Day: May 15, 2022

Indonesian railway company PT KAI’s Yogyakarta operational Region transported a total of 647,499 long-distance train passengers during the Eid al-Fitr holiday from April 22 to May 13, 2022.

“This is a record of the number of passengers who disembark or depart from various stations in our operational area,” Public Relations Manager of PT KAI’s Yogyakarta Operational Region Supriyanto said here on Sunday.

The total number of passengers who arrived in Yogyakarta was 337,323 people, while the number of departing passengers was 310,176 people.

Based on this data, the number of departing passengers reached 110 percent of the projected total number of passengers at 282,926

During the Eid holiday period this year, KAI Yogyakarta operated 27 long-distance trains (KAJJ), consisting of 19 regular trains and eight additional trains.

The peak number of arrivals occurred on May 4 with 22,400 passengers, and the peak of departing passengers was on May 7 with 21,318 passengers.

The number of passengers arriving or departing from KAI Yogyakarta during the Eid holiday this year is almost the same as those during the Eid holidays prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The number of passengers on Eid holiday this year was extraordinary, so we tried to balance it by optimizing services to customers,” he said.

PT KAI implemented strict health protocols in accordance with the existing regulations and consistently rejected passengers that did not meet the travel requirements.

The number of passengers of Yogyakarta-Solo commuter trains and the Prambanan Express train also increased significantly during the EId holiday this year.

The Yogyakarta-Solo KRL served a total of 271,960 passengers with the highest volume occurring on May 5 at 25,731 passengers.

Meanwhile, the Prambanan Express for the Kutoarjo-Yogyakarta connection with eight trips per day served 46,655 passengers with the highest volume on May 3 at 2,555 passengers.

Source: ANTARA News

Indeed, the postponement brings advantages and disadvantages.

Hanoi, Vietnam (ANTARA) – Chairperson of the Indonesia Olympic Committee (KOI) Raja Sapta Oktohari has said that the postponement of the Hangzhou Asian Games 2022 will have a major impact on increasing the budget for the contingent’s preparations.

“I think that it will have the biggest impact on the financial sector,” he said while reviewing the rowing match of 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Hi Phòng, Vietnam, on Saturday

He assessed that the additional athlete training program for another one year due to the delay will spend more fund.

In addition, it will also affect the athletes’ readiness, he added. .

Since actually they have been prepared to reach their peak performance in a sporting event scheduled to be held in 2022, the postponement may make them lose their momentum and focus.

Although he has regretted the delay, the KOI chairperson admitted that the COVID-19 pandemic is a serious threat, thus his party will keep supporting China as the host of the event to be able to implement the Asian Games later.

Meanwhile, Indonesian rowing athlete, Ferdiansyah, said that the delay would give him and his team more time to prepare before competing at the four-yearly multi-event.

“Indeed, the postponement brings advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that we can have more preparation. However, we will also make a greater sacrifice of our time and material,” he added.

The Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 was supposed to be held on September 10-25, 2022. However, on May 6, 2022, the organizing committee announced that the event will be postponed.

According to the statement at the official site of Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), the OCA Executive Board (EB), the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC), as well as the Hangzhou Asian Games Organising Committee (HAGOC), had taken the postponement decision after carefully considering the pandemic situation and the size of the implementation of the event.

Hangzhou is located near Shanghai, which has been implemented regional lockdown for several weeks.

Source: ANTARA News

Regarding commodity trade, the G20 itself is actually an expansion of the cooperation of G7 of developed countries. Regarding commodities, if we want to play a strategic role in this discourse, it’s actually related to WTO

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Deputy Director of the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) Eko Listiyanto has said that the strengthening of data and economic diplomacy is the key to realizing the agenda of promoting and encouraging open, fair, predictable and transparent food trade at the G20 forum.

“This momentum is a time to encourage the entry of food trade into the country. Therefore, Indonesia must strengthen data and research,” Listiyanto said when contacted by Antara here on Sunday.

As for foreign trade, the Indef economist added that Indonesia needs to build cooperation with commodity-producing countries in the G20, such as Turkey or other countries.

“Regarding commodity trade, the G20 itself is actually an expansion of the cooperation of G7 of developed countries. Regarding commodities, if we want to play a strategic role in this discourse, it’s actually related to WTO,” he said.

To promote fair and transparent commodity trade, fair policies must first be put in place.

Listiyanto said that Indonesia needed data and economic diplomacy to encourage more transparent and fair global commodity trade.

“Actually, the key factors that have made developed countries win are data and cooperation networks between countries. They can prove it and are able to push agendas related to commodity trade,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Presidency of the G20 Working Group on Agriculture would declare a commitment to address three priority issues in the global agriculture sector, from food security to digital agriculture.

The Head of the Foreign Cooperation Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture who is also a representative of the Working Group on Agriculture for the G20 2022 Presidency, Ade Candradijaya, said that the agricultural working group had identified three priority issues that would be discussed in the declarations of the ministers of agriculture.

The first priority issue is to build a resilient and sustainable food and agriculture system.

The second issue is to promote an open, fair, predictable and transparent food trade. And the third issue is to encourage innovative agricultural businesses through digital farming to improve the lives of farmers in rural areas.

Source: ANTARA News

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Erick Thohir said digital disruption would reformat the industry and economy.

“The presence of digital disruption will reformat much industry and economy,” said Erick Thohir in a written statement received here on Sunday.

The minister underlined the fact that seven out of 10 largest companies in the world are technology companies. This signals a major change in the industry that human resources development is currently more valuable than natural resource-based industry.

This offers an opportunity that can be used by young people to be able to compete. As a result of the disruption, many jobs are lost compared to the creation of new jobs.

“This means that there will be a significant change in terms of employment. This needs to be anticipated,” said Erick Thohir.

The minister also asked the younger generation not to be passive about the presence of digitalization.

“We have been already facing the first wave with the presence of online media, the second wave with the presence of various applications, and then the third wave with the presence of the metaverse. Don’t let all of this just become an arena dominated by foreign products,” he said.

Hence, the minister considers that it is appropriate for the younger generation to pursue technology, especially digital one. By mastering digital technology, Minister Thohir is optimistic that Indonesia will be able to compete in the new world economic arena.

Referring to the fact that the majority of Indonesia’s population is currently young, the digitalization ability of Indonesian youth will be a major force in responding to technological disruption, since digital disruption will be a great opportunity for Indonesia to become a world economic power in 2045.

“God willing, in 2045 we will continue to grow to become one of the world’s major economic powers,” said the minister.

Source: ANTARA News