[INDONESIA] Talk about neighbours

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I just want to know about news and something that you want to tell about our (Indonesia) neighbours?

Post here:)

[K14N]

Well, IMO I have to answer Australia. Di luar segala kontroversi seputar perannya di perang Iraq (tp yg ini kan gak ada hub langsung sama Indo) atau lepasnya Timor Timur dr Indo, yg gw liat klo ada disaster gt tetep aja Aussie yg biasanya kasih bantuan paling banyak, baik dana atau relawan...

Yg gw liat klo negara2 ASEAN belum terlalu siginifikan bantuannya, cuma banyak ucapan turut berduka doank... Selebihnya? Kayaknya cuma sekedar kerja sama biasa, nothing special... Belum sampe kayak NATO atau EU yg keliatan kompak githu....

[David-80]

In my opinion, all neighbours have positive and negative attitude towards us, the best is not to conclude and compare.....because like human...can be nice and bad...

I hope this thread wont fuel the useless debate...if so i will have to prevent it .

cheers

[K14N]

^^ Agree!! :okay:

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It's inspiring me when you see "[Our Neighbour]Country" or "[Neighbour Country]" .... thread in other Region, so maybe you have some news and pics about our neighbour countries that I mentioning before to share here, and just want to know about some of Indonesian Opinion about it:)... Couse a human can be nice and bad, and it's also a human have a different perception:)... not a conclusion and not a comparison....

I just agree with you:) thanx:)

[David-80]

dyto, polling nya gua matiin aja gimana? soalnya nanti pasti pada ga bener...apalagi yg chauvinist forumer2...

untuk prevent aja...ini suggestion aja kok...tapi kalo masih mau seperti ini gpp...toh juga belom ada yg macem2....all up to u....gua dan alvin hanya sebagai moderator aja....

cheers

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Boleh, Gw ikut saja:)

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Philippine police on alert on eve of September 11 anniversary

Manila (ANTARA News) - Philippine police forces were placed on heightened alert Tuesday, the eve of the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, a spokesman said.

All police units were told to initiate preventive measures against terrorist activities by local groups, Chief Superintendent Nicanor Bartolome told DPA.

"Based on historical data, some terrorist organizations have been known to launch activities to commemorate some dates and occasions that are significant to their organization," he said.

Police forces were ordered to "intensify intelligence operations to monitor and pre-empt movement of known threat groups and strengthen the defences of vital installations and soft targets," he said.

Bartolome said police units have also been placed on standby to respond to emergencies.

He noted the al-Qaeda terrorist network, which was behind the September 11 attacks, has links with Islamic militants in the Philippines.

Al-Qaeda is believed to be providing financial support to the local Muslim Abu Sayyaf rebel group and the regional Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist network, whose top militants are believed to be hiding in the southern Philippines. (*)

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Vietnam`s Jetstar Pacific opens air routes to Thailand, Cambodia

Hanoi (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Jetstar Pacific, Vietnam's budget airline, on September 9 officially launched two international routes linking Ho Chi Minh City and Bangkok in Thailand and Siem Riep in Cambodia.

Jetstar Pacific will conduct its first Ho Chi Minh City-Bangkok flight on October 31, and its first HCM City-Siem Riep flight on November 3.

According to Jetstar Pacific, a trade promotion programme will be implemented on September 10, with an airfare of only 32,000 VND (US$2) for a flight between HCM City and Bangkok or HCM City and Siem Riep.

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Australia Perkuat Kemampuan Angkatan Laut

Brisbane (ANTARA News) - Australia akan memperkuat kemampuan angkatan lautnya untuk menghadapi berbagai tantangan keamanan di tengah berlangsungnya perlombaan senjata di kawasan Asia Pasifik.

Tekad Australia untuk memperkuat angkatan bersenjata, khususnya angkatan lautnya, itu disampaikan Perdana Menteri (PM) Australia, Kevin Rudd, dalam pernyataan persnya di Townsville, Queensland, Rabu.

"Australia adalah negara maritim. Kita punya kepentingan-kepentingan kebaharian yang signifikan tidak hanya terkait dengan kepentingan kita di baratdaya Pasifik tetapi (juga) secara lebih luas pertahanan jalur komunikasi laut kita sendiri," katanya.

PM Rudd mengatakan, kemampuan angkatan laut yang cukup untuk mempertahankan jalur komunikasi laut menjadi penting bagi Australia.

"Saat saya melihat angkatan laut Australia, kita harus memastikan bahwa kita punya kemampuan yang cukup untuk menghadapi tantangan masa depan. Dan angkatan laut kita punya 24 kategori keahlian utama dimana kita tidak punya cukup personil," katanya.

Menurut Rudd, pertahanan yang kuat, kebijakan luar negeri yang kuat, serta dorongan bagi terciptanya perdamaian, kerja sama dan stabilitas diperlukan. Pada saat yang sama, perlu pula dipastikan bahwa "Australia selalu siap".

Dalam konteks ini, prioritas utama pemerintah adalah memastikan bahwa Australia punya kemampuan angkatan laut yang cukup di masa mendatang, seperti aset, personil, dan pendanaan yang cukup dalam jangka panjang, katanya.

Stasiun Televisi "SBS" Australia menggambarkan China dan India sebagai kekuatan angkatan bersenjata dan ekoknomi yang besar di Asia di tengah adanya potensi konflik di sejumlah wilayah seperti Taiwan-China, dan China dengan sejumlah negara berkaitan dengan tumpang tindih klaim kepemilikan kepulauan Spratly di Laut China Selatan. (*)

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kl menurut gw aussie yg paling mending dibanding negara2 yg laen. Tapi satu hal yg gw gak suka, aussie sampe sekarang masih gak mau angkat status tourism indonesia. Pemerintahnya masih menganjurkan orang2nya untuk tidak travel ke indo.

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Singapore`s senior minister of state for foreign affairs visits Jakarta

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Singapore`s Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Balaji Sadasivan visited Jakarta from 7-9 September 2008 to meet key personalities from the Indonesian public and business sector to discuss the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Conference which will take place in Singapore from 9-11 October 2008.

The conference will be organized by the Singapore-Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) and co-organized by India`s Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, a press release from the Singapore Embassy in Jakarta made available to ANTARA News said on Wednesday.

During his visit, Dr Balaji called on Acting Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance Dr Sri Mulyani Indrawati.

Dr Balaji also met with a number of key Indonesia business leaders, all of whom expressed strong support for the upcoming PBD Conference to be held in Singapore.

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Timor Leste "Diserbu" Kodok Bawaan Australia

Canberra, (ANTARA News) - Militer Australia diduga menjadi "jembatan" bagi serangan kodok yang biasa disebut "cane toad" ke Timor Leste.

Sebagaimana diberitakan Reuters, seorang aktivis lembaga bantuan mengemukakan bahwa pasukan Australia saat masuk Dili secara tidak sengaja menjadi pembawa sejumlah kodok beracun itu.

"Sangat banyak kodok di Timor Leste. Kami tidak tahu cara untuk menyingkirkan atau cara membasminya," kata Simplicio Barbosa dari Care International kepada radio Australia.

Beberapa puluh tahun lalu, para ilmuwan mendatangkan kodok dari Hawaii ke Australia untuk mengendalikan hama kumbang yang ada di tanaman tebu.

Kodok yang aslinya dari Amerika Tengah itu bisa tumbuh hingga beratnya 2,6 kilogram. kelenjar berbisa di kulit mereka beracun bagi para predator seperti buaya.

Sebanyak tiga ribu kodok pada tahun 1935 dilepas ke alam bebas di Australia dan sekarang sudah berkembang biak menjadi lebih dari 200 juta.

Barbosa mengatakan kodok-kodok itu menjadi penumpang gelap di truk maupun peralatan militer Australia yang datang ke Timor Leste pada tahun 1999.

Menteri Pertahanan Australia, Joel Fitzgibbon, pada hari Selasa mengemukakan pihaknya akan menyelidiki dugaan tersebut. Dia menjamin bahwa militer Australia punya "kontrol karantina yang ketat".(*)

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Cambodian prime minister tells schools to allow Muslim headscarves

Phnom Penh (ANTARA News) - Cambodian public and private schools have been advised by Prime Minister Hun Sen to allow Muslim students to wear headscarves if they so wish in an official decree published widely in national media Thursday.

"They can wear uniform according to school's internal regulation or their traditional Muslim clothes," the directive was quoted by DPA as saying.

Hun Sen's directive to allow Muslim students to wear the hijab, or headscarf, was in the national interest, it said.

Cambodia's Cham Muslim minority, which is estimated to number in the hundreds of thousands, is generally well integrated into the majority-Buddhist society and Cambodia has avoided religious tensions such as those in neighbouring Thailand's restive south.

However the failure of some schools to be flexible in their dress codes has reportedly led to some Muslims, especially females, dropping out of school rather than going against their beliefs.

The Cham, descendents of the once-mighty Champa kingdom which reached its peak in the 9th century, suffered systematic and terrible abuse at the hands of the 1975-79 Khmer Rouge regime, with an unknown number slaughtered for their beliefs.

But Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian People's Party, which has governed in one form or another since 1979, has gone to great lengths to grant the nation's Muslims equal rights and mainstream acceptance under a constitution which enshrines freedom of worship. (*)

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Malaysia frees opposition lawmaker after criticism
The Associated Press , Kuala Lumpur | Fri, 09/19/2008 1:17 PM | World

A lawyer says police have released a Malaysian opposition lawmaker who was detained without trial for a week.

Lawyer Sankara Nair says Teresa Kok, a representative of the Democratic Action Party, telephoned him to say police released her Friday.

Kok was arrested Sept. 12 under the Internal Security Act, which provides for indefinite detention without trial, after she allegedly complained about the noise of morning prayers from a mosque. She has denied making such complaints.

Police arrested Kok and two journalists on the same day, but one of the journalists was later released. Malaysia's law minister resigned this week after protesting the arrests.

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Detained Australians in Papua 'no threat': Indonesia

Five Australians held in Indonesia after illegally flying a light aircraft into the tightly controlled Papua province are no threat to the country, the defence minister said Thursday.

"Our finding from the event of the Australians who flew from Queensland to Papua is that they are not a threat or anything like that," Juwono Sudarsono told reporters after a meeting with his Australian counterpart Joel Fitzgibbon.

"It was only a number of people looking for an opportunity to open up tourism," he said.

The group was being held in an immigration detention facility in Merauke town in Papua after landing Friday in the province without papers, said Australian foreign ministry spokeswoman Jenny Dee.

"There isn't any evidence that they were up to what we would describe as any sort of activities that should be a threat to Indonesia," Fitzgibbon said.

"I understand that they were under the impression that they would be able to secure a visa on arrival ... (but) that doesn't change the fact that what they did showed very very poor judgement and the Australian government is very appreciative of the way the Indonesian government has handled the matter," he said.

Indonesia clamps tight restrictions on travel to Papua, where a small guerrilla force has been waging a low-level separatist insurgency since the 1960s. Journalists without special permits are barred from the region.

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Police grilling of five Australians moved to Jakarta

Merauke, Papua, (ANTARA News) - Police grilling of five Australian nationals who had entered Merauke illegally, has been moved to the National Police Headquarters in Jakarta.

"The handing over of the five Australian nationals was conducted last Friday (Sept. 19)," Freddy Manus, the Merauke immigration head, said here on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Senior Commissioner Agus Riyanto, a spokesman of the Papua Police, said that his side had grilled the Australians, who landed in Merauke on September 12, 2008, from Horn Island off Cape York, which is an hour flight away, by a small V-68 plane.

They arrived in Papua without visa and their plane had no flight clearance nor security approval documents, he said.

The Australians were identified as William Henry Scott Bloxam, Vera Scott Bloxom,Hubert Hofer, Karen Burke, and Keit Rowald Mortimer.

Meanwhile, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) had admitted that five Australian citizens had been held in Merauke, Papua, for having entered Indonesian territory without proper travel documents.

The DFAT as quoted by the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) stated that the Australians had been arrested because they held no flight, security and immigration permits. They are now still under the supervision of the Indonesian authorities pending the issuance of the permits.

The Australian embassy in Jakarta has given consular assistance to the five. (*)

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Malaysian PM under new pressure to quit by year-end

Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News) - Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is under intense pressure to quit, after being confronted by rare criticism from within his cabinet, as well as an opposition bid to seize power.

Abdullah led the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition to its worst electoral showing in half a century in March, as voters punished him over broken promises for reform, as well as spiralling prices of food and fuel.

So far he has clung tenaciously to the job, and refused to negotiate with opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, who has announced he has enough support from defecting lawmakers to topple the government.

But last week Abdullah faced an unprecedented challenge from within his cabinet, as four ministers spoke out against him at a meeting of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) which leads the coalition.

According to The Star daily, they told Abdullah at a meeting of the party's supreme council that "the political situation was not improving and that he should consider an earlier exit".

UMNO information chief Muhammad Muhammad Taib confirmed the challenge took place and said Abdullah was saddened and visibly affected by it, but insisted he could ride out the crisis.

"The four of them spoke and said this to the prime minister... but it was not the majority speaking. There are more than 30 supreme council members and not all are in unison, asking the PM to resign," Muhammad told AFP.

"He listened. It was not the first time for him. He has his own intelligence report well prepared on what the feeling is at the grassroots level," he said.

Abdullah in July unveiled a plan to hand over to his deputy Najib Razak in mid-2010, but the strategy failed to quell calls for his ouster, and last week he indicated the timing was "flexible" and that he could depart earlier.

He handed over the important finance ministry post to Najib in a show of solidarity, but was hit with the challenge from his ministers just a day later.

An UMNO official from Abdullah's home state of Penang said the premier's position was now untenable and he would have to quit before the party holds leadership elections in December.

"Abdullah does not have any choice left. He has to go by year-end," the senior official told AFP on condition of anonymity. "Abdullah is now being viewed as a leader who has lost control of the party and government."

"He cannot make any drastic moves to reel in party leaders who have openly gone against him by questioning the power transition agreement," he said.

Najib is widely tipped to replace Abdullah, with his new deputy likely to be Trade Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, who has been one of the premier's most outspoken critics. (*)

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Australia`s Qantas says A380 arrival heralds new era

Sydney (ANTARA News) - Qantas landed its first A380 superjumbo here on Sunday, hopeful that its arrival will boost the Australian carrier, which has recently faced a series of mechanical problems including a mid-air blast.

The arrival of the first of the giant Airbus A380s, the world's largest passenger jet, in Australia comes as Qantas also battles rising fuel costs and global financial uncertainty.

"We are witnessing an exciting new era for Qantas but also for Australian aviation," executive general manager John Borghetti said after the plane landed at Sydney airport cheered by hundreds of Qantas staff and their families.

Borghetti said the A380s, which run on four Rolls-Royce engines and have a wingspan of about 80 metres (264 feet), were quieter and more fuel-efficient than other planes while the interiors would redefine the customer experience.

"It's so exciting. It gives the whole industry a boost, particularly so given the economic climate that we are in," Borghetti told AFP.

Borghetti said the arrival of the 350-million-dollar (290 million US) dollar A380 -- delivered to the airline in France on Friday -- would allow Qantas to keep its position at the forefront of world aviation.

Asked about the recent mechanical problems encountered by the airline, Borghetti said only: "Qantas' engineering excellence is legendary."

In July, Qantas faced a storm of negative publicity after an oxygen cylinder exploded on a flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne in July, forcing an emergency landing in Manila.

The incident was one of several that prompted the Australian aviation watchdog to urge Qantas earlier this month to improve maintenance.

Qantas was the first airline to order the A380s, committing to the double-decker craft in 2000, but delivery has been slowed by delays and budget
overruns in production in Toulouse, France.

The airline's first commercial A380 service will operate between Melbourne and Los Angeles on October 20. It hopes to have taken delivery of three of the aircraft by the end of the year.

Airbus has said the aeroplane can seat 853 passengers, all in economy class. Qantas has configured its A380 to seat 450 passengers in four classes. (*)

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Thai govt, Malay Muslims committed to end conflicts
Abdul Khalik , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Sun, 09/21/2008 7:52 PM | World

Representatives of the Thai government and Muslim communities in the south of the country concluded Sunday a historic two-day talks hosted by the Indonesian government in Bogor, West Java, with a commitment to end the bloody conflicts in the area.

The two sides pledged to continue the talks at the same place in November to try to find ways to meet the Thai Muslims' demands for justice, economic development and the right to use the Malay language in their areas.

The Thai government sent to Indonesia a group of five negotiators headed by Gen. Khwanchart Klahan, supreme commander of the Southern Border Provinces Peace Building Command -- an official body overseeing Thailand's south.

The Thai Muslims were represented by leaders of the Pattani Malay Consultative Congress, an umbrella organization of southern Thailand's insurgent groups.

Vice President Jusuf Kalla acted as the mediator in the closed meeting with political experts Fachry Ali of the University of Indonesia and Anies Baswedan of the Paramadina University accompanying him during the negotiation.

Also attending the negotiation were the Vice President's political advisors Johermansyah Johan and Farid Hussein and Indonesian Ambassador to Thailand M. Hatta.

"We have made substantial progress during the negotiation, with both sides expressing commitment to end the conflicts," Fachry told The Jakarta Post after the talks, held at the Presidential Palace in Bogor, around 60 kilometers south of Jakarta.

Anies described the two-day talks as a solid basis for the next round of negotiation, with representatives from both sides willing to listen.

"This is the first encounter so they have to adjust, and become comfortable. Many of the lingering issues have been tabled," he said.

Data compiled by Prince of Songkhla University shows that from January 2004 to June 21, 2007, at least 2,303 people were killed and more than 6,000 injured in outbreaks of violence related to the insurgency in Thailand's southern regions.

The most affected areas are three Muslim-dominated Southern provinces -- Pattani, Narathiwat, and Yala.

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Konflik Thailand Selatan, Kenapa Jusuf Kalla?

Oleh : Jaka S Suryo

Jakarta, (ANTARA News) - Akhir pekan ini masyarakat Indonesia khususnya dan Thailand dikejutkan adanya perundingan damai konflik Thailand Selatan.

Semua tersentak. Kenapa di Istana Bogor ? Kenapa seakan tiba-tiba Wakil Presiden Jusuf Kalla bisa menjadi mediator ? Apa hubungannya ? Kenapa ?

Mungkin sederet pertanyaan menggantung. Tentu bukanlah sebuah kebetulan atau tiba-tiba saja terjadi.

Adalah sebuah rangkaian perjalanan panjang untuk bisa menguraikannya. Tentu sebuah konflik vertikal yang telah puluhan tahun bahkan disebut-sebut sudah terjadi sejak 100 tahun.

Dari perjalanan sejarah kekerasan di Thailand Selatan atau Melayu Patani bermula ketika munculnya Traktat Anglo Siam pada 1901 s/d 1909. Dimana dengan traktat Anglo Siam tesebut hak-hak dan martabat muslim Patani dicabut.

Jauh sebelum munculnya Traktat Anglo Siam tersebut, rakyat Patani atau muslim Patani merupakan bangsa yang dari sejarahnya memiliki sosio kultural Melayu Patani Muslim yang sudah mapan. Muslim Patani pada massa itu memiliki hak-hak dan martabatnya sebagai bangsa yang berdampingan dengan bangsa Thai.

Namun tiba-tiba dengan Traktat Anglo Siam tersebut semua itu tercabut. Mulai sejak itulah muncul aksi-aksi perlawanan dengan kekerasan. Dan thal tersebut berlanjut hingga saat ini.

Melihat latar sejarah tersebut, seakan teramat sulit untuk bisa dipersandingkan duduk dalam satu meja perundingan. Konflik telah berlangsung hingga berpuluh-puluh generasi. Sebagaimana halnya konflik Aceh. Konflik di Thailand Selatan ini telah menjadi konflik "turunan" yang terus diwariskan kepada generasi penerusnya.

Bahkan disaat perundingan damai sedang berlangsung di Istana Bogor, sebuah aksi kekerasan di Yala, Thailand masih juga terjadi. Tiga orang tewas tertembak dalam serangan-serangan di Thailand selatan yang berpenduduk mayoritas beragama Islam, di Yala, Thailand, Minggu (20/9).

Seorang penyadap karet, 60 tahun ditembak ketika ia sedang mengisi bensin motornya di sebuah pompa bensin di Provinsi Pattani, kata polisi , sementara di provinsi tetangga Pattani seorang pemuda Muslim berusia 22 tahun tewas akibat ditembak orang yang naik kendaraan.

Di tempat lain Pattani , seorang pedagang yang beragama Buddha ditembak mati ketika sedang dalam perjalanan menuju ke tempat usahanya.

Paling tidak hingga saat ini diklaim telah ada sekitar 3.400 orang tewas sejak aksi kekerasan separatis meletus lebih dari empat tahun lalu di selatan Thailand. Sungguh konflik berdarah yang menahun.


Menyambung pertanyaan kenapa bisa Wapres Jusuf Kalla menjadi mediator?.Kisah sukses perundingan Damai RI-GAM di Helshinki menjadi "pintu" terpilihnya Jusuf Kalla sebagai sang mediator.

Berlandaskan sukses MoU Helshinki tahun 2005 itersebut pemerintah Raja Thailand tertarik untuk menerapkan sukses perundingan damai RI_GAM tersebut.

Karena itulah pemerintah Thailand meminta kesediaan Jusuf Kalla untuk bisa menenahi konflik Thailand Selatan. Proses yang berlangsung sejak setahun lalu tidak begitu saja berjalan mulus. Setidaknya sampai lima kali delegasi pemerintah Thailand "membujuk" Kalla untuk bersedia menjadi mediator.

Reputasi dan kisah sukses MoU Helshinki seakan menjadi jaminan. Pemerintah Thailand terus ngotot meminta.

Suratan takdir munkin bisa dikatakan begitu. "Blessing" Dilain pihak masyarakat Muslim Patani Selatan juga melakukan langkah-langkah yang sama.

Tidak bisa dipungkiri peran beberapa tokoh penting Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM) yang menjadi perundingan saat di Helsinki menjadi jembatan menuju para elit masyarakat Thailand selatan. Beberapa tokoh kunci masyarakat Thailand Selatan atau Patani bermukim di Swedia. Negara yang sama di diami oleh para tokoh GAM.

Melalui para tokoh GAM inilah jalinan tali temali bisa dirajut. Ada pepatah tak kenal maka tak sayang berlaku disini. Karena kenal tentunya saling sayang. karena pergaulan antara Jusuf Kalla dengan tokoh-tokoh GAM sudah terjalin akrab.

Rasa sayang pun sudah terbina. Hasil damai sudah didapat. Maka begitulah tokoh-tokoh Masyarakat Thailand Selatan pun akhirnya "nyambung" dengan Wapres Jusuf Kalla. Dan mandat pun diberikan masyarakat Thailand Selatan kepada Wapres.

Namun meski mandat telah didapat dari kedua belah pihak yakni pemerintah Thailand dan masyarakat Thailand Selatan. masih ada satu ganjalan. Siapa yang berhak mewakili masyarakat Thailand Selatan?.

Sebuah pertanyaaan sederhana namun tak sesederhana itu untuk memutuskannya. Kenapa ? karena setidaknya ada enam faksi ada di Thailand Selatan. Keenam faksi tersebut memiliki kepentingan, sejarah, bahkan mungkin dendam yang berbeda. Nah bagaimana menyatukannya untuk bisa duduk satu meja ?

Beberapa kali pertemuan awal dilakukan. Akhirnya disepakati untuk melakukan pertemuan "besar" seluruh tokoh-tokoh kunci muslim Patani diseluruh dunia. Pertemuan dilakukan di MakKah, sambil melakukan ibadah Umrah.

Dari pertemuan tersebut akhirnya disepakati ke enam faksi tersebut bergabung dalam wadah yang dinamakan Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat Muslim Patani (MPRMP). Dengan wadah MPRMP inilah didapatkan satu pihak yang bisa mewakili masyarakat Thailand Selatan.


Istana Bogor

Satu persoalan sudah mulai teratasi. Pihak yang berseteru sudah bisa ditemukan yakni pemerintah Thailand dan MPRMP. Namun untuk bisa mendudukkan kedua belah pihak dalam satu perundingan tidak serta merta bisa dilakukan.

Serangkaian pertemuan terus saja dilakukan. Setidaknya tiga pertemuan telah dilakukan untuk persiapan menuju perundingan damai di Istana Bogor. Pertemuan pertama di Penang, kemudian dilanjutkan di Kedah dan Langkawi Malaysia.

Selama satu tahun tersebut, Jusuf Kalla terus melakukan persiapan-persiapan. Berkaca dari pengalaman menyelesaikan konflik Poso, Ambon dan Aceh. ia pun melakukan hal yang sama. Membaca, menguasai masalah dan memetakan masalah. Segala macam buku dan referensi mengenai Thailand Selatan menjadi makanan sehari-hari. Tak ketinggalan bahkan sampai konstitusi Thailand yang baru disahkan pada tahun 2007 lalu juga dipelajarinya dengan seksama.

Mungkin tak pernah terbayangkan oleh kedua belah pihak yang berseteru. Bagai sebuah persiapan ujian akhir Wapres tak ingin gagal. Setelah persiapan matang. Kedua belah pihak berseteru pun sudah didapat.

Sebagai mediator, Wapres tentu tidak ingin melepaskan begitu saja jalannya perundingan. Disusunlah konsep perundingan sekaligus beberapa materi plus tata tertibnya. Dengan berbekal pengusaan masalah dan pengalaman tentunya menjadi modal utama suskesnya perundingan.

Dan Istana Bogor menjadi pilihan. Istana yang dibangun pada jaman kolonial Belanda, tahun 1908 menjadi saksi bisa sebuah perudingan damai konflik Thailand Selatan. Di Istana Bogor ini pula pernah dilangsung pertemuan Jakarta International Meeting (JIM) untuk menyelesakan konflik di Kamboja .

Dan bukan secara kebetulan pula jika dipilih tanggal perundingan pada 20 - 21 September 2008. karena tanggal 20 September merupakan Hari Perdamaian Dunia. Jadi tak berlebihan jika harapan damai itu bisa terwujud.(*)

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Thai foreign ministry not aware of talks in Jakarta

Bangkok (ANTARA News) - The Thai Foreign Ministry Monday said it was not aware of any talks with southern separatist groups held over the weekend in Jakarta.

Its spokesman Tharit Jarungwat said they only came to know about the reported talks through media, adding that no government officials were involved in the meeting that took place at the presidential palace in Bogor, about 60 kilometres south of Jakarta and was mediated by Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla.

"I don't have that information and I didn't get any report about that," Tharit was quoted by Bernama as telling reporters when asked to comment on the talks between separatist groups and the Thai representatives led by former Fourth Army Region Commander General Kwanchart, who was a military advisor to previous prime minister Samak Sundaravej.

Indonesia's Antara News Agency quoted presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal as saying that the Indonesian Government would keep promoting peace in southern Thailand through its position as a facilitator for talks between the government and the separatist groups in the region.

"The first meeting between the two sides had concluded and produced some progress. They agreed to exercise restraint to avoid any incidences that would undermine this peace process. They agreed not to commit any violence," Dino said.

The two sides had also agreed to hold a second round of talks on November 1 and 2, with a third round in the middle of November, also in Bogor.

According to the report, Kalla was the driving force behind the 2005 Aceh peace agreement that ended three decades of conflict with separatists on the tip of Sumatra.

More than 3,300 people have died since January 2004 when separatists esumed their campaign to seek independence for the Muslim-majority Malay speaking provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala.

Tharit also said it was unlikely the Thai side was represented by high evel representatives as the current government was busy forming the new government following the appointment of Somchai Wongsawat as new prime minister last week, succeeding Samak.

"The south conflict is our internal problem. Our neighbours support our policy to solve the problem and they have also offered their cooperation to assist us," he said.

According to Thai government officials, Samak brought the issue of southern unrest with Kalla during his official visit to Indonesia several months ago.

"It's believed there are several separatists staying in Acheh. So Samak thought of asking Indonesia's help to approach them," one official said.

Similar talks were held in Jakarta in April involving some key figures of the Pattani United Liberation Organisation (Pulo) and BRN Coordinate, the two biggest separatist groups involved in the conflict.

Talks were also held in Geneva and Jeddah last year but did not involve any high ranking Thai officials, but more of academicians who are trying to bring the two sides to the negotiation table.

In the restive region, violence continued unabated when a 38-year-old Buddhist man and his 17-year-old son were shot dead by suspected militants in Si Sakhon district, Narathiwat this morning. (*)

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Two of 43 Papuan asylum seekers in Australia return home

Biak, (ANTARA News) - Two of 43 Papuans who had been granted temporary asylum in Australia since January 2006 arrived at Frans Kaisepo airport here on Wednesday morning.

Accompanied by Indonesian consul general in Melbourne, Jahar Gultom, the two asylum seekers, namely Hana Gobay of Merauke district and Yubel Kareni of Yapen Waropen district, arrived here at 6:25 a.m. local time.

According to Jahar Gultom, the two Papuans decided at their own will to return from Australia to their home village in Papua.

He said Hana Gobay and Yubel Kareni finally decided to return to Papua because they were longing to see their family members at home.

Gultom said the two Papuans admitted that they were deceived by Herman Wainggai who led the group of 43 asylum seekers to leave Merauke for Australia by boat in January 2006.

"As Indonesian citizens, the two Papuans came to consulate general office in Melbourne to express their longing for their family members at home and therefore we facilitated their return trip," Gultom said at Frans Kaisepo Airport`s transit room.(*)

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Iklan Pariwisata Malaysia di Yahoo dan MSN

Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News) - Menteri Pelancongan (Pariwisata) Malaysia Azalina Othman Said di Kuala Lumpur, Rabu, mengatakan negaranya akan menjadi negara pertama yang memasang iklan pariwisata di Internet Yahoo! dan MSN.

Menteri Azalina mengatakan, iklan dalam Internet adalah langkah pertama sebelum Lembaga Penggalakan Pelancongan Malaysia meluncurkan iklan televisi melalui Internet atau web TV dalam waktu dekat ini.

Langkah awal promosi wisata Malaysia di Yahoo! dan MSN terfokus pada turis dari India, Australia dan Selandia Baru. Promosi wisata tersebut mulai ditayangkan bulan ini hingga Desember 2008 dengan biaya 1 juta ringgit (Rp2,75 miliar) untuk Yahoo! dan 500.000 ringgit (Rp1,38 miliar) untuk MSN.

Promosi tersebut ditayangkan melalui web TV sebagai bagian dari strategi kementerian pelancongan Malaysia untuk memberikan gambaran utuh mengenai Malaysia kepada turis asing dengan sebagus-bagusnya.

Iklan dan promosi via Yahoo! dan MSN diperkirakan akan dilihat melalui 12 juta pengguna internet di India dan 17 juta lagi di Australia dan Selandia Baru.

Ditambahkan oleh Azalina, mulai saat ini, promosi wisata Malaysia akan difokuskan melalui internet karena biayanya lebih murah dibandingkan iklan secara konservatif seperti papan iklan, siara TV dan berbagai penerbitan asing.

Berdasarkan statistik, lebih 78 persen turis yang datang ke Malaysia mendapatkan informasi melalui internet.

Yahoo! merupakan mesin pencari informasi paling popular di India dengan lebih 649 juta pengguna, sedangkan MSN digunakan oleh lebih 70 pengguna Internet di Australia dan lebih 60 persen pengguna di Selandia Baru.(*)

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Malaysia Kembali Turunkan Harga BBM

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KUALA LUMPUR--MI: Pemerintah Malaysia menurunkan lagi harga bahan bakar minyak (BBM) untuk meringankan beban hidup rakyat terkait dengan Idul Fitri tahun ini.

Perdana Menteri Malaysia Abdullah Badawi, mengumumkan langsung penurunan harga BBM di Putrajaya, Rabu sore, sebesar 10 sen ringgit (Rp270) yang efektif berlaku Kamis, 25 September 2008.

Dengan demikian, harga minyak jenis RON 97 turun 10 sen menjadi 2,45 ringgit (Rp6.700) dari sebelumnya 2,55 ringgit, sedangkan harga minyak jenis RON 92 turun menjadi 2,30 ringgit (Rp6.300) dari sebelumnya 2,40 ringgit.

Pemerintah Malaysia juga menurunkan harga solar (diesel) menjadi 2,40 ringgit (Rp6.600).

Keputusan penurunan harga BBM dilakukan setelah diadakan rapat kabinet. Selain itu, harga minyak dunia juga mengalami penurunan dalam satu bulan terakhir.

Langkah penurunan harga BBM ini merupakan yang kedua kalinya setelah menurunkan harga minyak sebesar 15 sen ringgit pada 23 Agustus 2008.

Pemerintah Malaysia telah menaikan tarif BBM pada 6 Juni 2008 terkait dengan harga BBM melonjak hingga 138 dolar AS per barrel. Untuk jenis Ron 97, harga naik menjadi 2,70 ringgit per liter dari sebelumnya 1,92 ringgit per liter, dan harga solar naik menjadi 2,5 ringgit per liter dari sebelumnya 1,58 ringgit per liter. (Ant/OL-03)

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Malaysia Anggota Dewan Gubernur IAEA

Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News) - Malaysia terpilih sebagai anggota Dewan Gubernur Badan Tenaga Atom Internasional (IAEA), kata satu pernyataan yang disiarkan Kedutaan Besar dan Perwakilan Tetap Malaysia untuk PBB di Austria, kemarin.

Malaysia akan memulai tugas di IAEA pada Oktober 2008 selama dua tahun hingga September 2010.

Negara tersebut sebelumnya telah merampungkan masa tugas dua tahun di badan internasional itu pada 2004.

Malaysia akan diwakili di Dewan Gubernur IAEA oleh Mohd Arshad M Hussain, Duta Besar Malaysia untuk Austria, dan Wakil Tetap negara itu untuk IAEA.

Dewan Gubernur IAEA beranggotakan 35 negara, umumnya bertemu lima kali setahun.

Dewan itu juga melakukan dua kali pertemuan tambahan pada tingkat komite, yaitu komite bantuan teknis dan komite program dan anggaran.

"Dewan itu juga mengesahkan kesepakatan-kesepakatan dalam usaha-usaha perlindungan, dan publikasi standar keamanan IAEA, dan mengemban tanggung jawab untuk menentukan direktur jenderal IAEA dengan mengesahkan konferensi umum," kata pernyataan itu.

IAEA, yang memiliki 145 anggota, merupakan badan khusus internasional bagi kerjasama di bidang nuklir dan telah dibentuk sebagai organisasi "atom damai" dunia pada 1967 dalam keluarga besar PBB.

IAEA bekerja bersama negara-negara anggotanya dan mitra-mitranya di seluruh dunia untuk mempromosikan teknologi nuklir yang aman, terjamin dan damai, demikian Bernama.(*)

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Thai police arrest second anti-govt protest leader
Posted: 05 October 2008 1257 hrs

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BANGKOK: Thai police arrested Sunday a second protest leader who led thousands of demonstrators in a five-week long siege on government offices in the capital.

Police said retired general Chamlong Srimuang was arrested on treason and other charges as he visited a polling booth for elections for Bangkok governor.

Srimuang is a core leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) camped outside Government House to demand the resignation of the government which it accuses of being too close to former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.

"The police arrested Major General Chamlong this morning when he was entering an election station at Sethasathien school," deputy police spokesman Surapol Tuanthong told reporters.

"He cooperated and let the police do their job after being informed," he said, adding that extra police forces had since been deployed to the PAD's protest camp outside Government House.

Srimuang, currently detained at police regional border patrol headquarters, is the second leader to be picked up after police issued nine arrest warrants in August in the wake of the demonstrations.

Rally organiser Chaiwat Sinsuwong was arrested by police on Friday and remains in detention awaiting a court appearance.

At the PAD's camp, set up outside government offices on August 26, members announced the latest arrest and read aloud a letter purportedly from him.

"Uncle Chamlong has been arrested by the police," a female supporter announced from a makeshift stage.

Chamlong's letter urged the PAD to continue their protest.

"We all gather to pay back to our country. We all come to make Thailand better and repay our debt to our land," the letter said.

PAD led protests against Thaksin in months of political turmoil before he was ousted in a military coup in September 2006.

PAD launched their latest demonstrations to topple former premier Samak Sundaravej, who was eventually forced from office last month for receiving payment to host two television cooking shows.

His successor, Somchai Wongsawat, has tasked deputy prime minister and seasoned politician Chavalit Yongchaiyudh with negotiating with the PAD.

Somchai and his cabinet have been forced to work out of Bangkok's old airport since the demonstrators took over the government compound.

- AFP/yb

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Malaysia's AirAsia may be taken private as industry slows
Posted: 05 October 2008 0227 hrs

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KUALA LUMPUR : AirAsia, the region's largest low-cost carrier, said Saturday it is exploring "various options", following a newspaper report that it may soon be privatised.

"We have continuously been exploring various options at both shareholders and company level," Kamarudin Meranum, group deputy chief executive officer told AFP.

"There is nothing to confirm at the moment," he said in response to the report in business newspaper The Edge.

"(AirAsia) has generated a lot of interest but there has always been scepticism about its business model from investors looking at short term returns," the weekly cited an unnamed source as saying.

Kamarudin said the management was focused on ensuring the carrier, a listed company, remained profitable during challenging times.

"We are the controlling shareholders. We still feel the company has a lot of potential. We are a fairly young carrier," he said.

AirAsia had room to expand and was concentrating on building an infrastructure to ensure growth and profit, he added.

But Kamarudin said since AirAsia was listed, "we must be cautious of any statements we make in relation to any development within the company".

AirAsia's controlling shareholder is Tune Air Sdn Bhd, which held 30.7 percent of its shares as at end-March this year.

Tune Air's shareholders are AirAsia chief executive officer Tony Fernandes and Kamarudin himself.

Global airlines are expected to post a combined loss of 5.2 billion dollars in 2008 on a "toxic" combination of high oil prices and falling demand, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned last month.

Passenger load factors -- the ratio of arriving and departing passengers to arriving and departing seats -- fell to 79.2 percent from the 81 percent recorded over the same period last year as capacity growth outpaced demand, it said.

Since beginning of the year, AirAsia shares have lost 23 percent while the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index shed 30 percent.

AirAsia said in August its net profits plummeted 95 percent in the second quarter compared to a year ago, blaming high fuel costs and foreign exchange losses.

The company, launched in December 2001 with just two aircraft, has become the region's biggest low-cost carrier and been imitated by national carriers and other low-fare start-ups.

- AFP /ls

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Private home buyers cautiously optimistic about Singapore's property sector
By Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 04 October 2008 2015 hrs

SINGAPORE: Early estimates show prices of private residential properties fell for the first time in four years in the third quarter. Concerns are that times ahead may be rough.

Still, about one-third of MCL Land's latest mid-range condominium project - The Peak@Balmeg - was snapped up over the last two days during its private launch.

Among the visitors at the launch were Panneer Selvi and her family, who have been shopping for their ideal home.

Over the last four months, they have visited 12 condominium projects, comparing prices, features and home loan packages.

Panneer Selvi said: "We have not made up our mind to buy one, we are checking with the bankers, at the same time looking around for a suitable unit."

Some visitors said they are not overly concerned with negative market sentiments. And with prices of private apartments expected to fall over the next six months, they hope to cash in on a good deal.

Michael Tan, a potential home buyer, said: "I am not plunging into it. Sometimes buying a home, if it's for a home, then there are other considerations other than just pricing alone."

Ronald Wee, a property investor, said: "I do not foresee a slump like in 2003 or 2004. It's just that if you have a good piece of property with a good location and nice view, I guess mid- to long-term is still very promising, especially the IR (integrated resort) is coming up next one to two years."

Wee Hian Woon, a potential home buyer, said: "The market condition is so bad, the financial market is in the news all the time, the general sentiments I think are quite weak, so the feeling is that prices are likely to drop, then go up."

MCL Land said it has yet to decide whether the project will be launched for public sales. The 180-unit project, going for S$1,000 per-square-foot, will be completed in 2011.

Overall, many home hunters are still confident that Singapore will be able to weather the financial crisis and economic slowdown in the US because the country has strong fundamentals in place.

- CNA/ir

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Ini mah nampung news2 dari luar negeri yang gak nyambung ama Indo...mending ke subforum2 neg. masing2 :?

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he he he... Namanya juga ngomongin Negara Tetangga..... apa sih yang terjadi di negara tetangga? dan issue-issue apa saja yang ada di mereka, share saja disini...

Just our neighbours...

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36 injured in Qantas mid-air jet incident

PERTH, Australia - Thirty-six passengers and crew were injured, some seriously, in a mid-air drama that forced a Qantas jetliner (flight QF72) to make an emergency landing Tuesday, the Australian carrier and police said.

The terrifying incident saw the Airbus A330-300 issue a mayday call when it suddenly changed altitude during a flight from Singapore to Perth, Qantas said.

According to a spokesman from the Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), there are no reports of Singaporeans having been injured in the incident.

MFA said it is monitoring the situation with its High Commission in Canberra.

Singaporeans can call MFA's 24-hour hotline at 6379-8800 or the High Commission in Canberra at 61-414733944 should they have queries about their next of kin onboard the flight.

It was the latest in a series of incidents that have tarnished the safety record of Qantas, which has long boasted a reputation of being one of the world's safest airlines.

"A number of passengers and crew sustained injuries, including fractures and lacerations, on board QF72 this afternoon en route from Singapore to Perth following a sudden change in altitude," the airline said.

A fleet of emergency vehicles was on standby at the Learmonth air base, about 1,100 kilometres (680 miles) northwest of the state capital Perth, when the plane landed, said Sergeant Greg Lambert of the West Australian Police.

"Some 36 people were injured in the incident, about 12 of them seriously," he told AFP.

Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) spokesman Ian Sangston said 15 people sustained serious injuries, including broken bones and cuts.

"While cruising in level flight, the aircraft experienced a sudden in-flight upset, resulting in injuries to a number of cabin crew and passengers, primarily in the rear of the aircraft," the ATSB said in a statement.

Neither the ATSB nor Qantas could not immediately confirm the number of injured or whether it was turbulence or another factor that had caused the
aircraft, which was carrying 303 passengers and 10 crew, to drop or rise suddenly during flight.

"In terms of what happened, we'll be investigating all sorts of possibilities, clear air turbulence perhaps," Qantas regional manager Ian Gay told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

"But we'll have to be looking at all of those, we don't have any details at the moment."

The ATSB said it was dispatching seven investigators to establish what happened to the European-built jet.

An emergency services worker said paramedics had boarded the Qantas aircraft and were tending to the injured after it touched down at an airfield near the town of Exmouth at around 1:35 pm (0535 GMT), 35 minutes before its scheduled landing time in Perth.

Australia's famed Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) dispatched four of its ambulances to airlift six to eight of the fracture victims to Perth for treatment, but said none were in danger.

"I don't believe that there are any in a life-threatening condition," said RFDS public affairs director Lesleigh Green.

"But if people have had hits on the head or have been hit by flying objects, until you actually assess that, you don't know whether it could be a spinal or neurological issue."

Qantas is sending two aircraft to take passengers and crew stranded in the remote northwest of Australia back to Perth.

The incident was the fourth in two and a half months to dent Qantas's once-enviable safety reputation.

On July 25, an exploding oxygen bottle punched a huge hole in the side of a Qantas Boeing 747-400, forcing an emergency landing in the Philippines. No passengers were injured in the mid-air drama.

The plane, which was carrying 365 people, was cruising at 29,000 feet (8,800 metres) en route from Hong Kong to Melbourne when the drama struck.

Just three days later, a Qantas Boeing 737-800 returned to Adelaide after a landing gear door failed to retract. And in early August a Boeing 767 bound for Manila turned back to Sydney after developing a hydraulic fluid leak.

Australian air safety watchdog the Civil Aviation Safety Authority in August announced a safety review of Qantas.

But it said that despite the review there was no evidence to suggest any links between three mid-air emergencies on Qantas flights.

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Resesi Membayangi Singapura
Rabu, 08 Oktober 2008 | 10:16 WIB


TEMPO Interaktif, Singapura: Para pakar ekonomi mengatakan Singapura akan memasuki resesi pertama sejak 2002 saat negara kota itu harus menerima dampak pelesuan perekonomian AS akibat krisis keuangan terburuk sejak masa Depresi Berat.

Negara terkaya di Asia Tenggara terkait pendapatan per kapita itu sangat bergantung pada perdagangan, yang membuatnya sensitif terhadap gejolak di negara-negara maju, khususnya pasar ekspor utama AS dan Eropa.

Krisis yang berawal tahun lalu di sektor hipotek berisiko tinggi AS saat ini mempengaruhi negara-negara Eropa, dan Singapura kemungkinan akan menghadapi perluasan dampaknya.

Para ahli memperkirakan dalam data perekonomian pendahuluan untuk kuartal ketiga yang dirilis Jumat ini akan mengkonfirmasi Singapura memasuki resesi teknikal, yang didefinisikan sebaga dua kuartal berturut-turut mengalami kontraksi output ekonomi.

"Kita mencatat hal terburuk di Singapura. Kita mungkin akan melihat dua tahun kontraksi ekonomi (dari 2009 hingga 2010)," kata Song Seng Wun, ahli ekonomi regional di CIMB-GK Research.

Sementara resesi teknikal terakhir terjadi enam tahun lalu, resesi skala penuh yang paling akhir terjadi tahun 2001 ketika perekonomian berkontraksi 2,4 persen selama setahun.

Setelah bertahun-tahun mengalami pertumbuhan, tanda-tanda penurunan muncul dengan data perdagangan yang mengecewakan dan kontraksi di sektor manufacturing penting, termasuk industri elektronik yang bergantung pada ekspor dan industri farmasi.

Di bulan Agustus, ekspor domestik non-oil utama menurun untuk empat bulan berturut-turut, dengan pengiriman elektornika meneruskan penurunan yang dimulai Februari 2007 dan sektor manufacturing menurun 12,2 persen.

Penurunan outuput di bulan Agustus mengikuti penurunan 21,5 persen di bulan sebelumnya.

"Segalanya buruk secara global," kata Kit Wei Zheng, wakil presiden Citigroup untuk analisa ekonomi dan pasar regional.

"Ada banyak risiko penurunan dan dalam skenario itu, seseorang tidak bisa berharap untuk pemulihan yang cepat," ujarnya di Singapura.

Menurut perhitungan para pakar ekonomi, lebih dari dua pertiga perekonomian negara itu senilai US$ 166,46 miliar dikendalikan oleh permintaan eksternal.

Negara pulau ini tidak memiliki pendorong domestik untuk bergantung karena pasarnya dengan 5 juta orang terlalu kecil, kata para ahli.

"Jika dunia dalam resesi, hanya sedikit yang dapat kita dorong," kata Song. "Rencana B kita adalah membuat populasi lokal lebih besar." Dia juga melihat perekonomian Singapura akan terus melambat tahun depan.

AFP/Erwin

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Yah, seakan-akan resesi yang terjadi akan membalikkan sesuatu, yang tadinya kuat menjadi lemah, dan sebaliknya.... Unpredictable. Thanx Infonya K14N:)

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RI diplomat attends Bali bombing commemoration in Sydney

Brisbane (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian consul general in Sydney Sudaryomo Hartosudarmo and some officials of New South Wales and Australian Federal government attended the 6th anniversary observance of the Bali bombings at Coogee Beach, Randwick, Sydney.

The Australian government officials present in the ceremony included New South Wales Prime Minister Nathan Rees, Environment Minister Peter Garrett, Randwick Mayor Bruce Notley-Smith and Waverly CC Mayor Sally Betts, a release from the Indonesian consulate general in Sydney said Tuesday.

In observance of disaster on October 12, 2002, in which 88 Australians were killed including 20 residents of Randwick.

In his address, Randwick Mayor Bruce Notley-Smith said the incident would inspire Australian people to be united in facing terrorist threats.

Hannah Singer, a family member of one of the dead victims, said it was still difficult for her to forget her brother Tom.

Ross McKeon who survived the tragedy said he didn`t understand why the terrorists used the name of God to commit such inhuman action.

The commemoration was also marked with the laying of wreaths of flowers at a monument.(*)

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Singaporeans and Malaysians Asia`s top text-message senders

Hong Kong (ANTARA News/dpa) - Phone users in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur are Asia's most enthusiastic senders of text messages, according to a survey released Thursday.

More than 97 per cent of mobile phone users in Singapore have sent text messages in the past month, followed by 96 per cent of people in Kuala Lumpur and 94 per cent of people in Seoul, the survey found.

More than 87 per cent of people in Melbourne and Sydney said they had sent texts in the past month while the region's lowest rate of text messaging were recorded by Hong Kong (85 per cent) and Bangkok (69 per cent).

The survey was conducted by the market research company Synovate, which studied the habits of more than 5,000 mobile phone users in seven Asian-Pacific markets.

Hong Kong people ranked as the most likely to use high-tech video-messaging functions on their mobile phones, however, with 31 per cent of respondents saying they had sent or received video messages in the past month.

That figure compared with 23 per cent of people in Kuala Lumpur, 18 per cent of Singaporeans, and 4 per cent of people in Melbourne and Sydney.

People in Taipei were the most likely to use their mobile phones to play games with 59 per cent of respondents doing so in the past month, followed by people in Seoul (56 per cent) and Singapore (53 per cent). (*)

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Singaporeans and Malaysians Asia`s top text-message senders

Hong Kong (ANTARA News/dpa) - Phone users in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur are Asia's most enthusiastic senders of text messages, according to a survey released Thursday.

More than 97 per cent of mobile phone users in Singapore have sent text messages in the past month, followed by 96 per cent of people in Kuala Lumpur and 94 per cent of people in Seoul, the survey found.

More than 87 per cent of people in Melbourne and Sydney said they had sent texts in the past month while the region's lowest rate of text messaging were recorded by Hong Kong (85 per cent) and Bangkok (69 per cent).

The survey was conducted by the market research company Synovate, which studied the habits of more than 5,000 mobile phone users in seven Asian-Pacific markets.

Hong Kong people ranked as the most likely to use high-tech video-messaging functions on their mobile phones, however, with 31 per cent of respondents saying they had sent or received video messages in the past month.

That figure compared with 23 per cent of people in Kuala Lumpur, 18 per cent of Singaporeans, and 4 per cent of people in Melbourne and Sydney.

People in Taipei were the most likely to use their mobile phones to play games with 59 per cent of respondents doing so in the past month, followed by people in Seoul (56 per cent) and Singapore (53 per cent). (*)
kok filipina ga ikut disurvey?? biasanya kan mereka yg selalu menang..

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Eh, gw malah baru tahu kalau selama ini Filipina yang bisa jadi top text - message senders...

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^^udah pada pke ebuddy semua kalee:lol:

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Sikap Rakyat Australia Terbelah

BRISBANE, SRIPO — Sikap rakyat Australia terbelah dalam menanggapi rencana eksekusi terhadap Amrozi, Ali Ghufron, dan Imam Samudera. Ketiganya adalah pelaku utama bom Bali 12 Oktober 2002 yang menewaskan 202 orang. Seperti diketahui warga Australia adalah yang terbesar menjadi korban bom dahsyat itu yakni sebanyak 88 orang, sisanya adalah warga negara Indonesia dan negara-negara lain.

Menurut humas Universitas Nasional Australia (ANU), George Quinn, masyarakat Australia terbelah. “Ada yang berpendapat bahwa perbuatan Amrozi cs tidak perlu dibalas, tapi ada pula yang berpendapat sebaliknya,” katanya saat ditemui di sela Konferensi Bahasa Indonesia di KBRI Canberra, Sabtu (25/10).

Bagi kelompok pertama, mereka melihat hukuman mati sebagai perbuatan yang tak berperikemanusiaan dan melanggar hak azasi manusia terlepas dari aksi Amrozi cs enam tahun lalu. “Jadi kalau hukuman mati jadi dilaksanakan pasti banyak juga suara yang menentangnya,” kata Quinn.

Namun ia pribadi masuk ke dalam kelompok masyarakat yang pro-hukuman mati bagi Amrozi, Ali Ghufron dan Imam Samudera sebagai konsekuensi atas tindakan mereka enam tahun lalu, kata kepala Pusat Asia Tenggara Fakultas Studi-Studi Asia ANU itu.

Ketegasan pemerintah dan otoritas hukum Indonesia atas eksekusi para pelaku Bom Bali 2002 akan meningkatkan “citra Indonesia” di Australia, kata penulis Buku “The Novel in Javanese (Leiden, 1992) dan “The Learner’s Dictionary of Today’s Indonesian” (Sydney, 2001) ini.

George Quinn lebih lanjut mengatakan, eksekusi terhadap Amrozi Cs yang dilaporkan akan dilaksanakan awal November 2008 itu tidak serta merta menghilangkan bahaya terorisme. Bahaya terorisme itu masih tetap ada karena dalam sejarah Idnonesia, terorisme itu adalah bagian dari taktik perang sejak dulu.

Berkat kehebatan Polri, bahaya terorisme tersebut semakin mengecil di Indonesia. “Pendekatan kontra-terorisme Polri yang mau merangkul keluarga para militan Muslim adalah pendekatan yang sangat bagus dan efektif,” katanya.

Terkait dengan masalah eksekusi Amrozi cs, Kepala Pusat Penerangan dan Hukum Kejaksaan Agung RI, Jasman Pandjaitan, sebelumnya pernah mengatakan bahwa 24 Oktober 2008 adalah tanggal eksekusi mereka.

Tak Ikut Campur

Berbagai media Australia merekam pendapat beberapa orang yang selamat maupun yang kehilangan sanak saudaranya dalam insiden yang menewaskan 88 orang warga negara itu. Erik De Hart yang selamat dalam serangan Bom Bali 12 Oktober 2002 mengatakan kepada Stasiun Televisi “Channel Seven”, Jumat pagi (24/10), bahwa ia setuju dengan pengeksekusian ketiga pelaku.
Keinginan yang sama juga disampaikan Chris Wallace, warga Australia yang kehilangan adik perempuannya, Jodi, dalam serangan yang menewaskan 202 orang itu. Wallace seperti dikutip The Daily Telegraph mengatakan, ia ingin melihat eksekusi ketiga orang yang bertanggungjawab terhadap kematian saudara perempuannya.

“Saya frustrasi (dengan lambannya eksekusi mereka) karena itu terus terjadi berbulan-bulan. Para pelaku akan dieksekusi tapi ternyata tidak juga. Saya telepon Polisi Federal untuk bertanya apakah saya bisa pergi dan menyaksikan langsung eksekusi mereka,” katanya.

Jajak pendapat Stasiun TV Channel Seven pagi pun mendukung eksekusi terhadap Amrozi Cs. Hasil jajak pendapat tersebut menunjukkan sebanyak 89 persen setuju pada eksekusi mereka, sedangkan 11 persen sisanya tidak setuju mereka dijatuhi hukuman mati.

Media Australia juga menyoroti rencana keluarga Amrozi Cs untuk mengajukan peninjuan kembali setelah adanya penolakan Mahkamah Konstitusi terhadap uji materiil UU No. 2/PnPs/1964. Manuver keluarga Amrozi Cs ini dilihat Radio Australia sebagai taktik untuk mengulur-ngulur waktu eksekusi.
Secara umum, publik Australia berpendapat sama dengan pemerintahnya, yakni tidak ingin mencampuri keputusan sistem pengadilan dan ketatanegaraan Indonesia dalam soal hukuman mati terhadap Amrozi Cs.

Di balik pandangan umum itu, ada juga di antara pihak keluarga korban Bom Bali 2002 yang tidak ingin ketiga terpidana ini mati dieksekusi. Brian Deegan yang kehilangan putranya, Josh, dalam serangan teroris terbesar dalam sejarah kontemporer Indonesia yang membuka jalan bagi terbangunnya kerja sama kontra terorisme tersukses antara Polri dan AFP itu adalah satu dari sedikit orang yang menolak eksekusi terhadap Amrozi Cs. Brian Deegan mengatakan dia tidak ingin Amrozi, Ghufron dan Imam Samudra dipandang sebagai “martir” atau “orang suci” oleh para pengikutnya.

Bagi pemerintah Australia, eksekusi bagi Amrozi Cs adalah masalah yang tidak perlu dicampuri walaupun Australia masuk dalam kelompok negara yang menolak hukuman mati.

Sikap pemerintahan Perdana Menteri Kevin Rudd dari Partai Buruh dalam masalah eksekusi Amrozi Cs yang sejalan dengan sikap pemerintahan John Howard yang digantikannya.
(Ant/AFP/Rtr)

[paradyto]

Insiden Diplomatik Ambalat Akibat Ketegangan Politik di Malaysia

Tokyo (ANTARA News) - Kasus Ambalat yang sempat menimbulkan insiden diplomatik antara Indonesia dan Malaysia dikhawatirkan dampak dari ketegangan politik yang terjadi di negera tetangga tersebut, kata Wakil Ketua Komisi I DPR RI Yusron Ihza Mahendra.

"Terbuka kemungkinan ada pihak-pihak tertentu di Malaysia yang tidak sepaham dengan keinginan Jakarta dan Kuala Lumpur untuk menyelesiakan persoalannya secara damai dan bilateral saja," kata Yusron Ihza Mahendra saat bertatap muka dengan sejumlah warga Indonesia yang tingal di Tokyo, Senin.

Beberapa waktu lalu, katanya, sebelum media massa Indonesia meributkan kasus Ambalat, dirinya sudah menerima laporan dari Departemen Pertahanan dan Mabes TNI mengenai terjadinya peningkatan aktivitas dari pihak Malaysia di Pulau Ambalat.

Namun Yusron tidak merinci lebih jauh apakah aktivitas militer Malaysia masih tetap berlanjut hingga saat ini.

"Itu sebabnya Jakarta perlu meminta konfirmasi resmi dan terbuka dari Malaysia dengan mengirim utusan khusus ke Kuala Lumpur untuk membahas soal Ambalat," kata politisi Partai Bulan Bintang (PBB) itu.

Dengan meminta konfirmasi resmi, maka bisa diketahui pandangan Malaysia mengenai batas-batas wilayah yang diinginkannya. Apakah insiden yang sempat terjadi di perairan Ambalat beberapa wkatu lalu merupakan kebijakan resmi Kuala Lumpur atau akibat ulah segelintir tentara yang tidak setuju dengan kesepakatan damai tersebut.

"Jangan-jangan hanya segelintir ulah tentara yang stress dan terdorong kesuksesan dalam peristiwa Sipadan dan Ligitan, lantas mencari gara-gara dengan Indonesia," kata Yusron, adik dari mantan Mensesneg Yusril Ihza Mahendra.

Lebih jauh Yusron mengatakan bahwa dengan penyerahan kepemilikan Pulau Sipadan dan Ligitan ke tangan Malaysia membuat negara tersebut untuk segera memperbaharui batas-batas wilayah negaranya, termasuk perbatasan dengan wilayah kedaulatan Indonesia.

Sementara itu, anggota dewan lainya juga memberitahukan kepada warga Indonesia yang malam itu berkumpil di lobi KBRI Tokyo, bahwa pemerintah dan DPR sendiri tengah menggarap UU yang mengatur batas wilyah nasional Indonesia, termasuk pulau-pulau terluar, sehingga status wilayah Indonesia juga semakin jelas.

Rombongan DPR nampaknya juga berhasil menggugah semangat patriotik sejumlah warga muda Indonesia yang mengharapkan pemerintah bersikap lebih tegas lagi terhadap Malaysia agar tidak mudah dipermainkan negara tetangga tersebut.

Yusron datang ke Tokyo bersama sejumlah anggota DPR lainnya dari berbagai komisi dan partai politik. Selama di Jepang mereka akan melakukan lobi ke kalangan parlemen Jepang dan juga pejabat pemerintahan.(*)

[paradyto]

"Qantas" Australia Sempat Terbang Tanpa "Radar Cuaca"

Brisbane (ANTARA News) - Awan kelabu kembali menyelimuti maskapai penerbangan nasional Australia, "Qantas", Rabu, pesawat jumbo Qantas Boeing 747 yang melayani rute penerbangan Los Angeles-Sydney mengalami kerusakan pada perangkat radar cuacanya saat terbang di atas Samudera Pasifik.

Akibat kerusakan radar cuaca itu, pilot pesawat Qantas berpenumpang 280 orang ini terpaksa dipandu pesawat "Air New Zealand" yang terbang di jalur yang sama sekitar 35 kilometer dari Qantas untuk bisa mencapai Auckland, Selandia Baru, demikian laporan media setempat, Rabu.

Pesawat dengan nomor penerbangan QF12 itu tiba dengan selamat di Sydney setelah perangkat radar cuacanya berhasil diperbaiki di Auckland. Suratkabar "The Daily Telegraph" melaporkan pesawat tersebut terlambat empat jam dari jadwal kedatangannya yang normal.

Pada hari yang sama, menurut ABC, Qantas Boeing 767 yang melayani rute Sydney juga terpaksa mendarat darurat di Melbourne setelah pilot menemukan kerusakan pada indikator roda pendarat pesawat.

Insiden penerbangan yang dialami Qantas hari Rabu menambah catatan buruk maskapai penerbangan ini dalam empat bulan terakhir.

Pada 7 Oktober lalu, Qantas A330-300 yang melayani rute penerbangan Singapura-Perth mengalami turbulensi hebat akibat terganggunya sistim komputer pesawat tersebut.

Akibat kesalahan dalam sistim referensi inersial data udara tersebut, pilot otomatis terputus saat pesawat terbang pada ketinggian 37 ribu kaki.

Dalam turbulensi 7 Oktober itu, pesawat sempat turun secara tajam sebelum kembali normal. Sedikitnya 46 orang yang ada di dalam pesawat naas tersebut terluka dan pilot Qantas bernomor penerbangan QF72 itu mendarat darurat di kota Exmouth, Australia Barat.

Dari Juli hingga Oktober 2008, Qantas setidaknya telah mengalami enam kali insiden penerbangan serius.

Akibat serangkaian insiden tersebut, tingkat kepercayaan publik negara itu pada standard keselamatan Qantas merosot. Anjloknya tingkat kepercayaan publik Australia itu setidaknya tercermin dari hasil survei UMR, salah satu lembaga riset penting yang berbasis di Australia dan Selandia Baru.

Laporan hasil survei UMR menyebutkan sebanyak 63 persen dari seribu responden yang mengikuti survei UMR pada 1-7 Agustus dan 19-24 September 2008 memandang standar keselamatan penerbangan Qantas memburuk dalam beberapa tahun terakhir ini.

Saat ini, dengan jumlah armada yang relatif besar, Qantas melayani 81 tujuan penerbangan di lima benua, termasuk penerbangan langsung Sydney-Jakarta. Bahkan Qantas berencana memperluas rute penerbangannya ke Amerika Selatan mulai 24 November 2008. (*)

[K14N]

Taken from the Straits Times:

S'pore jobless rate to rise
Wages will also slow, warns MAS
By Fiona Chan

Unemployment is set to rise over the next few quarters, while salaries will grow at a much slower pace, said the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

JOB losses are looming as the economy slows, with companies in the manufacturing and financial services industries expected to be the first to cut staff.
This means unemployment is set to rise over the next few quarters, while salaries will grow at a much slower pace, said the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in its latest half-yearly Macro Economic Review, released on Tuesday.

Already, employers are turning cautious about hiring given the more uncertain outlook next year, the MAS added.

It cited the most recent Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, which showed that only a quarter of the 629 firms surveyed here planned to increase headcount in the fourth quarter. The rest mostly expected no change, although some were still uncertain and 10 per cent said they cut jobs.

Within manufacturing, the MAS believes hiring in petrochemicals and transport engineering 'should hold up relatively well', but electronics jobs will take a hit due to softening global demand for IT products and ongoing restructuring in the industry.

Several financial institutions have also announced retrenchments worldwide, which is likely to impact on Singapore as it is home to many multinational companies.

Even construction, a sector that is still growing at a healthy pace, may see weaker job growth as projects are delayed.

But selected industries such as hospitality and healthcare still have thousands of job vacancies that need to be filled, said the MAS. The integrated resorts and related firms will generate about 60,000 jobs over the next few years, while 7,000 jobs are expected to be created in healthcare over the next five years.

[DJ_Archuleta]

No wonder, singapore now is in recession and it could last till the next three years..

[paradyto]

Badawi : Alatas did much to strengthen RI-Malaysia relations

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Ali Alatas, former Indonesian foreign minister who died in Singapore on Thursday morning, was a statesman who had done much to strengthen Indonesia-Malaysia relations.

"I am really shocked when I heard the news about Mr. Ali Alatas` demise in Singapore. He was a statesman especially for Malaysia, because of his role in developing sound bilateral relations between Indonesia and Malaysia," Badawi said here on Thursday, prior to the opening of the 37th Session of General Border Committee of Malaysia-Indonesia (GBC Malindo).

Badawi expressed his condolences for Alatas and said that the former foreign affairs minister had even continued his services for better ties between the two neighboring countries even when he had been no longer a foreign minister.

The Malaysian prime minister said Alatas had continuously promoted ASEAN member countries` efforts, in particular Indonesian and Malaysian leaders, to strengthen brotherhood, friendship, and sound bilateral relations between the two countries, which helped develop ASEAN into a regional power.

Ali Alatas, whose last position was chairman of the Presidential Advisory Board, passed away at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore at 7:30 local time on Thursday morning. Alatas served as Foreign Affairs Minister of Indonesia from 1988 to 1999. (*)

[paradyto]

Mahasiswa Malaysia Tetap Dilarang Berpolitik

KUALA LUMPUR, JUMAT — Parlemen Malaysia telah mengamandemen sebuah undang-undang untuk mengizinkan mahasiswa bergabung dengan kelompok sosial. Namun, ketetapan Universities and University College Act atau UUCA di Malaysia masih melarang mahasiswa untuk terjun ke aktivitas politik.

Anggota parlemen menyetujui amandemen undang-undang aktivitas kemahasiswaan yang mengizinkan pelajar dari kalangan perguruan tinggi untuk mengikuti aktivitas sosial maupun aktivitas lain di luar kampus. Namun, anggota parlemen tak menyentuh sebuah klausa yang melarang mahasiswa bergabung dalam partai politik, kelompok terlarang serta organisasi lain yang ditentukan oleh pemerintah Malaysia.

Undang-undang ini juga melarang mahasiswa mengekspresikan dukungan untuk partai politik apa pun. Amandemen ini perlu disetujui oleh senat dan raja sebelum diberlakukan meskipun langkah itu biasanya hanya formalitas.

Beberapa pejabat pemerintah berargumentasi bahwa undang-undang yang diterapkan sejak tahun 1971 itu ditujukan untuk mengarahkan mahasiswa agar berkonsentrasi pada pelajaran dan tidak terpengaruh oleh politik. Sementara itu, politisi oposisi menentang amandemen undang-undang yang mereka nilai mengekang kebebasan berekspresi dan HAM.

"Aneh kalau mengatakan amandemen undang-undang ini merupakan suatu kemajuan," kata Tian Chua, seorang anggota parlemen Partai Keadilan Rakyat yang oposisi. Suara penentangan terhadap undang-undang itu juga disampaikan oleh mahasiswa.

"Perubahan itu hanya untuk mencari popularitas," kata seorang mahasiswa (22) Universiti Malaya. "Kami ingin agar UUCA tidak diberlakukan."

[~MELVINDONESIA~]

Australia x ya...hehe...

Yg pasti bukan Malaysia...Rebutan mulu malah,..

[paradyto]

Malaysia Turunkan Lagi Harga BBM

Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News) - PM Malaysia Abdullah Badawi mengumumkan penurunan harga bahan bakar minyak masing-masing sebesar 10 persen, sejak kenaikan BBM sebesar 40 persen pada 5 Juni lalu.

"Penurunan harga BBM ini akan dimulai pada Senin tengah malam ini," kata Badawi di kantor PM Malaysia di Putrajaya, Senin.

Dengan kebijakan ini maka pemerintah Malaysia telah menurunkan harga BBM ke-7 kalinya sejak kebijakan menaikkan harga BBM pada 5 Juni 2008.

Harga bensin atau petrol Ron97 diturunkan dari 1,9 ringgit menjadi 1,80 per liter (Rp5.700), premium Ron92 diturunkan dari 1,8 ringgit menjadi 1,7 ringgit (Rp5.400) per liter. Sedangkan harga diesel (solar) turun dari 1,8 ringgit menjadi 1,7 ringgit (Rp5.500) per liter.

Dengan demikian, harga bensin yang umumnya digunakan rakyat Malaysia Ron97 kini lebih murah 12 sen ringgit dibandingkan dengan harga bensin sebelum kenaikan BBM pada 5 Juni 2008 sebesar 1,92 ringgit.

"Penurunan harga bahan bakar ini disebabkan karena turunnya harga minyak di pasar internasional," kata Badawi.

Pemerintah Malaysia memberikan harga diesel (solar) lebih murah untuk para nelayan. Harga solar untuk nelayan diturunkan 13 sen ringgit dari 1,43 ringgit menjadi 1,3 ringgit (Rp4.100) per liter . (*)

[pedang]

hi all, boleh saya tahu kadar harga bahan bakar petrol seliter di indonesia yang terkini ?

[DJ_Archuleta]

^^ Rp 5000 per liter sejak 14 desember lalu

[pedang]

tq atas info itu. ternyata harga petrol di indonesia lebih murah jika dibanding sama malaysia.

[DJ_Archuleta]

Harga tersebut sudah diturunkan pemerintah 2 kali berturut turut dari Rp 6000 ke Rp 5500 pada awal desember lalu dari Rp 5500 diturunkan ke Rp 5000 pada 14 desember :)

[sindrom]

lagi....lagi...product dari China bermasalah..!!

Lipstik, Pasta Gigi Beracun Dari China
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FDA (Amerika Serikat) mengumumkan penemuan Pasta Gigi "Mr Cool" dan merek lain yang mengandung racun Ethylene Glycol, bukan Gliserin.

Dalam jumlah tertentu zat ini bisa mengakibatkan kematian. Sudah ada 300 orang meninggal di Panama karena obat batuk yang dicampur glycol.

Terkadang produsen pasta gigi / makanan lokal membeli Gliserin dari China, tetapi ditukar oleh pedagang jahat dengan Glycol, karena ke 2 zat susah dibedakan.

Juga ada lipstik buatan China yang memakai bahan pewarna Sudan yang berbahaya dan bisa menyebabkan kanker.

Minggu lalu, bekas kepala pengawasan Makanan dan Obat China dihukum mati di pengadilan karena menerima suap sebesar Rp 7 Milyar untuk meloloskan ijin buat makanan, minuman dan obat berbahaya.

Dari FDA:
"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today warned consumers to avoid using tubes of toothpaste labeled as made in China, and issued an import alert to prevent toothpaste containing the poisonous chemical diethylene glycol (DEG) from entering the United States. DEG is used in antifreeze and as a solvent.
Consumers should examine toothpaste products for labeling that says the product is made in China. Out of an abundance of caution, FDA suggests that consumers throw away toothpaste with that labeling. FDA is concerned that these products may contain "diethylene glycol," also known as "diglycol" or "diglycol stearate."
FDA is not aware of any U.S. reports of poisonings from toothpaste containing DEG. However, the agency is concerned about potential risks from chronic exposure to DEG and exposure to DEG in certain populations, such as children and individuals with kidney or liver disease. DEG in toothpaste has a low but meaningful risk of toxicity and injury to these populations. Toothpaste is not intended to be swallowed, but FDA is concerned about unintentional swallowing or ingestion of toothpaste containing DEG.
FDA has identified the following brands of toothpaste from China that contain DEG and are included in the import alert: Cooldent Fluoride; Cooldent Spearmint; Cooldent ICE; Dr. Cool, Everfresh Toothpaste; Superdent Toothpaste; Clean Rite Toothpaste; Oralmax Extreme; Oral Bright Fresh Spearmint Flavor; Bright Max Peppermint Flavor; ShiR Fresh Mint Fluoride Paste; DentaPro; DentaKleen; and DentaKleen Junior. Manufacturers of these products are: Goldcredit International Enterprises Limited; Goldcredit International Trading Company Limited; and Suzhou City Jinmao Daily Chemicals Company Limited. The products typically are sold at low-cost, “bargain” retail outlets."

Dari ConsumerAffairs.com:
"Seven Chinese companies last year were punished for using banned Sudan I dye to color egg yolks red, according to China People's Daily. The industrial dye, a possible carcinogen used for leather, floor polish and other household chemicals, has been found in various consumer products sold in China, including roasted meat, chili powder, and lipstick"

[sindrom]

Nih china emang picik banget ya...

dari dulu sampai sekarang cuman jadi PARASIT aja di negara orang, udah numpang hidup nga tau diri pula. :ohno:

[chene]

dah numpang hidup nga tau diri pula
WHAT DO YOU MEAN???

[=NaNdA=]

hey hey... mod, where are u?

[bola]

Nih china emang picik banget ya...

dari dulu sampai sekarang cuman jadi PARASIT aja di negara orang, udah numpang hidup nga tau diri pula. :ohno:

........

udah jaman gini masi ada aja yg rasis
no wonder Indonesia is still lagging if people like you still exist

mod no need for warning, it's a straight ban

[DJ_Archuleta]

What the hell is happening to our neighbours??? After Thailand had trouble with the prime minister, now Philippines is facing the same problem??



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Naked members of the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity weave through a crowd of students during the fraternity's annual naked run dubbed "The Oblation Run" at the University of the Philippines, the country's premier university, Tuesday Dec. 16, 2008 at Manila's Quezon city. Thirty nine fraternity students joined in the annual naked run Tuesday which turned out to be a protest against recent moves by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's allies in Congress to effect charter change which they claim will extend Arroyo's term beyond 2010.


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Naked members of the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity display slogans during the fraternity's annual naked run dubbed "The Oblation Run" at the University of the Philippines, the country's premier university, Tuesday Dec. 16, 2008 at Manila's Quezon city. Thirty nine fraternity students joined in the annual naked run Tuesday which turned out to be a protest against recent moves by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's allies in Congress to effect charter change which they claim will extend Arroyo's term beyond 2010. The sign at center reads: Stop Cha-Cha (or Charter Change) Or Else Will Hit You With Shoes!.

[oweeyman]

^^di sini ada yang berani demo telanjang kayak gitu gak ya???:lol:

[=NaNdA=]

:omg: naked demonstration.. :lol:

[DJ_Archuleta]

hahaha yeah I never expected that kind of things would happen in indonesia..

[DJ_Archuleta]

:omg: naked demonstration.. :lol:

eh btw itu naked demonstration ga pake celana dalem sama sekali:nuts::nuts:

[=NaNdA=]

ya iyalah.. namanya juga naked.. Totally naked.. :lol:

sayang cowo semua.. :D

[DJ_Archuleta]

ya pertama kirain gw ceweknya yg nude.. :bash: kalo gini ya cewenya yg keenakan.. rame bgt kan yg pada nonton.. :lol::lol:

[sindrom]

........

udah jaman gini masi ada aja yg rasis
no wonder Indonesia is still lagging if people like you still exist

mod no need for warning, it's a straight ban

eh..Taik lu !!!

Emang lu siapa pake nyuruh nge ban? lu pikir lu aja yg boleh ber pendapat disini?? orang kayak lu tuh yg perlu dibasmi Parasit gak guna cuman bikin susah negeri ini...... :bash::bash::bash:



dah numpang hidup nga tau diri pula
WHAT DO YOU MEAN???

YOU KNOW WHAT DOES MEAN

[yudz83]

^^

kayanya sudah harus cpt2 di ban org ini, sebelum menimbulkan sesuatu yang tidak diinginkan,, ya orang kaya kamu tu yg perlu dibasmi , parasit, meresahkan banyak orang, melontarkan kata2 tak patut mengandung SARA, btw hari gini di indonesia masih ada org kaya lo?

[sindrom]

^^

kayanya sudah harus cpt2 di ban org ini, sebelum menimbulkan sesuatu yang tidak diinginkan,, ya orang kaya kamu tu yg perlu dibasmi , parasit, meresahkan banyak orang, melontarkan kata2 tak patut mengandung SARA, btw hari gini di indonesia masih ada org kaya lo?

ehh... Anjing... ga ush banyak bacot deh lu.....klw lo brani PM gw tantangin lu...berantem ama gw dimana?..satu lawan satu.

Ngaku2 jendral sudirman....paling juga Banci lu di dunia Nyata...

[DJ_Archuleta]

^^ lo pasti anak kaskus ....... :nuts:

[yudz83]

ehh... Anjing... ga ush banyak bacot deh lu.....klw lo brani PM gw tantangin lu...berantem ama gw dimana?..satu lawan satu.

Ngaku2 jendral sudirman....paling juga Banci lu di dunia Nyata...


ya ampun.. emang berpendidikan rendah ni anak, gimana indonesia mau maju klo dikit2 antem2an, kerusuhan weleh.. weleh.. :nuts:

[=NaNdA=]

mod, we really need you here..

[bola]

eh..Taik lu !!!

Emang lu siapa pake nyuruh nge ban? lu pikir lu aja yg boleh ber pendapat disini?? orang kayak lu tuh yg perlu dibasmi Parasit gak guna cuman bikin susah negeri ini...... :bash::bash::bash:





YOU KNOW WHAT DOES MEAN

I weep for people who think like you

[paradyto]

Sindrom, I Warn you.... please, jangan mengeluarkan kata-kata yang tidak pantas di SSC.
Gw yakin, Kamu Orang Indonesia yang baik kok:) Please sekali lagi, mohon jangan berbau RAS dan AGAMA di forum ini...

I only talk about OUR NEIGHBOUR here, I think China is not in this thread..
Yang berbatasan dekat dengan Indonesia secara geografi...

Thank you...

[K14N]

Sindrom, I Warn you.... please, jangan mengeluarkan kata-kata yang tidak pantas di SSC.
Gw yakin, Kamu Orang Indonesia yang baik kok:) Please sekali lagi, mohon jangan berbau RAS dan AGAMA di forum ini...

I only talk about OUR NEIGHBOUR here, I think China is not in this thread..
Yang berbatasan dekat dengan Indonesia secara geografi...

Thank you...

Dia malah melebar bahas Chinese Indonesian kayaknya tuh, bukan China sebagai negara...

Berarti memang diniatin bangen pengen nyerang etnis/SARA. Bung Momod mana yah?

[kakakido]

hahaha rame nih thread
Gambaran anak muda indonesia sekarang. dinamik n demokratik.
Tapi buat Sindrom kudu nahan emosi, enak cari temen dari pada cari musuh....

[sindrom]

Dia malah melebar bahas Chinese Indonesian kayaknya tuh, bukan China sebagai negara...

Berarti memang diniatin bangen pengen nyerang etnis/SARA. Bung Momod mana yah?

Ethnics lu tuh yg mulai pertama,gw ga perlu sebutkan orang nya disini yg mana tapi gw yakin lu pasti tau...Hampir semua postinganya mengandung provoked.
lu pikir gw takut di ban apa?? klo mod mau ban - ban aja...not big deal.


ya ampun.. emang berpendidikan rendah ni anak, gimana indonesia mau maju klo dikit2 antem2an, kerusuhan weleh.. weleh.. :nuts:

Halahh! ga nyadar lu yee,omongan ndiri kayak sampah!!! Pengecut lu...mancing di air keruh...lu mau berdebat soal apa ke gw? definisi kan satu - satu.
I have brain, ga bodoh kayak lu....klo cuman bisa ngomong disini aja gak lantas membuat lu jadi mampu...klo lu ga terima kita selesain lewat PM.

I weep for people who think like you

Kacuk emak kau lahh......

Sindrom, I Warn you.... please, jangan mengeluarkan kata-kata yang tidak pantas di SSC.
Gw yakin, Kamu Orang Indonesia yang baik kok:) Please sekali lagi, mohon jangan berbau RAS dan AGAMA di forum ini...

I only talk about OUR NEIGHBOUR here, I think China is not in this thread..
Yang berbatasan dekat dengan Indonesia secara geografi...

Thank you...

Sorri dyto...gw ga ada maksud mau SARA disini ato menyingung ras yg lain.Cuman gw agak sedikit terusik aja ama org yg ngaku2 dari Indonesia trus tingal di Indonesia makan di Indonesia,hidup di Indonesia tapi di luar jelek2in nama Indonesia..Lha apa itu yg disebut org Indonesia??..gw sih ga ada masalah dia mau ngomong apa terserah,cuman Harap hargain yg laen juga klo mau dihargain..But ok,I get your point.lol


^^ lo pasti anak kaskus ....... :nuts:

You don't know me!
Flamer go the hell.........

[sindrom]

hahaha rame nih thread
Gambaran anak muda indonesia sekarang. dinamik n demokratik.
Tapi buat Sindrom kudu nahan emosi, enak cari temen dari pada cari musuh....

Bung kakakido,saya setuju. thanks for noticing :)

[bola]

"gw ga ada maksud mau SARA disini ato menyingung ras yg lain.Cuman gw agak sedikit terusik aja ama org yg ngaku2 dari Indonesia trus tingal di Indonesia makan di Indonesia,hidup di Indonesia tapi di luar jelek2in nama Indonesia..Lha apa itu yg disebut org Indonesia??..gw sih ga ada masalah dia mau ngomong apa terserah,cuman Harap hargain yg laen juga klo mau dihargain.."

terus gara2 beberapa orang yg menyinggung Indonesia, lo langsung menyerang seluruh Chinese-Indonesian??? Does this make sense???
ala lo jangan cari alasan lah...
bilang aja lo SARA


"hahaha rame nih thread
Gambaran anak muda indonesia sekarang. dinamik n demokratik."

apaan yg dinamik n demokratik...bahasanya itu jorok & gak terpelajar, apakah ini contoh yg bagus untuk pelajar Indonesia??? He doesn't represent real Indonesian students....
premans maybe...

sindrom,
ngomongnya di internet gede...gak tau deh di dunia nyata...
we're here to discuss, not to fight
this is the last time i'm going to say anything concerning this matter

[yudz83]

Flamer go the hell.........

@sindrom : u have said for yourself dude..

[yudz83]

Dr. Mahathir : Vision 2020 is now doubtful


Former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that Malaysia will probably not be able to become a developed nation in 12 years’ time - the key target his Vision 2020.

The 83-year-old statesman, whose administration had set the target in 1990, painted this bleak picture at an economic forum in the administrative capital Putrajaya today.

"I have a feeling we are not going to achieve that (vision)," Mahathir said when answering a question from the floor after speaking on the future of Malaysia in light of the global financial uncertainties.

The former premier was one of two speakers - the other was 2003 Nobel Laureate in Economics Robert F Engle - addressing a forum on the current financial market volatility.

The forum held on December 11 was jointly-organised by the Perdana Leadership Foundation and the Putrajaya Holdings Bhd.

Dr Mahathir's full address can be viewed here: http://www.malaysiakini.tv/video/16499

[David-80]

sindrom is banned.

I will not tolerate racism here. period

cheers

[DJ_Archuleta]

Dr. Mahathir : Vision 2020 is now doubtful



but their gdp per capita is keep rising .. even the economist predicted that malaysia' gdp/cap will reach usd 8000 in 2009, jumped from usd 6900 in 2007

[chene]

^^yeaaa...i agree with you..
IMO, malaysia is not a FULLY developed nation...if someone say malaysia is a developed country,i'll agree with dat buttttttttttt if someone say it is a FULLY developed country, i'll say NO....there are certain criterions which setted by Human institute of France (representative Europe entirely) that they should achive to be a fully developed nation.what i have learnt from my study, from 16 points out of the criterions, malaysia had achive 9 points of it..there are 7 points more to go for malaysia for the next 12 years ahead..BTW, good job for malaysia...
s.korea = 14 points..(corrected)
turkey=9 points
east europes =10-13points
with humble,please CMIIW....

[AceN]

^^ thanks fyi chene :)

What the hell is happening to our neighbours??? After Thailand had trouble with the prime minister, now Philippines is facing the same problem??


Phillipine kan udah lama digoyang isu impeachment terhadap Arroyo. Hanya saja mungkin Arroyo lebih susah digulingkan daripada PM Thailand


Dr. Mahathir : Vision 2020 is now doubtful


Former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that Malaysia will probably not be able to become a developed nation in 12 years’ time - the key target his Vision 2020.

The 83-year-old statesman, whose administration had set the target in 1990, painted this bleak picture at an economic forum in the administrative capital Putrajaya today.

"I have a feeling we are not going to achieve that (vision)," Mahathir said when answering a question from the floor after speaking on the future of Malaysia in light of the global financial uncertainties.

The former premier was one of two speakers - the other was 2003 Nobel Laureate in Economics Robert F Engle - addressing a forum on the current financial market volatility.

The forum held on December 11 was jointly-organised by the Perdana Leadership Foundation and the Putrajaya Holdings Bhd.

Dr Mahathir's full address can be viewed here: http://www.malaysiakini.tv/video/16499

I still believe that in 12 years Malaysia will be a developed nation :)

sindrom is banned.

I will not tolerate racism here. period

cheers


Thanks a lot vid :)

[chene]

^^you're welcome cen


Phillipine kan udah lama digoyang isu impeachment terhadap Arroyo. Hanya saja mungkin Arroyo lebih susah digulingkan daripada PM Thailand
.....:ohno:kasiannnnnnnnnn..:ohno:pemerintah jorok rakyat terpuruk..

[=NaNdA=]

walaupun dalam negeri mereka lagi carut marut..

Kemarin rakyat Filipina cukup dihibur ama kemenangan Manny Pacquiao lawan Oscar De Lahoya.. :D KO lagi.. dan Thailand juga dihibur dengan kemenangan agregat 3-1 lawan Indonesia di AFF Cup.. :nuts:

[peseg5]

walaupun dalam negeri mereka lagi carut marut..

Kemarin rakyat Filipina cukup dihibur ama kemenangan Manny Pacquiao lawan Oscar De Lahoya.. :D KO lagi.. dan Thailand juga dihibur dengan kemenangan agregat 3-1 lawan Indonesia di AFF Cup.. :nuts:

Pacquiao itu fenomenal... di Filipina bagaikan Chris-John di Indonesia...

Thailand vs Vitenam di Final. Tebakan saya Thailand juara piala AFF tahun ini.

[DJ_Archuleta]

thailand lagi, thailand lagi... padahal tu negara rakyatnya lagi kudeta abis2an ..:nuts:

[DJ_Archuleta]

East Timor still on brink of anarchy: report


CANBERRA, Dec 23 (Reuters) - East Timor remains on the brink of anarchy and could easily slide back into the violence that fractured the country in 2006, a U.N. peacekeeping report was quoted as saying on Tuesday. It said a "precipitous fall" in oil revenue also threatened to bring more social unrest in a country where three-in-four households were struggling to find enough food and chronic malnutrition hit one-in-two children under 5 in many areas.

East Timor's economy relies on off-shore oil and gas reserves shared with Australia, and which pump around $40 million a year into government coffers.

The security report, completed earlier this month for the U.N.'s Department of Peacekeeping Operations, said international peacekeepers must stay in the country despite mounting local pressure for them to leave, the Australian newspaper reported.

"With regard to the security institutions, there will be no easy choices, and donors should be prepared to provide new reinvigorated assistance in the security area while the government continues to be under pressure to redeem on its social promises," it said.

The leaked security assessment warned that nine years after Indonesia's occupation ended and independence in 2002, Asia's youngest nation remained vulnerable to rapid political collapse. After a split among the military and police in early 2006, violence flared between Timorese from the country's east and west, killing 37 people and driving 150,000 from their homes.

In February this year, rebel soldiers carried out an unsuccessful attempt to kill President Jose Ramos Horta, who was wounded and flown to Australia for surgery. Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao escaped injury in the attack.

The U.N. report said East Timor's police force and courts were largely dysfunctional and required urgent international intervention to strengthen their ability.

Local police were struggling to cope with no operational budget and "troubling" tensions were rising with U.N. police due to unrealistic Timorese demands for a stronger role, it said.

A U.N. spokeswoman in Dili was not immediately available for comment.

More than 2,500 foreign troops and police remain in East Timor to help local security forces maintain stability, the bulk from Australia, New Zealand and former colonial ruler Portugal.

The report, prepared as part of the U.N.'s evaluations on the future of its peacekeeping operations in the country, said East Timor's senior political leadership was bitterly divided.

Gusmao was facing a difficult political balancing act, with Timor's economic outlook weakening because of the collapse of oil prices sparked by the global financial crisis, while needing to improve social conditions, it said.

[DJ_Archuleta]

From the Philippines news..

Indonesia overtakes Philippines


The year 2008 was not a good year for the country's seaweed industry as Indonesia overtook the Philippines as far as raw seaweed production is concerned.

Benson U. Dakay, president of the Seaweed Industry Association of the Philippines (SIAP), said the Philippines no longer holds the top position as raw seaweed producer since Indonesia has become the number one producer of raw seaweed.

The SIAP, through Dakay, earlier urged the government to implement measures that would help increase seaweed production.

Dakay warned that the Philippines could lose out to Indonesia, which was fast catching up as far as raw seaweed production is concerned.

In a recent interview, Dakay said that the country's seaweed production has dropped from 120,000 metric tons to only 90,000 MT this year.

On the other hand, Indonesia's seaweed production increased considerably, from 30,000 MT to 100,000 MT, he added.

An analysis prepared by Iain C. Neish of Indonesia-based SEAplant.net Foundation showed that Indonesia's exports of raw dry seaweed rose from about 30,000 metric tons in 2000 to about 110,000 MT in 2007.

On the other hand, the Philippine raw seaweed exports dropped from 90,000 MT in 2000 to about 60,000 metric tons in 2007.

Neish also projected that Indonesia's seaweed production would continue to grow over the next four years, reaching about 260,000 MT in 2012.

In contrast, the Philippine seaweed production would reach only about 110,000 MT.

This year, the seaweed industry faced shortage in the supply of local seaweed that drove up prices.

Dakay cited the unfavorable weather conditions, the increase in fuel prices and the lack of financing as among the factors that affected production.

He explained that farmers have to spend fuel for their motorboats, which they use when they go to the seaweed farms to take care of the seaweeds and to harvest the produce.

Because of the lack of supply, Dakay said, many processors have to buy seaweed from Indonesia where the supply was abundant.

However, the shortage in seaweed supply has been addressed as more farmers decided to go into production of raw seaweed due to its high price, Dakay said.

The high price of raw seaweed also forced processors to price their products higher by almost 300 percent, he said.

The price increased from from $3 per kilo to $12 per kilo for pet food carrageenan, $5 per kilo to $15 per kilo for food grade carrageenan and $8 per kilo to $24 per kilo for refined carrageenan.

On the other hand, Dakay said the raw seaweed prices have started going down so the prices of the processed seaweed could also go down to $10 per kilo of pet food carrageenan, $12 per kilo of food grade and $18 for a kilo of refined carrageenan.

But the year 2008 was not a good year for the seaweed processors, who have to shut down their facility for two weeks due to lack of raw materials.

However, the country's total exports rose by 30 percent as far as value is concerned although the volume dropped because the processors had to increase their prices, Dakay recalled.

However, the seaweed industry would face another challenge next year, a more serious one, he added.

Dakay projected a decline in the demand for processed seaweed or carrageenan due to the slowdown in the economy of major markets such as the US, Europe and Russia.

He said the biggest drop was in the pet food market, which use an average of 50,000 tons of raw seaweed each year.

The local processors have not received any orders for pet food carrageenan since October, Dakay disclosed. He noted that the pet owners have stopped buying wet pet food, which uses carrageenan, and have shifted to dry pet food.

Dakay said this trend would spell bad news for the industry since, in the past, the pet food market alone required 50,000 metric tons of raw materials. /INQUIRER

[paradyto]

Malaysian police arrest 26 at New Year `sex party`

Kuala Lumpur (ANTRA News/afp) - Malaysian police arrested a female newsreader, an actress and 24 other revellers at a New Year's Eve "sex and drugs" party at a Kuala Lumpur hotel, reports said Friday.

The two high-profile women and seven others tested positive for drugs, police said, according to The New Straits Times, which reported that condoms, beer cans and half-eaten pizza were found strewn around the hotel room.

"When police arrived, many of the party goers were already high on drugs," The Star newspaper quoted an unnamed source as saying, adding that various illegal substances, including cocaine, ketamine and amphetamines were seized.

It said that the party was organised through the social networking website Friendster.

Police acting on a tip-off raided the gathering at a downtown Kuala Lumpur hotel in the early hours of New Year's Day.

The raid came after rumours that a New Year's Eve sex party was being planned on a remote beach in southern Malaysia.

Tourism Minister Azalina Othman condemned the beach party as "against our culture and religion" and potentially damaging to the reputation of majority-Muslim Malaysia.

Police warned that the "no-underwear" event for the under-40s, advertised through a website that asked for 250 ringgit (72 dollars) as an entrance fee, could be a money-making scam.

Party organisers had reportedly said that male guests were banned from wearing briefs to the event, while women were permitted to wear only G-string underwear which had to be removed after midnight. (*)

[DJ_Archuleta]

Fire in Thailand Nightclub Kills at Least 59


Officials in Thailand say at least 59 people have been killed in a fire at a popular Bangkok nightclub as they were celebrating the New Year.

Police say about 130 others were injured in the blaze at the Santika club in the city's Thong Lor district.

Witnesses say the two-story nightclub was completely gutted by the fire, and that the roof of the building collapsed.

Fire officials say the death toll was made worse by the fact that there were few exits from the building and because windows on the upper floors had iron bars on them.

The cause of the fire is not clear. Some reports say the fire was caused by a pyrotechnics display, and others say that firecrackers or an electrical display caused the blaze. Police say they are still investigating.

The club is popular with both locals and foreign tourists.

[RonnieR]

What the hell is happening to our neighbours??? After Thailand had trouble with the prime minister, now Philippines is facing the same problem??



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Naked members of the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity weave through a crowd of students during the fraternity's annual naked run dubbed "The Oblation Run" at the University of the Philippines, the country's premier university, Tuesday Dec. 16, 2008 at Manila's Quezon city. Thirty nine fraternity students joined in the annual naked run Tuesday which turned out to be a protest against recent moves by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's allies in Congress to effect charter change which they claim will extend Arroyo's term beyond 2010.


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Naked members of the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity display slogans during the fraternity's annual naked run dubbed "The Oblation Run" at the University of the Philippines, the country's premier university, Tuesday Dec. 16, 2008 at Manila's Quezon city. Thirty nine fraternity students joined in the annual naked run Tuesday which turned out to be a protest against recent moves by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's allies in Congress to effect charter change which they claim will extend Arroyo's term beyond 2010. The sign at center reads: Stop Cha-Cha (or Charter Change) Or Else Will Hit You With Shoes!.



ya iyalah.. namanya juga naked.. Totally naked.. :lol:

sayang cowo semua.. :D

:lol: :lol:

I think 3 or 4 years ago, ada cewek yang ikut tapi di stop karena ada yang memprotes dari grup feminin atau di sekolah Universitas Filipina (University of the PHilippines).

This annual "naked run" is a long time tradition of this fraternity - Alpha Phi Omega, and at the same time, they bring posters to express their stand on some political issues.

The naked runners cover their faces but few are so brave that they show their faces. TV news and newspapers always report this event and sometimes uncensored jadi kelihatan :lol: Gila kan?

Impeachment of Arroyo: She won again in Congress - impeachment tak jadi jadi :) YOu know, the last political rally against the President had only 7,000 people in attendance (Dec. 16). I think Filipinos are tired of protest actions now....we have this so called "People Power fatigue".

[DJ_Archuleta]

this news makes me proud to be indonesian :banana::banana:

Vietnam might take 51 yrs to catch up with Indonesia


The latest report of World Bank has offered surprising statistics to prove that Vietnam might take 51 years to catch up with Indonesia, and 158 years with Singapore in terms of per capita income.

Vietnam's per capita income in 2007 was over US$836 while Indonesia's was US$1,918, Thailand's US$3,850 and Singapore's US$35,163. During the period of 2001-2007, the per capita income growth of Vietnam (calculated based on fixed prices excluding inflation factor) was 6.5%, 4.8%, 4.8% and 4.0% correspondingly.

World Bank's researchers said that if richer Asean members were to suddenly 'freeze', Vietnam would take 51 years to catch up with Indonesia, 95 years with Thailand and 158 years with Singapore in terms of per capita income.

The growth of per capita income (calculated in US dollar) of Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore was reported at 12.5%, 6.4%, 4.9% and 6.0%. If these figures are taken into account, the time for Vietnam to catch up with Indonesia would be 15 years, with Thailand 22 years, and with Singapore 63 years. However, the per capita income in US dollar will easily be affected by short-term movements of dong/US dollar forex rate.

Factually, Vietnam's per capita income is likely to exceed the threshold of US$1,000 in 2008 and reach the target two-years ahead according to the social economic development plan for 2006-2010.

In the past decade, Vietnam gained a high economic growth. The country's per capita income based on fixed prices has surged by 6.5% annually propelling Vietnam on the 24th position among 139 nations in terms of the growth of per capita income (the ranking list excluded the countries and territories with the GDP of less than US$2 billion in 2007).

This fact shows that Vietnam posted a speedy economic growth that is so essential for poverty reduction.

Vietnam's quick economic growth is thanks to a high capital accumulation. Until 2007, each year Vietnam invested 521.7 trillion dong, a three fold increase against 2001 when the economic reform started. Thus, Vietnam has one of the highest investment ratios in the world.

[F-ian]

^^ you are really obsessed with GDP Percapita :nuts:

[DJ_Archuleta]

ILLEGAL CROSSING : INDONESIA ARRESTS 107 SRI LANKAN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS


Indonesian officials Saturday said they have arrested more than 100 illegal immigrants from Sri Lanka in the latest crackdown on human trafficking.

A total of 107 Sri Lankan men were detained when immigration officials raided two houses Thursday in the resort town of Cisarua, said Muhammad Indra, a director with Indonesia's immigration department.

He said all of the men had entered Indonesia last month on "business visas that were improperly obtained" through gangsters in Colombo and Jakarta.

"We believe they were brought in by a human trafficking syndicate which targets Indonesia as either a transit country or a final destination. We are going to get into the bottom of this," Indra told AFP.

He described all the men as "jobless individuals who have no clear purpose to visit" Indonesia.

He also said police and immigration officials were searching for 43 other men who were not at the houses during the raids.

S. Pirabakarn, one of the illegal immigrants, was quoted by the daily Kompas newspaper as saying that he had obtained his visa "legally" from the Indonesian embassy in Colombo.

Pirakabarn said he had fled Sri Lanka after an upsurge in violence, adding that he was trying to find work in Indonesia

[DJ_Archuleta]

Illegal immigrants from Afghanistan and Burma break out of Indonesian centre


EIGHTEEN illegal immigrants from Afghanistan and Burma, who were caught trying to enter Australia illegally, have overpowered their guards and escaped from an Indonesian detention facility.

Three guards were injured -- one with a broken arm and two with head injuries -- during the breakout.

A spokesman for the Justice Ministry in Jakarta said the migrants were picked up by getaway vehicles waiting outside the detention centre at Kupang, in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province.

Police and immigration authorities launched a province-wide search for the escapees, including patrols along the border with neighbouring East Timor, the spokesman said.

The men were reportedly trying to rent a boat in Rote island for a trip to northwestern Australia when they were detained in Kupang without proper identification.

Indonesia has long been a transit point for people from poor and conflict-ridden countries hoping to enter Australia.

The Weekend Australian revealed on Saturday that, according to one of the more than 150 Asian and Middle Eastern asylum-seekers intercepted off the northern Australian coast since October, Pakistani people-smugglers recommended Australia as the second-best destination for those seeking asylum, after Canada.

The Rudd Government has rejected criticism that its changes to the nation's border protection arrangements -- including abandoning the Pacific Solution and abolishing temporary protection visas for refugees -- have contributed to greater numbers of boat arrivals.

Immigration Minister Chris Evans has attributed the increase in people-smuggling to greater instability in Iraq, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.

In recent years, most illegal migrants have come from Iraq or Afghanistan. They often fly to Indonesia before continuing to Australia aboard cramped, barely seaworthy boats.

Indonesia and Australia agreed to step up the campaign against people-smuggling during top-level talks in December after a spate of illegal arrivals in Australia that was blamed on trafficking networks.

[DJ_Archuleta]

hmmm.. more migrants are entering indonesia illegaly and this indicates that indonesia's economy is getting better.. :cheers:

Indonesia to repatriate 193 boat migrants


JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia will deny political asylum to 193 migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh who are being held at a navy base after they were found stranded off the country's western coast, the foreign minister said.

Most of the group identified themselves as Rohingya, members of a Muslim ethnic group that fled persecution in Myanmar. Tens of thousands of Rohingyas live in camps in Bangladesh, where they have been granted refugee status.

But Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda said Thursday that the migrants found drifting off Indonesia's Aceh province on Jan. 7 will be refused entry into the country.

"Based on interviews they are economic migrants. They are not political asylum seekers," Wirajuda told reporters.

Wirajuda said Indonesia is working with their countries of origin and the International Organization for Migration to properly repatriate the migrants. "The sooner the better," he added.

It was not immediately clear if they would be sent to Myanmar or Bangladesh.

More than a quarter million Rohingyas fled Myanmar in 1992 amid a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing of Muslims, according to Human Rights Watch. The migrants face possible abuse and persecution at home and in Bangladesh, the New York-based group said.

The migrants were found floating in a 36-foot (11-meter) wooden boat without food or water, officials said. Many died on the trip to Indonesia during which they had to stand because the boat was so cramped, Wirajuda said, citing accounts by the navy. He did not say how many were believed to have died.

The Indonesian government has refused media access to the migrants, saying they are investigating.

[Skyprince]

hmm thats weird, Sri Lanka has higher per-capita income than RI, plus one of the most sophisticated infrastructure in entire South Asia. Violence is a factor ? Isn't Colombo anad most parts of Lanka extremely safe and free from instability ? I seldom ( or never ) heard about Sri Lankans crossing into India, Maldives, Malaysia, Singapore or Thailand to get jobs.

[DJ_Archuleta]

hmm thats weird, Sri Lanka has higher per-capita income than RI, plus one of the most sophisticated infrastructure in entire South Asia. Violence is a factor ? Isn't Colombo anad most parts of Lanka extremely safe and free from instability ? I seldom ( or never ) heard about Sri Lankans crossing into India, Maldives, Malaysia, Singapore or Thailand to get jobs.

Sorry but I doubt on this statement

List of Countries by GDP (nominal) per capita (2007 est.)

Indonesia - $1,925
Sri Lanka - $1,623
India - $942
Pakistan - $909
Bangladesh - $463
Afghanistan - $350
Myanmar - $234

[DJ_Archuleta]

Illegal immigrants in Indonesia beg not to be sent back


JAKARTA, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Indonesia said on Thursday it was still assessing what to do with a group of 193 Rohingya boat people, as one of the migrants said they would rather die than be sent back to Myanmar where they would face death.

The all-male group of Rohingyas, members of a stateless Muslim ethnic minority from the northwest of army-controlled Myanmar, were found floating at sea in a wooden boat on Jan. 7 and taken to a naval base in Sabang in Aceh province.

"We have heard we'd be sent back to Myanmar," a sobbing Noor Mohammad, one of the group who was being treated in hospital, told Al Jazeera English Television.

"In that case we will ask the Indonesians to kill us. Better we die in the hands of Muslims," added Mohammad. "If we go back, we'll definitely be killed."

He said the group had been intercepted by the Myanmar navy after fleeing and were beaten and then released.

"We were told by the navy not to come this way again and to tell others to also not come this way," he said, adding they were then given some fuel, a compass and directions to Thailand.

"When we got to Thailand we were tortured and detained," he added.

The comments are in line with allegations made to Reuters soon after the group arrived in Indonesia.

Imam Husen told Reuters from his hospital bed that he and about 580 other Rohingyas had set off from Mundu in Myanmar in four boats on Dec. 9 to flee the predominantly Buddhist country.

He said some members of the group had been beaten after landing in Thailand. They were then towed out to sea and set adrift.

Thailand promised on Thursday an investigation into allegations of army abuse of Rohingya boat people.

Indonesia's government in a preliminary probe concluded that the men were economic migrants and thus could be sent back.

The government said 17 of them were Bangladeshi and the rest from Myanmar and that it had now sent another team to interview each member to clarify their motives for fleeing.

Kristiarto Legowo, the foreign ministry's director for East Asia and Pacific, said Jakarta would consider humanitarian factors as well as the law before deciding what to do.

Sabang mayor, Munawar Liza Zainal, said the health of the Rohingyas had improved since they first arrived but their spirits were still low.

The 800,000 Rohingyas living in Myanmar are not officially recognised by the ruling military junta and face persecution in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. About 28,000 are living in UNHCR refugee camps in Bangladesh.

[RonnieR]

^^ I thought we are all part of ASEAN. It's only in slogan.....how could they be stateless in their own country? How could they be tortured in Thailand, supposedly the Land of Smiles? I saw the report on CNN....so this is it...I hope the Indonesian government would be considerate to these people.

Thanks for posting...

[DJ_Archuleta]

U're welcome Ronnier :) I too hope that the Indonesian govt do the right thing to those migrants..

[DJ_Archuleta]

Indonesia to repatriate stranded Rohingyas refugees


JAKARTA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia will send 193 Roohingyas refugees to their home country Myanmar after their boat stranded on a small island off Aceh province early this month, foreign ministry said here Friday.

Spokesman of the Ministry Teuku Faizasyah said that the ministry had concluded the investigation of the purpose of the boat people since the beginning of their stranding and now it was strengthened by more information gathered by a team from the ministry who were visiting the refugees in Aceh along with the International Organization of Migrant (IOM) at the recent days.

"The result of the collecting information since the beginning until today is very strong that their motives are for economy," he told Xinhua over phone.

"So, we will deport them," Faizasyah stressed.

However, the time for deportation had not determined yet, he said.

The Rohingyas are Muslims minority from Myanmar.

Indonesian authorities have sent the stranded refugees to Sabang naval base in Sabang town of Aceh province.

[DJ_Archuleta]

Illegal immigrants in Indonesia beg not to be sent back


JAKARTA, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Indonesia said on Thursday it was still assessing what to do with a group of 193 Rohingya boat people, as one of the migrants said they would rather die than be sent back to Myanmar where they would face death.

The all-male group of Rohingyas, members of a stateless Muslim ethnic minority from the northwest of army-controlled Myanmar, were found floating at sea in a wooden boat on Jan. 7 and taken to a naval base in Sabang in Aceh province.

"We have heard we'd be sent back to Myanmar," a sobbing Noor Mohammad, one of the group who was being treated in hospital, told Al Jazeera English Television.

"In that case we will ask the Indonesians to kill us. Better we die in the hands of Muslims," added Mohammad. "If we go back, we'll definitely be killed."

He said the group had been intercepted by the Myanmar navy after fleeing and were beaten and then released.

"We were told by the navy not to come this way again and to tell others to also not come this way," he said, adding they were then given some fuel, a compass and directions to Thailand.

"When we got to Thailand we were tortured and detained," he added.

The comments are in line with allegations made to Reuters soon after the group arrived in Indonesia.

Imam Husen told Reuters from his hospital bed that he and about 580 other Rohingyas had set off from Mundu in Myanmar in four boats on Dec. 9 to flee the predominantly Buddhist country.

He said some members of the group had been beaten after landing in Thailand. They were then towed out to sea and set adrift.

Thailand promised on Thursday an investigation into allegations of army abuse of Rohingya boat people.

Indonesia's government in a preliminary probe concluded that the men were economic migrants and thus could be sent back.

The government said 17 of them were Bangladeshi and the rest from Myanmar and that it had now sent another team to interview each member to clarify their motives for fleeing.

Kristiarto Legowo, the foreign ministry's director for East Asia and Pacific, said Jakarta would consider humanitarian factors as well as the law before deciding what to do.

Sabang mayor, Munawar Liza Zainal, said the health of the Rohingyas had improved since they first arrived but their spirits were still low.

The 800,000 Rohingyas living in Myanmar are not officially recognised by the ruling military junta and face persecution in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. About 28,000 are living in UNHCR refugee camps in Bangladesh

[Venantio]

Illegal immigrants in Indonesia beg not to be sent back


JAKARTA, Jan 29 (Reuters) -

.... "In that case we will ask the Indonesians to kill us. Better we die in the hands of Muslims," added Mohammad. "If we go back, we'll definitely be killed."



:lol::lol:
Lha apa bedanya? Nggak mau pulang karena takut dibunuh, ehh di Indonesia malah minta dibunuh .... hehehe

[tollfreak]

President Yudhoyono expresses sympathy to Australian PM

The Jakarta Post | Wed, 02/11/2009 3:43 PM | National

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday sent a letter to Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd expressing deep sympathy and shared grief over Australia`s worst bush fires in many years that have claimed at least 170 lives, Antara newswire reported.

Speaking to the press at the presidential office here on Wednesday, presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said President Yudhoyono in his letter to Rudd offered his deepest sympathy on the tragedy.

"In the spirit of the Australia-Indonesia partnership, Australia`s success is also Indonesia`s success, and its misery is also Indonesia`s misery," Djalal quoted Yodhoyono`s letter as saying.

He said President Yudhoyono in his letter also made a commitment to help alleviate the sufferings of the bushfire victims.

Indonesia would send a police forensic team to Australia to help identify bush fire victims.

In addition, Indonesia would also contribute US$1 million for the reconstruction of schools destroyed by the fires in Victoria.

"So many schools were destroyed by the fires in Victoria, and the funds are a token of Indonesia`s solidarity with Australia," Djalal said.

Reuters reported on Tuesday, at least 181 people had been confirmed killed in the fires, but officials said the toll would rise.

"There are still a large number of people, in excess of 50, who the coroner believes are already deceased, but are not yet identified," Reuters quoted Victorian Premier John Brumby as telling reporters.

About 25 fires were still burning in Victoria on Tuesday, with a dozen towns placed on alert as strong winds flared.

The fires have increased pressure on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to take firm action on climate change. Scientists blamed global warming for conditions that fueled the disaster.

Djalal said the long-standing Indonesian-Australian partnership to cooperate in disaster management should be maintained.

"When a devastating tsunami and earthquake hit Aceh and Nias, Australia helped Indonesia a lot through military humanitarian operations," he said.

Later, during the reconstruction process in Aceh, Australia also extended financial assistance of A$1 billion to Indonesia, Djalal added.

[paradyto]

Malaysia to cut electricity tariffs
Posted: 11 February 2009 1957 hrs

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia will cut electricity tariffs by an average 3.7 percent effective March 1, a senior minister announced Wednesday.

Tarrifs will be cut to 31.31 sen (0.08 dollars) per kilowatt hour under the plan, Energy, Water and Communications Minister Shaziman Abu Mansor was quoted by the official Bernama news agency as saying.

The agency reported him as saying that domestic users will enjoy an average 2.54 percent cut in electricity tariffs, while commercial users will pay 2.7 percent less in electricity bills.

Other major reductions include a 5.0 percent discount awarded to industrial users' bills, he added.

In January, Malaysia's state-controlled power firm Tenaga Nasional Berhad reported a fiscal first quarter loss due to lower electricity sales and a weaker local currency.

For the three months to the end of November, the company reported a loss of 944.1 million ringgit (262 million dollars) compared with a net profit of 1.51 billion ringgit a year earlier.

Tenaga owns nine power plants, with total installed capacity of 11,464 megawatts.

It also runs Malaysia's entire power distribution and transmission infrastructure.

Tenaga expects net profit for fiscal 2009 to be worse than the previous year if the ringgit continues to weaken against the dollar.

Analysts have said that the tariff cut could allow Tenaga to lobby for some relief for its higher coal costs and foreign exchange losses this year. - AFP/vm

[paradyto]

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Boosting tourism
The Associated Press | Wed, 02/11/2009 1:30 PM | World

People mingle under a poster showcasing Singapore's efforts to boost its tourism industry Wednesday in Singapore. Singapore's Tourism Board has reported plans to roll out a monetary initiative to stimulate its city-state's tourism sector during this time where Singapore's visitor arrivals is expected to fall as the global recession is affecting holiday plans. AP Photo/Wong Maye-E

Singapore sees tourism revenue down 19 percent
Alex Kennedy , The Associated Press , Singapore | Wed, 02/11/2009 6:18 PM | World

Singapore expects tourism revenue to plunge as much as 19 percent this year as a global economic slowdown undermines spending on travel.

Tourist income will likely fall to between 12 billion Singapore dollars ($8 billion) and SG$12.5 billion this year from SG$14.8 billion last year, the Singapore Tourism Board said Wednesday. The board expects tourist arrivals to drop to between 9 million and 9.5 million in 2009 from 10.1 million in 2008.

The government plans to spend $90 million this year on marketing, training and lower fees for travel agents in a bid to attract visitors, more than the SG$30 million spent on advertising in 2003, when an outbreak of the SARS virus slowed tourist arrivals to 6.1 million.

"The year ahead will be difficult and challenging," said Aw Kah Peng, the board's chief executive. "But it's not a complete closure as in SARS. People are still traveling."

Singapore is counting on the tourism sector - highlighted by the Marina Bay Sands hotel and casino resort - to create 12,000 new jobs this year. The resort, which is being built by casino operator Las Vegas Sands, was expected to open in the fourth quarter, but Aw declined to confirm the project was still on schedule.

"We're still working with them," Aw said. "Even as the fourth quarter gets nearer, I think it's premature to say how it will happen."

Arrivals fell 1.6 percent in 2008, and while tourist revenue rose to a record last year, it fell short of the government's goal of SG$15.5 billion.

Singapore's tourism industry is being hit hard along with the country's manufacturing and financial sectors. The government expects the economy to contract as much as 5 percent this year after gross domestic product shrank 12.5 percent in the fourth quarter from the previous quarter.

The government has tried to ease the country's dependence on manufacturing, but non-oil exports still account for about two-thirds of GDP while tourism is just 6 percent.

About 17 percent of visitors to Singapore last year came from Indonesia, followed by China, Australia, India and Malaysia.

Laba Bersih Singapore Airlines Turun 42,8 Persen

JAKARTA--MI: Kelompok usaha Singapore Airlines mencatat laba bersih US$337 juta dalam kuartal ketiga (Oktober- Desember 2008) pada tahun buku 2008-2009. Angka ini turun 42,8 persen atau senilai US$253 juta dibanding periode sama tahun lalu.

Siaran pers Singapore Airlines yang diterima di Jakarta, Rabu (11/2) menyebutkan pendapatan kelompok usaha ini turun 2,6 persen menjadi US$4,164 miliar akibat penurunan jumlah penumpang dan tingkat isian kargo serta peningkatan pengeluaran sebesar 5,7 persen menjadi US$3,807 miliar.

Disebutkan, penurunan harga avtur dari tingkat harga paling tinggi pada bulan Juli 2008 yang mencapai US$171 dolar AS per barel, dan mencapai rata-rata US$99 dolar per barel meski membantu mengurangi pengeluaran avtur sebesar US$125 juta namun tetap tidak mengurangi kerugian yang diakibatkan 'hedging' yang telah mencapai US$341 juta.

Fluktuasi valuta asing juga telah mendorong turunnya keuntungan operasional sebesar US$144 juta. Hal ini disebabkan turunnya mata uang lain seperti dolar Australia, Poundsterling dan Euro terhadap dolar Singapura.

Singapore Airlines juga menyebutkan bahwa keuntungan operasional kelompok usaha itu tercatat sebesar US$357 juta selama kuartal ketiga, atau turun US$318 juta dolar AS sekitar 47,1 persen dibandingkan dengan tahun sebelumnya. Sedangkan keuntungan operasional perusahaan penerbangan induk mencapai US$314 juta atau turun 38,7 persen menjadi US$199 juta dari tahun sebelumnya.

Sementara untuk data keuangan selama sembilan bulan sejak April 2008 sampai dengan Desember 2008, kelompok usaha Singapore Airlines mencatat laba bersih sebesar US$1,020 miliar menurun sebesar 33 persen atau US$502 juta dibandingkan periode yang sama tahun sebelumnya sebesar US$1,522 miliar.

Sementara itu, selama kuartal ketiga 2008 telah mengangkut penumpang sebanyak 4,8 juta orang atau 4,2 persen lebih rendah dibandingkan tahun sebelumnya. (Ant/OL-06)

[tollfreak]

Malaysia to provide electricity for Sumatra



The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Thu, 02/12/2009 2:16 PM | Business

Malaysian Ministry of Energy, Water and Communications is planning to export electricity power of up to 45 percent from the government's reserves margin to Sumatra in the near future.

Minister Shaziman Abu Mansor said Wednesday the move was in view of the high demand for electricity in Indonesia and it would also help Malaysia to reduce its reserves margin which is still at a very high level.

"The ministry has met with Indonesia's Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), to discuss the matter and there will be another meeting Thursday," he said as quoted by Malaysia's national news agency, Bernama.

Shaziman said the ministry was planning to build an energy grid from Malaysia to Sumatra. He also said that there were no plans to build any more power generation plants in Peninsular Malaysia considering that the country's power reserves were still very high. (dre)

[chene]

wow...is that true??awsome..

[paradyto]

Thailand hopes new cocktail can lure back tourists

The Associated Press , Bangkok | Thu, 02/19/2009 6:34 PM | World
Cuba's got the Mojito. There's the Singapore Sling and the Manhattan. Thailand hopes a newly created drink called "Siam Sunrays" will enter the world's cocktail lexicon and help draw tourists back to the country.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand unveiled the drink Thursday, calling it "Thailand in a glass - the new punch in Thai tourism."

The cocktail consists of a shot of vodka, coconut liqueur, a dash of chili pepper and sugar, lime juice, a few slivers of lemongrass and ginger - shaken not stirred, then strained into a glass - with ice and soda water.

It's the latest strategy to revive Thailand's key tourism industry, which was battered by political protests last year that culminated in a weeklong shutdown of Bangkok's two main airports. The airport seizure stranded more than 300,000 travelers at the start of the peak holiday season, dealing a devastating blow to Thailand's tourist-friendly image.

"Successful signature drinks are one way to fast-track holiday detinations onto the world tourism map," the tourism authority said in a joint statement with the Thai Hotels Association.

Siam Sunrays was the winner of a competition sponsored by the two agencies to create a national cocktail.

"Thailand's new signature drink is based on very Thai ingredients," the satement said, adding that the drink was now available at hotels and resorts across the country.

[tollfreak]

Australia thanks Indonesia for aid

The Jakarta Post | Thu, 02/19/2009 6:56 PM | World
Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has expressed gratitude to Indonesia for its assistance for victims of deadly bush fires in the Australian state of Victoria.

The Indonesian aid worth US$1 million would be used to reconstruct school buildings destroyed in the bush fires, Smith said in a joint press conference with his Indonesian counterpart, Hassan Wirajuda, in Sydney late Thursday.

State news agency Antara reported that Wirajuda on behalf of the Indonesian government and people meanwhile had extended deep condolences to the Australian government and people over the bush fires which claimed at least 200 lives.

He said the Indonesian aid consisting of US$1 million in cash and a police forensic team showed Indonesia’s deep sympathy for Australia which had much assisted the former in handling victims of the 2004 deadly tsunami in Aceh, the 2005 earthquake in Nias island and the 2006 earthquake in Yogyakarta.

"The aid of US$1 million is relatively small but at least it shows Indonesia’s solidarity for the Australian people. Of course, the Indonesian people still well keep in mind the Australian aid for victims of the Aceh tsunami, the Nias earthquake and the Yogyakarta earthquake," he said.

The bush fires which are the worst to hit Australia since 1983 also destroyed more than 1,800 house buildings and 450,000 hectares of farm land.

[Venantio]

Australia thanks Indonesia for aid

The Jakarta Post | Thu, 02/19/2009 6:56 PM | World
Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has expressed gratitude to Indonesia for its assistance for victims of deadly bush fires in the Australian state of Victoria.

The Indonesian aid worth US$1 million would be used to reconstruct school buildings destroyed in the bush fires, Smith said in a joint press conference with his Indonesian counterpart, Hassan Wirajuda, in Sydney late Thursday.

State news agency Antara reported that Wirajuda on behalf of the Indonesian government and people meanwhile had extended deep condolences to the Australian government and people over the bush fires which claimed at least 200 lives.

He said the Indonesian aid consisting of US$1 million in cash and a police forensic team showed Indonesia’s deep sympathy for Australia which had much assisted the former in handling victims of the 2004 deadly tsunami in Aceh, the 2005 earthquake in Nias island and the 2006 earthquake in Yogyakarta.

"The aid of US$1 million is relatively small but at least it shows Indonesia’s solidarity for the Australian people. Of course, the Indonesian people still well keep in mind the Australian aid for victims of the Aceh tsunami, the Nias earthquake and the Yogyakarta earthquake," he said.

The bush fires which are the worst to hit Australia since 1983 also destroyed more than 1,800 house buildings and 450,000 hectares of farm land.

Gw suka dengan berita ini... Begitulah caranya berteman dan bertetangga, saling membantu dan saling mendukung sesuai kemampuan... That's a good news...

[K14N]

Taken from Straitstimes.com:

New Ebola case in Philippines

Scientists are still trying to determine if the six caught the virus from pigs. If such a link is proved, it would be the first time humans have contracted the disease from pigs.

MANILA - PHILIPPINE health officials said Tuesday that a pig farm worker had become the sixth person to test positive for antibodies to the non-lethal Ebola-Reston virus.
'Samples taken from a slaughterhouse worker in the northern Philippines showed signs of antibodies for Ebola-Reston, indicating he may have been infected with the virus in the past,' a health department statement said.

The slaughterhouse worker, who has not been identified, had no direct contact with the sick pigs, the department said.

The announcement came almost a month after four pig farm workers and a butcher tested positive for the antibodies.

Scientists are still trying to determine if the six caught the virus from pigs. If such a link is proved, it would be the first time humans have contracted the disease from pigs.

The government earlier imposed a quarantine on two farms in Bulacan and Pangasinan provinces after samples showed pigs were carrying the Ebola-Reston strain first found in monkeys exported from the Philippines to the US.

Samples from the farms showed that the virus was still spreading in Bulacan but not in Pangasinan, health officials said.

While recommending the lifting of the quarantine in the Pangasinan farm, the health department have ordered some 6,000 pigs to be culled in Bulacan.

The Ebola-Reston strain is not deadly to humans, unlike the other known Ebola strains found in Africa. -- AFP

[paradyto]

Malaysia Tolak Rencana Airasia Bangun Bandara di Luar Ibukota

KUALA LUMPUR--MI: Pemerintah Malaysia mengkonfirmasikan akan menolak rencana ambisius maskapai AirAsia untuk membangun bandara di luar ibukota senilai US$460 juta.

Wakil PM Najib Razak, mengatakan proposal itu dipangkas karena mitra maskapai di proyek itu, konglomerat Malaysia, Sime Darby, menolak memberi kontribusi senilai 800 juta ringgit (US$218 juta) dalam pembiayaan konstruksi.

"Jika mereka tidak mau menyumbang, tidak ada dasar bagi proyek ini untuk dipertimbangkan," katanya, menurut kantor berita Bernama. Najib, yang telah ditunjuk menjadi PM bulan depan, mengatakan dia menerima konfirmasi mengenai posisi Sime Darby dalam "hitam dan putih".

Pendiri Air Asia, Tony Fernandes, mengatakan awal tahuan ini AirAsia ingin meninggalkan terminal yang sudah kumuh dan penuh sesak untuk menjadi bandara internasional utama, untuk meningkatkan standar dan menurunkan biaya operasional.

Menurut laporan surat kabar awal bulan ini rencana itu ditunda setelah Fernandes melakukan presentasi ke Najib, yang juga menteri keuangan. Najib, menurut Star Daily, mengatakan, bahwa Malaysia Airports Holdings, yang mengoperasikan Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), akan membangun terminal dengan anggaran baru untuk menggantikan fasilitas bandara yang sudah ada.

"Kami masih merundingkan persyaratan dengan AirAsia mengenai terminal penumpang yang berbiaya murah (LCCT)," katanya. AirAsia bermaksud membangun dan mengoperasikan bandara baru di negara bagian Negeri Sembilan -- di luar ibukota Kuala Lumpur --- bersama dengan Sime Darby.

Perluasan LCCT saat ini diharapkan selesai Maret, namun kemudian AirAsia dengan sekitar 15,7 juta penumpang setahun, akan siap memperluas kapasitas bandara. (Ant/OL-02)

[jlshyang]

hmm thats weird, Sri Lanka has higher per-capita income than RI, plus one of the most sophisticated infrastructure in entire South Asia. Violence is a factor ? Isn't Colombo anad most parts of Lanka extremely safe and free from instability ? I seldom ( or never ) heard about Sri Lankans crossing into India, Maldives, Malaysia, Singapore or Thailand to get jobs.

Please allow me to reply to this :)

Didn't you read about the ongoing civil war that has been going on for years in Sri Lanka? The airport security itself scares me, I have never seen so many heavily armed soldiers (who will constantly check on your travel documents) in any of the airports I have landed on so far. There are also bunkers on the streets of Colombo. Colombo has always been a target of bombings by the Tamil Tiger rebels based in northern Sri Lanka.

Btw, most migrant workers in Maldives are from Sri Lanka, from hotel staff to domestic helper and many of them also take up jobs that are shunned by local Maldivians. I heard some of them work in Indian resorts. Most of them could speak English so they can easily find a job in a resort in South Asia.

[chene]

Malaysia Tolak Rencana Airasia Bangun Bandara di Luar Ibukota

KUALA LUMPUR--MI: Pemerintah Malaysia mengkonfirmasikan akan menolak rencana ambisius maskapai AirAsia untuk membangun bandara di luar ibukota senilai US$460 juta.

Wakil PM Najib Razak, mengatakan proposal itu dipangkas karena mitra maskapai di proyek itu, konglomerat Malaysia, Sime Darby, menolak memberi kontribusi senilai 800 juta ringgit (US$218 juta) dalam pembiayaan konstruksi.

"Jika mereka tidak mau menyumbang, tidak ada dasar bagi proyek ini untuk dipertimbangkan," katanya, menurut kantor berita Bernama. Najib, yang telah ditunjuk menjadi PM bulan depan, mengatakan dia menerima konfirmasi mengenai posisi Sime Darby dalam "hitam dan putih".

Pendiri Air Asia, Tony Fernandes, mengatakan awal tahuan ini AirAsia ingin meninggalkan terminal yang sudah kumuh dan penuh sesak :ohno::ohno::runaway::puke::badnews:untuk menjadi bandara internasional utama, untuk meningkatkan standar dan menurunkan biaya operasional.

Menurut laporan surat kabar awal bulan ini rencana itu ditunda setelah Fernandes melakukan presentasi ke Najib, yang juga menteri keuangan. Najib, menurut Star Daily, mengatakan, bahwa Malaysia Airports Holdings, yang mengoperasikan Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), akan membangun terminal dengan anggaran baru untuk menggantikan fasilitas bandara yang sudah ada.

"Kami masih merundingkan persyaratan dengan AirAsia mengenai terminal penumpang yang berbiaya murah (LCCT)," katanya. AirAsia bermaksud membangun dan mengoperasikan bandara baru di negara bagian Negeri Sembilan -- di luar ibukota Kuala Lumpur --- bersama dengan Sime Darby.

Perluasan LCCT saat ini diharapkan selesai Maret, namun kemudian AirAsia dengan sekitar 15,7 juta penumpang setahun, akan siap memperluas kapasitas bandara. (Ant/OL-02)

it's time to wake up AirAsia....

[K14N]

Much better situation here in Indonesia??

(taken from Straitstimes.com)

Job losses in Singapore
99,000 jobs may go
By Fiona Chan

SINGAPORE may lose 99,000 jobs amid the nation's worst economic slump

UNEMPLOYMENT could surge beyond the levels of recent recessions to hit a 20-year high of 5 per cent next year, according to a new report by DBS.
Its Singapore economist, Irvin Seah, estimates that the economy will contract 4.8 per cent this year, bringing about a total of 99,000 net job losses in the current recession. Manufacturing would be the worst hit with about 58,000 jobs lost, he added.

Mr Seah expects the unemployment rate to 'rise steadily' to 4.8 per cent by the end of the year and peak at about 5 per cent by the midde of next year. This would be the highest level of unemployment since the manufacturing recession in 1985 and 1986, when the rate hit 6.5 per cent, he said.

While the unemployment rate briefly touched 4.8 per cent in 2003 due to Sars, for the most part it stayed below 4 per cent in 2003 and 2004. But in the current downturn, Mr Seah expects unemployment to surpass 4 per cent in the second half of this year right through next year.

Said Mr Seah in the DBS report: 'Singapore is likely to experience its worst ever growth this year with a GDP contraction of 4.8 per cent. Labour markets are expected to deteriorate further.

'The unemployment rate will likely hit 5 per cent with cumulative job losses expected to reach 99,000 by 2010. Policy measures that have been put forth so far will help to cushion the blows but the worst of the labour market cycle is yet to come.'

The Singapore economy shrank by 3.7 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2008, compared to a year ago. Non-oil domestic exports plunged by 17.7 per cent in the same quarter, down significantly from an average negatove 4.2 per cent for the first three quarters of last year.

NODX growth in January plummeted by 34.8 per cent - the sharpest single month decline ever and a clear reflection of the collapse in global demand. Singapore's unemployment rate has risen in the previous two quarters as the labour market continued to feel the heat of the global recession.

About 73,100 Singapore residents were jobless in December last year, an increase of about 58 per cent over a year ago. Job growth also slowed significantly, with just 26,900 jobs created in the fourth quarter, which is less than half the total gain of 55,700 in the previous quarter.

'Against the backdrop of the dire economic conditions, this is probably just the initial stage of a protracted down-cycle in the employment market. Job losses and unemployment rate will continue to rise as companies struggle to cope with the impact of the global downturn,' said Mr Seah.

[jlshyang]

it's time to wake up AirAsia....

why? LCCT memang dah kumuh dan sesak! but i don't agree with them building the new LCCT so far away from Sepang. They should build it within Sepang.

[paradyto]

Suvarnabhumi, Gerbang Menuju Tanah Emas

Oleh Jafar M. Sidik

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Megah, mewah, nyaman, tak ada kerumunan calo, tak ada penjaja taksi gelap, berdisiplin tapi tak mengekang, dan tak mengenal pungutan "airport tax". Itulah Bandara Internasional Suvarnabhumi, Bangkok, Thailand.

Suvarnabhumi, mengutip laporan Airports Council International November 2008, adalah bandara paling sibuk ke-18 di dunia, keempat di Asia dan tersibuk di Asia Tenggara, dengan jumlah penumpang per tahun 36,3 juta.

Bandingkan dengan Changi, Singapura, yang berkapasitas angkut per tahun 34,2 juta penumpang atau Bandara Soekarno Hatta yang "hanya" 32,5 juta orang.

Nama Suvarnabhumi (baca, suwana-poom) dipilihkan Raja Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej, artinya "Tanah Emas" yang secara khusus merujuk wilayah Indochina.

Tanah Emas atau Semenanjung Emas sendiri adalah nama kawasan yang dulu umum dipakai bagi wilayah yang kini dikenal Thailand, Kamboja, Laos dan Myanmar.

Seperti Bandara Soekarno Hatta yang terletak di luar metropolitan Jakarta, Suvarnabhumi juga terletak di luar metropolitan Bangkok, tepatnya di Racha Thewa, distrik Bang Phli, provinsi Samut Prakan.

Suvarnabhumi dilengkapi 130 pos pemeriksaan paspor di terminal kedatangan dan di 8 pos keberangkatan, 26 pos pabean di terminal kedatangan dan keberangkatan, 360 konter "chek in" plus 100 konter tambahan bagi penumpang yang tidak berbagasi.

Bandara yang dirangcang oleh arsitek Helmut Jahn ini juga dilengkapi 22 tempat pengecekan bagasi, 107 koridor berjalan (walkway), 102 tangga berjalan, dan 83 eskalator.

Eksterior dan interiornya sengaja dibuat nyaman dan memudahkan siapapun yang berada di sana, meskipun pengamanan tidak mengendur karena hal itu.

"Duh panjang sekali, mana ruang tunggunya ya?" kata Zulkifli, teman serombongan ANTARA dan media massa nasional lainnya saat menuju pos pemeriksaan barang menuju ruang tunggu keberangkatan, Senin lalu.

Untuk sampai ke pos ini, penumpang harus berjalan sampai satu kilometer dari ruang "check in", dan dari pos itu, masih sekitar satu kilometer lagi menuju ruang tunggu pesawat.

Tentu saja penumpang tak akan kelelahan karena ada sekitar empat "walkway" yang membuat jarak sejauh itu tak akan membuat mereka berkeringat setetes pun.

Tertinggi

Suvarnabhumi mempunyai menara kontrol tertinggi di dunia (132,2 meter) dan merupakan terminal bandara terluas ketiga di dunia (56,3 hektare) dan melebihi Changi, Singapura, serta hanya kalah dari Beijing dan Hongkong.

"Wow, besar sekali, Cengkareng (Bandara Soekarno Hatta, Cengkareng, Jakarta) jadi seperti bandara lokal," kata Bonar, teman dari lembaga penyiaran nasional.

Suvarnabhumi dirancang pertamakali 45 tahun lalu dan diselesaikan pada masa pemerintahan Perdana Menteri Thaksin Shinawatra yang kemudian terasing dari kekuasaan.

Thailand berharap bandara raksasa berarsitektur unik tapi modern ini akan merangsang tumbuh kuatnya industri pariwisata yang menjadi sektor ekonomi vital negeri itu.

Faktanya, bandara yang menghabiskan dana 45 miliar dolar AS mampu mengangkut 76 kali penerbangan setiap jam dan membawa 45 juta penumpang serta 3 juta ton kargo setiap tahun.

Alhasil, sektor pariwisata Thailand makin kuat menyangga perekonomian Negara Gajah Putih itu karena gerbang masuk Thailand dibuat sedemikian luas, sedemikian nyaman dan tanpa gangguan calo serta pungutan yang tidak perlu.

Para turis pun merasa dimanja dan disambut dengan layak guna memasuki Thailand yang memang eksotis dan berambisi menjadi kekuatan pariwisata utama dunia.

"Nice and big (bagus dan besar)," kata Stephanie Kearney, turis asal Australia yang baru saja tiba di Suvarnabhumi menumpang Thai Airways dari Jakarta, Kamis pekan lalu (26/2).

Ambisi mendatangkan sebanyak mungkin orang dari seluruh dunia ini terlihat dari landasan pacu (runway) paralel Suvarnabhumi yang jumlahnya dua buah dengan lebar 60 meter dengan panjang empat dan 3,7 kilometer.

Ini ditambah dua landasan keluar masuk pesawat (taxiway) untuk mengakomodasi kelancaran keberangkatan dan kedatangan pesawat dari sekitar 100 maskapai serta 23 kargo.

Tak hanya itu, Suvarnabhumi juga memiliki 120 kawasan parkir pesawat (parking bays) tersambung dengan 120 gerbang, dengan lima diantaranya mampu diparkiri jet raksasa Airbus A380.

Bandara yang 70 persen pembiayaannya melalui Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) ini juga tersambung ke jalur stasiun kereta api bawah tanah dan jalan bebas hambatan yang lebih lebar dari Jakarta.

Sementara di atas stasiun kereta api bawah tanah dan depan gedung terminal penumpang ada hotel berkamar 600 yang diopersikan oleh Grup Accor dibawah nama Novotel Suvarnabhumi.

Rencananya, akan dibangun empat landasan pacu yang mengapit dua terminal utama dan dua bangunan penghubung yang kalau digabungkan membuat bandara ini mempunyai kapasitas angkut 100 juta penumpang dan 6,4 juta ton kargo setiap tahun.

Masih ada lagi rencana berikutnya yang dimulai tiga sampai lima tahun setelah rencana pertama tuntas, yaitu sebuah rencana bangunan penghubung ke terminal utama.

Dibawah rentetan masalah, dari tuduhan korupsi yang menyelimuti pembangunan bandara Suvarnabhumi sampai isu arwah gentayangan seputar bandara yang membuat 99 biksu mengadakan pengusiran arwah di situs bandara, Thailand terlihat sangat serius dan mengetahui pasti kelebihan mereka.

Negeri ini sadar pariwisata adalah jantung ekonomi mereka dan bandara yang layak adalah pintu gerbang dan etalase nasional yang membuat turis tertarik masuk berbondong-bondong ke Thailand. (*)

[Balaputradewa]

Suvarnabhumi = Swarnabumi = Swarnadwipa = Tanah Emas.

Istilah tersebut sebenarnya sudah lama melekat utk Pulau Sumatra pada masa kerajaan silam. Ada suatu kitab kuno dari Pelaut Persia dan peta kuno yang menyebut Swarnabumi/Swarnadwipa dg merujuk kepada Palembang (Sumatra). Karena pada masa itu Palembang merupakan bandar yg besar, maka penamaan Swarnabumi/Swarnadwipa tersebut juga dipadankan utk penyebutan seluruh Pulau Sumatra. Konon nama Palembang sendiri berasal dari kata Pa dan Limbang, yaitu tempat melimbang emas. Selain itu pakaian adat, makanan dan agama (pd masa itu Budha) hampir mirip2 antara Palembang dan Thailan. Bahkan sama2 kota sungai, dibelah oleh sungai besar, yang satu dibelah Sungai Musi dan yang satu Sungai Chao Pharaya.

Sumber: Sejarawan Amran Halim

[chene]

^^thailand colong kebudayaan indonesia........:nuts::nuts:

[F-ian]

^^ AP II sih yg payah... gak ada otaknya... :| bener2 harus di kelola ama swasta kalo mau bagus...:yes:

[zxczx86]

^^thailand colong kebudayaan indonesia........:nuts::nuts:

Kerajaan Sriwijaya dulu menaklukan beberapa wilayah di thailand, maka ada beberapa kebudayaan yang mirip antara sumatra dan thailand. Bukan berarti thailand colong kebudayaan kita :)
Mungkin buat orang thailand sekarang, airport mereka merupakan sumber devisa terbesar atau bisa dilambangkan sebagai sumber emas; Maka mereka menyebut airport mereka sebagai tanah emas (bukan berarti 'palembang' dalam bahasa lain).

[AceN]

Faktanya, bandara yang menghabiskan dana 45 miliar dolar AS mampu mengangkut 76 kali penerbangan setiap jam dan membawa 45 juta penumpang serta 3 juta ton kargo setiap tahun.


Antara aja masih bisa salah.. :doh: Suvarnabbhumi itu kan cuma 3-4 Miliar dolar....

[paradyto]

Singapura Produksi Film Berisi Lagu-lagu Indonesia

Batam (ANTARA News) - Sineas Singapura memproduksi film melayu The Missing Ingredient berisi lagu-lagu Indonesia, di antaranya Si Jali-jali, Sayang di Sayang dan Pesan Kakek.

Director sekaligus co-writer The Missing Ingredient Sanif Olek mengadaptasi lagu-lagu itu dan memasukannya ke dalam setting film tanpa musik latar.

"Aktor dan aktris yang menyanyikan lagu itu," kata dia, seperti dikutip CNA di Batam, Kamis.

The Missing Ingredient memotret kehidupan cinta dalam keluarga dan hubungan tiga generasi antara karakter Pak Harun (Dato` Rahim Razali), anaknya Rosli (Rafaat Hamzah) dan seorang pembantu asal Aceh, Murni (Aidli `Alin` Mosbit).

Selain lagu-lagu asal Indonesia, film itu juga menampilkan makanan tradisional khas Melayu sambal goreng untuk mengilustrasikan isu komunitas Melayu.

Lokasi pengambilan gambar The Missing Ingredient mengambil tempat di Singapura, Malaysia dan Australia.

Film yang diharapkan selesai akhir tahun 2009 merupakan film melayu pertama produksi sineas Singapura, setelah 30 tahun absen dari teater negeri jiran itu. (*)

[K14N]

Banks cut S'pore's growth
Major banks also slash growth of other SE Asian economies.

Major investment banks slashed growth forecasts for South-east Asian economies, with one predicting an 8 per cent contraction in Singapore, as the weakening global economy hits the region's key export industry. -- PHOTO: AFP

MAJOR investment banks slashed growth forecasts for South-east Asian economies, with one predicting an 8 per cent contraction in Singapore, as the weakening global economy hits the region's key export industry.
Goldman Sachs now expects Singapore's gross domestic product to fall 8 per cent this year from a previous forecast for a 4 per cent contraction hurt also by a slowing real estate market and shrinking investment.

It also cut its GDP forecasts for 2009 for four other South-east Asian economies. Among them, its sharpest downward revision was for Malaysia to shrink 3.5 per cent from growth of 1.7 per cent previously, while it saw Thai GDP slipping 4 per cent from a 0.8 per cent drop previously.

Indonesia's economy was expected to grow at a slower pace of 2.5 per cent from 3.0 per cent previously, and the Philippine economy was expected to shrink 0.5 per cent from a growth forecast of 1.8 per cent previously, Goldman said in a note on Thursday.

'We reiterate our view that Singapore has one of the highest exposures to weakness in external demand, because of its high ratio of exports to GDP and the high portion of exports-driven domestic demand,' it said.

HSBC lowered growth forecasts for Singapore to -7 per cent and for Malaysia to -3.5 per cent, from -5 per cent and +0.5 per cent previously.

Credit Suisse saw a 6.5 per cent contraction for Singapore, a 5.2 per cent contraction for Japan as frozen trade hits exporters, but 8 per cent growth for China given its policy stimulus.

Goldman's forecast on Singapore is the most bearish among private economists, although Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew told a Reuters seminar earlier this month the economy could contract by as much as 10 per cent in 2009 if exports continued to slide in the second quarter.

A poll of analysts by Reuters on Wednesday put the average forecast for Singapore at a 4.9 per cent contraction, in line with the government's official forecast and a survey of economists by the central bank.

Goldman saw the Singapore dollar at 1.64 to the US dollar within 3 months while HSBC expected a 2-3 per cent one-off shift downwards in the band, with scope to ease policy again. -- REUTERS

[paradyto]

Selangor Larang Lagu Agnes Monica "Allah Peduli"

Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News) - Negara bagian Selangor, Malaysia, melarang lagu penyanyi pop Indonesia Agnes Monica berjudul "Allah Peduli" karena menggunakan kata "Allah" dalam lirik lagunya untuk menggambarkan Nabi Isa.

Pengurus Majlis Agama Islam Selangor (Mais), Mohamad Adzib Mohd Isa, mengatakan, larangan itu dikenakan kepada siapapun yang menyanyikan lagu itu di negara bagian Selangor, demikian media massa Malaysia, Sabtu.

Mais bertekad menegakkan hukum kepada siapapun yang menggunakan kata "Allah" sebagai pengganti kata tuhan bagi pemeluk agama non Islam.

"Penyidikan akan dilakukan oleh pegawai yang berwenang dan jika terbukti bersalah, maka tertuduh akan didenda 1.000 ringgit Malaysia (Rp3,2 juta)," kata Mohamad Adzib.

Pemerintah Malaysia juga melarang penggunaan kata "Allah" oleh majalah mingguan Katolik The Herald, namun majalah ini tidak menerima larangan tersebut sehingga membawa persoalan itu ke pengadilan. Hingga sekarang kasus ini masih dalam proses peradilan.

Pemerintah Malaysia mengeluarkan kebijakan bahwa kata "Allah" tidak boleh digunakan oleh agama selain Islam. (*)

[paradyto]

New Malaysian PM releases detainees, ends paper ban in first act


Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News) - Malaysia's new Prime Minister Najib Razak announced the release of 13 people held under tough security laws and revoked a ban on two newspapers in his first act after taking office Friday.

Najib, who was sworn in as the country's sixth prime minister, pledged in his first televised broadcast as PM that he would also review the tough Internal Security Act (ISA) which allows for indefinite detention without trial.


"I would like to announce that the government has decided with immediate effect to remove the temporary ban on two news publications, release 13 detainees from ISA detention, and conduct a comprehensive review of the Internal Security Act," he was quoted by AFP as saying.


"These decisions are timely as we move to enhance the confidence of our citizens in those entrusted with maintaining peace, law and order," he said.


Officials said the two papers were Suara Keadilan, run by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's Keadilan party, and Harakah, published by the Islamic party PAS, which had been banned for three months earlier this month after they reported on a political crisis in northern Perak state in February.


Home ministry officials could not be reached for comment.


Anwar had criticised Najib for the government's ban on the papers and called for the release of all political detainees held under ISA.


Najib said he would also "provide strong leadership" to lift the country out of the economic crisis.


The home ministry said it was holding 46 people under the ISA in December, most of them members of militant groups such as Jemaah Islamiyah and Darul Islam.


The security law, which provides for a two-year detention period that can be renewed indefinitely, dates back partly to the British colonial era, when it was used against communist insurgents.


However, critics say it has been abused by the government to silence its opponents.

[Venantio]

Selangor Larang Lagu Agnes Monica "Allah Peduli"

Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News) - Negara bagian Selangor, Malaysia, melarang lagu penyanyi pop Indonesia Agnes Monica berjudul "Allah Peduli" karena menggunakan kata "Allah" dalam lirik lagunya untuk menggambarkan Nabi Isa.

Pengurus Majlis Agama Islam Selangor (Mais), Mohamad Adzib Mohd Isa, mengatakan, larangan itu dikenakan kepada siapapun yang menyanyikan lagu itu di negara bagian Selangor, demikian media massa Malaysia, Sabtu.

Mais bertekad menegakkan hukum kepada siapapun yang menggunakan kata "Allah" sebagai pengganti kata tuhan bagi pemeluk agama non Islam.

"Penyidikan akan dilakukan oleh pegawai yang berwenang dan jika terbukti bersalah, maka tertuduh akan didenda 1.000 ringgit Malaysia (Rp3,2 juta)," kata Mohamad Adzib.

Pemerintah Malaysia juga melarang penggunaan kata "Allah" oleh majalah mingguan Katolik The Herald, namun majalah ini tidak menerima larangan tersebut sehingga membawa persoalan itu ke pengadilan. Hingga sekarang kasus ini masih dalam proses peradilan.

Pemerintah Malaysia mengeluarkan kebijakan bahwa kata "Allah" tidak boleh digunakan oleh agama selain Islam. (*)

Sometimes agama malah justru bikin bingung dan menjadi pemicu/alasan untuk membenci orang lain...

[Kopassus]

Its not because of the agama, its because the idiots who abuse a religion to get influence..

[mhek]

from philippine forums :cheers:

Manila Standard
April 16, 2009

Singapore dollar devalued as GDP shrinks by 19.7%

SINGAPORE’S dollar rose to a two-month high after the central bank said it saw no reason for “any undue weakening” of the local currency, signaling it didn’t plan to add to a devaluation announced Tuesday.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore, following a twice-yearly policy review, on Tuesday lowered the trading band in which the local currency is managed and said it didn’t plan to seek further depreciation as the economy was “sound.”

Singapore’s gross domestic product fell an annualized 19.7 percent in the last quarter from the previous three months, more than double the 9.6-percent shrinkage forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists.

Meanwhile, Citibank said Indonesia and the Philippines were among the emerging market economies in Asia that were in the best position to stabilize their public finances.

But the bank warned in a study dated April 13 that the two countries were vulnerable to swings in their currencies’ exchange rate.

“Indonesia and the Philippines require the least effort relative to their recent history in stabilizing their debt ratios, though their trajectory would be sensitive to swings in their local currency,” Citibank analyst Johanna Chua said.

Singapore’s dollar gained 1.1 percent to trade at 1.5 against the US currency as of 1:29 p.m. local time. It earlier reached 1.4963, the strongest since Feb. 11.

The median estimate of 21 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News before Tuesday’s decision was for the currency to weaken to 1.59 by end-June.

“People were expecting a more aggressive move given the disastrous GDP,” Sean Callow, a Sydney-based currency strategist at Westpac Banking Corp., said in an interview.

“If now is not the time to adopt significant easing, then they never will.”

The MAS conducts its monetary policy by guiding the Singapore dollar within an undisclosed trade-weighted band of major trading partners’ currencies. It adopted a faster currency appreciation stance in October 2007, announced a one-off strengthening in April 2008, and halted gains altogether at the last policy meeting in October. Bloomberg, with Eileen A. Mencias

[Kopassus]

Kevin Rudd to announce Australia's biggest military build-up since World War II


- Defence white paper to be released
- Will be biggest boost to military since WWII
- Multi-billion-dollar investment in defence

KEVIN Rudd is set to announce Australia's biggest military build-up since World War II, led by a multi-billion-dollar investment in maritime defence, including 100 new F-35 fighters, a doubling of the submarine fleet, and powerful new surface warships.

The new defence white paper will outline plans for a fundamental shake-up of Australia's defence organisation to ensure that the nation can meet what the Prime Minister sees as a far more challenging and uncertain security outlook in Asia over the next two decades.

China's steadily growing military might and the prospect of sharper strategic competition among Asia's great powers are driving the maritime build-up, which will see new-generation submarines and warships equipped with cruise missiles, and a big new investment in anti-submarine warfare and electronic warfare platforms, including new naval helicopters.

The white paper will consider the emerging non-traditional threats to Australia, including cyber security, climate change and its associated risk of large uncontrolled people movements, The Australian reports.

Senior government sources say Mr Rudd has insisted that defence spending remain largely insulated from the Government's budget difficulties, but the Defence Department will still have to find at least $15 billion of internal savings over the next decade to help pay for the $100 billion-plus long-term equipment plan.

Mr Rudd said yesterday the delivery of the white paper was proving "acutely challenging as we work to defend ourselves from the global economic storm".

"It is the most difficult environment to frame the Australian budget in modern economic history. It is also the most difficult environment to frame our long-term defence planning in modern economic history as well," he told the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce.

"Nevertheless the Government will not resile even in the difficult times from the requirement for long-term coherence of our defence planning for the long-term security of our nation. This is core business for government.

"That is why we have forged ahead in our preparation of the defence white paper because national security needs do not disappear because of the global recession. If anything, those needs become more acute."

Funding pressures will mean the navy will not get a fourth air warfare destroyer, and the delivery of the first batch of the RAAF's F-35 joint strike fighters will slip by at least one year to 2014-15.

The huge cost of paying for the next-generation defence force, due to be detailed in the white paper and the forthcoming 10-year defence capability plan, will have little impact on the defence budget over the the next four years.

Apart from the air warfare destroyers and the F-35 fighters, most of the planned defence purchases will not have to be paid for until well into the next decade and beyond.

Mr Rudd and Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon are expected to release the long-awaited white paper as early as next week, with the more detailed 10-year defence capability plan due to published by mid-year.

The naval build-up will be led by a planned 12-strong submarine fleet expected to replace the Collins-class boats from 2025.

It will enable the RAN to deploy up to seven boats to protect Australia's northern approaches, including key maritime straits running through the Indonesian archipelago, at times of high threat.

The white paper will outline the requirement for a new class of eight 7000-tonne warships equipped with ballistic missile defence systems similar to the three air warfare destroyers already on order that will eventually replace the Anzac frigates.

A new class of 1500-tonne corvette-size patrol boats able to take a helicopter is slated to replace the Armidale-class vessels from the mid-2020s.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...16-421,00.html

[oweeyman]

Singapura Produksi Film Berisi Lagu-lagu Indonesia

Batam (ANTARA News) - Sineas Singapura memproduksi film melayu The Missing Ingredient berisi lagu-lagu Indonesia, di antaranya Si Jali-jali, Sayang di Sayang dan Pesan Kakek.

Director sekaligus co-writer The Missing Ingredient Sanif Olek mengadaptasi lagu-lagu itu dan memasukannya ke dalam setting film tanpa musik latar.

"Aktor dan aktris yang menyanyikan lagu itu," kata dia, seperti dikutip CNA di Batam, Kamis.

The Missing Ingredient memotret kehidupan cinta dalam keluarga dan hubungan tiga generasi antara karakter Pak Harun (Dato` Rahim Razali), anaknya Rosli (Rafaat Hamzah) dan seorang pembantu asal Aceh, Murni (Aidli `Alin` Mosbit).

Selain lagu-lagu asal Indonesia, film itu juga menampilkan makanan tradisional khas Melayu sambal goreng untuk mengilustrasikan isu komunitas Melayu.

Lokasi pengambilan gambar The Missing Ingredient mengambil tempat di Singapura, Malaysia dan Australia.

Film yang diharapkan selesai akhir tahun 2009 merupakan film melayu pertama produksi sineas Singapura, setelah 30 tahun absen dari teater negeri jiran itu. (*)

abis bikin film ini, gw takut mereka nge-klaim lagu2 daerah tsb..:ohno:

[F-ian]

^^ mana yang dari Indonesia Pembantu lagi.. Kyk Film The Maid aja.. pemeran utama jadi Pembantu dari Filipina... :wallbash:

pffff udahlah...siapa si yang bakal nonton film Sg? :|

[paradyto]

^^ mana yang dari Indonesia Pembantu lagi.. Kyk Film The Maid aja.. pemeran utama jadi Pembantu dari Filipina... :wallbash:

pffff udahlah...siapa si yang bakal nonton film Sg? :|

Jadi pembantu?? siapa ya?

[paradyto]

Malaysian navy chief apologizes for actions in Ambalat
The Jakarta Post , Kuala Lumpur | Wed, 06/10/2009 10:17 PM | National

Malaysian Navy chief Adm. Abdul Aziz Jaafar offered an apology to the Indonesian people Wednesday over the Ambalat issue, Antara news agency reported.

"We offer an apology if we are considered violating Indonesian territory. We also offer an apology if any of Malaysian naval officers has been involved in a provocative act. We will find them and take stern measures against them," Abdul Aziz told a five-member Indonesian parliamentary delegation.

He said the Malaysian Navy would not deploy its Scorpene submarine at the Ambalat block anymore.

"We are deploying a Scorpene submarine in the deep sea off Kinabalu city. We cannot deploy it in the Malacca Strait which has shallow waters. We will never send Scorpene to the Sulawesi Strait because it will destroy coral reefs there," he said.

The Indonesian delegation comprised Yusron Ihza Mahendra, Shidqi Wahab, Djoko Susilo, Andreas Pareira, and Happy Bone Zulkarnaen, all are members of the House's Commission on defense, information and foreign affairs.

[DJ_Archuleta]

Afghan, Pakistani illegal immigrants arrested in Batam


Fadli , The Jakarta Post , Batam | Wed, 06/10/2009 5:10 PM | National
Batam authorities arrested seven illegal immigrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan due to lack of documents to enter the country from Singapore on Wednesday.

Riau islands Police spokesperson Adj. Sr. Comr. Anggaria Lopis said all immigrants had passports without additional documents when the police captured them after they crossed the I Fisabilliliah Balerang bridge in Batam aboard a wooden ship.

“We are investigating them. We are curious to find the reasons they crossed the country via an illegal port from Singapore,” Anggaria said.

The immigrants said they had a plan to take airplanes to go to Jakarta as their final destination.

Anggaria admitted Riau islands also had around 60 illegal ports, 40 of which were in Batam.

“Many illegal migrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Vietnam have used the illegal ports to enter the Indonesia,” he said.

He said that his office would coordinate with the Batam administration to crackdown on illegal ports to support the region's plans to become a free trade zone area along with Bintan and Karimun islands

[bagak]

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[paradyto]

RI expresses condolences on Corazon Aquino`s death
Saturday, August 1, 2009 21:48 WIB | National |

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian government on Saturday conveyed its condolonces to the Philippines on the passing of former President Corazon Aquino.

In a message sent through the Indonesian embassy in Manila, the foreign ministry said the Indonesian government and people shared the Philippines` grief over the death of its former president and expressed their condolences to Aquino`s family, the Filipino government and people.

"Her departure is a great loss not only to the Philippines but also to the international community, including ASEAN," foreign ministry spokesman Teuku Faizasyah said in Jakarta.

The Indonesian government remembers well Aquino`s efforts in developing cooperative relations between the Philippines and Indonesia in bilateral terms as well as in ASEAN, he said.

Aquino`s struggle to defend democracy in the Philippines which earned her the predicate of "icon of democracy" was also acknowledged by the international world, he said.

The 76-year old former Philippine president and widow of opposition leader Benigno "Ninoy" Aguino died on Saturday of cardiac arrest after battling colon cancer for more than a year.

Philippine presidential spokesman Cerge Remonde said the government had declared a 10-day national mourning period and would give Aquino a state funeral but her family had decided to bury her next to her husband Ninoy Aquino`s grave in a private service.

Corazon Aquino rose to political prominence in 1986 when she led the massive "people power" movement which eventually brought down former dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

Originally an ordinary housewife who reluctantly assumed the presidency, Aquino had worked for the restoration of democracy in the Philippines and rewritten the country`s constitution.(*)

Yudhoyono sends condolences on Aquino`s demise
Saturday, August 1, 2009 21:46 WIB | National |

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Saturday extended condolences on the demise of former Philippine president Corazon C. Aquino.

President Yudhoyono on behalf of the Indonesian government and people conveyed deep condolences to the bereaved over the death of Aquino, presidential spokesman
Dino Patti Djalal said in a press statement.

An expression of sympathy also went to the Philippine government and people who had lost one of their best figures, he said.

Dino said the Indonesian people would always remember Aquino as a heroic figure who had the courage to struggle for democracy and justice in the Philippines.

"Corazon C. Aquino was a firm but low-profile and compassionate leader. She always tried to do her best in leading her country during a tough period in the Philippines` history," he said.

Whether as president or ordinary citizen, Aquino`s personality always was marked by dignity and integrity, he said.

"Corazon C. Aquino was also much admired by the Indonesian people and therefore, they also feel the Philippine people`s sorrow," the presidential spokesman said.

Aquino became president of a transitional government in 1986 after a bloodless "People Power" revolt which toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos`s 20-year regime.
She died early Saturday after a battle with colon cancer.(*

[RonnieR]

^^ Thank you.
President Aquino is loved by the Filipino people. She gave back to us the democracy after 20 years under the dictatorship where the Philippines suffered economically, etc.

The gratitude shown by the Filipino people to Pres. Aquino is incomparable. Truly an icon of democracy.

Rival families meet at Aquino’s wake
Web posted at: 8/5/2009 7:57:36
Source ::: AFP

Manila: The son and daughter of former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos surprised many yesterday by attending the wake of former President Corazon Aquino at Manila Cathedral.

Drawing on a tradition in the Asian Roman Catholic nation of setting aside rivalry on the occasion of death, House of Representatives member Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos and elder sister Imee Marcos made their surprise arrival at the wake during the afternoon.

They shook hands with Maria Elena “Ballsy” Cruz, one of the former president’s daughters, and chatted with Aquino’s grandchildren.

Imee Marcos kissed the cheek of Agapito Aquino, the late president’s brother-in-law.

Corazon Aquino had always held the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Senior as the mastermind behind the August 21, 1983 assassination of her politician husband Benigno Aquino at Manila Airport on his return from US exile to lead the anti-Marcos opposition.

The political upheaval unleashed by the murder, for which more than a dozen pro-Marcos soldiers and police were sentenced to long prison terms, effectively ended the 20-year regime of Marcos who fled into exile in the US in 1986 with the Aquino widow taking his place.

The 76 year-old Aquino died at the weekend after a long battle with cancer, sparking a national outpouring of grief and sympathy.

Her family, who had earlier rejected President Gloria Arroyo’s offer of a state funeral, said they did not object to the Marcos family members attending the wake but warned that they should not expect a warm welcome.

The two Marcos siblings left a hushed crowd of mourners after a short early-afternoon visit. It was unclear if their mother, former first lady Imelda Marcos, 80, would also attend.

“I never thought the time would come (that I would say this), but thank you to the Marcoses for really praying for Mum,” the Aquino daughter said.

The Marcos family was forced into exile in Hawaii as Corazon Aquino took over in 1986. The former dictator died there in 1989.

Imelda and her children were subsequently allowed by Aquino to return home, although no member of the Marcos family has been prosecuted.

The Marcoses are alleged to have plundered the government coffers of up to $10bn from the national treasury. 

[Kopassus]

Minuman Bandung buatan Malaysia?
http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq336/sandhiyudha/Photo-0171.jpg

[paradyto]

he he he Air Bandung? mungkin ada arti lain di Malaysia...

[rizalhakim]

yeah di malaysia air bandung dan mee bandung itu famez.....

air bandung adalah campuran sirap ros or pandan + susu...aduih enak sekali diminium sejuk2..haha.... sumtimes dimasukkan cincau(sejenis jelly).....

mee bandung juga lazat....

[fajarmuhasan]

yeah di malaysia air bandung dan mee bandung itu famez.....

air bandung adalah campuran sirap ros or pandan + susu...aduih enak sekali diminium sejuk2..haha.... sumtimes dimasukkan cincau(sejenis jelly).....

mee bandung juga lazat....

So what the meaning of Bandung in Malay?

[rizalhakim]

^^nutin...no idea...dunno...probably juz a name!!!....or maybe asalnya dibuat oleh orang2 bandung dimalaysia....ini sudah lama...sudah berpuluh tahun....

same goes with hainanese chicken rice..... famous di malaysia/sgpore tapi tidak terdapat di hainan china....asalnya dari orang2 cina hainan yang berpindah ke msia/sgpre...

[paradyto]

US$159 Juta untuk Bayi Baru Lahir di Singapura
Minggu, 16 Agustus 2009 01:33 WIB

SINGAPURA--MI: Pemerintah Singapura pada 2008 membagikan uang sebesar SIN$230 juta atau sekitar US$159 juta sebagai hadiah bagi bayi yang lahir, media massa setempat melaporkan, Sabtu (15/8).

Kendati demikian, surat kabar Straits Times mengungkapkan bahwa di negara kota itu tidak tercatat peningkatan angka kelahiran bayi.

Data di Sekretariat Kependudukan Nasional Singapura menunjukkan bahwa jumlah kelahiran di negara itu pada 2008 tercatat 32.423 bayi, atau hanya bertambah 129 bayi dibanding tahun 2003.

Pembagian hadiah yang mulai diberlakukan pada 2001 itu bertujuan mendorong pasangan suami-istri untuk memiliki lebih banyak anak dengan memberikan bantuan finansial kepada orang tua. Setiap bayi memperoleh hadiah dari pemerintah sebesar SIN$10.000 atau sekitar US$6.900.

Total penduduk Singapura pada 2008 mencapai 4,85 juta jiwa, meningkat 5,5% dibanding tahun sebelumnya. Tingkat pertumbuhan penduduk di negara itu rata-rata 1,28% pada 2008. (Xinhua-OANA/Ant/OL-06)

[~MELVINDONESIA~]

^^nutin...no idea...dunno...probably juz a name!!!....or maybe asalnya dibuat oleh orang2 bandung dimalaysia....ini sudah lama...sudah berpuluh tahun....

same goes with hainanese chicken rice..... famous di malaysia/sgpore tapi tidak terdapat di hainan china....asalnya dari orang2 cina hainan yang berpindah ke msia/sgpre...

Oh...lucu juga nama Bandung dipake...hehe..

Nasi Hainan di Indonesia jga bnyak...:)

[Mospeada]

^^ no suprise...
long time ago an indonesian (nusantara) comes to tanah melayu (at that moment) and somehow culture assimilation happened ,together with the local ppl....and then they are called the bumiputera. you can found javanese...banjar...minang ppl in malaysia.
at that time, there are no boundries ...ppl can flocking everywhere, its borderless which also happened to others countries in the world.

same goes to chinese and indians who migrate from their mainland to malaya (tanah melayu b4 that)...but din get the bumi status.

[Mospeada]

Malaysia to provide electricity for Sumatra



The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Thu, 02/12/2009 2:16 PM | Business

Malaysian Ministry of Energy, Water and Communications is planning to export electricity power of up to 45 percent from the government's reserves margin to Sumatra in the near future.

Minister Shaziman Abu Mansor said Wednesday the move was in view of the high demand for electricity in Indonesia and it would also help Malaysia to reduce its reserves margin which is still at a very high level.

"The ministry has met with Indonesia's Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), to discuss the matter and there will be another meeting Thursday," he said as quoted by Malaysia's national news agency, Bernama.

Shaziman said the ministry was planning to build an energy grid from Malaysia to Sumatra. He also said that there were no plans to build any more power generation plants in Peninsular Malaysia considering that the country's power reserves were still very high. (dre)


its from Bakun Dame Project in Sarawak...this project takes too long time to finished...because of it is very costly.

[Chris_Lyantto]

Malaysia Klaim Tari Pendet Bali
By Republika Newsroom
Rabu, 19 Agustus 2009 pukul 19:09:00


JAKARTA--Malaysia kembali mengklaim budaya Indonesia -- tarian pendet, Bali -- menjadi budaya mereka yang dicantumkan dalam iklan visit year mereka. Sebelumnya, mereka telah mengklaim angklung, reog Ponorogo, batik, Hombo Batu, dan Tari Folaya.

Budayawan, Radhar Panca Dahana, mengatakan pengklaiman budaya Indonesia oleh Malaysia untuk kesekian kalinya merupakan kesalahan pemerintah Indonesia sendiri. "Ya tidak apa-apa lah, kita juga suka mengambil budaya lain untuk untuk promosi," katanya kepada Republika, Rabu (19/8).

Ia menilai kecolongan budaya tersebut sebenarnya sebuah cermin atau refleksi. Ia menilai kita terluka dan malu, karena kita sadar sebagai pemilik kebudayaan itu kita tidak memperhatikannya. "Selama ini kebudayaan dipinggirkan, pemerintah dan masyarakat tak lagi peduli," ujarnya.

Sedangkan negara lain, seperti Malaysia, kata Radhar, membutuhkan ekstensi kebudayaan, karena kebudayaan adalah senjata terbaik untuk diplomasi internasional. Potensi bisnisnya bagus. "Malaysia tahu mereka kekurangan budaya, mereka pintar melihat kebudayaan negara tetangganya, dan mereka menghargai budaya untuk mencari keuntungan, sedangkan pemerintah kita tidak peduli. Hanya peduli pada olahraga dan program lainnya," katanya.

Untuk itu, kata Radhar, kedepannya agar Indonesia tidak kecolongan lagi, pemerintah harus perhatikan kebudayaan itu. "Kita majukan budaya kita supaya kita ada di depan, munculkan budaya kita dalam upacara-upacara, acara-acara, jangan lagu-lagu masa kini yang dinyanyikan oleh Presiden kita," tandasnya. she/kpo

[typhoonbringer]

bener tuh, kalo pemerintahnya concern gabakal ada yg berani klaim, kaya budaya jepun kan mana ada yg klaim

[F-ian]

bukan masalah pemerintah yang concern...tp orang2 tourism board malaysia yang pada ngefly ...

where are tourist going to see Tari Pendet in Malaysia? :| seriously... :weird: they should snap out of Fairytaleland

[=NaNdA=]

What next?

Borobudur?

[Rock Star]

What next?

Borobudur?

^^ Bisa jadi

atau gudeg jogja dan bakpia patuk di klaim sekalian :bash: :bash:

[Mospeada]

^^ the said pendet dance was featured in discovery channel documentary trailer entitled - Enigmatic Malaysia...

i wonder if they referred to malaysia tourism 1st b4 creating such trailer?.don't they do some research ?..or they up for something by featuring such things...or they are blind about Asia culture specifically.

because in tourism malaysia website...they didn't mentioned about pendet dance as part of malaysia dance culture :
http://www.tourism.gov.my/en/about/culture_music.asp

and because of the trailer, some of u simply judging that malaysia claim pendet dance.


Jangan Terprovokasi Tari Pendet di Iklan Malaysia
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JAKARTA - Departemen Luar Negeri menyarankan agar masyarakat Indonesia tidak mudah terprovokasi seperti melancarkan protes, dengan tampilnya tari Pendet asal Bali di iklan visit year Malaysia.

Demikian dikatakan juru bicara Deplu Teuku Faizasyah dalam jumpa pers di Kantor Deplu, Jalan Pejambon, Jakarta Pusat, Jumat (21/8/2009).

"Kita harus lihat dahulu seperti apa, kalau hanya dijadikan background iklan, seharusnya kita tidak terprovokasi seperti melancarkan protes. Ini malah bisa jadi sarana promo kita," kata Faizasyah.

Dia menambahkan, Indonesia pernah menjadikan Eropa sebagai background iklan.


why some of u guys have such hatred towards your neighbour without making some wise and rational judgement and do some findings.

what is 'klaim' in your language?...does it derived from 'claim' in english?.
u even klaim 'claim' word.

grown up bro's...use brain to judge..not emotional.

[Balandra]

SO WHY mereka pake budaya negara lain buat promosi negaranya? apa mereka ga punya identitas sendiri yg patut dijual?

Geblek..moron...idiot!
sejak kapan budaya bali bisa menjadi bagian melayu, yak jelas aja ga bisa diterima akal sehat bro, melayu dipengaruhi budaya ISLAM sdg bali budaya hindu.
kalo yg klaimnya negara india masih agak kepikiran, kalo malaysia jelas aja ngajak lagi berantem
najis tuh jiran satu ini dari jaman bung karno dulu.

[~MELVINDONESIA~]

Malaysia....negara miskin budaya...
Skalian tuh Monas jga diklaim!!!!!!!!!

[paradyto]

Next KOTEKA... Siap-siap yang punya Koteka he he he....
think positif saja:)

[Mospeada]

SO WHY mereka pake budaya negara lain buat promosi negaranya? apa mereka ga punya identitas sendiri yg patut dijual?

Geblek..moron...idiot!
sejak kapan budaya bali bisa menjadi bagian melayu, yak jelas aja ga bisa diterima akal sehat bro, melayu dipengaruhi budaya ISLAM sdg bali budaya hindu.
kalo yg klaimnya negara india masih agak kepikiran, kalo malaysia jelas aja ngajak lagi berantem
najis tuh jiran satu ini dari jaman bung karno dulu.

or you the one who are idiot - dunno how to click the link i provide from my comment ? (not understand english?) , READ from the website:

because in tourism malaysia website...they didn't mentioned about pendet dance as part of malaysia dance culture :
http://www.tourism.gov.my/en/about/culture_music.asp

that bali thingy dance are not in malaysia part of dance culture.

and discovery chanel are not belong to malaysia media.
they can write everything about one country.

its a poor thing if such nasty words comes from a muslim (if you are)

[Mospeada]

Malaysia....negara miskin budaya...
Skalian tuh Monas jga diklaim!!!!!!!!!

what a mentality ...:ohno:

poor guy.

[Balandra]

or you the one who are idiot - dunno how to click the link i provide from my comment ? (not understand english?) , READ from the website:



that bali thingy dance are not in malaysia part of dance culture.

and discovery chanel are not belong to malaysia media.
they can write everything about one country.

its a poor thing if such nasty words comes from a muslim (if you are)

Jangan kasih link yg subjektif gitu bro!
mana ada sih maling yg teriak ngaku, so realistis aja.
dalam beberapa catatan ini kasus yg kesekian kalinya terjadi sejak klaim batik, Angklung, reog yang semuanya dari tanah jawa dan sunda yg berbeda dgn budaya melayu hingga teritori indonesia yg diakui negara itu. wajar dong sebagai WNI yg udah merasa dirugikan bereaksi dengan itu semua, kasus sekali dua kali mungkin masih bisa dimaklumi.
ini akibat kami kurang respect sehingga negara itu( atau negara kamu) terlanjur keenakan dibiarkan hingga ketagihan mengklaim apa yg dianggap baik dr indonesia.
last but no least jangan cik bawa2 keyakinan / religi seseorang, so sensitives things...did u knows?

[Mospeada]

Jangan kasih link yg subjektif gitu bro!
mana ada sih maling yg teriak ngaku, so realistis aja.
dalam beberapa catatan ini kasus yg kesekian kalinya terjadi sejak klaim batik, Angklung, reog yang semuanya dari tanah jawa dan sunda yg berbeda dgn budaya melayu hingga teritori indonesia yg diakui negara itu. wajar dong sebagai WNI yg udah merasa dirugikan bereaksi dengan itu semua, kasus sekali dua kali mungkin masih bisa dimaklumi.
ini akibat kami kurang respect sehingga negara itu( atau negara kamu) terlanjur keenakan dibiarkan hingga ketagihan mengklaim apa yg dianggap baik dr indonesia.
last but no least jangan cik bawa2 keyakinan / religi seseorang, so sensitives things...did u knows?


that is official malaysia tourism website.
its stated the facts....
if you think otherwise and have such negative thinking, such hatred will never fade.


religion is sensitive things - same as well such nasty/profanity words.
called someone idiot,najis, anjing, maling.

as i believe religion do make ppl behave in good manner.
the problem is when they are bcoming extreme/emotional...rather than rational.

[=NaNdA=]

^^ wow.. wow... dont bring religion in this forum..... :no:

[Balandra]

that is official malaysia tourism website.
its stated the facts....
HOHO IS IT FACTS?

JUST UR OPINIONS AS ALL MALAYSIANS MY DEAR

NOT FOR ME AS INDONESIANS


religion is sensitive things - same as well such nasty/profanity words.
called someone idiot,najis, anjing, maling.

HOW ABOUT 'INDON' HEHE

as i believe religion do make ppl behave in good manner.
the problem is when they are bcoming extreme/emotional...rather than rational.
LIKE U AND ME FOR DIFFERENT REASONS

[dochan]

Wowow ko jadi pada gelut begini.. udah.. udah.. lagi bulan puasa nih.. Mending 2 negara tsb digabung aja biar ga ribut Hehe :jk: just kidding

A good neighbour? Tetangga yang baik; yang bisa saling menghargai satu sama lain..

[AceN]

hahaha..ternyata di tret ini agak panas :p

I wonder when will they claim SBY as their president...haha

[Nenek Genit]

when will they claim me as their Skyscrapercity member?im waitin for it :D

[typhoonbringer]

im waiting for them to claim my ass, i heard its worth 2 million ringgit

[Mospeada]

^^
that are really funny..har3

mm...its make sense why indonesia is 'kandang teroris'.
because someone- like nordin mat top or terorist movement can easily manipulate such ppl-who are full with anger and hatred who unable to think rationally.
and the victims will be the innocent ppl.

sorry if my comment out of topix.
but it suddenly come across in my mind.

do hope ASEAN (nusantara) spirit will always lead the way
whenever there are clash issues.

[bagak]

^^that are really funny..har3

mm...its make sense why malingsia is 'peternak teroris'.
because someone- like nordin mat top or terorist acts can easily benefited malingsia, there is a tag line goes like this : It's Bomb Season in Jakarta and Indonesia on June-August, so Visit Malingsia in Those Months Instead. And don't forget to invest in malingsia (we do have shortage of FDI lately) they tend to go to Indonesia, hmmm so what do you say Mr. PM shall we Blow them up,,,??? yes noordin do that, and shit if i care that the victims will be the innocent ppl.

sorry if my comment out of topix.
but it suddenly come across in my mind.

[Mospeada]

HOW ABOUT 'INDON' HEHE




wikipedia:

Indon is a short term for Indonesia and Indonesian, similar to Brit for Briton or British, that was used widely in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and The Philippines [1] to refer Indonesia or Indonesian for short. Some Indonesian media has formerly used the term,[2] however it is no longer in usage.

In 2006, the people and government of Indonesia opposed Malaysian usage of the term that was assumed as insulting and derogatory.[3]

Due to the matter, Indonesian government via Information & Humanity Secretary (Sekretaris I Penerangan & Humas KBRI ) Eka A. Suripto stated that Indonesian ambassador given an official protest to the Malaysian Ambassador in Indonesia on 13 May 2007. Malaysian government later reacted by prohibiting local media from using this term officially by Malaysian Ministry Of Information on 25 May 2007.[4][5][6].

[Mospeada]

^^that are really funny..har3

mm...its make sense why malingsia is 'peternak teroris'.
because someone- like nordin mat top or terorist acts can easily benefited malingsia, there is a tag line goes like this : It's Bomb Season in Jakarta and Indonesia on June-August, so Visit Malingsia in Those Months Instead. And don't forget to invest in malingsia (we do have shortage of FDI lately) they tend to go to Indonesia, hmmm so what do you say Mr. PM shall we Blow them up,,,??? yes noordin do that, and shit if i care that the victims will be the innocent ppl.

sorry if my comment out of topix.
but it suddenly come across in my mind.

what a mentality guy..

[Balandra]

CIK malon! you ga diundang disini
ga ada hak you menjudge orang indonesia seperti itu, mending perkaya dirimu dan kawan jiranmu dengan budaya whatevermu itu.
promosikanlah yg kau punya jangan curi khazanah budaya orang lain, baru kau boleh ucap proud to be malaysian like me as indonesians

KEEP AWAY...
sorry buat david

[Balaputradewa]

apepun yg rancak kat sini nak diambiknye.. Alamak tak cume Nordin Top yg teroris ni..kerajaanyepun juge teroris..nak ambik budaye Indonesia..boleh jadi lah bekongsi kedue-duenye tu :D Kesian sangat lah budak ni..menyibuk je kat sini..

[Balaputradewa]

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[Balandra]

gua seh kasian ama jiran satu itu, krisis budaya sebagai identitas bangsa
kasih aja tuh satu.. GOYANG GERGAJI atau GOYANG NGEBOR ga apa-apa bro, sekalian kasih bonus KOPLO PANTURA kakakak!
pasti mereka berani pasang promo videonya di indonesia.
tidak seperti sekarang maling-maling pasang promo di discovery channel dgn alasan ini itu, karena mereka sadar apa yg mereka promosikan sekarang itu dapet maling, ceritanya mereka malu padahal ga tahu malu.

[Nenek Genit]

i heard that malaysian love sinetron. so, please please steal Punjabi family to be yours. im begging you :master:

[adiyon84]

Teman2.. sudah-sudah lah tu. tak usah gaduh-gaduh. :ohno:
kalau bergaduh pun tak dapat faedah juga kan... benda ini tak akan habis didebat sampai bila-bila. sigh.. :(

[paradyto]

Dear all friends, inget... ini masuk Ramadhan...
Kita lihat saja nantinya seperti apa...

back to topic:

Raja Thailand Serukan Rakyat untuk Bersatu

BANGKOK--MI: Raja Bhumibol Adulyadej, menyerukan rakyat agar bersatu untuk mencegah Thailand yang sedang dilanda perpecahan mendalam tersebut hancur, dalam satu pernyataan menyangkut krisis politik empat tahun di negara itu.

"Saya sangat cemas negara kita akan menjadi hancur karena rakyat melakukan segala tindakan dengan cara mereka sendiri," kata Raja Bhumibol kepada para pejabat sipil Jumat (21/8) malam. Pidato raja itu disiarkan di stasiun televisi nasional akhir pekan ini.

"Tetapi jika rakyat bekerjasama ... negara akan sejahtera," kata Raja Bhumibol, yang adalah raja paling lama memerintah di dunia.

Kendatipun seorang raja yang konstitusional secara resmi di atas politik, raja memiliki pengaruh besar atas 67 juta jiwa penduduk Thailand dan beberapa kali turun tangan dalam krisis untuk mengakhiri pertumpahan darah atau mengatasi kebuntuan.

Pidato-pidatonya dalam tahun-tahun belakangan ini bernuansa dan berpusat tentang perlunya persatuan nasional, walaupun imbauannya bagi pemerintah bersih dianggap secara luas sebagai satu pukulan terhadap Thaksin Shinawatra, perdana menteri yang digulingkan dalam kudeta tahun 2006.

Komentar-komentar itu diucapkan saat tekanan kian meningkat terhadap pemerintah Abhisit Vejjaviva, perdana menteri lulusan universitas Oxford yang usaha-usahanya untuk menghidupkan kembali ekonomi dihambat oleh protes-protes yang rusuh dan perpecahan dalam koalisi enam partainya.

Para analis mengatakan masa depan politik Thailand tetap tidak menentu, dengan tidak ada satu jalan keluar dari krisis yang kompleks yang telah memecah belah negara itu dan menyebabkan berkurangnya kepercayaan para investor dan turis.

Front Persatuan bagi Demokrasi Menentang Diktator(UDD) Jumat mengumumkan mereka akan melakukan unjuk rasa dekat kantor Abhisit 30 Agustus untuk menuntut pengunduran dirinya.

Pendudukan tiga pekan Kantor Pemerintah April lalu merupakan aksi kekerasan paling buruk di Thailand dalam 17 tahun.

UDD yang lebih dikenal sebagai kelompok 'baju merah', pekan lalu mengajukan sebuah petisi dengan 3,5 juta tandatangan yang menyerukan Raja mengampunkan Thaksin, yang meninggalkan Thailand Oktober sebelum divonis hukuman dua tahun penjara karena terlibat korupsi.

Thaksin, yang kini berada di Dubai, dimana ia secara reguler menyampaikan pidato kepada para pendukungnya melalui telepon, mengatakan hukuman terhadap dirinya adalah bermotif politik dan membantah melakukan tindakan tersebut. (Rtr/Ant/OL-07)

[adiyon84]

Benda ini akan habis jika pemerintah Malaysia memberhentikan iklan pariwisatanya dan mengaku salah :)

Bro.. sekalipun iklan tourism itu ditarik balik, tak akan habis lagi debat dari "nasionalis" negaramu tentang benda-benda lain pula. percaya lah..

sudah-sudah lah tu, guys. kita ni serumpun. kalau melayunya juga asal budaya dari kepulauan Sumatera.

di Malaysia pun, ramai rakyat dari negaramu mencari rezeki juga. :ohno: :ohno:

[~MELVINDONESIA~]

Teman2.. sudah-sudah lah tu. tak usah gaduh-gaduh. :ohno:
kalau bergaduh pun tak dapat faedah juga kan... benda ini tak akan habis didebat sampai bila-bila. sigh.. :(

Benda ini akan habis jika pemerintah Malaysia memberhentikan iklan pariwisatanya dan mengaku salah :)

[The nyamuk]

:bash: heh, iklanya siapa yg buat idenya sich? :bash: . Yg jelas ini bikin kontroversi. :bash:
Buat yg gak seneng sama post ini sorry ya.

[~MELVINDONESIA~]

Bro.. sekalipun iklan tourism itu ditarik balik, tak akan habis lagi debat dari "nasionalis" negaramu tentang benda-benda lain pula. percaya lah..

sudah-sudah lah tu, guys. kita ni serumpun. kalau melayunya juga asal budaya dari kepulauan Sumatera.

di Malaysia pun, ramai rakyat dari negaramu mencari rezeki juga. :ohno: :ohno:

but Bali is not Sumatera...
Kalau iklannya pakai adat Melayu-Sumatera masih Oke lah,...
sama" Melayu....it's Bali...

[bagak]

Teman2.. sudah-sudah lah tu. tak usah gaduh-gaduh. :ohno:
kalau bergaduh pun tak dapat faedah juga kan... benda ini tak akan habis didebat sampai bila-bila. sigh.. :(

tidak akan ada asap kalau tidak ada api, tidak akan ada reaksi kalau tidak ada aksi, you pikir kita mau apa gaduh2 dengan you? ngabisin energi tau,,,, but it has gone too far my dear friend.... lama kelamaan kalian akan menginjak injak kepala kami, and i'm sick and tired with all your excuses,,, we share history lah, the past lah, we share culture lah...and that's all you can come up with....

ya benda ni tak akan habis didebat sampai bila2, TIDAK SAMPAI KALIAN BERHENTI BERTINDAK KEKANAK-KANAKAN DAN TAK TAU MALU jangankan kalian belanda aja hingga 350 tahun kami perangi, jadi jangan berharap bangsa ini akan diam aja...

[Mospeada]

no need to post such thing.

-David-80

[~MELVINDONESIA~]

Huh...
mendingan jadi pengekspor tenaga kerja drpd pengekspor teroris....

[bagak]

http://www.penipuan-jawa.blogspot.com/



good bye.

my last visit here...will not comment any.



CERITANYA MO NGADU DOMBA......:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
mati kutu ya ncik,,,,,gak punya argumen lagi....?

[David-80]

Guys, chillin

si mospeada ini udah keterlaluan banget posting website racists seperti itu....gua lagi tunggu jawaban dia...

24 jam dia ga jelasin gua, terpaksa gua brig dia...

gua harap forumer lain ga terpancing....karena kalo kita terpancing...kita ga jauh beda sama mereka...

cheers

[d'sulovyo]

hi guys i just vote Brunei for our friendly neighbour. :cheers:
i'm not sure with you guys but to me Brunei tu macam nice jiran jer.
tak begaduh ngan kite.tak nak klaim laut kite.tak nak ambik budaya khas kite.
damai sangat bejiran ngan Brunei.andai sahaja semua jiran kite cam brunei,seronok sangat hidup ni.

[novian]

yup jiran terbaik adalah brunei....kaya dan tidak sombong....

[The nyamuk]

Emang lbh kaya tp tdk sombong. Ngak ngeklaim budaya kita tuh.

[lesart]

I believe, this outburst of anger among you guys must have stem from a montage in Discovery Channel that has mistakenly feature an indonesian cultural icon (a balinese dancer) as a Malaysian object d'art. If I remember correctly, that montage also feature a wayang kulit image, but I think it would be out of bound for you to argue that it belongs exclusively to Indonesia as the art of wayang kulit has been around in Malaysia's east cost and Southern Thailand Malay province for centuries.

For your information, Tourism Malaysia paid a great deal of money to Discovery Channel to produce various Malaysian-themed program throughout the month of august to commommorate our 52nd Independence Day (Hari Merdeka). That montage, the one with the Balinese dancer, was also part of the in-house production made by Discovery Channel.

It is obvious that there was a lapse of judgement on the Discovery Channel side, when they think that anything Nusantara (including the Balinese dancer) can be lump into a singular indentity that represent Malaysia. For quite some time, I too have notice that it was not correct to have Balinese dancer image in a montage that represent Malaysia.

In retrospective, I think Tourism Malaysia should to certain extent, bear the blame because they have not been very carefull in proof-reading the content of the montage. I don't think they they will apologize for this as it would be pretty easy for them to blame Discovery Channel for this fiasco. Just wait and see what will happen next, if Indonesian government decided to lodge a formal complaint.

[typhoonbringer]

well if its still close to malaysian peninsula, maybe its reasonable to claim but bali, geez

[=NaNdA=]

parah banget isi blog itu.. gyahahaha.. :lol:

btw, BCL is cute in that photo.. ;) :D

[Chris_Lyantto]

Emang lbh kaya tp tdk sombong. Ngak ngeklaim budaya kita tuh.

mereka bersyukur dengan yang mereka punya :)

[Kopassus]

Senin, 24/08/2009 11:34 WIB
Tari Pendet Diklaim Malaysia
Pemerintah Harus Beri 'Pelajaran Tegas' Terhadap Malaysia

Muhammad Nur Hayid - detikNews


Jakarta - Pencaplokan budaya Indonesia untuk tujuan komersial yang dilakukan Malaysia merupakan tindakan menyakitkan dan tidak dapat dibenarkan. Apalagi Malaysia terus melakukan hal itu berulang-ulang, tanpa rasa bersalah dan tanpa perasaan harga diri.

"Pemerintah Indonesia perlu memberi pelajaran yang tegas kepada Malaysia untuk menghentikan langkah yang tidak terpuji itu," kata Wakil Ketua Komisi Bidang Luar Negeri Yusron Ihza kepada detikcom Senin (24/8/2009).

Menurut politisi PBB itu, Deplu dan Departemen Pariwisata harus segera bertindak dan berada pada barisan terdepan dalam menghentikan sikap Malaysia yang memuakkan itu. Karena langkah hukum cenderung berliku-liku dan memakan waktu. "Maka langkah politis harus menjadi pilihan," pinta adik kandung Yusril Ihza Mahendra ini.

Langkah politis dimaksud, lanjut Yusron, dapat berupa tekanan diplomatik. Misalnya, menarik Duta Besar Indonesia dari Malaysia, dan atau meminta Duta Besar Malaysia meninggalkan Indonesia. Langkah lain bisa dilakukan seperti pencabutan konsesi bisnis atau pengurangan kesempatan investasi Malaysia di Indonesia, tentu dapat pula dipertimbangkan.

"Melihat pengalaman selama ini, tindakan-tindakan ringan sekadar mengirim nota protes, sudah tidak cukup. Karena itu, yang diperlukan sekarang adalah sebuah tindakan tegas yang lebih nyata dan segera," pinta Yusron.

Doktor ekonomi lulusan Universitas di Jepang ini mencontohkan sikap 'ndablek' Malaysia dalam hal klaim atas Blok Ambalat. Malaysia bukan tidak menyadari perbuatannya itu tidak benar, tetapi sikap pemerintah Indonesia yang lemah dan kurang tegas telah membuat Malaysia terus melakukan upaya coba-coba.

"Tiap kali Malaysia melakukan pencaplokan, tiap kali pula masyarakat Indonesia memberikan reaksi yang keras. Kini saatnya bagi pemerintah untuk mendengarkan aspirasi masyarakat serta bertindak tegas dan segera. Tidak ada lagi yang perlu ditunggu," pungkas pria berkacamata yang suka merokok dengan cangklong ini.

(yid/iy)

[The nyamuk]

well if its still close to malaysian peninsula, maybe its reasonable to claim but bali, geez

Yep, perasaan nggak ada samanya budaya Bali dg Melayu. Wajar aja orang pd protes :bash:.

[Balaputradewa]

iya nih gk sudah2 krisis politik di Thailand :ohno: harus punya pemerintahan yg kuat n solid sbg 'induk semangnya :D' kawasan Indocina (Thailand, Kamboja, Myanmar, Vietnam n Laos)

[lombok]

Pemerintah Harus Inventarisasi Kekayaan Budaya

Senin, 24 Agustus 2009 15:16 WIB | Tari Jawa klasik salah satu budaya yang harus dilindungi keberadaannya. (ANTARA/ Wahyu Putro A/*)Medan (ANTARA News) - Pemerintah harus menginventarisir semua kekayaan budaya yang ada di Indonesia, baik berbentuk seni, adat istiadat, maupun permainan tradisional lainnya.

"Hal ini sangat perlu dilakukan demi menghindarkan adanya pengklaiman dari negara lain terhadap budaya kita yang jumlahnya mungkin mencapai lebih dari ribuan," kata pengamat seni dan budaya Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU) Tahan Perjuangan di Medan, Senin.

Ia mengatakan, selama ini pemerintah belum pernah melakukan pendataan terhadap keberadaan budaya Indonesia yang saat ini ada, yang muncul dari keanekaragaman suku dan adat istiadat.

Akibat tidak adanya pendataan itu menyebabkan kekuatan hukum kita tentang budaya yang ada juga tidak cukup kuat hingga ketika negara lain mengakui bahwa salah satu budaya yang ada di Indonesia miliknya pemerintah tidak akan dapat dapat berbuat banyak.

Dosen program studi Etnomusikologi USU itu menambahkan, banyak sudah hasil budaya Indonesia yang telah diakui negara lain sebagai budayanya, misalnya lagu Rasa Sayange dari Maluku, Kerajinan Batik, Reog Ponorogo, Kuda Lumping dan Angklung.

Bahkan baru-baru ini Tari Pendet yang berasal dari Bali juga telah diakui negara lain sebagai miliknya. Sayangnya rasa perhatian kita baru muncul ketika milik kita diakui sebagi milik orang lain, padahal sebelumnya kita sama sekali tidak pernah memberikan perhatian lebih terhadapnya.

Tari Pendet merupakan tari pemujaan yang biasanya banyak diperagakan di pura yang melambangkan penyambutan atas turunnya dewata ke muka bumi.

Lambat laun seiring perkembangan zaman,para seniman Bali mengubah Tari Pendet menjadi tari ucapan selamat datang kepada para tamu.

"Ironisnya pemerintah seakan berdiam diri saja melihat kenyataan-kenyataan itu. Apakah harus rakyat yang langsungturun tangan, hal ini tentunya sangat kita sesalkan," katanya.

Pengamat Sosial USU, Yos Rizal mengatakan, pemerintah harus lebih bijak memandang peristiwa adanya pengklaiman terhadap budaya Indonesai oleh negara lain.

Hal ini harus secepatnya disikapi oleh pemerintah, salah satu yang mungkin bisa dilakukan adalah membentuk suatu lembaga pendataan asset budaya Indonesia.

"Setelah didata bila perlu dihak dipatenkan pada salah satu lembaga didunia yang menaungi tentang budaya agar lebih memiliki kekuatan hukum," katanya.
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COPYRIGHT © 2009

[lesart]

Like what I told earlier... that image of a Balinese dancer in Malaysia's advertisement was a genuine mistake, made by Discovery Channel, not by Malaysian authority.

Read this;
http://thejakartaglobe.com/home/indonesia-internet-furor-fizzles-as-discovery-channel-admits-pendet-mistake/325729

Let me repost the entire article.

Malaysian Dance Outrage Ends Up As a Mis-Step

It was a burning issue of national pride that stirred up the righteous anger of a nation slighted.

Well, not quite. A firestorm of Internet outrage over the supposed theft of the Balinese pendet dance for a Malaysian tourism ad turned out to be just hot air on Monday, when the Discovery TV network owned up and said that the dancers had appeared in one of its own TV promotions, and it was all a mistake anyway.

But not before Indonesia’s government, unaware of Discovery’s action, had already made an official protest to Malaysia.

The story started late last week, as rumors about the ad and reactions shot to the top of the social microblogging Web site Twitter’s hot topics list.

“Pendet is ours! Noordin M. Top is yours!” said one popular Twitter message, referring to the Malaysia-born terrorist suspect wanted in connection with the July 17 bombings in Jakarta.

Over the weekend, news stories had reported, erroneously, that the image of a traditional Balinese pendet dancer was used in an official Malaysia Tourism ad.

They were a touchpaper to reignite smouldering and long-standing antagonism between the two countries over the heritage of traditional songs and dances, and further stoked the furor on Twitter and Facebook.

The problem was, it was all wrong — and perhaps a lesson in the myth-making power of the Internet — as an apology statement by Discovery made clear: “Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific regrets that the image of a Balinese dancer, sourced from an independent third party, was used in the promotion of the series ‘Enigmatic Malaysia.’ The promotional clip has been removed from all feeds.

“The Balinese dancer was not featured in any way in the program. Discovery has the deepest respect for the traditions, cultures and practices of all races and nations, and it is not our intention to cause any misunderstanding or distress to any party.”

Widyarka Ryananta, a senior diplomat at the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, confirmed that the Malaysian government had never made an ad featuring pendet. “It was all a misunderstanding. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing,” he told the Jakarta Globe.

By the time Discovery’s apology had been issued, Minister of Culture and Tourism Jero Wacik had already sent a letter to his Malaysian counterpart, demanding the ad campaign be removed. “It happened two years ago with Reog Ponorogo. We don’t want it to happen again to us,” he said.

He said a bilateral pact signed in 2007 stated that if both countries wanted to publicize a culture in a “grey area,” they had to consult with each other first. But pendet was a different story: “People around the world would recognize in a glance that pendet is a Balinese dance. There’s nothing grey about it.”

After the error had been explained, Jero called on Indonesians to quickly register all forms of Indonesian cultural heritage to prevent such misunderstandings from reoccurring.

“We have so much cultural heritage,” he said. “We may accidentally neglect some of them.”

^^

You guys have been unreasonable in your response. Malaysian branch of skyscrapercity has been under attack by Indonesia spammers who insulted us with very, very nasty words. Such knee-jerk response are absolutely uncalled for.

[paradyto]

“Pendet is ours! Noordin M. Top is yours!” said one popular Twitter message, referring to the Malaysia-born terrorist suspect wanted in connection with the July 17 bombings in Jakarta.



:)

[XNeo]

media harus lebih peka dan bertangungjawab sebelum memaparkan berita yang terang2 boleh menimbulkan fitnah..kesannya melibatkan emosi dan amarah.

kan lebih bagus kalau mereka cuba menghubungi pihak bertangungjawab di malaysia berkenaan dokumentari discovery channel tu untuk kepastian.

puasa beb...gaduh2 kurang pahala nanti.
:)

selamat berpuasa to muslim frens here.

[kang rey]

saya sih melihatnya, kalau maling tetap aja maling, nggak akan berubah.

saya nggak nyebut negaranya lho...

[Kopassus]

Pendet dancers in Malaysia tourism ads are Balinese


The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Mon, 08/24/2009 12:39 PM | National

The dancers in the controversial Malaysian tourism advertisement, which features the Balinese pendet dance, are Balinese, says a professor at the Indonesian Art Institute at Denpasar.

"The two girls in the ads are our alumni. The shots were taken about two or three years ago," the professor, Wayan Dibia, said Monday as quoted by Kompas.com

He urged the government to compile data on Indonesian art and cultural heritage to prevent its being passed off as a part of other cultures.

The Indonesian government has vowed to seek clarification from the Malaysian government about the motive behind the use of pendet dance in the tourism ads.

Malaysia has claimed cultural links to many Indonesian artistic legacies, such as batik, and the reog ponorogo dance.



Some more news:
http://www.detiknews.com/read/2009/08/24/155325/1188688/10/discovery-channel-cabut-iklan-tari-pendet-malaysia

[kang rey]

katanya sih, kalau maling abis jambret,
kegirangan dalam hati..

[=NaNdA=]

ada yang bisa tag videonya kemari ga? pengen liat ad nya kaya apa..

[Kopassus]

Sorry for the long article, tapi Malaysia sering dianggap sama orang asing sebagai negera contoh utk RI, krn Malaysia lebih kaya, modern, beradab dan lebih taat kpd HAM daripada RI.....

BTW, Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno sound like an Indonesian name...

Caning of Malaysian woman who drank beer postponed
Sean Yoong , Associated Press , Kuala Lumpur | Mon, 08/24/2009 10:29 PM | World

The first woman in Muslim-majority Malaysia to face caning for drinking beer was reprieved Monday because of the holy month of Ramadan. Her family said she would rather get the thrashing with a rattan cane now and put the ordeal behind her.

Islamic officials had taken Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, a 32-year-old mother of two, into custody and were driving her to a women's prison for the caning when they abruptly turned around and sent her back to her family home in northern Malaysia.

"She feels like a football being kicked around," Kartika's father, Shukarno Abdul Muttalib, told The Associated Press. "She's so exhausted and unhappy with the delay. She would prefer to just receive the six strokes and have everything finished."

Amnesty International, Malaysian lawyers and some politicians have condemned the sentence, while other critics have warned it would tarnish Malaysia's image as a moderate country. Islamic officials have defended it as necessary to uphold Islamic values - underscoring tensions between religious conservatives and more liberal and secular elements in society.

Beer, wine and liquor is widely available at shops, bars and restaurants in Malaysia, unlike in more austere Islamic nations such as Iran and Pakistan. Christians, Hindus, Sikhs and other minorities in Malaysia are free to consume alcohol but its Shariah law forbids Muslims - who make up 60 percent of the 27 million population - from drinking, although a minority of Muslims still indulge despite the religious stricture.

Islamic morality police - enforcement officials of the Islamic Religious Department - arrested Kartika in a raid for drinking beer at a hotel lounge at a beach resort in Cherating in Pahang state in December 2007. Kartika was sentenced to six lashes of a rattan cane by the Shariah court last month in what was considered a warning to other Muslims to abide by religious rules.

Islamic law provides for a three-year prison term and caning for Muslims caught drinking. Most previous offenders were fined and no woman has ever been caned.

The morality police are not a pervasive force in Malaysia, and most citizens were surprised at the verdict against Kartika.

Mohamad Sahfri Abdul Aziz, a state legislator in charge of religious affairs, said Monday the Attorney General's office advised that Kartika's caning should be delayed for compassionate reasons until after the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which began Saturday.

"The sentence is not being canceled," Mohamad Sahfri said, without specifying exactly when it would be carried out.

In an interview with the AP last week, Kartika said she regretted drinking and was even willing to be caned in public in order to send a clear message to other Muslims to avoid alcohol. Authorities said the caning had to be done at a prison.

Government officials have remained silent on the issue even though the local media have reported on it extensively. The only prominent personality to comment has been former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

On Monday, he urged authorities to check Islamic teachings to determine whether it would be appropriate to cane Kartika for drinking.

"Is it possible that a judge may have been unfair or mistaken in his consideration? Is there no room in Islam for mercy toward those who commit an error for the first time?" Mahathir wrote on his widely read blog.

Chandra Muzaffar, president of the Malaysian think tank, International Movement for a Just World, said the international attention on Kartika's case could "provide ammunition" for some people to criticize Malaysia's capacity for religious tolerance.

"She should not be caned in the first place," Chandra said. "What we should do is advise her. This punitive psychology is a bane for Muslim societies, and we should get away from it."

Islamic officials had insisted that the caning's purpose is to educate rather than punish. They say the rattan cane supposed to be used on Kartika would be smaller and lighter than the one used for men, and that she will remain clothed.

Men convicted of crimes such as rape and bribery in Malaysia are caned on their bare buttocks, breaking the skin and leaving permanent scars.

Rattan canes used in the punishment are made from palm plants common in tropical parts of Asia. They have been used for decades for corporal punishments in countries such as Malaysi, Singapore and Brunei.

Separately Monday, officials in the central state of Selangor near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's largest city, stepped up efforts to deter drinking by empowering mosque officials to arrest Muslims who consume liquor in public places, The Star newspaper's Web site quoted state lawmaker Hssan Ali as saying.

[David-80]

katanya sih, kalau maling abis jambret,
kegirangan dalam hati..

Rumah ga akan kemalingan kalo yg punya rumah menjaga barangnya....

jadi intinya...kalo ga mau kemalingan...ya harus dijaga....jangan kalo udah kemalingan baru kita teriak2....

....mari kita liat, gimana pemerintah dan bangsa kita melestarikan kebudayaan nya sendiri?


contoh :

ingat sipadan dan ligitan? kenapa menurut Hukum Internasional bisa jatuh ke Malaysia? karena kedua pulau itu dirawat dan di bangun oleh Malaysia...sedangkan Indonesia hanya sebatas mengKlaim dan protes....ya jelas aja...kedua pulau itu lari ke Malaysia....yg punya pulau aja ga pernah jaga dan merawat....


cheers

[Rock Star]

Rumah ga akan kemalingan kalo yg punya rumah menjaga barangnya....

jadi intinya...kalo ga mau kemalingan...ya harus dijaga....jangan kalo udah kemalingan baru kita teriak2....

....mari kita liat, gimana pemerintah dan bangsa kita melestarikan kebudayaan nya sendiri?


contoh :

ingat sipadan dan ligitan? kenapa menurut Hukum Internasional bisa jatuh ke Malaysia? karena kedua pulau itu dirawat dan di bangun oleh Malaysia...sedangkan Indonesia hanya sebatas mengKlaim dan protes....ya jelas aja...kedua pulau itu lari ke Malaysia....yg punya pulau aja ga pernah jaga dan merawat....


cheers


^^ ^^

Bagaimanapun juga rumah orang kaya akan jadi incaran MALING... karena kita bangsa yg kaya budaya dan SDA maka sudah pasti negara kita akan jadi incaran maling.. IMO

Sipadan & Ligitan (kenangan pahit) :bash: :bash: :bash:





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Iklan Tari Pendet Dibuat Oleh Discovery Channel


Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News) - Iklan promosi tayangan Enigmatic Malaysia ternyata dibuat sendiri oleh Discovery Channel yang bermarkas di Singapura, dan bukan dibuat oleh KRU Sdn Bhd, Kementerian Pelancongan atau Kementerian Kebudayaan Malaysia.

"Iklan promosi serial dokumenter Enigmatic Malaysia bukan dibuat oleh kami tapi dibuat sendiri oleh Discovery Channel," kata Presiden dan CEO Group KRU Sdn Bhd Norman Abdul Halim di KBRI Kuala Lumpur, Selasa.

Ia menjelaskan hal itu kepada pers Indonesia di Kuala Lumpur didampingi oleh utusan dari Kantor Departemen Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Ketut Wiryadinata.

"Kami baru tahu bahwa ada protes dan kemarahan rakyat Indonesia atas promosi itu kemarin ketika wartawan-wartawan Indonesia menghubungi saya. Kami telah menghubungi Discovery Channel kemudian mereka telah menarik promosi itu dan menggantinya dengan yang baru," kata Norman.

KRU membuat enam film dokumenter Enigmatic Malaysia yang disiarkan oleh 23 negara di seluruh dunia. Tema-tema film dokumenter ialah "The Melakan Portuguese - Preserving Their Heritage, "Bajau Laut - Nomad of The Sea", "Keris - The Myth & The Magic" dan Kellie`s Castle - Myth & Mystery", dan "Batik" dan "Wau".

"Dalam mengungkap Batik di Malaysia, dalam film dokumenter kami jelas mengungkapkan bahwa batik Malaysia itu asalnya dari batik Jawa," kata Norman, yang mengaku orang tuanya adalah keturunan Sumatera Utara.

Utusan Menbudpar Ketut Wiryadinata mengakui setelah menonton film dokumenter tentang Batik.

"Dalam film dokumenter yang dibuat oleh KRU mengungkapkan fakta yang sebenarnya yakni batik Malaysia berasal dari Jawa," katanya.

"Akhirnya pertemuan saat ini dapat menemukan titik kesalahpahaman mengenai isu Malaysia telah mengklaim Tari Pendet Bali. Itu tidak sama sekali benar karena promosi itu dibuat oleh Discovery Channel berbasis di Singapura untuk mempromosikan film dokumenter Enigmatic Malaysia. Kami akan laporkan ke menteri," kata Ketut.

Alasan Discovery Channel buat promosi sendiri karena film dokumenter KRU itu banyak permintaan dari berbagai negara Eropa. (*)




Menbudpar Terima Kasih Pada Pers Soal Pendet


Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Menteri Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata (Menbudpar) Jero Wacik, menyampaikan terima kasih kepada pers dan seniman di tanah air yang telah memberikan perhatian besar dengan memberitakan soal penggunaan Tari Pendet dalam iklan promosi wisata Malaysia.

"Saya berterima kasih kepada pers, juga pada seniman Indonesia yang memberikan perhatian besar atas kejadian ini," kata Jero Wacik di Jakarta, Selasa.

Ia mengatakan, pembelaan pers terhadap bangsanya tampak jelas terlihat saat Tari Pendet yang merupakan kebudayaan khas Bali digunakan tanpa izin resmi dalam iklan promosi wisata Malaysia pada program Discovery Channel berjudul Enigmatic Malaysia.

Menurut dia, wajar bila bangsa Indonesia marah atas kejadian itu tetapi ia menekankan bahwa pers harus tetap berada di garisnya dan tidak memperkeruh keadaan.

"Wajar kita marah tapi tetap jangan anarkis tunjukkan kita bangsa yang lebih berbudaya. Jadi tunjukkan reaksi dengan cara yang bermartabat dan berbudaya," katanya.

Pihaknya mengajak pers untuk bekerja sama secara sinergis untuk melakukan tugas sesuai yang digariskan di jalurnya masing-masing.

"Pemerintah lakukan tugasnya, pers lakukan tugasnya, seniman lakukan tugasnya, dan rakyat lakukan tugasnya," katanya.

Menteri menegaskan, pemerintah tidak sedang diam saja menghadapi kenyataan terkait Tari Pendet itu. Namun, menurut dia, bila ada serangan dari luar semua pihak harus kompak menghadapinya bersama-sama.

Sebelumnya, Pemerintah Indonesia telah melayangkan surat nota protes kepada Pemerintah Malaysia terkait penggunaan Tari Pendet dalam iklan promosi pariwisata mereka.

Surat itu, pada Senin (24/8) diantarkan langsung ke Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia dan diantar bersama Duta Besar RI di Malaysia ke Kementerian Kebudayaan, Kesenian, dan Warisan Malaysia.

"Kami meminta klarifikasi dengan segera tentang persoalan ini," katanya.

Pihaknya juga sudah memanggil pihak Kedutaan Besar Malaysia untuk Indonesia untuk mempertanyakan persoalan itu serta memberikan protes keras.(*)

Sumber: ANTARA NEWS




:cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

[David-80]

nah oleh sebab itu, mulai sekarang kita harus bangga dan melestarikan kebudayaan kita, jangan nanti pas udah kecolongan baru kita marah2....

kalo perlu iklan pariwisata kita ga cuman berbau2 golf, surfing, diving...tapi semua tarian kebudayaan kita ditampilkan...

cheers

[arepull87]

i found there are many indonesian think that we are Malaysia stole ur culture...in malaysia there are a lot of javanese, bugis, minang and malay origin from indonesia...our grand grand mother and father are from ur country...they migrate to tanah melayu...they bring the culture...they bring the heritage....that why u see indonesia and malaysia has a lot of similarities...we never stole ur culture..that is our culture...i am minang and i practise minang culture here malaysia..is that mean i stole the minang culture from indonesia? that is my culture too..similarly if my friend is a malaysian javanese...he practise Javanese culture here...indonesian cannot say he stole their culture because he is javanese, so he deserve to practise javanese culture wherever he was. when we javanese, bugis, minang present our cultural to the world as malaysian u cannot said that we are stole ur culture..because we are present our own culture...

why chinese and indian government never claimed that malaysia stole their culture? malaysian chinese and Indian still practice their culture...they present the culture to the world as malaysian..no body said that we have stole China and india culture....

for tari pendet issue...there is clear now that the mistake is from discovery channel not from malaysia...everybody know tari pendet from bali indonesia..as u can read the documentary is produce by Discovery channel becouse there are huge demand from other europe country...

indonesia is rich with cultural, a lot of ethnic...has high potential why dont ur goverment promote this culture to the world?...if u are proud with ur culture u should practice it and present to the world..that is what malay, chinese, indian from malaysia do...they all origin from indonesia, china and india..but they all love their culture....:)

[typhoonbringer]

ooi buat yg mencak2 inget lagu alm MJ, "man in the mirror", semoga kali ni menjadi pelajaran bagi kedua belah pihak

[paradyto]

Presiden Peringatkan Malaysia
Wednesday, 26 August 2009

JAKARTA(SI) – Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) berharap,Pemerintah Malaysia bisa menjaga sensitivitas rakyat Indonesia dengan tidak lagi melakukan klaim kebudayaan.

Menurut presiden, klaim kebudayaan milik Indonesia oleh Malaysia, seperti tari pendet, bukan merupakan kejadian yang pertama kalinya. “Dengan semangat, kita ingin menjaga hubungan baik antara Indonesia dan Malaysia, berkaitan dengan isu tari pendet yang menjadi bagian dari iklan di Malaysia, ke depan Pemerintah Malaysia harus memberikan atensi,memelihara hubungan baik kita,” ujar Presiden SBY dalam keterangan persnya di Kantor Kepresidenan,Jakarta,kemarin.

Presiden SBY kemarin memanggil Menteri Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata Jero Wacik dan Menteri Luar Negeri Hassan Wirajuda untuk mendapatkan penjelasan tentang penggunaan tari pendet sebagai iklan promosi wisata Malaysia. Presiden SBY didampingi Mensesneg Hatta Rajasa, Sekretaris Kabinet Sudi Silalahi, dan Juru Bicara Kepresidenan Andi Mallarangeng.

Presiden mengaku,baru kali ini selama pemerintahannya, merespons secara langsung isu kebudayaan yang diklaim Malaysia.“Untuk pertama kalinya sejak lima tahun ini saya beri pernyataan terkait ini,”katanya. Presiden menegaskan, beberapa tahun lalu Indonesia dan Malaysia telah membentuk Eminent Persons Group (EPG) yang bekerja untuk mengelola permasalahan, persengketaan antarkedua bangsa, termasuk isu tentang hak cipta karya budaya.

EPG ini merupakan usulan dari Presiden SBY dan dengan persetujuan pimpinan negara di Malaysia. Menurut dia,EPG bisa difungsikan untuk mencegah hal-hal seperti ini. “Saya sungguh berharap, terhadap isu yang berkaitan dengan kebudayaan, hak cipta, dan karya bangsa Indonesia kiranya pemerintah Malaysia memberikan perhatian.

Berangkat dari niat baik yang sama-sama kita sepakati untuk menjaga jangan sampai hubungan kedua bangsa terganggu karena masalah itu,”tandasnya. Selama hampir satu jam, Presiden SBY menerima laporan dari Jero Wacik yang mengaku telah menyampaikan surat bernada protes dan meminta penjelasan tentang duduk perkara yang sebenarnya.

Jawaban sementara yang diterima adalah iklan itu dibuat perusahaan swasta yang berkaitan dengan usaha pariwisata di Malaysia. “Protes yang dilakukan pemerintah Indonesia saya anggap tidak berlebihan karena sudah terjadi beberapa kali dan ini tujuannya untuk kebaikan di masa depan,” ujarnya.

Inventarisasi

Presiden menginstruksikan kepada para menteri terkait, untuk segera melakukan percepatan inventarisasi kekayaan anak bangsa yang tersebar di seluruh daerah di Tanah Air. Hasil karya cipta dan kebudayaan dalam negeri harus segera dipatenkan dan sebagian di antaranya dipatenkan lagi di tingkat dunia, sebagai bagian dari warisan luhur bangsa Indonesia.

Selain itu, presiden mengimbau kepada para pengrajin untuk memasukkan nama asal daerah dan ‘Indonesia’ pada setiap bentuk kerajinan yang dihasilkannya. “Demikian juga yang lain, seperti poco-poco itu jelas tarian kita, bagaimana mungkin muncul di negara lain. Tetapi, kita harus peduli dan rajin mencantumkan semuanya itu menjadi karya kita, jadi kita sendiri sudah harus semakin peduli tatanan dunia sekarang ini,”tandasnya.

Presiden menilai,proses dalam mengurus hak cipta di dalam negeri masih lamban sehingga menghambat para seniman dan budayawan untuk dapat mematenkan hasil karyanya. Kepada Menteri Hukum dan HAM Andi Mattallatta, presiden meminta agar birokrasi dalam membuat hak paten dipermudah dan dipercepat.

Para gubernur juga diharapkan berperan aktif memfasilitasi,mendorong, dan membantu seniman dan budayawan untuk menjadi bagian dari jejak sejarah dan peradaban kebudayaan Indonesia. “Harus segera kita tetapkan, sahkan hak ciptanya, dan menjadi kekayaan dari negara kita,” tambahnya.

Presiden menambahkan, pemerintah Indonesia sudah menuju pada pengakuan kepemilikan kekayaan budaya, yaitu wayang dan keris. Dalam waktu dekat, diharapkan batik segera menjadi bagian dari kebudayaan Indonesia yang patut diakui dunia. Menbudpar Jero Wacik mengatakan, saat ini pihak rumah produksi pembuat iklan pariwisata Malaysia telah mengirimkan surat permintaan maaf secara tertulis.

Namun, ujar dia, permintaan maaf yang hanya melalui surat elektronik itu tidak bisa diterima begitu saja. “Saya sudah terima (permintaan maafnya) tapi saya tidak mau terima.Saya mau dengar dari pemerintahnya dulu. Surat saya kepada Malaysia belum dijawab, minta maaf kanada etikanya juga,” tandasnya.

Klarifikasi

Kemarin, Pemerintah Indonesia mengirim surat permintaan penjelasan kepada Pemerintah Malaysia, melalui Dubes RI untuk Malaysia Da'i Bachtiar, terkait tayangan tari pendet dalam sebuah iklan pariwisata setempat. “Surat ini bukan surat protes tapi minta klarifikasi dari Pemerintah Malaysia,” kata staf khusus Menbudpar Ketut Wiryadinata ketika akan menyerahkan tiga surat kepada Dubes Da'i Bachtiar di Kuala Lumpur.

Tiga surat klarifikasi itu ditujukan kepada Kementerian Pariwisata, Kementerian Penerangan dan Kebudayaan Malaysia, dan KBRI Kuala Lumpur. Setelah menerima nota klarifikasi itu,Dubes Da'i langsung menghubungi Menteri Penerangan dan Budaya Malaysia Rais Yatim untuk bertemu karena sebelumnya sudah ada pembicaraan bahwa Rais Yatim akan menerima surat atau nota dari Pemerintah Indonesia.

Pihak Swasta

Tari Pendet diketahui muncul dalam sebuah iklan promosi tayangan Enigmatic Malaysia yang diproduksi rumah produksi KRU Sdn Bhd. Rumah produksi itu membuat enam film dokumenter Enigmatic Malaysiayang disiarkan di 23 negara di seluruh dunia.Tematema film dokumenter tersebut adalah “The Melakan Portuguese- Preserving Their Heritage,“Bajau Laut-Nomad of The Sea”, “Keris- The Myth & The Magic”, Kellie's Castle-Myth & Mystery”, serta “Batik”dan “Wau”.

Pihak KRU menegaskan, mereka memang memproduksi program Enigmatic Malaysia, tetapi iklan promosi dibuat oleh Discovery Channel yang bermarkas di Singapura. “Iklan promosi serial dokumenter Enigmatic Malaysia bukan dibuat kami tapi dibuat sendiri oleh Discovery Channel,”kata Presiden dan CEO Group KRU Sdn Bhd Norman Abdul Halim di KBRI Kuala Lumpur Selasa.

Dia menjelaskan hal itu kepada pers Indonesia di Kuala Lumpur didampingi utusan dari Kantor Departemen Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata,Ketut Wiryadinata. “Kami baru tahu bahwa ada protes dan kemarahan rakyat Indonesia atas promosi itu kemarin ketika wartawan-wartawan Indonesia menghubungi saya. Kami telah menghubungi Discovery Channel kemudian mereka telah menarik promosi itu dan menggantinya dengan yang baru,” kata Norman.

Desak Minta Maaf

Sementara itu,masyarakat Bali mendesak Pemerintah Malaysia meminta maaf karena telah mengklaim tari pendet sebagai bagian iklan promosi pariwisata mereka. Desakan itu disampaikan melalui surat keberatan yang dikirim Pemprov Bali kepada tiga menteri, yakni menteri luar negeri,Menteri Dalam Negeri, dan Menteri Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata.

Dalam surat itu disebutkan, Malaysia harus menyampaikan permintaan maaf khusus kepada masyarakat Bali. “Kewajiban kita menyurati pusat agar kasusnya bisa ditangani lebih serius,”tegas Gubernur Bali I Made Mangku Pastika usai mengikuti rapat paripurna di Gedung DPRD Bali,kemarin.

Menurut Pastika, Malaysia sebenarnya boleh saja menggunakan tari pendet dalam iklan pariwisatanya, asalkan izin terlebih dahulu kepada masyarakat Bali.Ini karena semua masyarakat dunia tahu,tari pendet adalah warisan budaya masyarakat Bali.Atas dasar inilah,masyarakat Bali memprotes keras ke Malaysia karena mengklaim budaya Bali untuk dijadikan kepentingan bisnis.

Desakan Malaysia meminta maaf secara khusus kepada masyarakat Bali juga disampaikan mahasiswa, akademisi, seniman, dan budayawan saat berunjuk rasa di Kampus Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI) Denpasar kemarin.

Pastika sendiri berjanji akan menyiapkan anggaran rutin untuk menginventarisir dan mendaftarkan produk budaya Bali,terutama karya-karya anonim (tanpa nama pencipta), mulai tari baris, tari jauk, tari pendet wali, tari barong, tari rejang, dan tari lainnya. (rarasati syarief/ miftachul chusna/ant)

[Rock Star]

I LOVE U FULL " INDONESIA "



yah jadinya gitu deh, setelah di klaim negri jiran baru kalang kabut dan ribut hak paten, kemaren2 kemana aja....... :nuts: :nuts:

[F-ian]

ya ambil hikmahnya aja deh... dulu sebelum semua pengeklaiman kyknya kita pada memble2 banget ama Indonesia...barely any love gitu.... tp abis ada pengeklaiman saya rasa kita lebih "awake" and sadar...I feel that Indonesians are more cinta tanah air nowadays rather than in the early 2000s ;)...kinda have to thank Malaysians for pinching/cubit us..

[XNeo]

contoh :

ingat sipadan dan ligitan? kenapa menurut Hukum Internasional bisa jatuh ke Malaysia? karena kedua pulau itu dirawat dan di bangun oleh Malaysia...sedangkan Indonesia hanya sebatas mengKlaim dan protes....ya jelas aja...kedua pulau itu lari ke Malaysia....yg punya pulau aja ga pernah jaga dan merawat....


cheers

sama seperti kes Pulau Batu Putih yang kini menjadi milik Singapura selepas
di putuskan oleh ICJ.

Lagian pulau itu dibangunkan oleh Singapura.

dan selepas kejadian ini, malaysia mulai monitor pulau2nya...Cthnya Pulau Pisang..
agar kejadian sama tidak berulang.

apa2 pun , tidak berlaku kes berantem sesama tetangga.
masing2 akur dengan keputusan ICJ.

[arepull87]

i want to ask indonesian forumer here...pernahkah malaysia mengklaim budaya anda?

pernahkan anda terjumpa kenyataan mana2 menteri malaysia yang mengatakan tarian pendet itu berasal dari malaysia?

jelas discovery channel yng melakukn kesilapan....bukn pemerintah malaysia...malah kami juga telah mengtakan batik di malaysia berasal dari indonesia....tetapi masyrakat malaysia yg pelbagi kaum telah mengevolusi corak batik tersebut sehgga menjadi apa yg dikatakan batik malaysia

malaysia just show what the cultural it have...we never said the cultural from malaysia...like i said the origin of malay in Malaysia is from indonesia...that why we have similarities....kamu ingt orng jawa, bugis, minang, bengkahulu hanya ad di indonesia saja?

kamu fikir hanya orng jawa, minang, bugis, bengkahulu atau apa saja bangsa melayu yng ada di indonesia sahaja yg boleh mengmalkn budaya tersebut?

please answer my question...orng malaysia yng berasl dari indonesia tidak berhak mengamalkan budaya mereka ka? that is our race's cultural...tidak kira dimana kami berada selagi kami orng jawa, orng bugis, orng bengkahulu, orng cina, orng india...selagi itu kami berhak mengmalkan budaya tersebut...tidak pernah malaysia mengtkan budaya itu berasal dari negara ini...sila beri bukti jika ada mana2 pemimpin Malaysia yang mengtakan mana2 budaya dari indonesia adlah budya kami..silakan...

[K14N]

why chinese and indian government never claimed that malaysia stole their culture? malaysian chinese and Indian still practice their culture...they present the culture to the world as malaysian..no body said that we have stole China and india culture....

I think one different think is Chinese and Indian overseas just bring their culture and practice it, but their new home countries (in this case: Malaysia) never claim it as their culture, or furthermore patent it...

Different with Indonesian culture, maybe because we share quite similar culture, I heard Malaysia made patent of batik, angklung (with other name in Malaysian, I don't know), etc? But no other countries ever made patent over barongsay (lion dance), everybody recognize it as Chinese culture

But I do agree with others' opinion here, Indonesia is definitely unable to protect its own culture.. Just talk many things after it's been claimed by others, but never do anything to guard it before :ohno:

[arepull87]

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[arepull87]

malaysia just pattern what we call malaysia batik...malaysia batik is different from indonesian batik..why dont ur government pattern the indonesia batik?...like i said most of indonesia cultural bring by our grand-grand mother to this country has undergo evolution due to multi ethnic of malaysia have...some has been assimilate with other cultural...that why u can see some of the cultural really same with indonesia but there are diference in term of language and performance like mak yong and wayang kulit malaysia...

the difference make the cultural was known as malaysia wayang kulit, malaysia batik or malaysia mak yong...we never pattern ur batik, ur wayang kulit or ur makyong

indonesia is the origin of malay from malaysia...we have a lot of similarities...we never stole ur culture....we know..where we from...

[paradyto]

Sekali Cukur, Sultan Bolkiah Habiskan Rp 247 Juta

LONDON — Untuk urusan merapikan rambut, Sultan Brunei Hasanal Bolkiah dengan gampang merogoh kocek hingga ratusan juta rupiah.

Seperti dilansir The Sun, Sultan yang masuk jajaran orang terkaya di dunia itu mengundang tukang cukur favoritnya, Ken Modestu, yang membuka kios di Dorchester Hotel di Mayfair, pusat kota London.

Tentu bagi orang sekaya Bolkiah jarak sama sekali bukan masalah. Menurut orang dekat Modestu, George Kadi, tukang cukur itu memang menjadi favorit raja berusia 62 tahun itu. “Ken sudah menangani rambut Sultan Bolkiah selama 16 tahun terakhir,” kata Kadi.

Modestu dipanggil ke Brunei tiap 3-4 minggu sekali. Modestu pun dimanja dengan penerbangan kelas satu yang tiket pulang perginya seharga 9.000 poundsterling atau Rp 147 juta. Sampai di darat, Modestu tidak perlu bingung karena hotel dan segala keperluannya sudah disediakan. “Semua keperluan, termasuk hotel, transportasi, sampai makanan mewah, sudah disediakan. Semua tinggal tanda tangan. Itu saja,” kata Kadi kepada The Sun.

Setelah selesai menunaikan tugasnya dan Sultan puas, Ken langsung menerima bayaran hingga ribuan poundsterling. ”Pokoknya setelah selesai mencukur, Sultan memberinya amplop tebal, tentu saja isinya uang,” kata Kadi.

Wabah flu babi yang sudah menyerang Asia Tenggara membuat Sultan Bolkian lebih berhati-hati mendatangkan Modestu. Modestu pun dibelikan tiket kelas satu yang memungkinkan ia punya kabin sendiri sehingga tidak bercampur dengan penumpang lain. Untuk itu, Sultan Bolkiah dengan enteng mengeluarkan uang 11.000 poundsterling atau Rp 180 juta.

”Kalau ditotal, sultan bisa mengeluarkan uang 15.000 poundsterling (Rp 247 juta) hanya untuk sekali cukur. Padahal, di Inggris, Ken hanya mematok tarif 30 pound (sekitar Rp 490.000),” kata Kadi.

[ianbotham]

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[Balandra]

i want to ask indonesian forumer here...pernahkah malaysia mengklaim budaya anda?

pernahkan anda terjumpa kenyataan mana2 menteri malaysia yang mengatakan tarian pendet itu berasal dari malaysia?

jelas discovery channel yng melakukn kesilapan....bukn pemerintah malaysia...malah kami juga telah mengtakan batik di malaysia berasal dari indonesia....tetapi masyrakat malaysia yg pelbagi kaum telah mengevolusi corak batik tersebut sehgga menjadi apa yg dikatakan batik malaysia

malaysia just show what the cultural it have...we never said the cultural from malaysia...like i said the origin of malay in Malaysia is from indonesia...that why we have similarities....kamu ingt orng jawa, bugis, minang, bengkahulu hanya ad di indonesia saja?

kamu fikir hanya orng jawa, minang, bugis, bengkahulu atau apa saja bangsa melayu yng ada di indonesia sahaja yg boleh mengmalkn budaya tersebut?

please answer my question...orng malaysia yng berasl dari indonesia tidak berhak mengamalkan budaya mereka ka? that is our race's cultural...tidak kira dimana kami berada selagi kami orng jawa, orng bugis, orng bengkahulu, orng cina, orng india...selagi itu kami berhak mengmalkan budaya tersebut...tidak pernah malaysia mengtkan budaya itu berasal dari negara ini...sila beri bukti jika ada mana2 pemimpin Malaysia yang mengtakan mana2 budaya dari indonesia adlah budya kami..silakan...

Orang indonesia migran itu bukan sahaja ke malay encik!
belanda, suriname, madagaskar, south africa, jepun adalah beberapa negara yang banyak penduduknya dari indonesia
mereka disana membawa budaya indonesia juga yg tidak pernah ada kasus klaim seperti kerajaanmu, padahal di negara2 itu ramai orang indonesia.
sebaliknya pulak, warga negara asing yang akhirnya menjadi warga negara indonesia seperti dari belanda, jepang, usa dll yang membawa kultur mereka sendiri ke indonesia tidak pernah sekalipun pejabat atau pihak swasta, atau rakyat seperti kami mengklaim budaya yg dibawa mereka sebagai budaya indonesia...
dikeranakan kami ini sudah kaya akan budaya yang sebahagian sudah dikenal di dunia, jd kami ga perlu klaim punya negeri lain.

[The nyamuk]

Hei, boleh aja belajar budaya atau apa saja yg dari Indonesia tp jangan pernah ngeklaim :mad2::gunz:donk!!!!!:bash::bash:. Budaya milik Indonesia kita jaga dan lestarikan:guns1::righton:.

[dcOhiney]

malaysia just pattern what we call malaysia batik...malaysia batik is different from indonesian batik..why dont ur government pattern the indonesia batik?...like i said most of indonesia cultural bring by our grand-grand mother to this country has undergo evolution due to multi ethnic of malaysia have...some has been assimilate with other cultural...that why u can see some of the cultural really same with indonesia but there are diference in term of language and performance like mak yong and wayang kulit malaysia...

the difference make the cultural was known as malaysia wayang kulit, malaysia batik or malaysia mak yong...we never pattern ur batik, ur wayang kulit or ur makyong

indonesia is the origin of malay from malaysia...we have a lot of similarities...we never stole ur culture....we know..where we from...

err, mak yong is from malaysia, kelantan to be specific, It was brought to Riau as recent as 100 years ago..

[adiyon84]

Hei, boleh aja belajar budaya atau apa saja yg dari Indonesia tp jangan pernah ngeklaim :mad2::gunz:donk!!!!!:bash::bash:. Budaya milik Indonesia kita jaga dan lestarikan:guns1::righton:.

hei, buat apa mau belajar budaya itu kalau kita sendiri yang empunya budaya tersebut? mungkin banyak dari indonesian masih tak ngerti dan menganggap melayu di Malaysia tak punya budaya, padahal di sini punya banyak melayu dari suku jawa, bugis, minang etc.. :ohno:

kenapa mau org Malaysia itu sendiri jangan pernah ngeklaim kalau itu juga hak mereka?!! kenapa masih gak mau terima hakikat yg sebenarnya orang Malaysia juga punya budaya yang diterap dan berasal dari Indonesia?!:hm: :bash:

[arepull87]

once again..i ask Indonesian forumer here when Malaysia has claim ur culture?..
give me evidence if there are any malaysian leaders said ur cultural is from my country...?

what i said before we are present our cultural...ur culture is similiar with our cultural because we have same race..

please give me any evidence malaysia has stole ur culture...?

adakah kerana kami yng memperkenalkan ini kepada masyarakat dunia...kamu semua mengtakan yg kami telah mencuri budya anda? sejak bila orng jawa, bugis, minang, bengkulu atau mana2 orng melayu yg berasal dari indonesia tidak berhak mengamalkan budaya mereka di malaysia? itu adlah budya bngsa kami jadi itu adlah budaya kami juga...sejak bila pula kami mencuri?

u guys always said we have stole ur culture..where is evidence?...secara kebetulan budaya kita sama dan kami mempersembhkn pada dunia..rakyat indonesia mengtakan malaysia telah mencuri budaya mereka...what a narrow minded thinking....

orng jawa, bugis, minang, atau apa saja etnik tidak hnya ada di indonesia...di malaysia jumlah mereka sangt ramai.....

CULTURE IS NOT BELONG TO THE COUNTRY IT BELONG TO THE RACE....selagi kami bngsa melayu, cina, india, bugis, jawa, minang..selagi itu kami berhak mengamalkan budaya kami...itu budya kami..kami tidak PERNAH mencuri budaya orng lain...

we are stole if we take that something is not belong to us...jgn tuduh sebarangan..please open ur mind....

[bola]

i found there are many indonesian think that we are Malaysia stole ur culture...in malaysia there are a lot of javanese, bugis, minang and malay origin from indonesia...our grand grand mother and father are from ur country...they migrate to tanah melayu...they bring the culture...they bring the heritage....that why u see indonesia and malaysia has a lot of similarities...we never stole ur culture..that is our culture...i am minang and i practise minang culture here malaysia..is that mean i stole the minang culture from indonesia? that is my culture too..similarly if my friend is a malaysian javanese...he practise Javanese culture here...indonesian cannot say he stole their culture because he is javanese, so he deserve to practise javanese culture wherever he was. when we javanese, bugis, minang present our cultural to the world as malaysian u cannot said that we are stole ur culture..because we are present our own culture...

why chinese and indian government never claimed that malaysia stole their culture? malaysian chinese and Indian still practice their culture...they present the culture to the world as malaysian..no body said that we have stole China and india culture....

for tari pendet issue...there is clear now that the mistake is from discovery channel not from malaysia...everybody know tari pendet from bali indonesia..as u can read the documentary is produce by Discovery channel becouse there are huge demand from other europe country...

indonesia is rich with cultural, a lot of ethnic...has high potential why dont ur goverment promote this culture to the world?...if u are proud with ur culture u should practice it and present to the world..that is what malay, chinese, indian from malaysia do...they all origin from indonesia, china and india..but they all love their culture....:)

Look, everybody has the right to practice their original cultures. Indonesians have nothing against you for practising your ancestor's culture. But the main cause of this outrage is that THE LACK OF REFERENCING by the Malaysian govt.

People around the world can automatically identify that the Barongsai is originated from China and curry is from India (because their population and culture is well distributed around the world). So the Chinese and Indian government don't care because people know that the culture is native from their respective countries. But they cannot distinguish the difference between Malay and Indonesian culture, largely due to lack of publicity of Malay & Indo culture (and the fact that we are genetically connected). So both countries are eager to "promote" their own respective culture to the world.

So when the Malay govt ad "mixes up" (I won't use the word claim here) Malay and Indonesian culture, Indonesians easily get stirred up because we feel that our culture and identity is being hijacked.

As for reog, tari pendet and rasa sayange song, they are native to Indonesia, not Malaysia. Even though there are a considerable amount of people practising these cultures in Malaysia, the Malay government must give recognition that these cultures DO COME FROM INDONESIA. (or at least consult with the Indonesian culture ministry first).

This is actually a good oppourtinity for Indonesia to conduct a healthy competition in the Tourism sector. I agree with David's opinion. Don't resort to bahasa binatang, please, we Indonesians are intelligent and graceful people, don't dignify those ridiculous comments by responding.

I'm not a blind Indonesian nationalist who gets easily stirred up and resort to verbal abuse and violence. I'm just an Indonesian who wants to give what's best to Indonesia in the long run.

[typhoonbringer]

i want to ask indonesian forumer here...pernahkah malaysia mengklaim budaya anda?

pernahkan anda terjumpa kenyataan mana2 menteri malaysia yang mengatakan tarian pendet itu berasal dari malaysia?

jelas discovery channel yng melakukn kesilapan....bukn pemerintah malaysia...malah kami juga telah mengtakan batik di malaysia berasal dari indonesia....tetapi masyrakat malaysia yg pelbagi kaum telah mengevolusi corak batik tersebut sehgga menjadi apa yg dikatakan batik malaysia

malaysia just show what the cultural it have...we never said the cultural from malaysia...like i said the origin of malay in Malaysia is from indonesia...that why we have similarities....kamu ingt orng jawa, bugis, minang, bengkahulu hanya ad di indonesia saja?

kamu fikir hanya orng jawa, minang, bugis, bengkahulu atau apa saja bangsa melayu yng ada di indonesia sahaja yg boleh mengmalkn budaya tersebut?

please answer my question...orng malaysia yng berasl dari indonesia tidak berhak mengamalkan budaya mereka ka? that is our race's cultural...tidak kira dimana kami berada selagi kami orng jawa, orng bugis, orng bengkahulu, orng cina, orng india...selagi itu kami berhak mengmalkan budaya tersebut...tidak pernah malaysia mengtkan budaya itu berasal dari negara ini...sila beri bukti jika ada mana2 pemimpin Malaysia yang mengtakan mana2 budaya dari indonesia adlah budya kami..silakan...

laah ko pas udah adem situ malah ungkit2 lagi? :nuts:

[Balandra]

apaan tuh maksudnya ya?

untung gua kagak ngerti bahasa tanpa EYD gitu.
masa bahasa indonesia juga bagian dari bahasg itu? yang di indonesia sendiri adalah bagian dari bahasa daerah di wilayah riau.

[arepull87]

Orang indonesia migran itu bukan sahaja ke malay encik!
belanda, suriname, madagaskar, south africa, jepun adalah beberapa negara yang banyak penduduknya dari indonesia
mereka disana membawa budaya indonesia juga yg tidak pernah ada kasus klaim seperti kerajaanmu, padahal di negara2 itu ramai orang indonesia.
sebaliknya pulak, warga negara asing yang akhirnya menjadi warga negara indonesia seperti dari belanda, jepang, usa dll yang membawa kultur mereka sendiri ke indonesia tidak pernah sekalipun pejabat atau pihak swasta, atau rakyat seperti kami mengklaim budaya yg dibawa mereka sebagai budaya indonesia...
dikeranakan kami ini sudah kaya akan budaya yang sebahagian sudah dikenal di dunia, jd kami ga perlu klaim punya negeri lain.

how much the malay from indonesia in holland, sauth africa, japan , madagascar and so on?...20%?, 5%?, 2%?..in Malaysia there are almost 60% malay and most of them origin from indonesia...the cultural almost same with ur country...since when malaysia has claim indonesia cultural?

[arepull87]

laah ko pas udah adem situ malah ungkit2 lagi? :nuts:

saya tidak pernah mengungkit but u guys always said Malaysia has claim ur cultural..after discovery channel explain the mistake are from them..most of u still said that is malaysia mistake....i just want to explain here...we are never stole ur country culture..im always believe indonesia and malaysia serumpun...saling memerlukan antara satu sama lain...i have a lot of freind from indonesia here..they all very nice...they love indonesia but they never hate us.....i believe not all indonesian hate malaysia..most of u still rational....

since both country celebrate independence day in august..i wish happy independence day to indonesia and malaysia...semoga kedua-dua negara terus aman dan makmur...:)

[Balandra]

bukan hanya kasus tari bali di discovery channel pals.
itu RASA SAYANGE maluku yg jadi theme song vìsit malaysia?
emang ramai orang maluku dominan ya disana? jenis lagunya pun jauh dari nada lagu melayu, kesannya maksain banget. Dan ingatlah, malaysia dengan confidence memakai, menyiarkan dan mempublikasikan lagu asli orang maluku indonesia kepada dunia dengan lantang ' THIS IS MALAYSIA..COME TO VISIT'
tetapi yak sudahlah. capek dan ga pernah akan selesai bahas yang begituan.
peace..love n gaul.

[arif doank]

bukan hanya kasus tari bali di discovery channel pals.
itu RASA SAYANGE maluku yg jadi theme song vìsit malaysia?
emang ramai orang maluku dominan ya disana? jenis lagunya pun jauh dari nada lagu melayu, kesannya maksain banget. Dan ingatlah, malaysia dengan confidence memakai, menyiarkan dan mempublikasikan lagu asli orang maluku indonesia kepada dunia dengan lantang ' THIS IS MALAYSIA..COME TO VISIT'
tetapi yak sudahlah. capek dan ga pernah akan selesai bahas yang begituan.
peace..love n gaul.

malon bohong!!!
orang maluku dan bali bukanlah tipe perantau!!!
jadi tidak mungkin ada orang maluku dan bali di malingsia!!!
mereka mempermalukan melayu sendiri yg mengatakan tari pendet bagian dari melayu!!
itu berarti mereka mengakui klu sebenarnya mereka mengklaim agama hindu

[arepull87]

bukan hanya kasus tari bali di discovery channel pals.
itu RASA SAYANGE maluku yg jadi theme song vìsit malaysia?
emang ramai orang maluku dominan ya disana? jenis lagunya pun jauh dari nada lagu melayu, kesannya maksain banget. Dan ingatlah, malaysia dengan confidence memakai, menyiarkan dan mempublikasikan lagu asli orang maluku indonesia kepada dunia dengan lantang ' THIS IS MALAYSIA..COME TO VISIT'
tetapi yak sudahlah. capek dan ga pernah akan selesai bahas yang begituan.
peace..love n gaul.

my friend...rase sayang is one of the classic song in malaysia...when i was child this song is very popular...may i ask u..have you ever heard any Malaysian leader said that rase sayang song origin from malaysia?

we use rase sayang as our themed song because this song very catchy and nice to hear...it has been used as traditional song for Malaysian...most of us grow up with this song...u must know...in malay, indonesian influenced still very strong among us....im sure there are diference betwen indonesia version of rasa sayang and malaysia version....u cannot said we claim rase sayng from yours..for us..rase sayang is one of our cultural...it widely been used as traditional song for so many years...we just know malaysia version of rase syng we never know indonesian version...like i said the culture has been assimilate here, undergo evolution...and than form another version of the culture such as rase sayang version malaysia..that is diferent with indonesia version in term of language esp.....

we used the malaysia version of rase sayng not indonesia version and we never said the origin of this song from malaysia...so please dont said we have claimed and stole ur culture....:)

[David-80]

Case closed.

Discovery channel already apologized.....so please lets stop this whole fight...

Users from both countries (Indonesia and Malaysia, still arguing about this matter, will received warning or brig from SSC, according to the rules)

Cheers

[arepull87]

malon bohong!!!
orang maluku dan bali bukanlah tipe perantau!!!
jadi tidak mungkin ada orang maluku dan bali di malingsia!!!
mereka mempermalukan melayu sendiri yg mengatakan tari pendet bagian dari melayu!!
itu berarti mereka mengakui klu sebenarnya mereka mengklaim agama hindu

mr arif..sejak bila malaysia claimed tari pendet itu budaya malaysia...?..tidakkah mr arif membaca koran yg discovery channel telah pn menarik bailk documentary tersebut dan mereka sendiri mengku itu adlah kesilapan mereka...sekali lagi saya mengatakan di sini..dokumentari itu di buat tanpa kebenaran dari malaysia...pihak discovery channel yang sendiri menghasilkn video tersebut....dan ia telah ditarik balik tayanganya diseluruh dunia setelh mendapt bntahn dari negara kamu...

saya fikir kamu tidak pernah membaca posting yg dhantr sebelum ini...berapa kali saya menyatakan yg isu tarian pendet ini bukan salah pihak malaysia....

manakala rasa sayang song....kamu patut membaca posting saya yg lepas...saya tidak tahu sekiranya kaum maluku tidak pernah berhijrah ke tanah melayu...namun disebbkn lagu ini telah berada di malaysia berkurun lamanya dan sngt popular di kalangn masyrakat dahulu..saya boleh pastikn lagu ini pernah dibawa oleh masyrakat indonesia ke malaysia....sejak zaman dahulu lagi.....

[David-80]

@arepull87 I thought I already said, its case closed? Or you want to get banned?

cheers

[arepull87]

Case closed.

Discovery channel already apologized.....so please lets stop this whole fight...

Users from both countries (Indonesia and Malaysia, still arguing about this matter, will received warning or brig from SSC, according to the rules)

Cheers

i really appreciate ur effort to control this issue..and ur previous comment seems like u are very responsible and rational person....hope we closed this issue...discovery channel already apologized...as long term conclusion...indonesian government should aggressive to promote its culture to the world so that people can know this is indonesian culture and they can differentiate from malaysia culture...indonesia has huge potential, bring ur miracle to the world, let people know indonesia is the land of diversity culture....:)

[KelvinKoh]

Tourism Ministry Gets Apology Letter From Discovery TV Network

SHENZHEN, Aug 26 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's Tourism Ministry has received an apology letter from the Discovery TV network over the issue of featuring Balinese Pendet dance in its television advertisement on Malaysia.

The television commercial titled "Enigmatic Malaysia", which featured Balinese Pendet dance in its promotional video clip, had caused outrage on the Internet.

However, Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen confirmed here that she had received a letter of apology from the Discovery TV network this evening.

"I contacted the Indonesian Minister of Culture and Tourism Jero Wacik just now to clarify that the promotional video clip was not done by Malaysia's Tourism Ministry but solely by the Discovery TV network," she told Malaysian reporters after attending a meeting with the local media here.

She said Jero had also received an apology letter from the Discovery TV network, and at the same time, the production company had also removed the advertisement.

Dr Ng said she had also referred the matter to Foreign Minister Datuk Anifah Aman and if it was necessary, Anifah would reply to Indonesia on the matter.

-- BERNAMA

_________________________________________________

^^ read the above news.

ternyata yang membuat silap adalah pihak DISCOVERY CHANNEL dan bukannya Tourism Malaysia.

sama ada kesilapan itu ia tidak disengajakan atau DISENGAJAKAN.

kita bangga telah merdeka dan bangga telah bebas dari penguasaan asing. tetapi, MINDA kita masih terjajah dan mudah dipermainkan oleh warga barat/asing.

mungkin ini disengajakan untuk memecah belahkan kedua-dua negara.

pihak barat telah berjaya merosakkan hubungan sesama bangsa arab. nah, sekarang sasaran mereka ialah org2 di nusantara ini yg rata-rata beragama Islam.

yeah, teruskan menjadi bahan permainan asing. dan kita akan saling benci membenci kerana gagal mempelajari budaya dan sejarah nenek moyang kita yang SATU.

[paradyto]

Foreign Ministry surveys RI-Timor Leste borders
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Wed, 08/26/2009 10:40 PM | World

The Foreign Ministry is conducting a survey of areas bordering Indonesia and Timor Leste, including five regions that remain disputed, an official said Wednesday.

The results of the survey will be reported to Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda and will later be discussed with the House of Representatives to set the border lines between the two neighbors.

The five disputed areas are Imbate, Sumkaen, Haumeniana, Nilulat and Tibana, and are located between Oecusse and Timor Tengah Utara regency.

Dodie Herado, who is heading the survey team, said a survey was needed to boost security in the areas following reports that Indonesian security officials there had been facing difficulties in guarding, citing financial constraints.

“We are going to check the facilities of security forces in the border areas,” Dodie told Antara news agency.

[XNeo]

Case closed.

Discovery channel already apologized.....so please lets stop this whole fight...

Users from both countries (Indonesia and Malaysia, still arguing about this matter, will received warning or brig from SSC, according to the rules)

Cheers

agreed.

[zeinedean]

Tourism Ministry Gets Apology Letter From Discovery TV Network

SHENZHEN, Aug 26 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's Tourism Ministry has received an apology letter from the Discovery TV network over the issue of featuring Balinese Pendet dance in its television advertisement on Malaysia.

The television commercial titled "Enigmatic Malaysia", which featured Balinese Pendet dance in its promotional video clip, had caused outrage on the Internet.

However, Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen confirmed here that she had received a letter of apology from the Discovery TV network this evening.

"I contacted the Indonesian Minister of Culture and Tourism Jero Wacik just now to clarify that the promotional video clip was not done by Malaysia's Tourism Ministry but solely by the Discovery TV network," she told Malaysian reporters after attending a meeting with the local media here.

She said Jero had also received an apology letter from the Discovery TV network, and at the same time, the production company had also removed the advertisement.

Dr Ng said she had also referred the matter to Foreign Minister Datuk Anifah Aman and if it was necessary, Anifah would reply to Indonesia on the matter.

-- BERNAMA

_________________________________________________

^^ read the above news.

ternyata yang membuat silap adalah pihak DISCOVERY CHANNEL dan bukannya Tourism Malaysia.

sama ada kesilapan itu ia tidak disengajakan atau DISENGAJAKAN.

kita bangga telah merdeka dan bangga telah bebas dari penguasaan asing. tetapi, MINDA kita masih terjajah dan mudah dipermainkan oleh warga barat/asing.

mungkin ini disengajakan untuk memecah belahkan kedua-dua negara.

pihak barat telah berjaya merosakkan hubungan sesama bangsa arab. nah, sekarang sasaran mereka ialah org2 di nusantara ini yg rata-rata beragama Islam.

yeah, teruskan menjadi bahan permainan asing. dan kita akan saling benci membenci kerana gagal mempelajari budaya dan sejarah nenek moyang kita yang SATU.

Sememangnya Barat telah berjaya dalam misi memecah belahkan duia Arab, Pakistan, Iran dan Iran.. dan sekarang mereka berusaha untuk memecah belahkan Nusantara... Mereka punyai berbagai cara untuk merekayasa segala galanya kerana misi mereka adalah untuk terus menguasai dunia... Waspadalah...

[dochan]

:ohno: Saya kecewa...

[adiyon84]

Sekadar memberi pengetahuan dari media Malaysia.. :)

Kedutaan Malaysia gesa media Indonesia lebih peka
Berita Harian.

JAKARTA: Kedutaan Besar Malaysia di sini menggesa semua pihak, khususnya media massa di Indonesia, lebih peka dan memahami sensitiviti rakyat kedua-dua negara supaya pemberitaan yang dibuat tidak menyinggung perasaan kedua-dua pihak.

Kedutaan Besar Malaysia menyuarakan rasa kesal kerana kekeliruan dan tuduhan yang dibuat oleh media massa tempatan kononnya Kerajaan Malaysia mencuri tarian Pendet yang berasal dari Bali untuk promosi pelancongan Malaysia dalam satu klip video, telah dibangkitkan sebagai isu hubungan dua hala.

"Kedutaan Besar Malaysia ingin menegaskan bahawa telah terdapat kekeliruan dan salah faham serius terhadap produksi dan penayangan klip video komersial itu dan dakwaan penglibatan kerajaan Malaysia," kata Kedutaan Besar Malaysia menerusi satu kenyataan hari ini.

Menurut kenyataan itu, klip video komersial berkenaan adalah inisiatif kreatif Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific sendiri dan tidak sekali-kali membabitkan campur tangan sebarang pihak di Malaysia.

"Tidak ada pihak di Malaysia yang mendakwa bahawa tarian Pendet adalah tarian dari Malaysia.

"Seharusnya pihak yang berkenaan di Republik Indonesia terlebih dahulu menyelidik hal ini sebelum membuat kesimpulan mengenainya," tegas kenyataan itu.

Beberapa penjelasan telah dibuat mengenai pembikinan klip video 30 saat itu, termasuk pengakuan oleh syarikat swasta berpejabat di Singapura itu yang membuatnya tanpa campur tangan kerajaan mahu pun pihak lain di Malaysia.

Namun media massa di sini seperti menutup mata terhadap hakikat dan penjelasan yang dibuat, sebaliknya terus memainkan isu itu dan melemparkan tuduhan keras, malah mengaitkannya dengan isu-isu serupa sebelum ini yang menuding bahawa Malaysia mencuri kebudayaan Indonesia. - Bernama

[paradyto]

Inget inget inget, Gw harap Forum ini tidak begitu mudah terprovokasi dengan segala hal yang bikin nggak enak, inget lagi Bulan Ramadhan neh... THINK POSITIF!

thanx, Cheers...

[typhoonbringer]

Friend, siapa yang mulakan dahulu kalau bukan dari beberapa teman-teman negara kamu. Aku berani mengaku jujur kalau aku juga pernah dari awal membaca forum topix itu yang diserang dengan kata-kata lebih kesat dari forumer indonesia yang menyinggung forumer local. :ohno:

2-2nya salah, ya malaysia ya indonesia, making excuse just make things worse, kalo kepancing flame = flamernya menang

inget lagi, lagu man in the mirror...

[arepull87]

Inget inget inget, Gw harap Forum ini tidak begitu mudah terprovokasi dengan segala hal yang bikin nggak enak, inget lagi Bulan Ramadhan neh... THINK POSITIF!

thanx, Cheers...

ya...forumer disini tidak perlu lagi di provoke berita-berita...yang boleh mengeruhkn hubngn kedua-dua negara....dan media seharusnya bertngungjawab dalm laporan mereka...

[hand15]

yeah, teruskan menjadi bahan permainan asing. dan kita akan saling benci membenci kerana gagal mempelajari budaya dan sejarah nenek moyang kita yang SATU.

This just reflects how all of the tensions between Malaysia and Indonesia originated.

While Malaysia kept promoting the politically motivated concept of "Malay race", Most Indonesians never accept such concept because it is not anthropoligically, ethnically, and sociologically correct. No such race called "Malay race", only "Austonesian" that exist.

This two different approaches of how the Malaysians and Indonesians see each others would create such tensions. Malaysians would feel that they share common heritage and culture with Indonesia within the concept of "Malay race", while Indonesians feel thet they share common heritage and culture with Malaysia only in the view of sharing "ethnic Malay" and "ethnic Dayak".

And so we could see some times ago how Malaysians minister said that "Raya sayang(e)" song belongs to "Malay archipelago" and Malaysia has the cultural share on it.

And so we could see how Minangkabau, Javanese, Bugis, Acehnese, and what ever austronesians they are as long as they adere Islam would be considered as "Malay" in Malaysia, and their culture would be deemed as "Malay cultural heritage" with Malaysia having a share on them.

The concept of "Malay" in Malaysia therefore ignored and undermined the cultural uniqueness and distinctions of each different ethnic groups.
Minangkabaus would never accept seeing their "Rendang" called "Malay dish"
Javanese would never accept seeing their "Reog" called "Malay dance"
Mollucans would never accept seeing their "Rasa Sayang(e)" called "Malay folk song"

As long as these differences be addressed clearly by both government, this similar "incident" would keep repeating by itself.