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29 Mei 2008

Korban Penyerangan Polisi Masih Dirawat di RS

Iman D. Nugroho

Korban kekerasan polisi dalam demonstrasi menolak kenaikan BBM di Surabaya, Sabtu (24/5/08) lalu, hingga Kamis (29/05/08) ini masih dirawat di rumah sakit. Luka-luka bakar di tubuhnya tidak kunjung sembuh. Bahkan, semakin parah karena terus mengeluarkan air.


Salah satu korban yang terluka itu adalah Muhammad Darwis, mahasiswa Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Komunikasi-Almamater Wartawan Surabaya (STIKOSA-AWS). Darwis yang saat ini dirawat di Rumah Sakit Haji Surabaya Paviliun 206 itu masih mendapatkan perawatan intensif. Berdasarkan informasi dari pihak keluarga, luka di tubuh mahasiswa semester II jurusan jurnalistik itu semakin parah.

Rencana pulang pada Sabtu (31/05/08) besok terpaksa dibatalkan, lantaran dokter melihat luka-luka di tubuhnya tidak kunjung membaik. Darwis terluka bakar di bagian punggung bawah hingga ke bagian pantat kanan. Tangan kirinya dan dua lututnya juga melepuh karena panas.

Pada saat kejadian, Darwis terdorong polisi yang akan menangkap pelaku pembakaran poster SBY-JK. Sialnya, Darwis menuju ke arah poster yang saat itu terbakar. Posisi Darwis saat kejadian tidak memungkinkan bagi pemuda asal Ambon itu untuk menghindar. Darwis terduduk dengan tangan kiri berada di kobaran api. Polisi yang terus merangsesk maju, membuat Darwis semakin lama berada di kobaran api. Api segera memanaskan baju dan membuat kulitnya melepuh.

Dalam kejadian Sabtu lalu, 28 mahasiswa terluka, 4 lainnya ditangkap. Hingga Kamis ini,masih ada dua mahasiswa yang dirawat di rumah sakit karena terbakar. Demonstran dari Front Pembela Rakyat akan memejahijaukan kasus ini. Dan menuntut polisi yang melakukan penyerangan segera ditangkap.***

Surabaya Semakin Seksi Untuk Dunia Bisnis

Iman D. Nugroho

Julukan sebagai Kota Metropolitan ke-2 setelah DKI Jakarta, tidak disia-siakan oleh Surabaya. Usia 715 tahun seperti mendorong pengelola kota semakin mempercepat laju pembangunan. Meski sempat menuai kritik, pertumbuhan property, mall, dan hotel semakin tampak di mana-mana. Sebuah upaya menyalip Jakarta?


DKI Jakarta sepertinya harus bersiap siaga. Keelokan Ibu Kota Indonesia dengan problematikanya itu, sebentar lagi akan “tersaingi” dengan Surabaya, kota terbesar ke-2 di Indonesia. Betapa tidak, di kota berpenduduk 2,7 juta jiwa lebih ini pembangunan seakan berpacu. Mall-mall baru, apartemen dan perumahan mewah plus, sarana dan prasarana menjamur di mana-mana.

Dunia bisnis menjadi ukuran utama. Seiring bertambahnya jumlah penduduk, kota yang mendeklarasikan diri sebagai kota perdagangan ini mau tidak mau mempertajam strategi pembangunan dunia bisnis dengan membentuk Centra Bisnis Distrik (CBD) pada tahun 2000. Ada tujuh CBD dengan karakteristik yang berbeda pula. Mereka tersebar di beberapa daerah, Mulai Kembang Jepun yang merupakan kawasan perdagangan tertua di Surabaya hingga Ngagel, lokasi relokasi daerah industri.

“Regulasi itu memang tidak bisa ditolak, karena kota ini sedang melesat menuju kota yang lebih modern,” kata Wakil Walikota Surabaya Arief Affandi pada The Jakarta Post. Di dalam CDB itu berdapat berbagai pusat kegiatan bisnis. Mulai pusat perbelanjaan, pasar, perbankan, perkantoran modern dan pusat aktivitas bisnis lain. Tidak hanya itu, CBD juga berkolaborasi dengan beberapa pasar yang dikelola secara mandiri.

Seperti Pasar Atum, Pasar Turi, Pasar Keputran, Pasar Pabean dan Pasar Genteng. Tentu saja juga ada mall dan pusat perbelanjaan yang sekaligus menjadi ikon kota Surabaya. Sebut saja Surabaya Plasa, Mal Galaxy, Mal Surabaya, Tunjungan Plasa, Maspion Square, Jembatan Merah Plasa dan Plasa Marina. Juga ada Pakuwon Supermall, Trade Center Pakuwon, Sungkono Trade CenterRoyal Plasa dan City of Tomorrow. “Beberapa pembangunan sentra bisnis lain sudah menunggu, Saya berharap masyarakat bisa memanfaatkan hal itu,” kata Arief Affandi.

Dunia perhotelan pun menjadi item yang tidak bisa dipisahkan dengan Surabaya. Di kota berjuluk Kota Pahlawan ini ada 136 hotel dengan 7261 kamar dengan berbagai kelas, mulai kelas Bintang V berkelas internasional sampai hotel kelas Melati 1. Sebut saja Hotel Majapahit, Hyatt Regency Surabaya, Patra Surabaya Hilton, Shangri-La, Garden Palace, Sheraton Surabaya dan J.W. Marriot.

Sementara hotel Bintang 4 terwakili dengan Surabaya Plaza Hotel, Novotel, Somerset dan Hotel Ibis. Pada 26 Februari 2008, Hotel Mercure Grand Mirama juga ikut menyemarakkan bisnis perhotelan di Surabaya. Hotel di bawah manajemen Acor ini menempati bekas Hotel Mirama yang sudah tidak lagi beroperasi. General Manajer Mercure Neil Gow mengatakan, pilihan untuk Membangun hotel di Surabaya adalah banyaknya permintaan yang selalu melebihi jumlah kamar hotel.

“Hal itu berarti masih ada kemungkinan bisnis hotel di Surabaya akan berkembang pesat,” kata Neil pada The Post. Dugaan itu tidak meleset. Dari setahun lebih beroperasi jumlah tamu yang menginap di Hotel Mercure Grand Mirama lebih dari 80 persen. Neil bahkan memastikan, dibanding tiga hotel bintang 4 lainnya, hotelnya tergolong lebih unggul dibidang occupancy. “Sejauh yang kami tahu, kami masih leading dibandingkan hotel bitang 4 lainnya,” katanya.

Meski tergolong maju, namun secara geografis, hotel di Surabaya masih tersentral di Surabaya Pusat. Namun, perhotelan tetap menjadi ladang menyerapan sumber daya manusia (SDM) yang baik. Dalam catatan Badan Pusat Statistik Kota Surabaya tahun 2006, bisnis perhotelan di Surabaya menyerap 8130 tenaga kerja.

Selain bisnis property, bisnis perumahan dan apartemen juga menunjukkan tren meningkat di Surabaya. Beberapa perumahan kelas atas yang ada di Surabaya menunjukkan peningkatan penjualan. Sebut saja Wisata Bukit, Araya Bumi Mega, Taman Dayu dan Perumahan Pakuwon. Masing-masing memiliki trens penjualan di atas 30 persen. Hal senada juga terjadi di bisnis apartemen.

Gaya hidup masyarakat Surabaya yang hampir sama dengan Jakarta membuat bisnis apartemen juga bergairah. Apalagi, dengan keterbatasan lahan untuk pembangunan rumah namun di sisi yang lain, kebutuhan untuk tetap tinggal di sekitar perkotaan. “Karena dia faktor itulah Pakuwon Groups berani membangun apartemen di Surabaya,” kata Sugema Nagasakti, Promotion Manager Pakuwon Groups pada The Jakarta Post. Perusahaan tempatnya bekerja memiliki dua kompleks apartemen, Grande Water Palace dan East Cost Residence.

Sugema menjelaskan, di Grande Water Palace yang memiliki 2000 unit apartemen di enam tower, hampir seluruhnya sudah terjual. Meskipun harga masing-masing unitnya tergolong tinggi, sekitar Rp.400 juta. “Bisa dibilang, sudah 90 persen dari seluruh unit terjual dan diserahterimakan pada September 2008 mendatang,” katanya.
Karena kondisi itulah, tidak berlebihan bila kemudian agen property ternama seperti Century 21 Indonesia membuka 12 kantor cabangnya di Surabaya. Berdasarkan informasi yang dimiliki The Jakata Post, penjualan property di Surabaya memiliki nilai yang hampir sama dengan Jabodetabek. Besar kemungkinan, nilai penjualan itu akan melambung tinggi melebihi Jabodetabek.

Persoalan gaya hidup itu juga yang membuat bisnis tempat hiburan dan international fashion brands di Surabaya ikut menanjak. Sebut saja café, karaoke, dan diskotik dengan berbagai kelas. Terletak di pusat kota, ada 10 kafe kelas atas yang menjadi pilihan. Begitu juga dengan 13 diskotik yang setiap malam menyajikan hiburan kaum perkotaan.

Begitulah, Surabaya memang sedang melesat. Dengan visi pembangunan yang Cerdas dan Peduli, Surabaya dalam bidang bisnis, Surabaya berusaha untuk meningkatkan akselerasi pertumbuhan arus perdagangan barang dan jasa dalam skala regional maupun internasional. Tentu saja dengan memadukan

wilayah wilayah perkotaan Surabaya (Greater Surabaya) dalam suatu sistem tata ruang yang terintegrasi didukung infrastruktur, sistem transportasi dan sistem Teknologi Informasi yang memadai. Tak heran bila Surabaya semakin seksi untuk dunia bisnis.

19 Mei 2008

Keep The Traditions with Pranatacara

Iman D. Nugroho

There are many ways to keeps traditions. One of it is learn pranatacara. In entire Java, there is only one school; 2nd Trenggalek Senior High School has used it as an extracurricular. That’s why, students of Trenggalek used Javanese language proudly.

"Suwah rep data pitana hananging pundita sasana rinengga engkang dinten menika kagirangaken minangka papan mugiharjosuta."

That “weird” sentence said by Nuraini, student of 2nd Trenggalek Senior High School. Not like others Javanese words, what Nuraini’s said isn’t usual words. “We call it kromo inggil, the highest level of Javanese language,” Nuraini said.

Usually, that kind of language was used by special person in highest level of Javanese cultures. Like members or Javanese Kingdom in Jogjakarta. So, why young people like Nuraini, who is also not a member of Javanese Kingdom used it? “Because I love it, I have learned it from my school’s extracurricular called pranatacara, and I found it such as interested language,” he said.

Pranatacara is Javanese technical term for master of ceremony activities. Javanese usually used pranatacara for a Javanese wedding ceremony. Unfortunately there’s not many Javanese understood pranatacara. Mostly Javanese people have chosen modern kind of wedding ceremony which more simple. Without used pranatacara of course. Because of it, pranatacara which also part of Javanese culture was gone slowly.

That’s why 2nd Trenggalek Senior High School, specially the Head Master Sugeng Winarno have an idea to teach pranatacara for his students. “I have invited Indonesian Brotherhood of Culture People (Permadani) of Jogjakarta to came here and teach my student about pranatacara,” he said.

Start in September 2007, in every Sunday, pranatacara has taught to 80 students and 10 teachers. They were taught renggeping wicoro(how to speaks), kapranacaran(how to manage a ceremony), toto kromo(high level Javanese rules), siker setanan, padhuwungan (Javanese language knowledge), ngadat toto coro Jowo (learn Javanese cultures), and many more.

“Actually, pranatacara is not a new things for us, but we almost never used it anymore, that’s why we often laugh when Permadani teach us for a first time,” Sugeng said. The most difficult thing of pranatacara’s is learned how to speak kromo inggil and Javanese literature. Students must memorize it and practice in front of their class.

Nuraini is the best pranatacara’s student. He got highest scores on a pranatacara’s test. “Well, I don’t know why, maybe because I was very interested, so easy for me to do it,” Nuraini said. Javanese language is not new things for him. He used it on his daily conversation. “Even I’m not expert on it, but I usually used it at home, especially with my family,” he said.

Sadly, became the best pranatacara put him on a difficult situation. His friends often used Javanese for a joke. Nuraini’s friends more interest to modern Indonesian slank language. “Not like me, my friends used Jakartans dialog, so that why they made kromo inggil as joke, but honestly, I don’t care about it,” he said.

Febri Yogawati, another pranatacara student saw pranatacara as a deep meaning language. When she was thought it for a first time, she was amazed. “Especially when I was learned about Javanese literature, I was found many philosophies sentence hided on it,” she said. That’s why Febri have planned to learn more about Javanese literature in a college after graduate from senior high school.

Febri said it’s important for students to learn more about local cultures. By it student can understand more about their local wisdom, which also have a deep meaning. “It’s very useful for us, we can see our life deeper,” she said. The pranatacara’s student has graduate on May 10.


15 Mei 2008

ITS Maritime Challenge Team Join International Atlantic Challenge 2008

Iman D Nugroho

The Sepuluh November Institute of Technology (ITS) of Surabaya's prepares team to join international maritime game called International Atlantic Challenge (IAC) in Jakobstad City of Finland on July 27 until August 3. The Team which called ITS Maritime Challenge (IMC) will use 12 meters boat which originally design by them selves.


IAC is an international experiential education organization operating in many nations. Atlantic Challenge International programs practice, share, and encourage the rise of the skills of the sea including boat building, sailing, rowing, and seamanship. Its activities bring youth together with the intent of fostering cultural and global understanding.

The “roots” of the Atlantic Challenge movement come from the teachings of Kurt Hahn (1886-1974), one of the twentieth century’s greatest educators. Hahn firmly believed in the value of experiential education and that self discovery comes through challenge. David Byatt, Atlantic Challenge International Trustee from the UK, had the good fortune to be educated by Hahn in the late 40’s, and to teach at Hahn’s school, Gordonstoun, for over twenty years. David has this to say about Kurt Hahn:

Hahn felt that the way to satisfy this desire for a challenge and to meet it in a harmless and formative way was to send young people out into the hills and onto the sea so that they might be challenged by the forces of nature and learn to meet with them and treat them with respect. In so doing they would learn about themselves and their fellows at the same time.

Although Hahn himself was not a recreational sailor, he understood what experience at sea could do for those who ventured forth, and who are challenged and developed as a result. To preserve the spirit, Atlantic Challenge International sponsors a friendly contest of seamanship in Bay gigs, held in a different host country. Lance Lee (USA) and Bernard Cadoret (France) initiated Atlantic Challenge in 1986, when gigs from these two countries competed under the statue of liberty. Over 12 nations and 55 Bay gigs have been built worldwide.

ITS IMC which all around with 17 college students, 13 men and 4 women, has officially launched this Wednesday, May 14 by ITS Vice Chairman, Prof Dr Ir. Suasmoro DEA. He hopes IMC will struggle hard to reach the best position on that event. ”I give my trust to this team, I knew that they have prepared everything and will never give up even they facing very bad situation,” he said.

By joined in this event, Suasmoro said, is not only continuing ITS tradition to be Indonesian representation team on international events, but also train their soft skill. Hopefully, students especially members of IMC can get many advantages from it. “For example, the IMC can build connection with students around the world, its very useful for their futures,” he said.

Team adviser Dhaniel M. Rosyid said IMC can be student’s leadership and teamwork training arena, two most important elements in student’s future. Otherwise, Dhaniel hopes IMC can be one of ITS’s achievements and makes this country proud with it. On 2004, ITS team became a winner for the same even which held in France. Unfortunately on IAC 2006 in Genoa, Italy, ITS team only got fourth place of 14 participants from 14 countries.

Much hope means hard work for IMC. The team which built in November 2006 used tide selections to found 17 IMC members from 77 applicants. After they were trained for eight months, finally IMC announced 17 best students to join IMC in Jakobstad, Finland. “After we were chose, we must get involve in our two different training programs, “sea training” and “land training”,” Fadwi Mukti Wibowo, IMC Team Coordinator said.

They were taught many things on that training season. On “Sea training” for example, IMC members have to learn how to use oar, ride a sailboat, sea navigation and many thing which useful on sea. “Land training” focus on physic and rope skills. “Its very hard training, but it will very useful for us,” Fadwi said. He wishes his team can reach The Spirit of Atlantic Challenge Award, the “roll trophy” of IAC (piala bergilir).

For reach their dreams, IMC have to try harder. When 17 best students chosen, they faced hard train. Such as ride a sailboat in three different weathers, rainy, summer and windy, which might happen in Finland. “We were trained in a maximum hot weather or sail the boat through two meters wave,” Fadwi said.

Beside prepared their physic, IMC have rebuilt and repaired their sailboat. Learn from previous team, which got broke pole, they designed stronger pole and sail to keep work even wind blows fast. The team have remade their oar too. They use lighter and stronger woods with wider point. “We combine jati and pinus tree woods which will produce more power but less energy,” he said.

Now, the 11,29 meters long and 6 meters high sailboat is ready to use. Shipping through Helskinsky to Finland, IMC’s sailboat called MERDEKA, scheduling arrives on Jakobstaad on July 15. “We’ll try to show the world that we are really-really come from maritime country,” he said. Not only that, IMC have plan to show their art talent by perform Karawitan or Javanese music, Reyog Ponorogo and Malang Mask dance.



12 Mei 2008

Student Protest on National Education Day

Iman D. Nugroho

The commemoration of National Education Day in Airlangga University of Surabaya on Monday (12/05), with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as a keynote speaker, was colored with students demonstration. The protesters demand President SBY to step down, because he cant solve many problems in Indonesia.


The rally initially was peaceful with thousands of students from 24 student groups in Surabaya. Carried a groups flags and posters, students start a demonstration at Manyar Kertoarjo Street, about 1 Km from "C" Campus of Airlangga University, also guarded by hundred policemen. The officer builded a police lines to make protesters stay in demonstration area.

During the protesters statement, President SBY is unsuccessfull president. Goverment cant solve many problems in Indonesia. Such as foodstuff and kerosene price increase, bad nutrition, problem of outsourching workers, high cost educations and more. "Thats why we demand SBY to stepdown, now!" said protester.

At the same times, on celebration National Education Day in Airlangga University, President SBY has recieved by the documents of solution of Airlangga University Student Council (BEM). President SBY gives his award for the document which shows how the nation can solve issues. Like preparing human and nature resource for people, law inforcement in a corruption case (BLBI), free health and education, control foodstuff price, energi management, birocratics reform, erased mafia of court and environment issues.

President SBY says that goverment will evaluaete mining contracs with brings a demerit for Indonesian people. Mean while, regarding of coruption issue, the president explain that goverment shows their comitment to ecadicate corruption. He hopes indonesian people will support goverment's good will.

After delivering his speach, President SBY accompanied by saverals ministers visited Suramadu Bridge using Indonesian Navy Ship KRI Dr.Soeharso and visited Rumah Pintar Dolpin at East Indonesia Navy Base (Armatim) Complex.