Author: Rangga Putri

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Waste banks have a strategic role as educational facilities and instruments of public behavior change and circular economy implementation in Indonesia’s waste management value chain, Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya has said. “The existence of waste bank can be one of the entryways for the selection of waste at the source, determining the availability and quality of waste as recycling material as an effort to fulfill domestic recycling industry’s raw materials,” she added. Waste banks can also serve as strategic partners in the implementation of producers’ obligations regarding waste reduction, Nurbaya said here on Tuesday. Waste…

CENTRALITY is the foundation of the Asean Charter. It is the driving force for relations and cooperation with non-members. US President Joe Biden’s “Indo-Pacific Strategy” claims to endorse Asean centrality and support its efforts to deliver sustainable solutions to the region’s most pressing challenges. But the strategy actually undercuts the bloc’s core objective by building the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (the Quad) as a “premier regional grouping” and bringing together Asia-Pacific allies in AUKUS (Australia, the UK and the US), a trilateral security pact that was criticised by Indonesia and Malaysia. These institutional initiatives, as well as the US Indo-Pacific Economic…

KUALA LUMPUR: Several provisions of the law will be studied to prevent scalping, says Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil. He said it will be an inter-agency effort, with investigations first being conducted on scalpers selling Coldplay concert tickets. The findings will then be used to see what amendments are needed to the legal framework to prevent further occurrences, he added. “There are currently no anti-scalping laws. “In countries like the United States and Australia, there are (agencies) to handle… scalping incidents there. “We will study their initiatives as well,” he said at a joint press conference with the Domestic…

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno has revealed that his ministry is currently preparing its report on the economic turnover resulting from the 42nd ASEAN Summit held this year. The summit was hosted in Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), on May 9–11, 2023. “We are currently arranging the report. Earlier in the morning, I reviewed the report on MSMEs (micro, small, and medium enterprises),” Uno informed during “The Weekly Brief with Sandi Uno” in Jakarta on Monday. Initially, the government had set the turnover target at Rp2 million per pax for the…

National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Head Suharso Monoarfa said one of the priorities of Indonesia, as 2023 ASEAN Chair, is strengthening the initiatives of ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific through concrete and inclusive development cooperation. “With this approach, ASEAN, like Indonesia, prioritizes four areas of cooperation in the region, namely maritime cooperation, connectivity, the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, and the economy,” Monoarfa stated during a bilateral meeting with President of the French-Indonesia and Timor Leste Inter-Parliament Friendship Group Marc-Philippe Daubresse, as quoted from his official Instagram page @suharsomonoarfa here, Wednesday. The agency head said, Indonesia has worked on triangular…

SINGAPORE – Three companies have been fined for illegally dumping toxic and hazardous substances into sewers in Woodlands, Tuas and Pioneer. This is an offence that risks harming workers maintaining the public sewerage system, damaging Singapore’s used water treatment facilities and polluting the environment, national water agency PUB said in a statement on Monday. Among the companies charged was membrane manufacturing firm Century Water Systems and Technologies, which had discharged into the sewers high concentrations of dimethylacetamide – a substance known to disrupt Newater production when present in excessively high amounts – instead of engaging a licensed toxic industrial waste…

As a Smart Nation, we want to go beyond just adopting technology. Our aim is to fundamentally rethink business models, so that we can make impactful changes to reap productivity gains and create new growth areas. By 2030, we see Singapore as a leader in developing and deploying scalable, impactful artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, in key sectors of high value and relevance to our citizens and businesses. National Artificial Intelligence Strategy The National AI Strategy outlines our plans to deepen the use of AI to transform our economy: National AI Strategy (9.2mb) National AI Strategy – Summary (2.6mb) Building a…

Signing of seven additional properties underscores a strong development pipeline and positions Vinpearl to be Marriott’s largest owner in Vietnam with 15 hotels and resorts. HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM – Marriott International, Inc. announced that it has signed agreements with Vinpearl, Vietnam’s largest hospitality and leisure chain, for an additional seven hotels and resorts, comprising more than 2,500 rooms. These seven hotels add to the eight hotels announced in 2022, when Marriott first entered into agreements with Vinpearl. With today’s announcement, Vinpearl is expected to be Marriott’s largest owner in Vietnam with 15 hotels and resorts. “This signing marks another milestone in…

The Indonesian government repatriated 154 migrant workers who were detained in various Malaysian Immigration Detention Centers ahead of Eid al-Fitr. Some of them were also confined at the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. “The Indonesian citizens and migrant workers have been serving sentences in Malaysian prisons for immigration violations. After serving their sentences, they have to stay longer at the Migration Detention Depot (DTI) for the deportation process,” said the Foreign Affairs Ministry in a written statement. The ministry explained that the overcrowded and inappropriate situation in Malaysian prisons has rendered Indonesian citizens vulnerable, especially those who are sick, the elderly,…

Phil Mickelson says he brought a $1 billion sponsor and a plan for eight elevated events to PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan before he joined LIV Golf, but had the idea dismissed. Many of the new changes on the PGA Tour are things that Mickelson had been championing, such as the Player Impact Program (PIP), big increases in prize money and now the new elevated events, which will become small-field, no-cut tournaments next year. The six-time Major champion saw the threat of Greg Norman’s LIV Golf as a bargaining chip to bring about change, saying last year: “As nice a guy as (Monahan) comes across as,…