Do you know about ACICIS program? ACICIS
(Consortium for 'In-Country' Indonesian Studies) program
is offered to Australian university students to study
at Indonesian partner Universities and to do an internship
at selected institutions based on their study discipline.
I was assigned to go to meet with some of the ACICIS
participants at their work place in Jakarta. I met with
Clare Slatery (RRI Jakarta), Clare Gavin and Taiski
( Metro TV). They shared some interesting story about
their life in Jakarta and they also had something to
say about the environment:
Clare Slatery from Melbourne:
I have notice a few differences, Jakarta itself notice
is highly polluted and I think compare to home, there’s
only 20 million people in the whole of Australia, there’s
not that many people not as many cars.
My apartment in Jakarta is on the 25th floor and it’s
on the occasional day that you can actually see far
onto the view because of the smoke.
I think the other environmental problem that I notice
is Recycling. At home recycling is such a big thing.
There are three different bins, you have to sort it
out if you don’t .. you will be massively criticized.
In Australia I guess everything is a lot more regulated
and careful and I guess you could say may be it’s
a Nan state People smokes everywhere here , they smoke
at work, they smoke in bus, you know in Australia you
can’t do that. It’s hot and dirty but it’s
exciting because things aren’t sort of ….there
aren’t so many rules I supposed. There’s
a lot of shopping malls. It’s been hard to work
out where to go here, it’s quite an overwhelming
place. There’s not much sense of a center. In
Melbourne there’s very much city center, and there’s
a series of suburbs with centers with shopping strips,
with obvious place to eat and drink and buy things.
Clare Gavin from Sydney:
In Australia I guess everything is a lot more regulated
and careful and I guess you could say may be it’s
a Nan state People smokes everywhere here , they smoke
at work, they smoke in bus, you know in Australia you
can’t do that. It’s hot and dirty but it’s
exciting because ….there aren’t so many
rules I supposed. I have notice a few differences, Jakarta
itself is highly polluted and I think compare to home,
there’s only 20 million people in the whole of
Australia, there’s not that many people not as
many cars
Right now our apartment is on the 25th floor and it’s
on the occasional day that you can actually see far
onto the view because of the smoke.
I think the other environmental thing that I notice
is Recycling. At home recycling is such a big thing.
There are three different bins, you sort it out if you
don’t .. you’re massively criticized.
Taiskimo Animoto from Japan but currently live in Singapore:
The environment in Singapore is really clean, obviously
because Singapore is such a small country, they regulated
it and they manage it really well is just a really clean
place. They promote Even they tell you that you have
to clean up the rivers and the water near your house
otherwise you’ll get fined because otherwise mosquitoes
will come and get dengue.
At the night of I attended a function at the Australian
Ambassador’s house in Menteng, Jakarta. The highlight
of the evening was when Mr Sangkot Marzuki wwas awarded
an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia for his
ongoing service to the Australia-Indonesia relations
through scientific collaborations and for promoting
Australian tertiary education in Indonesia. "Professor
Marzuki promotes partnerships with Australia and is
a vocal advocate of the benefits of an Australian education
qualification - we value deeply his contribution to
the bilateral relationship," Mr Farmer said.
The Order of Australia was also honored to Hartarto
Sastrosoenarto (1992), Ali Alatas (1995), Frans Seda
(1999), and I Made Pastika (2003).
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