Category: Program
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A Flashback of Chinese New Year Traditions from the New Order Period to Now
Kompas Pagi Chinese New Year is the most important event for ethnic Chinese. This New Yearcelebration is based on the Chinese calendar or the lunisolar calendar, which is formedby combining the lunar calendar with the solar calendar. The culture associated withChinese New Year celebrations varies, depending on the region. Chinese New Yearduring the New Order…
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Moving to the New Capital City Requires Large Funds. Will the IKN Megaproject Continue?
Kompas Pagi President Jokowi has been planning to move the IKN capital city from Jakarta toKalimantan since 2019. Having become a pro and con by some experts, thegovernment is still formulating the right budget, but on the one hand, the ministries haveyet to be unanimous regarding the source of funds. Speaker of the House ofRepresentatives…
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About the Cost of Building a New Capital City, Economist: Can the New Capital Restore the National Economy?
Kompas Bisnis Faisal Basri, INDEF Senior Economist and Academician at the University of Indonesiadiscussed that building a new capital city (IKN) needs to be monitored, especially interms of the state budget, which takes up to half a quadrillion dollars. The governmentmust also strategize short-term and long-term funding schemes by minimizing the statebudget allocation in the…
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Steps to Minimize the Spread of Omicron in Indonesia
Kompas Pagi The Indonesian government takes steps to accelerate vaccinations and tighten healthprotocols to prevent the spread of omicron variants. Several experts believe theIndonesian government should have entered the omicron variant at the end ofNovember. Due to late detection, it takes more effort to be able to do close contacttracing and testing. The threat of…
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Answering the Issue of Garuda Indonesia’s Bankruptcy, Debt Restructuring as a Way Out?
Kompas Bisnis Rapid business turbulence, along with internal and external shocks, is beingexperienced by Garuda Indonesia. The Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs)previously stated that the state-owned airline, Garuda Indonesia, is technically bankruptdue to its debt burden. Irfan Setiaputra, Garuda Indonesia’s Managing Director,responded to this, stating that Garuda Indonesia is technically bankrupt but that the factremains…
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The Harshness of City Life and Those Struggling to Get Out of Poverty
Jurnal Glenys Poverty is still the government’s homework. The government has attempted manyformulations, such as direct cash assistance, relocation of residents to runaways, andthe arrangement of slum villages. As of March 2021, BPS data states that the poverty rate is 10.14%, equivalent to 27.54million people. The portrait of poverty can be found around us in…
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Let’s Use Digital TV. And Enjoy HD Broadcasts Without Foggy Images
Jurnal Glenys With its 270 million population, Indonesia has great power to emerge as a champion inthe digital economy era. One is by immediately ending analog TV broadcasts andmigrating to digital. How big is the economic impact? And is the government ready tomigrate to digital? As of November 2, 2022, analog TV broadcasts will be…
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93 Years of Youth Pledge, Tracing the Struggle of Youth 1928
Kompas Pagi The Youth Pledge became a great momentum for the unity of the Indonesian people inone nation, one language and one blood. The moment of Youth Pledge was initiated bythe unity of all the country’s youth. The beginning of the awakening of the nation’s youthwas marked by the establishment of Boedi Oetomo, which then…
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The Youth Pledge was Eulogized from a “Kos-Kosan”
Jurnal Glenys Every October 28, we commemorate Youth Pledge Day. We remember the struggle ofthe youth at that time for the independence of the Republic of Indonesia. At the SecondYouth Congress, 3 important figures led to the youth pledge. They were MuhammadYamin, Soegondo Djojopuspito and Amir Syarifudin. With the spirit of youth, theyconsolidated in the…
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Istiqlal Mosque to Cathedral Church, Real Forms of Religion Influencing the Way Climate Change is Viewed
Religious leaders are trying to invite people to care for the environment and use solarpanels in houses of worship. And this has proven effective in Indonesia. I saw the solarpanels used by the Cathedral Church in Jakarta and how effectively they save energyand church expenses. Not only that, Catholics and Muslims are commanded to takecare…