1. SBA News
The SBA Networking cocktail (every 2nd Wednesday every month) will be at Club Macanudo in Shangri-La Hotel, from 19.00 to 21.00 on Wednesday June 9 and we offer free flow of drinks (wine, beer, whiskey, soft drink). The self cost is IDR 150,000 per person. No prior registration needed, just come.
2. Embassy News
BAPPENAS to Sweden in June
An Indonesian government and academic delegation headed by Vice Minister Dr. Ir. Lukita Dinarsyah Tuwo, from the National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS, ) will visit Sweden during the first week of June. The main purpose of the visit is to strengthen the bilateral cooperation between Sweden and Indonesia, in particular in the urban environmental field, and enhance contacts and exchange for the partnership based cooperation that has been prioritised for development cooperation with Indonesia. Six persons from BAPPENAS, the Ministry of Public Works, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Gadja Madah University in Yogyakarta will among others meet counterparts at the Swedish MFA, the Ministry of Environment and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. In addition, a visit to Borås City, collaborating with the University of Gadja Madah in a comprehensive waste refinery network, is on the agenda.
Reminder to Swedish families leaving Indonesia
To the Swedish citizens and family members who will be leaving Indonesia permanently: The Embassy of Sweden keeps a roster of registered names of Swedish citizens. We would like to remind those of you who have registered your family members' stay in Indonesia with the Embassy of Sweden to please "unregister" by sending an email to ambassaden.Jakarta@foreign.ministry.se informing us about the name(-s) of the person(-s) who are leaving, email address and the date of departure. The purpose is to reach Swedish citizens in times of crises and to convey certain events et cetera and we would like to have the roster as updated as possible
Swedish Culinary Festival
The Embassy of Sweden in Jakarta is very glad to inform you that Hotel Shangri-La, Jakarta, Restaurant Satoo, first floor will host a Swedish Culinary Festival on June 1-6. The National Day of Sweden will be celebrated in Hotel Shangri-La and a Swedish Buffet Smörgåsbord has been elaborated in a close culinary cooperation between the Swedish Chefs Lotta and Johan Lassesson (Cafe Smörgås, Sanur, Bali lotta@btjbali.com) and the Executive Chef Pak Andy Yew in Hotel Shangri-La Hotel Shangri-La are now taking this good opportunity to offer a Swedish Culinary Festival during this week. There will be a Cold Culinary section, Rotational Hot Classical Dishes, Dessert selections & Assortments of Bread. You will find Toast Skagen, Salmon, Dillstuvad" Potatoes, Biff à la Lindström, Crumble Rhubarb/Raspberry Pie, Royal Dessert/Hovdessert with Chocolate Sauce etc). Lunch starts at 12.00, Dinner starts at 18.00. The Swedish food corner will be part of the international buffet lunch/dinner. Lunch Rp 205,000 net Dinner Rp 228,000 net (Monday-Thursday) / Rp 248,000 net (Friday-Sunday).
3. Security
We have seen some new result from the police anti terrorist work. Several cells have been revealed and terrorist suspects killed. Some suspicion on the timing, but in the total, I would argue that it shows that the government is determined to ensure safety and security. There has been no hotspots, only some demonstrations against the incidents in the middle east, which really is routine here. The demonstrations is still peaceful and there is really nobody that can be seen as a valid target for the demonstrations. I talked to one of the leaders of these demonstrations and he said that it maybe would be good with an Israeli embassy since it would make it easier to target the demonstrations. Interesting reason for diplomatic relations...
Many expats will leave the country for holidays during June and as usual, there are some things to think of. Ensure you have house in order, domestic staff paid and no valuables left in an empty house. It is always a good idea to have a friend or colleague keeping an eye on your stuff while you are away. It is so depressing to come back to a ransacked home after a nice holiday.
Latest statistics on crime doesn't give us any surprises, except the fact that there is an increased amount of disappeared people. It is always sad when people vanish, but there are no indications of crimes in many of the cases. There are lack of transparency in the people registration and many times people just want to vanish due to debts and personal problems. Be aware to keep track of your family and staff.
The Jakarta census is also something that is going on in June. Try to follow your immigration documentation when you fill this is. There are no use of the data to check you up, but the people that make the census might have something on their own in mind. A uniform doesn't mean that the person is honest...
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4. Economy
The mon
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