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    Understanding election posters

    A lot of election posters have gone up recently for DPR (parliament) candidates, and I tried to work out what they mean, especially all the various numbers. There are hundreds of potential candidates. So this is what I found: there are 575 DPR members of parliament. In my constituency (South...
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    Is eating pork now going to be made illegal?

    Tiktoker gets 2 years jail for trying out pork: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66852841
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    Demonstrations planned against ... Coldplay?

    In somewhat surreal news, the blandest least controversial band in the world, Coldplay, has been threatened by Islamic organisations. They threaten to besiege the airport:ROFLMAO: to stop them playing their November concert in Jakarta...
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    Weakening IDR

    Interesting twitter link on the reasons for the weakening IDR, which has gone from around 14300, to 15500. That's almost at the crazy level of 16000 that happened for a while at the start of the pandemic. Glad I'm paid in dollars, because all the other major currencies seem to be weakening as...
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    Excellent article about growing up as a mixed kid in Indonesia

    https://indonesiaexpat.id/featured/mixed-race-children/ Since this community is surely growing, not only in Bali but elsewhere, this is a really good article showing the practical issues involved, such as: Indonesians see them as foreigners, but their "other" country sees them as Indonesians...
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    Term extension

    Does anyone understand this issue about delaying the presidential elections or giving the current president another term? I mean that is the first step to becoming like Russia or China, why would people want to go down that path? The current president may be relatively good but that will not...
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    Vaccinated Indonesian residents can fly to Ireland without any restrictions

    I've been trying to find some destinations that we can fly to without restrictions. Especially as I am looking for ways to visit the UK avoiding hotel quarantine. After searching dozens of countries in Europe I found one: Ireland! Indonesia was taken off the Irish designated country list in...
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    VAT 10% on school fees?

    https://en.tempo.co/read/1473505/finance-ministry-vat-on-education-will-only-applies-to-elite-schools Does anyone know how likely this is to happen?
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    Mosque loudspeakers

    For the first time ever, Saudi Arabia has announced something I agree with. They are going to restrict the volume of mosque loudspeakers following complaints from residents. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-57311683 Can we expect those nice people at the (former) FPI to vigorously...
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    Indonesian born children speaking exclusively English

    One of the kids in my son's school has two Indonesian parents and can only speak English. It is an English-language tuition school but not one of the very expensive ones, so they are not super rich. For some unknown reason they think it is better for him if he only speaks English. I remember his...
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    Campaign to hate foreign products

    Jokowi has launched a campaign to "hate foreign products" https://en.tempo.co/read/1439084/jokowi-reiterates-his-anti-foreign-products-remark “The appeal to love Indonesian products must be promoted constantly, as well as the campaign to hate on foreign products. Not only [should we] campaign...
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    Inheritance Tax

    I have been trying to understand inheritance tax for mixed marriage couples as we're thinking of buying a house. According to tax guides online there is no inheritance tax in Indonesia, but the situation seems to be a lot more complicated than that. So for a WNI/WNA couple with a pre-nup and...
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    Indonesia picks a fight with ... Vanuatu

    At the UN (26 Sept), Vanuatu criticised Indonesia's human rights abuses in Papua, to which the Indonesian UN representative replied: “You are not the representatives of the people of Papua, and stop fantasizing about being one,” In other news, Jokowi told the UN: “Indonesia consistently...
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    Go Clean to close. Any alternatives?

    GoLife is closing completely on 27 July. That means no more GoClean and GoMassage amongst others. https://tekno.kompas.com/read/2020/06/24/07075947/goclean-dan-gomassage-ditutup-27-juli-gojek-fokus-ke-3-bisnis-ini Are there any alternatives? [and I don't mean doing the cleaning myself :LOL:]
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    When do the schools go back after Corona?

    I've heard that in Jakarta some schools will not return until next year? And that this is mainly because of pressure from parents. Does anyone know when some of the schools that foreigners use (JIS etc) go back, or indeed the local schools? At present people don't seem to be too concerned about...
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    Coronavirus words

    I just saw the useful article on COVID-19 terms on the website. I have been trying to write down some as well, as and when I hear them (not all are covid-specific, but all are connected in some way). If any of these are wrong please let me know: Pembatasan jarak sosial - social distancing...
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    Impact of coronavirus on religion

    Most countries are now moving to ban religious gatherings, and depending on how this pans out, it could become a long term change in how religion is practised. The virus will undoubtedly be endemic in Indonesia for at least the next year, possibly longer. No more Friday prayers? No more Sunday...
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    183 day tax residence rule

    Does anyone know how the tax office expects people to document/justify how many days they have spent in the country each year, given that if you spend less than 183 days there is no requirement to pay tax? Would they review passport stamps, ask to see boarding passes, obtain info from the...
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    "No more foreign hoes" Jokowi says

    https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/11/06/no-more-foreign-hoes-jokowi-says.html?src=mostviewed&pg=/ Best Jakarta Post headline ever.
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    Trump Jr. in Indonesia to kick off sale of luxury condos

    One of the Trump kids was in town (not sure if it was dumb or dumber) to try and promote the new development at Lido Bogor, on the road to Sukabumi. According to the Jakarta Post "two hours drive from Jakarta" they could have added "if you drive there at 4am on a Tuesday". Oh and it will have a...

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