The West Java branch of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) and the Bandung Legal Aid Foundation (LBH Bandung) filed a pretrial request against the West Java Police at the Bandung District Court on Friday (March 13). The pretrial request addresses the termination of investigation onto the galena illegal mining practice in Bogor reserved forest area. [Continue reading]
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Fitness Center Business
NewsroomBusinesses 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]
Fahira Idris and Her Fight Against the Immorality of Alcohol
NewsroomIn recent years, the 24-hour convenience stores have grown to become a new hangout place for young Indonesians. What’s interesting is that this has not been a phenomenon exclusive to Jakarta. You can find it happening in Bali, Surabaya, and Yogyakarta. The youth would socialize over ice coffees, or even beers. Access to the latter led Fahira Fahmi Idris to establish the national anti-alcoholic beverage movement. [Continue reading]
The Silly Debate over Jokowi’s Suit Etiquette
NewsroomPresident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo went to Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam and the Philippines for his first round of bilateral state visits. The President discussed a number of crucial issues—migrant worker issues, business investments, maritime cooperation, and trading in border areas. But rather amusingly, those issues were not the subject of scrutiny of Jokowi’s loyal haters. They’d rather to criticize Jokowi’s sartorial know-how. [Continue reading]
General Retirement Activity: General (retired) Sutanto
NewsroomGeneral (retired) Sutanto is Indonesia’s eighteenth National Police (POLRI) Chief. He served from Juli 2005 to September 2008 under the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. After his retirement, Sutanto immediately entered the private sector. He has since been mostly listed as a commissioner of public, privately- owned, and state-owned companies. [Continue reading]
General Retirement Activity: General (retired) Da’i Bachtiar
NewsroomGeneral (retired) Da’i Bachtiar is the seventeenth Chief of the Indonesian National Police (POLRI). He served from the period of November 2001 to July 2005. Gen. (ret) Sutanto eventually replaced Da’i Bachtiar upon the latter’s retirement. Not long after the end of his service, Da’i Bachtiar became the Indonesian ambassador for Malaysia for the period of April 2008 to September 2012. Unlike many other retired generals, who is deeply involved in their business ventures, Da’i decided to remain as a diplomat and as a lecturer. [Continue reading]
Combating The Distribution of Imported Used Clothing
NewsroomThe Indonesian government is to ban the distribution of imported second-hand clothing in a move to protect the Indonesian garment industry and to fight against illegal importation-exportation activities in Indonesia, Trade Minister Rachmat Gobel told the media on Tuesday (Feb. 3). [Continue reading]
From Conventional Textbooks to Tablet?
NewsroomThe Minister of Education and Culture Anies Baswedan told the media on early January that his Ministry, in cooperation with the Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) and PT Telekomukasi Indonesia Tbk (TLKM), would establish an integrated teaching and learning tool dubbed the electronic Sabak (e-Sabak). In Bahasa Indonesia, the word Sabak literally means a flat piece of slate used for writing—it’s basically a tablet. [Continue reading]
General Retirement Activity: Retired General George Toisutta
NewsroomRetired General George Toisutta is the former army chief of staff, who served from November 2009 to November 2011 under the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Just few months before his retirement, George was made President Commissioner of the state-owned weapons manufacturer PT Pindad on June 2011. [Continue reading]
General Retirement Activity: Syamsir Siregar
NewsroomSyamsir Siregar is the former head of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN). He lead BIN from December 2004 to 2009 under the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. After his retirement, the 73-year-old military officer ventured into a number business industries. [continue reading]
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