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Bsuccess.Org-Sydney. The Australian government agreed not to criticize Sri Lanka’s alleged human rights abuses in order to secure cooperation on stopping asylum-seeker boats headed to Australia, Sri Lanka’s new prime minister said in an interview published on Monday.

Australia has been criticised at home and abroad for its tough immigration policies, including sending asylum seekers to camps in impoverished Papua New Guinea and Nauru, where they face long periods of detention.

Conservative Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa last year agreed to a controversial deal allowing Australian naval ships to send asylum seekers intercepted at sea directly back to Sri Lanka.

Honda Motor, in an unexpected move, said on Monday that chief executive Takanobu Ito would step down in late June, making way for managing officer Takahiro Hachigo after six years in the top post.
Hachigo, 55, an engineer, joined Honda in 1982 with a career spanning several countries including the United States, China, and Britain.

Japan’s number three automaker has hit a rough patch over the past year with quality problems that have led to multiple recalls of its popular Fit hybrid subcompact.

Bsuccess.org: Yutaka Katayama, the former president of what’s now Nissan Motor Co.’s U.S. branch, has died at the age of 105, the Associated Press reports. “Mr. K,” as he was known to company insiders and Datsun and Nissan fans, established the Z line of sports cars that guaranteed the racing and sales success of the company in the U.S.

Born in 1909 in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, Mr. K was hired by Nissan Motor Co. in 1935. His first job was in publicity and he later worked in advertising, creating novel lifestyle-based ad campaigns in an era when, as Nissan puts it, most car ads just “loudly repeated the car’s name over and over.” Mr. K is also credited with establishing the All-Japan Motor Show in 1954, an industry-wide car show that evolved into today’s Tokyo auto show.

But it was a motorsports victory that turned Mr. K’s career down the path toward the Z-car. In 1958, two Datsun 210s won their class in the grueling Mobilgas Around Australia Trial, a 10,000-mile rally across the unimproved roads of the Outback. Mr. K was the racing team manager, and the class victory spurred Nissan to begin global exports.

In 1960, the company sent Mr. K to Los Angeles, and he began building a U.S. dealer network from scratch. “In the beginning, Datsun dealers had no status or prestige, and they were not wealthy either,” Mr. K said. “During the difficult times, we all gritted our teeth and worked together and we made it through. For me, they are not just dealers but friends. I’m speaking like I’m a big man, but I owe everything to them.”

As Edmunds so eloquently explained on the occasion of Mr. K’s 100th birthday, Katayama’s dogged determination pushed Datsun to the forefront of foreign cars in the U.S. “Katayama built Datsun (as the Nissan franchise in America then was called) into a sales powerhouse, personally canvassing every town in America and turning used-car dealers and lawnmower repair shops into Datsun franchises. He made Datsun the most important Japanese brand in America, a signature of quality and innovation instead of cheap imitation.”

When Datsun introduced the 510 in 1967, Mr. K’s dealer network was ready. And with the company’s parts bin at his disposal, Mr. K set out to create Nissan’s most iconic vehicle: the 240Z. As Katayama himself recalls:

    How can we transpose the relationship between man and horse into the one between man and car? Even after I was sent to Los Angeles in 1960 to establish Nissan Motors in the U.S., this question never really left me. Eventually I came up with the concept of the Z-car. It was a sports car with a sleek body with a long nose and a short deck, designed so that it could be built utilizing some of the parts and components that were already used in our other production cars, and it was a car that anybody could drive easily and that would give the driver that incredible feeling of jubilation that comes when car and driver are as one.

In 1970, when the 510-based 240Z reached U.S. shores, it had Mr. K’s fingerprints all over it. Allow Nissan to explain Mr. K’s role in creating the company’s first true sports car:

    Though many, many people were responsible for the design and engineering of the first generation 240Z, its success in North America can be attributed to Yutaka Katayama, who was president of Nissan’s U.S. operations at the time. Known affectionately as “Mr. K,” he was convinced that the company’s new sports car design would be a hit in the U.S.  There was just one problem—the vehicle’s name: the Fairlady Z.

Mr. K re-christened the car as the 240Z for the U.S. market, and his wisdom paid off: The Z car was a wild success in motorsports and sales alike, establishing Datsun, and later Nissan, as a major brand with a strong enthusiast following.

Katayama retired from Nissan in 1977, but he remained a car guy right through to the end, earning a spot in the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn, Michigan, in 1998. On his 100th birthday, Mr. K was still as feisty as ever, criticizing the Nissan 370Z as “so-so,” bemoaning its weight and price. “I’d like to have a sports car like the Miata,” Mr. K said in 2009. “The Miata is taking the place of the 240Z …. The fun of driving cars is the same as riding a horse. We need a car that is like riding on horseback. We are making robots. Robots don’t like human control.”

In Nissan’s own profile of the man, he raised similar concerns about the future of sports cars:

    A sports car doesn’t have to be luxurious. It should be affordable so that anyone can own one, it should be easy to maintain, and it should be something that you can enjoy without having to spend too much money. To attach a price tag of $50,000 to a sports car just seems uncomfortable to me. You can get any price you want if you increase the number and level of features and equipment. But if you don’t add any extra equipment and features and you can still experience great exhilaration when driving, then that’s the best situation as far as I am concerned.

The beloved Mr. K turned 105 years old in September, attributing his health to the three liters of water he drank every day—though he also loved a good steak. Nissan produced a three-part documentary interview with the automotive legend to commemorate the occasion. It’s equal parts history lesson, business plan, and guide for enthusiastic living. source

Bsuccess.org: Apart from having the honour to be the host of 2015 Asia-Africa Conference which will be held in April, Indonesia has also been chosen as the perfect spot for the world-class Companies CEO meeting known as the 24th World Economic Forum on East Asia. The event will be in Jakarta on the 19 through to the 21 of April 2015.

The event will be attended by a number of prominent owners of worldwide established companies, and those leading in the economic field from various countries.

The Senior Director of Asia-Pacific World Economic Forum, Palakurthi Rao said that the theme of this year’s gathering will be ‘Anchoring Trust in East Asia’s New Regionalism’ which will be centered around three dominant topics, the new region context, the new economic context and lastly, the new citizenship context.

Bsuccess.org :Jakarta - The Australian government along with its people have, for the past few days campaigning in an attempt to boycott Bali. This is a symbol of their discontentment and disapproval of the Indonesian plan to execute two Bali Nine ringleaders originating from Australia. They hope, in doing so, the number of tourists from Australia will be greatly reduced.

They are also hoping that this action would affect the decision of President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo so that he takes into account the reconsideration of such policy.

This boycott campaign apparently went successful, with a number of travel agents informing the decreasing number of potential tourist coming into Indonesia.

As quoted from 9news.com.au on Friday (20/02/2015), the social media campaign with the hash tag #boycottbali has been dominating the virtual world. This endeavour was done to deliberately encourage Australians to reconsider their plan to visit Bali.

The campaign was done shortly after the Australian Minister of Foreign Relations, Julie Bishop announced her decision to perform boycott on Bali.

In the midst of the conflict, a large number of Australians seen to be even more discontented knowing that a domestic airline called Jetstar lowered their tariffs for the flights to Bali. They think this is not supporting the boycott campaign as lowered price would inevitably attract buyers.

However, Jetstar admits that the lowered price is adjusted to the already lowered price of Jetstar to Bali from all areas in South East Asia.

A large number of Australians who dislike Jokowi’s decision now views Indonesia as racist and arrogant. This is of course paradoxical to what actually happen.

Indonesia has also previously executed its own citizen for being a courier for drugs. So, the word 'racist' is not particularly relevant in this circumstance. As for arrogance, Indonesia can immediately counter-argue with the fact that Prime Minister Tony Abbott showed how Australia was not sincere when it sent financial aid to Indonesia back in 2004.

"This is not like a natural disaster or such that involves a terrorist attack. But of course may Australians cancelled their tickets due to this boycott," the CEO of Australian Federation of Travel Agents, Jayson Westbury said.

According to Jayson, the impact of this boycott will be felt for the next seven or eight months. Meanwhile, other aviation experts say that the impact would only be momentary that the reduction of interested ticket buyer will be only for a short period of time. 

This is primarily because the trading relationship between the two countries is too strong to be intervened with what is hype on social media. 

An economist, Tim Harcourt said that Indonesia is committed to the laws and that many of its people suffer from the severe capital punishment. That is why, Indonesia is not afraid to do the same to foreigners

Bsuccess.org: The alleged Bali Nine Ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran will soon face their death. After being captured a decade ago trying to smuggle heroin from Indonesia to Australia, these two men served at the Kerobokan Correctional Institution in Bali, along with the other Bali Nine members.

After their clemency requests being rejected by President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo, a large scale response was immediately evident from the worldwide audience. With the time to the execution becoming imminent, the Australian government intensifies its manoeuvres towards Indonesia.

The Australian government, the people and its media continue to express their disappointment and rejection in regards to the execution of the two members of Bali Nine which will be done in Indonesia.

One of the many attempts Australia is trying to do to prevent two of its people from being executed includes Tony Abbot gently reminding Indonesia of how close the two countries are and how Australia has contributed financially by injecting as much as US$ 1 Billion to help Indonesia.

"Let's not forget that a few years ago when Indonesia was struck by the Indian Ocean tsunami Australia sent $1 billion worth of assistance, we sent a contingent of our armed forces to help in Indonesia with humanitarian relief," Mr Abbot said as quoted from News.com.au, Friday (20/02/2015).

The politician from Australian Liberal Party also warned Indonesia how the relationship between the two nations will be greatly damaged should Indonesia overlook the gentle reminder and request of Australian government.

In responding to this issue, the spokesperson of Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Relations, Arrmanatha Nasir replied with a lighter tone and a more neutral point of view.

"I hope the statement made (by Tony Abbott) does not reflect the true colours of Australians. Threats are not part of diplomatic language and no one responds well to threats," Arrmanatha said.

The Professor of International Relations at the University of Indonesia, Hikmahanto Juwana said that the statement made by Tony Abbott regarding the tsunami aid given by Australia shows that the country was clearly not a sincere gesture. He also thinks that Tony Abbott’s statement is irrelevant, as the price of aid given by Australia is not equivalent to the lives of those who have died (or who will die) from the drugs distributed.

"Tony Abbott ought to reconsider his statement," Hikmahanto said through a written statement.

"It is almost as if Indonesia depends so much on Australia. It is almost like Indonesia cannot stand on its own, if Australia does not want to help in the first place then don't. Don't help us if you are not sincere. Don't help us and then ask us to help in return, especially for a negative thing," he continued.

The statement made by Tony Abbott has inevitably sparked the Indonesian people opinion about him and Australia and general. It is now understood that ‘there is no such thing as a free lunch’ or, apparently, those who come to Indonesia aid never really did wholeheartedly, it always comes with a price or for their own parochial interest.

The Ministry of Transportation has decided to work together with the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) as to assure the safety of Indonesian transportation infrastructures. President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has instructed both sides to sign the memorandum of understanding (MoU) as to formalize the cooperation between the two.

"Through the Cabinet’s Secretary, President Jokowi requests for the cooperation between TNI and the Ministry of Transportation to help maintain the progress of national development, especially in the field of transportation infrastructure," TNI Commander Moeldoko said at the TNI Headquarter, Cilangkap, East Jakarta, Friday (20/02/2015).

He further explains how the role of the Indonesian Armed Forces is not restricted to only military purposes but also non- military ones.

"Within the Acts of TNI, threats that need to be handled with military means will be dealt with by the TNI itself. As for the non- military threats ones, TNI will only serve as a back-up," Moeldoko added.

Moeldoko assures that this recently approved decision to work cooperatively with the ministry of Transportation is not TNI’s indirect way of absorbing power such as the one during the new order era under former President Soeharto. He thinks that the purpose for this cooperation is much more noble than just to fulfil the power-syndrome satisfaction.

"There should be a differentiation between the past and the now. We don’t want for the national development to be perturbed by external factors. We are here to help, we follow and comply with the SOP given by the Ministry of Transportation. Then, we will give the SOP to each soldier so they don’t go astray," he continued. Moreover, Moeldoko plans to assign many of TNI personnel to a number of transportation posts such as airports, ports, and other places under the Ministry of Transportation.

In return, Transportation Minister Ignatius Jonan appreciated TNI Commander Moeldoko’s ambition and willingness to cooperate with the Ministry in trying to assure the progress of national development. Ignatius thinks the threats towards the development, including the infrastructure ones, can come in many form and often require military assistance. That is why the relationship is deemed necessary.

"I would like to share my gratitude to TNI for its willingness to participate in the development of transportation infrastructure. Many of the developments are around the dangerous areas and we need TNI to assist us and assure our safety," Ignatius Jonan concluded. (Akp/Tnt

Bsuccess.org: Jokowi's Eldest Son Free English Course

President Joko Widodo’s eldest son Gibran Rakabuming Raka may well be seen as a cold and rigid person. But behind that unfriendly persona is a man with humanitarian ambition and compassion to others. In the last three years, Gibran has opened up free English courses.

Although the course does not cost any money, it is still professionally managed with each student being placed on a level in accordance to their English capability and the progress throughout the course. After successfully passing the test and fulfill the prescribed hours of study, the students will be given a certificate to notify their progress.

As shown on Liputan 6 SCTV, Thursday 12/11/2014), children having their courses in House of Knowledge Solo, Central Java express their profound enthusiasm and willingness to learn more.

Gibran’s free English course has spread across seven locations and has now more than 500 students ranging from those in elementary school to high school. Jokowi’s eldest son primary mission was to educate his catering employees the language English.

“It was initially just a trial project. My previous students were female adults who used to work here for my catering business. It started with them, then their children who did not know what to do when they were loitering for their mothers to finish working, and now everyone seemed to be interested. Giving free courses does not mean I am giving it only to those who are financially troubled, but also to those who are enthusiastic and willing to learn,” said Gibran.

With English course fee considerably high, Gibran’s free English course is very helpful to many parents who want their children to succeed in this field. Gibran himself covers all expenses, including salaries to those who contribute in teaching. He is able to cover this by using the profit he makes in his Chili Pari catering business. With his catering business as well as his free English course going smoothly, he tries to remain down to earth and not linking any of his success to his father’s current profession even though he can always use the privilege of being the son of the number one man in Indonesia.

In the future, Gibran is hoping to make 1.000 children fluent in their English and also open up another language free courses apart from English. (Ein)liputan6

Bsuccess.org: Province reacts in outrage to Tony Abbott linking the gift of $1bn in aid after 2005 tsunami to a clemency bid for Australians on death row

Enraged citizens from the tsunami-ravaged province of Aceh, Indonesia, have started a movement to collect coins to “pay back Australia” in a backlash against provocative statements by the Australian prime minister, Tony Abbott.

Venting their anger on Twitter under the hashtag #KoinUntukAustralia, or Coins for Australia, Acehnese have taken to the social network in droves to lambast the Australian leader.

Posting a photo of a 1,000 rupiah coin (worth less than 10 cents in Australia) stuck to a piece of paper with six zeros cheekily added next to it, one Twitter user Nikita Paradisa asked: “Is it enough? Ur bank account please, Mr Tony Abbott”

As diplomatic efforts have ramped up to save Australians Andrew Chan, 31, and Myuran Sukumaran, 33, from imminently facing an Indonesian firing squad, Abbott controversially suggested that Indonesia should “reciprocate” for the $1bn pledged in tsunami aid by sparing the lives of the two Australians.
A notoriously proud people, the Acehnese say the Australian prime minister should be ashamed of his comments and they will gladly return the money.

“We never asked for their aid, they offered it to us as courtesy,” Dina Handayani, 27, a Banda Aceh resident and civil servant told the Guardian.
Conceived initially between friends during a heated discussion at an Aceh coffee shop, postgraduate student Burhanuddin Alkhairy, 26, told the Guardian his friends started the Twitter hashtag as a way to get their message across to the Australia PM.

“We regret the link the Australian prime minister made between tsunami aid and the execution of the drug dealers, they are two very different things,” Alkhairy said. “This is our moral protest to his statement.”
The Acehnese, he said, were angry that Abbott would suggest that aid pledged after the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami – a disaster that killed more than 170,000 people in their province alone – would be offered conditionally and retroactively.
Alkhairy says his group never intended to take to streets and actually collect coins but the movement has inspired others to do just that.

One Muslim Student Action Union group on Friday set up a post in a main street in the capital to collect donations.
“We are ready to return the funds, and we ask that the death penalty continues to save the young generation of Aceh and Indonesia,” said Aziz Darliz, a member of the student group.
Pictures on Twitter showed that collections continued in Banda Aceh on Saturday with volunteers holding boxes with pictures of the Australian flag stuck on the side asking motorists for donations.

“This movement needs to be serious,” said annoyed civil servant Handayani, “It should not just be happening on social media but in real life. We should collect the coins and send them to Abbott.”
Australia’s foreign minister, Julie Bishop, has attempted to smooth over any fallout from Abbott’s comments, but in Jakarta the remarks have not been well received either. “Threats are not part of diplomatic language,” was the spiky reply from the foreign ministry earlier this week.
“We do not respond to statements that are emotional, by nature threatening. No,” the Indonesian foreign minister, Retno Marsudi, told reporters at the presidential palace on Friday.

Indonesia has been forced to justify its use of the death penalty, arguing that capital punishment is in line with international law and is necessary to counter the country’s purported “drug emergency”.
Sentenced to death for their role in the Bali Nine heroin trafficking ring, Chan and Sukumaran are next in line to be shot dead by an Indonesian firing squad. The executions were postponed last week, but officials have stressed the delay is only temporary.
Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo, said on Friday the executions were delayed for technical reasons only, while the attorney general has emphasised that “nothing whatsoever” will prevent them from going ahead.theguardian

#KoinUntukAustralia @KoinUntukAustralia

Bsuccess.og: Jakarta - A tourism-aware community of Ngasemayu in Salam Village, Patuk district, Gunungkidul, is set to hold a durian festival on Sunday, February 22 in Gogor Park, Gunungkidul (Mount Kidul).

“The festival will be hosting 50 groups of Patuk durian farmers,” said Subarno, the chief of Gogor Park and the chairman of Durian Patuk Festival on Friday, February 20.

Durian Patuk is a local durian variety widely grown in some villages in Gunungkidul such as Ngasemayu, Trosari, Patuk, and Gunung Manuk. According to Subarno, durian Patuk has quality equal to durian verieties that has gained popularity like durian menoreh from Kulon Progo.

Bsuccess.org: Bali booked 301,618 foreign tourist visits in January 2015, increasing by 8.01 percent compared to the same period of last year, Antara News reported.
“It means the number of foreign tourist visits in early 2015 was quit significant considering the political tension with the Australian government,” Tourism observer Tjok Gede Agung said in Denpasar on Saturday, February 20, 2015.

Bali is still the main destination for foreign tourists as the number of arrivals at Ngurah Rai Airport was favorable. Tjok Gede Agung called on the Bali administration to intensify the promotion.
Currently, the number of foreign tourists visiting Bali is around 300,000 per month. The figure is still dominated by Australians that accounts for 28.22 percent (85,102), follow by Chinese (51,949), Japan (17,946) and South Korea (15,140).tempo

Indonesia will go ahead with execution plan

Bsucces.org :JAKARTA -- Attorney General HM Prasetyo has reiterated that mental disorder in a death row convict would not deter Indonesia from carrying out its plan to execute 11 convicts. He said there had been no rule banning the execution of convicts with mental disorder. Only the execution of pregnant women or underage children is banned, he said here on Friday, February 20.

HM Prasetyo noted the execution of the second batch of death row convicts will be carried out as soon as all preparations are in place. He revealed he has been coordinating with the police for preparing the firing squad for executions, with the regional offices of the ministry of religious affairs for assembling priests for the convicts, and to finalize the location for executions and other procedures.

He added his office will also inform the public about the executions so they can be carried out without any interruption. "So far, every high prosecutor's office has expressed their readiness to assist with executions," he stressed.

Earlier, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) revealed that one of the death row convicts, Rodrigo Gularte from Brazil, was suffering from a mental disorder.
The AGO plans to execute 11 convicts on death row, including the drug convicts from Australia, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, whose clemency pleas had been rejected by President Joko Widodo.

Three convicts face execution over murder charges. They are Indonesian citizens Iyen bin Azwar, Harun bin Ajis, and Sargawi, alias Ali bin Sanusi.

Six convicts, including five foreigners, to be put to death over narcotics cases are Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso from the Philippines, Serge Areski Atlaoui from France, Martin Anderson, alias Belo, from Ghana, Indonesia citizen Zainal Abidin, Raheem Agbaje Salami from Cordova, and Rodrigo Gularte from Brazil.Rol