Institut Français Indonesia and Alliance
française Denpasar are pleased to present Ilusi, a
photographic exhibition created by the French
photographer Romain Osi. This extraordinary project gathers photographs set on and
under the sea in front of Sindu Beach - Sanur.
vous êtes cordialement invité
Romain Osi at a glance
Born
in 1980 in Paris, Romain Osi is a member of the cooperative
photographic agency Picturetank. Independent photographer, he has
exhibited at the Maison
Européenne de la Photographie in Paris, 10th International Havana
Biennial, ROOM Gallery London, CCF Berlin, CCF Constantine, Le Cube in
Paris, Nuit Blanche Paris, exhibitions in Brazil, Romania, Argentina,
Indonesia,…
Romain Osi works with several french institutions, communication, publishing, and french or international press.
Whatever the topic and selected
locations – nocturnal wandering on the motorway, part contained,
city-cage concrete leaving no place in heaven, or conversely, desert
landscape in which nature reclaims its rights – Romain Osi consists of
images he has to see as fragments of life taken from the world with
pinpoint accuracy.
At night the electric lights and give
them a context where uncertainty often arise characters such
appearances that were not expected. Photographs are sometimes traversed
by light flashes, sometimes filled with an aura green or blue, heralding
a new day. Often described as the wandering photographer, Romain Osi
opens a window through which hallucinations or fantasized amazing and
mysterious place whose decor conducive to the search for truth: truth
about ourselves and our environments familiar or strange. The quest of
the artist becomes the viewer’s returned to his solitude, his
questionings, his aspirations wandering, its utopias. It is a face to
face with himself that offers the photographer to the viewer who chooses
to cross the corridor with him, this play, this highway, this beach,
this sky.
Recent EXHIBITIONS
2011
- « Je te peins, tu me peins » Artist Residency and exhibition, Micro Onde Art center, Vélizy-Villacoublay, France
2010
- « Collaborators 2 » Exhibition at ROOM Gallery, London, UK
- « PHPA 2010 » A HOTEL PHOTO, AN ARTIST’S VIEW, Théâtre de l’Odéon, Paris, France
- « Keluyuran » Artist Residency + Exhibition in Bandung streets / CCF Bandung / Common Room Networks Foundation, Indonesia
- « Urban dream » Exhibition in Jakarta streets / CCF Jakarta, Indonesia
- « Urban dream » Galerie Esp’Art, CCF Bandung, Indonesia
ILUSI at Hotel La Taverna, Sanur Bali, from June 30th - July 16, 2012
The opening will take place in the hotel
La Taverna,
on Saturday, June 30th
2012 at 4pm.
vous êtes cordialement invité
Welcome!
You are cordially invited
Institut Français
Indonesia (IFI) dan Alliance Française Denpasar
dengan bangga mempersembahkan pameran fotografi
bertajuk Ilusi karya Romain Osi. Sebuah proyek unik
berupa gambar-gambar fotografi yang dipasangkan di
bawah dan di atas permukaan laut di Pantai Sindu,
Sanur.
Pembukaan
pameran akan diadakan pada hari Sabtu tanggal 30
Juni 2012 pukul 16.00 di hotel La Traverna.
Kami
tunggu kehadiran Anda.
ILUSI
Institut Franqais Indonesia
These amazing sea-water proof pictures offer a dream-like
meeting of earth, water, fire, , wind and space , the five elements which according to Balinese traditions ,
these elements exist in all things and
human beings components . It looks like a photographic mirage, these images
invite visitors and audience to find out balance between two different
worlds : Real and Imagination. Being displayed
along with several traditional boats , the images printed in extra large
format make a harmonious blend and
create an picturesque ambiance in a
floating photographic island . Thanks to the rolling waves, this exhibition is becoming
more vivid and alive, gently animating the printed sails. Visitors and audience can enjoy photographs set beneath the sea under the
boats on the other side of the island.
Bali Toll Road on
Schedule for May 2013 Completion
The public works and state-owned enterprises ministers on
Wednesday officially kicked off the construction of the Benoa-Nusa Dua toll
road and Dewa Ruci underpass, the resort island’s latest efforts to cope with
the severe traffic congestion that strangles its main tourist route.
The two projects are targeted to be completed by May 2013 in
time for the APEC Meeting in 2013 and the Bali Summer Summit in 2013.
The 12-kilometer toll road, which will be built on 18,000
concrete pillars, is estimated to cost IDR 2.49 trillion (US$273.9 million) and
a large part of it will run along the island’s southern shoreline.
“This will be the most beautiful toll road in Indonesia and
will be a new icon for Bali,” said Akhmad Tito Karim, director of PT Jasa Marga
Bali Tol, during the project’s groundbreaking ceremony at Benoa harbor.
The toll road, which will connect Benoa harbor, Ngurah Rai
International Airport and the Nusa Dua tourism enclave, is being built under a
public-private partnership involving seven state-owned enterprises: PT Jasa
Marga Tbk, PT Pelindo III, PT Angkasa Pura I, PT Pengembangan Pariwisata Bali (Bali Tourism Development Corporation ) ,
PT Wijaya Karya Tbk., PT Adhi Karya Tbk., and PT Hutama Karya.
Bali Toll Road
The Bali administration and the Badung regency
administration have also invested IDR 100 billion each in the toll road
project.
Besides cars, the toll road will also include a special lane
for motorcycles.
The construction of the toll road will occupy 2 hectares of
mangrove forest, for which the developer has received an approval from the Forestry
Ministry. To compensate for the forest damage, PT Jasa Marga will plant 300,000
mangrove trees along the road.
Meanwhile, the Dewa Ruci underpass will be built on the Dewa
Ruci junction, a busy intersection next to Mall Bali Galeria in Kuta. It is the
critical point of convergence for traffic to and from the island’s most
important tourism sites, including Ngurah Rai International Airport, Nusa Dua,
Kuta, Sanur, Denpasar and Ubud. Long and prolonged gridlocks are a common sight
at and around the intersection. The underpass will be 450 meters long and is
estimated to cost IDR 136 billion from the state budget.
Motorists will not have to pay to use the underpass.
Public Works Minister Djoko Kirmanto said that the
construction of the toll road and underpass was part of the government’s master
plan for the acceleration and expansion of economic development for Bali and
Nusa Tenggara.
“We hope that this infrastructure project will be able to
spur economic development in Bali and Nusa Tenggara, which mainly rely on the
tourism sector, by providing easier access.”
State-owned Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan said he appreciated
the fast realization of this project.
“This project has been planned and prepared swiftly. I hope
it can really be completed in 12 months,” he said, stressing that it would be a
major achievement given that a 12 kilometer-long toll road in Surabaya, East
Java, had taken 12 years to complete.
Bali Toll Road
State toll road company Jasa Marga is optimistic that the
11-kilometer Bali toll road linking Nusa Dua to Bali’s Ngurah Rai international
airport can be completed by May 2013 and operating two months later.
“We are projecting that the elevated toll road that is built
over the sea will be able to become fully operational in July 2013,” Jasa Marga
director for commercial development Abdul Hadi said on Wednesday.
The groundbreaking ceremony of the Rp 2.3 trillion ($244
million) toll road project took place in December.
Abdul said that the main obstacle faced by the contractor at
this point was the various tide levels, but he did not expect a delay.
“We are still optimistic that the physical work can be
completed by May 2013,” he stated.
The project is being built by four state construction firms
— Wijaya Karya, Adhi Karya, Hutama Karya and Waskita Karya — with about 5
percent of the work completed thus far.
“From our visit last week, all contractors at the four
segments have already built the supporting pillars in the sea,” Hadi added.
He said that land purchasing did not pose any serious
problem because initial resistance from local residents had died down.
The toll road will have a special lane for motorcycles and a
three-tiered elevated intersection. The Nusa Dua-Ngurah Rai-Tanjung Benoa toll
will cost between Rp 4,000 and Rp 10,000 per vehicle, and Jasa Marga Bali Toll
has a 45-year concession period from the government to operate the road.
Jasa Marga Bali Toll has obtained a Rp 1.6 trillion
syndicated loan from a number of state banks led by Bank Mandiri.
Jasa Marga has a 60 percent stake
in Jasa Marga Bali Toll.
Beritabali.com, Renon. Pemerintah provinsi Bali menyiapkan
rencana pembangunan 4 jalan tol. Ke-4 jalan tol tersebut diantaranya Pertama,
tol yang menghubungkan Denpasar-Soka-Jembrana. Kedua, tol yang menghubungkan
Kuta-Soka-Tanah Lot-Seririt. Ketiga tol yang menghubungkan
Canggu-Beringkit-Purnama dan keempat tol yang menghubungkan Goa
Lawah-Karangasem.
Asisten Bidang Ekonomi dan Pembangunan Pemprov Bali, Ketut
Wija menyatakan seluruh studi kelayakan pembangunan jalan tol tersebut telah
selesai dilakukan sejak beberapa tahun lalu. Permasalahan terbesarnya saat ini
adalah pembebasan lahan.
“Kalau pemerintah tentu tidak mempunyai kemampuan,
membebaskan tanah itu yang paling mahal di Bali, sekarang kita coba
informasikan , kita coba tawarkan kepada perusahaan jalan tol seperti Jasa
Marga dan sebagainya, tetapi sampai sekarang masih belum ada ketertarikan,”
papar Ketut Wija.
Wija menegaskan pembangunan akses jalan tol ini sangat
diperlukan untuk mengatasi kemacetan yang terjadi di Bali. Apalagi saat ini
secara rata-rata mobilitas penduduk di Bali pertahun telah mencapai sekitar 11 juta
orang.
Dimana penduduk dengan KTP Bali sebanyak 3,9 juta orang,
wisatawan mancanegara sekitar 3 juta orang pertahun dan wisatawan domestic
mencapai 4 juta orang pertahun. (mlt)
Bali’s provincial government has revealed plans to build
another four toll roads in an effort to ease the growing traffic congestion.
Working around a number of obstacles including rising land
costs, being near cultural monuments and temples and gaining public support,
Assistant for Economic Affairs and Development Ketut Wija, said the feasibility
studies for the highway construction have been completed.
“The government has offered the project to toll road making
companies like Jasa Marga etc as it does not have the capacity itself,”
explained Ketut Wija, “but until now they haven’t received any interest from
them.”
Wija confirmed the construction of new toll roads is
necessary to overcome the bottle necks in Bali with the number of people in
Bali per year reaching approximately 11 million including residents, tourists
and domestic arrivals.
The first expressway will link Denpasar to Jembrana, the
second will connect Kuta-Soka-Tanah Lot- Seririt. The Canggu Highway is the
third planned and the fourth, Purnama Beringkit Highway, will link Goa Lawah
with Karangasem.
The island of Bali was once a palm strewn paradise where
visitors came for sun, surf and the charms of a unique culture. Now foreign
money is pouring in, jackhammers split the air and traffic jams are part of the
landscape. Jamie James looks at the fallout.
An influential association has urged the Bali administration
to toughen up on unscrupulous investors, whose profit-seeking adventurism risks
inflicting irreversible damage on the island’s environment and culture.
“I don’t agree with the assumption that generalizes all
investors as bad investors. However, I strongly urge the government, the
provincial and regional administrations, to take firm measures against
unprincipled investors who would destroy Bali. Bali Daily reported .
The government must reject the
investment plan presented by these investors,” Indonesian Businessmen
Association (Apindo) Bali chapter chairman Panudiana Kuhn said on Wednesday on
the sidelines of the association executive board’s inauguration in the Bali
governor’s office.
Panudiana pointed out that the administration already had
several legal instruments to launch a strong action against those investors.
One of them is the Bylaw No. 16/2009 on Bali’s Spatial Arrangement. The bylaw,
which is strongly supported by the governor and rejected by all the regents and
mayors, offers stronger protection to the island’s environmental features and
sacred zone, as well as a first ever clause on prison sentences for government
officials who issue permits for destructive investment.
“The government is strongly expected to be firm and unwavering in its
commitment to protect the island. If an investor violates the bylaw, if he
plans to construct a high-rise building taller than the 15-meter limit set by
the law, if he plans to build too near to the shoreline, then the
administration should simply refuse to issue the permit,” he elaborated further .
His statement truly reflected the concern voiced for decades by
the island’s intellectuals and environmental activists, who view the regional
administration as too weak in dealing with the onslaught of unscrupulous
investors. The regional administration has been accused of turning a blind eye
to uncontrolled development, particularly in the tourism industry, for the sake
of increasing their respective regency’s revenue.
Panudiana deplored the uncontrolled development that has
transformed the island into a chaotic landscape of hotels and villas.
“Nowadays, hotels mushroom around rice fields and housing
areas. They shouldn’t be allowed to build on those areas in the first place.
And the local administrations have acted too little and too late to rectify the
problem,”
With an expanding tourism industry, Bali has become a
favorite of investors, “The number of investments in Bali is increasing by the
year. That shows that Bali is still a favorite investment destination,” said
Ketut Wija, the government’s official in charge of economic and development
affairs.
The increasing investment has spurred the island’s economic
growth. The resort island booked economic growth of 6.36 percent last year.
This year, as of June, the island’s economic growth reached around 6-6.4
percent. Bali needs a total of Rp 18.29 trillion (US$1.93 billion) in
investment by the end of this year in order to achieve economic growth of 6.57
percent.
Wija denied that the government was not firm on rogue
investors. “We have a bylaw on spatial arrangement that will be implemented
soon,” he said.
Since being enacted in 2009, the bylaw on spatial
arrangement has yet to be implemented due to a prolonged “turf war” between the
governor and the regents. The Bali administration is still drafting 23
regulations as the implementing tools of the bylaw.
The bylaw offers stronger protection for the island’s
greenbelts, shorelines and ravines. It also incorporates the term and
definition of “sacred zone” taken from the island’s Parisadha Hindu council’s
1994 bhisama (sacred decree), which was issued in response to public uproar
over the construction of the Bali Nirwana Resort near Tanah Lot Temple. The
decree created a sacred zone around temples, prohibiting the construction of
tourism facilities within 5 kilometers of major temples, such as Besakih and
Uluwatu, and within 2 kilometers of minor temples.
“When I moved from Manhattan to Bali in 1999, tourism was
long established in the beach resorts of Kuta and Sanur and the gorges
surrounding the village of Ubud. But most of the island was still recognizably
the tropical arcadia of travel brochures – where gentle rice farmers devoted
themselves to the glamorous rituals of their unique religion.
Yet soon after the turn of the new millennium an
astonishing, tourism-driven building boom began, which shows no sign of
abating. A decade ago the island’s arid southern peninsula of the Bukit was
virtually uninhabited outside the government-sponsored tourist enclave of Nusa
Dua. Now it is chock-a-block with luxury hotels. North of Kuta, in Seminyak and
along the west coast, ancient rice fields have been paved with holiday villas,
thousands of them – and they’re all made out of ticky-tacky and they all look
just the same.”
Life’s a beach – for
the tourists. Some locals are benefiting from the boom – but at what price?
Murdani Usman / Reuters
“That isn’t quite fair. Some of the new houses are fine
works of architecture fitted out in exquisite taste; but most of them are built
on the cheap for quick sale, spreading across the hillsides like a burgeoning
fungus. The sheer volume of building over the past eight years has created an
aesthetic crisis as the natural beauty of the island is immolated in the mad
dash for foreign dollars. Supply now far exceeds demand. In 2010 the Indonesian
Ministry of Culture and Tourism estimated that Bali was oversupplied with
tourist accommodations by 9,800 rooms; in 2011 something like 10,000 more rooms
opened their doors to visitors. The provincial government has declared a
moratorium on hotel-building, in a classic case of shutting the barn door after
the horses have bolted and the grooms have run off with the tack and saddles.
Fortunes are being made, no doubt about that. Land values in
prime tourism areas continue to soar. In 2004 my partner and I signed a 20-year
lease on a restaurant on Jalan Petitenget (Petitenget Street) in Seminyak. In
those days it was a quiet area with a few budget resorts and tourist
restaurants here and there amid the rice fields and cow pastures. If 10 cars
drove by in an hour it was a busy day. Eight years later in peak season the road
is jammed day and night, slowed to a crawl by the lumbering behemoths of
concrete mixers and tourist coaches. Today, we could sell our restaurant for 15
times our initial investment, but we have no intention of doing so while the
punters pack the place out night after night.”
Diana Darling writes: ‘The wish to conserve Bali is
something like the wish to stay young.’ The standard line around here has long
been that traditional Balinese culture is indestructible, and there’s as much
truth in it as there ever is in wishful thinking. The values of the Balinese
themselves are under attack by the forces that are transforming most places in
our world – the relentless cycle of getting and spending in a global economy.
Jamie James’ most recent book is Rimbaud in Java: the Lost
Voyage (Editions Didier Millet, Singapore). He and his partner own and operate Waroeng
Bonita in Seminyak, Bali
Sources : Bali Daily and New Internationalist Magazine - Boom Times in Bali, Tourism destroying Bali posted by Jamie James
Edited by Jamesrudy
Bali Daily
Foreign investment dominates Bali’s tourism
by Luh De Suriyani on 2012-06-28
Foreign investment dominates the tourist industry in Bali,
particularly hotels and restaurants.
According to Bali Investment Coordinating Board (BKPMD) data
on 2011 investment plans for hotels and restaurants, the value of foreign
investment plans reached more than US$943.2 million.
The value of investment realized reached more than $440.2
million. As for domestic investment, Rp 930 billion (US$98.58 million) has been
realized.
The ratio between foreign and domestic investment is wider
than in 2010, where the value of foreign investment realized reached $263
million, while domestic investment was only Rp 143 billion.
“The gap widens each year,” said Suta Astawa, head of BKPMD foreign
investment control, adding that the figure showed that foreign investment
dominated all sectors in Bali.
According to government data, the biggest investor is the
British Virgin Islands with a planned investment value of $723.5 million,
followed by Singapore with $219.7 million.
Last year’s biggest realization was a joint investment
involving several countries with a value of $362.9 million, followed by
Singapore with $77.3 million.
Suta said the provincial administration did not limit
foreign investment in tourism.
“This is a continuously growing sector in Bali, and we don’t
implement a quota. This sector is open to more investment, but for projects
throughout Bali, not only in the south of the island.”
However, South Bali remains the most popular area for
foreign investment, despite a moratorium on developing tourist accommodation in
South Bali implemented in January last year.
“Several ongoing projects were approved before the
moratorium took effect,” Suta said, denying media reports on the ineffectiveness
of the moratorium signed by the Bali governor.
A team from Udayana University is currently researching
whether the moratorium should be continued or revoked. The research is expected
to be completed by the end of July.
“The central government has asked us many times about the
uncertainty of the moratorium, as investors are waiting to decide on their
projects.”
Since the moratorium took effect, investment has increased
in other parts of the island, such as in Buleleng and Karangasem. In 2011,
investment in Buleleng jumped to $226.2 million in foreign investment and Rp
109.6 billion in domestic. Foreign investment value is higher than in Badung,
the South Bali area, with a value of $157 million.
“If the land reaches its capacity, investors will move from
Badung to other areas, because tourism remains a lucrative sector in Bali,”
Suta said.
The investment board and regency administrations should
adhere to the spatial master plan before issuing new licenses to investors.
The 2009-2029 Bali spatial master plan has regulated areas
in which star-rated hotels are allowed to be built. The largest area is
Tulamben, Karangasem, with 16,203 hectares, Nusa Dua with more than 10,000
hectares, Ubud with 7,712 hectares and Nusa Penida with 6,795 hectares.
Sixteen areas in Bali are designated as tourist zones.
Bangli is not zoned as a tourist area because it has a reservoir.
“Only a three-star hotel is allowed to be built there,” Suta
said.
Bali Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has asked the
governor to extend the moratorium.
“A comprehensive study on Bali’s carrying capacity has to be
completed, so that it can be used as guidance in tourism development,” said
Wayan Suardana from Walhi.
Walhi also urged the provincial administration and
stakeholders to draft a master plan on sustainable development in Bali to
protect the island’s culture.
The rapid development of Bali’s tourism industry is apparently not only having a positive impact on Bali’s
people, it might, on the other hand, bear an unfavorable impact on the less fortunate people living in poverty if the government does not step in to intervene .
It is one of the ironies of Bali that as its tourism
fortunes have soared in recent years, with last year bringing a record almost
2.8 million foreign visitors to Bali’s shores, poverty remains rampant and, as
the figures show, is increasing. In particular, many industry observers have
pointed out, the island’s tourism is over-concentrated in the south, to the
detriment of the rest of the island and its people. And inversely, the southern
areas are becoming so intensely built up that the over development and resultant
traffic snarls it creates have led to dissatisfaction among tourists and
residents. Some have pointed to the touted establishment of a second
international airport in the north of Bali as a possible solution to the
inequity, as it would enable a greater balance of revenue spread.
“Tourism is a disaster for the poor. When the tourism
industry is developed, the prices of people’s daily needs are getting higher and, particularly for the poor, unaffordable,”
Bali Governor I Made Mangku Pastika said in an evaluation meeting of the island’s
poverty reduction program in Denpasar, Monday.
“For instance, in Buleleng, as tourism in the northern part
of Bali has developed, in the meantime , people living in poverty are getting poorer. Tourism also
attracts many people from outside Bali to come and work here. The influx of
these migrant workers is driving the price of food and other needs up,” Pastika
said.
Without any attempts from the government to intervene and offset
the conditions, Pastika further elaborated, the development of tourism industry
could result in loads of unfavorable impacts.
“As the farmers earn
low income while the prices of daily
needs are skyrocketing , farmers won’t
have any other choices except to sell their land. Being a farmer in this kind
of economic setting could hinder them from improving their quality of life,” he
added.
Pastika said that the vicious circle of poverty had made
poor people become poorer, while the rich were getting richer.
“The rich are getting richer while the poor are getting poorer, the strong are
getting stronger. The smart are getting smarter as they have got more opportunity to
access quality education and other facilities, while the poor can only access lower quality facilities. This
triggers and results in an ever-widening
social gap,” Pastika said.
Government programs, he admitted, should be tailored to
solve this crucial problem.
“The vicious circle of poverty should be broken off. Government
has the obligation to carry this out to
improve people’s welfare,” Pastika stressed.
The government program on eradicating poverty, however, is
facing lots of problems. “The worst thing is that there seems to be no synergy among
all the programs that are managed by the government,” said Pastika, admitting
that the regional ad-ministrations had yet to achieve synergy.
Pastika, a devout Hindu who turned 60 last Friday, has made
poverty-reduction one of his priorities in office, and on Monday declared that
the “vicious circle of poverty must be broken off.” That would be done, he said,
with the help of the government.
“The administrations are still divided along the regions’
and agencies’ selfish egos, as well as political interests. This is our big
task,” he added.
In an attempt to improve these situations, the Bali
administration has designed a program to accelerate poverty eradication by
empowering poor villages in the province. The program, called the Village
Integrated Development Program (Gerbang Sadu) Bali Mandara, starts this year
and has designated five villages as part of the pilot project. The program
provides Rp 1 billion (US$106,000) of aid in cash for each village to kick off
community-based economic enterprises. The enterprises are expected to provide sustainable sources of income, as well as job
opportunities, for the villagers.
The administration has allocated Rp 5 billion from this year’s
provincial budget for the initial phase of the program.
”We really hope this program can work out well to accelerate
the poverty eradication program,” Pastika said.
Data from the Bali office of the Central Statistics Agency
showed that Bali still had around 183,100 underprivileged residents, based on a
national survey on socioeconomic conditions in September 2011.
It means there was an increase of 16,900 people compared to
similar data in March last year, when 166,200 Bali residents were classified as
poor. Bali ranked second, behind Jakarta, in its percentage of less fortunate
or poor people.
Source : Bali Daily and Balitimes
Edited by Jamesrudy
Dane Hudson, Country Manager in ISS
Australia, will be sleeping out in the open air for a good cause
together with other CEOs from Australian companies.
I’m delighted to take part in this year’s Vinnies CEO
Sleepout to raise awareness of homelessness and the commendable work
Vinnies do every day to provide resources and support to people in need.
As CEO of the Commonwealth Bank, I’m proud to say that a number of our
people regularly volunteer for Vinnies to deliver food and hot drinks to
the homeless on the streets of inner-city Sydney.
Whilst I
will spend one winter night sleeping outdoors on the street, this is the
sad reality for over 100,000 Australians. Any donation you can give to
support Vinnie’s ongoing work will be greatly appreciated.
Vinnies CEO Sleepout is an annual event, which raises money
through the sponsorship of participants – the funding goes directly
towards the provision of Vinnies’ homeless services across Australia.
The about 700 CEOs including ISS’ Australian Country Manager, Dane
Hudson, will be handed a beanie, piece of cardboard, cup of soup and
some cold concrete bedding for the night. The organisers hope to raise
AUS $5 million.
Vinnies CEO Sleepout writes about the event:
“There
are more than 100,000 Australians who sleep rough each night of the
year. Just under half of these are women; a quarter of these are under
the age of 18.
On Thursday 21 June 2012 the annual Vinnies CEO
Sleepout will take place in capital cities across Australia. CEOs and
senior business and community leaders are invited to rise to the
challenge and experience what it is like to be homeless for one night in
winter and help the St Vincent de Paul Society to raise awareness of
the real facts of homelessness.”
Bali Hotels Cut Disposable Plastics By Over 20% in 2011
Clean and sustainable water targets announced for 2012/2013
June 22, 2012—Bali Hotels Association (BHA) is proud to announce the results of one of its key 2011 environmental initiatives. “Say No to Disposable Plastics” saw 30 BHA member hotels participate, with an average reduction of this type of plastic from May–November of 23%, exceeding the set goal of 20%.
The program encouraged member hotels to replace disposable plastics—which take hundreds of years to degrade—with biodegradable plastics and other environmentally friendly alternatives such as glass.
“This is great news,” said BHA Chairman Jean-Charles LeCoz. “When we launched this program in April 2011, our aim was to see an overall reduction of 20%; the fact that we have exceeded this is testament to our members’ commitment to preserving Bali’s natural heritage both as a tourism destination and for its inhabitants.”
Plastic is one of the major toxic pollutants of our time, and it is estimated that Bali generates approximately 750,000 kilos of plastic garbage per day: almost 50% more than Jakarta.
For this reason, as part of the “Say No to Disposable Plastics” campaign, BHA has also encouraged its members to replace plastic bottles with reusable glass ones.
The results have been encouraging.
This year, BHA has announced as its key environmental initiative the “Clean and Sustainable Water” campaign. As the association reported in its internal environmental report earlier this year, Bali hotels have an obligation to lead the field in making water usage reduction a top priority.
“This is a matter of urgency for all stakeholders, but particularly hotels,” said Jean-Charles LeCoz.
“With the indigenous population growing and arrivals growing too, we should ensure that we are not putting the island’s future at risk.”
The association is actively pushing a number of actions among its members, including tracking of water use to begin monitoring followed by a 5% reduction by June 2013, along with “best practice” ideas such as mulching and composting; watering gardens in the mornings and evenings instead of mid-day; using native plants that require less water rather than imported ones; reviewing cycling times for laundry; and utilizing low-consumption tap, shower and toilet features.
BHA also notes that in conjunction with local authorities, Consolidated Water, a company specializing in reduction and sustainability, has been signed up to produce high-quality fresh water from seawater by reverse osmosis, further reducing demands placed on groundwater sources. The association is happy to support this initiative.
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Editors’ note: About BHA
Bali Hotels Association (BHA) is a group of star-rated hotels and resorts. Members include the management of more than a hundred of the island’s best hotels and resorts, representing more than 15,000 hotel rooms and 30,000 employees.
The association runs sustainable tourism, education and environmental projects, and helps set tourism security and safety standards, following a multi-stakeholder approach that supports public-private partnerships in corporate social responsibility. The association also provides a professional information and discussion forum, enabling it to speak with a common voice on issues relevant to the tourism and hospitality industry in Bali.
For more about Bali Hotels Association, visit www.balihotelsassociation.com
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Heartfelt and profound condolences to the bereft family of 林绍良Liem Sioe Liong (Indonesia)
R.I.P Om Liem
Our prayers go out to the bereft families, Albert, AndreHalim, Anthony Salim,andMira., extended families .
Chairman of Salim Group,
Former Economic Advisor to The Indonesian Government and First Pacific Company Limited
Passed away on June 10 at 15 50 at the Raffles Hospital, Singapore
On Monday 18 June 2012 , Om Liem's remains will be laid to rest in peace at Chua Chu Kang Cemetery Complex, Singapore
In the meantime , the big family is having the funeral arrangements prepared with the white nuance .
June 18th. 2012 Om Liem's burial today, Mount
Vernon Funeral Parlour, has been filled with the mourners since this morning.
Meanwhile, some relatives have left for
the location of the cemetery, Choa Chu Kang Cemetery.
Here is a list of funeral agenda of Liem Sioe Liong or
Sudono Salim (also known as Om Liem) obtained from the family.
Agenda
At 10:30 to 10:45 a.m. local time
The show was started by the monks from
Watyannawa who will sing the poetry of prayer.
At 10:50-11-30
The welcome speech from master of ceremony
representing families and event organizers.
11:30 a.m.
All the guests stand up and pay respect to Om
Liem, and bow three times. After that, all the family and guests go to Choa Chu
Kang cemetery site.
12:00 to 13:00 am
Go
and arrives at Choa Chu Kang Cemetery
At 01:00 p.m. to 01:30 p.m.
Families and relatives burn the offerings
(joss stick) and pray to the earth. Meanwhile, the Monk of Watyannawa sing songs of offerings.
01:35 to 01:55 a.m.
Pre-final
burial.
02:00 pm
Family and relatives laying flowers to the
tomb, then burn paper houses, paper money, and other symbols of prosperity in
paper form at the same time.
As the burial process continues, monks continue
to sing prayer poems. Guests are welcome to lay flowers at the cemetery area
and the officer put the coffin into the ground.
03:00 to 04:00 a.m.
The funeral over, the family, relatives, and
guests are welcome to ride the same bus to the Mandarin Hotel to attend the
dinner.
Chua Chu Kang Cemetery Complex (or Choa Chu Kang Cemetery) (Chinese: 蔡厝港坟场)
is the biggest cemetery in Singapore. Located in the west of the island in
close proximity to the Tengah Air Base and at the confluence of the Old Choa
Chu Kang Road, Lim Chu Kang Road and Jalan Bahar. it comprises the Chinese,
Christian, Ahmadiyya Jama'at, Muslim, Parsi, Bahá'í, Jewish, Hindu and Lawn
cemeteries. It is currently the only burial cemetery to remain in operation.
Also within its grounds, are several columbariums, including the
state-run Choa Chu Kang Columbarium, and two private facilities, namely The
Garden of Remembrance, a Christian columbarium and Ji Le Memorial Park, a
Buddhist facility.
It is the only part of Chua Chu Kang that is still spelt as such with
the 'u' in Chua, the other parts of the area have been renamed Choa Chu Kang
with the 'o', including Choa Chu Kang New Town and Old Choa Chu Kang Road.
Liem Sioe Liong (Sudono Salim)'s remains is scheduled to be buried on Monday 18 June 2012), currently his remains is being rested for a week for those wishing to pay homage to him at Mount Vernon Funeral Parlours
Singapore, a haven of hope and remembrance,
at Upper Serangoon, an upscale neighborhood that is famous amongst the expatriates and local Singaporeans
Since Monday at his wake at Mount Vernon, thousands of wreaths have lined the driveway
leading to the funeral parlor as family, friends and employees trickled in to
pay their respects.
His son-in-law Franciscus Welirang said: “Everyone is feeling quite sad
about losing Mr. Liem. They loved him very much, and his children were close to
him. So far, they are holding up well.”
Prominent visitors included former Indonesian president Megawati
Sukarnoputri, whose grandfather had been a business partner of Liem.
She said: “We used to meet at my mum's house when I was a child. He was
quiet, lived in the business world, and business was his life.”
Also present was Spring Singapore chairman Philip Yeo, who worked with
Liem's son Anthony on the Batam Industrial Park in 1990, when Yeo was with the
Economic Development Board.
Yeo said: “He was lucky that his father lived a long life. Mr. Liem was
a very nice man.
Welirang recalled: “He was a loving father who spent a lot of time with the
family even though he was very busy with his businesses. He would often
gather his sons and daughters to chat and interact.”
“ he also extended this to his employees – he treated them like a family,” added a
close family friend who wished to be known only as Handoko.
Welirang: further said “He was the kind of person who could remember people even
after having not met them for 20 years.”
He said he had learned about the importance of persistence and hard work, as
well as keeping an open mind to possibilities and having a low profile, from
his father-in-law.
While Axton Salim, 33, son of Liem's youngest son, Anthony Salim, commented that his
grandfather was always “kind” to him.
“His philosophy of being hard-working and humble are two big takeaways and I'll
keep with me throughout my life,” he said.
“What we learn from him, and actually we've already put it into our business, like his
ethos of being hard-working, which is embedded in his current businesses.”
He was speaking on behalf of the 14 grandchildren who survive om Liem. He is
also survived by four children and six great-grandchildren.
At the wake, wreaths from friends and business comrades keep pouring
in on Wednesday.
Over the last seven days, nearly 2,200 wreaths have arrived at Mount Vernon,
lining the driveway and tentage of the funeral parlor.
Om Liem's body will depart from Mount Vernon funeral parlor at 12:30 p.m. Singapore time ) on Monday June 18th. 2012 for Choa Chu Kang Cemetery at 2 p.m.
There will be a Buddhist ceremony prior to the burial.
Mount Vernon Sanctuary, a 6-star funeral parlour with modern facilities
set amidst lush fauna and flora, is an ideal space for holding private
funerals and wakes. With a grand setting and maximum of 600 capacity
when all halls are combined, families can look to hold wakes in
comfort and peace
Sudono Salim (born 16 July 1916), also known as Liem Sioe Liong, is a Chinese Indonesian businessman of Hokchia origin. He was once considered the richest individual in Indonesia. He was the head of the conglomerate Salim Group before turning over its management to his youngest son Anthony in 1992.
BORN: July 16, 1916, Haikou, Fujian province, China EDUCATION: Junior high school, Fujian
FAMILY: Married, 4 children, HemarriedLieLasNio(Lilani) andhas gotfour children, namelyAlbert, AndreHalim, Anthony Salim,andMira. A number ofsuccessfulbusinesses were pioneered and founded by om Liem . He was thefounderand owner ofBankCentralAsiaNV in 1957whichlater becameBank Central Asia(BCA) .
Bank Central Asia in Singapore as Bank Representative. The company operates in
Singapore. Its registered address is 360 Orchard Rd #06-06A
International Bldg Singapore 238869.
He wasalso the founderand owner ofSalimGroup, PT Bogasari FlourMill,PTMega, Bank Windu Kencana, PTHanurata, PT Indocement, andPTWaringinKencana.
R.I.P Om Liem
Agent of development
Sudono Salim
林紹良
Born
16 July 1916
Died
10 June 2012
Residence
Indonesia
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Citizenship
Indonesian
Indonesian Chinese Billionaire , Liem Sioe Liong, whose wealth rivals American
tycoons like Du Pont and Rockefeller, has been crowned one of the world’s
six richest. His close ties to President Suharto date to the early days of the
republic, and he established Indonesia's largest corporate
group (Indocement, Indofood) Bank Central Asia, as well as huge businesses in the Philippines,
Thailand, Hong Kong and China. Singapore, Netherlands and the USA.
The Chairman of APINDO, Sofyan Wanandi ,who used to be quite close to Om Liem said , Om Liem passed away due to age- related illnesses and Om Liem during his life was hard working, led a simple life and never showed off his wealth .
Sofyan Wanandi as being interviewed on MetroTv further said, the family in Singapore is still discussing Om Liem's funeral arrangements
Om Liem served as First Pacific's Chairman
from 1981 until February 1999 when he assumed his titles. He serves as
chairman of the Salim Group.
With his position at the advisor of
First Pacific, Om Liem was one of Indonesia's businessmen who could maintain his
business at the hot spot. First Pacific's assets are more attractive than other
conglomerations in Indonesia.
First Pacific has main investments in
telecommunications, infrastructure, consumer food products, and natural
resources. Their main businesses are the most lucrative sectors in Indonesia.
In the past 8 years to 2011, First Pacific has seen its gross asset value rise
with a compound annual growth rate of 27% to US$7.88 billion at the end of 2011
from US$1.28 billion in 2003.
First Pacific controlled 25.8% stake in
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT).
PLDT is the leading telecommunications service
provider in the Philippines. Its shares are listed on the Philippine Stock
Exchange and its American Depositary Receipts are listed on the New York Stock
Exchange.
First Pacific controls 59.1% stake in Metro
Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC). Metro Pacific is a Philippine-based,
publicly-listed, investment management and holding company focused on
infrastructure development.
In PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk (INDF), an
Indonesia listed company, First Pacific owns 50.1% stake.
Indofood is a maker of instant noodle, CPO,
and fluor mills. Its consumer branded products subsidiary PT Indofood CBP
Sukses Makmur Tbk (ICBP) and agribusiness subsidiaries PT Salim Ivomas Pramata
Tbk (SIMP) and PT PP London Sumatra Indonesia Tbk (LSIP) are also listed in
Indonesia Stock Exchange. In LSIP, Salim family has partnership with
Sariaatmadja family, who owns and runs television stations such as Surya
Citra Media, Indosiar, and O Channel.
First Pacific also owns 31.3% stake in Philex
Mining Corporation (Philex). Philek is a Philippine-listed company engaged in
exploration, development and management of mineral and energy resources in the
Philippines.
Menteri Pariwisata dan Industri Kreatif Mari Elka Pangestu : Om Liem Pengusaha Pelopor Indonesia
Liem Sioe Liong atau Om Liem dinilai Mari Elka Pangestu, Menteri
Pariwisata dan Industri Kreatif, sebagai pengusaha pelopor Indonesia.
Dia mengatakan Om Liem masuk ke Indonesia sewaktu negara ini baru
memulai proses pembangunan dengan berbisnis penyediaan bahan-bahan paling
dasar, seperti semen dan komoditas pertanian yang belum disentuh pengusaha
lain.
"Om Liem adalah pioneer, beliau mengembangkan bisnis, mulai dari
produk yang paling dasar," paparnya sewaktu melayat Sodono Salim di lokasi
persemayaman Mount Vernon Funeral Parlour, Rabu malam .
Dia menilai Om Liem adalah tokoh yang sangat menginspirasi wirausaha.
Pendiri Grup Salim itu, paparnya, juga sangat sederhana dalam kesehariannya.
Dari sisi regenerasi, tambah mantan Menteri Perdagangan itu, Om Liem
berhasil mengalihkan bisnisnya ke generasi kedua dengan baik.
Selain Marie Elka Pangestu, pelayat dari Indonesia lain yang datang ke
Mount Vernon Funeral Parlour antara lain Tata, mantan istri Tommy Soeharto,
pengacara Todung Mulya Lubis, Prayoga Pangestu, Ponco Sutowo, dan Samsul
Nursyalim.
Ponco Sutowo mengatakan jiwa wirausaha Om Liem sangat kuat. Selain
hubungan kekerabatan, dia mengaku belum pernah menjadi rekan bisnis pria yang
tutup usia 97 tahun itu.
Mari Elka Pangestu, Menteri Pariwisata dan Ekonomi Kreatif Indonesia,
serta Pendiri Sahid Group Sukamdani Sahid mengirimkan karangan bunga kepada
keluarga Om Liem agar diberikan ketabahan.
Karangan bunga itu diletakkan bersama dengan ratusan rangkaian bunga
dari kerabat Liem Sioe Liong dan keluarganya di lokasi persemayaman Mount
Vernon Funeral Parlour Singapura pada hari ini.
Berbagai ungkapan simpati dan turut berbelasungkawa disampaikan melalui
karangan bunga itu.
"Our deepest sympathy and heartfelt condolences on the demise of
your beloved father, the late Mr Liem Sioe Liong," tulis sebuah karangan
bunga dari BS Ong, kerabat Anthony Salim, putra bungsu Om Liem.
Selain Grup Sahid dan Marie Elka Pangestu dan keluarga, tampak pula
kiriman karangan bunga dari Peter Sondakh, Management and Staff PT Rajawali
Corporation, serta Credit Suisse, Kantor Jakarta dan Singapura.
Cinke dan Ceem Norihisa Tairan dari Tokyo, Jepang. Chairman, Management
and Staff of Bintan Resort Ferries Pte Ltd.
Helman dan Ria Sihotang, Management dan Staff Nirwana Pte Ltd, Low Sin
Leng, Executif Chairman Sembcorp Development Sembcorp Parks Management.
Mak Lye Mun dan manajemen CIMB Bank Singapore, HSBC Global Banking
Singapura dan Indonesia, serta ratusan perusahaan dan individu lain
Apindo: RI Butuh Banyak Om Liem untuk Pembangunan
Jakarta Meninggalnya pendiri Indofood dan Salim
Group, Liem Sioe Liong atau Sudono Salim rupanya membawa duka mendalam
dalam dunia perindustrian tanah air.
Meskipun berbeda generasi, Wakil Sekretaris Umum Asosiasi
Pengusaha Indonesia (Apindo) Franky Sibarani mengakui begitu besar
kontribusi lelaki yang akrab dipanggil Om Liem ini bagi pembangunan
Indonesia.
“Apa yang dilakukan beliau, memberikan kontribusi pembangunan Indonesia,” ujar Franky kepada detikFinance, Minggu (10/6/2012).
Menurut Franky, pada saat ini, Indonesia masih membutuhkan sosok
seperti Liem Soei Liong mengingat negara ini masih dalam tahap
berkembang.
“Kita perlu membutuhkan banyak Om Liem saat ini karena negara kita masih negara berkembang,” ujarnya.
Pasalnya, lanjut Franky, sebagai pengusaha yang bisa mencapai status
konglomerat masih sangat terbatas di Indonesia. Namun, Sudono Salim
mampu memberikan kesempatan kerja yang besar bagi rakyat Indonesia.
“Banyak usahanya dan cukup memberikan kesempatan kerja yang cukup
besar dan untuk profesional. Jadi untuk perusahaan yang diawali
keluarga, saat ini banyak profesional yang terlibat. Pak Anthony,
anaknya pun pakai profesional, agar efektif dan efisien dalam mengelola
perusahaan,” tandasnya.
Om Liem meninggal di Raffles Hospital Singapura pada Minggu (10/6)
sekitar 15.50 WITA. Pria bernama lahir Liem Sioe Liong ini lahir di
Tiongkok, 16 July 1916. Anthony Salim yang merupakan anak dari
Sudono beserta menantunya Franciscus Welirang kini meneruskan seluruh
usaha yang dirintisnya.
Biography of Om Liem Sioe Liong (Sudono Salim) From Zero to Hero
He was an avid
learner with
a stunning memory, and was enrolled in his village’s private
school at
age of 7. Unfortunately, poverty put a stop to his schooling days and
at 15, his
family rented a shophouse for him in the village to run a stall selling
noodle-soup.
After the 918 Incident, his stall was forced to shut down
amidst the
pandemonium of war. In 1935, Liem’s father passed away, and
the family
burden fell upon the shoulders of his mother. At this time, the
village was
rife with rumors of the Kuomintang seizing able-bodied young
men for conscription.
His mother eventually told him to strike it out in
Southeast
Asia (Nanyang), partly to take his chances, but mostly to avoid
conscription.
The young
Liem migrated from Fujian province in the 1920s, arriving in
Indonesia
with hardly a penny to his name. He was barely 20 when he
reached Indonesia,
and spent his initial days staying with an uncle, helping
out at his
uncle’s provision shop. However, the provision shop’s business
was very thin,
and finally, Liem decided to start his own hawker business
selling coffee
powder.
The days of
peddling coffee powder were grueling. He had to wake up
everyday at
midnight to grind the coffee beans into coffee powder, and wrap
the powder
in newspaper, into packets of 50g or 100g. Rain or shine, he rode
his bicycle
to places as far as 70 km away to peddle his wares. But hardship
only served
to strengthen his will, and through his contacts with his
customers,
he got to know many people.
Indonesia
was originally a colony of the Netherlands. On 7th December 1941,
the Japanese
waged the Pacific War, and invaded Indonesia. In August 1945,
the Japanese
were finally defeated, and Indonesia became a republic.
However, the
Dutch returned to reclaim its lost colony, and war broke out
yet again.
Liem’s big break came when he acquainted the young nationalist commander
Suharto during
the war of independence. He saw which way the wind was
blowing and
started using his trading network to help the independence
movement,
smuggling supplies and, according to some, arms to the rebels.
While Liem
was a military supplier during the war of independence, he spotted
an opportunity
in cloves. Cloves are a vital ingredient in Indonesian-style
cigarettes
or kreteks. By exploiting maritime connections in the Fujian
overseas community,
Liem was able to get more cloves to more kretek
factories
faster and cheaper than his competitors. He quickly became a
millionaire.
Post-Independence Days
Liem, unlike
Riady who was arrested and deported for pro-independence activities,
was careful not to attract the notice of the authorities. Following
independence,
Liem assessed the situation and decided to employ the
strategy of
first pursuing businesses to meet the people’s basic need for
clothing,
food, lodging and transportation (衣食住行), and then
diversify later
into other
businesses.
His first
venture was in textiles, followed by rubber (for manufacturing tyres),
nails (which
were in short supply), bicycle parts and soap. His business
formula was
an instant hit, and wealth came pouring in. Under
Mr Suharto,
the route
to success for Chinese Indonesians lay in finding a patron. And
patrons did
not come bigger than the president himself. With Suharto’s
patronage,
Liem received monopolies in flour, clove importation and cement.
In 1969, Liem
made a proposal to the Government to set up an flour mill in
Indonesia
to cope with the critical shortage of flour the post-independence
days. His
proposal was swiftly approved, and he was granted 2/3 monopoly
rights to
the national flour production output. By the 80s, Liem’s flour mills
were able
to meet 80percent of the nation’s demand for flour, and was the largest
flour mill
in Asia.
While this
was going on, Liem never gave up his clove business. In 1986,
Liem received
sole importer right from the government to import cloves into
Indonesia,
and he started two companies to handle clove imports. The
amount of
imports handled by these companies is approximately 90percent of the
clove output
in Africa’s largest clove-producing countries.
In 1975, Liem
built his cement factory (狄斯水泥). Annual production capacity
rocketed from
500,000 tonnes to 1 million tones, reaching 2 million tones by
1978 with
the construction of a larger facility, and becoming the largest
cement conglomerate
in Indonesia.
A Formula of Diversification
After Mr Suharto
began implementing his new economic policy, Liem began
moving into
banking and other businesses, including textiles, chemicals and
property.
Rich beyond the dreams of avarice, Liem is involved in everything.
In 1957, Liem
started his own bank with help from Bangkok Bank. In the 70s,
he diversified
into properties, construction and tourism. In the late 70s, Liem
moved into
the auto industry. Now, Liem’s empire covers textiles, cement,
chemicals,
electronics, forestry, fishery, freight and transportation, insurance,
finance, property,
gold and precious stones, hotels, medical equipment,
communications,
metals etc. The Salim Group’s headquarter is based in
Jakarta, with
some 60 subsidiaries across four continent, including countries
such as Indonesia,
Singapore, Hong Kong, Netherlands and the USA.
Business for
Liem is a virtuous circle. Salim Group banks manage his trading
empire, which
in turn transports his raw materials to his factories, which
produce goods
sold in shops rented from his property interests.
Liem has passed
the baton to a new generation. Anthony Salim now takes
care of day-to-day
operations of the Salim empire.
Sources:
Chinese Overseas Data bank and research the Jakarta post Bisnis Indonesia The Strait times TVone
