Provincial Government will Rehabilitates TPA Suwung

Bali Provincial Government planned to rehabilitate mangrove forest area in Suwung Denpasar which is used as Tempat Pembuangan Akhir (TPA) – Final Rubbish Banishment Location – Suwung Denpasar.

From 30 hectare of TPA Suwung in the territory of Bali Province is planned for rehabilitation area in mangrove forest area in Suwung Denpasar which is has been used as the location of TPA Suwung Denpasar. Mangrove forest area used for rubbish installation process is about 10 hectare.

Bali governor, Made Mangku Pastika in his statement in Suwung Denpasar on December 14th, said about his plan to rehabilitate mangrove forest area precisely located in the TPA location is still in permit application process to the central government. Since the entire license for the utilization of that mangrove forest area is in the hand of central government.

”The land used by rubbish processing installation merely 10 hectare, for the rest we will reforest it,” said Made Mangku Pastika.

Pastika hope for this plan can pass the central government agreement, remembering this rehabilitation effort has lot advantages for the effort of forest land area covering in Bali which only reach the number of 22.5 percent from the width of Bali area. Besides mangrove has function in retaining abrasion and fish ecosystem.

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Rotary Club Seminyak Dominated by Foreign Members

Members of social and humanity organization under Rotary Club Bali Seminyak are now dominated by foreigner.

President of Rotary Club Bali Seminyak, Patricia Jamieson at Kuta, Bali on Sunday said that since it first development on May 2002 Rotary Club Bali Seminyak members were merely 24 people from 16 countries.

“This social organization tried to conducting various humanity events such as health check, cataract eye surgery as well as other social activities like greening the environment,” he said.

Vice President for Rotary Club Bali Seminyak, Handy Saputra added, as the only local citizen joined this group he want to do more for the people.

“Almost all of Rotary Club Bali Seminyak members are foreigner. They are really concerns about people and environment condition in this Island of God,” he said.

He also assessed that this year his party had delivered hundred of million funds through several programs, for instance is harelip surgery, clear water supply with bio filter technology at Sibang village of Badung regency as well as helped medicinal treatment and education of a child who suffered blood cancer of leukemia.

“There are several eases when joined with this organization, we get easier to find fund for the people, we also not get fused over when helping people, he said.

It is said that every year Rotary Club have programs to help the people, starting from health, education up to clear water supply.

“Rotary Club today already has members for about 1.2 million people spreads in 33.000 Rotary Club for about in 170 countries. The number of this organization member keeps growing every year,” said Handy Saputra.

In Bali, he said, there are already 16 Rotary Club. Its member consist of people from various profession starting form doctor, lawyer, public who have social concern.

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Regency and Police Resort Cooperates in Travelling Drive License Service

The synergy happened between the regency government and Jembrana Resort Police was not showed in control operation only. Two supreme head of this department agreed to synergize in realizing traveling driving license service.

That thing is revealed when Jembrana regent, I Gede Winasa met with Head of Jembrana Police Resort, AKBP. R Ahmad Nurwakhid in the VIP room of Jembrana Regent Office on Thursday, December 10th. At that time, Winasa, a regent who famous with various innovations delivered his idea about travelling driving license service system and allowed the use of Mobile Central Access Point (M-CAP) that is belong to the Jembrana Government for the need of realizing that idea.

“Driving License Service could be done through mobile online yet the server still in the Resort Police office. M.CAP cars were provide by the government so Resort Police don’t have to buy it again,” suggest Winasa. For the technical terms, Winasa is ready to help by sending Jembrana Government’s IT team. “Technically we already have IT team to prepare our every need,” he added.

That suggestion directly responded positively from the Head of Resort Police, Nurwakhid who just a month served as the Head in Jembrana Resort Police – Kapolres – According to the Jembrana Resort Police’s Head of Traffic Unit, AKP I Nyoman Nuryana who who also accompanied Kapolres, said that the driving license service in Jembrana is the only one service in Bali who can be accessed online together with Mabes Polri – headquarter of Indonesian Republic Police Forces – in Jakarta.

“So the data in Jembrana driving license has already connected straightly into Jakarta,” said Nuryana. Related to the traveling driving license service, he mentioned that this kind of thing had already conducted by them, but it merely once in a month and the vehicle itself comes from Bali Provincial Police.

Besides suggesting for Traveling Driving License service, Winasa also suggested for traffic line separation for motorcycle and car to anticipate the high rank of traffic accident. “It is due to the accident happened between motorcycles are rarely happened,” Winasa said. That suggestion is welcomed well by Kapolres. “Off course we can do it sir, for the first step we will try it in city traffic line first,” he said. Kapolres admitted his salute with some ideas coming from this Jembrana regent. “We will keep trying tightened our cooperation in order to maintaining public order and safety in Jembrana,” he said.

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The Meaning of Labuh Gentuh Ceremony

On Wednesday, December 16th Hindu’s in Bali will held Karya Agung Labuh Gentuh ceremony, Mendak Toya, Pakelem at Batur Lake and at the peak of Mount Batur. Then what is the meaning of that ceremony?

Labuh Gentuh is a tawur ritual procession asking for nature harmonization. This procession used ceremonial mediums such as animal for sacrifice or called sato. Lectures from Universitas Hindu Indonesia (Unhi) Denpasar, Wayan Suka Yasa and Wayan Budiutama said that the function of this ceremony in fact to remind the people to always protecting and maintaining nature preservation. In fact, the people had been educated to maintain the nature as for the lake, the mountain, forest and other water resources.

”The essence of this ceremony was preservation message that should be followed with action,” said Budiutama and Wayan Suka Yasa on Sunday, December 13th. We ought to conducting lake preservation through greening action, don’t contaminate the lake’s water then it will preserves the fertility of the land in Bali which will end to the people welfare.

Meanwhile, the lecture from Institut Hindu Dharma Negeri (IHDN) Denpasar, Ketut Wiana said that Labuh Gentuh is considered as the name of banten tawur – tawur offering – for middle level pacaruan ceremony balancing the relationship between human and nature. It means that human need to emerge love toward nature as for lake and other water sources.

The same thing also been said by another lecture from IHDN Denpasar, Prof. Ketut Subagiasta. He said that Labuh Gentuh is considered as a natural harmonization effort through Bhuta Yadnya implementation. Through this ceremony the people asked for Ida Shang Hyang Widhi Wasa for the natural preservation.

In Danu Kertih context, it had been wished for the lake preservation in favor of its water pureness and cleanest. Through this ceremony also they wish on behalf of sarwa hita or safety (sukerta) creation.

With Danu Kertih, people asked to Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa for the grace of water for this world salvation. Through this ritual also, the water of the lake is hoped keep preserve and pure. “Danu Kertih ceremony, wana kertih and segara kertih precisely appear as Hindu’s form of wisdom dedicated to reach sukartening palemahan or the preservation of nature and environment,” he said.

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300 Thousands Trees on the Slope of Mount Agung

300 thousand trees will be planted on the critical land at Mount Agung, Karangasem Bali. More than 60 hectare of that critical land will be planted.

This greening effort will be realized in the beginning of 2010 and according to the plan will be conducted gradually. The coordination of this action will be the group of environmental care called “Bali Kedas.”

For the first step, the land will be planted for about 60 hectare which is located in Temukus Village, Rendang District Karangasem. Tress that planted reached numbers of 300 thousand trees consists of Sandalwood trees, Majegau trees, and white, yellow as well as green frangipani trees.

In the next 30 years, the slope of Mount Agung will be planted with hundred and thousands of trees and it is hope that the critical land condition will change into a green and dense forest.
Besides the greening of hundred and thousands of trees, at that place also we will release animals that could live in that kind of habitat such as birds and more others,” added Indrawan.

Instead of merely conducting greening activity of hundred and thousand of trees, environmental care group “Bali Kedas” also will actively campaign the anti plastic rubbish movement around the greening location and entire Bali.

“Environmental Care Movement in Bali was begun from their concerned toward the environment that is gradually damaged, especially for forests in Bali due to the society’s indifference toward their environmental sustainability,” said Indrawan.

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Regency and Police Resort Cooperates in Travelling Drive License Service

The synergy happened between the regency government and Jembrana Resort Police was not showed in control operation only. Two supreme head of this department agreed to synergize in realizing traveling driving license service.

That thing is revealed when Jembrana regent, I Gede Winasa met with Head of Jembrana Police Resort, AKBP. R Ahmad Nurwakhid in the VIP room of Jembrana Regent Office on Thursday, December 10th. At that time, Winasa, a regent who famous with various innovations delivered his idea about travelling driving license service system and allowed the use of Mobile Central Access Point (M-CAP) that is belong to the Jembrana Government for the need of realizing that idea.

“Driving License Service could be done through mobile online yet the server still in the Resort Police office. M.CAP cars were provide by the government so Resort Police don’t have to buy it again,” suggest Winasa. For the technical terms, Winasa is ready to help by sending Jembrana Government’s IT team. “Technically we already have IT team to prepare our every need,” he added.

That suggestion directly responded positively from the Head of Resort Police, Nurwakhid who just a month served as the Head in Jembrana Resort Police – Kapolres – According to the Jembrana Resort Police’s Head of Traffic Unit, AKP I Nyoman Nuryana who who also accompanied Kapolres, said that the driving license service in Jembrana is the only one service in Bali who can be accessed online together with Mabes Polri – headquarter of Indonesian Republic Police Forces – in Jakarta.

“So the data in Jembrana driving license has already connected straightly into Jakarta,” said Nuryana. Related to the traveling driving license service, he mentioned that this kind of thing had already conducted by them, but it merely once in a month and the vehicle itself comes from Bali Provincial Police.

Besides suggesting for Traveling Driving License service, Winasa also suggested for traffic line separation for motorcycle and car to anticipate the high rank of traffic accident. “It is due to the accident happened between motorcycles are rarely happened,” Winasa said. That suggestion is welcomed well by Kapolres. “Off course we can do it sir, for the first step we will try it in city traffic line first,” he said. Kapolres admitted his salute with some ideas coming from this Jembrana regent. “We will keep trying tightened our cooperation in order to maintaining public order and safety in Jembrana,” he said.

News by Berita Bali

Three Business of Bali Local Company is Liquidated

In the middle of Governor Proposal forming BUMD PT Bali Mandara precisely had troubled Bali local companies. This condition is extremely worrying. From five local companies, three of them had liquidated since they keep suffer lose. They are chicken breeding farm at Pekarangan, Bedugul for about 3.8 hectare, trade industry business unit at Kamboja Street Denpasar and Bali textile industry (Balitex) in Kesiman (2.8 hectare). Now only two units who keep survive which are vegetable industrial unit in Kembang Mertha Bedugul in Tabanan for about 4.3 hectare and plantation business unit in Jembrana for around 100 hectare.

The director of Bali Local Company, IGN Suteja on Monday (November 16th) asserted that those three failed business had been handed over to the provincial government of Bali. While the profit of the Bali Local Company in 2008 is for about Rp 1.169. 675. 000 from Pulukan coconut plantation land’ compensation result with PY Citra Indah Pralaya Lestari (CIPL). Before in 2007 the profit was Rp 435 million.

He said, Pulukan coconut plantation for around 795 hectare now had cooperated with PT Citra Indah Pralaya Lestari (CIPL) for rubber. “The plant had growth well and the next three years will give some result,” said this formerly Kadisperindag Bali – Head of Bali Trade and Commerce Institution –

Coconut plantation industry decided to join cooperation with PT CIPL because it was estimated that cooperation would give more profit since lot of the coconut trees at there had already old. Moreover, the local company does not have lot of professional employee. That’s make cooperation with a third party which has professionalism is needed. At least from that cooperation, the salary of those who works at Pulukan Plantation who reaches 700 laborers now is under the management of PT CIPL. For now Bali Local Company merely have for about 200 laborers spread around business unit in Sanghyang Plantation and vegetable unit of Kembang Mertha.

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