Day: November 9, 2022

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, has said he is optimistic that Indonesia will become a developed, high-income country with an average per capita annual income of US$10 thousand by 2030.

“Today, our per capita income is reaching US$4 thousand per year, and we hope the value will increase to around US$10 thousand per year by 2030,” he added at an international seminar organized by the Indonesian Deposit Insurance Corporation (LPS) in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Wednesday.

Thus, Indonesia’s economic growth per year will need to be around 5.5 to 6.5 percent.

To reach the target, Indonesia will continue its COVID-19 handling and economy recovery efforts amid various global challenges, Pandjaitan said.

Indonesia is also currently pushing economic transformation through downstreaming to create added value so that the transformation is not only based on commodities.

Regarding the downstreaming of nickel for use in electric car batteries, Indonesia will start production no later than the third quarter of 2024 in collaboration with CATL or LG, he informed.

“We also continue to improve economic efficiency through digitalization. Indonesia has an electronic catalogue of MSMEs (micro, small, and medium enterprises) for government goods procurement,” he said.

According to him, based on Statistics Indonesia’s calculation, the use of MSME products for government procurement programs through the e-catalogue will add up to 2 million jobs and increase economic growth by 1.7 to 2.0 percent annually.

The government will also continue to distribute village funds that may reach up to Rp1 billion per year per village to maintain economic growth.

It will also mitigate the impacts of climate change through efforts to reduce carbon emissions and transition to affordable energy.

Source: Antara News

The Indonesian Navy is working to ensure that no environmental damage results from the sinking of Djibouti-flagged oil tanker MT Young Yong in the waters of the Singapore Strait near Nipah Island, Karimun, Riau Islands.

“We have sent divers to see the ship’s condition, and we will ensure that there is nothing that harms Indonesia, especially in terms of the environment, such as oil spills and coral damage. The gas pipeline near the ship (sinking site) is also safe,” Commander of the Navy’s Main Base in Batam, Commodore Kemas M. Ikhwan, informed here on Wednesday.

The ship, which was carrying 284,429 tons of oil, reportedly sank at 8:18 p.m. local time on October 27, 2022, and has not been removed yet from the seabed.

The tanker’s position on the seabed has made towing difficult, Ikhwan explained.

“As of today, it has not been successfully towed and is still in its position. We have deployed officers around the site to monitor the progress,” he said, adding that the Navy is coordinating with the tanker’s owner to move it.

“The company is still looking for a ship that can help move it off from the sinking site. It cannot be estimated when, because it is technical,” he said.

Earlier, on October 29, the Tanjung Balai Karimun Port Authority and Harbormaster Office (KSOP) had conducted an underwater survey for helping evacuate the tanker.

“Before the evacuation, an underwater survey was carried out because there is a gas pipeline towards Singapore (near the sinking site),” head of public relations at Tanjung Balai Karimun KSOP, Inna Maulina, said.

Furthermore, there have been no casualties and pollution indicated in the tanker incident, she added.

The tanker measures 320.28 meters in length and 58.00 meters in width.

Source: Antara News

The preparations for the entire series of G20 Summit events in Bali, which will be held on November 15–16, 2022, are 99 percent complete, the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment has informed.

Various preparations, including those related to infrastructure, transportation, logistics, and security, are proceeding according to plan, Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said.

“The preparations are going well. President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) also reviewed the preparation yesterday. I think it is 99 percent ready,” he informed in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Wednesday.

The National Committee for the G20 Presidency, which consists of a number of ministries, institutions, the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI), and the National Police, has made several preparations for the summit.

The summit, which is the peak of the entire G20 series, will take place at the Apurva Kempinski, Nusa Dua, Badung.

G20 delegates are also scheduled to visit other locations such as the Ngurah Rai Mangrove Forest Park (Tahura) in Denpasar and the Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) Cultural Park in Jimbaran, Badung.

President Widodo, who will chair the entire series of G20 Summit meetings, directly reviewed the preparations from November 7–9.

He and the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries checked the preparations and simulations of welcoming state guests at the VVIP Building of I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, the Apurva Kempinski, Garuda Wisnu Kencana, and Tahura Mangrove Ngurah Rai.

On the sidelines of his visit, the President said that Indonesia is ready to welcome state guests for the G20 Summit.

He also confirmed that 17 heads of state of G20 member nations will attend the summit in person.

The heads of state/heads of government include the President of the United States, Joe Biden; the President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping; South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol; Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

So far, the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Bali has not been confirmed.

President Widodo said the two leaders are still considering the situation and conditions in their respective countries.

“A few days ago, I spoke on the phone with President Putin and President Zelenskyy respectively; they said they would attend if the conditions in their countries are going well,” he disclosed.

Source: Antara News

The Harapan Kita National Cardiovascular Center (RSJPDHK) is expected to be one of the best heart hospitals in Asia with the support of the newly inaugurated “Ventricle Building,” Deputy Minister of Health, Dante Saksono Harbuwono, said.

At its soft launch here on Wednesday, he reviewed various facilities at the new building.

He said that his party is quite pleased with the supporting facilities at the new building, such as operating rooms for children.

“The operating room for child patients has been added to become 10 operation rooms,” the minister added.

However, the heart transplantation service is not available in Indonesia although the human resources and facilities owned by RSJPDHK are adequate for performing the service, he noted.

“The heart transplantation service will certainly be developed later in this Ventricle Building since, in fact, it already has sufficient (human) resources and facilities,” he said.

The most important thing in heart transplant services is networking, thus later, his party will devise regulations regarding the heart transplant service network, Harbuwono added.

“Because it is not only considering the person who will receive the transplant, but the transplanted heart must still also be in a good condition,” he said.

Heart transplant services will be provided at the RSJPDHK’s new facility in collaboration with University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Health and the University Medical Center Utrecht.

In addition, RSJPDHK is also trying to build cooperation with the US-based Clifton Clinic. The cooperation agreement between the two parties is targeted to be signed in December 2022.

“Hopefully, the signing (of the cooperation agreement) will increase and improve not only medical engineering, but also operational management at RSJPDHK, thus it will have international capacity and quality,” the minister added.

President director of RSJPDHK, Iwan Dakota, said that in addition to preparing for the health transplantation service, his party has also readied other services, such as stem cell therapy.

Source: Antara News