State of Shame FOR the Rohingya in Sittwe, capital of Rakhine State in Myanmar, there is very little freedom in their lives. They live in an enclosed area, like a giant prison camp, by the sea. They are not allowed to move freely about, hampering efforts to seek meaningful livelihoods, causing economic wheels to stop. They fear for their lives and their safety, compelling them to risk all their resources for the chance to fi nd safe haven and a better future. Tempo reports from Sittwe in Myanmar on the plight of the Rohingya. Economy: Dahlan Iskan’s Failed Crop IT was intended as one way of achieving food self-suffi ciency. But the program to create industrial-sized rice paddy fi elds from 100,000 hectares of land in Ketapang, West Kalimantan, was seen from the start as over-ambitious and problematic. When the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) found that only 0.1 percent or 100 hectares of the land had been converted during its fi ve-year operation, the blame game began. Why are stateowned companies Pupuk Indonesia and San Hyang Seri passing responsibility around like a hot potato? Outreach: Buried Treasure THE government and the Indonesian Seaweed Association recently launched a roadmap to enhance and improve seaweed production, an industry that is expected to raise the welfare of poor people living in coastal areas. The cultivation of seaweed needs little maintenance, but its processed products multiplies in value. Linawati, a researcher at the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) has trained 500 seaweed farmers from across Indonesia to supply their products to the cosmetics industry. The Magfi rah women’s group at Pangkep, South Sulawesi harvests seaweed and sells it beyond Sulawesi, greatly improving their livelihoods. A special report from Tempo English on the occasion of World Maritime Day on June 8. Asean & Beyond: Singapore Sports Council CEO Lim Teck Yin THE Southeast Asia (SEA) Games is not a new arena for Lim Teck Yin, 54, CEO of the Singapore Sports Council (SSC), the statutory board under the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports of Singapore. This lead agency is tasked with responsibility to develop and cultivate sports for the nation. Brig. Gen. (ret) Lim Teck Yin won six gold medals in water polo at Southeast Asia’s biggest sporting event. “Those six gold medals I received consecutively in the SEA Games from 1985,” he told Tempo.

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