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>
> INDONESIA DIGEST
> Indonesia's complex Issues in a Nutshell
> By; Ms. Wuryastuti Sunario
> Published by: TBSC-Strategic Communication
> No.: 04.06 - Dated: 31 January 2006
> In this issue:
>
> MAIN FEATURE:
>
> LABOUR LAW TO BE AMENDED TO IMPROVE INVESTMENT CLIMATE
>
> NEWS AND BACKGROUND:
>
> 1. The Environment, Health and Culture
> The World's smallest fish discovered in Sumatra lagoon
> · Containing Avian Flu: Consumers to watch their step in wet
> markets
> 2. Politics and Security:
> Enhancing Bali's safety and enjoyment:
> Emergency Drills at Bali Airport, Sanur Security Equipment installed;
> President and VP stroll along Kuta Beach; Singapore's Valuair services
> Bali
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> MAIN FEATURE:
>
> LABOUR LAW TO BE AMENDED TO IMPROVE INVESTMENT CLIMATE
>
> Labour Law No. 13 of the year 2003 will be amended to improve Indonesia's
> investment climate, said Minister for Labour and Transmigration, Erman
> Suparno. Amendments will be made in consultation with the Minister for Law
> and Human Rights, to be enacted by Parliament, reports Bisnis Indonesia.
>
> Five major points to be reviewed encompass firstly, the authority to
> determine regional minimum wages, which at the moment is with the
> provincial
> governor after receiving recommendations from district heads and mayors,
> this will be transferred to become the authority of district heads and
> mayors.
>
> Second, the stipulation on labour strikes. At the moment, labour will go
> on
> strike before bipartite negotiations are commenced. This situation is to
> be
> changed and regulated so as not to become a cultural trait of labour
> organizations.
>
> Third, stipulation on retrenchment and retrenchment pay. Amounts mentioned
> will be reviewed and adjusted, said Minister Erman. For example, a
> manager's
> retrenchment pay will equal that of workers, so that managers will have to
> think twice before changing jobs, or making retrenchment a profitable way
> out. In the case of manual labour who are retrenched because of criminal
> offences, different rules will be applied.
>
> Fourth, the matter of outsourcing. Distinction must be made between core
> jobs and non-core jobs. In fact, outsourcing creates new employment,
> however, new rules must be applied.
>
> Fifth, permits to foreign workers. Foreign workers must hold employment
> permits. In the case where the foreigner is a company's owner, director,
> or
> shareholder, permits form a package with the establishment of the company.
> Nonetheless, temporary foreign technicians, for example, need additional
> permits.
>
> Additionally, amendments are also sought to Law No. 21 of 2000 on the
> establishment of Labour Unions. In the present Law, unions may be
> established by a minimum of 10 workers. In the case where a company
> employs
> 10,000 workers, this means that there may be established 1,000 unions in
> that company, which would be chaotic.
>
> The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce, KADIN, has responded positively to the
> proposed amendments, however, urging that the Chamber be included in
> preparatory discussions. Benny Pasaribu of Kadin feels that any amendment
> must create win-win solutions, which will be capable to bring growth to
> the
> company but also improve working conditions for its workers. Whilst,
> Executive Director of the Indonesian Textile Association, Ernovian G.
> Ismy,
> asks that wages be adjusted according to productivity and capacity of
> companies, and not based along minimum living expenses, where wages
> constitute between 10% to 27% of production costs in the industry. The
> textile industry is very labour intensive, employing 1.7 million workers
> in
> Indonesia, and will, therefore be adversely affected by non-conducive
> changes and stipulations in the labour Law.
>
> Labour Minister, Erman Suparno, plans to hold tripartite meetings latest
> in
> February so that the new Law may be enacted by mid-2006.
>
> In meetings with investors and prospective investors from Japan and the
> USA
> recently, investors cited drawbacks presented in the Labour Law as one of
> the priorities recommended to be corrected by the government to make
> Indonesia more competitive vis-à-vis opportunities offered by other
> countries.
>
> Data on Unemployment
>
> Meanwhile, Labour and Transmigration Department Secretary General, Harry
> Heriawan revealed that in 2005, Indonesia counted 10.8 million unemployed
> or
> 10.3% of total population. In 2006 and 2007 unemployment is expected to
> turn
> around, so that in 2009 the figures will be reduced to less than 6%.
>
> Elasticity of employment in Indonesia is also relatively low. It is
> estimated that 1% in economic growth will provide only 200,000 jobs, so
> that
> with a predicted 5% growth this year, only 1 million job seekers can be
> absorbed. Whereas, each year 2.5 million new entrants join the workforce.
> Of
> the 10.8 million unemployed, 61% have received secondary education; 30%
> are
> from primary education, and only 7% have benefited from tertiary
> education,
> reports Kompas daily.
>
> For this reason, the government urges that more investments in
> labour-intensive industries be made, in order to allow twice the present
> growth in job creation.
>
> Sources: Bisnis Indonesia, Kompas. (Tuti Sunario)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> NEWS AND BACKGROUND:
>
> 1. The Environment, Health and Culture
>
> The World's smallest fish discovered in Sumatra lagoon
>
> Britain's Royal Society announced that a fish found by Swiss
> ichthyologist
> Maurice Kottelat in the lagoons of the island of Sumatra, was not only the
> world's smallest known fish, but it is also the tiniest vertebrate ever
> found. Kottelat made it a habit of wandering through the Sumatra's dark,
> wet
> peat bogs, and is racing to discover new species of fish before the bogs
> are
> drained and burned by settlers.
>
> In the past five years, he has discovered 450 new species of fish there.
> Most of them are small and under six inches. But one day in his net,
> Kottelat saw an unusually small fish; he thought it was just a baby. He
> sent
> it on to London's Natural History Museum, where researchers confirmed that
> the specimen the size of a nail clipping wasn't a baby at all, but the
> smallest adult vertebrate ever found.
> The fish, Paedocypris progenetica, takes the title away from another fish:
> a
> half-inch-long goby found in the northern Pacific.
> The fish, a member of the carp family, has a translucent body and a head
> unprotected by a skeleton. Mature females grow to less than a third of an
> inch long (or smaller than the width of a finger), reports John Nielsen
> for
> the Environment.
> · Containing Avian Flu: Consumers to watch their step in wet
> markets
> With dangerously unhygienic conditions at thousands of traditional wet
> markets in the country, the World Health Organization (WHO) is advising
> consumers to take precautions in handling poultry products.
> A member of the WHO team that recently inspected traditional markets here,
> Roy Sparringa, warned the public to change its behavior even though there
> were no proven cases of transmission of the virus from poultry products to
> people.
> The official at the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) told The
> Jakarta
> Post that ignorance persisted among consumers, particularly about eating
> uncooked and undercooked poultry products.
> "There are so many misperceptions that have led people to consume raw
> poultry products, such as raw eggs and innards. With the threat of a
> pandemic increasing, I suggest such consumption should be stopped."
> With no refrigeration of slaughtered chickens and ducks available at wet
> markets, and stalls close to each other, they are a thriving site for
> bacteria. A poultry seller who died last week in Jakarta has tested
> positive
> here for the deadly H5N1 strain of the avian influenza virus, although it
> must be confirmed by the WHO laboratory in Hong Kong.
> Roy cited a joint WHO and Food and Agricultural Organization circular that
> said that even though the avian influenza virus was usually found in
> respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts of infected birds, studies
> indicate
> that such highly pathogenic virus spread to all parts of an infected bird,
> including its meat and eggs. The H5N1 strain could be found inside and on
> the surface of eggs laid by infected birds.
> "Although sick birds will normally stop producing eggs, eggs laid in the
> early phase of the disease could contain viruses in the albumen and yolk,
> as
> well as on the surface of the shell," the report said.
> WHO Southeast Asia Regional Office food security consultant Sanjay
> Chaudhary
> emphasized the importance of thorough food preparation, especially in
> cooking, to prevent the spread of germs.
> The organization is promoting safer food tips that would not only help
> prevent the possibility of spreading the bird flu virus, but also curb
> transmission of other foodborne diseases, such as salmonella and e-coli.
> Among them is that eggs from areas with bird flu outbreaks should never be
> consumed raw or partially cooked.
> "Eggs with a runny yolk should be avoided," he said, adding that cooking
> poultry at above 70 degrees would inactivate the virus.
> People are also encouraged to separate raw meat from cooked, especially on
> food preparation surfaces, to avoid contamination; wash their hands after
> handling frozen or thawed raw chickens or eggs, as well as keeping food at
> safe temperatures -- below 5 degrees or above 60 degrees -- to slow or
> stop
> the growth of microorganisms.
> Roy acknowledged the problems in educating consumers, because many people
> consumed improperly cooked meat and eggs, including adding raw eggs to
> jamu
> traditional herbal drinks.
> "Telling people to stop consuming such products would be difficult because
> the practices have been passed down from our ancestors."
> However, he said WHO, BPOM and the government would do their best to
> educate
> the poultry sellers and the customers about safe handling of the products.
> "We would add more detail measures on food safety in the government's
> strategic plan to control the pandemic, he said.
> The government will dispatch 2,000 food inspectors at district levels
> across
> the country and 1,400 food safety campaigners to educate members of the
> community.
> Indonesia has 14 confirmed human deaths from bird flu.
> Although all human cases at present acquired H5n1 from infected live and
> dead poultry, experts worry that the virus could mutate to forms easily
> transmitted among humans and spark a global pandemic.Tb. Arie Rukmantara,
> The Jakarta Post.
> 2. Politics and Security:
> Enhancing Bali's safety and enjoyment:
> Emergency Drills at Bali Airport, Sanur Security Equipment installed;
> President and VP stroll along Kuta Beach; Singapore's Valuair services
> Bali
>
>
> Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport conducted another emergency drill
> on
> Friday, January 27, 2006; one in a series of regular drills conducted to
> test the ability of the Airport and related public safety units to respond
> in emergency situations, reports balidiscovery.com
>
> Friday's drill was staged at the international departure terminal of the
> airport and involved the airport's security brigade, airport police and
> Bali's highly-trained emergency response police team.
>
> The exercise began with the "identification" of a suspected explosive
> device
> in the airport prompting an immediate evacuation and "seal-down" of
> surrounding areas by police and airport security personnel. Within minutes
> fire fighting teams and ambulances arrived at staging areas, prepared to
> respond if the situation demanded it. Simultaneously, the Bali Police
> emergency response team's bomb squad arrived on the scene. While a team of
> officers made a larger sweep of the area for any additional suspicious
> objects, two experts wearing full protective clothing and carrying
> sophisticated equipment assessed the suspected bomb before removing it to
> a
> more remote location outside the terminal.
>
> Every step of the drill was controlled and monitored from a hi-tech crisis
> center located in a secure location within the airport.
>
> The entire drill was over in less than an hour with the response team
> getting a round of applause from tourists who witnessed the
> well-coordinated
> drill from a safe distance.
>
> On Monday, 30 January, anti-terrorist drills in case of a hijack were
> exercised at Bali's Ngurah Rai airport. The scenario played out was that a
> Garuda wide-bodied aircraft was hijacked between Jakarta and Brisbane and
> diverted to Bali. Here, after two days of unsuccessful negotiations with
> hijackers, Indonesia's Special Anti-Terrorism troops stormed the plane and
> incapacitated the hijackers. After the arrest, passengers were allowed to
> deplane, but not after thorough body-checks to ensure that none of the
> passengers were co-hijackers disguised as passenger, reports TV7.
>
> Security Equipment installed along Sanur
>
> Meanwhile, in response to Bali's latest terrorist attack and calls from
> Bali's Chief of Police to enhance "community policing," the people of
> Sanur
> Community Village have begun independently installing CCTV surveillance
> cameras at key locations within their neighborhood.
>
> Largely unseen by the tourist visitors frequenting the hotels, restaurants
> and shops that populate Sanur Village, cameras are now keeping an around
> the
> clock eye on beachside jogging tracks and main roadways around Sanur. The
> cameras are all centrally linked to the office of the Sanur Foundation
> where
> selected members of the 33-man Sanur Local Security Force will monitor and
> maintain constant contact with members of their team and local police
> authorities.
>
> Part of a local community initiative using a 14 kilometer long fiber optic
> cable operated by a local firm - Bali Media Net, Sanur community leaders
> eventually hope to add more CCTV camera, create a community Cable-TV
> station
> and even allow people to view Sanur's underwater marine life via a 24-hour
> underwater camera.
>
> Indonesia President and Vice President Make a Special Point of Getting Up
> Close and Personal with Bali's Visitors.
>
> Is Bali safe and a good place to visit?
>
> Apparently, both Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice
> President Jusuf Kalla think so. During separate visits over the past week,
> Indonesia's #1 and #2 leaders made high profile visits to Bali
> demonstrating
> that they are genuinely "men of the people," at ease with the local
> security
> situation.
>
> On Wednesday, January 25, 2006, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and
> First
> Lady "Ibu Ani" made an unannounced visit to Bali's Kuta beach area. For
> more
> than an hour the President and his wife strolled along Bali's most famous
> stretch of beach where they purchased souvenirs while chatting with
> foreign
> tourist, local shop owners, and beach masseuses.
>
> Shaking hundreds of hands with both local and international visitors, the
> Susilo's happily obliged the many requests from tourists eager to have a
> photo opportunity with Indonesia's CEO. Apparently very much at ease with
> Bali's current security situation, the Chief Executive's security team
> appeared relatively relaxed as the President plunged into crowds of
> tourists
> along the beach and the throngs at Kuta's traditional market.
>
> In a separate visit to Bali on Thursday, January 26, 2006, Indonesia's
> Vice
> President Jusuf Kalla returned from Japan and a four country foreign tour
> on
> board a commercial Garuda flight. During the long flight from Tokyo to
> Bali
> the Vice President actively paced the aisles of the aircraft engaging in
> conversations with the pleasantly surprised Bali-bound passengers.
>
> After a surprise inspection of the immigration services at Bali's airport,
> the president continued on to Jakarta, again using a commercial aircraft
> where he repeated his public contact foray, asking Jakarta bound
> passengers
> for feedback on their just completed visit to Bali.
>
> Budget Carrier Valuair Commences Service to Bali.
>
> With security tightened on Bali, balidiscovery.com further reports that
> Valuair - the Singapore-based budget airline launched its thrice-weekly
> Bali
> service on Friday, January 27, 2006.
>
> Valuair flies to Bali on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday with the following
> initial schedule:
> departing Singapore at 3:15pm arriving in Denpasar at 5:55pm. VF 542 will
> depart Denpasar at 6:45pm, arriving in Singapore at 9:30 p.m.
>
> Very Cheap Fares
>
> Regular round-trip fares between Singapore and Bali will be sold by
> Valuair
> for S$ 199 (approximately US$ 122.40).
>
> Neil Thompson, acting CEO of Valuair said, "Bali is an important
> destination
> for us. I've always been amazed that so many people have such a personal
> affinity with Bali that they're compelled to return again and again, yet
> they've not had the benefit of low airfares. With Valuair we're going to
> change the playing field to make Bali a destination that will enable
> travelers to keep their strong attachment to this beautiful island on a
> more
> regular basis."
>
> Bali is the third Indonesian destination served by Valuair - they also fly
> to Jakarta and Surabaya, reports balidiscovery.com
>
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