PLN HAS LONG WAITING LIST OF WOULD BE SUBSCRIBERS

Pontianak (Antara West Kalimantan) - General Manager of the West Kalimantan branch of Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) Bima Putra Jaya said there are 18,000 people in the waiting list seeking to be subscribers of the state company in the province.

Bima said PLN is determined to see that no one in the waiting list by the end of this year.

"Our target is that no one left in the waiting list by the end of this year. We want everything is settled," he said here on Sunday.

He said West Kalimantan branch of PLN hopes to have 1 million subscribers by the end of this year, adding currently it already has 978 subscribers.

www.antarakalbar.com

Read More

WEST KALIMANTAN IMPLEMENTS SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF PEATLANDS

Pontianak (Antara West Kalimantan) - West Kalimantan Vice Governor Christiandy Sanjaya said that the provincial administration is encouraging the Peatlands Restoration Team to implement the sustainable management of peatlands in the province.

"The team consists of the government, academicians, non-profit organizations and private associations," Christiandy said here on Tuesday.

The cooperation among all these sectors is expected to be an initial action to preserve and manage the sustainability of peatlands, he added.

He explained that peatlands have many different functions, such as retaining fresh water, preventing flooding and sea water intrusion, preserving biodiversity and controlling climate change.

West Kalimantan provincial administration has also launched the forest reference emission level measurement (FREL) on August 2016 at the annual GCF Task Force (Governors Climate Change And Forest Task Force) in Mexico for the conservation of peatlands.

At the meeting, West Kalimantan Governor delivered a FREL report, which is a reference to measure the emission levels in forests and lands, particularly the carbon emission calculations in peatlands.

Based on the interpretation of satellite imagery, Indonesia has the largest tropical peatlands in the world, about 21 million hectares, or 11.48 percent of Indonesia`s land area, scattered mainly in Sumatra, Kalimantan and Papua.

Peatlands in Indonesia are spread across 8.9 million hectares (34.8 percent) of Sumatra island, 5.8 million hectares (22.7 percent) of Kalimantan and 10.9 million hectares (42.6 percent) of Papua.

Most peatlands in Sumatra can be found on the east coast, while in Kalimantan Island, the peatlands are located in West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan and South Kalimantan provinces.

The peatlands in West Kalimantan cover an area of 1.68 million hectares.

Read More

WORLD CULTURE FORUM 2016 KICKED OFF WITH SUBAK CULTURAL VISIT

 Bali  (Antara West Kalimantan) -- The cultural visit to one of Indonesia's World Heritage Sites, Subak in Jatiluwih, Tabanan, Bali in Oct. 10, marked the commencement of the World Culture Forum 2016 (WCF) held in Bali, Indonesia. In conformity with theme, 'Culture for an Inclusive Sustainable Planet', the visit aims to help all of the participants comprehend the cultural development phase in Bali.

The visit began with the trip to Batukaru temple to witness the holy water invocation ritual to the Gods and then was proceeded with the interactive dialogue session with the Director of Balinese Paddy Field Conservation Foundation, Phyllis Kaplan and the lecturer of International Relations department of Udhayana University, Wiwik Dharmiasih.

Phyllis stressed the importance of the irrigation system for the survival of mankind. "Balinese Paddy Field Conservation Foundation developed the Economic Development with The Farmers program to encourage the farmers to produce the organic products. The program aims to develop and conserve the traditional irrigation system (subak), so that farmers can continue to make benefit of the system that has been established by the ancestors,� he explained.

This was echoed by Wiwik, said that Subak is an important asset in Bali, which must not only be maintained, but also preserved its continuity. �In this modern time, there are many farmers who advise their grandchildren not to become a farmer, but to become a doctor or other, instead. Thoughts like these will ultimately make Subak become neglected. The infrastructure development for paddy fields will help stimulate society to start farming and producing their own products, without having to import goods from other countries, �said Wiwik.

Subak is how Balinese people call water irrigation system, which was formed as a management system to ensure that water can irrigate rice fields in a village. Like other traditional organizations in Bali, Subak is also based on the philosophy of Tri Hita Karana. A philosophy which teaches that happiness can be achieved if human beings are able to maintain harmonious relations between the three elements, namely Parhyangan (Deity), Pawongan (Human), and Palemahan (Nature).

The participants also gain knowledge from the speakers concerning the obstacles to the survival of Subak system. One of the main reason is the demands of the rapid development in various fields, mainly tourism, which is not always in line with the values of local wisdom embraced by local community. Therefore, Subak became one of the issues to be discussed at the World Culture Forum 2016, to put an example on the complexity of the problems faced in preserving local knowledge in line with the demands of development in Bali as a world tourism base. Therefore, the consideration to the effort to inform Subak to the world community is echoed into valuable knowledge because it is expected to bridge the interdependence between man, nature and divinity.

Read More

GUANGDONG ENTERPRISES SEEK FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AS THEY "GO GLOBAL"

NEW YORK City,  (Antara West Kalimantan) -- The recent launch event of 2015 Report on the Sustainable Development of Chinese Enterprises Overseas kicked off at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, hosted by United Nations Development Programme, the Research Center in State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) and Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation (CAITEC). Shen Haixiong, Head of Guangdong Provincial Publicity Department and Chairman of Guangdong International Culture Association, participated and delivered a keynote speech.

Shen stated that the report was in accordance with the development vision that "China hopes to work together with all parties to build an innovative, open, interconnected and inclusive world economy, to achieve robust, sustainable, balanced and inclusive growth". He said, Guangdong enterprises were in the period of strategic opportunities of going global. In recent years, a great number of Guangdong enterprises have succeeded in participating in the international investment, which has achieved win-win results with the hosted countries and won good reputations.

Statistics in the report show that Chinese overseas enterprises had paid taxes of 31.19 billion USD to hosted countries in 2015, with an increase of 62.9% compared to that last year. They have hired 1.225 million foreign employees, which have added 392,000 compared to that at the end of last year. Guangdong enterprises represented by HUAWEI, Tencent have integrated into regional development all over the world with the ideas of "openness, cooperativeness and win-win".

Shen pointed out that Guangdong has attached great importance to information communication and cultural connection with the world. It makes most of our advantages as a great media and Internet province to provide strong support for enterprises and citizens to go global and achieve sustainable development abroad. In recent years, with strengthening news and culture communication as the link and to enhance international communication capacity and work for Belt and Road Initiative as the focus, Guangdong has geared up to advance international communication methods and expand communication channels, attracting large audiences at home and abroad. The province also creates excellent global conditions for promoting jointly discussing, building and sharing.

---

Read More

SAIL KARIMATA STRAIT GATHERS STEAM AS FOREIGN YACHTS ARRIVE

Pontianak (Antara West Kalimantan) - Eleven foreign yachts have arrived at a pier located in Sukabangun Village, Delta Pawan Sub-district, Ketapang District, West Kalimantan Province, to participate in the Wonderful Sail 2 Indonesia, being called Sail Karimata Strait, this year.

A total of 37 yachts from over 20 countries including France, Australia, and Sweden are expected to visit Ketapang from October 5 to 9, said Yulianus, head of the Ketapang culture, youth and sport office, here, Thursday.

Ketapang, which has been on the route of Wonderful Sail 2 Indonesia for the past several years, has prepared many interesting events, such as traditional Dayak dance performances and tours to tourist destinations.

Later, from Ketapang, the yachts will proceed to neighboring North Kayong District to participate in a peak ceremony for Sail Karimata Strait to be held in Datuk Island Beach, Sukadana Sub-district, on Oct 15.

Some 10 thousand Indonesians and five thousand foreigners, including tourists and VIP guests such as ambassadors, are expected to be present at the ceremony.

Sail Karimata Strait is expected to help promote the province`s marine tourism internationally.

Read More

LIPI HOLDS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FESTIVAL IN SERPONG, OCT 3-5

Tangerang (Antara West Kalimantan) - The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) is holding an International Science and Technology Festival at the Indonesia Convention and Exhibition Hall in Serpong, Banten Province, from Oct. 3 to 5, 2016.

"In fact, this festival is a forum for synergy between local and international researchers. And, it is also expected to help improve the quality of international class-scientific publications," Deputy Head of LIPI L. T. Handoko said during the opening ceremony of the festival here, Monday.

More than 400 participants are taking part in the festival, including scientists from from Germany, Italy, Japan, India, Singapore, Zambia, Malaysia, Burkina Faso, Denmark, Russia, Arab Saudi, Vietnam, Poland, the US, the UK, China, Algeria, Egypt, Tanzania, Australia, Austria, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Taiwan, and Nigeria.

The festival is a forum for researchers and scientists to present and publish their findings, and share information during a seminar, an expo and a business meeting attended by researchers, practitioners, academicians, students and industrialists.

The event is part of a series of scientific conferences that included The 3rd International Conference of Innovative Science and Applied Chemistry (ISAC 2016), The International Symposium on Frontier of Applied Physics (ISFAP 2016), The 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Energy Engineering and Applications (ICSEEA 2016), The International Conference on Appropriate Technology Development (ICATDev 2016).

Also Conference on Theoretical Physics and Nonlinear Phenomena (CTPNP 2016), International Symposium on Green Technology for Value Chains (Green VC 2016), The 2016 International Conference on Computer, Control, Informatics and Its Applications (IC3INA 2016), and the 2016 International Conference on Radar, Antenna, Microwave, Electronics, and Telecommunications (ICRAMET 2016).

Director General of the Innovation Strengthening of Research, Technology and Higher Education Ministry, Jumain Ape, said young researchers and innovators could use this annual event to introduce and demonstrate their work.

The Central Government is ready to provide support and incentives to encourage technological innovations and research.

Read More

LIGHT REACTION LAUNCHES IN VIETNAM

Vietnam--(Antara West Kalimantan)-- +Light Reaction, an outcomes-driven performance advertising business that is part of Xaxis, announced today the launch of operations in Vietnam. Light Reaction's pay-for-performance media model provides advertisers with a risk-free way to drive real outcomes such as sales, subscriptions and other concrete forms of engagement, paying only for clearly defined consumer results. With today's Vietnam launch, Light Reaction is now available in 32 markets across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Light Reaction achieves the best outcomes possible by optimizing for a host of key performance factors including optimal exposure time to drive conversions, geography, time, and device to ensure that the right customer is being reached in the right place at the right time, and lastly, placement ID-locating the best-performing spot on the webpage or app for the specific campaign goal. Despite the abundance of technology at work, all Light Reaction insights, tooling and methods are shared openly with clients, showing the precise route and decision-making that led to each outcome.

"Light Reaction allows global advertisers to achieve meaningful outcomes with zero upfront risk and unparalleled capability to scale results across multiple channels," said Auke Boersma, Managing Director APAC, Light Reaction. "The focus is on identifying the audiences most likely to deliver positive outcomes at exactly the right moment regardless of where they are accessing media. This allows brands to meet precise objectives of customer response while drawing a direct line between ads and results." In addition to leveraging robust audience data, high-performing media inventory and real-time programmatic technologies, Light Reaction's products are channel agnostic. Advertisers can run coordinated campaigns across multiple channels to capture outcomes wherever they may be.

"Traffic is important, but factors like sales, margins, and repeat business are the drivers of business success," said Michel de Rijk, CEO of Xaxis Asia-Pacific. "The beauty of Light Reaction is that we and our ads, continually get smarter. Each audience outcome is rated in terms of how successful it was in delivering the expected value and fed back into the system as a learning event. This continuous data stream allows us to refine our accuracy in matching audiences to desired, high-quality outcomes on an ongoing basis."

Read More

INDONESIA TO SEND 11 START-UPS TO TURKEY

Jakarta (Antara West Kalimantan) - The Creative Economy Agency (Bekraf) will send 11 start-ups to the Start-up Competition and Conference Eurasia (Europe and Asia) in Istanbul, Turkey, to be held from 6 to 10 October 2016, bringing together 428 start-ups from 135 countries.

"From the 11 start-ups, 6 start-ups will participate in the competition and five start-ups will join the conference," said Deputy Access Capital of Bekraf Fadjar Hutomo, during a press conference here on Friday.

Previously, the start-ups passed the selection process for the competition that was held by Bekraf, and then passed a second selection by the organizers of the start-up competition in Istanbul.

The six start-ups that will participate in the competition include Urbanhire (job search sites), Kostoom (platform to create custom clothing), KlikTukang (an application that connects consumers with repair and maintenance providers), Kitabis.com (fundraising sites), Cubeacon (application to help the promotion of businesses) and Hangout.deals (e-commerce selling discounted items). Six start-ups have been listed among the top 100 start-ups in the world.

While 5 other start-ups are to be participants at the conference in Istanbul, such as AppSKEP (applications in the field of care), Ur-Farm (e-commerce selling organic products), Pictalogi (platform photo printing), TARRASmart (directory of online radio Indonesia), BlumbangReksa (platform for helping shrimp farmers).

"In Turkey, they will meet with investors from throughout the world," he said.

He noted that Bekfraf will continue to encourage start-up to sell their products throughout the world.

Meanwhile, KlikTukang CEO Astrid Wibisono said KlikTukang is ready to participate and compete in the event.

"We hope to win. But certainly, this event allows us to add insights, experience, and lessons learned. In fact, we will meet with investors from abroad," he said.

In 2015, iGrow, a start-up from Indonesia, reached 2nd place in the competition in Turkey

Read More