Perhimpunan Indonesia – Inggris
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…
Dear Members, You will have seen from the newsletter that we already have a great event lined up on 14 July at 12.45 for 13.00, celebrating Indonesian cuisine, with not one but three renowned chefs sharing their secrets! I am now both delighted and saddened to say that we will be joined at the start…
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In our July event, we had Chef William Wongso and Chef Petty Elliott share with us about Indonesian cuisine. Unfortunately, Ibu Sri Owen could not join us because of a technical issue. Chef William Wongso pointed out that there is no specific “Indonesian” cuisine. Rather, Indonesia has distinctive regional cuisines. Chef Petty Elliott emphasised the…
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ONLINE via Zoom Last month, we had a great session on Indonesian contemporary art with British artist of Balinese descent, Sinta Tantra and the Director of the international contemporary art gallery David Zwirner, Galuh Sukardi. Galuh started the session with an overview of the development of Indonesian contemporary art followed by Shinta who showed some…
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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.
We are very grateful for your continued support and hope you will choose to renew – individual subscriptions remain at the same level. On behalf of the Anglo-Indonesian Society’s Council, I hope that you have been finding the e-newsletter, events and e-talks informative and enjoyable and we thank you for being a member of the…
Last month Ian Rowland gave a talk on the environmental management in Central Java during his appointment as an adviser to the provincial government of Central Java, as part of the Danish government’s support to the Indonesian environmental sector. Lots of questions were asked during the Q&A session. If you missed the event, you can…
We wished our Moslem members a blessed Eid. Click here to see a short greeting video (in Bahasa Indonesia) from the A-IS Chairman, Martin Hatfull.
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…
Read More “Never Put Sugar in a Rendang – and Other Spicy Advice by Ajesh Patalay” »