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Papua believed to be human traffickers` market : minister

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Antara News, Wednesday, January 5, 2011 

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Women`s Empowerment and Children`s Protection Minister Linda Amalia Sari said here Tuesday there were indications that Papua and West Papua were a human trafficking market.

"There are indications that Papua and West Papua have become a destination for victims of human trafficking ," said Linda who is also executive chairperson of the government`s Human Trafficking Handling and Prevention Task Force in an expose of her ministry`s work programs in 2011.

She said her ministry was making an effort to further investigate the indications and find out the truth. "We are going to folow up the clues on human trafficking victims in Papua," she added.

Based on preliminary data her ministry had received, Papua and West Papua were thriving markets for human traffickers.

"According to preliminary reports, many underage women from other parts of the country have been brought to Papua and West Papua to work as waitresses and possibly as commercial sex workers," she said.

She said she was planning to set up branches of the Human Trafficking Hand;ing and Prevention Task Force in all cities and districts in Papua and West Papua.

At present such Task Force branches already existed in 20 provinces and 70 districts across Indonesia.

"The Task Force`s function is to monitor, discuss problems and obstacles as well as to synergize implementation of prevention and management actions against human trafficking nationally," she said.

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Thousands jobless due to Bromo volcanic ash rains

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Antara News, Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Surabaya, East Java (ANTARA News) - More than 25,000 villagers in Mount Bromo area, East Java, have been made jobless as a result of volcanic ash rains from the mountain so far.

"Villagers in three sub-districts have been affected by Bromo volcanic ash," head of the local service of natural disaster management, Siswanto, said to ANTARA here on Monday.

After meeting with leaders of the districts of Probolinggo, Lumajang, Pasuruan and Malang he said those who lost jobs were from the agriculture, animal husbandry, tourism service sectors and others.

"Their exact number is still being calculated in each of the districts but aid in the form of 15 kilograms of rice, sugar and sidedish food per person per week has been disributed," he said.

Villagers outside the three sub-districts in the district of Probolinggo will be employed to functionalize transportation routes and water ways clogged by volcanic ash so far, he said.

"If the budget is still too short, we have already prepared a budget for 2011 as support. What is clear is the emergency response is focussed on people," he said.

ANTARA learned in Pasuruan volcanic ash spewed by Mount Bromo has crippled tourist industry in the region.

The volcanic ash has damaged infrastructures in the tourism areas.

The Penanjakan pass in Pasuruan which is the destination of tourists has been covered with ash up to 10 to 15 centimeter thick making the branches of the trees broken and some trees have even been unrooted.

A power outage once occured in Penanjakan and some villages in Sukapura, Probolinggo while many roads had been covered with ash making them slippery when rain comes.

The sea sand in the Bromo caldera is still closed practically making Bromo tourism activities along the way from Probolinggo crippled.

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Many Indonesian researchers move to Malaysia

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Antara News, Sunday, September 19, 2010 17:58 WIB

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Member of the House of Representatives (DPR)`s Commission X dealing with education Angelina Sondakh said that many Indonesian researchers had moved to Malaysia.

"The only way to solve the problem is to increase the budget for research and improve the welfare of researchers," the legislator from the Democrat Party told Antara here Saturday night.

Angelina said welfare was one of the causes of researchers moving to Malaysia where they would earn much more.

"I will try to increase the research budget as it has been reduced by routine budgeting especially at the Higher Learning Directorate" she said.

The one-time Miss Indonesia said the researchers are very important to Indonesia as they are highly-qualified human resources expected to accelerate the process of national reform.

"(We) are very concerned over the fact that so many research work had not been completed due to the lack of funds. Research need to be completed and the results should be followed up for public and commercial purposes," she said.

Angelina would invite her colleagues at the Commission X of different factions to fight for the improvement of researchers` welfare and the increase in budget for research purposes.

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Police advise residents to be watchful of housemaids

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The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Mon, 05/24/2010 9:37 PM

City Police warn residents to keep an eye on newly recruited housemaids to avoid falling victim of crimes committed by alleged theft syndicates.

City Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Boy Rafli Amar said Monday hiring housemaids from licensed agencies or those recommended by their relatives are safer.

“It is also important for employers to make sure their maids have relatives or close acquaintance they can reach or contact anytime,” Boy said.

On Sunday, a resident of Cempaka Putih, Central Jakarta, lost Rp 30 million (US$3,300), a set of diamond earrings and two cellular phones from her home, all allegedly stolen by her maid, who had only been employed that day.

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First Lady tells regions to aspire to Tangerang

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Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang | Tue, 05/04/2010 4:56 PM |

First Lady Kristiani Yudhoyono told all regional administrations to learn from Tangerang municipality, which is now prioritizing the development of health infrastructure to improve the quality of its human resources.

“We all know that the basic development of society rests on health," Ani said in her inauguration speech of 120 newly built integrated health posts in Kelapa Dua subdistrict, Tangerang municipality on Tuesday.

Also present at the ceremony were a number of Cabinet ministers' wives, Banten deputy governor HM. Masduki, Tangerang Mayor Wahidin Halim, deputy mayor Arief R Wismansyah and the municipal councilors.

“Tangerang municipality has been able to build more than 100 health posts all at once out of its own budget. This a big achievement. The administration's health policy should be a model of national commitment to health. I am so proud of this,” Ani said.

Wahidin said the administration spent Rp 20 billion from the 2009 budget to build 120 health posts simultaneously.

“We have a total of 1,100 health posts spreading out in every community unit in 13 districts across the municipality. Most of them are in a poor condition. Therefore, in line with the 2009-2014 developmental vision and mission we aim to build 1,000 more health posts,” he said.

The administration also provided Rp 6 million in incentives to each center from the annual budget to support their operations.

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