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JAKARTA, Indonesia – The continued slowing of the growth of Indonesia’s economy and a minister breaking into a boarding house in Jakarta lead our wrap of stories from Indonesia the past day.
1. Indonesia’s slowing growth shows how big Jokowi’s challenges are
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo really has “his work cut out” for him. Official figures released Wednesday, November 5, show that Indonesia’s economy grew at its slowest pace for 5 years in the third quarter. The G20 economy expanded 5.01% on-year in the 3 months to the end of September, down from 5.12% in the previous quarter, with analysts blaming the weakening demand for the country’s key commodities exports. Jokowi, inaugurated on October 20, has pledged to lift growth to 7% over the next two years by overhauling the country’s creaking infrastructure and cutting red tape to attract more foreign investors. Read the full story on Rappler.
2. Refused entry, manpower minister breaks into migrant worker boarding house
Saya Hanif Dakhiri Menteri Tenaga Kerja pic.twitter.com/fiOp4o4CFN
— Tatan Spartan (@TS_Phoenix902) November 5, 2014
This image of Manpower Minister Hanif Dakhiri climbing over a gate in Tebet, South Jakarta, made the rounds on social media on Wednesday. He said he was forced to break into the boarding house for Indonesians waiting to be sent to neighboring countries to work as migrant workers, because the caretaker refused to let him in. It’s a good thing he did: Inside, he found 43 workers cramped in the living room, sharing one bathroom, according to Kompas.com. “This is not right. This doesn’t meet the standards,” said the minister, whose mother was once a migrant worker in Saudi Arabia.
3. Jokowi to speak about reforms at G20 summit, economic vision at APEC
It’s confirmed: Jokowi will not only attend the G20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia, on November 15-16, he will deliver a speech about his experiences with economic and bureaucratic reforms when he was mayor of Solo and governor of Jakarta, according to state news agency Antara. But before that, Jokowi will deliver a speech on Indonesia’s economic vision for the next 5 years at the APEC Summit in Beijing, China, on November 10-11. Then at the ASEAN Summit in Myanmar on November 12-14, he is scheduled to attend 9 meetings.
4. Families of murdered Indonesians in Hong Kong cannot claim insurance
As the two Indonesian women found murdered in the apartment of British banker Rurik Jutting in Hong Kong on November 1 were not registered as legal migrant workers, their families cannot claim insurance. Both women first came to Hong Kong as migrant workers, but no longer had valid permits to work there at the time of their death. But Gatot Abdullah Mansyur, the head of the Agency for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI), said they were “discussing with the Indonesian Foreign Ministry about giving some kind of donation.”
5. Educated Indonesians have higher jobless rates than low-skilled workers
This is not encouraging for students. The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reported on Wednesday that the most educated sections of the Indonesian workforce – vocational school, diploma and university graduates – have seen an increase in their unemployment rate. On the other hand, unemployment rate for graduates from elementary, junior high or senior high schools is falling, as companies opted to absorb low-skilled workers when expanding their business. For instance, 11.2% of vocational school graduates are unemployed, as opposed to just 3% of elementary school graduates. This highlights the skill mismatch between Indonesia’s education system and employers’ demands, officials say. Read the full story from the Jakarta Post.
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