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Chief Editorial Advisor Leighton Cosseboom editor@indonesiaexpat.biz

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FEATURE STORY Government Policies and Expat Employment in Indonesia

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BUSINESS Why is Investor Confidence Low in Indonesia's Mining Industry?

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BUSINESS PROFILE AFEX Indonesia on Fintech and Cross-Border Payments

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LISTS Top Five Treetop Stays in Bali

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FOOD AND DRINK The Royal Kitchen: The Majesty of Northern Indian Cuisine

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NEWS FROM THE ARCHIPELAGO

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TRAVEL Taman Daun: The Whale Hunter's Library and Art Space

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SCAMS IN THE CITY German Expat and Indonesian Wife Jailed for Bali Resort Swindle

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INFO FOR EXPATS An Investor's Guide: How to Acquire a Local Company

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DEVELOPMENT Opinion: The Way Forward for Sustainable Transportation in Bali

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VIEWPOINTS Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Healthcare

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WORTHY CAUSES Sporting a Change

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The dispute between Freeport-McMoRan and the Indonesian government has dominated news headlines in recent weeks. The situation captures the attention of expats in particular who work for the mining behemoth – and therefore are getting laid off and sent home – but also those who have other business dealings in the archipelago. The drama leaves many foreigners outside the mining game to wonder if their sector is perhaps the next one ripe for regulations and rollbacks on foreign ownership and taxation. On the other hand, many see Indonesia’s policy plays as smart and needed to prevent western imperialism in the country. Whichever narrative you are inclined to favour, one thing is certain: this case will set a new precedent for foreign investor interest in Indonesia.

We’ve got some great stories for you this time around. Our team has put together an informative piece on government policies toward hiring expats and our new freelancer Melati Kartini takes an in-depth look at why investor confidence is diminishing as a result of the country’s mining industry woes.

Nadya Joy Gozon Ador interviews the CEO of a global payments company in Indonesia, while Bali-based Stephanie Brookes highlights the island’s top five treetop hotels. May Tien visits Royal Kitchen for a culinary review and Grace Susetyo sheds light on the struggles and development of one of Indonesia’s oldest whale hunting cultures. Kenneth Yeung shares the raw facts on a Bali resort scam that involves two foreigners. Amina Ghazi opines on the fossil fuel industry’s effects on the country’s famous tourist destination and Hans Rooseboom shares an interesting story on traditional Chinese medicine versus western treatments.

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GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND EXPAT EMPLOYMENT IN INDONESIA

By Leighton Cosseboom The number of expat workers in Indonesia continues to decline this year due to low commodity prices and the government tightening rules related to employing foreigners, according to a mid-2016 report from local business portal Indonesia-Investments.

In the first five months of last year, a mere 72,399 temporary residential permits (including renewals) were issued to expats. The chances are slim that the number of foreign workers in the archipelago during 2017 will equal the 171,944 expat workers that were active in 2015.

Experts say the main reason for fewer incoming foreign workers is the fact that consistently low commodity prices have led to a slowdown in exploration and production within Indonesia’s oil and gas sector.

Chevron Indonesia Company (the local subsidiary of US-based Chevron) is an interesting case. Last year, the business announced that it would give back all of its oil and gas assets in the East Kalimantan block to the government by October of 2018.

France’s Total and Japan’s Inpex – each holding a 50 percent stake in the Mahakam block – will see their production sharing contracts with Indonesia come to an end this year due to the government not extending their contracts.

Instead, the country’s state-owned Pertamina and the regional East Kalimantan government will grab 70 percent ownership of the Mahakam block next year and the remaining 30 percent will be divided between Total and Inpex.

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Most people who care about news related to the employment of foreigners in Indonesia will be aware of the massive dispute between American mining giant Freeport-McMoRan and Indonesia. Essentially, the government has asked Freeport to divest 51 percent of its ownership stake in the Grasberg mine in Papua, build a smelting plant of its own and pay an export tax with rates linked to the progress of said smelter construction.

The company employs approximately 32,000 people in Papua and has already laid off 10 percent of its expatriate workforce as a result. It plans to dismiss more contract workers if the production halt continues.

Policy plays like this are what will continue to reduce the number of foreign workers in Indonesia. But apart from the country making moves to take back more ownership of its natural resources, the government also aims to address the issue of unemployment in the nation.

Early 2016 stats show that nearly 5.5 percent of the population is unemployed, and a sizable portion of that number includes skilled professionals.

Government policy is clear that it doesn’t want a firm in Indonesia (be it foreign or local) to hire an expat for a role that can be done by an Indonesian.

Essentially this means young foreigners with little work experience will only end up in Indonesia as English teachers or volunteers. Although it’s important to note that along with the country’s Internet business boom, some people in their midand late-20s do get parachuted into Indonesia by company builders like Rocket Internet to work at digital startups.

Additionally, the government claims to have begun reworking its oversight system on foreigners amid growing concerns of expats exploiting their visas to work in the country illegally. Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto said in January that Indonesia would set up a task force to monitor the movement of foreigners entering the country.

“The monitoring will ensure foreigners who enter and move across Indonesia do not have a hidden agenda, such as working illegally, or even committing terror acts or being involved in the illegal drug trade,” the minister told reporters.

The task force is supposedly designed to fill a gap in the current system, which is more geared towards monitoring foreigners when they entered the country, yet inevitably lost track of them when they moved to other areas, he added.

National Police Deputy Chief Comr. Gen. Syafruddin said the task force would be similar in nature to the foreigner oversight team under the National Police, which was established by the Suharto administration but later dissolved by a 2011 immigration law.

The announcement of said task force comes after a crackdown on foreigners violating visas in Indonesia in 2016. Data from the Law and Human Rights Ministry’s Directorate General of Immigration showed that last year, 7,787 foreigners (the largest portion of whom were from China) were penalized for violating immigration policy.

In order for a business in Indonesia to hire an expat, it must have permission from the government. Getting this permission can be a long and arduous process,

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“After all the dust settles and the visas and documents are issued, the company must also pay a monthly tax of roughly US$100 for each expat it brings aboard. This tax alone results in an approximate US$1,200 annual cost for employing just one foreigner.”

one that is expensive for the company and laden with difficult bureaucracy. Hiring a foreigner is not a decision taken without careful consideration by most companies.

The government’s policy states that expats working in Indonesia need to be ‘experts’ in their industries, effectively meaning the candidate must have five or more years of experience. In the case of native speaking English language teachers, however, this usually doesn’t have to be the case.

For the the government to grant permission to a business looking to hire foreigners, the company needs to show precisely why the job needs to be occupied by a foreigner. It also needs to prove that the expat has the proper and relevant education for the role. It also needs to make it through an interview with the department of manpower and offer a plan to the department which shows an open slot in the business for a new employee.

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After all the dust settles and the visas and documents are issued that make the foreign employee legitimate, the company must also pay a monthly tax of roughly US$100 for each expat it brings aboard. This money goes to the manpower ministry, which in turn is supposed to use it for the sake of training Indonesian workers and levelling up their skills in certain sectors.

This tax alone results in an approximate US$1,200 annual cost for employing one foreigner.

For this reason, the upfront expenses are high as this monthly fee must be ready immediately. However, it’s worth noting that the employment taxes are relatively

low compared to developed countries. The total cost of hiring a foreigner is not exactly low but it achieves what the law intends to – qualified local candidates have an advantage over similarly qualified foreign ones.

But in spite of the government’s protectionist attitude towards the employment of foreigners in Indonesia, in recent months, President Jokowi has said he would like foreigners to run some of Indonesia’s big stateowned businesses for the sake of knowledge transfer to the locals.

“The bottom line is that foreigners could temporarily lead and manage some state-owned enterprises so that those companies could progress rapidly,” suggested the president. “But we would retain ownership [and these] companies should remain state property.”

Several of the government’s initiatives – namely an ambitious infrastructure push for the archipelago – rely on foreign investment. Critics will argue that Indonesia, through its policy plays, aims to have all the benefits of foreign talent and money (e.g. teaching locals how to replace their foreign counterparts, setting up infrastructure and operations for oil, gas and mining sectors, and more), but without the pesky caveat of letting foreigners easily own or control much of anything in reality.

Those at the opposite end of the spectrum are sure to argue the counterpoint, which is that Indonesia needs to protect its resources and find smart ways to solve its unemployment problem.

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Why is Investor Confidence Low in Indonesia’s Mining Industry?

It’s no secret that Indonesia is a major player in the global mining industry. A country rich in natural resources, it has abundance in copper, gold, tin and nickel, and is also one of the world’s largest exporters of thermal coal.

Indonesia needs foreign investment to tap into its potential, however, and as is so often the case, an ever-changing and uncertain legal landscape has become a major obstacle for foreign investment to thrive in this sector.

By Melati Kartini INDONESIA has seen a decline in the investment of mining in recent years, even though global mining companies rank the country highly in terms of coal and mineral prospects. Weary investor confidence comes down to several factors, namely a continued reaction to the global energy and raw material market price slump that hit its lowest in Q1 2016, as well as the Indonesian government’s flip-flopping of policies in this sector, which has stemmed from regulation changes made eight years ago.

The Not-So-New Law

Early in Jokowi’s administration, Law No. 4/2009 on Mineral and Coal Mining, known as the ‘New Mining Law’, was introduced. The idea was to boost export revenue to Indonesia’s raw ores before shipping, which would be done through the growth of domestic refining and smelting facilities that would keep the downstream processes within the nation, and add value to the industry.

In a nutshell, the New Mining Law halted the old practice of exporting mineral ore. But it would seem the law came too little too late, and without much forethought, which has rendered it ineffective.

Since 2014, the government further tightened the law on the export of raw mineral ores, including copper, nickel, bauxite, gold, silver and tin, causing mineral export earnings to fall, which led to a significant tax shortfall. This export ban also caused a substantial reduction in the mining sector, with growth declining from 4.3 percent in 2011 to -3.4 percent in 2015.

A full-scale export ban on concentrates was set to take effect in January, but with companies lagging behind expectations on downstream and smelter developments, the restrictions on exports of nickel ore and bauxite have been relaxed. Companies who can now demonstrate that they are in the process of developing smelters are exempt and will be allowed to export ore.

Rife with Corruption

According to the Fraser Institute, Canada-based policy research and educational organization, Indonesia ranks lowest in the “state of the investment climate in the mining 8

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Freeport’s Grasberg Mine

sector across the world”, with limited investment being made in recent years.

To add to the range of challenges already evident in mining, this sector also lacks transparency and is perceived as a source of much of the country’s corruption.

Indonesia Versus Freeport

At the centre of disputes that test Indonesia’s ability to implement new industrial policies, and a story that has been making global headlines, is the case of Freeport versus the Indonesian government. Grasberg in Papua is the largest gold mine and third largest copper mine in the world, operated by PT Freeport Indonesia, a subsidiary of United States miner Freeport-McMoRan Inc.

converted in line with the New Mining Law, requiring it to change its CoW to a special mining license, Izin Usaha Pertambangan Khusus (IUPK), to continue exporting copper concentrate.

PT Freeport Indonesia spokesperson Riza Pratama told Indonesia Expat, “Upon conversion to IUPK, the government requires the company to forfeit its CoW, which could jeopardize our stability and certainty of our operations.”

A switch to IUPK status would involve changes to taxes and other terms from which Freeport Indonesia is currently exempt. The miner would need to start paying a dividend tax, a 10 percent value-added tax (VAT) and

Since it began operations in the ‘70s, PT Freeport Indonesia has paid more than US$16.5 billion in taxes. Plans to expand the mine over the next 25 years would produce a further US$40 billion to the government, but due to continuing changes in regulations, the future of the mine is very unclear.

In 1991, Freeport and the Indonesian Government signed a Contract of Work (CoW), granting the company the right to operate until 2021. The government, however, wants the old contract to be

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an export duty of up to 7.5 percent on copper concentrate exports. It would also need to divest up to 51 percent of its Indonesian unit compared with the current mandatory 30 percent (the miner has up until now only divested 9.36 percent).

The dispute is ongoing, and as of 10 February, Freeport stopped production due to a labour strike, letting go of 10 percent of its expatriate workforce, those mainly working on an underground development project – the building of two large underground mines that would replace the open pit mine. The company employs around 32,000 people and would be forced to lay off more workers if it continues to be unable to export. “We will be left

Melati is a freelance writer in Jakarta

“The development of a second smelter is estimated to cost more than US$2 billion, an investment particularly heavy due to power and infrastructure, and would actually lose the company hundreds of millions of dollars each year.”

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with no other choice but to reduce our production capacity to 40 percent, which will then reduce our operations, domestic purchase, contractors and direct employees,” says Pratama.

Critics believe both parties need to work together to create a win-win solution. Some believe Freeport needs to get on board with the new mining practices, which will help to improve its negative reputation as a symbol of US economic imperialism in Indonesia.

The government, on the other hand, should realize that building smelters is capital-intensive and has substantial long-term risks, and should offer incentive for miners to embark on such high-risk investments. The 51 percent divestment requirement will most likely hinder further investment in this already volatile sector.

Where’s the Infrastructure?

Another very serious concern miners have is inadequate supporting infrastructure and a skilled workforce in place to support downstream processing facilities. In order for a company to develop processing facilities such as a smelter, miners may also have to fund and develop much of the supporting infrastructure, including power, rail, roads, and ports. It would also need to hire foreign workers to train locals on the development and use of smelting facilities, which is an issue in itself, since in recent years the government seems to have developed a more nationalistic stance, making it harder to hire foreign workers, particularly in mining.

strain the New Mining Law is on miners. The company is currently conducting preliminary engineering on a second smelter that that would be able to handle 100 percent of copper concentrate domestically – the company’s existing copper smelting plant, PT Smelting Gresik, built in 1996, can only manage 40 percent.

“We are still committed to developing an additional smelter facility as long as the government grants legal and fiscal certainty for the company’s longterm operating rights,” says Pratama.

“To date, PT Freeport Indonesia has not obtained this assurance, as the government has not given approval for the contract’s extension beyond 2021.”

According to Pratama, during almost 20 years of its operation, the smelter in Gresik has not provided a reasonable return on investment. “Only 50 percent of the copper cathodes produced are sold in the country – the rest are exported,” he says. The development of a second smelter is estimated to cost more than US$2 billion, an investment particularly heavy due to power and infrastructure, and would actually lose the company hundreds of millions of dollars each year.

It seems nobody is certain how this story will pan out, but PT Freeport Indonesia somehow remains optimistic.

Pratama is hopeful the company will “stay in Papua and sustain productive mining operations so that the mine continues to create benefits to the province's economy and drive 94 percent of the economy of Mimika.”

PT Freeport Indonesia can put into context how much of a financial

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AFEX INDONESIA ON FINTECH AND CROSS-BORDER PAYMENTS As the world’s fourth most populous country, which has 742 different languages, 18,307 islands and a middle-income class that is larger than Australia’s, Indonesia is without a doubt a country of big numbers and opportunities. This is especially true for the global payments space.

By Nadya Joy Ador Associated Foreign Exchange (AFEX) is a big company. The firm is a global payment and risk management business and is one of the world’s largest non-bank, private providers of payment solutions.

Currently, the company serves more than 30,000 corporates and expats with crossborder payment and risk management services in 19 markets around the world.

Like many other foreign companies, AFEX came to Indonesia lured by its ‘big numbers equal big opportunities’ equation.

The business was inspired by research and studies that predicted the country would have more than 180 million middleincome earners by 2030.

AFEX Indonesia CEO and Country Manager Paul Norwood spoke with Indonesia Expat in an interview to talk about the nature of his business, the challenges and how he and his team have worked together over the years to solve problems.

Norwood has been in the foreign exchange (FX) and payments business for more than two decades already, having served stints at Westpac Banking Corp and American Express. These jobs have taken him around the world, stationing him in cities like New York, Sydney and Singapore.

Norwood was General Manager for American Express FX International Payments in Singapore when AFEX found him and offered him the opportunity to lead its aggressive expansion plan

Jakarta Welcomes New Creative Space for Young Entrepreneurs

The new space has several unique facilities including a workshop area, library, meeting rooms and a computer lab. Additionally, it includes a co-working office for entrepreneurs, startup companies and small and medium enterprises.

According to Ahok, Jakarta Creative Hub was established to cater to the younger generation’s interests and potentials in developing the local creative economy sector.

Governor Basuki ‘Ahok’ Tjahaja Purnama has officially opened Jakarta Creative Hub for young entrepreneurs.

“This is for the youths, the creative minds who would like to start a business. Therefore, this is not only a gathering place for communities, [but the hub] also provides tools and co-office spaces,” said Ahok, as quoted by Jakarta Globe.

The city administration recently opened a creative space for the younger generation. Jakarta Creative Hub was built as a place for young people in the city to grow their startups and creative businesses.

Ahok adds that the government is planning to build more creative spaces if Jakarta Creative Hub proves successful. Jakarta Creative Hub opened on Wednesday, March 1, 2017.

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across Asia. He jumped at the chance, which he saw as an opportunity to be part of an exciting and ambitious global organization.

AFEX claims the company grew rapidly from its inception in 1979 until 2010.

AFEX opened offices in Australia, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. In the US, the firm’s headquarters is located in Woodland Hills, California. AFEX also has a presence in Italy and Canada, while expansion plans are currently tapping European and Asian markets.

“In Indonesia, we compete against the banks offering corporates and expats an alternative way of moving money around the world. Our value lies in the services we offer our clients, which include a dedicated relationship manager, same-day value transactions and competitive FX pricing,” Norwood explains.

The CEO was quick to add that the barriers to entry in the payments sector are high. He said, “Bank Indonesia issues licensing only to those who are able to demonstrate they have robust compliance programmes to ensure risk of money laundering or terrorism financing is low.”

Norwood predicts there won’t be too much change in the immediate future, but believes that financial technology (fintech) will increasingly play an important role in the market, particularly when fintech firms are able to demonstrate a more “disruptive” contribution than just providing “status quo” results.

World Bank and Private Companies Plan to Address Poverty in Yogyakarta The Yogyakarta Regional Legislative Council revealed that World Bank and private firms are set to help the city alleviate poverty.

The Council has met the government to ask for solutions that could help the city reduce its poverty rate by 2019. The poverty rate in Yogyakarta currently stands at 13 percent and multiple parties are now involved in making sure that the city finds a way to curb poverty.

One of the concerns related to poverty in Yogyakarta is public housing. This year World Bank has agreed to help revamp 30,000 uninhabitable houses in 34

Nadya Joy Ador is a Philippines-based journalist and editor for Content Collision. She routinely covers business, news, and human interest topics. For more information, please visit www.ContentCollision.co

“Our FX rates always beat the banks, our fees are very low (US$2.20 to US$7.50) and through our extensive global network, we deliver your funds to your foreign bank account within hours.”

Norwood told Indonesia Expat that AFEX is investing heavily in fintech platforms around the world and has recently introduced API capabilities to reduce the time and effort for businesses to process international payments.

He added, “Ongoing investment in this area is required to ensure success […] as is cultivating an environment to innovate through predicting our corporate and expat customers’ future needs.”

Norwood described that while the majority of AFEX’s clients come from the corporate world, the company also operates a successful expat payment service that has so far been given positive feedback.

“Our FX rates always beat the banks, our fees are very low (US$2.20 to US$7.50) and through our extensive global network, we deliver your funds to your foreign bank account within hours […] Our transaction process can be handled over the phone or online, which means no more forms and bank branch queues – all these as

opposed to bank FX transactions where the customer pays between one and three percent for their FX transactions, plus a fee of US$10 to US$25 and the money arrives two to three days later.”

When asked how he could advise entrepreneurs looking to get into the global payment and risk management industry in Indonesia, the AFEX Indonesia country manager was quick to stress the importance of finding reliable support services for payroll, tax compliance, HR and recruitment.

“Whether you are importing or exporting through your business or need to send money home to cover your mortgage or pay for an emergency or send a family member some birthday shopping money, you will need to have a global payments specialist you can trust to provide you with a great service and price. We will be happy to play that part for you,” Norwood said. www.afex.com

provinces. Private firms will also be joining the initiative by revamping slum areas and refurbishing uninhabitable houses.

The council’s Commission C member Anton Prabu Semendawai claimed that Yogyakarta wishes to learn from Bali by continuing to help local governments combat poverty and its affiliated issues like public housing.

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Stephanie is a professional travel writer and co-author of ‘Indonesia Hidden Heritage’.

Top Five Treetop Stays in Bali

By Stephanie Brookes While the island is often regarded as a beach paradise with a variety of boat tours and diving options, many foreigners are looking for the quintessential jungle experience when they get on a plane bound for Bali.

If you are keen to stay somewhere that is surrounded by nature, here are our picks for the top five treetop stays in Bali.

Sunrise House

This luxury four-level bamboo house has an on-site restaurant that delivers beautifully presented meals to your door. This means you can have more time (and privacy) in your bamboo haven surrounded by the sights and sounds of nature.

Sunrise House is somewhat of an architectural bamboo masterpiece, matched with high-end service. Guests are sure to feel treetop-high with towering bamboo rafters and a swirling staircase that takes you on a journey through four levels of the three-bedroom stay.

The open-air design enables window-free living, and as you look down on the mighty Ayung River valley, you cannot help but immediately feel relaxed.

Sleeping is peaceful under your large soft cream canopy sleeping net. The energy of the nearby river

and the feeling of the breeze gently circling the house contribute to a calm state of mind. There are five bamboo homes available, all located 25 minutes from Ubud.

Address: Jalan Tanah Ayu, Sibang Gede, Abiansemal, Kabupaten Badung, Bali 80352 For a booking, visit www.airbnb.com/rooms/798483

Magical Tree House

One of the fun things about this treetop accommodation on the edge of the jungle is that you literally get to live with a tree. Your little twolevel, two-bedroom house has a tree growing inside.

Showering upstairs is another delight, as you can gaze out at the spacious gardens and rice fields.

In the evening, the tree house becomes fairly romantic and soft mood lighting surrounds you. Perhaps the most unique feature of this stay is the downstairs bathroom that opens into a waterfall curtain. Walk directly through the veil of water to plunge into your private pool. The accommodation is only 1.6 kilometres from the city’s central district, so you have both seclusion in nature and the close by buzz and action of Ubud.

Address: Jalan Raya Pengosekan, Ubud, Bali 80571 For a booking, visit www.airbnb.com/rooms/792724

When guests arrive at this remote mountain spot, they may not want to leave. A private path from your accommodation leads to a stunning waterfall with a 12-metre drop only five minutes away. This eco-resort goes a step further and makes its own hydropower – right in the waterfall.

This secluded mountain retreat in Central Bali is located at the foot of Mount Batukaru.

For guests who want who want to learn more about cooking, the restaurant has an open kitchen and hosts cooking classes daily. The Australian owners take pride in their attention to detail. A commitment to sustainable eco-principles is rendered at this unique retreat in the middle of nature.

Your eco-bungalow, The Waterfall Bungalow, is positioned at treetop level. To get to Mount Batukaru, you’ll need to travel two hours from the airport, taking a scenic route through a greenbelt known as the ‘Rice Bowl of Bali’.

Address: Kanciana Village, Desa Gunung Salak, Selemadeg Timur, Mount Batukaru, Tabanan, Bali 82113 For more information, visit www.baliecostay.com

Bali Eco Stay

Tree House in Vintage Eco-Village

Villa Pererepan

The opulent Awang Awang Resort is made up of five villas, and the treetop pick is Villa Pererepan.

The room is for couples and swimming in your own plunge pool is a relaxing experience with the jungle surrounding you. If you’re a fan of wildlife, the Petanu River courses through the jungle valley below and from your balcony you can watch the antics of a troupe of monkeys that hang out in the valley.

Living in the wild with plenty of forest fruits and food, they have no inclination to enter the resort area, but their lively exchanges can keep you enthralled for hours.

The name of the resort, Awang Awang, means the space that hovers between heaven and earth. A restful stay awaits you in nature, high in the treetops.

Only consider this stay, located 4.5 kilometres from Ubud, if you are happy to take a steep flight of stairs to gain access.

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This is a budget-style accommodation in a mango tree. The tree house features a tree growing out of the lounge, bathroom and through the rooftop.

A couple’s or single’s retreat, this quiet one-bedroom accommodation aims to please. If you love deserted beaches and a natural environment, this might be the place for you. The hidden beach location near this five-bungalow venue adds to its allure. You get to sleep, read

books and eat in a tree, which serves as the focal point within the villa.

Bicycles are available, and just a 10-minute ride away, the clear turquoise waters of Balangan Beach await. Tucked away near the South Kuta area of Bali and only one hour from the airport, this hidden gem is considered more of a hangout for locals rather than a developed tourist location.

Address: Vintage Village, Balangan Beach, South Kuta, Bali 80361 For a booking, visit www.airbnb.com/ rooms/9035833

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May Tien is an award-winning home cook and champion of dispersive cuisines.

THE ROYAL KITCHEN

THE MAJESTY OF NORTHERN INDIAN CUISINE A popular Indian restaurant on the ground floor of the Bellagio Boutique Mall delivers a brilliant array of Northern Indian fare in the heart of the Mega Kuningan shopping and dining district.

By May Tien The businessmen started streaming in around 11:30 am, almost arriving on cue for the just-set lunch buffet. Each seated table had at least one tall glass of lassi adorning it, many more with hot teas and water glasses filled expectantly whilst sitting atop warmly lit solid wood furnishings. Gentle melodic songs travelled through the dining room. Musings from a sitar plucked playfully along. Near the entrance of the restaurant, an incense stick burned close to a Ganesh statue colourfully decorated with flowers.

To say that Royal Kitchen is an elegantly designed restaurant is an understatement. As if one was intently studying a detailed panel in a Mughal period painting of courtesans and princes, the dining room is a rich reflection of the gorgeous South Asian culture from which the cuisine is derived. Ambers, reds, ochres all take centre stage along with the rugs and golden embellishments that adorn the walls. Each element lends itself in some way to the beauty and bounty of the Asian subcontinent.

Prawn Biryani

Malai Kofta

Northern India has possibly some of the most aromatic dishes in this world. The historical influence from the Middle East and Central Asia provides many layers to consider. Generally, when you walk into a Northern Indian restaurant, you are eating the amalgam of generations of crossover spices and techniques. So whether you are an avid fan of this style of food or trying your hand at it for the first time, a lunch buffet may be the most viable option to sample the best dishes.

On this particular Friday, there was a formidable spread. On the main buffet table, there were two styles of rice: an onion pullao and chicken biryani.

In Indian cuisine, it is usually basmati: a fragrant, thin, long-grain style of rice. Likely first cultivated in India, it became popular with traders from the Middle East and became inextricably linked to their cuisine.

Something as basic as rice certainly deserves the utmost attention and The Royal Kitchen’s pullao and biryani are excellent renditions: fluffy, fragrant, perfectly steamed. The naan is hearty and chewy, providing a nice springboard for thick gravies and curries. The Royal Kitchen’s puri bhaji is excellent, with a puffy whole-wheat puri (deep-fried flat bread that inflates from the intense heat of the oil, which then creates a massive air pocket in the centre similar to a balloon) accompanied with a mildly spiced potato curry. This dish is usually enjoyed as a quick street snack in India. Straight out of the fryer, the puri was a delight and a great addition to the buffet meal.

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Some highlights from the buffet were the mutton curry – tender morsels of mutton slow-cooked in a thick, brown gravy. The paneer, Indian-style firm cottage cheese cubes, was a briny and lovely addition to the vegetarian curry.

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The chana ki dal is a luscious yellow split chickpea soup/curry that has hints of tomato and cumin. It is delicious mixed with the onion pullao. Not to be

missed is the lauki kofta, light and airy little balls made with a type of gourd (the dish is vegetarian) and steeped in a tomato and onion gravy. Roasted chicken wings marinated in spicy yogurt and roasted in the oven rounded up the special buffet, with many items not found in the regular printed menu.

My favourite item by far would have to be the refreshingly tangy papri chaat. Popular in Northern India, it is typically a street food item that combines all of the best flavours and textures: sweet, salty, sour, creamy, crunchy and spicy.

Crispy, fried wafers of dough (the papri) and boiled potatoes are drenched in yogurt, tamarind sauce and mint sauce. It is a special appetizer that prepares the digestive system for a proper meal according to Ayurvedic philosophy. Although I can’t guarantee that was the case with me, this chaat (or “snack” as we say in English) hit all the high notes and was the perfect balance to the spicier curries and heavier food items from the buffet. Think of it as the Indian version of the rojak but without fruit and with a lot more textures and flavours.

“It is a special appetizer that prepares the digestive system for a proper meal according to Ayurvedic philosophy.

Although I can’t guarantee that was the case with me, this chaat (or “snack” as we say in English) hit all the high notes and was the perfect balance to the spicier curries and heavier food items from the buffet.”

The Royal Kitchen is indeed one of those rare gems where you find traditional Northern Indian flavours in a majestic setting. It is a very well curated spot for business lunches, family meals or a fun night out (there is a full-service bar) on the weekend with friends.

Being located on the ground floor of the Bellagio Boutique Mall is also a bonus for those office workers and Kuningan residents who want to stay within the neighbourhood but not miss out on a fancy meal.

The restaurant also has the capacity to cater and does takeaway meals via Klik-Eat delivery. I highly advise dining inside the restaurant, however, to experience the décor and friendly service, and to also feast upon the special buffet.

The Royal Kitchen The Bellagio Boutique Mall, Ground Floor 16 Jalan Kawasan, Mega Kuningan Barat, Jakarta Selatan 12950 Telephone: +622130029975 Website: www.theroyalkitchenjakarta.com

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ARCHIPELAGO Mining Policy Overhaul Sparks Standoff with Stakeholders

Instead of strengthening the country’s smelting industry, policy shifts led to workers being laid off, mine closures and a fall in government revenues.

While the rollback will stand to benefit some companies, it has stirred uproar among stakeholders who have invested millions of dollars in the country’s smelting industry, the process where metals are extracted from their ores.

Some companies are infuriated with the policy shift as the government continues to require them to sign new permits that do not provide as much protection as mining companies need.

US-based mining giant Freeport-McMoRan, which has grabbed headlines for its recent dispute with the Indonesian government, has stopped all its copper shipments and operations in Grasberg, located in the province of Papua near Puncak Jaya and considered the world’s secondbiggest copper pit. Freeport reasons that the government has already enjoyed more than US$16.5 billion in taxes the company has paid since 1991.

Once again, Indonesia’s key mining sector is in controversial turmoil with the policy shift on mineral exports triggering frustration for firms struggling to make it in Southeast Asia’s largest economy.

Now, with the latest shift in mining policy, a potentially damaging dead heat is brewing between the Indonesian government and one of the world’s mining giants, which is a major investor in the country.

The series of regulatory changes from the government has also triggered jitters among other mining giants and investors, with some already planning to leave the country instead of dealing with unpredictable circumstances with the government and concerned industries.

While natural resources are plentiful in the archipelago, critics are constantly pointing fingers at the government for its lack of effective national policies to help the country capitalize on them.

In early 2014, the government announced that starting in January of 2017, all shipments of copper concentrates will be banned, as part of efforts to help the country’s transformation from being a supplier of raw materials to being recognized as a producer of finished goods.

Jakarta-based lawyer and mining expert Bill Sullivan told AFP that the government’s lack of consistency in terms of endorsing policies and regulations has been one of the inherent problems of the mining industry over the past few years.

Indonesia to Allocate US$1 Billion Every Year to Help Fight Ocean Waste In a proposal, Pandjaitan presented that Indonesia will achieve a 70 percent reduction in ocean waste within a span of eight years. His plan included the development of new industries that would make use of seaweed, cassava and other biodegradable materials to make alternatives for plastic. He also cited the use of other measures including a sustained public education campaign to encourage awareness, as well as imposing a nationwide tax on plastic bags.

At last week’s 2017 World Oceans Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Maritime A f fairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan announced that the government has pledged up to US$1 billion annually to help reduce plastics and other waste in its oceans.

According to a World Bank report, Indonesia comes in second behind China as the biggest dumper of waste in the ocean, where each of its more than 250 million inhabitants is responsible for an estimated 0.8 to 1 kilograms of plastic waste every year.

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Sitting at the heart of the Coral Triangle, Indonesia boasts the world’s highest marine biodiversity levels. Its rich coral reef ecosystems provide food security for millions, support fisheries and attract tourists.

The country’s commitment to curb ocean waste is part of the United Nation’s latest campaign, ‘Clean Seas.’ From cutting down on plastic use such as singleuse coffee cups and shopping bags to eliminating plastic packaging, the latest US campaign aims to address rising concerns about consumer plastics through various actions and programmes. Nine other countries including Uruguay have joined Indonesia in the campaign.

Hyperloop Tech Begins Feasibility Study for Indonesian Routes One of the world’s futuristic vacuum tubebased transportation system developers Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) has started its US$2.5 million feasibility study for possible routes it can build in Indonesia.

HTT Chief Operations Officer Bibop Gresta told Tech in Asia that the company closed a joint venture agreement at Indonesia’s ministry of transportation last week called Hyperloop Transtek Indonesia with Indonesian partners, entrepreneurs Ron Mullers and Dwi Putranto Sulaksono.

The transport technology company is mapping out plans on the Hyperloop development system that would run three routes in the archipelago: one to connect Jakarta with satellite town Tangerang, one to connect airports across Java and another in North Sumatra.

The Hyperloop is basically an elongated tube, which contains capsules that would carry passengers and goods, depressurized to a near vacuum point. Because of magnetic levitation, the passenger-carrying capsules would float, and the almost frictionless propulsion technology makes it an energy efficient transportation alternative.

Gresta explained that with the Hyperloop producing more energy that it needs, it would be possible to “monetize the transportation system through means other than passenger fares, such as selling off its excess electricity.”

HTT and Hyperloop One, which are both based in the US, are the main contenders in the race to be the first to build a commercial Hyperloop track. Both names are practically competing for the same pool of investors, contracts and partners across the world.

The Hyperloop design was first put forward in 2013 by SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk, but to date, no significant tube-based transportation systems have been seriously attempted anywhere in the world. This leads many stakeholders to take the supposed initiative and feasibility study with a grain of salt.

Grace Susetyo is a Jakarta-based freelance journalist. Having recently completed a Master of Development Studies, Grace’s research focused on indigenous identity and social capital in West Papua.

TAMAN DAUN

The Whale Hunter’s Library and Art Space Text and Images by Grace Susetyo

As I first lay eyes on Taman Daun, I had to ask myself, “Where am I?” Having spent the past three months wandering through the rainforests and coastal villages of Nusa Tenggara, I wasn’t expecting to find a cozy, openair library-café in a breezy garden, finely decorated with tasteful paintings, musical instruments, jars of seashells and inspirational quotes in English.

Then I saw the monstrous whale bones displayed underneath a series of paintings of whale tails. Inside, I was welcomed by weavers Mama Gita and Mama Lisa who were arranging resist-dyed threads to be woven into a fabric bearing the local whale motif.

In their culture, not only do women make tenun ikat fabric to wear and sell, but they also hold regular social gatherings for spinning threads out of cotton and ceremonies for weaving these threads into ropes to moor their husbands’ anchors and hoist their sails.

A banner flying over the cozy art gallery says ‘Gerakan Seribu Buku untuk Lembata’ – One Thousand Books for Lembata.

Taman Daun started as a simple library, playhouse and cultural space in the late 1980s in the home of local painter and lamafa (whale hunter) Goris Batafor. In 1984, Batafor gave up a promising job with the Department of Fisheries in Bali to take care of his aging parents in Lewoleba and spent his time volunteering for public health, agricultural and cultural causes.

Today, Taman Daun has been running three generations strong.

Originally from Lamalera – a village in South Lembata best known for the lamafa tradition and its association with local Roman Catholicism – but unable to return due to customary restrictions, Batafor aspires to build a ‘mini Lamalera’ in Lembata’s capital town.

To the people of Lamalera, lamafa culture is not just a means of putting food on the table or gaining power and wealth.

It is the very backbone of their society through which social structures are built and skills and values are transmitted intergenerationally.

“I envision Taman Daun as a space for stories of the lamafa to live on, even if the practice ceases,” Batafor explains his unfinished dream. “We need a museum to store our pledang clan boats and other artefacts and keep them in prime condition. We need a space where local lamafa communities can meet outsiders who open our minds to the importance of passing our stories to the next generation.”

But finding funding has been a challenge, as well as standing up to Lamalera culture’s resistant status quo.

With the rise of tourism and social media, there is a great interest in ‘selling’ Lamalera for its controversial whale hunting traditions. But this, said Batafor, is ironically one of the causes of the culture’s demise.

“We complain that young men no longer sail our pledang or sing our ancestors’ lamafa songs. Tourists go to sea on motorized Johnson boats and play recorded pop music,” said Batafor.

“Commercializing lamafa culture also causes a disregard for cultural protocols.

For example, tradition forbids a lamafa to go to sea when he has a falling out with someone else. But with tourism, the show must go on. At sea, they kill whale species that our ancestors forbade hunting, or [even] a mother whale nursing her calf.

Then they easily write it off as an innocent mistake to be absolved through an apology ritual to the sea.”

While lamafa culture remains central to the Lamalera identity, Batafor said he believes in the importance of seeking a culture’s vision to change with the times and the form in which this generation’s culture is to be perpetuated. Tensions are rising, as the international community scrutinizes lamafa culture for animal cruelty and sustainability issues, while lamafa clans also fight for the ownership of their culture among divided interests.

“The Maori of New Zealand also have a whaling culture. But today they manage to find sustainable ways of keeping the culture alive,” noted Batafor. The Maori regard the whale as a sacred incarnate of the ocean god Tangaroa – a story that continues to be told through Maori art, literature and education. Maori whale bone carving remains a thriving craft that utilizes the bones of beached whales.

In the early 2010s, the World Wide Fund for Nature started a whale conservation project in Lembata, which assisted lamafa in switching to tuna fishing and attempted to introduce whale watching tourism.

“That way, the whale continues to sustain our widows and orphans, but they need not be killed for it,” said Batafor. “But the idea of going from ‘hunter’ to ‘watcher’ offends many lamafa.”

Batafor started Taman Daun as a collaborative space where Lembata’s children and youth can find cultural vision amid these tensions by reading books that enhance their education, learning local wisdom from their elders and gaining multicultural knowledge and innovation from visiting volunteers.

Without this contextual three-way collaboration, Batafor added, education alone tends to attract young people’s interests to the vanity and convenience of modern technology at the expense of learning traditional knowledge. “But it’s

Goris Batafor and Mama Gita

“To the people of Lamalera, lamafa culture is not just a means of putting food on the table or gaining power and wealth. It is the very backbone of their society through which social structures are built and skills and values are transmitted intergenerationally.” not fair either to curb our kids’ attraction to the modern,” said Batafor. “It’s as if Lembata is about to experience the comfort of its first sofa and Jakarta tells us, ‘No, go back to your old bamboo benches.’”

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Country: Indonesia Province: Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) Land area: 1,266.39 square kilometres (Lembata Regency) Largest city: Lewoleba, Lembata Island Population: 117,638 (2010 estimate for Lembata Regency) How to get there Daily flights into Larantuka (East Flores) from Kupang. One-hour fast boat ride from Larantuka to Lewoleba.

Alternatively, take an overnight PELNI ship from Kupang to Lewoleba. Organise seaport pickup in advance with your accommodation if arriving at night/before dawn. Car rental from Lewoleba if you wish to continue to Lamalera.

What to bring Camera, hat, sunscreen, insect repellent.

Books to donate. Swimming costume and snorkelling gear—Lembata has great beaches and dive spots.

Batafor added that “going back” is nevertheless important when it means reconnecting to the intergenerational spaces that nourish the youth’s sense of identity and belonging to the culture. It’s also looking to regenerate leaders with a sustainable cultural vision for the next generation. In the context of Lamalera, this may mean reinventing the learning and leadership spaces that lamafa used to serve. “[‘Going back’] has not been easy,” said Mama Gita. At age 53, she is currently the youngest weaver in Lewoleba. While Batafor and the women in his family have attempted to bring weaving classes into local schools, children and teens today do not have the patience and attention spans that older generations had. The closest to success they’ve had teaching kids was having them make tie-dye tablecloths.

Despite social media and television competing for young people’s attention today, Taman Daun continues to attract children and young adults looking for enlightening alternatives.

To get in touch with Taman Daun, contact local volunteer Fino Monteiro at +6281284856950.

Monteiro runs a dive operator in Lewoleba and is conducting research on Lamalera’s pledang clan boats.

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Kenneth Yeung is a Jakarta-based editor

German Expat and Indonesian Wife Jailed for Bali Resort Swindle A German and his Indonesian wife convinced an Australian and his Indonesian wife to invest over US$700,000 in the expansion of a resort in Bali. They then used the money to buy a house in New Zealand.

By Kenneth Yeung German national Gordon Gilbert Hild (38) and his Indonesian wife Ismayanti have been jailed for swindling Rp.8.5 billion (around US$640,000) out of an Indonesian woman and her Australian husband over an investment in a Bali resort.

Hild and Ismayanti were tried and convicted at South Jakarta District Court, rather than in Bali, as the case stems from a failed business partnership made in Jakarta.

Sunaryo’s lawyer Tomy Alexander rejected the two defendants’ claim that they intended to repay the money, saying the intention existed only in their imaginations.

He said his client had made it quite clear to them that the case would not reach court if they reimbursed her investment.

Alexander said that in addition to suffering a loss of Rp.8.5 billion (around US$640,000), Sunaryo also risked losing her ownership of a 40 percent stake in Kelapa Retreat II, including ownership of 50 percent of two hectares of land at the site.

On February 13, the court sentenced Ismayanti to 2.5 years in jail. Hild’s verdict was due on the same day, but he was apparently too sick to show up. Instead, he appeared on February 20 and was sentenced to three years. The couple’s lawyer said the two are planning to appeal.

The court heard that after the initial agreement, the two defendants had said there was a miscalculation and asked for a larger investment. They said Sunaryo should have invested an additional Rp.1.5 billion (around US$114,000) as proof of her commitment to their partnership. “And when she reported the case, we were also ready to return the money that was invested, but she did not want [that],” said Ismayanti.

Back in August of 2010, Hild and Ismayanti opened the Kelapa Retreat in Pekutatan village, overlooking black sand beaches on the southwest coast of Bali. It seemed like a dream business in a perfect location. Located about 80 kilometres northeast of Ngurah Rai International Airport, the ‘luxury boutique hotel’ initially had just eight units and a restaurant.

It was later expanded to 23 private villas and became a popular resort, receiving overwhelmingly positive reviews.

By February of 2017 it had amassed 228 TripAdvisor reviews, of which 197 were ‘excellent,’ 25 were ‘very good’ and none was terrible.

Kelapa Retreat Bali (image via TripAdvisor)

The main resort is still operating despite the travails of the owners. Advertised room rates range from US$302++ to US$675++. The plus-plus stuff means another 21 percent is added to the bill, so actual prices range from US$365.42 to US$816.75. If you phone and ask for a deal, the local price ranges from Rp.1.5 million (US$115) to Rp.4.5 million (US$340) per night.

On March 17, 2016, police sealed off the entrance to Villa Kelapa Retreat II, putting up a notice that the land and buildings were part of a criminal investigation by Jakarta Police. Local politicians expressed concern that the dispute could lead to employees being laid off, pointing out that all 67 staff at the two resorts were locals.

Invitation to Invest

Trial

After the resort became a success, Hild and Ismayanti had a meeting in Pondok Indah, South Jakarta, with Australian businessman Craig Curtis, an executive in the concrete industry, and his Indonesian wife Yenny Sunaryo. The two were invited to invest in an expansion of the resort, to be known as Villa Kelapa Retreat II, featuring 16 rooms.

Hild and Ismayanti said the new hotel and villa complex would be operating within two years. They promised to draw up a partnership agreement and establish a foreign investment limited liability company, known locally as a PT PMA. Sunaryo subsequently made a series of transfers to Ismayanti’s bank accounts, from 2013 to 2015, totalling Rp.8.5 billion (then equivalent to about US$714,000).

She and her husband then waited for the partnership agreement and establishment of the PT PMA, but the documents never eventuated. Their calls to Ismayanti’s cell phone went unanswered. When they tried to visit Villa Kelapa Retreat II to check the progress of their investment, they were allegedly turned away.

Disappointed, they initiated legal action.

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Hild and Ismayanti were charged with fraud and embezzlement under Articles 378 and 372 of the Criminal Code. They went on trial separately in Jakarta in November of 2016. Hild was initially to have been detained, while Ismayanti was spared detention as the couple has a three-year-old son. Hild’s lawyer said his client was sick, so judges permitted him to be held at the detention wing of South Jakarta Prosecutor’s Office, which is usually just for corruption suspects and is more pleasant than regular detention centres. He was later placed under city arrest on humanitarian grounds at the presiding judge’s discretion.

The German told the court that the money transferred to his wife’s account had been put toward the purchase of a US$900,000 property covering 804 square meters in New Zealand. Ismayanti said Sunaryo had been informed the money was used as ‘a deposit’ for the New Zealand house.

State prosecutors demanded four years’ imprisonment for Hild and 3.5 years for Ismayanti. Chief prosecutor Umriani said Ismayanti had never kept her part of the deal to make a partnership agreement or a company, despite receiving the money.

Alexander countered that Sunaryo had been trying to resolve the problem long before the case reached court, but Hild and Ismayanti had allegedly cut off all communications and could not be reached. The lawyer said four notaries in Bali and Jakarta had been engaged to facilitate the paperwork, but nothing materialized because Hild and Ismayanti always dodged them with a variety of excuses.

Sentencing

Presiding judge Made Sutrisna found the two defendants guilty of fraud because they had deliberately misused and failed to repay the investment money. He said the new villas had opened without Sunaryo’s knowledge, even though she was a business associate. He said she was told they were still in a pilot stage, whereas they had earned a profit of Rp.1.2 billion (US$89,000). Withholding this information was deemed an act of deception and fraud.

The judge rejected defence arguments that the case should have been in the civil realm, as the proposal made by Hild and Ismayanti clearly stated their obligations, which they had failed to meet. “The defendant [Ismayanti] then precisely terminated the contract unilaterally, so the judges reject all the arguments made by the defence attorney.”

Sutrisna said the only mitigating factors in Hild and Ismayanti’s favour were that they had no prior convictions and they have a young child. Ismayanti looked weary but calm as her verdict was announced in the absence of her husband. A week later, she was present for his sentencing.

Prosecutor Umriani said the verdict gave a sense of justice to the victims. Sunaryo’s lawyer Alexander welcomed the ruling, saying it helped to provide a sense of legal certainty to investors in Indonesia’s leading tourism destination. He expressed hope the verdict could also serve as a deterrent to other potential fraudsters and encourage greater investment.

Nadya Joy Ador is a Philippines-based journalist and editor for Content Collision. She routinely covers business, news, and human interest topics. For more information, please visit www.ContentCollision.co

An Investor’s Guide

How to Acquire a Local Company Indonesia is a country with great economic potential, one that has been under the probing eyes of the global community. As Southeast Asia’s largest economy, it has been in a promising position for economic development – an attractive selling point for foreigners looking at business opportunities in the archipelago.

By Nadya Joy Ador Since gaining independence in 1945, more than seven decades ago, Indonesia has transformed from an agricultural-based economy to a mixed one with increasing activities across the service and manufacturing industries. The government also has its eyes on infrastructure development.

Indonesia has plans to be a part of the top ten global economies by 2025. During former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s administration in 2011, the Master Plan for Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesia’s Economic Development 2011-2025 (MP3EI) was created as the government’s ambitious strategy to speed up the country’s process of being recognized as a developed country.

The global economic slowdown in 2011 however shifted the country’s economic growth away from its MP3EI target. While President Jokowi’s administration aroused confusion about the MP3EI status, it remains supportive of the vision set in the master plan.

This is no surprise, however, with the MP3EI’s vision being in sync with the objectives of the national longterm development plan (RPJPN 2005-2025). The RPJPN 2005-2025 is the government’s 20-year plan that involves institutional restructuring in the country while aiming to ensure that it keeps up with other countries’ development paces.

Similarly, the Jokowi administration declared its very own development programme known as nawacita, which, as its name suggests, prioritizes nine points, including increasing competitiveness and productivity, developing a trusted and democratic governance, developing domestic strategic sectors to encourage economic independence and more.

With that and the country’s rising consumption by its large and young population, cheap labour and abundance in natural resources, more foreigners are becoming attracted to the opportunities they can get while the getting is good in the archipelago.

But what exactly does it take for a foreigner to acquire a company in Indonesia?

It should be noted that there are two aspects to owning a local company in the country: First, a foreigner may opt to acquire a 100 percent locally owned company, where the shares are wholly owned by Indonesian citizens or companies. Second, an expatriate may choose to acquire a Perseroan Terbatas-Penanaman Modal Asing (PT PMA), where some or all shares of the company are owned by a foreign entity.

Let’s first look at the scenario where a foreign investor would want to acquire a company whose shares are entirely owned by Indonesian shareholders. Here, the expatriate will have to consider the restrictions that come with foreign shareholding within that industry according to the Negative Investment List and the minimum capital requirements for the foreign-owned company.

The Negative Investment List was enacted by the Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) to specify particular business activities that are either conditionally open or entirely closed to foreign investment and the percentage of foreign ownership permitted for specific industries.

The said scenario is particularly beneficial when the company that an expat will acquire has a classification that used to be excluded from the Negative Investments List and was later added, such as the rubber industry, which used to be closed to foreign investment but has now been made 100 percent open to foreign investment.

A foreign person or company wanting to acquire a local business in an industry that is in the Negative Investment List cannot acquire more shares in the business than allowed by the regulation.

Retail and cosmetic commodities on the other hand used to be open to foreign investment but have now been classified as closed for foreign investment.

To illustrate, a foreign investor cannot acquire a local company categorized as a ‘distributor of construction machineries and equipment’ as the Negative Investment List sets foreign ownership in this business classification to 67 percent maximum.

A limited liability company requires at least two shareholders, which means a foreign investor acquiring 100 percent of the company should be able to provide more than one shareholder.

Now, for the acquired company to become a PT PMA, it will need to comply with several regulations, regardless of the percentage of shares owned by the foreign investor.

The minimal capital requirements for the acquired company is Rp.2.5 billion (US$187,645) in paid-up capital and Rp.10 billion (US$750,582) in its investment plan.

In the event that the local company has less than the required capital for the PT PMA, the foreign individual or company will have to provide the lacking capital for the acquisition to be completed. Acquiring a PT PMA, on the other hand, will be a different story for the foreign investor.

Because the company is already a foreign-owned company, the capital requisites have already been met.

The major concern here will now be the restrictions on foreign ownership.

It’s important to note that as long as the acquired PT PMA continues to operate under the same business categorization, the same requirements apply in accordance with the laws and regulations of Article 6 of the Negative Investment List.

In this case, when a foreign investor acquires a company that has been moved from two different classifications, the same grandfathering principle will require the ownership percentage that was originally applied during the company’s setup.

1. To start the acquisition process, the director of the company to be acquired has to make a public announcement (normally in local newspapers) about the acquisition plans 30 days prior to the shareholders’ General Meeting.

2. Creditors of the company have a maximum of 14 days after the announcement to file their objections.

3. If no objections are received, the company director will call the shareholders’ General Meeting at least 15 days ahead.

4. Seventy-five percent of the shareholders’ voting members need to be present and vote for the acquisition and sign the minutes of the meeting.

5. Both the sellers and buyers sign the Transfer of Shares agreement.

6. A public notary formalizes the Articles of Association (AoA) that should include the minutes of the General Meeting of the shareholders.

7. To record the change of shareholders, the AoA is submitted to the BKPM to initiate the process of getting the Principal License for foreigners acquiring 100 percent local companies or to amend the Principal License for expats acquiring PT PMA. 8. Changes to the legal status of the company is then finalized after the Ministry of Law and Human Rights issues the approval on the acquisition.

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Opinion: The Way Forward for Sustainable Transportation in Bali Bali-based Amina Ghazi shares thoughts on one of the island’s sensitive taboos. The fossil fuel industry is taking hold of local culture and offering the paradise little in the way of a sustainable future.

By Amina Ghazi SINCE 2010, the Bali Tourism Association has said that traffic congestion on the island must be addressed. Both the government and the private sector have agreed that solutions would be created through better planning, regulations and maintenance.

If that sounds familiar it’s because this is the answer used all over the world.

Traffic congestion and its inherent pollution is a problem in every country. The USA has good planning, regulations and maintenance and has expanded the auto-based infrastructure as the population grows and more cars are on the road.

Yet, just go to Google Earth and look at San Diego’s eight-lane freeways in gridlock.

The fossil-fuel-driven automobile is the greatest weapon of mass destruction and rampant greed in the world. If we do not implement radical changes in transportation, we will all continue living in the pollution and darkness of the fueldriven industrial age.

The solutions are all here. Cars can run on hydrogen energy. Electric and solar cars have been developed along with advanced solutions for public transportation. Why are they not considered or implemented?

Why has the term ‘transportation alternatives’ become radicalized and scoffed at? Why does New York City only allow one car-free day for Manhattan, a rock island seven miles long and two miles wide? The same reason we have not been urged to consider even simple alternatives such as bikes in most developed nations until recently.

Transportation today is a vehicle of dominance by the fossil fuel industry. Strange when one considers the fact that one of the first cars Henry Ford made was largely from hemp and could run on hemp oil. The first model T cars ran on ethanol. Farmers could make ethanol in stills right on their farms using crops they had grown.

We were taught that prohibition of alcohol in the 1930s in America was simply about stopping the general public from consuming alcohol. The law was enacted at the same time the combustion engine was deemed to be more effective when run on fossil fuels.

Prohibition ended when there were petrol stations put in place all over the country and all cars ran on gas, and public transportation such as streetcars had been removed from most cities. Smart cities refused and, like New York, enjoy excellent public transportation via trains and subways.

I used to have a vision that emerging nations such as Indonesia would learn from the mistakes of the West. That they would not demand the same routes to development causing devastation to their ecosystems.

I hoped countries such as Indonesia would focus on keeping infrastructure such as the banjars here in Bali and leap right into high tech solutions to preserve their identities and lead the world into a new way of living. I’d thought community-driven programmes could improve the quality of life by implementing enterprises of development that are sustainable.

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Many years ago, Bali changed a westerner’s view of life. The simple but satisfying quality of life, the respect for all nature, the reality that a good life could be enjoyed without chasing financial primacy. Until the late 1980s, there were more trucks for transporting goods than cars. Bicycles were popular, but most Balinese walked or took a Bemo.

Now it seems every Balinese family has a car or access to one. It is considered a necessity, even if one cannot drive. They took easily to the bling of modern consumerist society. The petrol-sucking automobile is at the centre of western culture and Southeast Asians are buying into that material culture at breakneck speed.

Like the continued expansion of major hotels and resorts, many funded by World Bank and multibilliondollar corporations, the virtues of a growth economy were extolled and accepted, despite public outrage.

Temples no longer made up the skyline. Balinese never owned their sawahs, passed down through generations. Non-ownership was propagated as a communist ideal and eliminated. Rice paddies, sold or many times borrowed against, began disappearing.

Food is now an expensive commodity.

Credit is how to buy things. Everyone has to work and that means getting to work. The nine-to-five ideal is embraced to a fault so garbage trucks do pickups during the day, usually during high-traffic times. The streets accommodate one lane but are used for two lanes – just drive down the white line.

Drunken tourists rent bikes they don’t know how to drive. There is no consciousness of ‘right of way’ (pedestrians first, bicycles second, merging into traffic, etc.). People can drive their gas-guzzling vehicles any way they want.

When a young Korean tourist fell off her bike and was run over by a speeding dirt bike, the news did not mention the driver’s name and said he was not apprehended because he had no insurance and no money. Only now are new rules being put in place.

These include a Rp.10 million fine or ten years in prison for bribery. But none of this will change the fact that there are too many cars, especially taxis.

Here are some Band-Aid solutions using south Bali as an example. Taxi stands must be set up to stop the shocking number of taxis that routinely prowl.

During peak traffic, there are four to six taxis to every privately driven car, and most are empty. They speed up when they have a customer then slow to a crawl, annoying tourists by honking or stopping to harass them for a fare. First-time arrivals always mention how they feel barraged by drivers bartering for passengers. Welcome to Bali.

Parking lots are essential and there are few. Cars double-park, stopping traffic, and are never ticketed.

There is nowhere to park or even pull over, which doesn’t stop drivers from doing so and creating chaos.

Delivery trucks and garbage pickups should follow the lead of organized towns with proper traffic laws (do your deliveries at night). Garbage pickup is only allowed between the hours of 1 am and 7 am. All over the western world, garbage is picked up in the early hours of the morning. Not every kind of work is nine-to-five. This is another convenient misconception of auto deliveries. High fines or community service should be imposed for breaking these laws.

Here is a novel idea. Impose fines and restrictions for drunk driving and enforce them. The streets are filled with wasted tourists – and a few locals – after dark who drive at top speed, totally out of control, then write on social media how Bali is at fault. If stupid actions are illegal in your country, do not come here and act stupid because you think there won’t be consequences.

Bali has been actively seeking solutions since 2010, but little has changed apart from better road maintenance, which has greatly improved at the cost of the entire sawah system. There go sustainable communities.

Solutions are being presented in venues such as the 18 th International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Psychology. They presented complicated studies such as “The Economic Value of Time Spent in Traffic.” These studies many times use ‘engineering mathematics’ to study solutions constructed by ants adapting to a similar traffic flow environment.

These solutions that are static and ideal do not accord with realistic applications. There has been a multitude of studies and unrealistic answers. Recently in Bali, they made a large number of streets go one-way, with a computerized example of how it would improve traffic flow. It did not work. It created chaos.

Bali needs to go high tech and be receptive to real alternatives that will thrive and continue to serve the next generation. China has an electric bus system where the bus moves at the top of an arch over existing roads – safe, simple and solar energized.

It makes no sound and runs on time.

Imagine having a smooth ride up to Ubud. One may bring a bike to use at one's destination. Perhaps a bike made of bamboo, which two people (expats) are already making. Soon, they will have an electric bamboo bike available.

Sadly, however, Indonesia is following the West and relying on whoring its resources to other countries such as America, and now happily taking development money from their Saudi visitors in exchange for ‘partnerships’ in the fossil fuel industry and getting the quota for haj travel to Mecca raised to over 200,000 visitors for this year.

Only the very wealthy can afford to do so, but aren’t all good citizens happy to keep the top 2 percent in the manner they are accustomed to? That is possibly why ‘transportation alternative’ is a distasteful term politically and in developed societies. Our worldwide reliance on fossil fuels is at the core of transportation chaos happening globally. We have the solutions, and by not implementing them, we are doomed.

It is a minute before midnight, and in places like America, oil is valued over water. I hope Indonesia realizes it can do better. I hope this emerging nation can recognize the wisdom of its indigenous cultures in holding nature sacred. Fossil fuels do not sustain life. Water is life – and it can even run your car.

Man Makes Naked Protest against Organ Trafficking

When Martinus was finally convinced to come down, he told reporters that he wanted to make a stand for the death of his 17-year-old nephew. He added that he did not believe what the authorities reported as the cause of his nephew’s death. Martinus believes that his younger relative was a victim of a heinous crime as no evidence was shown that he died from a motorcycle accident, which police stated in their report.

Late last week, an unidentified man climbed a billboard, held and waved the Indonesian flag and unfurled banners that seemingly signified his protest against organ trafficking. Much to onlookers’ surprise, the man was wearing nothing but the traditional Papuan penis sheath more popularly known as koteka.

Based on the words and phrases scribbled on the banners that were unfurled, the daring man who climbed the billboard in front of the Palmera Utara traffic light, was protesting some form of injustice allegedly committed by authorities from East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) on the island of Adonara.

While the man’s identity remains undisclosed, the incident was strikingly similar to one that was reported a few months ago.

In the December incident, Martinus climbed up the billboard fully clothed.

The media are speculating that if the naked billboard climber was actually Martinus, they presume he remains unafraid to seek justice for his nephew – a real ballsy activist.

Image via Tempo.co

On December 9, 2016, Agustinus Woro aka “Martinus”, who was also from NTT, climbed a large billboard in Grogol and likewise unfurled a banner that showed his protest on – yes, you guessed it – organ trafficking.

Indonesian Domestic Worker Claims Her Kidney Was ‘Stolen’ While in Qatar

Indonesian Caregiver to Inherit Rp.868 million from Taiwanese Actor their household helpers. Some are even treated as special members of the family.

Chen Sung-Young, a Taiwanese actor and director wanted people to know just how much his family appreciated an Indonesian woman named Yule, the primary caregiver for his family for the past few years.

Like millions of other Indonesian women, Rabitah applied for work abroad as a domestic worker. Although she applied to work for a family in Abu Dhabi, she ended up working for a Palestinian family in Doha.

While Sung-Young may be popular in his hometown for his role in the renowned film A City of Sadness, he is better known for his role in Gorgeous, where he starred with comedy-action star Jackie Chan. He was also in Legend of the Red Dragon, where he co-starred with Jet Li.

She was surprised when her employers asked her to get a medical checkup. She was even more surprised when she was told she was going to be placed under anaesthesia and would be receiving an injection because she was feeling weak.

The Indonesian told Detik that she woke up in pain and discovered an incision scar, an explanation for which was never disclosed or explained to her.

Twenty-five-year-old Indonesian woman Sri Rabitah told The Telegraph early last week that she discovered her kidney was stolen without her knowledge while she lived in Qatar, employed as a domestic worker three years ago.

When she went back to her home island of Lombok earlier this year, Rabitah went to the hospital to get a medical checkup after complaining of recurring back pain. She was surprised to hear the doctors say one of her kidneys was actually missing.

Foreign ministry officer Muhammad Iqbal said Rabitah’s case needed urgent investigation as it was clearly an indication of organ trafficking. The minister emphasized the widespread abuse of Indonesia’s 4.5 million migrant workers, the majority of whom are women working as in-house maids in other countries. Rabitah said she wants the Indonesian government to sue her perpetrator.

Despite the government’s announcement in May of 2015 related to permanently banning women from working as maids in the Middle East, many women still insist on leaving the archipelago and finding work abroad.

Sung Young Chen

Stories of domestic workers, women in particular, suffering abuse at the hands of employers while working abroad is nothing new in Indonesia. And while the government and other organizations continue to lobby for the advocacy of protecting victims, there is yet another element of these stories that remains unheard of.

It’s worth noting that amidst all the horrible news of rampant abuse suffered by domestic workers, there are many other employers who respect and appreciate the help they get from

The 76-year-old actor told Taiwan News that he has been suffering from diabetes and depression and other chronic health problems over the last few years. As such, the actor has been getting his affairs in order before he passes away, including what he wanted to do with his estate.

While Yule served as the actor’s primary caregiver Sung-Young readily refers to her as “Indonesian daughter”.

Sung-Young, who remains single and unmarried, plans to leave Yule more than US$65,000 in inheritance money.

The Taiwanese actor explained that Yule can definitely use the money to go back to her husband and children in her hometown, buy a house and have her own business.

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Hans Rooseboom is a long term resident of Jakarta. He now enjoys a leisurely life, playing tennis most mornings and writing his blogs and other articles.

Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Healthcare

By Hans Rooseboom Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. Who hasn’t heard and probably used this first line of Kipling’s Ballad of East and West. But who has read the full text?

And who has understood that it does not mean, as typically inferred, that the opinions and practices observed at the opposing geographic points of the compass will never meet?

The more correct interpretation is that irrespective of accidents of birth, when two strong entities meet and respect each other, integrity and character are the only criteria for mutual acceptance and understanding.

Misunderstanding, and even mistrust of each other’s methods, can be clearly seen in the mutual appraisal of eastern and western approaches to medical science. Until recently, both sides have shown little inclination to cooperate – or even listen to each other with an open mind. A real waste, because when mutually acknowledging the other’s achievements and strong points, the two sciences could bring about a symbiosis.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is based on the concepts of balancing yin and yang. Yin is the passive female principle of the universe, portrayed as sustaining and associated with earth. Yang is the active male and creative principle, associated with heaven. According to TCM, ill health is caused by a disturbance of the yin and yang balance, which in turn affects the flow of energy which is called Qi (pronounced chee) along the body’s meridians.

Acupuncture (inserting fine needles into the skin at certain points along the meridians) and herbal remedies aim at restoring the balance.

Li Shi-Zhen in his “Grand Materia Medica” of 1596 identified 1,173 plants, 444 minerals and 275 animals from which he formulated more than 11,000 preparations for ailments ranging from back aches to bronchitis – a truly amazing feat, as the recipes are very specific about the quantity and type of each substance used.

Western medical practitioners do, however, opine that Chinese herbal medicine is a pseudoscience and that its presumed effectiveness can at best be ascribed to the placebo effect.

This negative opinion likely results from the widely reported and decried use of animal parts of endangered species such as rhinos, tigers, turtles, seahorses and bears in certain ‘medical’ potions with questionable effects – rhino horn, for instance, has the same effect as nail clippings (none).

“With Big Pharma showing a serious interest in Chinese herbs and WHO listing acupuncture as a treatment for a large number of disorders, it would appear that a symbiosis between eastern and western medical science is slowly forming.”

In November of 2006, Merck, a large pharmaceutical company, made a deal with Chi-Med, a Chinese drug company, to develop cancer treatments and consumer health products based on traditional Chinese herbs. Novartis, a Swiss pharmaceutical giant, also announced plans to open a US$100 million research and development centre in Shanghai.

Regarding acupuncture, the World Health Organization has listed a total of 37 disorders which can benefit from it. Uses can be alleviation of pain to the treatment of allergies and acute bronchitis.

In spite of this, a considerable (but steadily shrinking) number of western medical practitioners still place acupuncture on the list of pseudosciences too.

But with Big Pharma showing a serious interest in Chinese herbs and WHO listing acupuncture as a treatment for a large number of disorders, it would appear that a symbiosis between eastern and western medical science is slowly forming.

Here in Jakarta, this fusion of western medicine and eastern acupuncture and herbal cures has taken shape in Dr. Sisilia Indradjaja. After graduating as a medical doctor from Catholic University Atma Jaya, Jakarta, Indradjaja gained her Master of Herbal Medicine at the University of Sydney and developed her knowledge of acupuncture with Dr. Alex Liew, a senior practitioner of Chinese medicine in Adelaide.

“After completing my studies at Atma Jaya and in Sydney, I was fairly sceptical about acupuncture,” Indradjaja told Indonesia Expat. “To diagnose ailments, I was more inclined to follow the scientific approach of western medicine rather than, what I called, the psycho-spiritual ways of acupuncture. But after observing the positive effects of acupuncture I was converted and became an acupuncturist.”

Indradjaja believes that the two approaches need to be integrated. She is a living embodiment of an east-west symbiosis. In her practice she uses medical lab tests together with pulse readings to diagnose a patient’s health – lab results for cholesterol or glucose levels, for example, are used in combination with pulse readings.

Interestingly, there are between 28 and 40 pulse characteristics to diagnose a patient’s whole biofield. The differing number indicates that different practitioners disagree on some basic issues, a rather common occurrence among specialists.

As an example of pulse reading, Indradjaja explains that “normal pulse” indicates good Qi and blood.

The pulse, both left and right, should be calm, smooth and neither too soft nor too hard. It should be regular and its quality should not change very often or easily.

Deep level and rear positions are felt clearly, which indicates that the kidneys are healthy.

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On acupuncture, she states, “The art of acupuncture depends on selecting the correct acupoints and inserting the needle at the proper angle and to the right depth. I check the needles’ correct position with pulse reading, a soft pulse should have become stronger, for example,” she clarifies.

“And although western physicians are slowly beginning to believe in acupuncture, they are disinclined to accept the traditional Chinese explanations of how it works, meaning the stimulation of specific acupoints to redirect and balance a patient’s Qi,” said Indradjaja. “Western scientists instead speculate that the needles stimulate the release of endorphins, the body’s own morphine-like painkillers. Or that acupuncture releases neurotransmitters, which are chemicals that carry messages between nerve endings.

But neither explanation has been proven.”

Sporting a Change The “sport for development” sector is comprised of initiatives that address a wide range of social issues. In Indonesia, the football community Uni Papua serves to ensure that the younger generation is well taken care of.

The Importance of Building Schools for Children with Disabilities

A local organization fights for the right of children with disabilities to proper education by building schools in remote areas across the archipelago.

By Caranissa Djatmiko Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan once said that “sport has the power to change the world.” In 2001, the Nobel laureate appointed Adolf Ogi, former president of the Swiss Confederation, as his special adviser for sports, development and peace. Since then, the idea of using sports as a medium to create social change became practiced by many organizations.

The UN decided to make this even more official in August of 2013 by declaring April 6 as the International Day of Sport and Development for Peace. The day was meant to remind people that the true spirit of sport lies in its ability to foster peace and development. Therefore, it encourages them to engage in the activity and support organizations and grassroots projects that hold the same mission.

From large international companies like Nike, Barclays and Standard Chartered, to local NGOs and civil-society groups, organizations involved in the sport and development sector have started their own initiatives or funded projects that aim to respond to pressing social issues like poverty, lack of education and juvenile delinquency.

In Australia, for example, the sport for development sector relies on the nation’s traditional netball game to promote inclusivity by providing funds for the Pacific Sports Partnerships. Through the programme, the government wishes to encourage more participation in sports by women and people living with disabilities.

In South Africa, a grassroots initiative led by the National Basketball Association (NBA) provided locals with more access to the game by organizing trainings and creating a space for interactions between young locals and members of the NBA teams.

In India, UNICEF finds a solution in physical education activities to help children overcome trauma from violence, separation and displacement.

Here in the archipelago, a local football organization has paved the way for young people to become the best version of themselves. Uni Papua was initially established in 2013 to address the issues of drugs, underage drinking and promiscuity among the younger generation. Aside from youth development, the organization also came up with programmes that focus on HIV/Aids prevention, gender equality and environmental awareness.

In an interview with Indonesia Expat, Dewi Sulistyowati, a representative from Uni Papua said that football has become “an ideology” in Papua. From the World Cup stadium to slum

“In Indonesia, the football community Uni Papua serves to ensure that the younger generation is well taken care of.” areas in developing nations, football is often heralded as the ultimate sport activity, frequently played by people coming from all walks of life. Its unifying nature has been recognized as a sharp tool for making a difference, and Uni Papua accordingly relies on this quality to attract more participation from the younger generation.

Uni Papua currently has around 50 branches outside Papua, including one in Bali and another in Banda Aceh, which also seek to nurture the younger generation across the archipelago.

It also has branches in foreign countries like the US, Japan and Britain. The organization continues to partner with local governments, companies and also the media to run its programmes.

Despite the support that Uni Papua has gained from local and international partners, Sulistyowati thinks that Indonesia still needs to have more sport for development initiatives.

“The government only focuses on the achievements made by sport organizations and [sport in Indonesia] is still competition-oriented. They have yet to develop the broader aspects of sport itself, which are concerned with many areas like culture, tourism and most importantly social change,” Sulistyowati reveals.

Further, the challenges that are faced by sport for development organizations are often concerned with time and making sure that what they do is sustainable. When it comes down to fulfilling the sustainable development agenda, these organizations must learn to interact with external parties, such as funders and policymakers that might not always agree with the plans or programmes that they have.

At the end of the day, there should be a collective awareness and understanding that what they are doing is in fact worthwhile.

For this reason, Sulistyowati hopes that Indonesia would become more aware of the power of sport to bring people together, and soon divert its attention from the industry to the developmental side of sport.

Schools are not only a place for us to study but also a home where we can learn to embrace ourselves, feel loved and accepted. Ideally, schools welcome everyone, whether students come from different religions, ethnicities or cultural backgrounds. Schools should not discriminate against their students, especially when they have disabilities.

In Indonesia, not every child with mental or physical disabilities has the privilege to attend schools that would accept their conditions.

Mainstream education in Indonesia has yet to fully recognize the right of disabled children to study and get the learning experience they truly deserve.

In this case, there are a lot of parties that need to be involved in making sure that the right of disabled children to education is fulfilled and that they are treated properly.

Parents need to concern themselves with their child’s ability to keep up with the teaching materials, make friends and grow to become successful adults. Teachers and students without disabilities need to learn to better integrate children with disabilities into classroom activities, while also creating a conducive environment for everyone to grow together.

In the district of Pangalengan, West Java, local foundation Melody Dalam Puisi is determined to protect the right of disabled children to education. For the last couple of years, the organization has been struggling to establish a school for poor children with disabilities.

The foundation needs all the help it can get to make this happen. As an NGO, Melody Dalam Puisi requires a large amount of funding for building the school and having it equipped with the appropriate facilities.

For those of you who wish to hear the voices of disabled children and help them get the education they deserve, please make your donation by visiting https://kitabisa.com/ sekolahluarbiasa

For more information on Uni Papua please visit www.unipapua.net

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Take a Shot at Stardom with Hard Rock Rising Global Band Competition

Binus School Serpong Celebrates 10th Anniversary with The Little Mermaid Musical About 300 actors were involved in The Little Mermaid by playing various kinds of roles, ranging from animals and plants under the sea, to mermaids and humans. The play was also supported by live music, including an orchestra that was comprised of 43 members and a choir team of 52 singers.

Hard Rock International is inviting aspiring musicians to take centre stage and get a shot at stardom: the chance to play during halftime at Hard Rock Stadium.

Considered as one of the most anticipated and far-reaching band competitions in the world, the annual Hard Rock Rising contest inspires artists and musical acts from more than 125 Hard Rock Cafe, Hotel, and Casino properties worldwide.

Participants will drop a beat and put forth their best performance in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

In partnership with ReverbNation, Hard Rock will open online registration on Thursday, March 2 until Thursday, March 30 at HardRockRising.com for interested musicians who wish to take part.

All finalists will be receiving a Fender instruments prize pack, a 1,000 CD/DVD pack of the artist’s latest videos or recordings from Bison Disc and US$1,000.

Marketing Manager at Hard Rock International Shailyne Berges said, “Hard Rock Rising is a one-of-a-kind global competition that provides an opportunity for aspiring artists of all genres to showcase their talent and connect with new fans. This year’s competition is sure to be just as fierce, and we’re looking forward to putting the winning artist on the fasttrack to success with a performance in front of thousands at Hard Rock Stadium.”

After registering, participants will receive a unique URL that they will share and use to try to win votes from fans online.

The entrant who gets the biggest number of online votes will be named the wildcard winner in their region. Online voting starts Monday, May 1 and ends Saturday, May 6, 2017.

Only the top three acts and one wildcard winner in the local Hard Rock will perform at the Hard Rock Rising Battle of the Bands between Thursday, May 18 and Thursday, May 25, 2017.

Four regional finalists and one global grand prize winner will be named. Only the grand prize winner gets to perform during halftime at Hard Rock Stadium and have the chance to get their professionally produced music video compiled with Hard Rock’s global video system.

For full rules and more information on Hard Rock Rising Battle of the Bands, please visit www.HardRockRising.com.

On March 3, Binus School Serpong showcased The Little Mermaid, a musical that was performed by students from kindergarten to high school. Teachers, staff and even parents also got involved in the production for the school’s tenth anniversary.

The original story follows the character of Ariel, a young mermaid who dreams of the human world and eventually finds a way to get there.

In preparation for The Little Mermaid, actors were busy rehearsing for three months, while the rest took care of the set, costumes and properties. One parent said in a press release statement that Binus students have creative talents that need to be recognized.

“Until now I am still in awe by the potential that Binus School Serpong has. I believe that this potential is very rich that they [the students and everyone involved in The Little Mermaid] are able to showcase this musical. Aside from that, children and parents like myself learned many things like organizational skills, teamwork and how to channel our creative potential,” Margie Hardigan said.

Emirates Airlines to Hold a Six-Day Summer Holiday Flash Sale The global connector of people and places, Emirates announced that it is holding a special flash sale from March 6 to March 11, 2017, for Indonesian families looking to make memories with a remarkable family vacation.

Travel to the most major cities in the world including London, New York, Dubai and other selected European cities such as Zagreb, with flights launching on June 1. Fares for economy class start from Rp.10,021,500 (US$750) and business class from Rp.50,309,800 (US$3,760).

The promo sale period is valid for travel between March 8 and November 30 within the year.

Kids get to enjoy all these with specially designed smaller headphones that come with the package.

On the ground, Emirates provides other offerings for the family to enjoy, such as priority boarding for families across all airports and a dedicated family check-in area in Dubai.

Emirates has long been committed to ensuring smooth travel experience for families. The entire family will be in for various forms of entertainment. Special Fly With Me Animal toys are provided for toddlers and infants and Lonely Planet activity bags are doled out to children up to 12 years old.

The Dubai-based airline has a network that serves 154 destinations in 83 countries and territories across six continents. Known for its award-winning in-flight entertainment, regionally-inspired gourmet cuisine, luxurious amenities and multilingual cabin crew, Emirates has been recognized as one of the most exceptional airline brands.

Emirates takes pride in its in-flight entertainment system, an ice Digital Widescreen that features more than 25 kids TV channels and nearly 50 classic Disney movies.

For more Information, please visit www. emirates.com or call Radityo Prabowo/ Wina Wirsatyo / Nicky Subono at the numbers (62-21) 72159099 and (62-21) 72789521.

14th Ubud Writers and Readers Festival to Focus on ‘Origins’ As always, the 14th Ubud Writers and Readers Festival will be a celebration of the role literature and the arts have in getting a good grasp of our place in the world. It will serve to provide platforms for selfreflection, collective action and personal connections as literary festivals play a unique role in contemporary discourse.

For this year’s 14th Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, which will be held from October 25 to 29, the world’s most prominent authors, performers, artists and thinkers will get under one roof to share stories and ideas under the banner of this year’s theme: Origins.

Drawn from the Hindu philosophy ‘Sangkan Paraning Dumadi,’ the theme ‘Origins’ comes most appropriately as it reveals where we have come from and to where we will ultimately return.

The literature festival founder and director Janet DeNeefe explains, “At a time of global unrest and political turmoil, ‘Origins’ invites us to consider the biggest picture – to contemplate not just our connections from person to person, but as a collective humanity extending across people, the planet and periods of time.”

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The festival’s five-day program will build on powerful movements that have largely influenced and continue to shape today’s world. It also aims to support their cyclical manifestations throughout our existence – from the political to the spiritual to the technological and environmental.

Over the years, the festival has evolved into a global community of ideas, empowerment and experiences both for the individual participants and the diverse groups that come to participate.

It brings together hundreds of speakers from more than 20 countries across the globe. UWRF remains one of the world’s most renowned avenues that help showcase both the country’s aspiring and established writers and artists.

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Jakarta Business Networkers Every Tuesday and Thursday Make the right connections and grow your business over breakfast.

At Jakarta Business Networkers ( JBN), all attendees are encouraged to help others by exchang ing referrals and introducing them to their target audience. JBN is all about helping you grow your business. Promote your business, personal brand or portfolio each week to the rest of the attendees and explain to the group the type of referrals you would like to receive.

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Italian Design Day 16 March 2017 This year, the Embassy of Italy, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian Trade Agency in Jakarta, in collaboration with LAFLO, will organize the Italian Design Day with the theme ‘Living the Italian Design.’ The event aims to promote Italian products all over the world.

The Italian Design involves the most important sectors in design: const r uction and automotive, cycles and motorcycles, footwear and leather goods, fashion and jewelry, furniture and glass, food and lighting, ceramics and sports. The opening of Italian Design Day will take place at LAFLO Showroom.

For more information please visit www.iicjakarta.esteri.it/iic_jakarta.

Beautyfest Asia 18 – 19 March 2017 Get ready for the archipelago’s greatest makeup event because Beautyfest Asia is coming to the

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capital city in March. Beauty and makeup enthusiasts will get the chance to meet inf luencers and experts from all around the globe, i nclud i ng Aust ra l i a’s fa mous v-logger Tina Yong, Thailand theatrical artist Perypie, Hollywood makeup artist Archangela Chelsea and more. Participants will also get to join a beauty class, talk show, beauty awards, beauty gala show and beaut y brand exhibition.

Beautyfest Asia will take place at Ciputra Artpreneur. For more information, please visit www. ciputraartpreneur.com/beauty_ fest_asia_2017_in_english.html.

Wendy, Michel and John one night to take them on a magical journey to Never Land. Fans of Peter Pan shall expect familiar characters like Tinker Bell, Tiger Lilly, Mr. Smee and the renowned villain Captain Hook. The Russian Ice Stars is known for their production The Phantom of The Opera on Ice which was showcased in 1995, fol lowed by Carmen on Ice a year later. The group also wowed audience with shows like Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and Cinderella.

Before coming to Indonesia, The Russian Ice Stars has travelled all around the world to perform in countries like China, Australia, Denmark, Germany and Cyprus.

Audience in Jakarta will be able to catch The Russian Ice Stars in Peter Pan at Ecovention, Ancol.

For more information please visit www.kiostix.com.

In addition, local and multinational companies are expected to supply major vehicle manufacturers with lower cost components, hence opening up more opportunities in Southeast Asia. The South East Asia Auto Summit will take place at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Jakarta.

The conference is presented by Escom Events. For more information please visit http://10times.com/ seaas.

Arts & Culture

Ubud Food Festival 12 – 14 May 2017

Bali Spirit Festival 19 – 26 March 2017

Street photography is known as one of the most popular forms of art in the world. Jakarta’s iconic cultural space Komunitas Salihara is inviting photography enthusiasts to learn everything that it takes to capture a picture with the right technique. The class will later take students to practice street photography in interesting areas across the city. Students are required to bring their own cameras and will receive learning materials during the class and a certificate afterwards. The class will be taught

by Erik Prasetya, one of Asia’s most renowned photographers. In 2012, Prasetya was listed as one of 20 Most Inf luential Asian Photographers

by Invisible Photographer Asia.

The class costs for Rp.2,000,000.

For more information please visit http://salihara.org/en/node/2804.

Google Cloud Next’17 Extended Jakarta 9 April 2017 Programmers, engineers and tech junkies are all invited to attend the largest Google event in Jakarta. In Google Cloud Next’17, participants get to partake in discussions about the latest trend in technology and services, as well as listen to what local developers have to say about the future of the tech business in Indonesia. The event invites two key speakers Yohan Totting, who is a Web Technologies Google D evelop er E x p er t (GDE) for Indonesia and Omer Dawalbeit, a Google Cloud Platform GDE for UK. The event is free of charge and will take place at @america. To register online please visit http:// bit.ly/2lX4gze.

South East Asia Auto Summit 22-23 March 2017

The Russian Ice Stars in Peter Pan 24 – 26 March 2017 The internationally acclaimed Russian Ice Stars is coming to Jakarta this March to bring an adaptation of the fantasy adventure Peter Pan. The classic tale follows the story a boy Peter Pan who visited

The South East Asia Auto Summit is a conference that focuses on the automotive world. Experts, professiona ls a nd ever yone i nterested i n automot ive ca n participate in discussions on how economic downturn can af fect major car markers in countries across Southeast Asia. The region is currently seeing a growing share in global vehicle sales and is predicted to be the only major market that succeeds in the few years to come.

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(fire), flow (water), earthing (earth), as well as resonation and harmonics (akasha). Departing from these topics, participants will be asked to help envision and reshape a new era of wellbeing, peace and welfare.

For more information, please visit www.newearthfestival.com

The Bali Spirit Festival is a global celebration of yoga, dance, music and well-being. Set on the beautiful island of Bali, the festival will invite performing arts enthusiasts and spirituality seekers from all around the world to gather and send each other positive energy. The five-day festival will include an array of inspirational workshops with yoga, martial arts, African dance, ecstatic dance, crystal bowl sound healing, breath work and meditation. The Bali Spirit Festival will take place at Bhanuswari Resort and Spa. For more information, visit www. balispiritfestival.com

The Ubud Food Festival (UFF) is back this year with the theme ‘ Eve r y F l avou r I s A S t or y ’.

Returning for the third time this year, UFF will be presenting the archipelago’s most celebrated chefs, restaurateurs, professional food enthusiast and food addicts alike.

The festival will also be welcoming a series of local and international culinary experts, including Tasia and Gracia Seger from Australia; the jungle chef Charles Toto and raw food specialist Arif Springs from Indonesia. the festival will bring an array of Asian flavours to some of Seminyak and Sanur’s most exotic dining destinations. For more information please visit www. ubudfoodfestival.com.

CasCades Bali’s Course Dinner 28-29 April 2016

Ancient Futures: NewEarth Festival 5–9 April 2017 Ancient Futures: NewEarth Festival is a space for visionaries, change makers and thought leaders to connect and lead their own initiatives that will make a positive impact.

Featuring an array of creative acts like music, healing arts, gastronomy, symposium and other performances, the festival is organized to challenge perspectives and find solutions for a better world. The topics that will be discussed in Ancient Futures include decentralization (air), art as activism

CasCades Ba l i Rest aura nt of Viceroy Ba l i i s k now n for its stunni ng d ishes due to its collaborations with Michelin Star chefs like Nick Bril, Benoit Dewitte, Michael Vrijmoed, Thierry Blouet and Sninobu Namae. This April, the restaurant will welcome another two renowned chefs. Soenil Bahadoer is originally from Suriname, located on the northeast coast of South America. Bahadoer is the Chef Patron of Restaurant De Lindehof in the Netherlands. Having grown up in a traditional Hindu family, his cooking style perfectly reflects h i s ba c k g r ou nd . B a ho do er’s creativity and exotic inf luences are commonly seen and tasted in his dishes. Guests can look forward to one of his best creations, Rendang, that is combined with ginger beer,

cabbage, kimchi, miso powder, potato with curry and white soy.

Bahadoer will also work alongside CasCade’s executive chef Nic Vanderbeeken. Vanderbeeken has previously worked in and established a number of restaurants all around the globe, including in France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Vietnam.

The two-day collaboration will serve guests with a meal and wine pairing.

Event Details: 28 April 2017 | 7pm onwards | 6 course dinner | IDR 1,950.000 ++ (with wine pairing) 29 April 2017 | 7pm onwards | 4 course dinner | Rp.1,500,000 ++ (with wine pairing). For more information please visit w w w. cascadesbali.com/en/index.php.

Photography

Bali & Java Photography Tour 30 Mar – 8 April 2017 Join photographer, David Metcalf and National Geog raphic photography tutor Suki Belaustegui for a f a nt a s t i c phot o g r a phy workshop. Every day is workshop style in the field and you will learn tricks and tips from 2 excellent tutors. Highlights: you will meet the wild horsemen of Mt Bromo, visit the charming Tengger villages, explore the Dieng Plateau, attend a special Javanese dance performance, stay in a coffee plantation resort, climb and photograph Mt Ijen, and witness the famous blue flame, plus visit traditional villages. You will photograph the local Tengger people in their homes and in the rice fields. You will be led into the heart of Javanese spirituality and classic Java, plus visit the hill country of Munduk and the spectacular Mt Agung. An experience not to be missed with one-on-one personalised photography tuition. Last night stay in beautiful Tug u Hotel. http://davidmetcalfphotography. com/package/bali-javaphotoworkshop-2017/

BANDUNG Festival Sean Kingston Live 16 March 2017 Sean Kingston will be coming to Bandung this March to greet fans and perform a live show. The American singer and rapper first broke into the spotlight with his album Sean Kingston which debuted in 2007. For more information please visit www.rajakarcis.com/ show/rnb-hype-night-with-seankingston?_ref=mli.

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JAKARTA Cars for Sale When You are looking for car rent monthly or long periods, i have black Toyota Avanza 2013, manual gear. reach 46,000km, the car is only special rent for foreigners. I charge Rp. 3,500,000/month for the car only. Please email me at : lancarlah1@yahoo.com or text me at +62818609853 if interested.

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Bahasa Indonesia teacher available Bintaro area: Hi, I'm an experienced Bahasa Indonesia teacher looking for English speaking students. I have been teaching in and around Pondok Indah/Cipete/Kemang area privately for the past 5 years and had a Bahasa Indonesia course running successfully at the British Women's Association in the past. I am now looking for students around Bintaro area as travelling to South Jakarta is no longer a possibility for me. If you are interested or have any inquiries, do contact Nicola (via text/WA) +6281310033210 Native Italian Teacher in Jakarta: Private lessons at your home/office.

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F O R R E N T: E x c l u s i v e Fu r n i shed Apa r t ment i n Hampton’s Park Apartments, Pondok Indah. Superb location.

10 0m 2 . Second f loor. Pool v iew. Two bed rooms. Two bathrooms (one ensuite with bathtub). Office area. Bedroom + bathroom for household staff.

Furnished: includes kitchen set, fridge, overm stove, microwave, dispenser, washing machine, two built-in bedframes, one tv in open cabinet, built in closets, built in desks, phone, internet access. Apartment Facilities: Gym, 24-hour security, beautiful tropical grounds and pools, including one for children, jogging track, playg round, a nd ha l f basketba l l cour t.

Walking distance to Jakarta International School, opposite Hero Supermarket, Starbucks, Hotel Kristal with restaurants and Satu Lagi Sports Bar. Five minutes away from PIM (Pondok Indah Mall) and RSPI (Pondok Indah Hospital). Rent: 1,500 US$ per month. Please call Ibu Srie at +62(0)87888875577 or +62(0)81282039091or email: srie_cartwright@yahoo.com or villajododewa@gmail.com

Menteng house for rent: our house in central Jakarta will be coming up for rent per April 1st as we are moving for work. Since the owners have been so gracious with us during our stay there we are helping them find a

good new tenant. Landed house, 200 m2 / 2,000 feet2. Three bedrooms, two bathrooms, living with small office, kitchen and a small garden.

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Nia Setiawati: your independent housing agent for South Jakarta Looking for an apartment or house in South Jakarta? Let me assist you and find the best place to suit your needs!

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BALI – Private Villa in the Rice Fields, Ubud. Getaway from the big city and visit Ubud, Bali – A peaceful stay in the rice f ields, staying at a traditional village, Pejeng Village, a short 4.5 kms from Ubud. 3 Bedrooms plus a villa cook. Huge pool which is spring-fed and has eco-ioniser filter. Beautifully appointed villa with a villa cook. Driver available.

Authentic Balinese stay. The walk down to the World Heritage Listed holy Pakerisan River is your nature fix. Sleeps 6 (can extend to 10) Ideal for family or couples or girls-getaway weekend. Breakfast included – Western or Indonesian. Security 24 hrs. Read latest guest reviews on tripadvisor. A magical experience – like a home away from home. www.villadamee.com New 3 bedroom Villa for sale, western style, semi-furnished, solarhart hot water, borewel l, AC’s, 5,500W, parking 4 cars, p o o l , m a t u r e g a r d e n , q u i et location, 10 mins Canggu Club/ school, 15 mins Echo beach. Call Ana +6281236305235 or email chuantik@hotmail.com Nice view land at Canggu (Tiying Tutul). 900m² (9 are). US$ 40,000 or Rp. 400.000.000 (million) per are (10m2). Email agungsutamash@ gmail.com. Contact: +6281139 6407 Brand new high end colonial style 4-bedroom villa for rent. Close to Canggu/Montessori school.

Direct from owner Whatsapp: +628123847065, Email: cx744@ me.com, Asking 395 Million/year.

Available for long-term nego.

HOUSE for sale : recently renovated unfurnished 3 bedroom house inside housing complex on Jalan Lingkar Timur Udayana, Jimbaran, Badung Selatan, Bali; SHM; Land 110m2; one bathroom; PLN 1,300VA; Wa t e r S u p p l i e d b y P DA M ; Carport; brick fence left, right, front; high wall at back; please call local Contact Person : (Ms) Nurul +62859350961156 Others High quality educational soft foam padded play mat. Waterproof, easy to clean and double sided. Pattern: animals, alphabet, numbers. Large size 2.47m x 1.4m perfect for play area or bedroom excellent condition brand new. Price: Rp. 2.5 million Contact: Ingrid (+62812826 78334 ) Best deal! Rare f ind! Excellent condition! It's time to make your house into a home with these 45 years old Balinese Antiques! Made

from high quality woods such as Teak and Ebony coupled with intricate craftsmanship, these 3 statues stand elegantly at an average height of 1.6 meters and weigh about 65 kg. The asking price is Rp.150 million/statue (negotiable).

Hurry and make an appointment for viewing! To view, please call Dwi @ +62817111100 or e-mail dwisundjojo@gmail.com Yamaha Grand Piano S400B for sale! Hand-crafted model close to 27 years old. Excellent condition!

The length is 6 ft 4 inches or 197 cm, similar to a C6 model, in between a Baby Grand and Full Sized concert grand. No more in production.

Keys are ivory laminated. There are only 2 pieces of such models in Jakarta, according to a Yamaha showroom rep. Offer price Rp.190 million (negotiable). To view and try out on piano, please contact Dwi @ +62 817 111 100 or e-mail dwisundjojo@gmail.com

Bread making, baking machine Panasonic SD -ZB2502 Bread making, baking machine, Panasonic's top model bread baking machine, hardly used. Convenient timer function, wake up to the smell of freshly baked bread. Including instruction manual and recipe book, for product details please see below YouTube videos. Sales price: Rp. 1.8 million. SMS or WA: +628111022392 For Sale: air purifiers. The most effective way to purify your indoor air (bedroom, kids rooms, living or study room) are air purifiers, I think a must have in Jakarta.

You can breathe the difference.

2 IQair HealthPro 250 including filters (6 months used) plus 2 new PreMax Filters. I offer each device including new PreMax filter for IDR 9.500.000 (for reference the new device is sold at 23.000.000) 1 BlueAir 603 purifying system (filter is 6 months used) for IDR 6.000.000 (The new device is sold at 13,000,000).Contact via SMS or WA: +6281110 22392 For sale CD collection, approx 200 titles: classical, contemporary classical, jazz, blues. All in good condition. Worth around $2,000, selling for $200 (about $1 each). Will not separate, price not negotiable.

Be quick, it is a bargain. Email to cd@my-sales.tk for further information.

Personal If you are a western guy, single, a rou nd 45 , i nt rover t , wou ld like going out for live music and interesting talks and looking for friendship, you might like to meet me, an introvert Indonesian lady living in Ubud who likes dancing but not the parties. turena2408@ yahoo.com

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