Day: August 27, 2022

There is no reason for us to be pessimistic. Although the IMF and the World Bank expect economies in 66 countries to go bankrupt and collapse, and the world still faces a ‘grim’ (pessimistic expectation of the) global economy. We still have to be opt

Jakarta Speaker of the Indonesian People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Bambang Soesatyo highlighted that the national economy has been improving since the economic recovery efforts in 2021.

“There is no reason for us to be pessimistic. Although the IMF and the World Bank expect economies in 66 countries to go bankrupt and collapse, and the world still faces a ‘grim’ (pessimistic expectation of the) global economy. We still have to be optimistic that we can end 2022 well,” Soesatyo stated here on Saturday.

The MPR speaker pointed out that the optimistic view of the national economy arose from the trade balance surplus in 2021 that was maintained this year.

He said based on data from Statistics Indonesia (BPS), Indonesia’s trade balance during the period between January and July 2022 had clocked a surplus of US$29.17 billion.

Source: Antara News

The training will be carried out in five phases starting from today. Hopefully, we will complete the training by the end of 2022.

Sepaku, Kaltim The authority of the new capital city (IKN) Nusantara in Sepaku, East Kalimantan, will train 1,535 out of a total of 9,300 construction workers for the first phase of infrastructure development at IKN.

“The total number of prospective workers who will be trained for infrastructure development at IKN reaches 9,300 people,” deputy head of the IKN Authority, Dhony Rahajoe, informed at the opening of the “Construction Workforce Training and Certification in Preparation of IKN Infrastructure Development,” in Sepaku on Saturday.

At the opening of the hybrid training at Sepaku Dam-Semoi, he said that the construction of the IKN is in keeping with the vision of the first Indonesian President Sukarno, who is also referred to as Bung Karno, to shift the capital city.

Source: Antara News

We are actively organizing 3-in-1 education and training (training, competency certification, and job placement) to meet (the needs of) operator-level TPT industry workforce

Jakarta The Industry Ministry has trained 135 thousand workers for the textile and textile products industry (TPT) through the Surakarta Textile and Textile Products Industry Community Academy.

The ministry’s Industrial Human Resources Development Agency (BPSDMI) has also been working to improve the quality of the Bandung Polytechnic of Textile Technology (STTT), which dates back a hundred years.

“We are actively organizing 3-in-1 education and training (training, competency certification, and job placement) to meet (the needs of) operator-level TPT industry workforce,”Head of BPSDMI Arus Gunawan said here on Saturday.

Source: Antara News

Jakarta The Meteorological, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has issued an alert for potential extreme weather in some regions of Indonesia from August 28 to September 3, 2022.

“It is indicated that there is a potential significance of atmospheric dynamics that could increase rainfall in several regions of Indonesia,” BMKG’s deputy for meteorology, Guswanto, said here on Saturday.

The Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) phenomenon as well as an active Rossby wave have been forecast from August 28 to September 3, which could potentially increase the growth of rain clouds in several regions of Indonesia.

Based on these conditions, the BMKG has said there is potential for heavy rainfall accompanied by lightning and strong winds over the next week in Aceh, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Riau, Riau Islands, Jambi, Bengkulu, South Sumatra, Bangka Belitung Islands, and Lampung.

Furthermore, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Southeast Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, North Maluku, Maluku, West Papua, and Papua could also be potentially affected by these conditions.

Source: Antara News

Martapura, S Sumatra Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Harvick Hasnul Qolbi, opened the “Millennial Farmer Jamboree” in Tebing Sari, Ogan Komering Ulu Timur district, South Sumatra, to help raise the younger generation’s interest in agriculture.

The three-day event is being attended by 500 young farmers from 17 districts and cities in South Sumatra and one representative from Java Island, Qolbi informed in Martapura on Saturday.

At the event, Qolbi lauded the South Sumatra provincial government and Ogan Komering Ulu Timur district administration for their dedication to advancing agriculture by involving local millennial farmers.

The goal of the jamboree is to improve performance and develop young agricultural entrepreneurs and millennial farmers so that Indonesia’s agricultural productivity can increase, he explained.

Source: Antara News

Esports is a very positive field for people who have high intelligence, creativity, discipline, and work ethic.

Jakarta State-owned telecommunications enterprise PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk’s (Telkom’s) metaverse platform, metaNesia, will provide several virtual match rooms for the International Esports Federation’s (IESF’s) 14th Esports World Championship.

The virtual match rooms could be accessed by up to thousands of supporters of Esports teams competing at the event, which will take place in Bali in October 2022, site manager for emerging technology platforms at PT Telkom, Anton Pramono, said in a statement issued on Saturday.

“In addition, metaNesia will present a talk show room, which will invite world-class speakers in Esports and games sectors,” he informed.

He said that metaNesia will also present a special non-fungible token (NFT) design, which can be owned by NFT collectors.

Further, metaNesia will unveil an attractive virtual gaming world, which will be full of Indonesian creative designs for gamers.

Source: Antara News