Government urged to control flood of textile imports from China

The Indonesian Textile Association (API) called on the government to further regulate imports hitting the domestic industry with losses. Cheap imported textile products continue to flood the market. Ade Sudrajat,the chairman of API, said that the domestic market was expected to continue to be flooded with imported products in the next two to three years. He told Jakarta Post to protect the domestic market, imported textile products have to be managed and so does the illegal smuggling of used clothes.
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Ade gave suggestion to the government that government could control the wave of textile imports, primarily from China, by setting a reference price. Achmad Sigit Dwiwahjono, the ministry's director general for chemicals, textile and miscellaneous industry said that there should be a new policy to support the industry to control textile imports.

Jokowi undecided on national exams' moratorium

Muhadjir Effendy, Culture and Education Minister, has given a proposal to President Joko Widodo. The contain of that proposal is the president of Indonesia to conduct a moratorium on the national exams, but the proposal has not approved by Joko Widodo. Jokowi said that the proposal was still being processed and it had not been discussed in any Cabinet meetings.

He said a future Cabinet meeting that had yet to be scheduled would decide whether the proposal would be implemented or not. He added that If the national exams were still needed, as they needed to check the standard of education quality, they might still keep the exams. Muhadjir also said the moratorium on the national exams could be started next year. 

I agree with Jokowi statement that national exam can check the standard of education quality. We can know which area has low quality of education and high quality of education, so that the government can pay more attention to those areas which has low quality of education.

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Malaysia Protesters Demand PM Najib Razak Step Down

Thousands protesters have gathered in Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur, to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Razak. They all wore yellow shirt. They want Mr. Najib to face charges over allegations that billions were looted from his brainchild investment fund, 1MDB. But, Mr. Najib has denied it. He said that Bersih - the electoral reformist group which organized the protest - had become a tool for opposition parties to unseat a democratically elected government.

          Mr. Najib’s accusations were dismissed by Bersih deputy chair Shahrul Aman Shaari and said that they were not there to tear down the government, they were there to strengthen it. This is the second rally organised by Bersih, which means "clean" in the Malay language, to demand Mr Najib's resignation in 15 months, and comes after weeks of rising tension between the "yellow shirts" and pro-government "red shirts".

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Cheetah trade: Nations to Suppress Social Media Enticement

          The world's fastest land mammal, cheetah, trafficked from Africa to the Middle East. Buyers and sellers using social media to connect each other and allowing new owners to show off expensive purchases. Around 90%, population of cheetah has decreased since 1900. They have been trafficked out of Africa, with some 85% of them dying during the journey.

 

          The United Arab Emirates do some actions like crack down on social media platforms. They said that they had already targeted some of the biggest websites and had removed many advertisements. Ahmed al-Hashmi, director of biodiversity at the UAE's Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, said that there is a new legislation which will regulate the owning of endangered animals, so it says who is able to own them, like zoos or breeding canters, but also regulates the registering of them by individuals.

          I think the regulation should not allow individual to own cheetah as their pet. Cheetah is endangered animal, if individual own them then their population will decrease year by year. Individuals also need to take responsibility for their action on the Internet.

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Over 100 Children Among 338 Killed in Aleppo Attacks This Week, W.H.O. Says

WHO said heavy bombardment of the area by Russia and Syria had killed 338 people in the last week, including more than 100 children. The government saying its fighters had captured more territory in northern parts of the city and penetrated the center of Aleppo. They were clashing with the rebels. Rebel commanders denied and said that government forces had not made any progress since capturing the Handarat refugee camp north of the city.

          Dr. Brennan from W.H.O said that eastern Aleppo had eight working hospitals, but its two biggest medical centers came under attack and no longer functioning. The United Nations planed for evacuations and identified hospitals in northern Syria that could receive the wounded. But those plans have been held in abeyance because of the intense fighting, the absence of assurances of safe passage and the lack of a green light from the government.

          Children always become victims when there is a conflict between government and rebels. Children are not safe anymore. They often misused for country problems. I think all the institution should care with children safety, because they are our generation.

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Libya: More than 100 families at risk of starvation in Benghazi

        More than 100 families in Libya are at risk of starving to death. Children in district of Ganfouda, Benghazi become so thin. The area has been the focus of fighting between Islamist militias and troops loyal to Libya's eastern government. But there are still about 130 families living in Ganfouda. They are unable to escape despite being desperate to leave, according to Amnesty International.

          Mohammed, who still living in Ganfouda, said that the electricity has been cut off for two years already, there is no medicine and people are reduced to eating rotten food to survive. Moreover; children look like skin and bones because of the lack of food and poor nutrition.

          The government of Libya should solve this problem. This accident has big impact to the families who live in the area of conflict. The big impact threatened the families who live in Ganfouda, because they are no longer feel the freedm. They can not get food easily and it was such a bad thing for children. They have poor nutrition.

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