Day: April 5, 2022

The House of Representatives (DPR RI) working committee on the harmonization of Papua Province Bill has proposed carving four new provinces out of the existing Papua Province.

“We will complete the academic papers on the regional division matter,” DPR RI Secretariat General’s Expertise Agency Head Inosentius Samsul informed during the working committee session at the Parliament Complex here on Tuesday.

The working committee session was presided over by DPR RI Legislation Body head Supratman Andi Agtas and attended by Commission II legislators and MPs who proposed the bill.

Samsul informed that the original Papua province would see most of its 29 districts divided between the new provinces, while the remaining regions will be under Jayapura City — which will remain the provincial capital — and Jayapura, Keerom, Sarmi, Mamberamo Raya, and Bintang Mountains districts.

The committee proposed that the northern part of the province be separated to form North Papua Province, with Biak Numfor district as the proposed provincial capital. The province will consist of Waropen, Yapen Islands, Supiori, and Nabire districts.

The committee also proposed the establishment of two landlocked provinces carved from the central part of Papua Province, namely Central Papua and Papua Pegunungan Tengah Provinces.

The proposed Central Papua province will have Timika as the proposed capital and would consist of Puncak Jaya, Paniai, Mimika, Dogiyai, Deiyai, Intan Jaya, and Puncak districts.

Meanwhile, the Papua Pegunungan Tengah would consist of Jayawijaya, Lanny Jaya, Mamberamo Tengah, Nduga, Tolikara, Yahukimo, and Yalimo districts, with Wamena as the proposed capital.

The southern part of the province will be separated to form South Papua Province, which would comprise Merauke, Mapi, Asmat, and Boven Digoel districts, with Merauke as the proposed capital.

Samsul said that the committee would complete the study on the proposed division with the actual conditions in the region.

Meanwhile, Agtas said that some committee members are yet to achieve consensus on the final names and borders of the proposed provinces in Papua.

“We will settle the discussion on the regions tomorrow. We will create the matrix, particularly on the proposed regions and their capitals,” the legislation body head said.

Source: Antara News

The tribune for the Formula E electric car race can accommodate 10 thousand spectators out of the total 50 thousand people expected to watch the race, Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria informed.

“The plan is 50 thousand spectators, 10 thousand in the tribune seating,” Patria said here on Tuesday.

According to Patria, there will be a ticket class, ranging from spectators sitting in the tribune, the festival area, to the more expensive category of VIPs.

“Tickets are sold starting from Rp350 thousand. That (Rp350 thousand) ticket is the cheapest, so there are classes,” he said.

Earlier, the Organizing Committee of Formula E Jakarta (Jakarta E-Prix) had informed that at least 50 thousand tickets will be ready to be sold in May 2022, with the cheapest ticket priced at Rp350 thousand.

“It has been agreed that (the number of) Formula E tickets will be a minimum of 50 thousand, with a price range of Rp350 thousand to millions of rupiah,” head of the Jakarta Formula E Organizing Committee, Ahmad Sahroni, said in a statement.

Apart from the racing event, a series of entertainment events will be presented for spectators and visitors, he added.

According to Sahroni, the event committee will also invite micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) players to open stalls at the venue by equipping them with relevant training.

“The event will be very lively, where we will hold a music concert filled with famous musicians and musical groups. We will have three stages that will present entertainment from morning to evening,” he said.

As of March 25, 2022, the construction of the Jakarta Formula E circuit has reached 87.9-percent completion.

The completed construction does not include the paddock and the tribune for spectators.

The 2022 Jakarta E-Prix will take place on June 4, 2022, in Ancol, North Jakarta.

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The government of Indonesia and the International Energy Agency (IEA) will continue their joint work program until 2023 as part of efforts to accelerate the achievement of net-zero emission targets in various energy sectors.

Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Arifin Tasrif signed an agreement on the joint work program with IEA director Fatih Birol at the Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, Germany, on March 29, 2022.

“IEA’s support will strengthen our collaboration in energy data and statistics, energy security, emergency response and policy, improvement of the power sector, bioenergy, energy efficiency, energy and clean technology, evaluation framework for energy policy, and global energy leadership,” Tasrif said in a statement issued here on Tuesday.

Through continued cooperation with IEA as the main strategic partner, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources is committed to continuing to build cooperation for maximizing the achievement of net-zero emissions, the minister added.

The collaboration is a form of the ongoing commitment to achieving the Indonesian government’s commonality with the world to accelerate the achievement of the energy transition and net-zero emission targets.

Over the past few years, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has been working closely with the IEA as a strategic partner.

“This joint work program for 2022–2023 has gone through a long and thoughtful process. Indonesia and the IEA are developing a comprehensive net-zero emission road map that will help guide Indonesia’s energy transition over the next few years and decades,” Minister Tasrif said.

Indonesia will raise the issue of reducing carbon emissions during its G20 Presidency, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati informed earlier.

“We will use the G20 Presidency to collaborate and work together because, like the pandemic, climate change cannot be overcome by any country even the largest country,” the minister remarked.

Indonesia recognizes that it is vital for the world to prevent the Earth from warming and efforts to do that will require credible programs to cut carbon emissions, she said.

“Indonesia already has a contribution of national determination, but this cannot be achieved alone. We need support from the global community, both in the form of financing and technology as well as knowledge,” she added.

According to the minister, Indonesia has introduced the carbon tax, carbon market, and forest reserves at the global forum in order to achieve net-zero targets.

The problem of carbon emissions will become so challenging by the middle of this century that a step-by-step design will be necessary to lower emissions, she highlighted.

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Indonesian aquaculture-tech company Delos has said it believes that Indonesia can become the world’s largest shrimp exporter.

Indonesia has been able to surpass some of the largest shrimp exporting countries so far, which are India, Ecuador, and Vietnam, chief executive officer of Delos, Guntur Mallarangeng, said in a statement issued in Jakarta on Tuesday.

However, more than 50 percent of the archipelago’s shrimp farming industry is not being taken seriously. Its value is more than half of the current total value of marine products. Imagine if that potential is fully utilized, Indonesia will be number one, he remarked.

With a coastline measuring 54 thousand km, abundant coastal human resources, and a supportive tropical climate, Indonesia should be able to become a global leader in sustainable aquaculture, Guntur said.

In terms of technology and practices, Delos has departed from the conventional shrimp ponds of Dewi Laut Aquaculture (DLA) and the digitalization of Alune Aqua.

According to Guntur, Delos combines science, technology, and good management practices to increase shrimp farm productivity and increase yields above average, to around 40 tons per hectare.

Since November 2021, he said, the company is on track to onboarding 100 hectares of intensive and super-intensive shrimp farms, with an existing demand backlog of more than 600 hectares in the pipeline.

“We want to push Indonesia to realize and harness the true potential of its vast seas, making them into major, and sustainable, national economic drivers in the near future,” he added.

On March 23, Delos raised US$8 million in an extension seed round, co-led by MDI-KB’s Centauri and Alpha JWC Ventures, with initial seed investors topping up and new strategic angel investors following on.

He said that the company will use the new funds to build and scale its three main product lines: AquaHero, AquaLink, and AquaBank, which tackle specific problems and opportunities within both the Indonesian aquaculture industry and the global seafood market.

In addition, the company is establishing the DELOS Maritime Institute (DMI) in Yogyakarta in order to educate and train workforce-ready aquaculture talent as well as support scientific and technological R&D efforts.

Delos is seeking to drive the growth and modernization of the Indonesian aquaculture industry and its integration into the global seafood industry, a vision the company has dubbed the “Blue Revolution,” he said.

Source: Antara News

State-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura I has projected that the number of passengers arriving and departing from Yogyakarta International Airport (YIA) during the 2022 Eid al-Fitr homecoming will reach 12 thousand per day.

“We are optimistic that the Eid homecoming flow will reach 12 thousand passengers per day, as long as the government continues to ease (the requirements) for air travel, and along with the increasing number of vaccinated people,” acting interim general manager of Yogyakarta International Airport, Agus Pandu Purnama, informed in Kulon Progo District, Yogyakarta, on Tuesday.

Since the issuance of the Transportation Ministry’s Circular Letter No. 21 of 2022, the number of airplane passengers via Yogyakarta International Airport has increased by around 32 percent per day, he said.

The circular letter issued by the Ministry of Transportation is guiding the implementation of domestic air travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Before the circular was issued, the number of YIA passengers was below five thousand per day, Purnama said. However, currently, the number of passengers at YIA is ranging from six thousand to seven thousand per day, he added.

“The number of passengers on the weekends can reach 8,600 per day,” he said.

Meanwhile, deputy chairman I of the Kulon Progo Regional Legislative Body (DPRD), Ponimin Budi Hartono, said the high number of airplane passengers at Yogyakarta International Airport is an opportunity for micro, small, and medium (MSME) players.

According to Hartono, MSME players who have cooperated with the airport management can sell local Kulon Progo products on the Malioboro terrace of YIA.

“We hope that MSME actors will also prepare their products to be put at outlets that sell souvenirs so that this increase in passenger numbers can revive the economy that has been impacted by COVID-19,” he said.

Source: Antara News

The Directorate General of Air Transportation at the Transportation Ministry has called for the improvement of flight safety performance in Indonesia by pushing for a national aviation safety program called State Safety Program.

“The program is also mandated by the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO’s) international regulations,” Director General of Civil Aviation at the ministry Novie Riyanto remarked at a meeting with Commission V of the Indonesian House of Representatives here on Tuesday.

Flight safety performance in Indonesia is well monitored through a number of indicators, he noted.

According to the Effective Implementation (EI) of Universal Safety Oversight Audit Program (USOAP), Indonesia’s flight safety performance has achieved a score of 80.84 percent, which is higher than the targeted score of 60 percent.

Thus, Indonesia has achieved the ICAO Aerodrome Certification with a satisfactory predicate.

In addition, the country has also obtained an unrestricted predicate from the European Union (EU) Air Safety List, a score of 18 on Global Aviation Training Activities, as well as a score of 34 on Corrective Action Plan. The scores were above the target.

“However, we have not been able to achieve the targeted score of the fulfillment of the Protocol Question (PQ) for the State Safety Program (SSP) Foundation,” the director general said.

The fulfillment of PQ SSP Foundation with a 100-percent score is highly necessary to make the implementation of the SSP in line with the targets of ICAO by 2025, he added.

Hence, he urged all stakeholders to strive in completing all findings of the PQ SSP Foundation by 2022, such as the involvement of the ministry in recruiting aviation inspectors and investigators, the adequacy of the number of inspectors, as well as training programs for medical certification assessors.

In addition, the findings include the separation of functions of the regulatory and operator organizations in the directorate general as well as the revision of Law Number 1 of 2009 on Aviation.

“We will evaluate the working mechanism of the SSP team, thus, they can work optimally,” Riyanto added.

Source: Antara News