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Yogyakarta -
The Archbishop of Semarang, Monsignor Johannes Maria Trilaksyanta
Pujasumarta, said to work on a reconciliation with the group that
commenced violence and intolerant attack in Sleman on May 29. "That is a
discourse. Is it possible? That needs time to process, right?" he said
after visiting Governor, The Royal Highness Sultan Hamengku Buwono X, in
Yogyakarta.
They mentioned the incident was an attack towards a group of Catholic
people on a community prayer. Banteng Parish, Sleman, has conducted
means of legal advocation, based on the victim's charge. "As for
justice, the guilty must be punished," said the Monsignor. "Such event
has tarnished Yogyakarta as the city of tolerance."
As for the reconciliation, Sultan has allowed Banteng Parish to
conduct such attempt. "As for me [now], what matters the most is legal
action, not dialogue," said Sultan, amid a number of protests against
him for letting such violence to re-emerge. "[....] In fact, dialogue
fails to prevent such thing from re-happening."
Jakarta
- The application of Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system in Jakarta
still faces tons of problems, including the need for a specific regional
regulation to complement legal framework. The head of Regulation
Section at Jakarta Legal Bureau, Wahyono, said that regional regulation
is needed to help regulate the amount of retribution.
"There must be regional regulation, as it [the retribution] relates
to the society," he said. Therefore, Jakarta Regional House is currently
working on the draft regulation.
The Chief of Jakarta Transportation Agency, Muhammad Akbar, said that
they already have the number of retribution, as recommended by
consultant. "Our consultant estimated that the retribution is around Rp
60,000," he said. However, such price needs to be further discussed
considering traffic and expenses. "The regulation on retribution
(should) not be in a fixed number, but a formula," he said, suggesting
that the number can be dynamic adjusting to a certain formula.
Jakarta
- Renee James, president of Intel Corporation, said that his company,
along with Taiwan technology ecosystem, has started a collaborative
innovation to deliver seamless and personal computing experiences.
According to James, processor technology will continue to become
smaller with greater performance and lower power consumption, expanding
the scale and potential for Intel technology and that of the Taiwan
ecosystem, from infrastructure for cloud computing to personal and
mobile computing and wearable technology.
"The lines between technolgy categories are blurring as the era of
integrated computing takes hold where form factor matters less than the
experience delivered when all devices are connected to each other and to
the cloud," said James in a press release received by Tempo on Wednesday, June 4, 2014.
James explained that the collaboration is aimed at establishing smart
and integrated computing devices. James said that Intel is committed to
delivering a broad choice of SoC (system on chip) for smartphones and
tablets that come in various prices, shapes and operating systems.
