INDONESIAN POPULATION GROWS AT ALARMING RATE

JAKARTA, Feb 14 (Bernama) -- Indonesian Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Aburizal Bakrie said the pace of population growth in Indonesia has reached an alarming level.

If the Indonesian government failed to do something about the population growth rate, the country would face a runaway population boom in the next 10 to 15 years, Antara news agency quoted the minister as saying at the opening of a Family Planning National Working Meeting.

Minister Aburizal said the average birth rate in 2006 was recorded at 2.6 baby per fertile woman, and the figure had remained unchanged until 2007, while the population was increasing by an average of 2.6 million per year.

Meanwhile, Indonesia's National Family Planning Coordinating Board (BKKBN) Chief Sugiri Sjarief admitted that the past five years had seen stagnation in family planning programmes.

Up to July 2008, Indonesia's population is more than 237.5 million. – BERNAMA

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[Note: As of July 2008, Indonesia has a population of 237,512,352]

NEGARA MEMBANGUN PATUT TUBUH INSTITUSI KEWANGAN SENDIRI

KUALA LUMPUR, 13 Feb (Bernama) - Perkumpulan antarabangsa negara-engara Dunia Ketiga patut menubuhkan institusi kewangan khas untuk memenuhi keperluan anggotanya, kata Duta Besar Venezuela ke Malaysia Manuel Guzman hari ini.

Beliau berkata penubuhan institusi itu adalah relevan dan tepat pada masanya berikutan keadaan kemeseletan global sekarang yang menyaksikan ekonomi kuasa besar seperti Amerika Syarikat dan Britain runtuh.

"Kita perlu bekerjasama untuk mencari penyelesaian terhadap masalah ini, Saya percaya kita, negara yang dikira sebagai Dunia Ketiga, patut menubuhkan institusi kewangan sendiri yang dapat menjaga kepentingan dan keperluan negara-negara membangun," katanya dalam temu bual dengan Bernama di Wisma Bernama di sini.

Mengambil contoh kejayaan Rangkaian Berita NAM (NNN), Guzman berkata negara anggota kerjasama Selatan-Selatan boleh mengumpulkan sumber dan kepakaran mereka untuk menubuhkan institusi itu, yang untuk jangka panjang dapat mengurangkan pergantungan kepada institusi global seperti Tabung Kewangan Antarabangsa (IMF) dan Bank Dunia.

NNN ditubuhkan pada 2006 untuk menangani laporan berita berat sebelah mengenai negara membangun oleh media terkemuka dunia, yang sebahagian besarnya dimiliki negara maju.

Malaysia dan Venezuela ialah anggota Pergerakan Negara Berkecuali (NAM) dan G-15 di bawah kerangka kerjasama Selatan-Selatan.

"Negara Dunia Ketiga mempunyai masalah berbeza daripada negara maju. Jadi hanya kita yang faham masalah kita dan dapat mencari penyelesaian sesuai terhadap masalah itu," kata Guzman. – BERNAMA

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UM STUDENTS FOR ANTARTICA

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 (Bernama) -- Two Universiti Malaya (UM) students will for the first time be setting foot on Antartica to conduct research on the ecology at the South Pole.

Behavorial Biology student Munira Shaipudin Shah, 24, and Ecology and Biodiversity student Thary Gazi,21, would be joining 69 students from Japan, South Korea, China, Canada, Europe and United States in the expedition.

UM deputy vice chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Mohd Amin Jalaluddin said the expedition, with cooperation of the National Antartic Research Centre, was aimed at exposing Malaysian students to global issues at the South Pole.

"The expedition will hopefully help upgrade UM at international level, particularly in research," he told reporters here Tuesday.

Malaysian Science Academy chairman Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Mohd Nor hopes that the expedition would give Malaysia the chance to become a member of the Antartic Treaty System (ATS).

"Although many local researchers are actively involved in research on Antartica, we have yet to become a member," he added.

The two UM students would be leaving for Antartica at 1am tomorrow (Feb 11) and scheduled to return on March 3. – BERNAMA

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