu WIB). "Saya sudah menyetujui permintaan tambahan dari PBB yaitu sebanyak 90 orang polisi militer sebagai tambahan untuk 850 anggota unit infanteri yang sudah ada di sana," katanya.

Menurut Kepala Negara, peluang untuk permintaan tambahan pasukan perdamaian dari Indonesia tetap terbuka. Tapi, lanjut Kepala Negara, Indonesia akan selalu siap membantu asalkan untuk misi perdamaian di bawah bendera PBB dan mencegah terjadinya peperangan baru. "Jangan sampai ada serangan Israel seperti pada 2006, maka Indonesia siap membantu," katanya.

Presiden Yudhoyono menegaskan pemerintah Indonesia tetap pada komitmen mendukung kedaulatan Lebanon seutuhnya dan berharap segala aksi kekerasan berhenti.(ANT/IMA)

http://www.kompas.co.id/read.php?cnt=.xml.2008.03.15.11335319&channel=1&mn=9&idx=25

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Sudah Minta Indonesia Tambah Personel Pasukan di Darfur

Sabtu, 15 Maret 2008 | 12:59 WIB
DAKAR, SABTU - Pemerintah Sudan mengharapkan Indonesia akan meningkatkan jumlah tenaga personel pasukan perdamaiannya, berbendera PBB di Darfur. "Sudan menginginkan Indonesia berperan lebih lebih dalam proses perdamaian di Darfur," Demikian diungkapkan Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono pada penutupan Konferensi Negara-negara Islam kesebelas.

Dalam pertemuannya dengan Presiden Sudan Omer Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir, SBY mengungkapkan bahwa Indonesia saat ini sedang menyiapkan sekitar 140 polisi untuk diutus ke Darfur. "Namun Sudan telah meminta lagi sekitar 140 personel lebih," tambah SBY.

Dia mengungkapkan bahwa pemerintah Indonesia begitu bahagia untuk berperan serta dalam proses perdamaian di bawah bendera pasukan perdamaian PBB. SBY yakin sepenuhnya bahwa Pemerintah Sudan dapat menyelesaikan konflik yang sedang berlangsung di Darfur. Indonesia berharap bahwa solusi secara menyeluruh yang sedang diupayakan untuk perdamaian akan membawa perbaikan bagi rakyat Sudan.

Source : Antara

ABD

http://www.kompas.co.id/read.php?cnt=.xml.2008.03.15.1259297&channel=1&mn=9&idx=25

ace4

March 15th, 2008, 08:33 AM

Presiden Serukan OKI Berperan Aktif

Jumat, 14 Maret 2008 | 21:14 WIB
DAKAR, JUMAT - Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono menyerukan agar negara-negara anggota Organisasi Konferensi Islam (OKI) untuk berperan aktif dalam mempromosikan perdamaian dan keamanan dunia serta penghapusan kemiskinan.

"Kita berada dalam posisi terbaik untuk memberikan kontribusi terhadap perdamaian global dan keamanan serta mengatasi kemiskinan," kata Yudhoyono dalam debat umum di KTT ke-11 OKI di Dakar, Senegal, Jumat (14/3) siang waktu setempat atau Jumat malam waktu Indonesia.

Presiden menyebutkan, OKI memiliki 57 negara anggota di tiga benua dengan jumlah penduduk lebih dari satu miliar orang. Negara-negara muslim itu juga menyumbang 70 persen dari kebutuhan energi dunia dan 40 persen ekspor bahan mentah.

"Kita mampu untuk berkontribusi kepada perdamaian dan keamanan melalui mediasi. Buktinya OKI sukses melakukan mediasi pada proses perdamaian antara pemerintah Filipina dan Front Nasional Pembebasan Moro (gerakan separatis di Filipina selatan)," katanya seraya menambahkan bahwa saat itu komisi mediasi OKI dipimpin oleh Indonesia.

Namun, lanjut Presiden, negara-negara OKI harus terlebih dahulu membuktikan kemampuannya mempromosikan perdamaian dan rekonsiliasi di antara negara-negara anggotanya.

Menurut Presiden, meski OKI telah dibentuk sejak tiga dekade lalu namun perdamaian dan stabilitas di Irak, Palestina, Lebanon, Afganistan, Somalia dan Sudan belum juga terwujud. Konflik Palestina bahkan masih menjadi pusat krisis di Timur Tengah. "Konflik di masyarakat Islam mempermalukan umat dan mencederai nama baik Islam sehingga di luar dunia Islam, Islam telah dijustifikasi berkaitan dengan kekerasan," katanya pada pidato yang disampaikannya kurang lebih selama 15 menit itu.

Oleh karena itu, Presiden mengatakan, OKI harus berperan aktif untuk mewujudkan perdamaian di negara-negara muslim dan menghapus gambaran buruk tentang dunia Islam.

Presiden juga mengatakan bahwa dalam hal ini diperlukan kerja sama dengan dunia media massa untuk membantu menyebarkan pemahaman tersebut. "Kita harus dapat menjangkau seluruh dunia melalui dialog antar agama, antar budaya dan antar masyarakat," ujarnya.

Pemerintah RI, lanjut Presiden, juga menyeru dunia internasional untuk membantu Palestina dan meminta seluruh faksi di Palestina melakukan dialog karena perdamaian dengan Israel tidak akan pernah tercapai jika mereka tidak memiliki perdamaian di dalam negeri.

Presiden juga mengatakan negara-negara anggota OKI perlu bersama-sama berusaha meningkatkan kualitas hidup umat Islam baik melalui pendidikan ataupun kesejahteraan agar umat Islam dapat kembali berperan dalam pengembangan kebudayaan-kebudayaan bernilai tinggi sebagaimana pada masa lalu.

Pada Jumat hingga siang hari waktu setempat, Presiden Yudhoyono telah melakukan pertemuan tertutup dengan beberapa pemimpin negara anggota OKI yakni Perdana Menteri Lebanon Fuad Siniora, Presiden Palestina Mahmoud Abbas, dan Presiden Sudan Omer Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir. Setelah itu Presiden juga akan mengadakan pertemuan dengan Perdana Menteri sementara Bangladesh Fakhrudin Ahmed. (ANT/IMA)

http://www.kompas.co.id/read.php?cnt=.xml.2008.03.14.21141377&channel=1&mn=2&idx=25

ace4

March 15th, 2008, 08:35 AM

SBY Tur Singkat di Kapal Pesiar MSC Musica

Sabtu, 15 Maret 2008 | 11:06 WIB
DAKAR, SABTU - Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono melakukan kunjungan singkat, sekitar satu jam, ke kapal pesiar MSC Musica, di sela kesibukannya mengikuti pertemuan puncak Organisasi Konferensi Islam (OKI) di Dakar, Senegal, Jumat (14/3) sore waktu setempat.

Kunjungan singkat Presiden dilakukan untuk bertemu dengan warga negara Indonesia yang bekerja di kapal pesiar berbendera Italia itu. Kedatangan Presiden Yudhoyono dan Ibu Ani disambut oleh lebih dari 50-an awak kapal asal Indonesia yang sedang bebas tugas di kapal yang memiliki fasilitas setara hotel bintang lima itu.

Para awak kapal tanpa dikomando menyanyikan lagu Indonesia Raya ketika Presiden Yudhoyono beserta rombongan menyusuri karpet merah yang terbentang di tangga kapal. Lagu Indonesia Raya yang berkumandang di tempat yang berjarak puluhan ribu kilometer dari Indonesia itu menimbulkan kesan haru, tidak hanya para awak kapal, tapi juga sejumlah wartawan Indonesia.

Presiden Yudhoyono kemudian berkeliling kapal yang memiliki 1.260 kamar itu. Kepala Negara mengunjungi ruang teater, ruang belanja, berbagai restoran, ruang olahraga dan ruang bersantai.

Di setiap lantai yang dikunjungi, hampir seluruh warga Indonesia menyambut kehadiran rombongan Kepala Negara yang antara lain didampingi Mensesneg Hatta Rajasa, Menlu Hassan Wirajuda, Jubir Kepresidenan Andi Mallarangeng, dan putra bungsu Presiden, Eddie Baskoro.

Mereka juga melakukan dialog dengan Presiden Yudhoyono selain sibuk berfoto dan berjabat tangan. "Saya bangga (kepada kalian)," kata Presiden Yudhoyono sambil menyalami mereka.

Presiden juga berpesan agar para awak kapal tidak lupa mengirimkan uang jerih payah untuk keluarga di Indonesia serta menjaga nama baik bangsa.

Sementara itu, dalam sesi jumpa pers dengan media dari Indonesia, Presiden Yudhoyono mengatakan bahwa dalam dialog dengan kapten kapal, dia diberitahu bahwa pekerja asal Indonesia terkenal disiplin, bagus dalam pekerjaan dan tidak bertingkah.

Lebih lanjut Presiden berharap agar informasi pekerjaan di luar negeri dapat lebih disosialisasikan ke publik Indonesia sehingga masyarakat yang mempunyai kemampuan dapat mengembangkan potensinya di luar negeri. Hal itu akan menyumbangkan devisa, meningkatkan perekonomian, serta membantu warga Indonesia berpartisipasi dalam globalisasi.

Kapal pesiar MSC Musica sandar di pelabuhan Kota Dakar untuk menampung para delegasi KTT ke-11 OKI yang tidak memperoleh tempat di hotel-hotel di seputar Dakar.

Di kapal yang memiliki lebih dari 13 lantai itu, jumlah pekerja Indonesia sekitar 400-an orang dari total 987 pegawai. Mereka rata-rata bekerja sebagai pelayan restoran, ahli teknik dan petugas kamar.

Sejumlah awak kapal yang ditemui setelah kunjungan Presiden Yudhoyono itu rata-rata mengaku terharu karena dapat bertemu dengan Kepala Negara. Menurut mereka -- yang lebih sering menghabiskan waktu berlayar di Eropa -- untuk bertemu dengan orang Indonesia saja tidak mudah dan sangat jarang, apalagi bertemu dengan Kepala Negara.

Karena itu, ketika mengetahui delegasi Indonesia menginap di kapalnya, mereka sangat bersemangat untuk bertemu dan mengobrol.

Para awak kapal itu mengaku rata-rata dikontrak selama sembilan bulan dengan gaji antara 600 dolar AS hingga 2200 dolar AS (sekitar Rp 5,4 juta hingga Rp 20 juta). Kontrak tersebut dapat diperpanjang setiap waktu tergantung permintaan.

Presiden Yudhoyono beserta rombongan dijadwalkan meninggalkan Senegal pada Sabtu (15/3) pagi untuk melanjutkan lawatan ke Afrika Selatan.

Keberadaan Presiden Yudhoyono di Senegal adalah untuk menghadiri KTT ke-11 OKI dan memimpin delegasi Indonesia. Di sela-sela KTT ke-11 OKI, kepala negara juga melakukan pertemuan dwipihak dengan sejumlah kepala negara sahabat antara lain, Perdana Menteri Lebanon, Presiden Palestina, Perdana Menteri sementara Balangdesh dan Presiden Sudan. (ANT/IMA)

http://www.kompas.co.id/read.php?cnt=.xml.2008.03.15.11063239&channel=1&mn=9&idx=25

ace4

March 15th, 2008, 08:38 AM

SBY Akan Lakukan Pembicaraan Bilateral

Jumat, 14 Maret 2008 | 22:34 WIB
DAKAR, SENEGAL, JUMAT - Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono dijadualkan akan melakukan pembicaraan bilateral dengan sejumlah pemimpin negara tetangga pada hari kedua Konferensi Tingkat Tinggi Negara-negara Organisasi Islam (OKI - Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) kesebelas, Jumat (14/3).

Para pemimpin itu antara lain Perdana Menteri Fuad Siniora, Presiden Palestina Mahmoud Abbas, Perdana Menteri Bangladeshi Fakhrudin Ahmed, dan Presiden Sudan Omer Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir. Demikian diungkapkan salah satu sumber dari istana presiden.

Pembicaraan bilateral ini rencananya akan dilakukan di Hotel Le-Meridein di Dakar setelah SBY memberikan pidato dalam sesi debat publik. Dikatakan oleh sumber ini, pemerintah Indonesia cukup aktif dalam mendorong proses perdamaian di Timur Tengah beberapa tahun terakhir ini.

Presiden Yudhoyono mengulangi komitmen Indonesia untuk memelihara perdamaian global dalam pertemuan dengan rekan dagangnya, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, di Tehran dua hari lalu. Dalam pertemuan itu, dua pemimpin setuju untuk mencari solusi terbaik bagi selesainya konflik yang tengah terjadi di Timur Tengah. Mereka juga setuju untuk menekankan pentingnya kesatuan dan integritas dalam penyelesaian konflik.

Yudhoyono mengungkapkan, pemerintah Indonesia menginginkan solusi yang adil dalam penyelesaian konflik ini. Dalam keikutsertaannya di pertemuan ini, Presiden SBY didampingi Menteri Luar Negeri Hasan Wirajuda, Menteri Agama Maftuh Basyuni, Menteri Sekretaris Negara Hatta Rajasa, Wakil Ketua DPD Irman Gusman.

ABD

http://www.kompas.co.id/read.php?cnt=.xml.2008.03.14.22341312&channel=1&mn=9&idx=25

ace4

March 15th, 2008, 08:39 AM

Indonesia ikut Dorong Berdirinya Negara Palestina

Jumat, 14 Maret 2008 | 12:42 WIB
JAKARTA, JUMAT - Pemerintah Indonesia akan aktif membahas rencana Aksi 10 Tahunan Organisasi Konferensi Islam (OKI) di Dakar Senegal.

Hal ini disampaikan juru bicara Departemen Luar Yohannes Kristiarto Soeryo Legowo usai jumpa pers di Kantor Deplu Jalan Taman Pejambon, Jumat (14/3). Menurut Kristiarto, agenda Aksi 10 Tahunan ini sangat luas, tidak hanya terkait masalah politik.

"Agendanya juga membahas masalah ekonomi dan perdagangan, dan juga yang terkait dengan revitalisasi OKI. Selain itu juga dibahas juga hal-hal yang terkait masalah regional yang menyangkut masalah negara-negara OKI," kata Kristiarto.

Kristiarto mengatakan koflik Timur Tengah merupakan salah satu masalah penting yang dibicarakan, khususnya masalah Palestina yang akan memperoleh porsi besar perhatian dalam KTT itu.

"Pembahasan Palestina di KTT OKI dimaksudkan untuk menegaskan kembali komitmen OKI mendukung bangsa Palestina untuk dapat mendirikan negara yang merdeka sesuai batas-batas yang diakui secara internasional. Kita juga akan secara kreatif, membahas cara-cara yang efektif mendorong realisasi cita-cita negara Palestina," katanya.

Namun Kristiarto enggan berkomentar lebih jauh soal target dan hasil yang diharapkan oleh Indonesia melalui KTT OKI.

LIN

http://www.kompas.co.id/read.php?cnt=.xml.2008.03.14.12422151&channel=1&mn=9&idx=25

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Presiden Palestina: Terima Kasih Indonesia

Sabtu, 15 Maret 2008 | 13:16 WIB
DAKAR, SABTU - Dalam kesempatan yang sama, usai penutupan KTT Konferensi negara-negara Islam di Dakar, Presiden Yudhoyono juga melakukan pembicaraan dengan Presiden Palestina Mahmoud Abbas mengenai masalah konflik humanitarian yang berlangsung di negeri itu.

SBY mengungkapkan bahwa Indonesia mendukung Palestina untuk menyelesaikan konflik internal yang sedang terjadi. "Indonesia berharap bahwa warga Palestina akan segera mewujudkan cita-citanya menjadi negara yang berdaulat, dan hidup damai berdampingan dengan negara tetangga," ujar SBY.

Selama beberapa tahun lalu, Indonesia cukup aktif menyuarakan bahwa dunia membutuhkan terciptanya kemerdekaan Palestina. Di Bulan Mei 2008, Indonesia dan Afrika Selatan akan menunda Konferensi Asia Afrika di Palestina. Presiden Abbas juga mengucap terima kasih atas dukungan yang diberikan Pemerintah Indonesia kepada rakyat Palestina. Karena itu, dalam debat publik yang berlangsung di Konferensi ini, Indonesia juga menyinggung permasalahan yang terkait dengan rakyat Palestina.

Source : Antara

ABD

http://www.kompas.co.id/read.php?cnt=.xml.2008.03.15.13165587&channel=1&mn=9&idx=25

ace4

March 15th, 2008, 08:41 AM

Presiden Yudhoyono Temui Sekjen PBB di Sela KTT OKI

Jumat, 14 Maret 2008 | 04:03 WIB
DAKAR, KAMIS - Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono dijadwalkan melakukan pertemuan dengan Sekretaris Jenderal PBB Ban Ki-moon, Kamis, di sela KTT ke-11 OKI di Senegal, 13-15 Maret.

Menurut keterangan dari Istana Kepresidenan, pertemuan dengan Ban Ki-moon akan diselenggarakan sekitar pukul 17.30 waktu setempat atau 00.30 WIB di Hotel Le Meridien-President, Dakar, Senegal.

Sedangkan agenda pertemuan kedua pemimpin itu belum dikemukakan oleh kedua belah pihak. Namun, ini bukan pertama kalinya kedua pemimpin melakukan pertemuan empat mata. Bahkan pada awal tahun ini, Sekjen Ban Ki-moon secara khusus menelepon Presiden Yudhoyono untuk meminta pemerintah Indonesia berperan lebih dalam kasus Myanmar.

Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono beserta rombongan menghadiri KTT ke-11 OKI di Senegal setelah melakukan kunjungan kerja ke Teheran, Iran pada 10-12 Maret. Setelah itu Presiden dijadwalkan untuk melanjutkan lawatannya ke Afrika Selatan dan Dubai.

Menteri yang mengikuti kegiatan Kepala Negara kali ini antara ladalah Menteri Luar Negeri Hassan Wirajuda, Menteri Agama Maftuh Basyuni, dan Menteri Sekretaris Negara Hatta Rajasa. Turut mengikuti, Wakil Ketua DPD Irman Gusman dan anggota DPR RArief Mudatsir Mandan dan Mutamminul Ula.

Sementara itu, jika pada pagi hari acara pembukaan KTT ke-11 OKI begitu ramai dipadati wartawan sehingga dua ruang media center yang saling berhadapan tampak penuh sesak maka semakin siang jumlah wartawan yang mengikuti sidang OKI tampak mulai menurun.

Di ruang media yang terletak di sisi kanan tempat sholat --di mana panitia tidak menyediakan komputer, hanya sambungan internet-- hanya tampak terisi sepertiga ruangan. Padahal pada pagi hari, sejumlah orang tampak duduk di lantai yang dilapisi karpet untuk sekedar mengirimkan berita atau gambar. (ANTARA/GLO)

http://www.kompas.co.id/read.php?cnt=.xml.2008.03.14.04034217&channel=1&mn=9&idx=25

=NaNdA=

March 15th, 2008, 11:19 AM

penasaran dngan bentuk kapal pesiar MSC Musica..
jd search di mbah Google deh..
hasilnya :shocked: gede bener...

http://freenet-homepage.de/schoenstedt/mscmusica/mscmusica01.jpg

http://www.skikamel.com/cruceros/msc_cruceros/images/msc_musica/barco_msc_musica_fotos.jpg

ace4

March 15th, 2008, 11:30 AM

^^
:eek2: :eek2: :eek2:
wow enaknya tuh kapal2... mewah abis!!! btw gaji2nya orang Indonesia yang kerja di kapal itu bagus2 gak yak?

=NaNdA=

March 15th, 2008, 01:12 PM

ga tau deh..

liat aja di foto2 ini :D

http://www.antaraphoto.com/dom/prevw/grab.php?id=1205554669

http://www.antaraphoto.com/dom/prevw/grab.php?id=1205554675

http://www.antaraphoto.com/dom/prevw/grab.php?id=1205554681

SENEGAL, 15/3 - PEKERJA INDONESIA. Para awak kapal MSC Musica asal Indonesia menyambut Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono dan Ibu Ani Yudhoyono yang mengunjungi mereka di sela Sidang OKI di Dakar, Senegal, Sabtu (15/3) dinihari Wib.Kapal pesiar berbendera Italia yang berfungsi sebagai hotel terapung bagi peserta OKI ini dari 987 kru yang bekerja di kapal lebih dari 283 diantaranya adalah pemuda-pemuda dari berbagai tempat di seluruh Indonesia. FOTO ANTARA/Rumgapres/Dudi Anung/pd/08

paradyto

March 17th, 2008, 01:53 PM

Indonesia to send more peacekeepers to Lebanon, Sudan
By Andi Abdussalam

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - As part of its efforts to help maintain peace in the world, Indonesia has decided to send more security personnel to join the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon and Sudan.

The Indonesian government made the decision when President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono held bilateral talks Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora and Sudanese President Omer Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir during the 11th Summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference in Dakar, Senegal, on March 13-14, 2008.

Indonesia will send at least 90 military police personnel to Lebanon and 140 civilian police to Sudan to help maintain peace in Darfur.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said his government would send 90 military police personnel to Lebanon in addition to the 850 infantry troopers already assigned there to maintain peace in that country.

In November 2007, the Indonesian government sent the Garuda XXIII-B military contingent there as part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil).

The 850-strong contingent led by Lt Col Djoko Sudiono consists of joint military personnel from the three services in the TNI, the Defense Ministry and the Foreign Affairs Ministry.

The Indonesian contingent consists of 528 personnel from the Army, 242 personnel from the Navy, 60 personnel from the Air Force, 16 personnel from TNI Headquarters, one from the Defense Ministry and three from the Foreign Affairs Ministry.

Konga XXIII-B replaced Konga XXIII-A that had been assigned in Lebanon to help maintain peace for one year.

The president made the statement in a press conference on the results of his meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora on the sidelines of the OIC summit.

"I have agreed to meet the United Nations request to send 90 military police in addition to the 850 infantry personnel already assigned there," President Yudhoyono said.

Indonesia is always open to request for additional peacekeeping forces provided that they were under the UN peacekeeping mission and designed to prevent fresh fightings.

"We are ready to help prevent a new Israeli attack such as what happened in 2006," the president said. The Indonesian government remained fully committed to supporting Lebanese sovereignty and hoped that all sorts of violence would be ended.

Lebanon fought Islamists in the north of the country for weeks last year. The Unifil force has been greatly expanded since the 2006 outbreak of war between Lebanon`s Hezbollah fighters and Israel.

The Unifil force has been deployed in Lebanon since 1978 and at least 13,000 soldiers, including contingents from France, Spain, Italy and India, have been deployed under the UN interim force.

Indonesia, the world`s most populous Muslim nation, sent the 850 troops to the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon last year to enforce a cease-fire between Israel and the armed group Hezbollah.

Sudan

In the meantime, Sudan has also asked Indonesia to double its small contribution in the predominantly African hybrid peacekeeping force under the United Nations aegis in Darfur.

Indonesia will deploy 140 civilian police to a 26,000 joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force, which, if fully deployed, would be the world`s largest operation of its kind to help end five years of rape and slaughter in the vast Sudanese desert.

"Sudan wants Indonesia to play more roles in peacekeeping efforts in Darfur," President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said after the closing of the OIC summit. Earlier, Yudhoyono had met his Sudanese counterpart Omer Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir.

The Indonesian government is preparing 140 police personnel to be assigned in Darfur. "But Sudan has asked for 140 more," Yudhoyono said.

Indonesia`s decision to send civilian police personnel came as nations offered their security personnel to join the Darfur peacekeeping efforts. France and Denmark have also offered to contribute to a joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force for Darfur.

Yudhoyono said the Indonesian government was happy to play a role in the peacekeeping effort as long as its forces were placed under the United Nations peacekeeping force.

Indonesia fully believed that the Sudanese government was able to resolve the conflicts in Darfur and hoped that the overall solutions taken to create peace would really bring betterment to the Sudanese people.

Sudan had resisted a push for U.N. peacekeepers to replace the overwhelmed African Union force now in Darfur, where 200,000 people have died and 2.5 million have been displaced.

Acceptance of the new 26,000-strong force marked a major turnaround for Sudanese President Omer Al Bashir`s government, which had resisted for months a push to send U.N. peacekeepers to the western Darfur region.(*)

=NaNdA=

March 23rd, 2008, 05:16 AM

22/03/08 17:27
Pemerintah Agar Proaktif Tegakkan Harga Diri Bangsa

Medan (ANTARA News) - Pemerintah Indonesia diminta agar selalu proaktif dalam menegakkan harga diri bangsa dan warga negaranya dimata dunia Internasional, jangan mau "dilecehkan" seperti dilakukan aparat berwajib Singapura.

"Tindakan petugas Singapura menginterogasi Adnan Buyung Nasution dan mantan Jaksa Agung Abdul Rahman Saleh sangat keterlaluan, seolah-olah seperti orang yang bersalah," kata Pakar Hukum Internasional Prof Dr Suhaidi, SH, menjawab ANTARA News di Medan, Sabtu.

Hal tersebut dikatakannya ketika diminta komentarnya mengenai pemeriksaan yang dilakukan petugas Singapura terhadap Adnan Buyung dan Abdul Rahman Saleh di Bandara Changi, Singapura, Kamis malam, (20/3).

Keduanya berangkat dari Jakarta Kamis sore dan tiba di Singapura sekitar pukul 20.00 waktu setempat. Setibanya di Bandara Changi, mereka tiba-tiba didatangi orang berseragam dan dibawa ke ruang Imigrasi dan diperiksa selama dua jam lebih.

Suhaidi menambahkan, silahkan petugas di negara tersebut memeriksa dokumen berupa paspor milik kedua warga Indonesia, karena mengenai itu adalah prosedur rutin Imigrasi.

Namun, pemeriksaan yang dilakukan petugas di negeri "Singa" itu janganlah terlalu berlebihan, bahkan pertanyaan yang mereka lakukan adalah menyangkut hak privacy seseorang. Ini jelas sangat disesalkan.

"Sikap petugas itu, terkesan arogan dan tidak menghargai tamu yang berkunjung ke negara tersebut," ujar Suhaidi yang juga Guru Besar Fakultas Hukum USU.

Lebih lanjut, ia mengatakan, jika diamati mengenai historis hubungan Indonesia-Singapura pada era setelah reformasi, negara itu selalu mengganggu Indonesia, baik dalam hubungan publik yang melibatkan negara maupun hubungan privat secara individu.

Singapura selalu menginginkan agar Indonesia tunduk dengan mereka.

"Pemerintah Indonesia perlu hati-hati dengan Singapura, jangan sampai terjebak dengan berbagai kepentingan negara tersebut," katanya.(*)

COPYRIGHT © 2008

tata

March 23rd, 2008, 05:58 AM

bales aja. susah amat.

paradyto

March 23rd, 2008, 07:20 AM

bales aja. susah amat.

I'm with you :okay:

=NaNdA=

March 23rd, 2008, 07:37 AM

huehehe.. polling neh...

ayo siapa lagi yang mau bales..? :D

kamski

March 24th, 2008, 09:04 AM

I'm with you :okay:

Jelas2 ini adalah bentuk prejudis rasial, kenapa kita harus bales?

tata

March 24th, 2008, 11:47 AM

oh iya kenapa musti dibales yah? kalo dibales berarti kita selevel dong sama mereka. yah kasih pelajaran aja deh biar kalo jadi tetangga tuh yg beretiket.

Trip2Java

March 24th, 2008, 12:58 PM

^^ stop shopping & beli property di singapura...

ada andil orang Indonesia juga yang sih yang membuat singapura makmur ... yang membuat mereka merasa pantas lebih jumawa dari kita

paradyto

March 26th, 2008, 01:35 AM

Indonesia, Tibet and the secret of 'terima kasih'
Anand Krishna, Jakarta

I first met His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1996. Accompanying me was a parliamentarian and two other friends. We were fortunate enough to have a private audience with him. When I said we were from Indonesia, he immediately reacted: "Oh yes, yes, yes ... Indonesia .... Tibet has very strong relations, strong ties with Indonesia."

"Atisha, was a monk from India. He went to Indonesia to learn from the Indonesian master," he said.

Fortunately, I knew the story.

Indeed, not many Indonesians remember we used to be a treasure house of wisdom. We did not import spirituality from India; indeed, even the Indian pundits came to our archipelago to learn from our indigenous masters.

Later, Atisha traveled to Tibet, where he propagated the teachings of his master.

The meditation he taught is still being practiced by the Tibetans. It is called Tong-Len, literally meaning "The Meditation of Terima and Kasih, Receiving and Giving". The common phrase terima kasih, now meaning "thank you", is no ordinary phrase.

There's a deep philosophy behind it. It reflects our view of life and it projects our deep rooted belief. We, Indonesians, believe, or at least once believed, in the law of gratitude. We do not, or did not, need a movie like The Secret to tell us to "be grateful" for all we receive from the universe.

More than 800 years ago, the Indian pundit traveled to Sumatra, then known as Svarna Dvipa, to learn from Dharmakirti Suvarnadvipi, Dharmakirti of Svarna Dvipa. He spent more than 10 years with his master. He documented each word he heard and each lesson he learned.

We, Indonesians, do not have any record of this.

Later, this meditation would be used by Tibetan medicine men and doctors. They would imagine their patients' pain and draw it into themselves. This is the first part of meditation, terima -- receiving. Then, in the second part, they would send out their energy of well being, kasih -- giving.

The was technique soon replaced their herb-based anesthesia. Let me remind you again, all this happened over 800 years ago.

The beauty of this technique is, the receiver of pain, the recipient, can process pain and transform it into well-being. All negativities can be drawn into oneself, be processed and then projected out as positive energy.

Now the technique is being used by many Western neurologists, as part of transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy, to relieve the suffering of some stroke victims.

"But I have to emphasize, we haven't got a clue what's going on," said Max Bennett, professor at the University of Sydney and one of the world's top neurologists.

"It's a phenomenon. But in one sense, it does indicate that there are a lot of things that we know nothing about in Western science," he said.

"We know by the year about 2020, the greatest disabling phenomenon for the health of the human race will be depression. Not cancer, not heart disease, but depression," he said.

This drug-free technique from our own archipelago can ultimately replace the expensive morphine-based pain killers.

When discussing the Chinese occupation of his homeland, the Dalai Lama said, "This is the meditation which frees me from hatred. I use it every day to send out positive energy and feelings to the Chinese."

I personally can never ever forget the words of the Dalai Lama: "We Tibetans are always thankful to Indonesia and Indonesians, for this beautiful Tong Len teaching."

Those of you who have seen and heard him may recall the way he speaks. He uses minimal words, short sentences and is not burdened by the sophisticates of English grammar.

I bear witness to Dalai Lama's terima kasih for us, Indonesians and our land, Indonesia. I stand witness to his gratefulness, his gratitude.

Now, as Indonesians let's remind ourselves of what it means to be thanked. It is kembali kasih, and when reading between the lines it means "I am equally grateful to you."

Unlike the American "welcome" and British "never mind", Indonesians return "gratitude with gratitude". Let us now face the mirror of our consciousness and let us check the face of our souls. Have we returned the Tibetan gratitude with gratitude?

For almost a millennium the Tibetans have preserved the missing pages of our history. They have preserved them with a sense of gratitude. What have we done for them? How do we return our gratitude to them?

The European Union, the United States, the United Nations and countries like Poland, Germany, India and Taiwan have all commented on the recent uprising in Tibet against the illegal occupation of their homeland by the Communist regime of China.

What do we have to say? Perhaps we find it more comfortable to remain silent as we have been doing recently. But, let us remind ourselves this is not our tradition, this is not our culture.

Let us remind ourselves of what Sukarno, the father of our nation, once said: "Freedom to be free* For, of what use would be 'freedom from fear'; of what use would be 'freedom to express, freedom to believe, and freedom from poverty, freedom from fear' -- if there is no 'freedom to be free?'"

Time and again, Sukarno would repeat that the fruits of Indonesia's freedom would not be enjoyed by Indonesians alone and that Indonesia would unceasingly work for the freedom of all peoples from all lands.

I have no space left to discuss the illegalities of the Chinese occupation of Tibet. Any student of history cannot but condemn the occupation. We, as a nation, must immediately stand up against the occupation. Otherwise, generations to come may laugh at our cowardice, unclear foreign policies and our negligence toward history. Aside from the Tibetan issue, I am afraid our attitude may ultimately harm us.

kamski

March 26th, 2008, 05:04 PM

^^ Oh man... thanks for the article paradyto :)

ace4

March 27th, 2008, 08:53 AM

Rabu, 26 Maret 2008 16:30 WIB
Presiden Terima PM Thailand
JAKARTA--MI: Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono menerima kunjungan kenegaraan Perdana Menteri (PM) Kerajaan Thailand yang baru terpilih pada awal Januari 2008, Samak Sundarajev.

PM Thailand dan rombongannya yang berjumlah 36 orang itu diterima melalui upacara kenegaraan di Istana Merdeka, Jakarta, Rabu sore, sekitar pukul 15.30 WIB.

Mendampingi Presiden, tampak beberapa menteri Kabinet Indonesia Bersatu, di antaranya Menteri Luar Negeri Hassan Wirajuda, Mensesneg Hatta Radjasa, Menko Perekonomian Boediono, dan Mendag Mari Elka Pangestu.

Dalam rombongan PM Thailand, hadir Menlu Kerajaan Thailand, Nopapadon Pattama, dan juga delegasi sektor swasta.

Kunjungan PM Thailand yang terpilih dengan suara mayoritas di parlemen itu merupakan yang pertama kalinya ke Indonesia.

Pada Rabu malam, Presiden dan PM Thailand akan mengadakan jamuan makan malam kenegaraan setelah dijadwalkan mengadakan pertemuan bilateral. (Ant/OL-01)

http://www.mediaindonesia.com/

ace4

March 27th, 2008, 08:56 AM

Kamis, 27 Maret 2008 12:30 WIB
Presiden SBY Serukan PBB Ambil Langkah Pasti Amankan Gejolak Harga Pangan dan Minyak Dunia
JAKARTA--MI: Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono akan meminta Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa atau PBB untuk mengambil prakarsa guna mengatasi dampak kenaikan harga minyak mentah dan pangan dunia yang menyulitkan perekonomian, khususnya di negara berkembang.

"Saya sangat harapkan PBB mengambil langkah proaktif dengan menggalang

kesadaran dan tanggung jawab global untuk mengelola ekonomi dunia dan semua

negara akibat kenaikan harga minyak dan pangan ini," kata Presiden dalam

keterangan pers di Kantor Kepresidenan Jakarta, Kamis (27/3).

Dijelaskan Presiden, kenaikan harga minyak mentah dan pangan di dunia saat ini telah membuat keuangan banyak negara berkembang menjadi terpukul dan menjadikan program Millenium Development Goal yang dicanangkan PBB akan jauh dari target yang telah ditetapkan pada 2015.

Untuk itu , Presiden meminta semua pemimpin dunia juga bersikap serius, sama seperti saat menyikapi permasalahan perubahan iklim belakangan ini.Harga minyak kini berada pada kisaran US$100 per barel .

Selain itu, Presiden Yudhoyono meminta para produsen minyak dan pangan di dunia juga bertanggung jawab secara moral dan sosial saat terjadinya gejolak harga pangan serta minyak dunia karena sudah banyak negara dan

warga masyarakat di dunia yang menanggung penderitaan akibat kesulitan ekonomi yang terjadi.

"Tidak adil kalau ini dibiarkan terus. Banyak negara dan umat manusia yang menanggung penderitaan berlebihan akibat kesulitan ekonomi yang melanda dunia ini," katanya.

Presiden menambahkan ia dalam waktu dekat akan mengirimkan surat mengenai hal ini kepada Sekjen PBB Ban Ki-moon dengan harapan organisasi negara-negara itu mengambil langkah tepat untuk menanggulangi dampak

tingginya harga kedua komoditas tersebut.

"Besar harapan saya, ada respon positif dari PBB dan pihak-pihak lain, sementara pemerintah juga tidak mengurangi upayanya untuk mengurangi masalah ini agar ekonomi tetap tumbuh dan selamat, serta mengurangi beban rakyat," tegasnya. (Ant/OL-2)

http://www.mediaindonesia.com/

=NaNdA=

March 31st, 2008, 11:26 AM

http://www.antarafoto.com/dom/prevw/grab.php?id=1206933405

JAKARTA, 31/3 - UNDANG WAPRES. Wapres Jusuf Kalla (kiri) berjalan bersama Dubes Perancis Chatrine Boivineau (kanan) usai bertemu di Jakarta, Senin (31/3). Pertemuan tersebut dalam rangka mengundang wapres ke negara mode itu. FOTO ANTARA/Saptono/mes/08

ace4

May 1st, 2008, 10:00 AM

Kamis, 01 Mei 2008 10:31 WIB
Diplomat Indonesia Harus Mampu Tarik Investasi
Reporter : Heryadi
Jakarta--MI: Krisis energi dan pangan yang kini melanda dunia ikut mengubah paradigma diplomasi Indonesia, yang kini lebih ditekankan pada sektor ekonomi. Lantaran itu pula, diplomat-diplomat Indonesia di luar negeri dituntut untuk lebih aktif menarik investasi asing dan kerjasama ekonomi.

Hal itu diungkapkan oleh Menteri Luar Negeri Hassan Wirajuda kepada Media Indonesia, di Jakarta. "Misi diplomasi Indonesia kini ditekankan pada promosi, investasi, perdagangan, pariwisata dan lain-lain," ujar Menlu saat ditanyakan peranan diplomasi yang dilakukan departemen luar negeri bagi kepentingan perekonomian nasional.

Hal ini terkait dengan rencana kunjungan Menteri Luar Negeri Hassan Wirajuda akan mengunjungi tiga negara Asia Tengah, yakni Uzbekistan, Kazakhtan dan Azerbaijan pada 12-15 Mei nanti. Ketiga negara itu dikenal sebagai Negara yang memiliki kandungan minyak bumi yang besar.

Menurut Menlu, keberhasilan dalam memajukan kepentingan ekonomi, bisnis, perdagangan dan investasi akan menjadi satu ukuran yang nyata keberhasilan penugasan diplomat Indonesia yang ditugaskan di luar negeri.

Untuk mencapai hal itu, maka saat seorang diplomat pertama kali ditugaskan di suatu negara, didorong mereka untuk memeriksa neraca perdagangan antara Indonesia dengan negara yang ditempatinya.

"Misalnya, mereka kembali ke tanah air meningkat menjadi berapa. Itu yang menjadi semangat dan jiwa diplomasi Indonesia sekarang," lanjutnya.

Menlu juga menegaskan para diplomat diingatkan bahwa keberadaan mereka di luar negeri dan biaya operasi kedutaan menggunakan dana rakyat. Oleh karena itu, mereka berkewajiban mengembalikan dalam bentuk devisa yang bisa dihasilkan dari hubungan perdagangan, tenaga kerja dan investasi. "Dengan kata lain ada takaran yang kita buat cukup jelas," ujarnya.

Menurut Menlu, perwakilan Indonesia saat ini sudah jauh berubah sangat aktif dalam memajukan kerjasama ekonomi dalam arti luas dengan negara-negara di wilayah kerja mereka.

Saat ditanyakan keberhasilan peranan diplomasi itu, Menlu mencontohkan hubungan perdagangan Indonesia dengan Brasil. Menurutnya, hubungan perdagangan kedua Negara meningkat luar biasa dan sekarang volumenya mencapai US$1,6 miliar.

"Mengingat Brasil yang letaknya sangat jauh, itu menunjukkan faktor jarak tidak menjadi masalah," ujar Menlu merujuk pada masalah jarak dengan ketiga negara Asia Tengah yang akan dikunjunginya.

Yang menjadi kendala saat ini, Indonesia tidak memiliki akses langsung dengan ketiga Negara Asia Tengah. Untuk menempuh ke sana harus menempuh perjalanan cukup jauh termasuk harus melewati Rusia terlebih dahulu.

Kendala lainnya yang mungkin menjadi persoalan ada pada negara-negara yang potensi ekonominya kecil. Sehingga apapun yang dilakukan oleh perwakilan Indonesia di Negara semacam itu, tidak mengalami kemajuan yang cukup berarti. "Namun bagi kita yang penting adalah usaha tetap ada," tegasnya. (Hde/OL-2)

http://www.mediaindonesia.com/

ace4

May 1st, 2008, 10:02 AM

Kamis, 01 Mei 2008 14:01 WIB
Empat Tersangka Penembak Ramos Horta akan Diekstradisi
Reporter : Shanty Sibarani
JAKARTA--MI: Kapolri Jenderal menyatakan segera mengekstradisi keempat tersangka penembak Presiden Ramos Horta, pekan depan. Hal ini diungkapkan Kapolri usai kunjungan Perdana Menteri Xanana Gusmao ke Mabes Polri, kemarin (Rabu 30/4).

Sedangkan ekstradisi keempat tersangka, kata Sutanto, akan dilakukan di Dili. "Mereka akan dibawa ke Dili dan diserahkan di Dil," ujar Sutanto.

Keempat tersangka, menurut Kapolri, bukan penembak atas Ramos Horta. Namun, mereka adalah satu kelompok. "Peran keempat tersangka, dua di antaranya ikut perencanaan bersama Alfredo ke rumah Xanana. Keduanya adalah di antara 23 orang yang ke rumah Xanana," kata Sutanto.

Seorang lagi, adalah yang turut ke rumah Presiden Ramos Horta. "Tapi, bukan dia si penembak Presiden Timor Leste," kata Kapolri.

Sedangkan seorang lagi, Edigio Laifalco adalah tahanan Timor Leste yang kabur saat terjadi konflik di Timor Leste. "PM Timor Leste juga mengucapkan terima kasih atas bantuan Polri menangkap keempat tersangka," ujar Kapolri.

Keempat tersangka, menurut Kabareskrim Polri Komjen Bambang Hendarso Dhanuri adalah Ismail Muniz Suarez alias Hasan Go dan L Tilman yang ditangkap di Atambua. Sedangkan dua tersangka lainnya, Edigio Laicarfo dan Hosegomez ditangkap di Jakarta, tepatnya di Kebun Jeruk. "Kita akan eksradisi Senin pekan depan, setelah proses keimigrasian selesai," kata Danuri.

Menurut Kapolri, kedatangan Xanana ke Mabes Polri untuk meminta ekstradisi keempat penembakan Ramos Horta dan membicarakan kerja sama pendidikan kepolisian, yang sempat terputus tahun 2005 lalu. (San/OL-2)

http://www.mediaindonesia.com/

AceN

May 7th, 2008, 05:59 PM

Expectations high on Gates' visit
Andi Haswidi , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Wed, 05/07/2008 12:54 AM | Headlines

Bill Gates, founder of the world's largest software company, Microsoft Corporation, is scheduled to arrive in Jakarta on Thursday.

Gates will be the main speaker at the nation's Presidential Lecture on Friday. He is also scheduled to meet with the government to discuss funding, under the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, for the research and production of a human bird flu vaccine.

As one of the world's most influential people, Gates' visit is expected to improve investor perception of the country's current investment climate, the government said.

His visit is also expected to improve education quality by allowing students greater access to information and communication technology.

The government is seeking to obtain software from Microsoft for 1 million computers for educational purposes, Coordinating Minister for the People's Welfare Aburizal Bakrie said.

"In high and junior high schools there is only one computer for every 1,000 students. We want to improve this to at least one computer for every 20 students," he said.

In relation to the plan to develop bird flu vaccines, Aburizal said the government had recently met with foundation officials in Singapore to talk about the plan, but no funding amount had been discussed.

Gates will address about 1,500 government officials and business representatives and 1,000 students at the Presidential Lecture to be held as part of Microsoft's annual Government Leadership Forum (GLF).

Gates will discuss the trends within the next digital decade and how to adapt.

It will be the country's fifth Presidential Lecture. Previous speakers included economist Jeffrey Sachs on the UN's Millennium Development Goals, former World Bank chief economist Nicholas Stern on climate change, former Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Azis on governing Pakistan during turmoil and Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus on microfinancing.

The theme of this year's GLF is "Serving the citizen: the transformative power of information technology in delivering government services".

The forum will be attended by 250 top Asian government officials.

AceN

May 17th, 2008, 07:57 AM

Hungary's president to visit Indonesia
Antara , Jakarta | Fri, 05/16/2008 4:19 PM | World

Hungary's President Laszlo Solyom is scheduled to visit Indonesia on Wednesday during his first visit to Asia since taking office in June 2005, the Hungary Embassy said in a press release Friday.

Solyom is slated to meet with, among others, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the House of Representatives Speaker Agung Laksono and the Regional Representatives Council Speaker Ginandjar Kartasasmita.

During his visit, which includes trips to Singapore and Vietnam, both countries will sign a memorandum of understanding for the provision of loans to Indonesia.

Solyom is also scheduled to a lay wreath at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetary and present a lecture at the University of Indonesia on "Climate Change Mitigation: Duties and Opportunities".

Bilateral cooperation between Hungary and Indonesia began on June 26, 1955. The countries established an economic cooperation commission in 1988. Indonesia is one of Hungary's main trading partners in Southeast Asia.

Hungary recently offered the technology to produce serum to eradicate bird flu virus

ace4

May 23rd, 2008, 12:33 PM

Australian PM to visit Japan and Indonesia

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Friday he will visit Japan and Indonesia in a two-nation trip next month.

Rudd, who faced criticism domestically for leaving Japan off the itinerary of a globe-trotting tour last month, said the trip involved two of Australia's most important bilateral partners.

"I will also discuss with the governments of Japan and Indonesia how to best advance our mutual interests in the region on matters including financial cooperation, the development of regional architecture, climate change and disaster relief coordination," he said in a statement.

He will visit Japan from June 8-12 before travelling to Indonesia from June 12-14.

The centre-left Labor Party leader, elected last November, said he would have an audience with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko in Japan, while also meeting Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and other senior Japanese politicians.

He said that while in Indonesia he would meet President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, describing the relationship with Australia's northern neighbour as "one of our closest and most valued".

http://news.id.msn.com/regional/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1414151

AceN

May 29th, 2008, 09:29 AM

Presiden terima kunjungan Wakil PM Luxembourg
Kamis, 29/05/2008 14:17 WIB

JAKARTA (bisnis.com): Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono menerima kunjungan kehormatan Jean Asselborn, Wakil Perdana Menteri sekaligus Menteri Luar Negeri Luxembourg.

Presiden didampingi oleh Menteri Luar Negeri Hassan Wirajuda, Sekretaris Kabinet Sudi Silalahi, dan Juru Bicara Kepresidenan Dino Patti Djalal.

Asselborn datang bersama Duta Besar Luxembourg untuk Indonesia yang berkedudukan di Bangkok, Thailand, Marc Ungeheuer, Sylvie Lucas, Duta Besar Direktur Bidang Politik Deplartemen Luar Negeri Luxembourg, Yuriko Backes, Wakil Direktur untuk Hubungan Ekonomi Internasional Departemen Luar Negeri Luxembourg, dan San Schreiner, Direktorat Hubungan Ekonomi Internasional untuk Kawasan Asia.

Seusai pertemuan, Dino mengatakan meski saat ini nilai perdagangan kedua negara masih kecil, tapi ke depannya terdapat banyak potensi yang bisa dikembangkan, a.l. kerja sama di bidang keuangan.

"Luxembourg memiliki sektor keuangan paling maju di Eropa. Mungkin akan ada peningkatan hubungan terutama di sektor keuangan," papar Dino.

Nilai perdagangan Indonesia dan Luxembourg pada 2006 mencapai US$23 juta. Pada tahun lalu, nilai perdagangan kedua negara meningkat menjadi US$36 juta.

Dino menambahkan Indonesia mengekspor beragam produk dan komoditas seperti karet, mebel, dan kertas. Belakangan terjadi penurunan permintaan karet. Sedangkan Produk yang banyak diimpor dari Luxembourg adalah peralatan mesin, alat logam dan plastik.(er)

DJ_Archuleta

May 29th, 2008, 09:44 AM

Yudhoyono Minta Luksemburg Bantu Pencabutan Larangan Terbang UE

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono meminta Pemerintah Luksemburg membantu agar larangan terbang yang diterapkan Uni Eropa (UE) terhadap maskapai penerbangan Indonesia ke Eropa dicabut.

"Presiden meminta kerjasama dengan Luksemburg agar 'airline ban' segera dicabut. Pertemuan Komisi Teknis Uni Eropa Juli mendatang akan membicarakan hal itu," kata Juru Bicara Presiden Dino Patti Djalal, seusai kunjungan kehormatan Deputi Perdana Menteri Luksemburg Jean Asselborn ke Kantor Presiden, Jakarta, Kamis.

Menurutnya, saat ini Departemen Perhubungan masih terus melakukan koordinasi dengan Dinas Perhubungan UE sesuai dengan `roadmap` yang ditetapkan di Bandung Januari lalu.

Dikatakan Dino, Asselborn yang juga menjabat sebagai Menlu Luksemburg dalam kesempatan itu mengatakan masalah larangan terbang adalah masalah teknis, sehingga harus diselesaikan secara teknis pula.

"Ini masalah teknis. Jadi kalau akan dicabut bukan karena faktor lain, tetapi faktor teknis karena ada kesepakatan atau dibenahi berdasarkan roadmap Bandung. Kalau hal-hal teknis ini sudah dapat dipenuhi, maka dalam pertemuan komisi teknis di Eropa Juli mendatang mudah-mudahan ada perkembangan teknis," katanya.

Dalam kesempatan itu, lanjut Dino, juga dibicarakan soal hubungan kerjasama terutama di bidang perdagangan yang pada 2006 hanya bernilai 23 juta dolar AS dan tahun berikutnya sebesar 36 juta dolar AS.

Menurutnya, potensi dagang kedua negara masih bisa dikembangkan, terutama untuk ekspor Indonesia yang selama ini di sektor alas karet, meubel, mesin listrik, dan kertas.

Sedangkan impor Indonesia ke negara kaya di Eropa itu adalah peralatan mesin, alat logam dan alat plastik.

"Presiden meminta dikembangkan langkah-langkah untuk interaksi Luksemburg-Indonesia guna meningkatkan perdagangan dan investasi," katanya.

Selain sektor-sektor tersebut, kerjasama di bidang keuangan juga akan ditingkatkan, karena Luksemburg merupakan negara dengan sektor keuangan termaju di dunia. (*)

=NaNdA=

May 29th, 2008, 10:01 AM

wah rame yah kunjungan LN ke Indo.. :okay:

AceN

May 29th, 2008, 02:46 PM

^^ this is the photo :)

http://www.presidensby.info/imageGalleryD.php/7703.jpg

http://www.presidensby.info/imageGalleryD.php/7702.jpg

BauIng

May 29th, 2008, 03:23 PM

Luksemburg, negara kecil tapi kaya.

AceN

May 29th, 2008, 03:48 PM

Jusuf Kalla, orangnya kecil tapi kaya juga :D

DJ_Archuleta

May 30th, 2008, 09:51 AM

Indonesia sends medical team to China

Beijing (ANTARA News) - Indonesian government sent a medical team of 20 doctors to China on Thursday to help alleviate the misery of earthquake victims in Lanzhao, Gansu province.

"The dispatch of medical team from Indonesia is part of Jakarta`s solidarity with Chinese government, especially the quake victims in the province of Gansu," Indonesian Embassy spokesperson Rosmalawati Khalid said here on Friday.

She said Indonesia originally planned to send 63 doctors to China but only 20 of them were sent in accordance with Chinese government request.

"The Gansu provincial administration has enjoyed medical assistance from Indonesian and Pakistani medical teams who were posted in different locations," Rosmalawati said.

She added that based on a proposal from Gansu provincial disaster mitigation center, Indonesian medical team was posted in Wenxian, Wudu district, while the Pakistan`s was posted in Longnan city.

Wenxian is an area in Gansu province which bore the brunt of the the powerful earthquake that rocked the area on May 12, 2008, killing at least 208 people and injuring more than 4,000 others.

One people was killed and more than 100 others were injured when an aftershock measuring 6 on the Richter scale hit the same area in Wenxian on May 25. (*)

DJ_Archuleta

May 30th, 2008, 04:42 PM

Batam threatens to block Indonesian natural gas supply to Singapore - Alert

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JAKARTA, May 06, 2008 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) The regional Indonesian assembly of Batam threatens to block the gas flow pipes from ConocoPhilips via Batam to Singapore unless Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) normalizes gas supply to the industrial island. "We and the people of Batam will block gas flow to Singapore," a regional assembly leader Batam Ruslan Kasbulatov said. Ruslan said the state-owned gas distributor has increased supply to Singapore at the expense of supply to Batam. "As an Indonesian state company PGN should give priority to Batam instead of Singapore," he said.

PGN President Sutikno said the threat was wrongly addressed as PGN is only a transporter pointing out the owner of gas is ConocoPhilips. PGN through subsidiary PT Transportasi Gas Indonesia operates [a] 476 kilometer gas pipe transporting gas from the Grissik field of ConocoPhilips in South Sumatra to Singapore via Batam.

Apparently gas supply has been reduced to Batam as the price is higher in Singapore. Chairman of Batam Authority Mustofa Wijaya said the image of Batam as an industrial area has been damaged because of shortage in gas supply. Investors often complained about power failure because of scarcity in gas supply, Mustofa said.

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May 14, 2008) Alternate power cuts were still going on in Batam since April 23 [2008], as state power utility PT PLN and some of its electricity supplying partners are facing gas supply shortages, while this does not happen in gas supplies to Singapore.

According to Kurnia, the matter has now involved government-to-government relations, and no longer limited to business-to-business relations.

"The Batam Authority and the Batam City Administration should not just accept the alternate power cuts, while the lights in Singapore are shining bright because of our natural resources."

According to Kurnia, the central government needs inputs from the regions on the importance of gas from Grissik for Batam's economy in the widest sense of the word.

The foreign ministry with proposals from the regions would be able to discuss the problem with its Singapore counterpart because the availability of gas for Batam is no longer on business to business basis, the KPPU executive director said Tuesday night at a meeting with government officials in Batam discussing the alternate power cuts

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"Today, about 80% of Singapore's electricity demand is generated from natural gas."

Three main pipelines serve the natural gas system in Singapore. A pipeline in the northern part of the main island provides 150 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas from Malaysia. The gas from Malaysia is imported by Senoko Power Ltd for its own electricity generation.

Another import pipeline supplies 325 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas from Indonesia's West Natuna gas fields to other generation companies and industrial users on Jurong Island and in the Tuas and Jurong Industrial areas. SembCorp Gas Pte Ltd is the importer, transporter and retailer of West Natuna gas.

A third source of natural gas, imported by Gas Supply Pte Ltd, started flowing into Singapore in September 2003 . This pipeline would supply up to 350 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas from South Sumatra to Singapore for electricity generation and industrial purposes. The South Sumatra gas is retailed by Gas Supply Pte Ltd and City Gas Pte Ltd. Both retailers engage the services of PowerGas Ltd for gas transportation.

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According to Energy Market Authority of Singapore(EMA):

Gas supply to our power stations was disrupted on 29 June 2004. This led to a loss of about 30% of online generation capacity and blacked out large areas affecting about 300,000 consumers. The blackout started at about 2210 hrs. Power was progressively restored starting at 2226hrs and was completed by 2358 hours.

The gas from Natuna is piped at high pressure (900-1,300 pound per square inch, psi) to a receiving station at Sakra, Jurong Island. The pressure is regulated to a lower delivery pressure (at 570 psi) when it enters our domestic gas network.

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Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Army Chief of Staff General Agustadi Sasongko Purnomo said that the preparedness of the Army for the military joint exercise code-named Yudha Siaga 2008, has reached 90 percent.

"90 Percent," he said when inspecting the Army`s preparedness at the Infrantry Brigade headquarters in Solo, and the Second Division of the Army`s Strategic Command (Konstrad) headquarters in Malang on Friday.

Agustadi added that he will immediately complete all the preparations of his men for the Joint Military Exercise this year.

With regard to the feasibility of the weaponry, especially those used in the past 20 years, the army chief said the preparedness should be viewed not only in terms of the age of the arms.

"The important thing is that we have studied everything, and the conclusion is that the preparedness has reached 90 percent. If an accident occurred, it means that there must have been some trouble, not because of the aging armament," he said.

The Yudha Siaga joint exercise will be conducted in two stages, with the first stage of the first training from April 21 to 28 at the Infrantry Division/Konstrad headquarters in Cilodong, Bogor, West Java.

The second stage covers a field exercise from June 1 to 20, 2008 involving all personnel and armaments from the three military (TNI) branches in four locations, namely Natuna and Batam, Singkawang in West Kalimantan, and in Sangatta in East Kalimantan.

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This one is Singaporean comment regarding this issue which the blackout in Singapore will happen sooner or later :

This news means that Indonesia is readying a military "exercise" around Natural Gas Pipelines Natuna and Batam which is pretty dangerous and did hint of possibility of an "accident" occurring.

Does that means a possible huge deliberate disruption of natural gas supplies from Indonesia is coming soon ????? Will this 2nd half of the military exercise (June 1 to 20, 2008) be the start of the woes of Singapore's energy security and threatens the very economy of Singapore? Time will tell...time will tell.

In the mean time, kindly go prepare loads of candles and your blackout preparation emergency kits and bring along a spare torch everywhere you go in Singapore. If the above articles makes any sense at all...the black out may happen anytime soon.

Kindly do not panic but do prepare for it.

[B]Note: This post is to warn everyone in Singapore that a blackout or spike in electricity tariff ($/kWh) might be coming real soon and definitely will affect all race and religions. I cannot condone anyone using this post as a justification against any race, religion or country as it's not going to build any "harmony" in Singapore. My wish is for people to prepare early not to blame anyone.

=NaNdA=

May 31st, 2008, 07:15 AM

31/05/08 10:56
Freddy Numberi Resmikan Fasilitas Perdagangan Seafood di Inggris

Gimsby, Inggris (ANTARA News) - Menteri Kelautan dan Perikanan Indonesia Laksdya TNI (Purn) Freddy Numberi, Jumat siang (Sabtu WIB), meresmikan Seafood Trade Corridor (STC) Indonesia dan Inggeris di kota pelabuhan Gimsby sekitar empat jam perjalanan darat dari London.

STC tersebut merupakan prakarsa pemerintah Inggris dan Indonesia dalam memfasilitasi ekspor produk perikanan Indonesia ke negara itu dan kawasan Uni Eropa pada umumnya.

Hadir pada acara peresmian proyek STC tersebut Councillor Colin Eastwell, Walikota Borough, North East Lincolnshire, anggota Perlemen, Direktur Grimsby Institute Profesor Daniel Khan, Wakil Direktur The Grimsby Institute Prof Mike Dillon, dan Atase Perdagangan KBRI London Husniaty.

Pada kesempatan yang sama Menteri Freddy Numberi menyaksikan penandatanganan kerjasama Peningkatan Kapasitas Perdagangan Hasil Laut antara Kantor Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan RI dengan Pendidikan Tinggi dan Lanjutan Inggris, Grimsby Institute.

Penandatangan yang dilakukan Dirjen Pengelolaan dan Pemasaran Hasil Laut Departemen Kelautan dan Perikanan RI DR Martani Huseini dengan Prof Mike Dillon dari Grimsby Institute dalam bidang pengembangan program peningkatan kapasitas produk perikanan

Menteri Freddy Numberi menyambut baik adanya undangan dari Grimsby Institute serta peresmian Humber Seafood Institute serta peluncuran kerjasama dalam Seafood Trade Corridor (STC) antara Indonesia dan Inggeris.

Dikatakannya, kedua peristiwa tersebut sangat penting bagi perkembangan industri perikanan khususnya antara Indonesia dan Inggeris.

Menurut menteri, kerjasama antara Indonesia dan Inggeris di bidang perikanan telah berlangsung sejak lama khususnya antara Gimsby Institute yang dimulai tahun 1970 dalam pengembangan sumber daya manusia di bidang perikanan, terutama manajemen hasil panen produk perikanan.

Dikatakannya beberapa pejabat di departemen itu mengikuti pelatihan di bidang manajemen perikanan dalam Ilmu Pengetahuan tentang Makanan dan Teknologi Pengolahan Ikan dari lembaga yang sebelumnya bernama The Humberside College of Higher Education, diantaranya Wahyu Widayat yang menjabat Kasubdit Pengembangan Eksport Ditjen Pengolahan dan Pemasaran Hasil Laut (P2HP).

Sementara itu Atase Perdagangan KBRI London Husniaty mengakui program dari STC ini tidak lepas dari peranan Menteri Perdagangan RI DR Mari Elka Pangestu dalam upaya meningkatkan perdagangan hasil produk perikanan Indonesia ke luar negeri khusus ke Inggeris.

Dalam kesempatan terpisah Direktur Pemasaran Luar Negeri Ditjen Pengolahan dan Pemasaran Hasil Laut (P2HP) Departemen Kelautan dan Perikanan (DKP) Saut P Hutagalung mengatakan ekspor produksi perikanan Indonesia di tahun 2007 mencapai 2,3 miliar dolar AS, dan diharapkan tahun 2008 meningkat menjadi 2,6 miliar dolar AS.

Ekspor Indonesia

Secara rinci Saut P Hutagalung mengatakan ekspor Indonesia ke Uni Eropa tahun 2007 mencapai 340 juta dolar AS, antara lain ke Inggeris sebesar 65 juta dolar AS, dan diharapkannya dalam tiga tahun mendatang akan meningkat 50 sampai 100 juta dolar AS.

Selain ke negara negara Uni Eropa produk perikanan Indonesia juga diekspor ke Amerika Serikat dengan jumlah 690 juta dolar AS dan ke Jepang sebesar 540 juta dolar AS.

Dikatakannya ekspor produk perikanan lainnya seperti udang mencapai 1,1 miliar dolar AS, ikan tuna 310 juta dolar AS, kepiting 180 juta dolar AS, ikan beku termasuk air tawar 568 juta dolar AS.

Penandatangan MOU dalam rangka pengiriman perdana produk perikanan Indonesia ke Immingham Port dilakukan dari Surabaya pada tanggal 16 Mei lalu merupakan program perdana dari STC yang dipersiapkan sejak tahun 2006, ujarnya.

Menurutnya, penandatanganan kerjasama ini merupakan simbol dari keseriusan pihak Indonesia dan UK terutama para stakeholder baik eksportir maupun importir, perusahaan pelayaran, gudang penyimpanan dingin, dan juga pemerintah dalam meningkatkan eksport hasil perikanan Indonesia ke Inggeris.

Sementara itu Ketua Assosiasi Pengusaha Coldstorage Indonesia (APCI) Johan Suryadarma mengatakan pengiriman perdana produk perikanan Indonesia dari Surabaya ke Immingham merupakan suatu terobosan dan diharapkan akan dapat meningkatkan ekspor hasil produk perikanan Indonesia tidak saja ke Inggeris tetapi juga ke wilayah Eropa.

Ia mengharapkan ekspor perdana produk perikanan Indonesia melalui program STC ini akan dapat meningkatkan tidak saja citra Indonesia tetapi juga produk perikanan Indonesia yang mendapat penghargaan yang lebih besar dari negara Uni Eropa.
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COPYRIGHT © 2008

DJ_Archuleta

May 31st, 2008, 08:17 AM

Indonesia, Australia strengthens education partnership

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Bill Farmer is pleased to open The University of Melbourne Open Day in Jakarta on Saturday, May 31, an embassy media release said.

Twenty-four academics from The University of Melbourne have traveled to Jakarta to participate in the Open Day, which aims to showcase the university`s courses of study; provide career and employability information; and provide information on study and lifestyle in Melbourne.

"I am very pleased to welcome the visit from The University of Melbourne. I encourage all those who are interested in study abroad to take advantage of the opportunity to meet with academics from this world-class Australian university," said Education Counselor Shannon Smith.

The Open Day is a unique opportunity to meet with professors and academics from The University of Melbourne`s Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences; School of Engineering; School of Physiotherapy; Faculty of Architecture; Building and Planning; Film and Television; and The Faculty of Land and Food Resources.

Students and their parents attending the Open Day will receive first hand information from experts through a range of seminars and have the opportunity to discuss study options. Seminar topics range from courses of study, to job seeking strategies and lifestyle in Melbourne.

The University of Melbourne has a long history and strong commitment to Indonesia. The university has established partnerships of double degree with programs with three of the top universities in Indonesia.

Tony Crooks, Director International at The University of Melbourne stressed the importance of deepening ties between the university and its partners in Indonesia.

"Students from Indonesia studying at The University of Melbourne enrich the learning environment and culture of our university. This visit to Indonesia demonstrates our strong commitment to Indonesia and we look forward to deepening our partnerships in the years to come," he said.

The Open Day is open to the public and will take place in The Four Seasons Hotel in Kuningan Jakarta. The Seminar Programs runs from 2.30-6.45pm Saturday 31 May.

DJ_Archuleta

June 4th, 2008, 09:33 AM

Thailand Akan Pelajari Cara RI Selesaikan Konflik Aceh

Yala, Thailand (ANTARA News) - Pemerintah Thailand berencana akan mempelajari apa yang dapat diambil dari cara Indonesia menangani pemberontakan di Aceh, jurubicara pemerintah Wichianchot Sukchotrat menyatakan kepada AFP, Rabu.

Kabinet, Selasa, memerintahkan kementerian dalam negeri dan badan pemerintahan selatan "untuk mempelajari model perdamaian Aceh untuk menyelesaikan masalah pemberontakan di wilayah selatan kami," kata Wichianchot.

Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM) menandatangani perjanjian perdamaian dengan pemerintah Indonesia di Helsinki tahun 2005, yang mengakhiri perjuangan mereka bagi kemerdekaan dengan imbalan otonomi luas.

Perjanjian perdamaian itu mengakhiri hampir tiga dasawarsa aksi kekerasan yang menewaskan lebih dari 15.000 orang.

Wilayah Thailand selatan yang berpenduduk mayoritas beragama Islam dulunya adalah sebuah kesultanan Melayu Muslim sampai Thailand yang berpenduduk mayoritas beragama Budha mencaploknya tahun 1902, sehingga memicu ketegangan selama puluhan tahun. Aksi kekerasan terbaru meletus Januari 2004.

Sementara itu empat orang tewas dalam serangan yang diduga dilakukan kelompok separatis di seluruh Thailand selatan, kata polisi, Rabu, termasuk seorang wanita tewas ketika sebuah bom menghantam sebuah pekan raya.

Bom itu Selasa petang itu menghantam acara tahunan yang diselenggarakan Palang Merah Thailand di provinsi Yala. Seorang wanita Budha berusia 24 tahun tewas, sementara empat orang lainnya luka parah, kata polisi Yala,

Di provinsi yang sama Selasa petang, dua pria Muslim dan seorang wanita tewas ketika para gerilyawan menembaki rumah mereka saat sedang shalat Magrib, kata pihak berwenang lokal.

Para pejabat polisi selatan baru-baru ini mengumumkan jumlah korban tewas dalam aksi kekerasan lebih dari empat tahun mencapai 3.300 orang, dan pemerintah Thailand telah berusaha mencari penyelesaian untuk mengatasi aksi kekerasan itu. (*)

DJ_Archuleta

June 6th, 2008, 06:44 AM

Speaker : Malaysia not to protect officials involved in illegal logging

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Malaysia will not protect any of its officials who proves to be involved in illegal logging activities in Indonesia, House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono said following a meeting with visiting Malaysian Foreign Affairs Minister Rais Yatim at the Parliament building here on Monday.

"They (Malaysia) promised not to protect any of their officials involved (in illegal logging)," Laksono said as quoted in the DPR website on Tuesday.

The Indonesian House leader at the meeting with Yatim said there was suspicion some Malaysian high ranking officials were behind illegal logging cases. They were suspected of accommodating logs cut illegally from forests in Indonesia.

The Malaysian foreign minister, according to Agung Laksono, assured him that the Malaysian government would not protect illegal loggers or prevent any investigation into officials if they were involved. However, the minister did not mention any names.

Lasksono quoted Yatim as saying Malaysia was ready to cooperate with Indonesia in dealing with activities that damaged Indonesia`s forests

"They want to cooperate" the House Speaker said.

Meanwhile, Indonesian Forestry Minister MS Kaban last month said the Indonesian government would soon lodge a protest against Malaysia for accepting illegal logs smuggled on a large scale from West Kalimantan.

Minister Kaban made the statement in Muara Sungai Pawan, West Kalimantan, on Thursday when inspecting 12,000 cubic meters of logs that had been seized by the police and 19 boats detained for transporting the illegal logs.
The forestry ministry believed the seized logs were about to be smuggled to Kuching, Malaysia.

Minister Yatim, who was only recently appointed Malaysian foreign minister to replace Syed Hamid Albar, had come to Jakarta mainly to introduce himself.

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June 6th, 2008, 10:46 AM

Indonesia to examine Australian PM's Asia-Pacific plan

Indonesia is "really keen" to examine an ambitious plan by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to create a European Union-style grouping for the Asia-Pacific, an official said Friday.

Government officials in Australia's closest neighbour said they would discuss the proposal with Rudd when he makes his first prime ministerial visit to Jakarta to meet President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono next week.

"We're following the issue with interest. We are really keen to study the issue further," foreign ministry spokesman Teuku Faizasyah said.

"I suppose the visit of PM Rudd next week to Indonesia will be an occasion for us to have a clear reference of what exactly (is) the vision of his statement," Faizasyah said.

Yudhoyono spokesman Dino Patti Djalal confirmed Jakarta was looking closely at the proposal and would discuss it when the leaders meet during Rudd's June 12-14 visit.

"We are actively reading the idea proposed by the prime minister and we will look forward to hearing more about it when the president meets him in mid-June," he said.

Rudd said Thursday an Asia-Pacific Community including the massive economies of China, India, the United States and Japan could be established by 2020.

A fluent Mandarin speaker and ardent Sinophile, the Labor prime minister has made closer engagement with Asia a foreign policy priority since his election last November.

http://news.id.msn.com/regional/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1437061

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June 6th, 2008, 11:21 AM

Kevin Rudd Bertemu SBY Pekan Depan

Jumat, 6 Juni 2008 | 13:08 WIB
JAKARTA, JUMAT - Perdana Menteri Australia Kevin Rudd akan melakukan lawatan kenegaraan pertama ke Indonesia 12-14 Juni 2008.

"Ini adalah kunjungan kenegaraan resmi pertama PM Rudd ke Indonesia," kata Juru bicara Departemen Luar Negeri Teuku Faizasyah di Jakarta, Jumat (6/6), saat diminta konfirmasinya tentang kunjungan Rudd itu.

Rudd dijadwalkan bertemu Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono guna membahas hal-hal yang berkaitan dengan hubungan kedua negara. Sebelumnya Rudd yang baru menjabat PM Australia pada 2007 pernah berkunjung ke Bali, Indonesia pada Desember 2007 untuk menghadiri Konferensi Internasional mengenai Perubahan Iklim (UNFCCC).

Hubungan RI-Australia telah beberapa kali mengalami pasang surut dan mengalami masa-masa sulit pasca pemberian visa sementara 42 pengungsi asal Papua, dua tahun lalu. Namun pada tahun lalu, kedua pemerintah menyepakati Perjanjian Lombok yang antara lain berisi pengakuan tertulis Australia atas kedaulatan Indonesia.

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DJ_Archuleta

June 7th, 2008, 02:33 PM

Malaysia Siap Beli Beras dari Indonesia

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Deputi Perdana Menteri (PM) Malaysia, Dato Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak, mengatakan bahwa pihaknya siap membeli beras dari Indonesia sebagai salah satu langkah mengatasi krisis pangan.

"Kalau Indonesia surplus beras, saya berharap Malaysia bisa membelinya," kata Najib kepada ANTARA News dan Bernama News di ruang bagi tamu sangat penting (VVIP) Bandar Udara (Bandara) Halim Perdanakusumah, Jakarta, Senin (2/6) malam.

Menurut Najib, yang didampingi Dubes Malaysia untuk RI, Dato Zainal Abidin Mohd Zain, sebelum bertolak ke negaranya, dalam mengatasi krisis pangan, maka sesama anggota Perhimpunan Bangsa Asia Tenggara (ASEAN) melakukan solidaritas untuk saling membantu sehingga tidak ada satu negarapun yang rawan pangan.

"Antara Indonesia dan Malaysia, termasuk dengan negara lain, perlu bertukar pengalaman dari cara Indonesia mengatasi masalah ini. Kerjasama dengan Indonesia, termasuk keberhasilannya dalam dalam hal mengurangi subsidi minyak," kata Najib.

Ia menjelaskan, khusus Malaysia, krisis pangan sangat mampu untuk diatasi dengan mengawasi harga barang dan makanan tertentu pada harga yang rendah.

"Harga berbagai jenis makanan diawasi, tidak boleh dinaikkan," katanya.

Ditambahkannya, pengawasan harga dilakukan, seperti pada beras berkualitas super, sedangkan jenis beras yang lain atau bahan pangan lainnya diserahkan ke mekanisme pasar. (*)

DJ_Archuleta

June 9th, 2008, 03:17 PM

Siti Nurhaliza Tawarkan Bangun Jalan di Bali

Denpasar (ANTARA News) - Siti Nurhaliza ikut mendampingi suami, Datuk Khalid, bersama pengusaha lain dari Malaysia untuk menawarkan investasi pembangunan jalan dan jembatan kepada Gubernur Bali, Dewa Beratha, di Denpasar, Senin.

Penyanyi yang sempat populer di Indonesia itu bersama rombongan konsorsium investor Malaysia, Gridcomm Shd BHD dan Isyoda Corporation Berhad, tertarik menanamkan modalnya dalam pembangunan jalan dan jembatan menghubungkan Serangan, Denpasar Selatan, dengan Tanjung Benoa, Nusa Dua.

Rombongan pengusaha lainnya adalah Zaidun Leeng dari Isyoda, yang disertai Konsul Spanyol di Bali, Amir Rabik, dan melakukan pembicaraan di kantor Gubernur Bali.

Rencana pembangunan jalan baru itu untuk mengatasi kepadatan arus lalu lintas jalur selatan Denpasar-Nusa Dua.

Datuk Khalid memaparkan hasil kajiannya untuk membantu Pemerintah Propinsi Bali mengatasi kemacetan lalu lintas jalur wisata Denpasar-Nusa Dua yang mereka sebut "Proposed Bali Highway".

Investor asal Negeri Jiran itu menawarkan perlunya Pemprop Bali membangun jalur tol yang melintas di atas permukaan laut Tanjung Benoa yang akan bisa mengatasi kemacetan lalu lintas dan memperpendek jarak tempuh Denpasar-Nusa Dua.

Jalan tersebut sepanjang 7,5 km, tanpa melewati jalur Denpasar-Kuta-Nusa Dua seperti jalur yang ada selama ini.

Investor juga menawarkan kepada Gubernur Beratha pembangunan jalur baru di atas permukaan laut yang menghubungkan Bandara Ngurah Rai-Nusa Dua sepanjang 4,5 km.

Pembangunan jalan tol yang ditawarkan tersebut terdiri atas empat ruas untuk kendaraan roda empat serta jalur khusus untuk sepeda motor dan pejalan kaki.

Gridcomm Shd Bhd juga mengajukan usul untuk membangun jalan layang di dua lokasi masing-masing di persimpangan Dewa Ruci (simpang siur), Kuta, dan di persimpangan Patung Ngurah Rai, Tuban, arah bandar udara.

Investor tersebut mengajukan dua usulan, yakni yang pertama proyek dengan konsesi pengelolaan jalan tol dalam jangka waktu 35 tahun, yakni seluruh hasil pungutan dikelola konsorsium.

Untuk itu pihak investor harus menanamkan investasi sebesar Rp4,102 triliun, belum termasuk pembebasan lahan.

Usulan yang kedua seluruh dana ditanggung Pemprop Bali yakni sebesar Rp3,775 triliun dan konsorsium bertindak sebagai kontraktor.

Gubernur Dewa Beratha menyambut baik keinginan investor untuk ikut memecahkan masalah transportasi jalur selatan itu, namun haltersebut masih perlu pembahasan dari instansi teknis.

Pemprop Bali memang telah memperioritaskan pembangunan jalan dan jembatan yang menghubungkan Serangan-Nusa Dua, sebagai jalan pintas memperpendek jarak tempuh sampai 50 persen dari jalur yang ada melewati jalan by pass Sanur-Nusa Dua, ujar Gubernur Beratha. (*)

DJ_Archuleta

June 11th, 2008, 04:01 PM

New envoy to encourage more Japanese investment in Indonesia

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Japan`s Ambassador to Indonesia Kojiro Shiojiri said he would encourage more businessmen from his country to invest in Indonesia.

"More than 1,000 Japanese companies are operating in Indonesia and we hope the number will increase further in the years to come," Shiojiri said at a press conference here on Wednesday.

Introducing himself as the new Japanese ambassador to Indonesia to replace Shin Ebihara, Shiojiri said he was delighted to be posted in Indonesia at a time when the two countries were observing the 50th year of their diplomatic relations and to begin implementing their Economic Partnership Cooperation (EPA) agreement in July.

He said through the EPA, the two countries would step up their relations and mutually-beneficial economic cooperation.

"Based on the EPA agreement, I would like to develop economic relations between Indonesia and Japan," said Shiojiri who presented his credentials to President Susilo Bambang Yudhohono on Tuesday.

The EPA among other things provides for investment and trade liberalization, investment and trade facilities, and increasing the competitive capacity of Indonesian industries.

Japan is Indonesia`s main export destination with the value of its exports recorded at US$21.7 billion in 2006 while the value of Japan`s exports to Indonesia in the same year stood at US$5.5 billion. (*)

paradyto

June 13th, 2008, 12:06 PM

President Yudhoyono receives Australian Prime Minister

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received visiting Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at Merdeka Palace here on Friday.

The Australian prime minister arrived at the palace at 9 in the morning and were received by President Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhohono.

Yudhoyono and Rudd, who arrived in Jakarta on Thursday for his first state visit since taking power in November last year, are expected to discuss various issues and then to witness the signing of a cooperation agreement on forests management and carbon trading between the two countries.

After the meeting with President Yudhoyono, Rudd will meet with Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla at the vice presidential palace for about 30 minutes, and then to meet with businessmen and ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan.

In the afternoon, the Australian prime minister will meet with the House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono, and visit the headquarters of Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama to sign a cooperation agreement on disaster management between Australian government and the Indonesia`s two largest Muslim organizations.

In the meeting with President Yudhoyono, Rudd was accompanied by Secretary of the Australian Foreign Affairs and Trade Department Michael L`estrange and the country`s ambassador to Indonesia Bill Farmer, while President Yudhoyono was accompanied by a number of his cabinet ministers.

Rudd during his two-day visit to Indonesia will also travel to Nanggroe Aceh Darusalam province on Saturday to visit the areas devastated by the 2004 deadly tsunami.

In a speech to the Asia Society in Sydney on June 4, 2008, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd outlined his government`s vision for an Asia Pacific Community, especially in relation with Indonesia.

Rudd also emphasized the Australian government`s commitment to comprehensive engagement with Asia, particularly Indonesia, as the third pillar of his government`s foreign policy.

He traveled to Indonesian island resort of Bali in December last year to attend the United Nations Framework of Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC). (*)

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June 13th, 2008, 01:54 PM

Australia, Indonesia pledge climate cooperation

The leaders of Australia and Indonesia Friday pledged to join forces to fight climate change by saving forests and promoting carbon trading.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono signed on to the Australian Indonesian Carbon Forest Partnership at Jakarta's State Palace after their first bilateral meeting.

The newly signed partnership would help curb carbon dioxide emissions in Indonesia, the world's third-largest carbon emitter, by helping to fight deforestation and promoting carbon markets, Yudhoyono said.

The partnership "is a concrete example of cooperation between both countries in tackling climate change, especially in the forestry sector," Yudhoyono told reporters.

Climate change is "the great economic, environment and moral challenge of our generation," Rudd said.

Indonesian-Australian cooperation in tackling climate change, which would also include an exchange of knowledge on carbon accounting and the trade in carbon credits, could serve as the basis for broader cooperation on the international stage, Rudd said.

"This is a practical project ... one we hope to build on in the proposal we put together when we attend the G8 outreach meeting on climate change in Hokkaido, Japan in only a few weeks' time," he said.

The two leaders did not give any further details of the agreement.

Rudd's conservative predecessor John Howard, an ardent opponent of the Kyoto Protocol, last year pledged a total of 240 million Australian dollars (223.8 million dollars) to curb deforestation in Southeast Asia.

It included a promised 30 million Australian dollars to plant 100 million trees in Kalimantan on Indonesia's half of Borneo island.

The promised contribution, part of a 100 million Australian dollar joint fund with other countries and the private sector, would also preserve or restore 270,000 hectares (670,000 acres) of peatland, which is a key store of carbon.

Rapid deforestation in Indonesia by legal and illegal loggers has made Indonesia one of the highest emitters of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.

While Yudhoyono's administration has tried to boost its green credentials, most notably by hosting the United Nations Climate Conference last December, corruption and poor law enforcement has meant little progress against deforestation.

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June 14th, 2008, 04:15 PM

Australian PM pledges cooperation with Indonesia president

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd promised Friday a "new phase of cooperation" with Indonesia on issues such as disaster response and the environment during his first state visit to Jakarta.

Rudd praised the "very strong friendship" between the two neighbours after he met President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and senior ministers at the presidential palace.

But while security dominated the relationship in the years after the 2002 Bali bombings and remains a core issue, Rudd outlined a range of other concerns which he said would shape the partnership in future.

These ranged from deforestation and climate change to the evolution of regional institutions to cope with the challenges of the coming Asian century.

"Australia and Indonesia are neighbours through geographic circumstance but we are friends through active national choice, and this is a very good friendship," he told reporters after the talks.

Rudd said he and Yudhoyono had agreed to broaden security cooperation to fight regional terror groups that remained their "common enemy."

But the prime minister emphasised other issues of mutual concern such as climate change and disaster response in the aftermath of the Myanmar and China catastrophes.

"We do not know where a natural disaster will hit but between us we believe we can take a good and strong proposal" for a regional disaster-response system to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting next year, Rudd said.

The two leaders also discussed Rudd's plans for an Asia-Pacific Community to be set up by 2020 including the major economies of India, China, India and the United States.

The new bloc would not infringe on national sovereignty or replace existing structures, but had to be capable of addressing security and political issues in addition to the mainly economic focus of ASEAN and APEC, Rudd said.

Later Friday he visited the Jakarta headquarters of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and met its chief, Surin Pitsuwan, who welcomed the plan as the "natural progression" for the region.

Rudd attended the Bali climate change conference in December but this was his first state visit to Indonesia since he defeated conservative prime minister John Howard in elections in November.

He flew into Jakarta late Thursday on the second leg of an Asian trip which started in Japan on the weekend. He will travel to Sumatra's Aceh province on Saturday to visit areas devastated by the 2004 tsunami.

His office released a statement later Friday announcing Australia would strengthen its five-year development partnership with Indonesia up to an expected 2.5 billion dollars (2.4 billion US) between 2009 and 2013.

After their talks Rudd and Yudhoyono signed an agreement to link rainforest protection to emerging global carbon markets through the use of Australian technology to track carbon stored in Indonesia's jungles.

"There is real potential for Australia and Indonesia to lead the world here. We share a goal of having avoided deforestation recognised in future climate change agreements," Rudd told business leaders in a speech.

He said Australia and Indonesia would take the plan to a G8 summit in the northern Japanese resort of Toyako next month which is expected to focus on climate change.

Rudd broke with the policies of the Howard government and ratified the Kyoto Protocol on fighting global warming in one of his first acts after taking power.

Yudhoyono thanked Rudd for Australia's extensive aid programmes which are expected to reach some two billion dollars over the next five years.

He also welcomed the strong growth of direct Australian investment.

"Last year it rose by 73 percent and I'm looking forward to further investment from Australian partners," he said.

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June 14th, 2008, 04:16 PM

Australian PM visits Indonesia's tsunami-hit Aceh

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd landed in Indonesia's tsunami-hit Aceh on Saturday to see first hand Canberra's billion-dollar effort to help rebuild the province.

Rudd inaugurated an Islamic primary school rebuilt with Australian aid money after it was flattened in the 2004 tsunami, which killed more than 168,000 people in the province alone.

Rudd pledged 50 million dollars (46.8 million US) to boost reconstruction funding in the province, which comes as part of Australia's 2.5-billion-dollar 2009-2014 development partnership with Indonesia.

The money would be spent on education, fostering economic development and improving access to government services, Rudd said at the school after being greeted by children in traditional costume.

In the wake of the tsunami, Australia pledged more than one billion dollars to Indonesia, most of which has already been allocated both inside and outside Aceh.

After visiting the school, Rudd inspected a foreign-funded coastal fish farm in the village of Ujung Batee before having lunch with provincial governor Irwandi Yusuf in the capital Banda Aceh.

Rudd then met Australian and Indonesian aid workers before leaving on an air force jet for Australia.

Rudd met President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and senior ministers in Jakarta on Friday during his first state visit to Indonesia.

He promised a "new phase of cooperation" with Indonesia on issues such as disaster response and the environment, and praised the "very strong friendship" between the two neighbours.

The two leaders agreed that the recent cyclone in Myanmar and earthquake in China underlined the need for a more coordinated regional approach to dealing with disasters.

"We do not know where a natural disaster will hit but between us we believe we can take a good and strong proposal" for a regional disaster response system to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting next year, Rudd said Friday.

Rudd also used the visit to test support for his ambitious plan announced last week to create an Asia-Pacific Community including the US, Japan, India and China by 2020.

He has said the new bloc would not infringe on national sovereignty or replace existing structures, but had to be capable of addressing security and political issues in addition to the mainly economic focus of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and APEC.

The idea received warm backing from the secretary general of ASEAN, Surin Pitsuwan, who told reporters Friday the plan was a "natural progression" for regional cooperation.

Yudhoyono has so far not commented on the proposal, but a foreign ministry spokesman last week said Indonesia was "really keen" to examine the plan.

The two leaders also signed an agreement Friday on curbing carbon dioxide emissions in Indonesia, the world's third-largest carbon emitter, by saving forests and promoting carbon trading.

Rudd, who took office after a landslide election win last November, has put closer engagement with Asia at the top of his foreign policy agenda.

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