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Tenggara Backgrounder August 06, 2021
POLITICS
Unequal distribution remains challenge for vaccination program
Jakarta and Bali are the first provinces to vaccinate more than 90 percent of their populations with at least the first dose, far exceeding the nationwide coverage of 22.8 percent as of Aug. 3. While the vaccine rollout has been concentrated in the t...
Better targeted COVID-19 social safety nets save the day
The COVID-19 pandemic may have brought untold miseries to millions of people in the country who have had to deal with deaths among loved ones, survive the infection, endure severe economic hardships and see their mobility severely restricted. These w...
Mega discounts in court: Sentences slashed for graft convicts
A panel of judges at the Jakarta High Court recently cut the sentence for graft convict Djoko Soegianto Tjandra. The decision showed yet again the generosity of the country’s judiciary toward corruption convicts, which perhaps signals the withering w...
Violence on disabled Papuan renews calls for military court revision
A video showing two soldiers of the Indonesian Air Force stepping on the head of a Papuan with a disability in Merauke widely circulated recently on social media and immediately sparked public outrage. Frits Ramanday, the Papuan representative of the...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Govt appoints PGE as geothermal holding, to go public
In a bid to boost Indonesia’s green energy use, the government has appointed PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) as a geothermal holding company, named Holding Geothermal Indonesia (HGI). HGI will acquire stakes of other state-owned geothermal compa...
Komodo tourism project to carry on despite UNESCO’s call to stop
The government is not showing any signs of stopping the tourism infrastructure development project in Komodo National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, despite the organization’s call to stop. It is a bit too late now, as the project is 95 percent...
RI moving closer to producing EV batteries with LG, Hyundai
Indonesia is getting closer to making its dream a reality and producing lithium batteries for electronic vehicles (EV), after newly established state-owned Indonesia Battery Corporation (IBC) inked an agreement last week with South Korea’s LG Energy...
Manufacturing contracts, demand declines amid PPKM
Following the prolonged public activity restrictions (PPKM), Indonesia faces weak demand as signified by muted inflation and falling manufacturing productivity. As July has ended, many are worried that this phase is only a prelude to a worsening seco...
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