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Rp 172 trillion fund for Indonesian development

Let’s assume that 150 richest tycoons in Indonesia could voluntarily donate 10 percent of their wealth to jointly surmount the various problems encountered by the nation, particularly in education, health, UMKMs and natural-disaster mitigation.

Dato' Sri Dr. Tahir (The Jakarta Post)
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Jakarta
Mon, September 11, 2017

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Rp 172 trillion fund for Indonesian development Beggars in Indonesian capital city Jakarta. (Shutterstock.com/Daxiao Productions)

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saw my remains being buried. My loved ones were leaving me alone in the cemetery. Then I suddenly felt I was in such a beautiful garden. Was it heaven or paradise? It was here that I met a conglomerate boss, who was familiar to me through his philanthropic activities.

But his face displayed sadness. I approached him to ask why he was so depressed. The magnate related his struggle to boost the advancement of the motherland through the end of his life.

However, he said that his various efforts had not been enough to help the government accelerate Indonesia’s progress and its quest to boost people’s welfare.

The businessman underlined several problems facing the country, including in education. The school drop-out rate and the number of students failing to follow the nine-year compulsory study program remain high, while the quality of human resources from vocational schools is still low, with a limited budget for high-achievers to further their college studies at home or abroad.

He also expressed concern over the nation’s health issues, such as the minimal health infrastructure and insufficient medical workers.

The uneven distribution of infrastructure is made worse by the country’s geographic conditions, so that health facilities are hard to access.

The lack of personnel should be met by an improvement in medical recruits in terms of numbers and quality, and for them to be assigned to remote and less-developed regions for more equitable health care.

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