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MEET FRANS SPANJAART OF AVIP INTERIORS

CHIC CASAS AND DESIGNER DOMICILES INDONESIA INVESTS ABROAD: TRENT MUFFETT OF COLLIERS INDONESIA THE TRADITIONAL HOUSES OF BENA, EAST NUSA TENGGARA

INTERVIEW WITH AFRISCHA SETYANI OF JIS CLEANER TRIAL

FOREIGN PROPERTY OWNERSHIP UNDER THE MAGNIFYING GLASS

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Dear Readers,

Editor in Chief Angela Richardson

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Due to popular demand, we’re back with another yearly property-themed issue, a topic that continues to boom in Indonesia.

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We also sit down with Associate Director of International Properties for Colliers International, Trent Muffett, who shares his views on what he believes to be a dynamic property industry in Indonesia.

In recent news, foreign ownership of property in Indonesia has come under increased scrutiny, with the head of the National Land Agency (BPN) and minister of Agrarian Affairs Ferry Mursyidan Baldan clamping down on the issue. Stanley Anthony brings you the facts: what will this mean for foreign property owners via a nominee and how will this affect doing business in Indonesia in the future?

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On the lighter side—in our lifestyle section—our resident style guru Victoria Bannerman shares her ideas of how to dress up your home with some simple, easy-to-do tricks – saris as curtains? Find out more on page 18. We also talk to Daniela Ricco, a Brazilian interior designer of homes and resorts in Bali, who discusses her passion for creating and transforming spaces.

Still in business, we meet Frans Spanjaart of commercial property interior design company AVIP Interiors, the only interior design firm in Indonesia to have designed and built a Platinum Greenship-certified office in Indonesia. Frans shares with us how this company has come to be such a success since it first came to these shores in 1998.

Contributors Stanley Anthony Victoria Bannerman Bill Dalton Karen Davis Annali Hayward Kristan Julius Terje Nilsen Hans Rooseboom Simon Reynolds Eamonn Sadler Grace Susetyo Kenneth Yeung

On our travel page, we transport you to Bena in East Nusa Tenggara to discover the unique, traditional, three-storey houses of this quaint village believed to have been built by a giant named Dakhe. Intrigued? Read on! Angela Richardson Editor in Chief

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Dear David,

I wanted to write to say how much I am enjoying reading your monthly Clandestine Critic columns. It’s refreshing to see an honest approach to reviews in Jakarta – not one I’ve seen before, except maybe on some people’s online blogs.

Thank you for your feedback and we are happy to hear you’re enjoying the Clandestine Critic’s reviews.

I agreed with the critic on how Loewy is a great spot to hang out and enjoy some drinks, but that their food is average. I also had a similar experience at Salt Grill. I went there when it first opened and absolutely loved it, but went again nearly a year later I found it to be a completely different experience. I heard that the Australian chef left after he set it up, which could explain why things are not as great. Perhaps they should adjust the prices of their food, as that seems to be the main complaint from your critic.

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Of course, when someone writes honest reviews, they’re bound to be accompanied by some criticism, especially from restaurant management. We do believe that honest reviews are very important for our readers and that’s what the Clandestine Critic hopes to achieve. Hopefully restaurateurs here can see the positive side, as you have, of how such reviews can in fact help to improve your restaurant. For the time being, the reviews will be Jakarta-based, however the critic does plan to work his/her way through some of Bali’s top eateries in the not-too-distant future. Keep your eyes peeled!

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Contents

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Feature Story Foreign Property Ownership Under the Magnifying Glass in Indonesia

Expat Business

Featured Bali and Beyond: A Property Business Perspective

Business Profile AVIP Interiors: An Industry Leader in the Design and Build of Commercial Spaces

Meet the Expat Indonesia Invests Abroad: Meet Trent Muffett of Colliers

Expat Lifestyle

Food & Drink Hard Rock Cafe Jakarta

Travel The Traditional Houses of Bena, Flores: Javanese Sailors in the Giant's Homeland

Security Protect Your Home: Security for Bali Residents

Interior Fashion Chic Casas & Designer Domiciles

Meet the Expat Daniela Ricco: Creating Spaces in Paradise

Scams in the City Online Hazards

Expat Outreach

Sports Finna Golf & Country Club Resort

Worthy Causes Forest Mapping Will Help the Indigenous

Announcements

Light Entertainment The Great North-South Divide

Opinions Wrongful Conviction

Events

Business Directory

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FOREIGN PROPERTY OWNERSHIP UNDER THE MAGNIFYING GLASS IN INDONESIA By Stanley Anthony

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FEATURE STORY

The government says it will survey and inventory all land that could be owned by foreigners. The issue raises eyebrows and pulses, primarily in Bali and Lombok.

At present, foreigners are able to legally secure land by way of a long-term lease. This can be under their company name using Hak Guna Bangunan (Building Rights Title) or personally using Hak Pakai (Right of Use). With the latter, the foreigner must be domiciled in Indonesia, and as such is rather limited from an investment standpoint. Outside of these two lease options, many foreigners have chosen the popular nominee method to purchase property and thus are able to ‘own’ land through an arrangement with an Indonesian citizen. “It is absolutely not allowed for [a] foreigner to own a single inch of land in Indonesia. This is as stipulated by the National Constitution,” the minister told reporters in early March. He went on to highlight that the survey and inventorying of land ‘owned’ by foreigners must be conducted to verify that there is no land in Indonesia controlled by outsiders. Much of this stems from what Baldan views as the widespread use of Indonesian nominees to acquire land. 6

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WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR EXPATS WHO DO OWN PROPERTY VIA A NOMINEE? For expatriates who have purchased property through an Indonesian nominee, these surveys may leave them exposed to a possible change in ownership if the BPN is to follow through with its plan. When asked what sanctions would be placed on those found to illegally own land, Baldan replied: “There’s no need for sanctions, we will just divert possession of the land. We will ask if he has an Indonesian wife and divert the land to her. But, if he doesn’t have an Indonesian wife, then the land will be taken by the state.”

HOW TO PROVE FOREIGN OWNERSHIP? The BPN says that the survey of ownership will be done in such a way as to avoid creating an uproar. “[They] are inventorying, not conducting raids. So there is no need for anyone worrying or being frightened," said Baldan. The oversimplification of this process by the minister begs the question among inevitably worried foreigners as to how—if at all—the government can prove the land is indeed owned illegally? Daniel Sunyoto, vice president of the Association of Real Estate Brokers Indonesia (AREBI) in East Java thinks

that finding proof would be both difficult and impractical for the BPN. He explains that from a government perspective, however proving illegal ownership can indeed be done. “The tax report from the sale of the land, especially if the nominee is a low-income employee, whose salary wouldn’t be able to make the purchase,” says Sunyoto, highlighting one possible method. Sunyoto added that the BPN also has the option of going through the original notary in order to see if there is a Power of Attorney agreement linked to the purchase of the land that binds a nominee to a foreigner. It is worth noting, however, that the notary is not obligated to report any such agreement at the time it is drafted. As for the BPN’s claims that land could be seized by the state, Sunyoto thinks that it would be hard for the government to have enough legal ground to seize the land in most cases. He adds that ownership would most often default back to the nominee. For this reason, Sunyoto recommends purchasing property under your own name using Hak Pakai in order to eliminate the need for a nominee.

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oreign ownership of property in Indonesia has recently come under increased scrutiny, with the head of the National Land Agency (BPN) and minister of Agrarian Affairs Ferry Mursyidan Baldan clamping down on the issue. The focus is on land illegally owned by foreigners throughout the archipelago, in particular on the resort islands of Bali and Lombok. Reports suggest that the BPN will soon begin to survey and inventory land ‘owned’ by foreigners in Indonesia.

WILL BUSINESS IN BALI CHANGE? Patrick Strei, an expatriate who has lived in Indonesia for more than 20 years weighed in on the topic. “These changes [from the Indonesian government] are making the country less attractive to foreign investors,” he says. Strei speculates

Stanley Anthony is an Australian expat living in Indonesia. He is a private legal consultant, and often writes about business, politics, and foreign relations in the archipelago.

“...the government’s recent stance on foreign employees in Indonesia, coupled with further restrictions on property ownership, is systematically making Indonesia less desirable to foreigners.”

that many expats have in fact contributed significantly to the property boom in Bali. “There are other countries in the region like Malaysia and the Philippines where it is far easier to buy property and where the laws protect the rights of foreign ownership,” he says, comparing the archipelago to its neighbouring countries.

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Strei is not in favour of purchasing property using Hak Pakai, as it is a lease agreement and he would be limited to one title. He says that the government’s recent stance on foreign employees in Indonesia, coupled with further restrictions on property ownership, is systematically making Indonesia less desirable to foreigners. Terje Nilsen, principal of Ray White Paradise in Bali, explains the recent announcements have indeed triggered a bit of stress among foreign owners. However, he says, “Most probably, into the future the government will continue to expose their opinions on this and at the same time make it easier for foreigners to invest in Bali in a proper way.”

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE FUTURE? “The nominee issue will, over the next couple of years, have a sunset policy,” says Nilsen. “After all, what the government wants is to collect proper tax revenues from this group of investors.” Looking ahead, it appears that Indonesia is trying to push foreign land ownership toward either Hak Pakai or having an Indonesian-incorporated company, leaving the nominee method only for foreign spouses. Many who chose the nominee method to begin with should have known that any government ruling would likely not be in their favour. Now, it seems there could be additional cause for concern. Whether the BPN will be able to carry out all its due diligence on the questionable use of nominees is another matter altogether.

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EXPAT BUSINESS FEATURED Terje H. Nilsen is Principal of Ray White Paradise Property Group. He was born in Norway 1967, and has been working 20 years in Indonesia within the Fitness, Spa, Leisure, Hotel and Mall industry. His hobbies are sport, Balinese Culture, and Spirituality.

BA LI A ND BE YOND

A Property Business Perspective Terje Nilsen, Principal of Ray White Paradise, a leading real estate company in Bali, discusses what’s hot in property in Bali and beyond. By Terje Nilsen

We are about six months into the new Indonesian government under President Joko Widodo (aka Jokowi). As is seen after many national elections, Indonesia and its business communities have been through a “wait and see what happens” period. One impressive aspect of the new cabinet is that their planning and execution has by far the most positive drive and energy Indonesia has ever seen. The wait-and-see period now seems to have consolidated and the domestic market is back to investing solidly in property, supported by the fact that Indonesia is now the 10th largest economy in the world, set to hit 7th largest by 2030. Bali is seeing a steady growth in tourism and ended 2014 with about 15% growth overall in the domestic and foreign markets. So far this year the trend continues. The growth in the tourism industry is also reflected in the growth of the real estate market. As exposed in a recent Knight Frank study, Bali is now ranked third in the world in terms of capital gain, and with that it is expected that both domestic and foreign investors

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will continue to invest in Bali. Note that the respected hospitality industry consultancy firm, Global Hospitality Services (HVS), who do their yearly tourism conference in Indonesia, last year moved the event to Bali, attracting hundreds of resort investors.

PURCHASING RESIDENTIAL/ SEMI-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY If one is looking at property for residential or semi-residential purposes, one would need to set up a Hak Pakai title (residential for foreigners) and apply for a residential permit/work permit. This can be obtained through companies specializing in this business. There is no set restriction on the amount of time one has to spend in Indonesia, and property can be sold and inherited at any time.

INVESTING IN PROPERTY When setting up for investments, you would need to investigate what the negative investment act says in each stream of business. For three-star resorts

and upwards, there is no restriction and a company can be 100% owned by foreigners. For one to two stars, 51% can be foreign-owned. One option here is to set up a company nominee structure, where a company owns 49% shares on your behalf – this would be a 100% Indonesian-owned entity, and as long as taxes are paid, this is a very secure way to invest. The same structure would apply for restaurants, tour and other tourism related businesses. A 100% foreign-owned company was recently approved by BKPM (Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board) with its sole purpose to buy, sell and rent property in Bali. Some of these professional companies also take the structure a bit further, where a 100% foreign-owned PMA (consultancy or other) is set up and then entered into a nominee agreement with an Indonesian individual – the legal structures of both entities are thus Indonesian. In the end, all of these structures are more secure for the foreign investor compared to the more questionable nominee structure,

and also secure the sole aim of the Indonesian government to collect higher taxes. Recently, BKPM terminated more than 6,000 PMA companies set up between 2007 and 2012 with no reported activity in that period. At the same time, BKPM approved and opened many new companies, once they possessed the correct structures. BKPM has also promised to further ease up on regulations for foreigners — although which business streams and to what extent remains to be seen.

THE FUTURE OF TOURISM What is clear is that in the very near future, Indonesia will open up many new areas for tourism. For quite some time now it has all been based in Bali, with with some overflow to emerging areas. A good example is Lombok, where growth was held back for many years by the inability to attract and support this overflow. Now, with separate drive to promote tourism, growth in Lombok is coming, and it’s coming fast.

“Bali is seeing a steady growth in tourism and ended 2014 with about 15% growth overall in the domestic and foreign markets — so far this year the trend continues.” There has been much talk recently about Flores and Sumba, however in these areas the same mistake is being repeated with attempts to sell them as tourist destinations with overflow from Bali. And there are other areas such as Selayar, Wakatobi, Raja Ampat and Biak. Raja Ampat and Biak will now see a lift due to extensive infrastructure investments already started. Specifically, if one looks at the atolls of South Sulawesi, Selayar and Wakatobi, perhaps together with West Flores, one is looking at a place larger than the Maldives, protected by islands and not exposed in the open ocean, with extremely high marine diversity, great cultures and culinary experiences, and even jungle, as well as mountains on some of the larger islands. Some of these areas are totally untouched, with beautiful white sand beaches, and as with Bali, beautiful people who are always smiling and a very proactive local government interested in attracting tourism. These have all the right elements for becoming successful tourist destinations in Indonesia.

Will it happen? I believe so. If these areas come together with the central government to create a master plan and market to domestic and international investors, it will happen. What would investors see? Much cheaper land prices than anywhere. For main markets such as Europe, it is about the same travel time to Makassar as it is to Male in the Maldives, and from Asian markets a lot closer.

INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT TOURISM Over the next two to three years, the airport of Makassar will be twice as large as Ngurah Rai airport in Bali and capable of handling 50 million travellers a year. Then to reach areas such as Wakatobi, Selayar and Raja Ampat, travellers will be able to take smaller sea planes and speed boats, arriving within 1–2 hours.

Singapore alone sees about 20 million tourists a year, which is a good start for a market. Maldives today has 1.2 million visitors and has seen more than 130 hotels built since the late 1970s. Let tourists who want to visit Bali do so, but create a new dream destination and Indonesia will have no trouble reaching its optimistic tourism growth targets. To get in touch, please e-mail: terje@raywhiteparadise.com

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EXPAT BUSINESS BUSINESS PROFILE

Belgium, New York, Washington, and Jakarta. I have designed, engineered, built prototypes for and served Citibank for over ten years worldwide in 60 countries, building over 600 branches. Is Citibank what brought you and AVIP Interiors to Indonesia? Yes, and in 1995 I came to Indonesia and literally fell in love. After travelling in Asia intensively for five years, I arrived in Jakarta and I thought ‘this is nice’. Jakarta has a charm which you don’t find anywhere else. I’m an Indonesian citizen. I love the Indonesian people; they are warm, so interested and willing to learn. Together with my vision and what I noticed to be a low density of knowledge here at the time, I saw an enormous opportunity to build AVIP in Indonesia, taking with me the efficiency and quality standards from the Netherlands. Indonesians are very skilled, but there was no industrial furniture history in this country, which is why they were behind.

AVIP Interiors An Industry Leader in the Design and Build of Commercial Spaces By Angela Richardson

Frans Spanjaart is Founder and CEO of AVIP Interiors, a commercial interior design company in operation since 1986, which he moved to Indonesia in 1998. Frans talks to us about how he built his business in Indonesia, and how he believes the future for the global interior design industry is to ‘go green’. AVIP Interior is the first interior design company in Indonesia to have created a Platinum Greenship-Certified interior.

How did you originally get into the world of interior design? I started by playing in my father’s workshop in the Netherlands—he was a cabinet-maker—and eventually, in 1986, I started my own company, AVIP Interiors. AVIP stands for Advies en Verkoop van Interieur Producten; Dutch for ‘Advice and Sales for Interior Products’. Creating my own business was a big step for me, as I branched away from a family business. AVIP originally made cabinets and furniture, on a contract-by-contract basis; items that were not sold in showrooms.

What was your company’s first big break? I was connected to the world’s largest network bank, Citibank North America, and was asked to join the design team in New York as a technical adviser and engineer. Citibank asked me to build prototypes of their offices for their branches. In 1990 I built the prototypes back in the Netherlands and Citibank representatives from all over the world came to see them, after which I immediately received orders for branches all over the world: Germany, Greece,

I decided to move AVIP to Indonesia and the office opened directly after the riots in 1998. We got a sizeable project with Standard Chartered in the city, doing a number of branches for them, and that’s how the Indonesian chapter began. Tell us some of the clients you’ve had so far. Clients we’ve had include Danamon Bank, for whom we designed 400 branches, Siemens, Danone, Medco, BMW, ING, KLM, Turkish Airlines L’Oreal and Frisian Flag. How many staff do you have today? In the office we have 65 staff members (designers, project managers, commercial and administrative) and 65 in the production plant.

L'Oreal Indonesia HQ designed by AVIP

What are the project budget ranges at AVIP? In our industry, we value a project in square metres. The professional range for us is from Rp.3 million per square metre up to Rp.10 million per square metre, and this is very much dependent on specifications. You created the L’Oreal Indonesia headquarters in Jakarta with a Platinum Greenship Certification from the Green Building Council – tell us about this feat. The Greenship Certification means that you have an environmental and humanfriendly environment. Being low-energy is definitely an important factor, but what is also important is the quality of life in the space. For interiors, we designed and built an interior for L’Oreal Indonesia, who originally asked us to design something that was at least gold-certified. Our original designs actually exceeded the Platinum Certification—the highest level awarded— making AVIP the first interior design company in Indonesia to have designed and built a Platinum Greenship Certified interior. Do you believe a well-designed office can increase staff productivity? I always tell clients that if you make a place where an employee feels good and comfortable, they will be proud to work for you. It doesn’t matter if they have to travel half an hour longer, they will be proud, comfortable and won’t consider leaving for a few rupiah. If you invest in the people, the people will invest in you in return. What has been your favourite project? L’Oreal was definitely one of my favourite projects. We were able to work with a reasonable budget, with furniture designs being original or real. When I say real I mean that it is not copied.

Soundproof booth designed by AVIP at L'Oreal

BUSINESS SNIPPETS

Assistant deputy minister for forestry defends deforestation for palm oil deputy minister for forestry in the Economic Affairs Ministry, was reported to have said that deforestation was a richcountry concern.

Deforestation in Borneo by Palm Oil plantations

At a World Bank land and poverty conference held recently in Washington, USA, Prabianto Mukti Wibowo, assistant

“The zero deforestation commitment should not be a trade barrier because deforestation is a governance issue and about effective implementation, not about trade,” said Prabianto Mukti Wibowo, assistant deputy minister for forestry in the Economic Affairs Ministry, Indonesia, adding, “We know that our primary customers are not concerned about deforestation.”

Wibowo was reported to say that Europe puts a lot of pressure on Indonesia to stop deforestation for palm oil, even though they purchase 8 percent of the oil Indonesia produces. Asian nations, led by India, China and Pakistan, buy 55 percent of Indonesia’s palm oil exports. Wibowo believes that palm oil is important to Indonesia’s development because it reduces poverty by bringing roads, schools and other infrastructure to rural communities and generates five million jobs that benefit 15 million people. Source: Reuters

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Indonesia gets US$74 billion business commitments Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has brought back business commitments worth a total of US$74.34 billion in various planned projects and investments from his recent weeklong state visits to Japan and China, a senior government official said. Arriving in Jakarta after accompanying the president, Franky Sibarani, head of the Investment Coordinating Board, said that

I always tell clients that if you make a place where an employee feels good and comfortable, they will be proud to work for you. Where do you source your furniture? We have a 7,000m2 production plant in Tangerang – the custom-made furniture like cabinetry, desking systems and special furniture is all produced there. We import raw materials and we produce up to Western standards, using materials from Germany, hardware from England, etc. Is it difficult for you to import materials? My personal experience is if you have the correct import license and follow the rules, it is not difficult. We don’t have any complications when importing and we do import a lot. Where do you get your inspiration? I get my inspiration from exhibitions three times a year, all over the world, my favourite being the Bienalle Interieur in Kortrijk, Belgium. It’s a very creative and interesting exhibition where I source fabrics, furniture, etc. After each trip, I sit down with my team and I share this knowledge with them. What is the procedure of a typical project at AVIP? First a client comes to us with their requirements, telling us how much space and how many staff members they have in different divisions, giving us an organization chart. We have a crucial interview with the client to find out what their office culture is, so that we understand them and translate their thoughts into reality. With every single project, we have the design team and project managers immediately involved and we break a project down into smaller parts to spread the risk, which is in fact easier to control.

What are AVIP’s strengths? AVIP is very strong in design and very strong in management. We are one of the most successful and prestigious designand-build companies in Indonesia. Our approach is always that an interior needs to work. Everything we design is engineered so we design what is made, not the contractors, which makes us stand out from other companies. What is one of the challenges you face in your industry? There is never enough time. Our interiors are all unique and need to be designed and built in most cases to an impossible timeframe. What trends are you noticing in the interior design world? As I frequently travel internationally, I see that the trend is ‘going green’, in which regard I believe AVIP is ahead of the industry. This is definitely going to grow further. In this part of the world we are a little bit behind in trend-setting; instead we follow the trends. How could someone make their office a little bit green? The first step is low energy consumption; instead of air-conditioning we can think of a fan. Switch screens off when you’re not using them. Instead of too many ceiling lights, use a desk lamp. Here at our office we have incorporated a water filtration process, so that we all drink the tap water – no need to purchase bottled water anymore. You could also stimulate your staff to come to work on public transport. To get in touch, please e-mail: frans_spanjaart@avip.com

business-to-business commitments from Japan alone reached $5.9 billion combined.

saving two-wheeled and four-wheeled vehicle businesses.

According to Sibarani, during a visit to Toyota Motor Corp's Motomachi plant in Aichi Prefecture, Toyota President Akio Toyoda voiced the automaker's commitment to increase its investment in Indonesia by 20 trillion rupiah (about $1.6 billion) to develop and expand its existing factory in Indonesia.

Jokowi told executives of the Japanese companies that his government will pay more attention to several problems faced by investors to Indonesia by, among others, improving services at ports and easing delivery flow from ports to factories.

Japan's fourth-biggest automaker Suzuki Motor Corp. has also pledged to invest $1 billion this year and another $300 million in 2017 in Indonesia to expand its energy-

In Jokowi's visit to China, after Japan, Indonesia also received a total investment commitment of $68.44 billion, mostly in infrastructure and fisheries, according to Sibarani. Source: The Bangkok Post issue 139 indonesia expat

EXPAT BUSINESS MEET THE EXPAT

Annali Hayward an English freelance writer and editor based in Asia. You can get in touch at annali.s.hayward@gmail.com.

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MEET TRENT MUFFETT Trent Muffett is Associate Director of International Properties for Colliers Indonesia. His focus on overseas investment provides a unique perspective into the local property market, which he kindly shares with us. By Annali Hayward

Trent, tell us a bit about your background — where are you originally from? I was born in Melbourne but I spent most of my time growing up on the Gold Coast of Australia. I was in Singapore for three years prior to moving to Jakarta, and I have now been here for three years. I see you studied property at university. What originally led you to a career in this industry? From a young age I was always helping my dad with the project management and construction process of his business, which related to real estate. I was able to see how the property investment side worked, and the gains that came from it – which appealed to me. I then decided to study a Bachelor’s Degree in Property, majoring in Valuation, which is what led to my joining Colliers. What is it about the property game that keeps you interested today? It’s a pretty dynamic industry; always changing, with different countries moving in different cycles. Because I deal with Indonesians and expats wanting to purchase

of the Colliers Indonesia business as it’s a relatively new division, but it has grown rapidly in a short time and will continue to get bigger in the next year or two due to the amount of interest there is here.

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How is business? What do you see as the major challenges for your area in Indonesia in the next few years? I was surprised how many Indonesians invest in overseas property, so business is good. The international properties market has become much more competitive with a lot of smaller companies starting up in Indonesia recently, so I think that will be one of the challenges moving forward. However, I am confident with the Colliers branding – we are well known, so investors will continue to look to work with us. Globally, where are the hottest property markets right now, and what do you think will be next? I really like the Brisbane residential market; it should outperform the rest of Australia and some other neighbouring markets such as Malaysia and Singapore,

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The international properties market has become much more competitive with a lot of smaller companies starting up in Indonesia recently, so I think that will be one of the challenges moving forward.

Have you noticed any trends or changes recently in your customer base – for example, we understand expat numbers are decreasing in Indonesia. What is your take on that? My client base is 80% Indonesian investors with 20% being expats. I haven’t seen the expat numbers decreasing in Indonesia so don’t see this as something that will affect my business. In general, most of my expat clients have been in Indonesia for many years or are married to Indonesians, so it’s a pretty stable market.

assets overseas, I need to know what is happening in each market in order to give my clients the right advice on investing and developing their portfolio.

to name a few. Manila is an interesting market; I see some similarities there now with Indonesia in 2012-2013, when property was rising sharply across different classes.

How did you come to have a focus on Asia, and what attracted you to working in Indonesia? I was in Singapore for three years continuing my studies, whilst also working for a property investment company. I already knew that Indonesia was a rapidly-growing market for property and investment, and it was then that I met my Indonesian wife (in Singapore). When some opportunities came up in Jakarta, we decided to move. Three years later, we are still here!

What about in Indonesia? I still like the Indonesian market. A lot of investors took a wait-and-see approach to 2014 because of the elections. This changed towards the end of last year when investors started to come back to the market. The euphoria that we saw in 2012 and 2013 where investors saw huge returns across every asset class has likely passed, with the market coming back to more realistic levels of earnings. For 2015 and beyond I am very optimistic about the market.

What is your role at Colliers, and is it a large part of their Indonesian business? Since joining Colliers Indonesia, I have started our International Properties division. We deal with both Indonesians and expats who wish to invest in overseas property, primarily in countries such as Australia, Singapore, the UK, and the USA. It’s not yet a core part

What demographic groups make up the majority of your customer base? Does that align to your target customer base? I deal with a pretty broad group of investors, from highnet-worth individuals to mum-and-dad investors perhaps looking to purchase a property for their children who are studying overseas.

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What are some of your favourite properties in Indonesia? For apartments in Jakarta, I find the Senopati Suites and the Pakubuwono complexes have great locations, with really nice, open-living floorplans. In terms of more commercial properties, the Hotel Mulia and the Shangri-La are my favoured places to stay at. What do you like to do in your spare time in Indonesia? What are some of the best places you’ve travelled to? Tennis, golf, and boxing are the sports that take up my time. Sometimes my wife and I go surfing when we can, to a place near Pangandaran – it’s only one hour away by plane and really uncrowded. I don’t surf as much as Bill Lloyd from Asian Tigers; he sets the standard, I think – a very keen surfer indeed; but we try and go as often as possible! I have been lucky, I have covered a lot of Indonesia over the last three years—I’ve seen so many great places, it’s hard to pinpoint the best—but a lot of the islands around Bali are hard to beat, along with Jogjakarta for cultural value.

Thank you, Trent. To get in touch, please e-mail: trent.muffett@colliers.com

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FOOD & DRINK Annali Hayward is an expert eater, decisive drinker, fumbling fashionista and tasteful traveller, who writes to savour it all – preferably at once. E-mail her at annali.s.hayward@gmail.com

ROCK STEADY You were robbed of your childhood if you were never taken to a Hard Rock Cafe for potato skins, wings and ribs, with an epic soundtrack of the best rock n’ roll of all time in the background. By Annali Hayward

A specific type of food that serves more as fuel than as gastronomy, but boy, when you're in the mood for it—usually on a Friday night as a buffer for lashings of beer—they can deliver. Strawberry Basil Lemonade, which was full of fruit, ice and fresh herbs, if a little sweet. A refreshing start. A tip. Save that slinky, clingy, body-con number for another night. When you come here, dress for the occasion and emulate the leisure-suit wearers of America. Bedeck yourself in your loosest, comfiest attire. Otherwise how on earth will you fit in all the devilishly, sinfully, heart-attackinducing delicacies this place has to offer? Burned into my memory like a nippleslip on stage, I distinctly remember the Hard Rock Cafe visits of my youth. In London or Singapore, my prepubescentself would drool over Slash’s guitar, Clapton’s inspirational maxims or Madonna’s knickers adorning the walls, and dream of the day that I too, would one day be a rock star. I worshipped the waiters, with their jazzy braces covered in badges from all the Hard Rock Cafes around the world I glibly assumed they had frequented – or at least worked in. Far from the Spandex-covered goddess of song I conjured in my imagination, I now find myself a somewhat portly whitecollar bule with a taste for all the bad things in life, which pretty much makes me the target customer for the Hard Rock Cafe Jakarta. Opened just over a year ago in Pacific Place, the Jakarta outpost of this iconic global chain does a terrific job

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of convincing you that you could be anywhere in the world. It is identical to any Hard Rock joint I’ve ever been to, from the gold gilt frames housing the precious memorabilia to the video screens on the walls showing the best of rock n’ roll. Even the staff here are jubilantly boisterous in that grunge-y teenage kind of way—lots of winks and grins—as they gleefully serve mega pitchers of cocktails to grateful revellers. There’s a big stage inside where they host live bands most nights of the week. The bar opens out in both directions, so it is able to serve the terraced seating outdoors. Despite the heat, this area draws a loyal crowd from the offices nearby for happy hours most evenings. The restaurant was almost full at lunchtime on the day we visited – proving the chain’s popular brand of Americana is a winning formula even on these far shores. Although beer, margaritas and Long Island Iced Teas are the bread-and-butter of beverages here, we opted for a more daytime-friendly

Chicken Club Sandwich

Their nachos are an obvious choice for starters; but too massive even for two to share. So, we started with potato skins – a real cowboy classic. They tasted exactly like the skins of my childhood—smoky American cheese, (turkey) bacon, spring onions and sour cream. The portion is good too with five skins for Rp.135,000. The ‘Legendary’ burgers are of course another winner from the mains menu. But we decided to go the whole hog (if you’ll pardon the pun) and sample some of their Smokehouse barbecue. The grilled Bar-B-Que Beef Short Ribs are the priciest thing on the menu at Rp.360,000 (because, as you’d expect, they import the beef), but if succulent meat slathered in sweet, sticky, smoky sauce is your thing then these are probably the closest you’ll get to that Tennessee-backyard-cookout flavour in Jakarta. The meat was very soft, and with three large racks of ribs plus fries, coleslaw and ‘cowboy beans’, you won’t go hungry on this.

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We, however, had more to fit in: a new menu item. The Classic Club Sandwich, which although a little lacking in the mayonnaise department, was stuffed like a prize turkey with thin-sliced grilled chicken, bacon, tomato and lettuce. Again with chips and coleslaw and clocking in at Rp.109,000, this is a slightly less hearthazardous lunch option that will still fill your boots. Finally, we just had to try their most popular dessert, the Hot Fudge Chocolate Brownie. This came with both ice cream and whipped cream, for good measure. This did exactly what it said on the tin— replete with chocolate sprinkles, walnuts and even a cherry on top—you couldn’t fail to be stupefied into satisfaction by this mammoth pile of sugar. Give this to children at your peril. No wonder I was rarely allowed desserts here as a kid. Kitchen Manager/Chef Dani Hudoyo is rightly pleased with his local team’s efforts in reproducing the standard of food you’d expect from this American chain. They dish out a specific type of food that serves more as fuel than as gastronomy, but boy, when you’re in the mood for it—usually on a Friday night as a buffer for lashings of beer—they can deliver. The bustling crowd there that day (heavily peppered with expats in batik making a pretence at a ‘business lunch’) seemed to agree, waddling off the premises patting their food babies, humming one of the legendary licks they’d heard over lunch and—like children— secretly plotting their ascents to stardom.

Hard Rock Café Pacific Place Ground Floor #G-05 SCBD LOT 3-5, Jl Jend Sudirman Kav 54-55, Jakarta 10350 Phone: +62 (0) 21 57973055 Web: www.hardrock.com/cafes/jakarta

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TRAVEL Grace is a freelance writer, former TV journalist, and aspiring documentarist with a passion for Indonesian history and culture. Now in her 6th year in Jakarta, Grace has lived in various countries and looks forward to exploring more places. Contact her at g.c.susetyo@gmail.com

T H E T R A D I T I O N A L H O USE S O F BEN A , FLO R E S

Javanese Sailors in the Giant’s Homeland By Grace Susetyo

On finally having the chance to visit Bajawa, Flores, I noticed “Jawa” in the name. When I eventually had the opportunity to visit Bajawa’s famous traditional houses in Bena, I learned that this was no coincidence. Watunabe, bagha, and ngadu

“TRADITION HAS IT THAT BENA WAS FIRST BUILT BY A GIANT NAMED DAKHE, WHO CARRIED MAGICAL ROCKS FROM NEARBY MOUNT INERIE TO ERECT THE FAMOUS NEOLITHICAL ALTAR WATUNABE IN THE CENTRE OF THE VILL AGE.”

Despite my first impression however, I did not immediately make the connection: the traditional houses of Bena do bear some exterior resemblance to the Javanese joglo, but they are also very different.

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Originally from Pati—a north coastal settlement in Central Java—the ancestors of Bena sailed to Flores 1,050 years ago. Their ship was stranded on the southern coast of central Flores, and its deck became the neighbourhood of Bena. Descending downhill towards Bena, you can see the traditional houses lined up in a pair of curves in the shape of a ship deck. The neighbourhood of Bena is named after one of its seven founding fathers from Java. Due to the forefathers’ practice of polygyny, the people of Bena trace common ancestry with the people of Maubena, Likowali, Benaliwo and Watujaji. Men leave their parents’ homes to live with their wives’ first families—and if the first wife gives her consent, to spend time in the homes of his other wives as well. There are 45 traditional houses in Bena, six belonging to each of the nine clans that live there. Made of wooden walls, reed roofs and bamboo floors, these traditional houses say much about the local concepts of gender upon which the culture is based. In the space between the two curvaceous rows of houses, there are umbrella-shaped masculine altars called ngadu and feminine altars called bagha, which look like miniature elevated houses with pigeonholes in the centre. Rituals involving ngadu and bagha are conducted by a woman’s household. The pole of ngadu is used for tying up livestock. The rope, pe’u, symbolises children born out of the man and woman’s union, forever binding them together. To marry a woman in Bena, a man must first commit to a three-year premarital service to his father-in-law to be, then present an offering of coconuts, chicken, betel leaves and areca nuts to his wife-to-be’s family. If they accept the proposal, the woman’s family slaughters a pig and hosts a feast called zeza. Then they welcome the groom by seating him on an altar in the centre of the home, and he officially becomes a husband. While most residents of Bena today have converted to Catholicism, the zeza wedding and ngadu-bagha rituals originate from the pre-Christian practice of ujukuwi. In the local Ngada language, ujukuwi refers both to an offering of prayer, and the name of the faith. Adherents of ujukuwi worship a “Heavenly Father” called Nitu Gale, and lift up prayers to him through a personification of “Mother Earth”. Pak Kasmir, a local elder who guides for a small fee told me, “People tend to generalise such indigenous beliefs as animism, but I refuse to label Ujukuwi as such. There were many generations here before Catholicism reached Flores, we have already known God and prayed to him.” Pak Kasmir 16

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Indonesia Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT)

THREE IMAGES ABOVE (CLOCKWISE): 1. Watunabe is believed to have been erected by the giant Dakhe about 1050 years ago. The dolmen that resembles the dining table is the origin of the name Ba-Jawa plate from Java. 2. The south end of Bena, outlooking hills on the southern coast of Flores and the Savu sea. 3. Bena Village.

Largest City Kupang (capital of NTT, Timor Island) Land area 566 islands, 47,349.9 km2 Highest elevation Flores: Ranakah – 2,350 metres amsl Population NTT - 4,899,260 (BPS 2012 estimate) How to get there Daily flights to Ende from Kupang, Surabaya, and Denpasar, then 4–5 hour drive from Ende to Bajawa. Alternatively, fly from Bali into Labuan Bajo (8–9 hour drive) or Maumere (7–8 hour drive). What to bring Hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, polite attire (covered shoulders and knees), camera, cash for entrance and guide fees, cigarettes to offer local men (especially when photographed).

claims to have studied Islamology and lived in Java for 50 years with his wife, a native of Purworejo. Tradition has it that Bena was first built by a giant named Dakhe, who carried magical rocks from nearby Mount Inerie to erect the famous Neolithic altar watunabe in the centre of the village. Among dozens of standing stones lies a large dolmen which resembles a dining table with a round basin in the centre—somewhat like a cupholder on the folding table of an aircraft seat. “It is on this dolmen that we lift up our ujukuwi to our ancestors. This is where the name Bajawa comes from: it means ‘plate from Java’,” said Pak Kasmir.

Dakhe was believed to be a man of great strength. “He’s a little bit like Goliath. But I think Goliath must have been smaller because David so easily struck him down with a stone. You can’t do that to Dakhe. If Dakhe wants fish, he walks in the sea. He grabs sharks by the tail and slams them. Carrying the rocks that made this watunabe was child’s play for him,” said Pak Kasmir. We then toured a traditional house. “The traditional house of Bena has three storeys. But people from Java often misunderstand this: it’s not three storeys high but three storeys inside,” explained Pak Kasmir. The first storey is the alfresco wooden terrace where residents perform daily activities, such as weaving and woodworking, and flaunt their wealth in the form of bull horns and pig tusks from previous celebration ceremonies. The second storey is the multipurpose central room where the family sleeps at night and where the mataraga altar is located. Behind the altar is a small sliding door to the third storey, where one must kneel and bow. The third and most interior storey of the house is a kitchen with a traditional wooden furnace. A good time to visit Bena is on December 27 during the Reba celebrations. Reba, traditionally celebrated on December 15, is the Ngada New Year. However, since December 15 would interfere with Catholic commitments to the pre-Christmas advent, Reba celebrations are now postponed until after Christmas, and just before the Christian New Year. I completed my visit to Bena by climbing the southern end of the neighbourhood where a small shrine to Mother Mary looked out to the lush hills of Surelaki. Deep shades of nature’s blue left me questioning where the sky ends and Earth starts. As the soft, peaceful breeze plays with my hair, I say goodbye to Bena with images of ancient Javanese sailors and giants moving mountains, establishing a great settlement whose legacy has lasted a millennium.

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SEC U R I T Y FO R BA L I R E S I D E N T S

By Bill Dalton

WITH THE ALARMING RASH OF HOME ROBBERIES AND EVEN KILLINGS DURING HOME INVASIONS OVER THE PAST YEAR, IT HAS BECOME CRITICAL TO SECURE YOUR HOME. BILL DALTON SHOWS BALI RESIDENTS HOW IT’S DONE.

There was the shocking murder of 51-year-old American Paul Robb Latourell, stabbed to death in his home; a much-loved British woman, Anne Marie Drozdz, found dead in her villa in a quiet upscale neighbourhood of Ubud; and the murder of British national Robert Kevin Ellis, discovered with his throat cut and feet tied in a ditch 20km from Denpasar, murdered by five staff members. The level of fear has become so high, Facebook pages rallying law enforcement and the expat community such as "We Love Bali Safe", "Bali Crime Reports" and "Kuta Crime" are sprouting up in an effort to confront the very real dangers. We ourselves have been robbed three times at our villa in Tabanan, so the issue of protecting your home is a subject with which I have intimate first-hand knowledge. GENERAL SECURITY MEASURES

Before you buy or lease a house, apartment or unit in a housing complex, ask the neighbours and local police about the security situation in the neighbourhood. Major Balinese religious holidays as well as Lebaran, Christmas and New Year are particularly vulnerable times when home thefts spike. Don’t leave your premises unoccupied or unguarded during these crucial periods. Villagers and neighbours do not need to know that you’re going on vacation or even if you’re going on a trip for a few days. While you’re away, someone should always be staying in your place of domicile 24/7. If you have household staff, they should carry on with their usual household duties – gardening, cleaning, leaving the TV on and lights burning at night – all indicating that you are still at home. These measures should not only apply to densely populated, high-theft areas like Umalas, Petitenget and Penestanan but also to residences located anywhere in Bali.

windows should be fitted with sturdy highquality locks. Use bright external lights to light up your courtyard and walls.

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A very effective form of protection is to hire a competent and trustworthy day and/or night watchman (satpam), preferably one that belongs to your own banjar or city kampung. Nothing can replace a loyal dog that will bark uncontrollably anytime a stranger appears in your yard or knocks at the door or gate. Don’t let your dog accept food from anyone other than family members – not even friends.

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Door and window intrusion alarms and high-wattage sensor lamps can be purchased at hardware superstores Ace, Depot Bangunan and Mitra 10. State-ofthe-art electronic alarm systems, CCTV surveillance cameras, video perimeter and entry detection systems are all available from a number of specialised companies. These rather expensive network security packages for residential and commercial properties can be tailor-made to fit the client’s needs.

HAPPENING, EXPAT RESIDENTS MUST BE EXTREMELY C AREFUL STAFF. HOUSEHOLD STAFF

To help prevent crimes from happening, expat residents must be extremely careful about whom they hire for staff. Many burglaries result from “inside” jobs. You must develop sound and trusting relationships with your staff. Before hiring, meet their family and parents and visit their home or rooming house (kos) to verify that he or she actually lives there. Ask around about their personal histories. Have they been in trouble with the police? Are they inveterate gamblers? Are they facing difficult times? Think twice about hiring anyone who isn’t originally from Bali because it’s difficult to thoroughly check his or her background. The same thing goes for employing residential security guards. Check on their backgrounds. Make photocopies of each staff member’s national identity card (KTP) and store it out of the house. TELEPHONE SECURITY

Your phone is a gateway to your house, so you need to secure it. Ask people to always telephone first before visiting your house unannounced. Teach staff how to reply to curious callers: "He is not here at the moment. May I have your name and number so he can return your call?" Staff should never give out any information as to your whereabouts, how long you’ll be away or reveal any personal information. Your staff also shouldn’t admit unauthorized visitors, even expats (foreigners also steal!), or you may only allow certain trusted people into your home while you’re not there.

Bill Dalton has been writing travel features, book reviews, interviews and guidebooks about Indonesia for more than 40 years, starting with his groundbreaking Indonesia Handbook first published in 1976.

child’s first cutting of hair (nelu bulanin) and funerals (ngaben). Join in preparations for ceremonies (ngayah) and community projects (kerja bakti). In lieu of labour, you may pay a fee, send a staff member in your place or provide snacks for the village work crew. For your own protection, get involved. Register at your country’s consulate. Tape all-important mobile numbers in large type on your wall or fridge and enter them into your contacts in your mobile: desa (hamlet) or city kampung headman (kepala dusun), head of the banjar (klian adat), closest neighbours, village security (kepala pecalang), BIMAS (village police), village chief (perbekel or lurah), nearby POLSEK (head of police sector) and day and night watchmen (satpam) charged with guarding your neighbourhood or apartment block. By dialling the 110 “Panic Button,” you’ll be put into contact with a police Central Command Centre. Establish good relationships with your local klian adat or village head, kepala pecalang and village police. Make a point of meeting the local POLSEK or POLRES police chief, give him your mobile number and get his mobile number. Get to know the guards in your housing complex personally and obtain their mobile phone numbers so they can alert you in case one of your staff is unhappy or if they see a break-in progress. If you’re awake while a home intrusion is in progress, it’s better to scream loudly than try to stop an intruder. If they come in the back, run out the front; if they come in the front, run out the back. If you’re asleep, play dead and pretend that you're sleeping like a baby. What does it matter if thieves make off with your smartphone, necklace or even passport? Those can all be replaced, but your life cannot.

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Installing grills or iron bars (trali) on your windows and sticking ugly shards of broken glass on top of your perimeter walls are good ideas. Or plant spiny, prickly plants like salak, pandan, bunga kertas and high cactus along walls. Gates, walls, doors,

It’s imperative that you socialize with locals and even more importantly with members of the village council or banjar. Maintain good relationships with your neighbours and participate in the social goings on of your community. Attend weddings (pawiwahan), toothfilings (potong gigi), a issue 139 indonesia expat

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A pot lamp from Galeri Pot

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Pots at Galeri Pot

Chic Casas Designer Domiciles Our resident style guru Victoria Bannerman dishes out top tips for crafting fashionable interiors for your dream home, from creative ideas to shop recommendations.

Siren-red cabinet from Le Souq

By Victoria Bannerman

It is simply not enough for others to know you’re a sartorial polymath in the wardrobe department. In my opinion, you must extend your fabulous style to your dwelling-place, whether it’s a crash pad, condominium, crib, flophouse or mansion. I do not claim to be an authority on interior design, but I do have an eye for all things famously fabulous and quintessentially quirky. So, here are a few tips to make your home cosy-funky, and the talk of your social tribe. No boring hanging curtains please, vamp it up a bit: go for boho-chic and buy yards of sari material, turning this into your drapes. When entertaining at dusk the sparkle of the saris will ricochet off the lights in your living area, cocooning you and your guests in a glow. In the morning their shimmer, colour and shine will greet you like an epic dance scene in a Bollywood movie – you won’t be able to resist starting your day with a smile. Visit Jl. Surabaya in Jakarta, a mishmash of outré ingredients, from chandeliers, gramophones and vinyl to “Ming” vases as tall as you like. There, you can buy a scarily charming fetish-carving and hang it on your wall. Or delve into some glamour and history; purchase a chandelier or two for your pad and make-believe it once hung in Alexander Palace, glimmering as Emperor Nicholas II entertained his guests with song, dance and culinary delights of unimaginable opulence. Old gramophones or typewriters nonchalantly placed around your home will give off an antique feel. Make your walls sing a tune by decorating them with vinyl records, or hang vintage dresses and jewellery around as a feature. Add evocative images, framed in reclaimed wood, from eras gone by. Use bookcases as crockery cupboards and make your stairs look studious by stacking books on them. As you hop up the steps, be reminded of the prose you have yet to read!

Use bookcases as crockery cupboards and make your stairs look studious by stacking books on them.

BIASA BIASA+, Jl. Raya Seminyak 34, Bali 80361 E-mail: biasaplus@biasagroup.com NEWTONS BEDS Web: www.newtonsfurniture.co.uk KAM GALLERY Jl. Kemang Timur Raya No.17, Jakarta Selatan Phone: 021 7198 651 E-mail: kamgallery@yahoo.com LE SOUQ Jl. Kemang Raya No. 27, Lot K, Jakarta Selatan Phone: 021 7295 672 E-mail: arasratrikara@yahoo.com Web: www.lesouqinteriordecorating.com HER Jl. Kemang Raya No. 24, Jakarta Selatan Phone: 021 7192 E-mail: herfurniture@gmail.com Web: www.herdesign.co.id GALERI POT Jl. Kemang Timur No.58-R, Jakarta Selatan 12730 Phone: 021 7180 209 E-mail: infogaleripot@gmail.com Web: www.jcs-pottery.com MOIE Pacific Place Mall ,Suite 01-38 & 42 Phone: 021 5140 0559 E-mail: iqbal@moie.com Web: www.moie.com

Packed to the rafters with beautifully vibrant pots, lamps and decorated reclaimed wood, Galeri Pot in Jl. Kemang Timur, South Jakarta, is enchanting. A pair of mosaic lamps beckoned on my last visit but alas – they had already been sold and were waiting to be picked up.

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If your tastes are beyond ostentatious and you fancy yourself as a latter-day Marie Antoinette, then HER in Kemang, the Liberace of homeware stores, is your homefrom-home. Every piece is outlandishly over-the-top, like the deliciously camp red velvet throne chair. The leviathan rose mirror will unashamedly bring out your inner narcissist – you will love it! Pick up the Louis XIV inspired chest of drawers, sit it in your passageway and clash it with a contemporary chair from Ikea. Yes people, sometimes when it’s wrong it’s beautifully right! If you want to feel like the Princess and the Pea and sleep until your heart’s content, Newtons do amazing beds – they’re lavishly sumptuous. Their French Rococo collection is, in a word, stunning. Visit them online to get ideas, then challenge a carpenter to make your very own version. Add a Tempur mattress and pillows, along with Egyptian cotton sheets, and forevermore sleep on a cloud! Moie is a plush furniture store in Pacific Place – the kind that services clientele who own homes all over the world from Marrakesh to Mumbai, travel by private jet and make Richard Branson look positively poor. One imagines that on any given day, though the boutique seems quiet, silent auctions of phone purchases is how the stock shifts. The Kevin Reilly lighting altar, a tray of bulbs housed in wax columns (so they look like lit candles) that can be hung over a dining table is gothically exquisite. Gasp as it blows you away, Promemoria’s Mondu TV mirror stands at a whopping eight feet tall. It is a mirror of epic Narnia proportions, with a ‘pouch’ for your TV at the back, so the images from the TV project on to the mirror. Surprise and amaze your guests, as your colossal mirror becomes a TV! At $20,000, it is well worth selling your soul. Our very own go-to resort-wear brand Biasa has made a foray into homewares. The founder Susanna Perini has sourced incredible pieces from her travels around the world. Luxurious bedding, lovingly handmade in India; vintage antique teapots; cushions; carpets and more, they will also soon have commissioned lamps and silver table accessories. For now, it’s only in their BIASA+ store in Bali, with a catalogue and mail order to follow soon. With these tips, may your happy home shelter you from life’s storms and be full of love, laughter, peace and understanding.

Across the road is the Kam Gallery, a quaint studio that manipulates wood in a sharp-witted way: an unassuming seat at a flip becomes a table and bench for a summer’s day soiree. Be amazed. Le Souq in Jl. Kemang Raya is the kind of emporium that can stir covetousness in anyone. It has so many extraordinary pieces, it will turn you into a shopaholic. A rather bold, kooky tree-branch chandelier with exposed bulbs caught my eye, and I took it home. There is a siren-

red cabinet standing amongst all the yummy pieces I’ve my eye on for next time – so do not go and buy it!

Jalan Surabaya

Being around glamour all her life, Victoria developed a sense of style that has led her to fashion styling, journalism and designing her debut collection. E-mail her at tori@ toribannermanlondon.com

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MEET THE EXPAT

Karen Davis is a NYC artist and writer

Where were you born and raised? I was born in Minas Gerais, Brazil. I went through school there and attended the University of Minas Gerais, where I majored in Art and Design.

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Creating Spaces in Paradise Daniela is a Brazilian interior designer of homes and resorts in Bali. She talks to us about her passion for creating and transforming spaces. By Karen Davis

How did you get into interior design? Creating interiors came naturally to me. I would go to a friend’s home and move some things around and it would change the space. I realized I had a passion and ability to transform spaces. I could envision how to create an atmosphere by changing a few things; eliminating clutter and creating focus. I have always possessed a love for creating beautiful spaces and designing furniture and interior accessories. After graduation and marriage I went to Sao Paulo with my husband, Adriano. I was designing and sourcing for interiors. He was offered a job as a chef in Manhattan. I spent the next eight years in the States working in Miami, New Jersey and NY. What brought you to Indonesia? My husband took an offer to be the chef at Potato Head in Jakarta. I just had a baby and thought it would be nice to be in the tropics of Indonesia and have more time with my son. I was not expecting Jakarta to be a huge cosmopolitan city. I thought I was leaving the big city life. Jakarta was overwhelming! Then Townhouse in Bali asked Adriano to be their chef and we came to Bali. I was finally a full-time mum, but I started to miss my professional life. So I began looking around at different companies in my field. What are you working on currently? I am with a wonderful design firm from England; ARA Designs. They have been doing hospitality projects here in Bali for years. These are huge projects such as resorts. I previously did more individual design jobs such as residential. Now I work with a great team of talented professionals, which has given me a new direction in design. Hospitality design is far more complex and detailed. Even the most modern architectural projects here want to bring the spirit of Bali into the design by incorporating traditional arts, such as batik and carvings, within sleek, modern buildings. We do all aspects of design from landscapes, reception and lounge areas to mock-up rooms and reception. We start from zero: from the floor plan to finishes and lighting, furniture and accessories. I love being challenged and am constantly finding new approaches to integrating the materials unique to Bali with the architect’s design and vision. It is a whole new point of view for me professionally and creatively. I have so much more to learn in this area and I am having a great time doing so! What part of designing do you enjoy the most? I love to do the drawings! I like creating images and being able to see the ideas finalized. It is a satisfying feeling when the product is a perfect reflection of my intention. In designing on a smaller scale I was a part of the entire process. Now I have to anticipate how my ideas in the

“It is about designing separate parts which fit together perfectly to create the feeling and the image the client has agreed upon.” drawing will be interpreted and trust it will be produced correctly. I must be very precise and communicate properly through all the channels hospitality designs must go through. I am part of a larger process. I like to keep it as simple as possible without losing the element of the unexpected. Each room or item I design must fit into the entire scope of the project. It is about designing separate parts which fit together perfectly to create the feeling and the image the client has agreed upon. When I am sourcing for Bali, I am learning about what is possible to achieve and how to take all the production variables into account. I am never bored! Do you miss working in NYC? How does it compare to working here in Bali? It is not better or worse; it is different. In NYC I was dealing on a smaller scale directly with the client, as well as overseeing production or sourcing. Everything is very professional in NYC. Some of the charm of Indonesia is that it is an emerging economy and many businesses are learning as they grow, just as I am. It is hard to compare. Here our clients are large companies and I am not dealing directly with the client. I am able to focus more on design and sourcing. The designing is more difficult working on a large scale, as it encompasses everything indoors as well as outdoors, such as open lobbies, landscaping and outdoors accessories. What are your future plans? There are some ideas I would like to pursue. When I got married, my husband and I had a business venture in Brazil where he was the chef and everything was about food, design and concept. We integrated everything; the plates matched the food which in turn complimented the furniture. It was always changing. I would love to help him do a similar restaurant. I also have some ideas on bringing together creative people here with designers and business people; a centre where people can see new designs and also see the sources and how things are produced. However, I plan on continuing the work I am doing in hospitality design. I have so much to learn. I love what I am doing and the people I work with. I plan on staying right where I am! Thank you Daniela! To get in touch, e-mail danimorericco @gmail.com

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Kenneth Yeung is a Jakarta-based editor

Over the following months, Reza and his friend were visited by people who claimed to have transferred millions of rupiah to their accounts for online purchases of goods that never arrived. Reza eventually reported the matter to police last month, claiming he was also a victim of the scammer. The Electronic Information and Transactions Law, which is supposed to protect people from online fraud, is being grossly misused to crack down on freedom of speech, evidenced by the recent jailing of a woman for writing private messages on Facebook to complain that her husband was abusing her. The husband hacked her Facebook account, found the messages and then had her prosecuted.

ONLINE HAZARDS Victims of online retail fraud in Indonesia tend to cut their losses, chalking up their experience to a lesson in being more careful before buying goods over the Internet. But there are measures that can be taken if you become the victim of such fraud – though you may never get your money back. THE ELECTRONIC INFORMATION

By Kenneth Yeung

AND TRANSACTIONS LAW, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM ONLINE FRAUD,

Prevention is the best solution. So if you’re looking to buy an Apple MacBook Pro with Retina display and a powerful Haswell processor, don’t be lured by cheap prices on public marketplace sites such as kaskus. co.id and olx.co.id (formerly tokobagus. com). It makes little sense for a $1,500 laptop from 2014 to be offered for Rp.5.55 million ($427), even when it is listed as second-hand. You should buy only from online vendors with positive, established feedback, although beware of overly positive testimonials. Be on the lookout for erroneous product descriptions. Avoid vendors who ignore requests for new photos of the product. If a vendor refuses to meet in a safe public location to show you the advertised product—and instead insists on a bank transfer rather than a direct cash payment—it’s probably not worth pursuing the purchase. Yet online forums are full of tales of woe from people who transferred money for ‘bargain’ products, only for them to never arrive. Some victims say it is not worth reporting their loss because they would have to pay police for any investigation leading to a refund. If you are the victim of such fraud, the first thing to do is phone the vendor. If they refuse to take your calls, then send formal text messages, explaining you will 20

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report them to the police and to their bank if they fail to refund your money within 24 hours. You can also report them to the site on which they advertised, which will likely result only in their account being deactivated. Several anti-scam websites and blogs insist that reporting online fraud to the police doesn’t have to cost money. They claim you can simply send an e-mail to cybercrime@ polri.go.id--including the fraudster’s mobile phone number and bank account details—and police will then simply block the scammer’s bank account. Unfortunately, this is nonsense. Police do not even use the email address cybercrime@polri.go.id. Members of the public wishing to report a cyber crime are advised to do it in person, and to bring evidence, such as print-outs of ads and transfer receipts. The official email address to report crimes is info@ reskrimsus.org, though it is not dedicated to online fraud. Bank Indonesia, the central bank, also accepts complaints of online fraud at bicara@bi.go.id. If you do visit a police office to report a crime, you should request a brief document called STPL (Surat Tanda Penerimaan Laporan – Letter of Proof of Receipt of Report), which outlines the alleged crime. You can ask the officer typing up the letter to include the relevant section of the Criminal Code (Article 378 on fraud) and Article 28 of Law No. 11/2008 on Electronic Information and Transactions.

IS BEING GROSSLY MISUSED TO CRACK DOWN ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH, EVIDENCED BY THE RECENT JAILING OF A WOMAN FOR WRITING PRIVATE MESSAGES ON FACEBOOK TO COMPLAIN THAT HER HUSBAND WAS ABUSING HER.

Once you have an SLTP, you can make a formal report to the bank used by the scammer. Again, you’ll need all supporting transfer slips or screenshots or print-outs, as well as a written chronology of the fraud. The bank may then take action – or it may do nothing. Threaten to report the bank to Bank Indonesia if it doesn’t take any action. Police do sometimes track down and arrest online scammers, although some perpetrators cover their tracks by using bank accounts in other people’s names. Reza (27), a resident of Pekalongan, West Java, in March 2013 was in an internet cafe with some friends when they were approached by a man who offered them money to open some bank accounts. The next day, Reza and one of his friends went to a state-owned bank and each opened an account, one with an opening balance of Rp.250,000 and the other with Rp.150,000. They then withdrew Rp.200,000 and Rp.100,000 respectively. Next they gave the passbooks and ATM cards to the stranger, who paid each of them Rp.200,000.

Meanwhile, online and banking scams continue to flourish. One of the more recent ones involves an SMS declaring your bank account has won a cash reward from state-owned banks such as Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) and Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI). Recipients are advised to process their “winnings” online at absurdly named websites such as www.bnipestarezei. blogspot.com (now shut down). As if a major state-owned bank would use a free blogging service. People who visit such sites are asked to transfer funds for the payment of fees to collect for their “huge prizes”. Local media reports recently claimed that Bank Central Asia (BCA) customers are being targeted by scammers trying to obtain passwords for “synchronization tokens” – small blue electronic devices used to authenticate identity when conducting online transfers. Kompas.com quoted BCA President Director Jahja Setiaatmadja as saying that a virus in a computer had caused a malicious token confirmation request to appear on BCA’s internet banking page. BCA official Wani Sabu later said there had not been many cases of token password phishing, though he urged anyone suspecting such fraud to immediately contact the bank. Social media reports claim a BCA customer lost Rp.13 million after responding to a pop-up request on BCA’s website for his token’s details. There’s usually little risk in online shopping and banking, provided you exercise common sense and caution, though the lure of bargains and prizes can be blinding.

EXPAT OUTREACH SPORTS

COURSE INFORMATION

Swinging in the Shadow of

THREE MOUNTAINS IN EAST JAVA Finna Golf & Country Club Resort boasts an 18-hole championship course located 500m above sea level in the foothills of three majestic mountains: Mt. Welirang, Mt. Arjuna and Mt. Penanggungan. Golf course architects Peter Thomson, Michael Wolveridge and Ross Perrett have crafted a par-72 mountain resort course amongst Pasuruan’s rolling slopes, tropical fauna and rice terraces, creating a golfing experience amid spellbinding natural beauty and fresh air. By Simon Reynolds

SOCIETIES Societies welcome, contact the clubhouse for arrangements. RESERVATIONS To book and enquire about tee times, please contact the clubhouse management office. Reservation open daily from 05.00 am – 18.00pm Phone: + 62 21 546 0120 GREEN FEES WEEKEND *) Member’s guest: 18 holes Rp.1,000,000, 9 Holes Rp.550,000 *) Visitors: 18 holes Rp.1,400,000, 9 Holes Rp.895,000 *) Ladies/Seniors: 18 holes Rp.725,000 WEEKDAY *) Member’s guest: 18 holes Rp.600,000, 9 Holes Rp.375,000 *) Visitors: 18 holes Rp.795,000, 9 Holes Rp.435,000 *) Ladies/Seniors: 18 holes Rp.500,000 All prices include green fee, cart fee, caddy fee, tax and insurance. STAY & PLAY PACKAGES

Contact reservations for details FACILITIES Spike Bar Terrace, Candi Jawi Restaurant, Lotus Restaurant, Pool Cafe, Locker Room, Sauna, Jacuzzi, Massage, Pro Shop, Driving Range, Putting Green, Meeting Rooms, Ballroom Resort facilities: 30 cottages, 2 VIP cottages, Jacuzzi in all cottages, private pool in VIP cottages, 12 villas, Kids corner, Swimming Pool, Gym, Jogging Track, Grass Tennis Court, Indoor sports centre. LOCATION Finna Golf & Country Club Resort Jl. Raya Barsari, Prigen, Pasuruan, East Java 67157, Indonesia CONTACT INFORMATION Phone: (+62 343) 634888 Fax: (+62 343) 634071, 632156 E-mail: reservations@finnagolf.com Website: www.finnagolf.com

The course is by no means long, playing at a modest 6,345m from the back tees, but golf in a Garden of Eden should not require power but craft and care. On more than one occasion, the golfer may be forced to stop and pause and appreciate the level of beauty surrounding them. Finna Golf and Country Club Resort celebrated their 21st anniversary last year, and the mountain resort offers golfers and visitors a sanctuary from their busy professional lives. The course is located in Pasuruan, just over an hour’s drive from Surabaya’s Juanda International airport and just over half an hour from Malang airport, where direct flights connect to Jakarta through several local air carriers. The resort offers pick-up services, and after a one-hour flight from Jakarta and car journey from Surabaya or Malang, its relaxing environment is where one can unwind, and the complete facilities on offer will accommodate golfers and non-golfers equally. The resort boasts several very unique features that one will struggle to find elsewhere in Indonesia. Located near the VIP villa one can find a 115m-long and 2m-wide swimming pool, visible from Google Earth — one must see it to believe it. The resort also has a grass tennis court, adding extra kudos to an already-ample mountain resort package. The three restaurants at the resort will cater for all your dietary needs, and one would be advised to sample the local specialties unique to East Java. For those who prefer Western food, there is a complete array of options. I recommend the Finna Burger, made with top quality Australian beef — very tasty indeed. THE COURSE The course provides two distinctive “nines” starting and finishing at the clubhouse. The architects, Peter Thomson, Michael Wolveridge and Ross Perrett, whose famous works include the New Course, St. Andrews, Scotland; The Royal Hong Kong Golf Club, Hong Kong; and the Bali Handara Country Club, Bali, have skilfully incorporated Finna’s grounds and natural features into their design to create a golf experience to rival the best in the world. It is no surprise that Peter Thompson was a British Open Champion, as the distinctive pot bunkers strategically placed around the course

IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT PETER THOMPSON WAS A BRITISH OPEN CHAMPION, AS THE DISTINCTIVE POT BUNKERS STRATEGICALLY PLACED AROUND THE COURSE AND ROLLING MOUNDS AMID FAIRWAYS PORTRAY A DISTINCTIVE LINKS-STYLE COURSE, ALBEIT AT 500M ALTITUDE IN EAST JAVA.

and rolling mounds amid fairways portray a distinctive links-style course, albeit at 500m altitude in East Java. The Par 3, Hole #5 was our signature hole of the front nine. We played 156m from the white tees, teeing off from an elevated box over rice terraces towards a covelike green, enclosed by large tropical trees and in the shadow of the looming Mt. Penanggungan. Holes like this encapsulate the playing conditions here at Finna Golf, surrounded by sheer natural beauty. The Par 3, Hole #12 was our favourite hole of the back nine. Golfers once again navigate their tee shot through a thin opening, between rice terraces to the left and towering trees to the right, as a deep pot bunker waits patiently at the front of the green and again towards the rear. Although a modest 127m from the white tees, the tee-off requires deft focus and accuracy to land safely on the green in regulation. Golf and leisure at Finna Golf and Country Club Resort is a breath of fresh air, offering a round of golf amongst genuine natural beauty, backed by warm East Javanese hospitality and fantastic mountain resort facilities. Stayand-play packages are advised, as I am sure you will not want to leave after only one day at this mountain resort. issue 139 indonesia expat

EXPAT OUTREACH WORTHY CAUSES

Dua Tangan Cukup

Forest Mapping will Help the Indigenous By Hans Rooseboom

Forest loss in Borneo

To know the lie of the land is an essential ingredient for travellers, and for anyone dealing with land tenure, or the management and use of the land’s natural resources. This is especially true in respect of the confusing and conflicting land ownership rights of Indonesia’s indigenous peoples. In 2012, the Constitutional Court declared that customary (adat) forests no longer belong to the state. This follows the Court’s decision No. 41/1999 on forestry, which recognized the presence of customary forests. The decisions are unfortunately a tad late as the Basic Agrarian Law No. 5 of 1960 capped private land ownership in rural areas and declared all unclaimed land to be state-owned. The ensuing flood of logging licenses and permits to convert forests to agro-estates, industrial forest plantations and strip mining drastically changed the land-use and vegetation cover, especially in Sumatra, Kalimantan and Papua, and dramatically reduced the size of the adat land.

converted to other uses should be included in the mapping process. The most practical approach might be to map first and then decide what to do with the information. Mapping the adat lands would need to be done accurately and linked to the national references. The maps must show standard themes, such as land use and vegetation cover, together with those that are relevant from the point of view of the indigenous communities. To achieve that, the mapping will need to be done by the communities themselves, assisted where necessary by public or private bodies.

The 121 inhabitants of Punan Adiu, a village in Malinau district, North Kalimantan, resorted to participatory mapping to protect the customary forests, which comprises more than 17,000 hectares of primary tropical rain forest. As a result, national income increased and a small group The mapping took three years and included surveys and of investors were able to significantly increase their negotiations to establish the borders with other villages wealth, but the losers were the indigenous forest and the boundaries of the adat forest. The final map dwellers who, as hunter-gatherers, rely on extensive forests and a healthy “The 121 inhabitants of was completed in January this year, and must be approved by the district head of Malinau. Punan ecosystem for their livelihood. Punan Adiu, a village in Adiu collaborated with a number of organisations, Malinau district, North among others the Community Mapping Network This situation is ongoing, as an article Kalimantan, resorted to participatory mapping (JKPP) and AMAN, in carrying out the activities. of 7 March 2015 in The Jakarta Post to protect the customary illustrates: “The tribal community Outside interests have turned up and offered a leader of the nomadic Orang Rimba forests, which comprises more than 17,000 large amount of money for the forest, the plan being in Jambi, Temenggung Marituha, has hectares of primary to clear-fell and plant oil palm. The villagers of Punan blamed forest conversion as the cause tropical rain forest.” Adiu have refused the offer, but some of the neighbouring of the food shortage they are currently villages did accept. We can only hope that more villages will suffering that has led to the deaths of refuse the offers, as it is high time to stop the degradation 11 tribespeople from starvation.” resulting from these deals. Even more disturbingly, this group of 73 families is Forest loss leading to monoculture, oil palm estates suffering from a lack of clean water. They live in the Bukit While the approval of the district head is certainly needed Dua Belas National Park in the Barisan Mountains, but in the division of tenure, one would hope that authorities their water sources have been polluted. As there are no at provincial and national levels would also be involved, industries in this protected forest, this could only be as the map must be referenced to the national geospatial caused by (illegal) mining or (illegal) logging—the former database. In this respect, the Geospatial Information uses cyanide and mercury, and the latter chromated Agency (BIG) should play a vital role in integrating the copper arsenate. participatory maps into the national system of spatial information. As always, the implementation of decisions by government authorities is slow and faltering. In respect of customary Until now the main impediment to finding a solution land, this is unfortunately also true, as the authorities at to the ubiquitous land disputes is a lack of reliable and district, provincial and national levels are not sure how to accurate maps. The ones currently used at national, proceed. But, as the adat lands have now been put on the provincial or district level differ widely and customary map, so to speak, the process of regulating the adat land land typically does not appear on any of them. tenure could be given a leg-up by starting to map these lands soonest. Participatory mapping in rural areas would be best complemented with a similar undertaking in urban According to the Nusantara Traditional Community surroundings. Google uses this system of crowd-sourcing Alliance (AMAN), some 33 million hectares of customary globally with good results, and several trials have been land, or 17% of Indonesia’s total land area of 190 million made in Indonesia, too. Participatory urban mapping hectares, need to be mapped. Some 17 million people from would, for instance, be very useful in identifying more than 2,000 traditional communities will directly weaknesses in the drainage infrastructure. Based on benefit from the mapping exercise, as it would assist in the resulting maps, the responsibility for cleaning, resolving land disputes. maintenance and repairs could then be allocated to either the local neighbourhood, or the government’s annual Quite obviously, the Kalimantan wall-to-wall forests of operations and maintenance budgets. The latter is a 1950 are no more, and their disappearance has drastically prerequisite for successfully undertaking the former— reduced the livelihood of the many indigenous groups on without dredging the main rivers, for example, there is little the island. It will not be possible to restore the forests to enthusiasm or use in keeping the roadside drains clean. the conditions of 50 years ago. However, fixing the tenure rights to the remaining forests, the oil palm plantations, And most importantly from the point of view of the clear-felled areas and the mining concession cartography—and this is where BIG should come in—a areas would solve many problems, uncertainties system of guidance, technical reviews and tests should be and frustrations. set up to ensure that crowd-sourced and other participatory maps will be based on Indonesia’s set of references, so The first step on this [long] road will be the mapping of that these can be coherently integrated with the national the customary domains where conflicts occur, with the topographic maps. balance mapped subsequently. It is not immediately clear to what extent customary land that has already been 22

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Sorting 70% of South Tangerang’s Waste with ABU and Co. A story by Angela Richardson

In one Jakarta’s outlying cities, Tangerang, a team of dedicated waste specialists have been working hard to significantly reduce the amount of rubbish from their city that ends up in landfills. ABU and Co. have been in operation for over 20 years, and today they collect rubbish from over 10,000 homes, offices, schools and even clinics from the city of Tangerang. Rubbish is taken on a daily basis by their own trucks to a Tempat Pembuangan Sampah Terpadu (TPST - sustainable rubbish tip), where the magic happens. At the TPST, ABU and Co.’s team go through collected waste to separate recyclable from non-recyclable items, including organic waste. Recyclable items are grouped together to be sold on to recycling plants, organic waste is composted, and the remaining 20% of the rubbish, which includes babies diapers, is incinerated in their on-site incinerator. The end result? Nothing goes to a Tempat Pembuangan Akhir (TPA – landfill). The team behind ABU and Co. often meet with members of the government to explain how the system of a TPST is much more sustainable than sending rubbish to a landfill, which is still the system in place for the city of DKI Jakarta. Manager Dodik S.P. explains that the main problem when it comes to rubbish is the organic waste. “If you have two bags of rubbish, one filled with recyclables and one with organic waste,” Dodi says, “and you leave the bags outside your door, which one do you think will be taken? The recyclables, of course!” Dodi explains that the problem is that organic waste of Jakarta ends up at a landfill, releasing methane, a harmful greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere as it breaks down. This is why ABU and Co. compost all organic waste at their TPST. Dodi believes in the power of the TPST and that other cities’ sanitation departments should follow the example set by ABU and Co. “If we have more TPST locations rather than one giant landfill, like in Jakarta, rubbish can be properly disposed of and we won’t have a giant mountain of waste like we do at Bantar Gebang,” he says. Dodi and his team are trendsetters and let’s hope that the rest of Indonesia follows in Tangerang’s waste management footsteps. www.sampahabu.com

Actions From Across The Archipelago

Deforestation

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Registration opens for Clean Up Jakarta Day 2015 anticipating 20,000 volunteers cleaning up at many locations all over Jakarta.

JAKARTA The yearly community gotong royong movement by Indonesia Expat opened its online registration on April 1st to eager volunteers looking to make a change in their capital city. Clean Up Jakarta Day is an annual city-wide clean-up, which aims to raise awareness about littering and the need for the three Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. 2015's event will take place on the morning of Sunday 18th October and is

Sufi Music from India in Denpasar and Makassar

Registering to join an existing site, as well as nominating to become team leader of a new site, is now all done through the Clean Up Jakarta Day website. Volunteers can choose existing sites to join in a simple online form, which will automatically send them a notification email and information kit to study before the big day. Registration has opened its doors so early in anticipation of a high number of volunteers this year. Clean Up Jakarta Day is sponsored by Kaercher, Coca Cola Amatil and PT Adaro Energy, and is supported by the City of Jakarta's sanitation department (Dinas Kebersihan Lingkungan DKI). For more information, please visit www.cleanupjakartaday.org

TAUZIA Hotel Management chooses RateGain to Improve Rate Intelligence for its Brand Hotels

BALI, SULAWESI Lakhwinder Wadali, a world-acclaimed singer specialising in Sufi songs and music, enthralled capacity-packed audiences in Makassar, South Sulawesi and Denpasar, Bali in eastern Indonesia. The Indian singer performed, along with a 10-member troupe, at the Universitas Negeri Makassar (UNM) and Bali Art Centre in Denpasar on 23 March and 24 March 2015. The troupe played traditional musical instruments and sang to the rapturous audiences. INDONESIA RateGain has been recently chosen by TAUZIA (a leading hotel and estate management group in Indonesia) as a partner to improve rate intelligence for its brand hotels, particularly in the Southeast Asia region. Its largest source markets include Indonesia, China, Australia, Singapore, South Korea and Malaysia. TAUZIA will utilize RateGain’s rate intelligence tool, PriceGain, to boost its group hotels’ rate intelligence capabilities with accurate and comprehensive data. Advanced rate intelligence enables hotels to maximize their revenues. Gathering and analysing huge datasets about your competitors’ rate strategy is vital to the success of hotel revenue strategy. RateGain today has one of the

most advanced rate shopping systems that offers reliable rate intelligence technology to hoteliers worldwide. It draws accolades from global clients, and the solution’s user interface enables hoteliers to easily produce real time, on-demand rate shopping reports for their hotel with the highest reliability. “We evaluated many rate intelligence solutions, and found that PriceGain is a powerful solution with excellent user interface. This innovative tool helps us in analysing room across various hotel brand sites and OTAs. We power our pricing decisions with real-time rate intelligence from PriceGain,” said Yusuf IJsseldijk, Corporate Director of Sales & Marketing at TAUZIA Hotel Management.

The performances were organised and facilitated by the Consulate General of India in Bali, in close collaboration with the UNM in Makassar and the Provincial Government of Bali in Denpasar. Inaugurating the event at UNM, the Vice Mayor of the City of Makassar, Dr. H. Syamsu Rizal, warmly welcomed return of Sahabat of India Festival to Makassar and appreciated the huge effort undertaken by the Consulate General of India in Bali in strengthening people-to-people connectivity through such events. He referred to the spirit of brotherhood and ‘Sombere’ of the people of South Sulawesi and stated that India will always be welcomed and supported by Makassari people. In part this is because they are known to love Indian culture, traditions, cinema, arts and music. Inviting more such events to be held in Makassar, the Vice Mayor emphasized that Makassar City is the gateway not only to the Island of Sulawesi but also to eastern Indonesia and it is imperative that relations between India and South Sulawesi be strengthened at all levels.

India-Indonesia Links Strengthened by Festival INDONESIA The ongoing Festival of India in Indonesia began on the historic date of 26 January (India’s Republic Day) and is running until June 2015. With the slogan ‘Sahabat India’, the festival seeks to strengthen and deepen people-topeople connectivity between two civilizational countries; both youthful nations, emerging economies, democratic countries and pluralistic societies. It focuses not only on showcasing the rich cultural heritage of India but also in promoting enhanced flow of tourism between the countries, aiming to further connect the friendly people of both countries. Inspired by the Festival, the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) held its 62nd Annual India Travel Congress and Exposition 2015 for three days on 26-28 March 2015 in Bali, the gateway of tourism in Indonesia.

The event was inaugurated by the Vice Governor of the Province of Bali, His Excellency Mr. I Ketut Sudikerta, along with Dr. Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati, Chairman, Bali Tourism Promotion Board (BPPD) as well as the Bali Chapter of the Indonesian Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI), Dr. Shri I Gusti Ngurah Arya Wedakarna, Senator of the Upper House (DPD) of the Indonesian Parliament and the Consul General of India in Bali, A.S. Takhi. The Vice Governor underlined the close historical & cultural ties between India and Bali in particular. He also spoke on the recent initiatives of the Government of India, including those pertaining to promotion of ancient art of Yoga and Ayurverda, as well as the upcoming International Yoga Day on 21 June 2015.

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The Great North-South Divide

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LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT

CROSSWORD

By Eamonn Sadler (www.eamonnsadler.com)

we headed into the mysterious city full of expectation – curious to see what was going on and get a measure of the place and its potential. My friends said they might buy something up there, too, if everything looked good. We were wide-eyed and excited at the prospect of crossing a new frontier and discovering a whole new world of opportunity.

"One of my friends commented that it was a good thing they were wearing such short skirts because it was the only way you could be sure they were women." I will not mention the name of the city in the north of England where I chose to go in search of the first rung on my property ladder 30 years ago, but people who know that part of the world very well may be able to guess from what follows. Just imagine grey skies, long, undulating rows of red brick terraced houses along cobbled streets and big holes in the countryside where coal mines used to be; perfect conditions for a ruthless, young property speculator from the southern English city of Oxford. My father has been a builder all his life and there is nothing he doesn’t know about houses, so I took him with me on my expeditions into the wild north so that he could give me his expert opinion, and pay for the petrol (both of which he was happy to do). After a few visits we identified a house that was within my budget, and after a lot of kicking and tapping, and a great deal of crawling about in very dirty places, my dad patted the dust out of his overalls as he stood up, smiled broadly at me and gave it the thumbs up. He was obviously very pleased that the youngest and most wayward of his progeny appeared to be growing up at last. In fact he looked so pleased with the whole thing that I felt it was only fair to put my newspaper down, get out of the car and offer him a sip of my latte. Before committing, I wanted to spend a couple of nights in the city where I was planning to invest most of my earnings for the next 25 years, so I went back the following weekend with a couple of friends and checked in to a small bed and breakfast nearby. That night

I didn’t buy the house. In fact we only stayed one night before driving back to our beloved Oxford at break-neck speed. To say that this city was rough doesn’t do it justice. It was a Friday night and when we got into the city centre every pub was packed to bursting point with very loud people throwing alcohol down their necks as if their lives depended on it. In the first pub I was inching my way through the crowd towards the bar when I accidentally bumped into a bloke who was about two feet shorter than me (I didn’t see him). I looked down at him, smiled and said “Sorry mate” as proscribed by the unwritten rules of pub etiquette where I come from. Different rules up north apparently. “Dernt fook’n smaile at me ye lanky coont an I’m not your fook’n mayet areet?” I’m not sure where he was from but for those of you who need a translation I think that means: “I say old chap, you’re rather tall and you’re being a little over-familiar in view of the fact that we haven’t yet been properly introduced.” Straight through the crowd and out the back door pronto. As young single men on the prowl, we were also eager to check out the local females and their general levels of friendliness. What we found were women who despised anyone from further than five miles away and who liked to wear the minimum clothing possible regardless of weather conditions (it was January and there were thousands of square metres of dimply white f lesh clearly visible in all directions, not that you dared look). One of my friends commented that it was a good thing they were wearing such short skirts because it was the only way you could be sure they were women (if they were men you would be able to see their tackle, even at these temperatures). I think it is fair to say that this city and Las Vegas may be two of the very few places in the world where it’s possible for men to obtain sexual favours in exchange for chips. We were in bed by 10.30pm and back in Oxford by 10am the next day. We went to our local pub that night and I think we kissed everybody in there. Southern poofters indeed we were. NB. If you are offended because you think this story is about your home town, it’s not. It’s about somewhere else.

Eamonn has lived and worked in Indonesia for over 20 years but doesn’t understand the country at all and now realises that he never will. He is an entrepreneur, businessman and writer, lead singer with expat band Xhibit A and the owner and operator of The Jakarta Comedy Club and The Bali Comedy Club.

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Wrongful Conviction By Kristan Julius

If you passed the young woman in this photograph on the street, she might remind you of someone – your sister, your former classmate, your colleague, or your fiancé. And she is all of these to someone. Until last April, Afrischa was a happy young woman, gainfully employed and planning her wedding for October of 2014. But that all tragically changed when police arrived at the kos (homestay) she shared with her younger sister in Cinere, Jakarta, to arrest her on charges of abetting sodomy, brought against her by parents of a student at Jakarta Intercultural School (formerly Jakarta International School).

to appeal her conviction with the Supreme Court. Her request for an appeal with a lower court has been inexplicably denied. She shares a 10 x 8m cell with thirteen other women. The cell has an open toilet, and the light is on 24/7. There are ten mattresses for fourteen people, which along with the bed linen are provided by the families of the prisoners. Not all can afford one. Afrischa’s aunt was able to give her both a mattress and sheets.

ccording to these parents, this young woman held their child while five other cleaners sexually assaulted him. From the very start, the story does not add up. Even when many initially thought that a rape had occurred, the idea that a young, educated woman with Afrischa’s background and prospects would participate in such a monstrous act did not seem plausible. As the truth was revealed, the JIS community and many others have come to believe that all of these young people are innocent victims of greed and corruption. They have been convicted despite a complete lack of concrete evidence, and under questionable circumstances regarding the qualifications of witnesses proclaiming to be experts during their trials. They have sworn their initial “confessions” were forced by police torture, and one of the young men died while in police custody. All of the cleaners will be appealing their convictions in a higher court. Let’s examine the facts about Afrischa. She is 24 years old, born in Kudus, Central Java, where her parents sold vegetables for a living. An education was valued in her family, who worked hard to ensure that Afrischa received one. As a child and teenager, Afrischa loved to read, and she was a promising maths student. She liked to be active, and played volleyball. After graduating from high school, she came to seek work in Jakarta. When she was employed by ISS—a Danish company— and assigned to Prikasih Hospital in South Jakarta, the family was delighted. As the eldest of four siblings, she contributed some of her earnings to pay for her younger brother and sisters’ school fees. Two of them have completed high school as well, and the third is still studying, although for how long without Afrischa’s financial help is uncertain. It was at Prikasih Hospital that she met her fiancé, a technician there, with whom she learned to mountain-climb. They planned their wedding with the help of Afrischa’s aunt, which was to be held in October of last year in her village in Java, with a second celebration in Jakarta in January of this year. She dreamt of the beautiful white kebaya she would wear for the marriage ceremony. In November of 2013, ISS moved Afrischa to the Pondok Indah elementary campus of JIS, where she was responsible for providing cleaning services. Seven months later, she was charged with the horrendous crime of child abuse. From the very beginning, she professed her innocence, and with good legal counsel, was the only cleaner detained who avoided coercion to sign a forced confession. Nevertheless she was held in custody and eventually charged. Throughout Afrischa’s imprisonment and trial, her fiancé has stood by her, and is 100% convinced of her innocence. When she received the court’s verdict, a 7-year jail sentence, he said simply, “Afrishkaldera, there may be

a lot of beautiful and devoted girls out there in the world, but you are extraordinary and the special one to me. I have no reason to leave you; I know you are not guilty. I will wait for you, for however long it takes.” After the judges read out her sentence, Afrischa straightened her shoulders, and head held high, approached the bench to shake their hands. Not one of them met her eyes. Those who know Afrischa admire her for her remarkable strength of character. Her supervisor, Ibu Dewi, describes her as “diligent and well-mannered, and an efficient worker.” A quiet young woman, she often ate quickly during her lunch break at JIS to have time for prayers. Afrischa’s mother says, “Afrischa always was very directed [sic], and knew what she wanted to achieve. She is very kind-hearted and generous, sharing with her siblings and friends, and regularly assisted those she encountered who were less fortunate. She always gave something to children and elderly begging in the street, and to the local trash pickers.” Her friends describe her as “a kind, quiet person, with a strong moral character” who liked having them over to her home. ‘Home’ for Afrischa is now the prison Rumah Tahanan Pondok Bambu, where she is awaiting the opportunity

For many, it would be a hollow existence, but even in her adversity, Afrischa continues to offer help and solace to others, sharing her food with her cellmates and reading to them from the Koran. After evening prayers, she continues reading and praying until she falls asleep. She believes this test of her character has only made her stronger and more devout, and she now fasts twice a week. She has access to the prison library, and also passes the time teaching her cellmates how to make key chains and wallets out of beads. She gives these to the JIS parents and teachers who have stood by her throughout these so challenging times. “The hardest part of this nightmare,” Afrischa says, “is being far from the family I love when they are so worried about me. I miss them very much. But,” she adds, folding her hands calmly before her, “I have learned much from this horrible injustice. I’ve learned never to be afraid if you know you are right. Don’t give up on prayers. Never give up. I cannot say this is a tragedy, but a blessing because although I have been wrongfully accused, it has brought me closer to God. I have grown to be a much stronger person because of this, and because of all the love and support I feel from the JIS community. I am innocent, and I believe that with God’s help, I will achieve my appeal and be released.” I can’t believe this quiet, composed young woman is capable of hurting any child. I believe someone is trying to make 125 million dollars by forfeiting these young people’s good names, their families’ financial futures, and precious years of their lives. I want to believe that the Indonesian legal system will see justice done. I know that Afrischa and her colleagues are innocent. Please, if you value freedom and human rights, join me in demanding transparency and due process of law in their upcoming appeals.

I’ve learned never to be afraid if you know you are right.

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A Night of Reunion with Boyzone 22 May 2015 Nineties fans amongst us will be thrilled to hear the beautiful boys from Ireland are coming to our shores in May for a night of reminiscing. The hits, the hairdos and the hip-shaking will happen at the Istora Senayan Jakarta. Tickets on sale now on the website. #BZIndo. +62 (0) 21 5639543, or www.fullcolorentertainment.com

An Evening with Michael Bolton 2 June 2015 Grammy legend Michael Bolton brings a hit-filled set list of soulful cla ssics, power ba llads and beautiful arias to Jakarta in June. Michael's artistic achievements include two Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, twenty four BMI & ASCAP Awards, nine Million-Air Awards, Hitmakers Songwriter of the Year Award and a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His diverse musical interests have produced eight Top Ten studio albums and nine charttopping singles across Pop, Jazz & Classical charts and global sales of more than 53 million. His 23rd studio album, Ain't No Mountain High Enough, (Sony Music) is an authentic tribute to Hitsville USA in collaboration with Motown legends Smokey Robinson and Valerie Simpson and features duet s w ith contempora r y artists Kelly Rowland, Michael Lington, Melanie Fiona and Delta Goodrem. Ticket Prices are: VVIP Rp.3,000,000, VIP Rp.1,750,000, Diamond Rp.1,500,000, Gold Rp.1,200,000, Silver Rp.750,000. +62 (0) 21) 3005 3560, www. rajakarcis.com or email info@ mbjakarta.com

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CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters 20 – 27 April 2015 The Masters, presented by Enjoy Jakarta, will be held at Royale Jakarta Golf Club, Jakarta. The tournament will be played over 72 holes (4 rounds) stroke play. After 36 holes the field will be cut to the leading 65 players plus ties. Prize money US$ 750,000. Play ing f ield breakdown: 96 Asian Tour Professionals, 20 PGA (Professional Golf Tour of Indonesia), 4 PGI Indonesian A mateurs, 15 Top 200 from Official Golf World Rankings, 15 Special Invitation. Total Number of participants 150 players. www. indonesianmasters.co.id Food & Drink

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Erasmus Huis Presents: An Exhibition of Drawings 2 – 30 April 2015 In commemorating its 200 th anniversary as a monarchy, the Kingdom of the Netherlands attempts to retrace its legacy and heritage in Indonesia. The record of this legacy and heritage is witnessed and recorded by Indonesia’s sketching community, called “Indonesia’s Sketchers”. Through six Javanese cities; Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Yogyakarta and Surabaya, but also Medan, in Sumatra, all sketchers looked for historical buildings of mutual heritage. The exhibition shows sketches of architecturally magnificent historical buildings, drawn live in ink, watercolour and other media in present-day context, further uniting these two countries. www.minbuza.nl

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call +62 (0) 811831521 (Indah, owner) Hello, Due to our relocation, we want to sublet out lovely house. Located in kemang near star deli bar, the house has 4 big bedrooms, spacious kitchen with kitchen c abinet , huge liv ing room , swimming pool, and big yard. Its unfurnished . The lease will expired on the 1st of december 2015, and after that if you want to do extendable pls contact the owner directly. We want to start sublet the house on the 1st of may. And about the pool staff and gardener we already have it. You only have to continue it. And also i have daily maid so if you want to use her as well pls lemme know. We paid for this house for US$2200/month but we will sublet it for US$1800/month. You can email me to vierra.indo@ yahoo.com or text me to +62 (0) 81288068436 (text only) AUTOMOTIVE

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Luxury best view house, 24 H security, private pool, Bedrooms 4 , B a t h r o om , 4 , G a r a g e 2 cars, LS 330m2, BS 300 m2. Close to Sentul Golf Course, Jungleland, International School, Hypermarket, Hospital, Culinary Center, Culture Park, Eco Park, Mall, Polo Club, Kid outbound, waterfall. Easy access to toll gate to Jakarta. Fully furnished, just bring your luggage. Minimum 2 years, Rp.350million/year (including monthly maintenance and security fee; internet and pay TV). The price equal with best view, facilities, home appliances, complete entertainment set, other interesting package. Detail furniture, home appliances, the packages will be sent by request. CP Micho +62 (0) 08129448662, micho_dyreik@yahoo.com For rent Apt Rasuna Sahid, 22th floor, approx 87m square, semi f urnished, 2 bedrooms, 2+1 bathrooms, nice kitchen. min 6 month, preferably min.1year, price 7.5mio per month. please

URGENT! Diplomatic car for sale. Toyota Camry 2.4 G.A/T, grey mica, 2005, 105,000km. Automatic transmission, US$7,000, +62 (0) 81318207548, ingmutter@gmail.com 1964 VESPA FOR SALE - 150cc VBB model. Fully restored in 2012 and remains in excellent condition. Genuine w ith all ORIGINAL paperwork in place numbers confirming chassis and engine numbers are 1964 original. A sale with much regret....only so much the shipping allowance will allow! Vespa VBB models were produced between 1960 and 1965 with the 'VBB' name coming from the prefix on the chasis/ engine number (pics can be provided). The model proved to be immensely successful and became one of those iconic 60's designs. Available for US$2,650. Contact Elton by text or Whatsapp - +62 (0) 8 1191 00734 OTHERS FOR SALE! Kubus design by Josef Hoffman style sofa and arm chairs In black full genuine aniline leather. 3-seat Sofa dimensions: W228 x D78 x H74cm SH44cm

Arm chairs dimensions: W93 x D78 x H74cm SH44cm. Bought in Hong Kong, used for 4 years and in excellent condition. Whole set sofa + 2 arm chairs Rp. 25,000,000 lundh.micke@gmail.com Garage Sale Wednesday 22 nd April 8.30-12.00 Noonastoria Residence Kav B11, Jl Pangeran Antasari 89, Cilindak. Expat Leaving, Children/Adult Clothing, Toys, Books, Ride On Toys, Dining Table/C ha irs, Pla nt s, Some Kitchen Items.

SURABAYA Jobs available Freelance Photographer / Tour Guide Needed: I have a simple and well paid task (US$20/hr) for somebody with camera and a day to spare. Need store pictures from Jakarta or Surabaya. Please email me if you're interested: karolinafiedler@hotmail.com

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Last available piece of prime land (11.5 Are) on this street Payogan/ Ubud is the ideal location to build your dream home or business. Enough space for a main house, g uest house, large pool and garden. Price Rp.3,750,000 / Are, 20 years lease including option to extend. Total Price Rp.862,500,000. Contact Su +62 (0) 8123849605 Fo r s a l e : O f f i c e a n d warehouse,1023 square meter, 3 f loors. Located on Jl Gatot Subroto Barat. More information 081338033908.

issue 139 indonesia expat

indonesia expat issue 139

issue 139 indonesia expat

indonesia expat issue 139