KangGURU Magazine for April 2003

The Kang Guru Radio English magazine is produced three times per year in April, August and December. Special thanks to AusAID for their continued support of the magazine. The magazine is a compilation of articles and information taken from the Kang Guru Radio Program with additional material included for special purposes. Send us a letter or E-mail, written in English, and we will gladly send you your own copy of our latest magazine- FREE!. Our new magazine is out NOW and is full of great information, photographs and activities for you to enjoy.

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KGRE April 2003 magazine 
An introduction by Kapt. Kangguru

Welcome to the April 2003 edition of the Kang Guru Radio English magazine from everyone here at KGRE and IALF in Bali, and from AusAID Indonesia. We are sure that you will enjoy the wide variety of articles and information within the pages of this magazine. In fact you are just one of thousands of people all over Indonesia reading this magazine at the moment. Some are SD students in places such as Desa Salobulo, Kec. Sajoanging in Wajo, South Sulawesi. There are hundreds of junior high schools in places as far apart as Jambi, Ternate, Merauke and Natuna using these magazine articles as a part of the FREE Reading Class Sets from KGRE. Senior high school teachers are busily adapting classroom language activities from the KGRE Teacher Package to suit the information and news contained in this edition. As a result of their diligence, their students are being given English language activities based on relevant and interesting topics including Marcell and his Music, HIV/AIDS Counselor Training in Indonesia and the Indonesian Banking System.

In this April 2003 edition we feature news about -

1. The first winners of KGRE FM radios in our 2003 KGRE Radio Competition are announced. You still have plenty of time to be a winner as well. The competition finishes in July. Listening to KGRE is one of the best ways to improve your interactive English language skills - especially listening.
2. The Restructuring of the Indonesian Banking System - a joint venture between the Indonesian and Australian Governments through AusAID.
3. A special message from the newly appointed Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Mr David Ritchie.
4. Young Indonesian lawyers receiving training in courtroom skills.
5. Indonesian music - keroncong from Java.
6. The Australia Indonesia Youth Exchange Program from the Australia Indonesia Institute.

Click on the titles below and read selected articles from Kangguru's April 2003 magazine.

ACIAR in Indonesia - peanut research!

Recent Issues of the Kang Guru magazine

The Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Mr. David Ritchie

'I came up here with our Ministers Mr. Downer and Mr. Ellison two days after the Bali bombings. The Things that impressed me most in the time since the fifteen of October, which is when I arrived in Jakarta, has been the enormous outpouring sympathy from the Indonesian people. As I mentioned I was in Bali two days after the bombings and to see the flowers, the expression of grief, the banners around the Consulate made enormous impression on me. The same was true here in Jakarta. Outside our Embassy here we had floral tributes from an enormous number of ordinary Indonesians. And what that says to me is that there is actually an enormous ground force of sympathy and support and friendliness for Australia. And the same is true the other way around. Australians could have reacted quite angrily to the bombings in Bali, given that 88 Australians died there. But in fact the opposite is true. Australians have reacted very positively and have an enormous amount of sympathy for the victims of the bombings and for the Indonesians who were killed. What that says is that on both sides there's a very strong feeling of neighborliness and I think that's something very important'.

Check out  these sites for more information following the Bali Bombings -

The Original Kapt. Kangguru

KGRE started in Indonesia back in the late 1980s. If you listened back then you will remember Greg Clough. If you listen to KGRE in April and May you will hear Greg's distinctive voice once again. Greg began with KGRE in 1991 and stayed 'on the air' until 1996. Kang Guru Radio English originally began in 1989 as an Australian Government AusAID funded project. It ran for three months as a trial project. AusAID then decided to commit to a longer and more comprehensive project. When Greg took over the project it produced a weekly radio program and a weekly magazine. As Greg said to KGRE recently, 'We got new funding from AusAID for two years and we realised that it would be impossible to produce a magazine every week for some fifty two programs. So we decided to produce a quarterly magazine - once every three months'. KGRE has remained a very successful and popular initiative by the Australian Government through AusAID. Greg really feels, as do all of us here at KGRE, that KGRE plays a very important role in developing better relations and understanding between Indonesia and Australia. Greg now lives in Bogor with his wife Efa and their three children. He works for the forestry agency CIFOR and is still very passionate about KGRE.
 

In many Australian schools, parents and the community play a very real part in the way that schools function. This involvement can include decision making about what their children learn, discipline procedures, school administration and even salaries.

NTT Primary Education Partnership

Poverty reduction and poverty alleviation are very important goals of many AusAID development programs in Indonesia. The NTT Primary Education Partnership (NTT PEP) is one such program. This six-year project concentrates on those all-important first three years of basic education. The teaching focus is basically on literacy and numeracy. The partnership aims at developing children's interest in seeing education as opportunity, as their way forward in their lives. AusAID, together with Indonesian Government, sees education as one very real way to achieve poverty reduction. This exciting program is intended to spread to other islands in NTT and hopefully to other parts of Indonesia.

The NTT PEP program is based in Ngada district of Flores which places it in an effective central position for the other two project areas - Ende and Sikka. The project's main focus is to work with teachers. 'Partner teachers' (guru mitra) are chosen because the program is very much about partnership. Rather than just importing ideas from outside, the project is helping districts and the Indonesian government to implement the very significant educational programs that have been underway during the last four years. Concepts within those programs include school-based management, community participation, a community competency-based curriculum and learning. It means getting into the classroom, working with local teachers and making school a rich and rewarding experience for students. The hope is that they will want to stay there and complete their education.

Through the project children will become competent in reading and writing, in numeracy and in local skills. Most importantly their own awareness of the possibilities that their own education can bring to them and their community will develop. A huge part of the project's work is to build upon what's already there and to explore how people in the community and people who are working in the system feel about important issues in local education.

Mary Fearnley-Sander, Educational Administration Specialist with NTT PEP recalls, 'I remember sitting in a Grade 1 class where one of the teachers invited the kids to tell their own stories. She invited them to do it in their own language. One little kid got up and started telling a story in his local language and it was wonderful story and he just went on and on and on. People, including parents, were watching and were falling about laughing but it was so extraordinary. Within a week of the teacher inviting the kids to talk they were all talking. They were talking lots! And the parents were recognising some of their traditional stories in what these kids were talking about'.

The project not only works with teachers in their classrooms but it also engages the local community in the education process by listening to the views of all concerned. There are regular meetings with parents, the school community and administrators - it is a partnership! As the partnership motto says, 'It takes a whole village to educate a child'. Besides the usual roles played by parents such as paying and organising repairs to floors and walls, parents will now have a say in curriculum and in the discipline policy in the school for example. There are so many ways in which school communities can support their local schools and this AusAID project is exploring all of them.

Australian Education
What would you like to know about education in Australia? Do you have any questions about schools, curriculum, student/teacher relationships, daily activities or even student roles in running the school? If you do then send them to KGRE before end of May, 2003. In the August KGRE magazine many of your questions will be answered.

Banking and Finance
Monitoring Unit for State Owned Banks

Did you know that there is an AusAID project working with the Indonesian banking and finance industry? Why is such a project necessary and what does it mean for us? This project is necessary for several reasons:

• The collapse of the banking sector was at the core of the Indonesian economic crisis.
• It is also the key area where recovery must start. If the banks do not recover then the Indonesian Government must continue to support them, and this will continually reduce the funds available for education, health and many other services (eg. fuel and electricity).
• The International Monetary Fund (IMF) made bank recovery a condition of its help to Indonesia.

When the Indonesian banks collapsed during the economic crisis big changes needed to be made to help reform the 4 state-owned banks - Mandiri, BNI, BRI, BTN. The government has spent a huge amount of funds to rescue these banks. In both deposits and loans, these government banks have over 50 percent of the total banking system. In rural areas the state banks often have one hundred percent of the market because in unit desa and small villages it is often only government banks available to the local people. The four state banks are managed by the Ministry of Finance and this AusAID project is located at the Ministry.

A visit to a BRI micro-finance customer in Manado. 'Ibu  Kue" (third from the left) used this finance to start her cake business.

The project is quite unique. It is the first time AusAID has worked in the public finance sector. One of the key reasons AusAID supports this project is that the biggest cost to the Indonesian government, as a result of the crisis in '97, was the rescue of the banks. Without strong banks the Indonesian economy cannot function. Australian banks have a good record of management and is able to help Indonesia with appropriate advice and practical assistance. This advice is independent from the IMF and World Bank.

The purposes of this AusAID project include -

• helping the government to monitor the four state banks.
• putting more transparency to the reforms which are happening at the banks.
• trying to reduce the cost to the government of rescuing the state-owned banks.
• helping the government benefit financially from the huge investment that they have made in rescuing the state banks.
• training local staff inside the Ministry of Finance to monitor the state banks.

Steven Orr, Gavin Forte and Paul Milton are 3 Senior Australian Bankers working together with six local staff of the Ministry of Finance in Jakarta. They are being trained in areas such as financial analysis, interview techniques (used with state bank personnel for information) and understanding the complex issues in banking today. There is also a local management team inside the Ministry of Finance. The project is assisting them to analyze the issues relating to the problems of state banks. The project team also assists the Ministry of State Owned Enterprises (MSOE or Menneg BUMN) as it is the owner of the state banks. Another important part of the project is to help the Ministry of Finance and MSOE in their important relationships with the IMF and the World Bank who need to know about the progress being made to improve the banking system. This Australian funded project is the main project in the banking reform process. It has been running for two and a half years and is committed until December 2003.

Please check out KGRE website for more information about this unique AusAID project - ../ausaidprojects.htm

HIV AIDS Counselor Training

Kim Benton is a trained psychologist with the Centre for International Health at the Burnet Institute in Melbourne. He is currently involved in HIV/AIDS counselor training programs here in Indonesia as a part of the AusAID partial funded NGO HIV/AIDS project. Twenty five percent of the funding has been provided by Burnet Institute for International Health. Together with Indonesian counterparts, Mr Marcel Latuihamallo and Ms Kustin Kharbiati from Mitra Indonesia Foundation, Jakarta, he is providing HIV/AIDS counsellor training. This training will allow the proper selection of members of local NGOs who will go on to provide appropriate counseling about HIV/AIDS.

The training of Indonesians to implement work such as this is important and Kustin is a good example. In 2000 she attended a short course in Melbourne sponsored by the Australia Indonesia HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Project in association with Burnett and IASTP II.

Building the capacity of local NGOs is vital for successful continuation of the counseling work. Eventually they'll be able to take over the training as well as the counseling. The role of the HIV/AIDS counselors is to be available to people who want to test for HIV and also be available for people after testing. They teach people about HIV. They will also provide information, care and support for people who are either positive, or who want to remain negative. Kim is a frequent visitor to Indonesia but he also works extensively in Laos, China, India and the Pacific Region. He is well known to many in Indonesia through his involvement in the Indonesia Australia Specialised Training Program (IASTP II) for over seven years as a training co-ordinator and lecturer.

ACIAR in Indonesia - peanut research!

Agustina Rahmianna has been carrying out research for the past 17 years. She is, and has always been, very passionate about it. In 1992 Anna, with an ACIAR fellowship in hand, attended Pre-Departure English Language training at IALF Bali. Our old friend Vlad Pejovic was her instructor. She needed an IELTS score of 6.5. After just a few months of study at IALF Bali she went to the land down under and to the University of Queensland. She studied for five years and obtained her Ph D. in 1998. Anna then returned to Malang and continued her research work. Research into what? Anna studies peanuts. Yes! Peanuts. The seemingly simple and ever popular peanut has been researched by scientists such as Anna for a long time. 

Throughout the region researchers are trying to eradicate the fungus that can grow inside the shells of peanuts. This fungus often leads to dangerously high aflatoxin levels in the peanut kernel. Lowering these toxin levels is vital. Together with farmers, factories and other researchers, Anna is working hard to make sure that the peanuts you eat are the healthiest they can possibly be. So the next time you order satay, kacang hijau or just plain boiled peanuts from the local kaki lima, remember Dr Agustina Rahmianna and ACIAR. Selamat makan everyone!

Read more about the projects of ACIAR in Indonesia - Click Here

Traveling by Trains and Buses in Australia
Traveling by train and by bus in Australia are both very popular ways to travel in Australia. It is such a huge country that comfortable ways to travel are important. As in Indonesia, many people choose to go by either the railway system or by the bus system.

Last October, Kevin took his parents for a two week holiday north from Nambour to Townsville in Queensland . They enjoyed the train trip for many reasons. It was relaxing as people could just sit back and take in the views which included hundreds of kangaroos. The train was very comfortable. Bill and Lil had a sleeping compartment with two single beds, a washbasin and air-conditioning. The train had a Club Car where people could go and get a cup of tea, a snack or a full meal, meet new people and even watch television. There was also a small restaurant where breakfast, lunch and dinner was served. Traveling on the train was very smooth, quiet and very relaxing. Passengers could just sit back and watch the Aussie landscapes go by.

Bronwyn, a good friend of KGRE, recently traveled south by interstate bus from Queensland to New South Wales. Bronwyn has often used buses to get around Australia. She has traveled to most states and cities including Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin and parts of Tasmania. She likes buses because they are comfortable, safe and always on time. On each bus there is a toilet, television, radio, reclining seats and air-conditioning. Just as Bill and Lil enjoyed the views from the bus, Bronwyn also loves to see the countryside pass by.

On her most recent trip she saw Surfers Paradise and the Gold Coast, a popular Aussie tourist area, sugar-cane fields, banana plantations, small and large country towns and big rivers. Prices are very reasonable too.

Australia Indonesia Youth Exchange Program (AIYEP)
How would you like to go to Australia and live with an Aussie family? How would you also like to work in Australia in a position that can only be described as challenging and different? Fitri from Banjarmasin did these very things just late last year when she went to Sydney with the Australia Indonesia Youth Exchange Program (AIYEP), an Australia Indonesia Institute (AII) funded program. So did Hendrik from Manado, Zulkifli from Riau and Ari from Kupang.

Fitri and Ari  also stayed in Orange, a large country town in central New South Wales. They both taught Bahasa Indonesia in a primary school there and found the experience very interesting indeed. But teaching in the school was not the only activity they experienced. Living with an Aussie family had some surprises as well. A magazine stand and a selection of magazines in the toilet was just one surprise for Fitri. Another surprise was the 'dry' toilet area - no bak mandi and splashing water. There were plenty of tissues though! Fitri, together with Hendrik, also had a work placement together back in Sydney which was surprising. They worked for the Australian Football League (AFL). They accompanied footballers and visited schools promoting and teaching the game of football to school students. KGRE isn't so sure what Fitri and Hendrik did on these 'work activities' but it would have been fun to see the action on the footy field. I wonder if they can play 'footy' now?

Hendrik also worked for Grace Bros. in Sydney. Grace Bros. is a large department store similar to Matahari here in Indonesia. Zulkifli was placed in three secondary schools in suburban Sydney. What is interesting here is that all three schools were Christian and Zulkifli is Muslim. As it turns out, Zulkifli was swamped with questions about his religion. Many of the high school aged students were very keen to learn more about the Muslim religion and the lifestyle that he has in his hometown of Pekanbaru.

'I think that this is an amazing program and I think that anyone who joins this program will get a lot of things to make their future better. I want to say thank you to the Australia Indonesia Institute and also to the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, to Depdiknas and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Australia', Ari said in his KGRE interview.

The eighteen Indonesian participants in the 2002-2003 AIYEP have returned to Indonesia. Unfortunately their eighteen Aussie counterparts were unable to accompany them back to Indonesia this time. Nevertheless the Indonesian participants continued with their involvement with the program for a further two months in Makassar, South Sulawesi.

For more information about AII visit their website - http://www.dfat.gov.au/aii



Marcell
Marcell is a relatively new singer to much of Indonesia. He is currently starring in a movie called 'Andai Ia Tahu'. It is a romantic comedy. Have you seen it yet? It is funny and Marcell is a fine young actor. KGRE met up with Marcell late in 2002 and he had a lot to say. You can hear more of his interview on KGRE during April and May, 2003. His full name is Marcellinus Siahaan and he was born in Bandung. His parents are native Batak. According to Marcell, his interest in music came from his grand parents because they were musicians. They played the violin, the piano and the saxophone to him when he was young. Marcell really loves music and especially black music. Singers such as Marvin Gaye and Brian McKnight are his favorites.

Marcell's new album will concentrate on getting that 'total black sound' that he likes so much. He feels that some Indonesian singers have a black sound as far as the lyrics go but the music is still basically pop music. Marcell is confident with his English and is keen to improve it both for his singing career and also for his law career. Marcell says that his grandparents and parents were interested in English. While he was at school he was also interested. As far as his career goes, Marcell says, 'It's very important, especially like this when I've got an interview or someday I hope I can see more people around the world, so if my English is poor, I think I cannot have it'.

Keroncong
Nina is from Australia and of course she is a native speaker of English. She is working with the AusAID funded ACCESS project here in Indonesia. Besides her work, Nina is very interested and involved in Indonesian culture.

'My name is Nina Fitsimmons. I am from Ballarat which is in Victoria. I am actually married to an Indonesian man who is from Java. We met when I was working in Solo in Central Java and our meeting was very special. When I first met my husband it was when I was learning about one special aspect of Indonesian culture. I learnt about the culture by taking keroncong singing lessons. This became a very focal point in my life for about two years and the best part of it was that I got to sing for some very interesting people. Probably the most interesting people I got to sing for were President Megawati and the Governor of Central Java, as well as the King of Solo'.

Keroncong is a style of traditional music. It is accompanied by string instruments and it is sung by either males or females. It actually came from, or was influenced by, the Portuguese and it's been a traditional style of music for over a hundred years. It is basically for entertainment but all the songs are very romantic with a lot of romantic, soft lyrics. It is usually a story of love. Keroncong is sung in Bahasa Indonesia.

In March 2003 Nina and her husband, Ramang, had their first baby. They will both return to Indonesia in 2003 where Nina will continue her work with AusAID project activities.

KGRE's 2003 Writing Competition

The KGRE Competition for 2003 is a writing competition. The topic is about education in Indonesia. To enter you must write 200 - 300 words (no more) on the following topic.

'Describe the best things about your primary (SD) and/or high school (SMP and SMU) education.'

The Grand Prize is a three day visit, with a friend, to either Denpasar or Jakarta, which ever location is closest to your home town. All transport and accommodation will be provided by KGRE and IALF. KGRE will be with you during the 3 days and the holiday must take place before November 30th, 2003. Entries should be sent to KGRE (e-mail, letter or postcard) before the 30th of June, 2003. The Grand Winner will be announced in the August 2003 KGRE magazine.

The KGCC network continues to grow. At the present rate there will be at least 100 clubs by the middle of the year. Read all about the KGCC network and the Clubs of the Month (see below) in “The POUCH” bulletin on the website - Kangguru Connection

January      English Practicing Club in Lumajang - # 85

February    Rapals Club in Bandung - # 93

March        Kang Guru Lovers Club in Wajo # 76

April           Student English Activities in Kediri - # 79

May            Young Jepara English Club Jepara,
                   Central Java  # 30

June         Pioneer English Conversation Club Gunungpati,
                   Central Java  # 20

Read “The POUCH” bulletins and find out about the extra fun that you could be having IF your Club is a member of the KGCC network. If you have an active and enthusiastic English language club and you would like to be connected to KGRE, ask for an Application Form and your Club could be a member in no time at all.

Special Thanks to MTTP in Makassar

KGRE would like to thank the Makassar Tourism and Training Project (MTTP) in Makassar for their assistance in January by providing their driver and project vehicle to KGRE. Kevin traveled 5 hours north of Makassar to visit the Kang Guru Lovers English Club in Wajo, KGCC # 76 The provision of the car made the trip possible. Pak Muksim. leader of the club, accompany Kevin on both legs of the journey. Besides this valuable assistance, MTTP also facilitated a meeting with the English language teachers who are members of MTTP's - KGCC # 96. Team Leader, Lawrence Vandenberg, together with Warren and Francis made KGRE most welcome in their office. There are now plans for KGRE to be actively involved in the programs education activities in Papua as soon as possible.

Brand New for 2003 KG Chat Line
Do you have access to the World Wide Web? If you do then here's some great news for you in 2003. Go 'online' and chat with fellow KGRE followers throughout Indonesia and possibly overseas as well. Check the KGRE website in January and follow the instructions provided. You could be KG chatting before you can say 'Jack Robinson'.

If you have any problems please write to KGRE and tell us about them - thank for your help.

We are currently considering changes to the ChatLine as people are experiencing many problems with it.

KGRE Radio Competition for 2003

Listen to Kang Guru Radio English during the first six months of 2003 and you could win great prizes including fabulous radios from KGRE.
Here is all you need to do to enter the 2003 KGRE Radio Competition.

Listen to KGRE radio programs between January and June, 2003. Have a pen and paper ready! Listen for the Waltzing Matilda music. We will then tell you the number of the program AND the name of the well known Indonesian or Australian place OR famous person. Write down the number of the program PLUS the name we give you.         e.g.    Show No.3701          Kylie Minogue

When you have four (4) of these (Show Nos. and matching names), send them to KGRE on a postcard or by e-mail. Send as many entries as you like. Five lucky winners will win a KGRE FM Radio, a new KGRE T-shirt and a compilation music cassette each month from February until July. That means we will be giving away 30 sets of prizes in total.

In August, one GRAND WINNER will win an AM/FM/SW Radio worth over Rp 250,000 from KGRE.

For more details - Click Here

Idioms Inggris

The first idiom is fire away. We use this idiom when we want to tell someone to begin something. It may be to begin talking, to start playing a game or even to begin working.

'Thank you all for coming today and as we have a lot of work to do I think we better get started. Steve is going to tell us about the future so Steve, fire away!'

The second one is fired up. We use this idiom to say that we are ready to begin something. In fact it also means we are a little angry or excited about the activity we are about to begin.

'I really want to tell people about this problem in our forests. They are being destroyed so fast that I am worried about the future. I am really fired up on this topic and the sooner we start the better. I have a lot to say'.

Now for the idioms being used in Australia to talk about the drought. If we want to say that something is really dry (sangat kering) then we can use these two idioms.

'The river has no water in it at all because of the drought. It hasn't rained in a year and the river is as dry as a chip or as dry as a bone'.

These idioms can also be used when talking about food for example 'I didn't enjoy eating that fish very much last night. It was cooked too long and was very dry. It was as dry as a chip'.

The next idiom is a funny one and Aussies are using it a lot during the current drought.

'It is so dry the trees are chasing the dogs'.

Can you see what's funny here? Dogs usually look for trees if they want to go to the toilet, right? In a bad drought they say that the trees need water so bad that THEY chase the dogs. Get it? A funny one there for you to use although droughts in Indonesia are not so common as in Australia.

fire away - ayo mulai

fired up - bersemangat

as dry as a chip OR as dry as a bone and

the trees are chasing the dogs - kemarau panjang

Recent Issues of the Kang Guru magazine

List of all Winners of the Tasks in the
DECEMBER 2002 KG magazine

TASK 1. Short story writing using “Funky Language”

The following 20 lucky winners will receive Aussie Compilation music cassettes from KGRE (plus one already used on radio show)

** already used on show 38.06
* printed in the April 2003 KGRE magazine

TASK 2. Can you match the following comments to a PADI member?

Piyu: “I'm a guitaris from PADI. I'm single, male, 29 years old. And I have hobbies like collecting star wars toys and reading books'.

Yoyok: “My nickname's Yoyok. I play the drums in PADI. I'm single and now I'm 27 years old'.

Rindra: 'I play bass in PADI. I'm married. My hobbies are sport music and traveling. And I like pets. That's all. I like football er self-defence and bicycling'.

Ari: 'My hobby is traveling and also reading a kamus. English dictionary of course. And now I always bring my electric dictionary in my bag because I think we must learn English now because that is very important. Because right now PADI is traveling a lot of place at Singapore in Australia also but my, our English is very bad ha ha ha'.

The following 5 lucky winners will receive a great double CD from PADI. The members of the band have signed the CDs especially for
KGRE and for YOU!

TASK 3. Andien enjoys singing English songs. Why? Answer -  Because by singing English songs it helps her with grammar and pronunciation and also it is a fun way to use and learn English.

The following 5 winners will receive CD of Andien's second album.

TASK 4. In which ways can Indonesian NGOs benefit from their involvement with the ACCESS program? Ten correct entries will receive an Australian pin and a koala toy from KGRE

Answers:

Indonesian NGOs can benefit from their involvement with the ACCESS program from some additional capacity building support. Capacity building can consist of activities like workshops, mentoring programs, local study tours to other provinces or to other organizations within a province.

Areas where capacity building could be provided could include participatory planning, gender analysis skills, financial management and financial sustainability.

The following 10 best entries will receive an Australian pin and a koala toy.

Task 5. Answer these questions in complete sentences.

1. At what time of the year does this story take place?

This story takes place during semester holidays.

2. Is Kayu Aro a town or a city in Java?<

No, Kayu Aro is a town in Jambi, not in Java.

3. How did Joni and his friends know that they were in a rainforest area?

They knew they were in rainforest area by looking at the plants.

4. As they climbed up the mountain, what did they notice about the trees

As they climbed the mountain they could see that trees will becoming shorter.

5. What was the purpose of the flag on the edge of the crater?

The white flag on the edge of the crater is to remind people of the dangers.

The 10 best entries will receive Series 36 from KGRE either on CD or cassettes.

Indo - Aussie Quiz
(KGRE received over 500 entries for this competition)

1. Which one is the biggest of all Indonesian islands?    d. Sumatra

2. Who are the Aborigines?    d. The original inhabitants of Australia

3. What is Indonesia's largest export?    d. LNG (Liquified Natural Gas)

4. What is Coober Pedy?    c. A mining town in South Australia

5. Which island is NOT a part of Indonesia?    d. Langkawi

6. What is didgeridoo?    c. A musical instrument

7. What animal can ONLY be found living in Indonesia?     c. Komodo dragon

8. The official colour of Australia are    b. Green and gold

9. What is the biggest city in Indonesia?    d. Jakarta

10. What is wallaby?    b. A small member of a kangaroo family

There are only 8 winners who answer all the questions correctly. They all will receive a collection of Australian and Indonesian souvenirs.

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