Jakarta: History of a Misunderstood City. Saturday November 14, 2020. 3.30pm Jakarta / 8.30am London
Discussed on Zoom. Who were the first Jakartans? Where does the name “Menteng” come from? Or Tanah Abang? When did people name themselves “Betawi”?
Discussed on Zoom. Who were the first Jakartans? Where does the name “Menteng” come from? Or Tanah Abang? When did people name themselves “Betawi”?
Learn Indonesian online with the Indonesian Embassy in London. Every Saturday at 1pm the Embassy uploads a new lesson on YouTube. The instructors are online from 1pm – 2pm to answer any questions posted on the YouTube comment box. Click here to see the teaser video (and how to use the video) and click here…
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The Indonesian Embassy in London is currently conducting a survey on the profile and expectations of potential Indonesian language learners in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Fill in the survey here and you will have a chance to win one of the following prizes: – 15 prizes for a free Indonesian Beginners 1 course…
Maluku Province is one of the poorest, least developed and least educated provinces in Indonesia. Many Moluccan students can’t get access to good English training, and therefore scholarship opportunities, because of their remote locations or poor economic background. And yet there are many Moluccans living overseas (about 70,000 in Holland) who still have affinities to…
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Ahmad Almuttaqi, the Head of ASEAN Studies Program at the Habibie Centre, has recently written a book about President Jokowi’s foreign policy track record. Below is an abstract of the book. When Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo was sworn in as the seventh President of the Republic of Indonesia, taking over from Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the change…
READ, John F W – died peacefully on 16th June 2020, aged 87, having been diagnosed with motor neurone disease some months earlier. Much loved husband of Farida, father to Nicholas and Sophia, and grandfather to Howard, Grace, Zoe and Emma. Funeral service for family to take place at St Mary’s church, Saffron Walden. John…
This session was opened by remarks from H.E. Mahendra Siregar, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia and former Head of Indonesia’s Investment Coordinating Board. We are also delighted to have representatives from Britcham, Amcham, EKONID, ICCC, Kocham, and Eurocham.
Ajesh Patalay wrote a piece in The Financial Times’ How to Spend It section about his experience cooking together (online) with Chef Sri Owen and Chef Lara Lee. “Originally the plan was to cook together. By which I mean in the same kitchen. Then we had to adapt. Haven’t we all? That was how I…
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Picture was taken by Matteo Omied/Alamy. Source: The Guardian. In his piece in The Guardian, David Bramwell wrote about a unique church with the shape of a chicken. This church is located in Magelang, Central Java. “For Daniel Alamsjah, a devout Christian living in Java, Indonesia, his call came one night in 1988 in the…
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