Jakarta..Jakarta...Jakarta
My hometown is Jakarta,
i really like to live in jakarta because jakarta is a comfortable city for me to live. The first reason is because in Jakarta
i can meet my family, grandparents, my parents, my brother and my sister too. They can make me comfortable and they can help me to solve my problem also.
like someday i have problem about something very personal and i share it with my brother, his give me some advice. Sometimes the advice is not acceptable for me, but when
i share my problem with him, it make me easier to face the problem.
the next reason is in Jakarta i have many friend because mostly i spent my life in jakarta from i was child. I have many friend in school who help me to study and do the assignment, a special friends who
i can share all my problem if
i can't tell it to my family, and ofcourse my friend in my band who always play music with me. This things make really comfortable to live in Jakarta even
i have to have many problems.
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Indonesian Migrant Workers in MalaysiaMalaysia relies upon migrant workers from Indonesia, Bangladesh, the Philippines, India, and Vietnam to meet labor demands. Indonesians are the largest group of foreign workers (83 percent) and have a long history of working in Malaysia. They fill sectoral labor shortages created by Malaysia’s economic policies: seeking to reduce economic disparities between the Malay and ethnic Chinese populations, Malaysia instituted its “New Economic Policy” in 1971 which aggressively pursued export-oriented industrialization and public sector expansion. The policies resulted in urban job growth and a mass migration of rural Malaysians to the cities. Industrial growth also led to an increase in demand for labor in manufacturing and construction that could not be met by the domestic workforce. By the early 1980s, the scarcity of labor in the agricultural sector and the heightened demand for domestic workers among an expanding middle class catalyzed a surge of migrant workers.
According to Indonesian government records, approximately 480,000 Indonesians migrated in 2002 for overseas work. Migrants to Malaysia find jobs in domestic work (23 percent), manufacturing (36 percent), agriculture (26 percent), and construction (8 percent). Two million Indonesians may currently be working in Malaysia, but the exact number is difficult to verify as more than half may be undocumented workers without valid work permits or visas.
Indonesians in Malaysia make up the largest irregular migration flow in Asia and globally are second only to Mexicans entering the United States. During an amnesty that regularized the immigration status of undocumented workers in 1992, fifty thousand undocumented workers came forward. In 1997, 1.4 million Indonesians residing in Malaysia voted in the Indonesian elections, causing Malaysia’s Immigration Department to estimate that 1.9 million Indonesians lived in Malaysia at the time. Many migrants choose to enter Malaysia through unofficial routes since migrating through licensed labor agencies can result in long delays and requires cumbersome bureaucratic procedures, while unofficial arrangements can take just days. However, there is greater risk of corruption and abuse with the unlicensed labor agents, and less protection if workers face problems with their employers or government authorities.
Over time, the Malaysian government has alternated between tightening immigration policies, causing mass outflows of foreign workers, and loosening them through development of bilateral agreements and amnesties. A number of measures taken by Malaysia over the past few decades, including the Medan Agreement of 1984, which introduced regulations for recruiting Indonesian domestic workers and plantation workers, a November 1991-June 1992 amnesty for undocumented workers, and a 2002 amendment to the Immigration Act that established harsh punishments for immigration violations, have all failed to stem illegal migration or to protect the rights of migrants seeking work in households, manufacturing, construction, and plantations.
Malaysia has made it a criminal offense for migrant workers to be present in Malaysia without a work permit or visa and has taken increasingly punitive measures, including caning, to deter and penalize such workers. The local Malaysian population often blames both petty and violent crime on foreign workers. According to SUHAKAM, Malaysia’s human rights commission, in January 2003, only three hundred out of 1,485 women in Kajang Women’s Prison were Malaysian. The rest were foreign women, including migrant workers and trafficking victims. The routine arrest, detention, and deportation of undocumented workers, regardless of the reasons for their undocumented status, means that migrant workers in abusive situations are less likely to attempt to escape, as they fear being caught by immigration authorities.
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http://hrw.org/reports/2004/indonesia0704/4.htm#_Toc76201453
Makassar is my lovely hometown
Makassar is my hometown, I was born and grow up in there.Makassar is capital of South Sulawesi,and it also the trade center in Sulawesi because of it strategical position.Makassar has many kind of cultures,customs,languages,and races.That what makes Makassar be one of beautiful city in Indonesia.
Beginning in the sixteenth century, Makassar was the dominant trading/pao center of eastern Indonesia, and soon became one of the largest cities in island Southeast Asia. The Makassarese kings maintained a strict policy of free trade, insisting on the right of any visitor to do business in the city, and rejecting the attempts of the Dutch to establish a monopoly over the city. Further, tolerant religious attitudes meant that even as Islam became the dominant faith in the region, Christians and others were still able to trade in the city. With these attractions, Makassar was a key center for Malays working in the Spice Islands trade, as well as a valuable base for EuropeanArab traders from much further afield. The importance of Makassar declined as the Dutch became more powerful in the region, and were better able to enforce the monopoly over the spice trade that they desired. In 1667 the Dutch, allied with the Bugis prince Arung Palakka, invaded and captured Makassar, eliminating its role as an independent trading center.
Now,Makassar became a modern city,i hope my hometown will be more peace and beautiful than today,and be the best place in tho world.
Bandung
Bandung is my hometown. This City is located in West Java,Indonesia. Bandung also is the capital city of West Java.
Bandung is one of the city that located in highlands. It's surrounded by several mountains such as, Tangkuban Parahu mt. on the north side and Geulis mt. on the south side. This condition makes this city has a cool and comfortable weather
Bandung also has good education facilities. There are some of the best university in Indonesia is located at Bandung. Such as My institute now, ITB located at Ganesha street no 10, and UNPAD that located in 2 different places. One at Dipati ukur street and the other one is located at Jatinangor.
Now, Bandung has a lot of interesting places to see. Such as Cafe, Factory Outlet, and Natural recreation places. One of it is Djuanda Botanical Garden. The Djuanda Botanical Garden consist of Forest area that cover from dago pakar to Maribaya,Lembang. Not only the forest area but also 2 historical Cave. People usually called this cave as "Gua Jepang" and "Gua Belanda". These were made in the Colonialism era.
Beside three story about Bandung above, Bandung well known too as "The Musician City". Espescially indie music. The S.I.G.I.T, Homogenic, Pure Saturday, KOIL, Burgerkill and Mocca are some of it. They were born from the local Gigs / music event that was held by young people in Bandung, like example Bandung Berisik, Les Voila, Dago Festival, etc. Nowadays their popularity has extended to other city,such as Jakarta,Jogjakarta and Surabaya.
These are some short story about Bandung and that's why I like Bandung very much.
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