Labor On The Loose FOREIGN workers have started coming to Indonesia. Many of them work at infrastructure projects. They are not just experts and professionals in managerial positions, many of them are unskilled workers. With more than 7 million of Indonesians unemployed, why doesn’t the Manpower Ministry restrict this infl ux of foreign labor? Interview: Ex-President SBY Speaks Out IN a special interview, former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono shares his views on the down-trending economy, the less than cohesive cabinet and the upcoming local elections. The Democratic Party chairman also talks about former President Megawati Soekarnoputri and his relationship with current President Joko Widodo. Outreach: Young Inventors And Innovators OF Indonesia’s 250 million citizens, only about 1,000 are active researchers. This acute shortage is being addressed by a number of schools, as they motivate their students to explore the sciences. The effort is slowly paying off, as more and more young innovators and inventors win national and international recognition. In Bali, students I Kadek Sudiarsana and I Dewa Gede Ary, restored an extinct gringsing motif of a woven sarong, by using a mathematical formula. Meanwhile in Pontianak, Kalimantan, Hansen Hartono and Shinta Dewi, students of the Good Shepard Catholic High School invented a fi lter capable of siphoning off heavy metal, made of sugar cane waste. How are they progressing with their discoveries? An English Tempo report on the occasion of International Youth Day on August 12.

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