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ASEAN claims to realizing its big dream of forming Community, which is 1 s leaders of the 10 be on course to an economically integrated, supposed to be based on four reach 2015 ASEAN countries politically cohesive and socially tenets: a single market and meet their targets ... A responsible ASEAN Community production base; a highly counterparts from , , by 2015 that is supported by competitive economic region; , , New China to host three pillars: the ASEAN a region of equitable 1 Zealand, , the US and Political-Security Community, economic development, and a APEC 2014 …. for a summit in the ASEAN Economic region fully integrated into the Darussalam on Wednesday and Community and the ASEAN global economy. Participants praise 2 Thursday, the question has Socio-cultural Community. for Bali arisen of whether the grouping The Centre for Strategic Democracy Fo- can achieve its 2015 target of and International rum ... becoming a single community. The 10-member grouping will also seek to elevate its role in Studies’ (CSIS) executive RI calls on nations the greater region and to director Rizal Sukma said that 3 With 26 months to go before tohelp typhoon develop an ASEAN Vision ASEAN was a loose victims the deadline, the ASEAN Beyond 2015. organization with no rigid ‘concretely’... Secretariat has claimed that the mechanism for implementing regional grouping had made decisions. significant progress in However, analysts have APEC leaders 3 expressed skepticism over agree 7-point implementing a roadmap for “All ASEAN decisions are forming an ASEAN Community these claims. agreement ... not mandatory but voluntary in and was poised to meet all 2015 nature. The adoption of the targets. First, ASEAN has already RI firms benefit pushed back the date for the rules-based ASEAN Charter 4 in 2007 has not helped much,” from growing Afri- “We are very pleased to formation of the community from the beginning of 2015 to the end Rizal said. can economies ... note that we have seen a more concerted effort to assess and of 2015. Therefore, he has urged prioritize our work. For 2014, we member states to include a will remain focused on At present, most ASEAN sanctions mechanism in the expediting the implementation of officials are saying that the year ASEAN Charter. “Then and the remaining 2015 targets and 2015 would not be the end but only then will ASEAN ensuring greater convergence of the beginning of a long process progress.” the three ASEAN Community to form the ASEAN Community, pillars — where peace, stability given various differences in and development are one development, infrastructure, ASEAN has also been NAFED! Just Everything political systems, education, grappling to resolve a lack of You Need another’s conditions and driving force,” ASEAN Secretary- healthcare and so on. funding for the ASEAN Nafedve is a service from General Le Luong Minh said in a Secretariat, which does not the Ministry of Trade of statement on Tuesday. ASEAN member states are have resources or the Republic of Indonesia. already making plans to draft mandate to implement Center for Export ASEAN decisions. ASEAN The main agenda of the 23rd new rules and non-tariff barriers Information Service (CEIS) now needs an executive arm, ASEAN Summit is to review the to dilute the impact of forming developed this website to such as the European grouping’s progress toward an ASEAN Economic assist Indonesia exporters Commission or the African in promoting their products and assist Union Commission and an overseas buyers to find China to host APEC 2014 ASEAN foreign service to products in Indonesia So implement ASEAN decisions. enjoy the facilities! China officially received the A total of 2,000 delegates www.kemendag.go.id Asia-Pacific member econ- APEC chairmanship for 2014 omies will meet again in Beijing, from 18 Asia-Pacific countries and Beijing, as the host coun- and the United Nations are China, next year, as the sun set try’s capital, is set to embark on on this year's Asia-Pacific Eco- expected to attend the 23rd infrastructure development to ASEAN Summit to discuss a nomic Cooperation (APEC) support the significant event. Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, on wide range of issues affecting Tuesday. ASEAN. www.indonesia.travel.com continues on page Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia 4, Salt Lake Street, Off Gana Street, Maitama District, Abuja, FCT, ' +234 9 461 3252, 413 8625  +234 9 461 3253, 413 8626 Website : http://www.Kemlu.go.id/abuja From page1 .. ASEAN claims …. From page 1 .. China to host APEC 2014

Leaders will also discuss President Susilo Bam- 21st APEC meeting, which He guaranteed that the the ASEAN post-2015 vision bang Yudhoyono said APEC ran from Oct.1 to 8. 2014 summit would use inter- as an outline for ASEAN’s leaders’ commitment to national-standard facilities, future direction in maintaining achieving the Bogor Goals, The Bogor Goals were like the ones Indonesia had stable development and which was agreed at the one of the main agenda items used for this year’s summit. promoting centrality, a crucial APEC summit in Bogor, West discussed during the APEC element in the region’s current Java, in 1994, offered oppor- Summit in Bali. During their Zhao and his colleague, geopolitics. tunities to all parties. discussions, the APEC mem- Xia Jinggie, a councilor with bers agreed to achieve free the Intenational Economy The summit comes as ASEAN “After quite a long dis- and open trade and invest- Department at China's For- deals with increased tensions cussion, we finally agreed ment. eign Affairs Ministry, did not over territorial disputes in the several strategic points. We disclose specific details of the South China Sea. The ASEAN shared a point of view that all The Director of Beijing's budget for APEC 2014. Summit will be followed by the APEC economies should be Foreign Affairs Office, Zhao East Asia Summit. .(The able to reap equal benefits Huimin, said measures to has also Post,) from the partnerships among prepare China - the world's been appointed to host an APEC economies,” said second-largest economy - for APEC Finance Ministers' President Yudhoyono, who APEC 2014 had begun. Meeting in September 2014. read out the results of the (The Jakarta Post,)

year’s forum, themed Participants praise Indonesia for Bali De- “Consolidating Democracy in Pluralistic Society”, highlight- mocracy Forum ed that a pluralistic society characterized by religious nate that the BDF had been common understanding I diversity, cultural, ethnic and happening at a time when the summed up from the forum. political trends provided its country’s political history and This is also what China has own nuances and unique ttendees of the democratization progress was always advocated for and challenges in the application ABali Democracy being rewritten and had be- practiced in real earnest,” he of democratic principles in a Forum (BDF) expressed con- gun to unfold. The country is said. country. fidence in the continuing rele- preparing for a general elec- vance of the forum and its tion in October next year. “In this situation, we often value as the only inter- This year’s forum was witness ethnic conflicts, reli- governmental forum in the attended by 86 participating gious intolerance, communal Asia Pacific region to ex- “The rays of hope for a and observing countries, as violence and extremism. change experiences and best better Fiji that all Fijians are well as six international or- However, if these characteris- practices in democracy and now witnessing cannot come ganizations. tics of pluralistic society could good governance. without strong, decisive and caring leadership we have Indonesian Foreign Min- be addressed well, these been fortunate to enjoy since ister Marty Natalegawa said would be a considerable as- They appreciated Indone- 2006 and look forward to con- set in democratic dividends, sia for facilitating the oppor- that the increasing number of tinuing to enjoy after our elec- participating countries and including in supporting the tunity for identifying challeng- tion. That is essential if our economic development of a es that states have to over- international organizations pluralistic society enjoys the attested to the great interest country.” come in consolidating democ- dividend of a true democra- racy in a pluralistic society, shown by countries in the cy,” he said. During the interactive particularly conducting free Asia Pacific region and be- sessions on “Conducting Free and fair elections and building yond to promote democratic and Fair Elections”, partici- and strengthening democratic Lu Shumin, China’s as- values. pants underlined the im- institutions. sistant to the foreign minister, appreciated the forum for “This reflects a high de- portance of ensuring the in- conforming to the characteris- tegrity of elections as a cata- They also valued the gree of confidence among tic of the times when great countries in the region and lyst for an effective govern- forum, now in its sixth year, development, great change ment. They identified some for providing new insights for beyond in the forum. This and great adjustment was year’s forum has seen not important elements to ensure nations that are in the transi- taking place. free and fair elections, includ- tion to democracy and those only a greater number of par- ticipating countries, but also ing the existence of adequate that are more advanced, and constitutional frameworks; the for contributing to the demo- “To safeguard the diversi- wider coverage of countries, ty of civilization in an equal not only from the Asia Pacific guarantee of freedom of as- cratic architecture in the re- sociation, press, information gion and beyond. and open spirit, promote the but also the African, Europe- democratization of interna- an and American region,” he technology; and international tional relations and make con- said after the closing ceremo- cooperation on programs of Ratu Inoke Kubuabola, certed efforts to build a har- ny. electoral observers. (The Ja- Fiji’s minister for foreign af- monious world embracing all karta Post) fairs and international cooper- forms of civilization are the ation, said that Fiji was fortu- The minister said this

Page 2 Further Information : http://www.kemlu.go.id/abuja/Pages/Tabloids.aspx?l=id Sydney, Australia, on Monday, RI calls on nations tohelp typhoon victims said that the PMI and the Inter- national Committee of the Red ‘concretely’ Cross would carry out a joint operation to help victims. been suffering from the Hai- me in expressing our con- ndonesian Foreign yan typhoon. This is in line cerns and solidarity,” he said. Kalla said that he had Minister Marty Na- with an agreement made by talegawa has called planned to visit the affected are- I ASEM to support wider coor- Coordinating Minister for on nations, particularly Asian as himself to lead the distribution dination and collaboration in People’s Welfare Agung Lak- of the logistics. and European ones grouped disaster relief efforts. The under the Asia Europe Meet- sono previously said that Indonesian government has Indonesia would disburse aid Among those to be de- ing (ASEM), to provide con- prepared concrete aid to suit crete actions, rather than just worth US$2 million, $1 million ployed by the PMI are 1,000 tons the needs expressed by the in goods and $1 million in of rice, 1,000 boxes of instant expressing sympathy, to help Philippine government,” the the victims of last week’s cash, via the Philippine Em- noodles, two makeshift hospitals minister said in the meeting’s bassy in Jakarta. and doctors, two helicopters, two typhoon in the first session. that is feared to have killed amphibian vehicles, water and thousands and displaced “Indonesia truly realizes sanitation equipments, thou- millions others. Salman Khurshid, the that the Philippines, Indone- sands of family and baby hy- External Affairs Minister of sia’s friends and our fellow giene kits and dozens of volun- India, ASEM’s this year chair, ASEAN members, has been teers. Marty made the appeals also mentioned the disaster when he addressed the 11th in very difficult situation and during his opening speech on suffering due to the disaster. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, ASEM Foreign Minister Meet- Monday. ing held in Gurgaon, India, We are always trying to main- spokesman for the National Dis- from Monday until Tuesday. tain coordination with the aster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), “I would like to express Philippines to know what they said the agency had coordinated my deep sympathy and soli- really need,” Agung said. “Indonesia is pushing with the Indonesian Military (TNI) darity with the people of the to dispatch the force’s Hercules ASEM member nations to Philippines, especially those take concrete actions to help Indonesian Red Cross C-130s to help ship logistics to affected by the recent ty- (PMI) chairman and former the Philippines..(The Jakarta the Philippines, our fellow phoon. I believe you all join ASEM member, which has vice president Jusuf Kalla, in Post

ECONOMY to increase their efforts to development,” Yudhoyono achieve the 2010 Bogor said. Goals. APEC leaders agree 7-point He added that APEC's agreement “We also agreed to in- economic leaders were also crease trade among APEC committed to realizing inclu- which took place from Oct.1 to economies and across the sive, strong, balanced and 8 in Nusa Dua, Bali, had been region by, among others sustainable global economic conomic leaders successful and had yielded things, facilitating trade, im- growth. Eparticipating in the productive results. proving capacity and imple- annual Asia-Pacific Economic menting a multilateral trade “In the process, we have Cooperation (APEC) forum system,” he said. agreed to facilitate the in- agreed on Tuesday a seven- “We have just closed the APEC Leaders' Summit. With volvement of small and medi- point agreement in line with The third point, said the um enterprises, as well as this year's summit theme, some pride, I can say that the process ran well,” he said as President, was to accelerate young and women entrepre- “Resilient Asia Pacific: Engine physical, institutional and neurs,” he said. of Global Growth”. quoted by Antara news agen- cy. person-to-person connectivity in Asia Pacific. The APEC leaders also Conveying the results of want to cooperate in strength- the 21st APEC Summit, Presi- Summarizing the seven- point agreement, Yudhoyono “In this regard, we can ening food, energy and water dent Susilo Bambang see a strategic order that can security. “These effort aim to Yudhoyono said the summit, said the APEC leaders had agreed that there was a need connect our region through respond to population growth infrastructure investment and and climate change challeng- Page 3 Further Information : http://www.kemlu.go.id/abuja/Pages/Tabloids.aspx?l=id From page 3..... APEC leaders RI firms benefit from growing African economies es,” the President said. Yaounde. The franchise cost in Africa. Women in Africa are he firm, which The sixth point to which US$100,000. now beginning to realize the first arrived in need for health and beauty APEC leaders agreed was to Cameroon a few T “While competition in given their greater purchasing guarantee synergy and com- years ago, opened a spa in power due to economic plementary measures via Douala via a franchise on the our domestic market was be- other multilateral and regional coming increasingly tight, I growth,” said Lenywati, the basis of a profit-sharing ar- firm’s founder and owner. (the processes, such as the East rangement with a local firm in saw tremendous opportunities Asia Summit and G20. Jakarta post)

Finally, it was agreed that RI’s political stability conducive to invest- business sector partnerships through the APEC Business ment:VP Advisory Council (ABAC) were crucial to achieve a pos- he said in Jakarta on Thurs- in his remarks during the itive investment climate and day as quoted by Antara news opening session of the free trade. .(The Jakarta Vice President Boedi- agency. “Indonesia Investment Sum- Post,) ono has said foreign investors mit 2013” in Jakarta on Thurs- should seriously consider day. Indonesia as their long-term The Vice President add- investment destination due to ed: “This strong democracy its stable domestic politics has seen a large number of Investment Coordinating and well-run democracy. elections and led to peaceful Board (BKPM) chairman Ma- and smooth governmental hendra Siregar and around change both at the national 100 domestic and foreign “Despite challenges, we and regional levels”. investors were present at the have succeeded in carrying meeting. out reforms and placing our democracy on the right path,” He made the statements

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Boediono said Indonesia’s ed to regulations and legal ness and investment environ- tion projects such as seaports, democracy had been running certainty. ment in the country,” said airports, roads, railways, pow- well and many corrupt practic- Boediono, adding that a lack er plants and renewable ener- es had been uncovered and “I am fully aware that of infrastructure posed another gy infrastructure would be the perpetrators had been there are many complaints on challenge the government complete and ready to oper- brought to justice. these matters among the busi- would deal with. ate. ness communities here. I can He said the problems that only assure you that the gov- Within the next two years, “I warmly welcome inves- had often been complained ernment is committed to con- the Vice President said, a tors to come see,” said Boedi- about by investors were relat- tinuously improving the busi- number of important construc- ono. (The Jakarta Post)

Social and Culture soccer skills. RI teams win 3 titles at world robot competition As the host country, Indonesia was allowed to have eight teams in the three in , . 9.5 seconds to finish the task, age groups. hree home while their robot needed 8.4 Tteams from jun- seconds,” said Louis. ior high and high schools won “Well, my loss last The teams were three medals at the 2013 year was a delayed victory,” selected through the 2013 World Robot Olympiad (WRO) said the 15-year-old boy. Kevin admitted that Indonesian Robot Olympiad on Sunday. beating the Malaysian team that was held in September. The other team, was rather difficult “because their robot was too fast”. Indonesia won gold Doom Bringer, was proud of Several ministries, and bronze medals in the jun- its achievements, especially including the Tourism and ior category that challenged since this was the first interna- It was Indonesia’s Creative Economy Ministry, junior high students to remove tional competition for its mem- first time hosting the event, the the Education and Culture a stupa and to follow a track. bers — Hubert, Edward and 10th since it was first held in Ministry and the Research Kevin. in 2004. The next and Technology Ministry, host will be Moscow, Russia. supported the event. Japan’s team came in second with a silver medal. “We’re so happy be- cause this means that our The competition, “Our theme this year preparation of six months was which targets young people, is World Heritage because Gold medalist Blood not in vain,” said Hubert. utilizes Mindstorms man- we also want to use this Seeker — a team comprising ufactured by LEGO Education. event to promote our coun- members Riki and Kelvin — try,” said Arni. won by a small margin with its In the senior category robot. for high school students, team Arni, a member of robots were challenged to local organizing committee The World Heritage select Komodo eggs and Mikrobot, said that around theme was shown in the use “We got the same move them to different spots. 1,030 participants, or 392 of stupa and Komodo dragon score as our opponents but Indonesian team Prime One teams from 37 countries, par- replicas in the challenges. our robot was faster,” said Riki Oberon earned the silver med- ticipated in this year’s competi- at the closing of the two-day al. tion, which had six categories olympiad held at the Ecoven- Education expert and three different age groups: Arief Rachman, who attended tion convention center in An- elementary, junior and senior. col, North Jakarta. Kevin, Louis and Kel- the olympiad, said that such vin’s robot managed to select an event should be held regu- the eggs perfectly but lost to There was also an larly to increase children’s For Kelvin, the com- Malaysia’s robot. open category in which the creativity. petition was his second after youngsters were able to exhib- having lost at last year’s event “Our robot needed it their creative inventions and “I hope that these

Page 5 Further Information : http://www.kemlu.go.id/abuja/Pages/Tabloids.aspx?l=id From page 5.... RI teams win 3 titles . "When I thanked him for "Mandela will forever be re- his life's work, he insisted the membered as someone who [the robots] can be used in they programmed the robots credit belonged to others," gave up so much of his life in schools as well to help inno- since they are so young,” he Ban said. "I will never forget the struggle for freedom, so vate,” he said. said. his selflessness and deep that millions could have a sense of shared purpose." brighter future." Dian, 25, a visitor, Indonesian robot said he was amazed with the makers have gained recogni- The U.N. Security Council The U.N. General Assem- ability of the young children to tion through many global com- interrupted a meeting on the bly in 2009 adopted a resolu- create such robots. petitions in the past several tribunals for former Yugosla- tion declaring Nelson Mandela years. Jakarta also hosted the via and Rwanda and stood for International Day, the first “I am surprised that 13th International Robot Olym- a minute in silent tribute to ever international day in honor piad in 2011. (The Jakart Post) Mandela. of an individual. It is celebrat- ed every year on July 18, his UN chief calls Mandela 'a giant Argentina's U.N. Ambas- birthday. sador Maria Cristina Perceval, for justice' who had been speaking, "The members of the called Mandela "a man who Security Council consider this and aspirations of the United gave hope to the entire world." to be a reflection of the magni- .N. Secretary-General Nations," Ban told reporters tude of Nelson Mandela's con- UBan Ki-moon says soon after Mandela's death "Good men and women, tribution to freedom and jus- Nelson Mandela was "a giant was announced Thursday. men such as Mandela resist- tice," the council said. "Nelson for justice" whose "selfless ed and taught us to resist Mandela day is a celebration struggle for human dignity, of the idea that each individual Ban said he was deeply fear ... to resist oblivion," she equality and freedom" inspired said. has the power to transform many people around the world. touched when he met Mandela at his residence in the world, and the ability to make an impact, just as Nel- in February 2009. The Security Council said "No one did more in our in a statement later that son Mandela did himself." . time to advance the values (The Jakarta Post)

ncreasing productivity is one of the efforts the 'Indonesia has strong industrial productivity' I government can make to maintain and increase Indo- ple through improvement of that Indonesia's economic "What happens in 2013 is nesia's economic growth and government police and adop- growth will be the highest one worse than the worst scenario stability, an economist has tion of an efficient conditional in Southeast Asian countries we made in the economic said. cash transfer program," he in the 2014-2018 periods with outlook 2013. It turns out that said. an average growth of 6.0 per- it is difficult to predict what is "Actually, Indonesia has cent followed by the Philip- to come even for only a year," strong industrial productivity, Indonesia also needs to pines 5.8 percent, Malaysia he said. but it should increase its com- reinforce its natural disaster 5.1 percent and 4.9 petitiveness to support the management scheme, partic- percent. He said imports have country's more stable econo- ularly the system which is grown faster than exports my," Derek Carnegie, econo- related to floods, and to re- Besides, Singapore's eco- because of the relatively mist of the Organization for form its pension system which nomic growth will also reach strong growth of the country's Economic Cooperation and a present is one of the pillars 3.3 percent in the same peri- economy amid the global Development (OECD), said in its social insurance system. od while Cambodia, Laos, slump. here on Thursday. and Myanmar will "The pension system must grow fast in mid-term. "As a result Indonesia suf- Derek said the increase be reinforced because at pre- fered a trade deficit followed could be observed from Indo- sent Indonesia has not yet In the meantime, for this with current account deficit," nesia's manufacturing sector, applied an adequate social year, the National Economic he said. which at present was relatively insurance system which pro- Committee (KEN) predicted better than those of other coun- vides income for the majority the Indonesian economy He said Bank Indonesia's tries grouped in the BRICS of Indonesian people retiring would grow 5.7 percent falling policy of raising the bench- (, Russia, India, China from services," he said. short of the target of 6.3 per- mark interest rate (BI rate) and South Africa. cent set earlier. had both advantages and Derek added that besides disadvantages. Besides, Indonesia could the challenges mentioned KEN chairman Chairul also achieve a sustainable above, the Indonesian gov- Tanjung told a seminar this While it could control infla- economic growth through im- ernment should also improve week the country's economy tion and current account defi- provement in the national edu- its business climate by simpli- has slowed down in the past cit, the policy would cause an cation system by encouraging fying business procedures to several quarters. economic slowdown, he said. the involvement of local gov- boost investment which so far ernments in providing support- has become the biggest con- In the third quarter of this "It seems investors begin ing infrastructures. tributor to the country's eco- year the country's economy to postpone plan to invest nomic growth. grew only 5.6 percent, Chairul waiting until the condition of- "Indonesia could expand said. fering good opportunity," he education access for the peo- The OECD has predicted said. Republika)

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