His Excellency, Climate change is a major threat to global prosperity and development. Solidarity, partnership, cooperation, global collaboration are the key. With such great natural potentials, Indonesia continues to contribute in tackling climate change. Deforestation rate have dropped significantly – the lowest in the last twenty years. Forest fires also fell by 82 percent in […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.   Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, May peace be upon us all, Om Swastiastu, Namo Buddhaya, Greetings of virtue.   Honorable Ministers of the Indonesia Onward Cabinet, Governor of West Nusa Tenggara, Head of the Press Council, Chairperson of the Indonesian Television Journalists Association (IJTI), Editors in Chief, Members of the Indonesian Television Journalists Association; Distinguished […]

Excellencies ASEAN Leaders, Distinguished Businesspersons of the region. After 20 months of facing the daunting COVID-19 pandemic, we now see a beacon of hope. In the past week, the number of COVID-19 cases in ASEAN dropped by 14 percent, far exceeding the global average which fell by 1 percent. The situation will certainly build up […]

Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.   Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahirabbil ‘alamin, washalatu wasalamu ‘ala asrafil ambiya’i wal mursalin, sayyidina wa habibina wa syafiina wa maulana Muhammadin, wa ‘ala alihi wasahbihi ajma’in. Amma ba’du. (Introduction of speech in Islamic fashion) Distinguished Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia Bapak Professor Doctor Kiai Haji Ma’ruf Amin who is also Chairperson of […]

President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo) Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.   Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Good afternoon, May prosperity be upon us all. Today, I am in South Kalimantan Province to inspect vaccination progress in cities and regencies across the province. We hope that the [vaccination] can immediately provide maximum protection to the public so they can […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Good afternoon, Peace and prosperity be upon us. Honorable Ministers of the Indonesia Onward Cabinet; Honorable Speakers and Members of the Regional Representative Council and the House of Representatives; Honorable Members of the Regional Leadership Communication Forum (Forkopimda) of South Kalimantan; Honorable President Directors of PT Wika and PT Pandji; Honorable […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.   Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Good morning, May prosperity be upon us all. Distinguished Minister of State Secretary and Minister of State-owned Enterprises, Distinguished Governor of South Kalimantan Province and Regent of Tanah Bumbu Regency, Distinguished Board of Directors and Board of Commissioners of PT Jhonlin Group Mr. Andi Syamsuddin Arsyad and Commissioner Mr. Amran […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.   Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Good morning, Peace and prosperity be upon us all, Om Swastiastu, Namo Buddhaya, Greetings of Virtue.   Distinguished Ministers of the Indonesian Onward Cabinet, present with us are Minister of Home Affairs and Cabinet Secretary; Distinguished General Chairperson of the Indonesian Regency Governments Association (Apkasi) Sutan Riska Tuanku Kerajaaan, and […]

President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko “Jokowi” Widodo) Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Good afternoon, May peace be upon us all. Today, I inspect vaccination for junior high schools’ and vocational high schools’ students in Tarakan Municipality. We do expect the vaccine can give maximum protection to students so they can return to their normal […]

This afternoon, I was in Tarakan city, North Kalimantan province, in order to hand over capital assistance provided by the Government for street vendors on this road worth Rp1.2 million. And we hope through this additional capital, they can develop their businesses well amid this difficult situation due to the pandemic. Based on the information […]