Day: October 29, 2021

Tangerang city eligible for Level 1 PPKM: Mayor

Tangerang Mayor Arief R Wismansyah has said the city has met the Health Ministry’s criteria to lower its Public Activity Restrictions (PPKM) status to Level 1 as of October 26, 2021. With confirmed COVID-19 cases at 1.10 percent, hospitalized patients at 0.18 percent, and death cases at 0.04 percent, the

Jokowi hopes health will be focus of ASEAN-India cooperation

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has stressed the significance of maintaining cooperation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and India in the health sector, particularly to address the COVID-19 pandemic. “(This is aimed) not only to address the COVID-19 pandemic but also to prepare ourselves for pandemics in

Spirit of Youth Pledge protects youths from radicalism: MPR

Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Ahmad Basarah has said that the Youth Pledge can be a projection of the future journey of the nation, including combating radicalism among youths. “The declaration of Youth Pledge showed that our founding fathers had put forward the spirit of unity and integrity.

Workers’ welfare guaranteed through extra benefits of JHT: ministry

The Manpower Ministry said it is guaranteeing the welfare of workers through the provision of additional service benefits (MLT) under the old-age insurance program (JHT). The benefits were in the form of housing finance offered by the old-age insurance program investment funds, director general of industrial relations development and labor social

Youth leverage for economic revival: ministry

Youths have an important role as leverage for reviving the nation’s economy from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Youth Development Deputy at the Youth and Sports Ministry Asrorun Niam Sholeh has said. “There is always optimism in the midst of nation’s downfall due to pandemic and the existence of youth

NTHU and DAICEL of Japan to jointly develop revolutionary desktop chemical plant

National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) and the well-known Japanese chemical company DAICEL announce a five-year joint project to integrate an innovative microfluidic system developed by scholar Kitamori Takehiko into the chemical manufacturing industry today. Total investment in the project is 450 million Japanese yen (approximately NT$110 million), and its potential