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Wawancara Khusus Bersama Anies Baswedan

August 31, 2011

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Oleh: Prasetya Dwicahya dan Mariana Widjaja. Tanggal 13 Agustus 2011, bertepat di NTUC Income Centre, One Marina Boulevard, Indonesian Professional’s Association (IPA) meluncurkan sebuah program anugerah untuk para Social Entrepreneurs dan Social Innovators yang bernama IPA Solve (Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation) Awards.Acara ini juga mengundang beberapa pembicara terkenal yang salah satunya adalah Bapak Anies […]

From Cloud Down To Earth

August 28, 2011

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By Putu Mahendra You will be forgiven if you think that informatics engineers has suddenly become climate scientists. Recently, there have been much talks about cloud and servers (what a strange combination). The cloud here, however, has nothing to do with the aggregates of white water vapor that we see hovering in the sky everyday. […]

Three Simple Ways to Generate Business Ideas!

August 28, 2011

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by Azhar Risyad In the last article, we have covered on how to start up a business in Singapore, including various possible funding we could tap upon. Next, how do we generate those valuable business ideas?Before we start discussing, I must say that I am a firm believer that we are a product of time and […]

Hari Gini Masih Nonton Film Indo?

August 23, 2011

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Oleh Mariana Widjaja, “PLAYING NOW: Pocong Mandi Goyang Pinggul, Kuntilanak Kesurupan, 13 Cara Memanggil Setan, (?) Tanda Tanya. COMING SOON: Akibat Pergaulan Bebas, Cowok Bikin Pusing. Swt kayaknya gw di rumah aja deh (-_____-“)” -status Facebook seorang teman tertanggal 2 Mei 2011- Masalah perpajakan film impor memaksa film-film box office Hollywood berhenti masuk ke Indonesia […]

Fantastic Weekend with SOLVE 2011

August 22, 2011

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by: Alvin Amadeo IPA Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award Launch 2011 (SOLVE) was a fantastic experience! At the launch event, I witnessed not only the birth of a new initiative to raise the visibility of many unsung heroes in Indonesia, but also the expression of overseas Indonesians’ deep sense of gratitude to their home country. […]

66 Years of Independence: Towards the Land of Mafiosi?

August 15, 2011

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By Sang Kelana As the birthday of our nation is drawing near, we can immediately imagine how the typical preparations must be like. Back home, there will be flag ceremony, national anthem and songs being played on TV and radio as well as red and white knick-knacks being sold at roads side… while here in […]

IPA Journalism Club – IPA Voices August 2011 Published!

August 13, 2011

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Dear IPA members and friends, The August 2011 edition of IPA Voices publication is ready. Please click on the cover page to download the file and feel free to share your thoughts and comments in the articles that are also uploaded in this blog. If you cannot view the cover image, please click here to download the […]

The Musing on One of Life’s Many Ironies

August 9, 2011

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By Jaenny Chandra, Being away from home country can create a heightened sense of nationalistic pride. It may seem to be counter-intuitive, yet, it is real for many people. Take me as an example. Dancing has always been a hobby that I passionately embrace since my teen years in Jakarta. I made it a point […]

Emergence of Islamic Banking in Indonesia

August 7, 2011

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By Nurina Merdikawati, Recently, Islamic finance has received growing attention. Its resilience during Global Financial Crisis has positioned this Sharia-based financial system as a strong alternative to commonly acceptable conventional banking system. The differences between the two systems lie on the prohibition of interest (riba) and transform it into Profit-Loss Sharing (PLS) mechanism, as well […]

Renungan Politik Menjelang Ramadhan

August 3, 2011

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oleh Prasetya Dwicahya, Menjelang bulan puasa dan bulan kemerdekaan republik tercinta ini, kita kembali dihadapkan pada masalah politik yang pelik. Partai yang berkuasa, Partai Demokrat, sedang mengalami cobaan maha berat yang dilayangkan oleh salah seorang kader partai tersebut yaitu Nazaruddin. Bagi warga Indonesia yang tinggal di Singapura, mungkin tidak mengikuti perkembangan politik di dalam negeri. […]