Think about big cities like Bangkok, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, or Singapore. The traffic is very much congested; the land and transport authority plans to add more roads/flyovers, but they are worried that the construction process will only add more burden to the traffic. There should be a way to build flyovers, without adding more disruption [...]
Did you know, that all planes used to have 4-5 crews in the cockpit? They were the Pilot, Co-pilot, Navigator, Telecom, and Technician. Now, planes only have two men, much more simple. How come? In 1983, Mr. Wiweko Soepono, at the time Director of Garuda Indonesia, brilliantly came to Airbus bringing an idea of Forward Facing Crew Cockpit. Mr. [...]
Long before European colonialists extended their influence into Australia, the Makasar, the Bajau, and the Bugis built elegant, ocean-going schooners in which they plied the trade routes. Intrepid and doughty, they traveled as far east as the Aru Islands, off New Guinea, where they traded in the skins of birds of paradise and medicinal masoya [...]
When gigantic Air Asia launched Tune hotels as part of its business wings, it was expected that it would become a trend, boost Air Asia’s revenue. Despite its slow growth, Tune hotels firmly deepen its root. I myself had once stayed at Tune hotel, it was a cozy and nice hotel, only that the room was just too [...]
I was stunned by the video clip of a young people in a group called themselves Bondan & Fade 2 Black, singing a song titled U.N.I.T.Y attractively. I am no longer young, but seeing them in that video clips , or live on TVs really brought back my beautiful memories of my younger era. It [...]
Indonesian Province of Papua is the west-half of the largest tropical island in the world, which can be found on a world map above Australia and just below the equator. The indigenous population are tribal people, often known as ‘Papuans’ means “frizzy haired”. They are related to the Australian Aborigines and speak as many as [...]
By Akhyari Hananto I have mentioned last nite in my twitter, that I would write about this. A friend of mine, an economic analyst from Canada, said to me several months ago that Indonesia will soon put at least 12 companies in Forbes’ World’s 1000 largest. In 2009, PT Telkom Indonesia ranked #657, Bank Central Asia [...]
Indonesian official estimates put the country’s population at 240 to 242 million, and most of them are young population 15-40 years old. Indonesia is one of those few countries which is secular and is the world’s third largest democracy after India and the United States. Indonesia has many languages and has more than 17,000 islands and [...]
Indonesian stocks are traded by Japanese investors every day, but one recent request from Tokyo was out of the ordinary. A big investor phoned up a local fund manager asking to buy $1bn in equities on the Jakarta stock exchange within just 20 days. Jakarta is not liquid enough to handle that kind of money. But [...]
You had me at “Selamat datang”. We’ve been together for month now, and it’s time we had that talk. I don’t know where you see this going, but I could say “the hell with it” to the rest of my year-long trip and stay here with you. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to freak you out. You [...]
