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The Business of Traditional Snacks: Monami Bakery

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Contrary to what many may have thought, traditional Indonesian snacks have not disappeared from the market. Fierce food competition doesn’t seem to stop Indonesians from seeking the food of their childhood. Researcher at the Traditional Cuisine Study Center of Gadjah Mada University was quoted by kompas.com in 2011 saying that traditional food has the human aspect by virtue of being closely linked to families. They’re typically considered “medicine” for those who miss home. This is why no matter how inundated we are with imported products, there’s still an established place in our hearts and palates for traditional snacks. [Continue reading]

East Nusa Tenggara Tourism: Signs of Growth

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Many of us know that Bali has always been the prima donna, getaway tourist destination. This applies for both foreign and domestic tourists. But in the past decade, the Government has been trying to promote the other regions of Indonesia as alternative tourist destinations. One of them is the province of East Nusa Tenggara, or otherwise known as NTT. [Continue reading]

Indonesian Football Fans vs the Fans of One Direction

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t seems there is no way that Indonesian netizens can pass a week without having a controversial trending topic on Twitter. This week, fans of a boy band and the football enthusiasts suddenly end up mocking one another, on Ttwitter, over the usage of Gelora Bung Karno football stadium. It’s a choice between under-23 football match and a concert by the English-Irish boy band One Direction. [Continue reading]

Fitness Center Business, Part II: Celebrity Fitness & Jatomi

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In relation to the growth of healthy lifestyle trend in Jakarta, we dove into the business of fitness centers and talked briefly about two, well-known fitness centers in Indonesia, namely, the American brand Gold’s Gym and the United Kingdom brand Fitness First. Today, we are going to review two more international fitness center chains, and they are, the Poland based Pure Jatomi Fitness and the Indonesia based Celebrity Fitness. [Continue reading]

Customers of Fitness Centers

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Maintaining one’s well-being have increasingly grown to become the priority of urban dwellers. Executives are signing up for gym memberships so they can exercise before or after work. Some even do so to pass the rush hour. We spoke to some members of Jakarta’s fitness centers to understand this developing urban lifestyle. [Continue reading]

Fitness Center Business

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Businesses are being built around the healthy lifestyle. There are new organic food and beverage shops/restaurants, yoga centers, fitness events, and fitness centers. Fitness centers are nothing novel. But more and more of them are popping up at shopping centers in big cities in Indonesia. Most of them are part of national or international fitness center chains.This phenomenon picked our interest. Some of the well-known fitness center brands in Indonesia Gold’s Gym, Fitness First, Jatomi Fitness and also Celebrity Fitness. Today’s we’ll look into the first two. [Continue reading]

General Retirement Activity: Djoko Suyanto

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Air Chief Marshal (retired) Djoko Suyanto is the 12th Indonesian Military (TNI) chief, who served from February 2006 to December 2007 under the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). After his retirement, Djoko Suyanto entered the private sector and engaged himself in social activities. [Continue reading]

The Establishment of the National Collective Management Agency

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Yesterday (Jan. 20), the government appointed 10 commissioners to chair the National Collective Management Agency (LMKN). The LMKN is a part of the mandate contained in the 2014 Copyrights Law. The Agency will be the parent body overseeing the management of what was previously known simply as the LMK (without the National)— The LMKN will now act as the policy coordinator for the collection/distribution of rights and the protection of related parties. [Continue reading]