Number of homebound travelers down significantly: minister 10th May 2021
The Bandarlampung COVID-19 Task Force checks police-numbered vehicles at an isolation post in the city on Monday (May 10, 2021). (ANTARA / Dian Hadiyatna) Jakarta (ANTARA) - Based on an evaluation, there was a significant decline in the number of people who went home for Eid al-Fitr between May 6 and May 9, 2021, Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said.
The government is continuing to strive to reduce the rate of public mobility in order to keep people safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic, he added. In air transportation, there has been a decrease of up to 93 percent; in sea, trains, about 90 percent; on land, the decrease has been about 40 percent, Sadikin explained while delivering a press statement at the Presidential Office, Jakarta, Monday, after attending a limited meeting with President Joko Widodo.
JAKARTA - Indonesian street food vendor Ahmad Dedi and his family arrived at Jakarta s Pasar Senen train station from the neighbouring city of Bekasi more than six hours before their departure to Kebumen, Central Java, on Tuesday (May 4) evening.
They had left early to avoid the capital s notorious traffic jams, not wanting to miss the trip home for Hari Raya Aidilfitri after being unable to do so last year because of the pandemic.
While the family used to travel home by motorbike, Mr Ahmad, his wife and their three children, including their nine-month-old baby, decided to take the train this time, just before a ban on the exodus for Hari Raya took effect on Thursday. Major inter-city roads will be closed with the ban.
A Ministry of Transport survey showed that 18 million planned to travel home despite travel curbs. - Reuters
JAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN): Indonesian street food vendor Ahmad Dedi and his family arrived at Jakarta s Pasar Senen train station from the neighbouring city of Bekasi more than six hours before their departure to Kebumen, Central Java, on Tuesday (May 4) evening.
They had left early to avoid the capital s notorious traffic jams, not wanting to miss the trip home for Hari Raya Aidilfitri after being unable to do so last year because of the pandemic.
While the family used to travel home by motorbike, Ahmad, his wife and their three children, including their nine-month-old baby, decided to take the train this time, just before a ban on the exodus for Hari Raya took effect on Thursday. Major inter-city roads will be closed with the ban.
Minister highlights plan for six key development projects in Aceh
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20th April 2021 3 hours ago
Aceh Governor Ir. Nova Iriansyah, MT, along with Assistant to the Aceh Regional Secretary Ir. Mawardi and Chief of the Aceh Regional Working Apparatus Unit attended a coordination meeting on the accelerated development of infrastructure in Aceh led by Maritime Affairs and Investment Coordinating Minister Luhut B. Pandjaitan on Tuesday (April 20, 2021). ANTARA/HO
The six projects should draw the attention of all relevant ministries. Banda Aceh, Aceh (ANTARA) - Maritime Affairs and Investment Coordinating Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan shed light on a plan to develop six core projects in the westernmost Indonesian province of Aceh.
Bali s Ngurah Rai airport rolls out COVID breathalyzer test
8th April 2021 4 hours ago
Passengers queue up to take the GeNose C-19 test at the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali on Friday.
Ngurah Rai International Airport is the fifth airport to implement GeNose after the Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II international airport in Palembang, Husein Sastranegara airport in Bandung, Yogyakarta international airport, and Juanda airport in Suraba Jakarta (ANTARA) - GeNose, a COVID-19 breathalyzer developed by an Indonesian scientist, can initially be utilized at Bali’s Ngurah Rai international airport for screening travelers, Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi has said.
“Ngurah Rai International Airport is the fifth airport to implement GeNose after the Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II international airport in Palembang, Husein Sastranegara airport in Bandung, Yogyakarta international airport, and Juanda airport in Surabaya on April 1 (2021),” Sumadi said in a press