Jakarta Globe, Press Release, Dec 01, 2014
Last week, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and a number of his ministers held an “E-Blusukan” (teleconference) with Indonesian Migrant Workers (TKI) representatives in 8 different countries. This unique teleconference was held at Situation Room UKP4 Bina Graha on Jl. Medan Merdeka Utara, Central Jakarta. The 8 countries that were inspected by Indonesia’s first in command were South Korea, Hong Kong, Brunei Darussalam, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.
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| President Joko Widodo leads the “E-Blusukan” with Indonesian Migrant Workers (TKI) that are stationed in 8 differents parts of the world. |
Last week, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and a number of his ministers held an “E-Blusukan” (teleconference) with Indonesian Migrant Workers (TKI) representatives in 8 different countries. This unique teleconference was held at Situation Room UKP4 Bina Graha on Jl. Medan Merdeka Utara, Central Jakarta. The 8 countries that were inspected by Indonesia’s first in command were South Korea, Hong Kong, Brunei Darussalam, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.
As a
state-owned enterprise in the field of telecommunications, PT Telekomunikasi
Indonesia TBK (Telkom) provided the facilities needed for this first ever video
conference. The representatives of the Indonesian Migrant Workers were
connected with President Jokowi using an application called UMeetMe. Through
this application the president was able to discuss many matters with the
representatives, without any connection delay.
“Telkom is
once again proud to be able to successfully contribute in the execution of
Jokowi’s “E-Blusukan” through the UMeetMe application,” said Telkom’s Director
of Enterprise & Business Services, Muhammad Awaluddin.
Awaluddin
added, through the equally spread infrastructure, even to the most remote areas
of the nation, Telkom is determined to always be a forerunner in supporting the
governments programs in utilizing Information Technology and Communication in
Indonesia.
By using 9
big screens which showed instantaneous live feeds, Jokowi and his team of
Social Media Volunteers took turns interacting and communicating with each of
the representatives from eight different parts of the world.
“I have
heard about the many problems faced by the many Indonesian migrant workers
abroad, but I would like to see for myself what exactly must migrant workers
face,” said Jokowi.
The
Indonesian Migrant Workers in turn expressed their problems to the president, and one demanded revoke the
use of Migrant Worker Cards (KTKLN), which according to him was just a method
of discriminating Indonesian Migrant Workers.
The video
conference was highly appreciated by Sonny Subrata, the coordinator for the
Social Media Volunteer Team. “A big thanks to Telkom for providing the video
conference facilities.”
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