By Karim Raslan Indonesia’s rapidly expanding economy will boost commercial importance of the Malay language, and Malaysian parents will start taking it more seriously. INDONESIA’S rising strength will change the way many Malaysians view Bahasa Malaysia. At the moment, middle-class Malaysians tend to view Malay as a language with limited commercial value compared with English or Chinese. However, [...]
By Akhyari Hananto Greater Jakarta is home to upscale self-sufficient cities, you may name BSD City, Bintaro Jaya, Pondok Indah, Citra Garden, Kota Wisata, Kota Bunga, Kota Cibubur, Kota Jababeka, Modernland, Citraland, Pantai Mutiara, Pluit, Kelapa Gading, Lippo Karawaci, Alam Sutera, Sentul City, and many more. Once I discussed with one Indonesian hi-rank developer official, and he said [...]
Indonesia and Turkey are beating the world’s biggest emerging markets by almost any financial measure, even while they may be too small to join the BRICs. Indonesia’s equity index climbed 22 percent this year and Turkey’s rose 13 percent, both hitting all-time highs on July 29. Credit-market rallies sent yields on the nations’ foreign- currency [...]
Looks like my proposal to have the BRIC acronym transformed into iBRIC is catching on. Much like we see in Brazil, it appears good political leadership *does* make a difference. Further, as global capital hops and skips from one country to another in the never ending search for ever cheaper labor, Indonesia could be joining [...]
Members of the Ketapang Bird Watchers Community have found a live sample of the rare species named Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascarriensis) on the Sei Jawi beach. “Me and a few other bird lovers from Indonesia and the Netherlands have managed to take pictures of the water bird while it was looking for food on the [...]
Most Sabahans view Indonesians as just labourers or household servants, oblivious to the fact that its Borneo neighbour is one of Indonesia’s richest provinces. By Karim Raslan, published in The Star I COMPLAIN about our politicians talking too much, but I’m becoming just as much a culprit. I seem to be delivering speeches all the [...]
I opened my newsfeed service, and when this title popped-up… I got so scared and shocked. But, haha… guys, meet Nicole! She led a group of Malaysian bloggers who were very lucky to explore Garuda Indonesia HQ and workshop in Jakarta. Nicole, thanks for letting me quote your writing. Guys, enjoy her entertaining writing. Hijacking a Plane: Garuda [...]
By Akhyari Hananto I am writing this article with shaky hands and accelerating heartbeat, taking deep long breathe to boost my confidence. I need that, because what I am going to deliver to you is something ‘BIG’ and something, where probability of it to become a reality is 50:50. Probability aside, I have right now the [...]
When we are talking about jeans, there’s nothing that can beat the Levi’s, the legendary jeans originated in San Francisco, US, first established in 1873. My American friend told me that there are 4 things that built America, Rock n Roll, Harley Davidson, Coca Cola, and Levi’s. Other famous brands are Wrangler, Lee, and Diesel. Not so [...]
by Anthony Deutch In Indonesia, you don’t have to be rich to have pockets stuffed with banknotes. A mere coffee can cost over 20,000 rupiah. But Indonesia’s central bank is tired of the excess zeroes and the cumbersome transactions they create. On Tuesday, it announced it was dusting off an old plan to redenominate the rupiah and [...]
