Indonesian wins UNDP award
Indonesian wins UNDP award
JAKARTA: Activist Achmad Ramadhan was named one of the winners
of the Poverty Eradication 2003 award from the United Nations
Development Program (UNDP) over the weekend.
The UNDP, in its release sent to The Jakarta Post said that
Achmad won the award for his active role in fighting against
HIV/AIDS in North Sumatra.
Aside from Achmad, this year's Poverty Eradication award also
went to Helen Ditsebe-Mhone of Botswana, Lydia Shouleva of
Bulgaria, Jimmy Bhojedat of Guyana and Asma Khader of Jordan.
UNDP Administrator Mark Malloch Brown conferred the award on
Achmad, who is also a lecturer at the Medan Institute of Islamic
Studies (IAIN), at the UN Headquarters in New York on Oct. 29.
Through IAIN's North Sumatra HIV/AIDS information and
counseling center called Lathiva, Achmad forged cooperation with
some fifty Muslim organizations in enhancing people's
understanding on HIV/AIDS and drug abuse.
Achmad, according to UNDP, succeeded in mobilizing volunteers,
especially women, in reaching out to the public at large.
UNDP's Poverty Eradication award is given to individuals
considered active in mobilizing the people to achieve the
Millennium Development Goals. --JP
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U.S. citizen faces deportation
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U.S. citizen faces deportation
BANDAR LAMPUNG: The Bandar Lampung Immigration Office is
planning to deport U.S. citizen Larry D. Munsey, 58, for
allegedly catching protected butterfly in a national park in
Tanggamus regency, Bandar Lampung.
Immigration office head Etty Andriani said on Sunday that
Munsey and three Indonesians identified as Ade Iwana, L. Saragih
and Ade Mulyana, were put under the custody of the forestry
rangers at the national park.
Later they were moved to the Lampung Police headquarters.
Meanwhile, Munsey' lawyer Ariansyah said although Munsey's
passport was seized, he still had a residence permit. However, he
was not allowed to stay at a requested hotel.
Ariansyah said Munsey was actually passing through the
national park on his way to Bengkulu before being arrested.
"He decided to take a rest when he was trapped in a traffic
jam. Munsey saw butterflies then he caught some, but rangers
apparently approached him," he added.
Lampung Police said Munsey and his three friends were arrested
along with nine butterflies. Two of them were protected species.
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Govt to introduce border pass card
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Border residents to get border pass
KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The government is planning to
introduce passes for residents of areas bordering East Timor in
the second week of December.
The head of Atambua industry and trade service Supartantyo
said over the weekend that the cards would be distributed on Nov.
18 at the provincial level.
"This will be followed by familiarization of the program in
three districts and 10 subdistricts lying on the border,"
Supartantyo said.
The move follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding
by Trade Minister Rini Soewandi on behalf of the Indonesian
government and Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta for the East
Timor government last June.
The passes will be issued free of charge by administrative
officials at border areas for traditional events and family
gatherings or trade at regulated markets.
Those eligible for the passes are adults or married people
living in areas directly bordering each other.
The Indonesian districts covered by the regulation are Belu,
North Central Timor, the subdistrict of North Amfoang in the
district of Kupang, the subdistricts of East Alor, Pantar and
Southwest Alor in the district of Alor.
The districts in East Timor included in the regulation are
Bobonaro, Kovalima and Oecusse. --Antara
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KL deports hundreds of TKIs
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KL deports hundreds of TKIs
MEDAN: Hundreds of illegal Indonesian workers in plantation
and construction projects have flocked North Sumatra province
after Malaysia, once again, launched a raid on illegal migrant
workers in the country.
"Malaysian police have intensified operations to arrest
illegal workers," workers from East Java who had worked in
Malaysia for three months said in the North Sumatra port of
Belawan on Saturday.
During the past week, some 1,036 illegal Indonesian workers
were deported by the Malaysian government to Belawan port in two
groups of 442 workers and 594 workers respectively.
Many of the workers admitted that they had worked in the
neighboring country for quite a long time, both in plantation and
construction projects.
They entered Malaysia through ports in North Sumatra and Riau
provinces, and were promised high salaries. --Antara