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Sandiaga: Bali Ready for Trial
Indonesia’s Minister of Tourism and the Creative Economy, Sandiaga Uno, has declared that Bali is now ready to reopen to international tourism on a trial basis. Quoted by the State News Agency Antara on Saturday, 25 September 2021, Sandiaga, speaking in Bali, said: “So, Bali is ready. We will discuss and evaluate next week and, hopefully, if all circumstances are conducive and no crossed wires discovered, we will trial (an opening to tourism) next month.”
Based on a two-day visit to Bali 24-25 September, Sandiaga said Bali is ready to reopen with the tourism industry increasingly improved as the public obeys health protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19 allowing the pandemic to be brought under control.
Safety, and Environmental Sustainability (CHSE). Adding: “Later, the compliance with health protocols will always apply and be continually improved, maybe also integrating community policing elements (Pacalang) in the monitoring and evaluation of CHSE.”
The Tourism Minister said his Ministry plans to present Bali with all its regions to reopen to international tourism.
During a two-day visit to the Island, Minister Sandiaga personally inspected Bali’s readiness to reopen tourism. His visit included stops at the traditional weaving village of Pengringsingan in Karangasem, Carangsari in Badung Regency, and the Tuksedo Studio in Gianyar.
“But if the situation does not permit reopening, we have conceptualized three “green zones” in Sanur, Ubud, and Nusa Dua. We will thoroughly prepare for this, dedicating our full attention and caution to the task, said Sandiaga. Sandiaga said his Ministry wants Bali to enhance the ability of tourism workers to be “upskilled” and “reskilled” to complement their commitment and knowledge to execute tourism under the national scheme of Cleanliness, Health,
The Tourism Minister also visited a workshop on the creative economy held in Gianyar, an exhibition of the appreciation of creativity, and presented CHSE Certificates to several tourism organizations. (balidicovery.com)
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Bali as the Next Silicon Valley? Thohir sees the digital development of Bali as “Silicon Bali” as a breakthrough on a par with his recently announced agreement to open an international cancer hospital in Bali in cooperation with the famous Mayo Clinic from the USA. Erick Thohir, the Indonesian Minister in charge of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN), is projecting that the Island of Bali will become an international center of digital industries and digital start-ups once the current global pandemic ends. Thohir says that Bali’s mainstay of tourism needs accompanying industries that will help support and restore Bali’s economic fortunes.
“I feel very good. There’s nothing wrong with every region innovating. The hope for a digital economy and start-ups in Bali is very strong,” said Thohir. He continued, saying that his Ministry supports investment in start-up companies as a means of transforming BUMN business entities. Adding, “We will greatly support start-ups with large investments.”
The growing circle supporting the BUMN Minister’s idea has adopted the name and hashtag “#SiliconBali” to describe Bali’s digital future. Any similarity to the term “Silicon Valley” and that area of California’s role as the center of digital start-ups is purely intentional.
As the Minister in charge of BUMN, Thohir says a key performance indicator of his Ministry is its investment in 50 start-up companies using funds reserved as venture capital.
Erick Thohir appreciates all support for his desire to establish #SiliconBali, saying: “Bali is extraordinary. There’s now a ‘Silicon Bali.’ There’s nothing wrong with creating an alternative economic digital center in Bali.”
Breaking down his Ministry’s keen interest in start-up companies, Thohir counted off the number of start-ups now backed by major state-owned companies: “Telkomsel 15, BRI 15, Mandiri Capital 15, and I am also allowing BNI (Bank Negara Indonesia) to invest (in start-ups) – 5 would be enough.”
The Minister’s comments were made on Sunday, 19 September 2021, in a seminar on the “Bali Digitalpreneur Meeting” held on the Primakara Computer Technology Institute campus.
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(this initiative) can be sustained. We will invite 10 top investors,” the BUMN Minister said. Meanwhile, the chairman of STMIK Primakara, Made Artana, said that with the economic collapse of Bali’s tourism industry, now is the time for Bali to embrace a digital economy and support start-up investments eagerly. Artana projects that digitally-based companies will continue to expand in the future. The Minister believes Bali has unique potential and a natural attraction for hundreds of thousands of digital nomads. Bali typically has many direct flights from many international cities, a good physical infrastructure, a good quality of life, and a natural balance between natural beauty and a low cost of living. The BUMN Minister and Artana believe Bali has many talented, creative workers fostered by its creative culture. Because of this, “Silicon Bali” is being promoted as a digital industry destination as part of an overall program to help Bali’s economy recover. To stimulate a digital industry in Bali, STMIK Primakara will host a Bali Startup Summit in November 2021 presented with the assistance of Bank Indonesia. The Bali Start-Up Summit will be an exhibition held in conjunction with seminars and talk shows to pitch ideas and projects to potential investors. For the past seven years, STMIK Primakara has hosted similar start-up events in Bali. (balidicovery.com)
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The Jakarta Globe reports that Indonesia’s largest bottled water company – Danone-Aqua, has opened an integrated waste management site (TPST-Tempat Pengpolahan Sampah Terpadu) in the Jimbaran area of South Bali. Intended to help manage the large amount of waste generated by the Island’s tourism industry, the TPST has the ability to process 120 tons of used plastic bottles and organic waste material daily. The end of the process sees the wastes rendered into new plastic bottles, compost materials, or fuel. The Regent of Badung Regency, I Nyoman Giri Prasta, estimates that Bali produces 4,281 tons of waste each day,
www.cangguweekly.com equivalent to 1.5 million tons annually. Prasta said only 48% of this massive amount of Bali’s waste is sent to landfills or processing facilities, the remaining 750,000 tons polluting Bali’s rivers and surrounding seas. “That is why the Bali provincial administration and Badung district have made plastic waste management as our main agenda and have issued several policies, including limiting the single-use of plastics,” Prasta commented. A similar Danone-Aqua Facility in Lamongan, East Java that just opened in Bali, is credited with redirecting and recycling 70% of waste that formerly went to landfills. Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, speaking at the inauguration of the Bali waste management facility said: “The government highly appreciates and supports Danone-Aqua’s initiatives to strengthen the commitment to waste management in Indonesia by adhering
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to the circular economy principles that can bolster the government’s efforts to reduce plastic waste in the ocean by up to 70 percent in 2025.” The Danone-Aqua TPST will be operated by Reciki Mantap Jaya in cooperation with Danone-Aqua. Reciki Mantap constructed the TPST. Danone-Aqua now operates a partnership for recycling plastic bottles in 17 places across Indonesia. These facilities recycle some 13,000 tons of used plastic bottles each year and provide income to 9,000 scavengers who collect the bottles and sell them to the recycling plant. (balidicovery.com)
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