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Deputy Chairman of the Information Commission of the House of Representatives, Abdul Kharis Almasyhari,

said his agency is ready to discuss the second amendment to the revision of Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions (UU ITE). "Because there is a proposal for improvement, and we are ready to discuss it with the government," the revision of the ITE Law is a government initiative. Several times, President Joko Widodo has also called for changes to these rules. President Jokowi asked for the change to prioritize aspects of justice for the Indonesian people. Kharis continued, until now the DPR is waiting for the government. Because, the revision must first enter the National Legislation Program and be reviewed in the Legislation Board of the DPR. After that, then the Information Commission can discuss it if the Legislation Agency assigns it to be discussed. Later, the Prosperous Justice Party politician continued, the DPR will open a discussion room and receive input from various groups. This is done in order to avoid the rubber article that could be in the revision of the ITE Law. Kharis also shared his experience when he was involved in the revision of the ITE Law in 2016.

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Health facilities in Indonesia are in danger of collapsing as the number of Covid-19 patients continues to flood.

In addition to the high transmission rate, the presence of the Delta variant which can increase the severity also causes the need for treatment rooms to increase. "Friends of doctors have suggested a lockdown. In my opinion, this is the time to do it, at least 2 times 14 days," said General Chairperson of the Indonesian Association of Public Health Experts (IAKMI) Ede Surya Darmawan. the mobility of citizens, resulting in increased transmission. "Now it is very difficult to find a hospital, even though the demand continues to increase," he said. Data from the Ministry of Health shows that the occupancy rate of intensive beds in hospitals continues to increase and has reached 50 percent and isolation beds occupancy has reached 54 percent.

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The palm oil industry players are waiting for the government's decision regarding the export levy (PE)

which is planned to be revised and hopes that the policy will be taken quickly so that speculation and profit-taking will not occur which will have an impact on the industry and farmers. "Gimni welcomes any final decision from the government because it has considered all inputs from our palm oil industry players, both from the upstream side of plantations and the downstream industry," said Chairman of the Indonesian Vegetable Oil Industry Association (Gimni) Bernard Riedo. Bernard said that the plan to change export levy tariffs should be realized immediately in order to provide certainty to market players, in order to avoid speculative actions and take profit positions in buying and selling transactions that could have a negative impact on prices. Since the announcement of the planned change in levy rates, prices tend to show a downward trend because demand for CPO, especially exports, has decreased, he added, one of the factors is because market players are waiting for the revised PE tariff, which is planned to be lower. "Uncertainty has led to wait and see steps in the market. This situation is very unfortunate because it can have a negative impact on prices," he said. For information, the price of FFB in North Sumatra fell by Rp. 96/kilogram to Rp. 2,399/kilogram. On the Bursa Malaysia Derivative Exchange, the price of CPO for August 2021 delivery fell five percent to RM4,029/ton.

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Early childhood education is the foundation for the development of a child's academic and social potential.

Therefore, the Sinar Mas Group renovated the Kasih Bunda Early Childhood Education (PAUD) facility at the State Secretariat Complex, Tangerang City. “This support aims to complement the efforts of teachers in providing an integrated and comprehensive education to early childhood children, because this is where the fundamental development of human resources begins. As stated in the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, namely quality early childhood education," said Managing Director of Sinar Mas, Saleh Husin during the inauguration of the Kasih Bunda PAUD at the State Secretariat Complex, Tangerang City. up to 450 square meters, updating educational equipment, and activating solar panels to save energy use are expected to make PAUD managed by the State Secretariat Welfare Foundation a safe and fun learning and playing environment. In the same vein, the Advisor for the Women's Dharma Association of the Ministry of State Secretariat, Siti Faridah Pratikno said that early childhood education cannot be ignored because there children's character begins to form and then sticks to adulthood. "We are grateful that the existing PAUD is now not only wider, but also more complete with the help of good educational tools, according to government standards, to support children's growth and development," said Siti.

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Smartfren Business, a provider of information and communication technology solutions, stated that the additional 10MHz frequency spectrum in the 2.3 GHz band makes Smartfren Business' service solutions even more seamless.

Head of Strategy and Planning for Smartfren Business, Satya Fajar, said that the additional 10MHz spectrum from the 2.3 GHz auction made the solutions presented by the company better and more diverse, especially for mobility service products. With a wider band, he said, the technology and information solutions presented will be faster and smoother. “So business applications that run on cloud computing can run smoothly because of the additional bandwidth. This brings greater convenience to IKM customers," said Satya in a virtual conference. In the last 3 years, Smartfren Business has grown rapidly with an average annual growth of 60 percent. This growth is driven by the innovative technology solutions that Smartfren provides for large companies to small and medium industries (IKM). Smartfren claims that currently the number of customers from the IKM segment is more than 1,000 customers. The number continues to grow. "We will not stop there and will continue to multiply [SMI customers] because we have special products for IKM," said Satya.

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Through the Wish For Home (WFH) program, Managing Director of Sinar Mas Land, Alim Gunadi said that the location of the properties offered was not only in BSD.

"But there are in Batam, then there are also in Cibubur, Grand Wisata, then in Delta Mas, then in BSD. Then there are Apartments in Jakarta. Almost all of these projects have national promotions," he said in CNBC Property Week's 'Post-pandemic Property Sector Optimism' in Jakarta, Wednesday (9/6/2021). Alim said that the WFH program carried out by Sinar Mas made it easier for house seekers because there were more than 10 banks that had collaborated. Among them are Bank Mandiri, CIMB Niaga, Permata Bank, Maybank, BCA, BRI, BTN, UOB, Bank Danamon, OCBC NISP, CCB, Panin, Commonwealth and BSI. "With the 15 banks, they are given the freedom to choose attractive interest rates and offers that are most suitable for financial conditions," he said.

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