Day: February 27, 2023

nimal proteins are crucial because they contain many essential nutrients that are needed by the body.

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Coordinating Minister for Human Development and CultureMuhadjir Effendy has asked regional governments to boost public education on the benefits of consuming animal proteins to prevent childhood stunting.”Education on the benefits of animal proteins to prevent stunting must continue to be intensified,” he said in a statement released here on Monday.

ccording to Effendy, the community needs to be reminded continuously that the main measure for stunting prevention and handling is the nutritional fulfillment of pregnant women and under-five children, especially through the consumption of animal proteins.

“Animal proteins are crucial because they contain many essential nutrients that are needed by the body. The various nutrients in animal proteins are very beneficial to support the growth and development of a child’s brain,” he said.

The minister also highlighted that the main point of stunting prevention and handling is ensuring that children’s brains grow and develop well.

“The most dangerous condition of stunting is when the child’s brain cannot grow and develop well,” he said.

Therefore, regional governments are expected to boost education and carry out specific and sensitive interventions right on target, he added.

Specific interventions involve efforts made to handle the direct causes of stunting, while sensitive interventions cover efforts to tackle the indirect causes of stunting, he explained.

These interventions are regulated by Presidential Regulation Number 72 of 2021 regarding stunting reduction acceleration.

ccording to him, the government has continued to optimize stunting reduction programs, including by ensuring that the nutritional needs of pregnant women and under-five children are fulfilled.

Based on the Indonesian Nutritional Status Survey (SSGI) 2022, Indonesia’s stunting prevalence currently stands at 21.6 percent. The government is targeting to reduce stunting prevalence to 14 percent by 2024, Effendy noted.

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Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Ministry of Social Affairs held a training for the New Generation Social Prosperity Information System (SIKS-NG) operators at the regional government level to improve the quality of integrated data management.This training is expected to aid in improving the operators’ competence in processing and presenting valid data for institutions that need them, Head of the Padang Social Prosperity Education and Training Center (BBPPKS) Hasim explained.

This step aims to support the effort to alleviate the poverty rate, he noted through a written statement on Monday.

The 11th batch of SIKS-NG Technical Training was held at Padang BBPPKS’ Campus II in Padang, West Sumatra, on February 22-25, 2023. The participants comprise operators from the city and district as well as provincial governments.

Some 71 people from the Riau Social Office, Riau Islands, and Jambi participated in the training.

The social affairs minister urged her officials that developing credible poverty data did not depend solely on the system but also on the data managers’ competence and professionalism, Hasim said.

Through the training, participants are expected to understand the policies and mechanism in managing the Social Prosperity Integrated Data (DTKS) at the Social Office using SIKS-NG, he remarked.

Moreover, the training is expected to make the participants more competent and skilled in using the SIKS-NG application to manage DTKS.

“Participants are also expected to be able to follow up on the results of the training once they return to their respective workplaces,” Hasim stated.

In this training, Head of the Social Prosperity Data and Information Center’s (Pusdatin Kesos’) Administration Mardi Brilian Saleh, representing the head of Pusdatin, delivered materials on policies or regulations related to SIKS-NG and DTKS management.

Participants were not only edified on theories but also given the opportunity to demonstrate and practice what they had learned from the SIKS-NG Application Technical Team from the Pusdatin Kesos.

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Insya Allah (God willing), the remaining 51 percent of its construction will get completed by December 2023

Solo, C Java (ANTARA) – The Solo-Yogyakarta-Kulonprogo toll road would be completed by 2024 as land acquisition for the section is expected to be finished by the first quarter of this year, Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono informed.The land acquisition for the Solo-Yogyakarta section has reached 94 percent completion, he said during a working visit to ColomaduSub-district, Karanganyar District, Central Java Province, on Monday.

He visited the sub-district to review the construction progress of the Trans-Java toll road section.

ccording to Hadimuljono, the development of the Solo-Yogyakarta-Kulonprogo toll road has reached 49 percent completion.

“Insya Allah (God willing), the remaining 51 percent of its construction will get completed by December 2023,” he said.

People have been waiting for the completion of the toll road amid a significant increase in vehicle volumes on the Solo-Yogyakarta-Kulonprogo road. “Some 20 thousand to 25 thousand vehicles pass through the road every day,” he noted.

The Kartasura intersection on the Solo-Yogyakarta route is currently becoming quite crowded, he added.

The Solo-Yogyakarta-Kulonprogo toll road project is part of the government’s super-priority programs considering its significance for Central Java and Yogyakarta’s Joglosemar golden triangle, he said.

Therefore, while striving to complete the Yogyakarta-Solo toll road section to boost the development of Yogyakarta, Solo, and Semarang’s golden triangle areas, the government will also commence the Bawen-Yogyakarta development project, he informed.

“We hope this golden triangle will boost economic activities in the provinces of Central Java and Yogyakarta,” Hadimuljono said.

Through easy access to the interconnected toll roads, passengers of international cruise ships anchoring at Semarang city’s Tanjung Mas Port, for instance, would hopefully prefer staying at hotels in cities such as Magelang and Yogyakarta instead of their cabins on the vessels, he said.

Since the first and second leadership terms of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), infrastructure development has held special significance, with the notable extension of toll roads bearing testament to it.

ccording to the Public Works and Housing Ministry, during President Widodo’s first leadership term, at least 941 kilometers (km) of toll roads and 3,423 km of national roads were constructed.

Work on the Trans-Java Highway connecting the ferry port in Merak, Banten province, and Surabaya, East Java province, has also been completed, thereby reducing the travel time and logistics costs.

s part of the central government’s prioritized development projects, toll roads are not merely being constructed in Java, but also outside the island, such as in Sumatra, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi.

In Sumatra Island, several sections of the Trans-Sumatra Toll Road have been completed, and the government is seeking to complete all sections by 2024.

Work on the Trans-Sumatra Toll Road project is still underway. State-owned construction companies involved in the project have been striving ceaselessly to ensure it is completed within the deadline.

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Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Religious Affairs Ministry called on the Indonesian Buddhists Association (Permabudhi) to promote religious harmony and nurture the Buddhist community to be closer to Buddhist values.”As part of Indonesia, it is appropriate that the chairperson and the executive board prioritize duties (to preserve) tolerance and maintain the collective faith,” the ministry’s Director General of Buddhists Community Guidance Supriyadi(like many Indonesians, he goes by one name) said per the statement, Monday.

While attending the inauguration of the Permabudhi executive board for the 2022-2026 term here, he pointed out that Permabudhi had recorded various achievements in the earlier leadership term.

The director general expressed hope that the religious association would clock greater achievements in future.

“I hope that for the next five years with new faces (in the executive council), Permabudhi can do more in the 2022-2026 term,” Supriyadisaid.

Persevering in the commitment to prioritize Permabudhi’s interests rather than personal interests will bolster efforts of the executive board and members to realize the association’s aspirations, he emphasized.

“We hope this commitment will be the spirit that remains in the hearts and minds of executive board members that would be the driving force for all coordinating (works) towards members’ activities,” he said.

Meanwhile, Chairperson of Permabudhi Philip K. Widjajaunderscored that maintaining and increasing tolerance between members of religious denominations is part of implementing Buddhist values.

He also expressed optimism that Permabudhi would be the home in building a more advanced Buddhist community in Indonesia.

“It has been part (of our duties) to implement Buddhist values to maintain tolerance and nurture the communities’ trust to develop themselves and bolster its quality,” Widjajasaid.

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Denpasar, Bali (ANTARA) – The Bali provincial authority has set up a special task force to crackdown on foreign tourists working in the province illegally without working visa, Bali Tourism Office Head Tjok Bagus Pemayun stated.Despite no reports received from relevant tourism actors or public members on illegal foreign workers, he noted that the task force, which includes local officials and the immigration office, will continue monitoring the foreigners’ activities.

“We have the municipal police (Satpol PP), the Manpower and Energy and Mineral Resources Office, the Industry and Trade Office for the permit aspect, and complete police apparatus (in the task force),” Pemayun stated here, Monday.

The local authority recorded a surge in the number of Russian nationals to Bali after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and the arrival of Russians in Bali was the second-highest after Australia in January 2023.

He affirmed that the government would monitor foreigners to ensure that they conduct their activities in Indonesia in accordance with their visa and take action against foreigners found violating the visa regulation.

“Everything must follow the regulation, and a holder of tourist visa cannot work. The task force will monitor the activities if they are working here,” the office head emphasized.

Indonesia has a strict working visa policy that must be followed by foreign nationals, as any violations of the working regulation will harm locals in Bali, he stated.

Pemayun said the task force would work according to its assignments, including actions against minor, medium, or major violations.

“I cannot determine (the sanction), but we will follow all regulations. Any deportations will be done if necessary. We have no target, as our focus is to follow all regulations,” he stated.

Meanwhile, the Manpower and Energy and Mineral Resources Office Head IB Setiawan stated that the task force would screen the foreign nationals’ data, as one challenge in the monitoring works is to assess the incoming and outcoming data.

“This needs more than just (works) in the provincial authority and district and city authorities but also the central (government), as the system is centered there. The Immigration (Office) also played its role in the entry of foreign nationals to Bali or through Jakarta,” Setiawan stated.

He affirmed that strategies will be devised to anticipate cases of foreign nationals working illegally by recording the individuals and cooperating with the local Tourism Office.

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Yogyakarta (ANTARA) – A commuter railway passenger from Central Java safely gave birth to a baby girl shortly after arriving at Tugu Station in Yogyakarta on Sunday (February 26) evening, according to state railway company PT KAI.PT KAI Operational Area 6 Yogyakarta’s Public Relations Manager Franoto Wibowo stated that the passenger gave birth with assistance from on-duty health officers after being taken to the station’s medical room.

“The passenger has just disembarked from the Palur-Yogyakarta line commuter rail and sat at a bench in Tugu Station’s waiting hall before being evacuated to the medical post by our officers,” Wibowo noted, as per the statement here, Monday.

He said that an on-patrol station security officer noticed a woman passenger sitting on the station bench agonizing in pain and found that she was pregnant.

The security officer promptly evacuated the pregnant mother, who hailed from Sukoharjo District, Central Java, to the station’s medical room, and an on-duty health officer found the woman would be in labor soon, the manager stated.

“With assistance from the doctor, general practitioner, and midwife from PT KAI, the mother gave birth to a baby girl at 8:33 p.m. local time (UTC +7),” Wibowo noted.

fter completing the procedure, which went smoothly, the mother and her baby were referred to the nearby Bethesda Hospital for further treatment, he remarked.

Reflecting on the incident, Wibowo urged railway passengers to not hesitate to ask for assistance from railway officers at the station or on board the train if needed.

“PT KAI officers are ready to provide services and assistance for passengers round the clock. Do not hesitate to ask for assistance,” he stressed.

He also called on passengers using railway transport to always be aware of their health conditions before embarking and continue to prioritize personal safety.

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