Education, Economy, and Child Labor.

According to government data, there are about 4 million child age between 13 – 15 in Indonesia haven’t school, about 1,5 million age 10 -14 category in branch of working. Some of them risk involve in bad job for children.

Child of breaking school in elementary school mostly caused by cost, they must pay to follow education program. Child of breaking school in early age cause child labor, the rest be unemployment in young, not have knowledge and skill to competing in labor market moreover to obtain good job.

This apprehensive phenomenon is becoming a representation of Indonesia economy. Existence child labor is becoming indicate level of Indonesia poorness. Work oftentimes lugs they in world work slavery which is isolate them from out world, including family, friends, and education. Working lose all time which must they use to fair grow and develop, play, enough of education experience to increase skill to against compete in obtain job. Not adequate knowledge and skill of child labor will be poorness cycle and continue in careless rights for child and their family. This situation influence on development and occur detriment for state which is loss important resource human resources.

In spite of children who is work can afford earnings and taking care of family, nevertheless not make the child free from the poorness, because their earnings not enough to reach worthy life, caused knowledge limit and their skill. Only education can going out them from sank. Most important period to human forming can be competence is children and adolescent period. Obtain of quite education in this time will be pledge worthy job. Worthy job enable every child can pleasant life and protection to human rights along their life. If education not obtained intact, so the possibility is worker hadn’t knowledge and skill, finally will not bring them and family going out the poorness. Also can’t give enough education for their child because their parents not complete their education. And finally will obstruct rate of national development.

Existence of positive thinking by people to education quality and their readiness to support the school ought to government working can be easy. Awareness about education in supplying free education for people will minimize effect Child of breaking school and child involvement work in early age. Quite education was gave the children worthy job for their self and family. And finally contribute in increase development of national economy.

Kendari city

Kendari’s capital of province southeast sulawesi, outspread in kendari bay, so some activity be done connect with sea in look for maintenance like fisherman or for tourism. Good infrastructures support access to kendari such as harbor, province road, and airport.

Kendari bay is beautiful with beach around it. Every afternoon people can see sunset at the same time enjoy various type of fish burning and other Indonesian food in each stall or restaurant which is in a row along beach of kendari bay. In afternoon or night there are sulawesi unique seller among other pisang epe and other unique foot. There are also some of entertainment place and adrift of restaurant in kendari bay. In Sunday night kendari bay is one of alternative choice fou young which is enjoy the night.

In handicraft, people can see wood crafting from gembol (lanker of sandalwood or teak) and root of wood. Clock made from wood is catchy souvenir can be bring to home, besides table, chair, and other item from wood.

Causes of Child Labor

Child labor has been the most attention in the world during two century. In our country, many children are engaged in some factories. Why does child labor occur? [There are some reasons for this] The factors that causes children to be a labor are economic condition, social culture, and education.

Poverty causes many children in Indonesia to be a child labor. Poor families rely on child labor in order to improve their chances of attaining basic necessities. Ajud one of child labor who has been working at PT Widya Sarana Nusaprima, one of the big factories in Tangerang, West Java, that manufactures Reebok shoes, said that he had no choice but to work since they were poor and he could have not pursue his studies (Online Asia Times, 2000). Ajud become a child labor for help their families because his mother just be a housewife and his father is taxi driver. In other case, the parents of a child who cannot find jobs because difficult to getting the jobs now, so that the parents forcing their child to work instead. Children are more easily employed because they can be paid less than adult, and because they are more obey and easier to exploit.

Another causes of child labor is social factors. Social culture in Indonesia caused some parents of children think that encourage their children to work is one of learning process to appreciate work and responsibility. And also they expect that their children can help the economical of their family. Child labor also cause of dysfunctional family also. A child is forced to work by her parent. And the parent spends all the money for drinking, gambling, and another harmful addiction.

Educating a child can be a significant financial burden. Many children in Indonesia do not attend school because they don’t have money for pay the school. Now, Government provide free education, but in fact “free” education is very costly to a poor family because they are expected to purchase uniforms and book. The consequence is the parents better sending their children to work than sending their children to school.

Because of that, the government have to decrease amount of child labor by rearrange the national child labor laws. The government have to give attention for this. This situation is compounded by the fact that governments fail to provide adequate resources for education, employment, and health.

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Child Labor and Their Education

Many children work in Indonesia. According to the 1990 Population Census of Indonesia, 2.2 million children between the ages of 10 to 14 years, representing about three percent of the total labor force, were economically active. This figure does not include child workers below 10 years of age and children involved in domestic work. This child labor are found in the garment and the wood and rattan furniture industries. There are credible allegations of children working in other industries, including food processing, chocolate, shrimp and seafood processing, and the export-oriented pumice stone industry. This child labor makes them have not good education or maybe have no education.

Domestic service by children often interferes with their right to education in violation of Indonesian and international law. In addition to costs, domestic workers who are permitted to attend school face significant challenges: long hours of work and less sleep interfere with scholastic performance as a child may be tardy, absent, or unable to complete school assignments. Wardina, fourteen, who was attending school and working as a live-in domestic worker was interviewed by Human Rights Watch, she told them: “Everyday I wake up at 5:00 a.m. I clean the house, wash clothes, and water the plants. At 12:00 p.m. I go to school. School ends at 5:30 p.m. and I go back to work, prepare dinner, clean the table, and wash the dishes. Before I go to sleep, I do some homework, but I am very tired by then and not able to study. The employer also has a small business. When she receives an order to bake cookies, I have to help her. This delays me going to school.” How can children take their school in that condition? We have to reduce (perhaps we can stop it) this child labor because Indonesian future is on their hands.

Limiting the working hours of children above the legal working age of fifteen would be an important step towards fulfilling their right to education. An ILO-IPEC official told Human Rights Watch, “Education after working hours is torture. How can [working children] go to school after working ten hours?” ILO-IPEC studies in Bandung, Medan, and Sulawesi on effects of work on education found that a child is able to combine only three hours of work per day in order to effectively study at the same time. There are some other steps to reduce child labor, first increased family incomes, second give children good education so it will helps them learn skills that will help them earn a living, third give children and families social services that help them survive crisis, such as disease, or loss of home and shelter, and fourth control the fertility of family so that families are not burdened by children.

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Save Our Children

Traditional way thinks that become child labor is not terrible, but independent and well guaranteed in their living needs, because they can earn money for living by being a labor. But in fact, child labor life is so terrible, even to strong youth worker. They must struggle and get no payment just to remain life and suffering just to get some food. It’s dangerous to let underage children going to work because they’re too young and not have quite self-defence to face the reality of life. Violence usually occur to them while they’re working or resting at the working place. There are so many violence against child labor that devastating their mental psychological growth and caused irreversible damage leading to permanent disability, such as physical violence, humiliation of human being, and sexual harassment. Violence against children is a violation of their human rights, a disturbing reality of our societies.

“She punched me when she get angry. She had hit me for three times. Once she slaped my face and kick my right waist. It was hurt and bruised. I can’t go to doctor to get medical treatment. She just laught at me when i say that i want to go to doctor.” Asma, sixteen years of age, Medan, 31^st of December 2004, www.hrw.org. The confession above is just one from many ways of physical violence occurred to child labor. Child labor who works as servant usually treated like a slave by their master. The working circumstance as servant, produces tendency that the master is human and servant is animal. Master may hit the servant everytimes they like. According to original journal “Child labor and childhood behavioral and mental health problems in Ethiopia”, published by ILO, that physical violence aggravate health of child labor and produce result such as repeated headache, speech and sleep problems, excess fear, and even convulsion beside bad injury to them.

Lastri, fifteen years old, said “I don’t like my master, she always yelled at me, calling me ‘Tai’ and ‘anjing’. I’m annoyed, such uncomfortable situation. Why should i be treated like this? I can’t stay any longer receiving bad treatment from my master”, http://www.hrw.org/. These unappropriate treatment is one of many way humiliation of human being that occurred at the working place. Some employer think that servant, child labor, is human with low caste in society and may be called as everything they like. Though at UUD’45 says that every citizen is equal at law presence, humiliation to human being still continue. If it occur any longer it would make child labor (servant) feel inferior and causes problem to get along with others. Even some child servant have severeal of Phobia disease as the result of bad treatment.

Another case is happened to Dian, thirteen years of age, She had worked for her relatives for three months and earn Rp.1.000.000,- for one year. She forced to fulfill her master sexual needs. This sexual harassment including underage sexual violation caused irreversible damage such as unvirginity and erotophobia. Some recruiter of child labor deceive the child labor candidate, and transform child labor become child prostitute. According to information from TEMPO August 9 2006 that 70000 of Indonesian children become prostitute, this case happened mainly at Bali, Nusa Tenggara and other big cities in Indonesia. Some people call this child prostitute as “Ciblek (cilik-cilik betah melek)”. They must work during the night until dawn, fulfilling dirty lust of pedophilist, gay and lesbian. These activities reduce their stamina and produce some disorder to them. According to original journal “Child labor and childhood behavioral and mental health problems in Ethiopia”, published by ILO, that sexual harassment and violence usually produce permanent disorder to children. Some of them started to be pedophilist, gay and lesbian when they become adult, or tendency to imitate everything happened to them. Some of them infected AIDS, syphilis, cancroid and many sexual disease. Several of mental and psychological disorder may happened to them after receiving repeated sexual harassment such as erotophobia, Enuresis, Encopresis and separation anxiety, or combination of each disease.

Amount of violence happened to child labor (servant, prostitute) make us aware that some of our future generation are in dangerous situation. By being child labor, children can earn additional money for their family, but it cant guarantee their future lives. Some of them may have mental and psychological disorder and trauma. And if it is permanent disability , Child labor cannot earn for living when they are going adult.

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Child Labors

Well if what you meant in this “working children” is the child labor then of course I disagree. If they only do light work that doesn’t interfere with their education or school I think its okay, but if it’s comes to labor then I disagree. Child labor has serious consequences that stay with the individual. They face long-term physical, intellectual, emotional stress, and dangerous working conditions. All of this has bad effects for children.

Many people and country disagree about child labor. Some world leaders already committed their disagreement from 7 years ago by putting this labor problem into 8 millennium development Goals, and it also has been 8 years ago since the ILO Convention 182 of the worst forms of child labor accepted by world. There’s many International Law against this child labor. In 1926, there was conventions of the International Labor Organization and in 1956 the Slavery Conventions, and there was also the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. And don’t forget there’s also UNICEF which also against these child labor things.

Below there is some statement that I pick out from article 32 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child :

...States Parties recognize the right of the child to be protected from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the child's education, or to be harmful to the child's health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development.

In most countries, it is considered inappropriate or exploitative if a child below a certain age works, excluding household chores or schoolwork. An employer is often not allowed to hire a child below a certain age. This minimum age depends on the country;child labor laws in the United States set the minimum age to work in an establishment without parents' consent and restrictions at age 16. Indonesia also does have some law to protect children from these child labor things. Indonesia has provided the law and regulation regarding child labor. But I think the problem is not the law but to apply this laws in reality, in the community.

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Children in Indonesia are engaged in some kind of paid work.

Children in Indonesia are engaged in some kind of paid work.

Many children between 10 to 14 work in Indonesia,with safety work not guaranted and low payment. In Malang found child 14(” Narini”) who work in cigarette indurtrial, Narini worked for Rp. 6000 per day for an 7 hours, if she afford 1000 stems cigarette. In anothers place found children who worked for Rp.8000 per week for an 8 hour daily shifts, Beside low paymaent many child labor admit their worked with fearful, even they must get torture when they have a mistake.

Indonesia laws is to weak for contend this problems. Although Indonesia have minimum age law in Indonesia No.1 of 1951, it would set the minimum working age at 14 years, but in fact found child under 14 who must work to contribute to the income their families. Indonesia also have law for protect children from hardness, but in realization child labor get a vicious treatment.

Its caused a shortege from labour inspector in Indonesia, and weakness law for punish act hardness. Government must excute strick supervision to fix this this problem and make some program to proteck the children.

For that, Use child for work is completely wrong, because child have a rightful for study. According to the international labor organization, compulsory up to age 13. The government of Indonesia have planning program to expand universal education from six grade to nine grades, beside this program, now Indonesia have a low to protect children No. 23/2002 , this is a anvil law to protect children from act of despising, hardness, exploitation, and discrimination.

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CHILD LABOR’S LAW ALLOWS YOU TO ABUSE CHILD

Human rights watch reports that there are many child labors in Indonesia are exploited and abused, especially child labors that work as housemaids. These exploitations also happen with children housemaid who works in their own relative’s house. They are isolated in their employer’s house without any supervision from the authority. The same kind of case may happen to other children housemaids. Based on International Labor Organization (ILO) report, today there are approximately 2.6 million housemaids in Indonesia and at least 688.132 of them are children housemaids. All of these children housemaids are not protected by the authority from any exploitation. This awful truth becomes a major prove that there is something wrong with our child labor regulations. In 1999, ILO Convention no. 182 and recommendation No. 190 has obligated the ratifying states to immediately stipulate laws and sanction for any person who has involved in taking children to the worst forms of child labor. As ratifying state, Indonesia has provided the law and regulation regarding child labor. It is reflected in Law No.13 of 2003 on Manpower (“Manpower Law”), Law No.39 of 1999 on Human Rights (“Human Rights Law”) and Law No.23 of 2002 on Child Protection (“Child Protection Law”). Regarding the facts mentioned before, these laws might be needs to be reviewed to eliminate its weak points and reducing the number of exploitation on child labor in Indonesia (this should go to the 1st paragraph).

One of those weak points is that there are several cases that are not covered by our law in Indonesia. The housemaid case for example, housemaid is not classified as a job in the regulation, so it is not included in national labor’s regulation which regulate labor rights such as minimum wage, overtime wage, working hour, holiday, or social security as for regular formal labor. And this case is happening to every single housemaid, child and adult. Without any guarantee for their social security and labor’s rights they can only trust their rights to the hands of the employer. The chance of exploitation on labors, including child labors, will always open.

The other weak point is on the implementation. Currently, there is no effective mechanism of control from the authority to supervise the violation of child labor’s rights by the employer company. It is said not effective because in the reality some companies who violate the rules of child labor are not given sanction. Kak Seto, the chief of Child Protection Commission state that this case happens because these companies are hard to “penetrate”, so the local authority can not supervise their labors very well. If this chance of violation still happening on formal child labor because of it weak supervision, then the bigger chance of violation will always happen to the informal labor such as children housemaid.

Indonesia also does not have any governmental organization specified on child. Basically, children who can not afford school and potential on becoming child labor are handled by education department. Homeless children with the same potential are handled by social department. While child labor itself are handled by labor department. Each department has their own programs on children, but unfortunately their programs are not integrated. This is another weak point for our law.

Indonesia has provided laws and regulations to handle child labor’s issues. Number of efforts has been made. But still, in the reality there are informal labors that are not covered in the regulation. The implementation of sanction itself is not strictly imposed. Violations still happens on both formal and informal labors. As a conclusion, our law still needs to be reviewed to provide better treatment for children, especially child labors.

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Family Situation which make the children have to work

Nowadays, public can fell the economic pressure and poverty cause some problems that never end. Poverty not only give an effect of healthy quality, make low life prospect and education, but also for social problem like child labor. Now, poverty is one of the serious problems for children that force them to work to finance himself and their family needs.

Poor family, most of their daily needs not supplied because there is not permanent job. Whenever they have a job, the salary just supplied a bit of expense of family. On one day, they eat once or twice only. At the same time, head of family who had high responsibility about their family is sickly, there is no more hope again. In the education sector, they have drop out of school until they never feel formal education. Will people feel those problems will do not anything?

Person really try to get their needs. Whatever it, they have to try for a life. Like poorness, it makes some people do anything although violate of the rule. Initially, poorness became a reason why parent let their children to work, but poorness became black sheep to fixed employed their children to get the money easier, so there is compulsion come from the parents to work. it was feared that parents would have to withdraw their children from schools and send them to work to supplied family earnings. Not only parent wish their children work to get money, but there is high responsibility from children which want to work to supplied family needs and supplied themselves. Parent usually gave contradictive answered that desire, they hope it could be soften burden of parent.

Another factor, it related with tradition who have most of people. Give a job to children assumed that part of learning process to receive a responsibility, training, introduce to children the world of job, prepare to join the truly life. Besides that, pessimistic of parent for education is reason why parent not enroll their children at school and force their children to work. They think that school just spends money and time but never give feedback.

Therefore some of factory and export industries used this enforcement conditions. They have employed the children under unsafe condition and paying with meager wages and it usually call by child labor.

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HomeTown

Jakarta is my city

I come from Jakarta, which the Jakarta city is the capital of Indonesia. In here, a lot of activities are doing. Many people come from other region or outer Jakarta. Each people who come from outer Jakarta was brought they countries typical characteristic which is mixed with Jakarta’s original culture.

Jakarta’s city initially has located by Betawi’s tribe. Betawi have many unique typical of culture. In artistic, Betawi have a big doll like human which named Ondel-ondel. Ondel-ondel has make binary, one like a man and other like a woman. Ondel-ondel usually has make to procession bridegroom in marriage party. Ondel-ondel can moved by a human, so can brought in that procession. There also a music art from Betawi that is Gambang. This art have been rarely and nearly not I hear again.

There also food from Betawi that is Gado-gado. Gado-gado is food which made from vegetables which has decocted. Not only vegetable of a kind, gado-gado has make by mean of mix any kind of healthy vegetable and also gained alike yam such as potatoes, green pumpkin, etc. This vegetables has mixed with spices/sauce of nut. The nut has fined and given any water sufficient then mixed until the vegetables and spices of nut have mingled.

Working Take Both Future and Childhood

I really disagree that children work at their young age. Even they can get working experience and learn about discipline, it is unnecessary because the earnings can not be compared with their effort. Industrial companies make them work over the permitted hour with minimum wage.

The government has determined the compulsory education for at least to ninth grade of formal school. At the time they grow, children should get enough education to provide better living for their families. Seems like it is what the working children intended to, or perhaps the parents that force their children to work.

These working children have to work an average of 8 hours a day in uncomfortable places and situations. Over 70% of the children become sick for long working hour and lack of rest. This is an apprehensive fact while Indonesia has so many labor forces which are not under age. The industrial companies really should not recruit children. (reall examples, data, cases will be really good to support your views. Go to google)

Even though child labor is still allowable in Indonesia, children should not work because they have to get good enough education, besides, they can get sick from the long hour work.

In general your essay is good.

Children Labor : A burden to Education

Children labor is a condition where a still immature child already has a job to do and gets payment to it. Children labor has many bad effects to the children. One of it is Children labor will disturb children's concentration in study.

Normally, the age when people begin to work is at 15. At that age, people are considered to be mature and responsible enough to control their time for working and studying. But, what will happen to underage people (children) that already have start working? Children don't have ability to control their time due to immaturity and lack of physical strength. If they have already working, they usually don't have enough time to study and their energy is washed-out. With this situation, their interest in study will be reduced greatly and results to a decrease of education achievement whereas education is very important to build their mental and character, to teach them about what's right and wrong, also to teach them to think critically about world. (Good points, but you need to support your views with more data, cases, experts or aothorities' views).

Some people say that children labor will benefit children as a valuable work experience and important for learning. This statement is true but it need to be considered that education is more important than work experience, especially for children, because education is needed for building character and working need too big responsibility for children to hold. Besides that, it is not too late to get work experience when the children have already grown up.

So, children labor must be prohibited to create an appropriate world for children to live. In that world, children can study as much as they want and will have a bright future with a great job that suitable to their age.

INDONESIAN CHILD LABOURS NEED IMMEDIATE HELPS !

Nowadays, child labouring issues have become unrestored wound in our country. We cannot allow the condition where children are forced to work in poor condition, but there is only few unfavourable options of solution left to overcome this condition, to let it remains still or prohibit it at all by laws. In some modern wealthy countries, the children foundation groups routine holding campaigns against underage child labour practices. Also, their governments have their laws to prevent and punish any breaches in order to avoid this newkind of slavery practices. However, Indonesia cannot follow those actions yet. I believe we need somekind of new solution to fight this condition. (Good)

Some people might say that child labouring is the opportunity to gain working experience, but the truth is child labouring practices in Indonesia is more equating to exploitation than experience. Most of child labours usually forced to work more than 35-60 hours a week with inadequate payment. It also brings some mental wounds and traumas to them; as we knowthat child is a very vulnerable object who could easily break by violances and coercions. The bad news is that facts verify that harshness practices in child labouring by their employer or supervisor is usual in order to maximize their working effectivity. Rinaldi Ahmad Sofian, an executive director of Pusat Kajian dan Perlindungan Anak (PKPA), with his research verifies a more scary facts in his book "Kekerasan Seksual Terhadap Anak Jermal". His research says that many child labours in North Sumateran's East Bay have through sexual harashment by the senior workers and this condition brings deep trauma for the children. Moreover, the employer never considerate their child labours’ health and safety while working. There is no life insurance for them. "Jermal Kaji Ulang", a book which was published at 2004, says that every children work or could be said as exploited at North Sumatera's East Bay faced the risk of losing life from every storm and squall's danger, which happens regularly, without any life insurances. They’re not even given education subvention as the laws determine. ILO PBB's research proves that Indonesia is one of the countries which have great number of child right's violance and most of them happens in works. (Get data from kompas online or other sources to support your views).

No matter how poor the condition of child labouring practices in Indonesia, we could never have a legal prhibition law to avoid this condition. Prohibiting child labouring with legal law is still a luxury which this country cannot afford just yet. As we know that most of people in Indonesia still living in poverty. In this trim, many families forced to send their children working as the breadwinner. They cannot afford to feed unproductive child. Even if the government still compel to legalize a law forbiding child employment in Indonesia, some people argues that it will only make the condition worse; for many children will be relegated to work in more dangerous black market occupations such as prostitution and trafficking of drugs. If these worries realized, it only bring more disaster toward our country's morale. A research of child labours by a coloumnist of an independent child comittee verifies that trafficking phenomenons, which already high, will increase as prohibition laws being legalized since numbers of child labours will lost their current occupations and relegated to prostitution or trafficking works. (Get data from kompas online or other sources to support your views). Also, some youth right organizations feel that prohibiting work for children violates human’s rights.

However, there are alternate solutions over these problems still. If it is insuperable by creating prohibition laws, the government could support it with laws. It means that government will guarantee the child's needs and work's insurances with new laws instead of prohibiting them from working. There are going to be at least four important issues which need to be considered for these new laws. First, these laws must be able to overcome exploitation of child labour such as inadequate payment and indesireable working condition. Also, there must be a state to adjust maximum working hour for children so that the education won’t be abandoned. Second issue is that these laws must be able to force the employer to provide their child labour with both short-time income and long-term prospect. Third, these laws are still going to adjust the minimum age of child employments. The reason is that underage child is more vulnerable to violance and exploitation practices happen because of this vulnerability.The last issue is about the penalty given for the brokers. It is suggested that anykind of child labouring’s laws breaches must be categorized and treated as International Child’s Rights Laws' breaking, and addressing 'The Worst Forms of Child Labouring' Law, they will be punished with proper penalty. However, laws without adequate enforcement are still incomplete. The facts prove that the feeble laws’ enforcements are the cause of many apertures for child labour exploitations. So, there should also revision for the enforcement in order to support the new laws. The most important thing need to be refined is the inspection as it is the laws’ main power to fight the exploitations. There should be more impromtu inspection to overcome condusive laws breaking condition; where naughty employers order their underage labour when inspection is about to be held. Also, to avoid age falsing condition, surveilance over labours’ age must be strictened and increased.

Last, we can conclude that child labouring practices in Indonesia still cannot be erased yet, but it can be reconditioned into a better form.

Not Only Adult Looks for Money

Now, not only adult who work everyday looking for money, but so do child. There are many children working in many industries and factories. It is happened in many countries. Many children don’t go to school but they go working everyday. They use their power to work. They will get some money after working. Children have many reasons why they work. They must think about their future. They shouldn't work as labors.(Your views is not reflected in this paragraph)

There are so many reasons why child work. Usually, the child is from poor family who get the difficulties of looking for money. If money is difficult to find, they will be hard to get food also. They need food for stay alive. Nowdays the cost of many things are raising up. It will make worry about getting many things that is needed everyday. Paying the children working is cheap. Children don’t have many skills. Children only have power to do something. They don’t have enough skills and minds. So, people use their power to work in the factories.

Children are not in the working ages. They should study in class. Study for looking for many knowledge. Children will become the next generation for the nation. So they should not work. Children capacity is not for working. Beside study usually they also still happy in playing. If children don’t have knowledge, they will not be developed.

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Work for Children

Works for children still becomes a controversial issue in our society. Some people argue that children should not work, because they may feel depression ( because of working circumstances) or they may break from their school. Some people argue that work for children is good, because children can learn more from their work. In my opinion, not all of the work for children is bad. It is bad if it harms and exploits children in some way.

Work for children is bad if it harms and exploits children mentally, physically, morally, or blocking the access to education. Many cases of working children in some export industries indicate these exploitation and harm. According to a study conducted by Committee for Creative Education of Indonesia Children (KOMPAK) and Kepodang Foundation, a number of children working in factories work under unsafe condition (for example lack of ventilation in factory) in meager wages. They also complaint about lack of time for resting, this cause some of them often getting sick. These condition of working probably is one of the reasons why most of the children break from their school.

In the other hands, work for children will gain benefit to them if they work proportionally. That’s mean that even they are working, they still have time for attend school, time to play, time to rest. For example: a child named Rizka Amelia ( student at SDN 5 Central Jakarta), after going home from school, work as newspaper deliverer. In such condition, the children will learn how to work, responsibility and gain some money without breaking his school.

Actually, work for children will give many benefits for the children, if the children work without losing their playing time or breaking from school. But if the work starts to exploit and harm the children, sooner or later, it will give bad effect to them. So, this kind of work condition should be decreased.

Good work.

INTERESTING PLACE IN MAKASSAR

INTERESTING PLACE IN MAKASSAR

Makassar or mangkasara is capital city of south Sulawesi where I was born. The city was formally named ujung pandang, It’s a largest and beautiful city on southwest coast of island of Sulawesi. In Makassar there are many interesting place.

One of them, famed losari beach, losari is located on west Makassar city, in afternoon on this place we can enjoy sunset, and at the same time we can enjoy special food of Makassar for example sara’ba or pisang epe’. Not far from losari beach we can find Fort Rotterdam. Fort Rotterdam is built in 1545 by the king of gowa, now this place become an arts centre and “La Galigo” museum, in late afternoon and evening we can often find young people playing music or rehearsing for thetre performances. Fifteen minutes from Fort Rotterdam on north of Makassar we can find Paotere Harbor, where traditional buginese sailing boats,it’s called “pinisi”, This place become trade center for sea crop.Makassar also famed with tanjung bira, Bira lies at shouth-eastern of south sulawesi, 3 hours from Makassar city, bira is famous for white sand beaches.bira is suitable place for relaxing on the beach, snorkeling, diving and walks in the area.

Besides beach, we can also make a trips to the group of small island in Makassar. Makassar have many beautiful islands, and we fe can find more a great place for snorkelling and diving with many variety of colourful fish and beautiful coral reefs . For example Samalona island, kodengareng keke island, lanyukang island, kopo’posang island,and more beautiful island, for arrive to this islands we can rent a boat at paotere harbor.

Makassar is excellent place to make a trips and confortable place to go on vacatuion. For you who like beach ambience, snorkeling, or diving to enjoy your vacation.

Transportation is a proccess to mobile human or commodity to the place that it’s more useful or to connect different fungtion places. If the transportation system can work well and no queue, the current of human or commodity will very fast.

The seaport of Belawan is about 20 km to the north. Polonia International Airport is located in the heart of the city. Kualanamu International Airport is a new airport under construction to replace Polonia in 2009. The airport was purposed to be the substitute of Polonia Airport which was not sufficient anymore. The plan to develop Kualanamu Airport was commenced since 1994 but it ‘ll release after a falling plane accident in 2005. Development of Kualanamu Airport had been started and marked by putting on the first stone, undertaken by Indonesian Vice President on Thursday, 29 June 2006 in Kualanamu, Beringin Village, Deli Serdang. The Kualanamu Airspace will be accessed from non-toll road, toll road and train railway which has been arranged from Train Station of Medan City via Station Araskabu through Station Bandara Kualanamu

A toll highway connects Medan to Belawan and Tanjungmorawa. A plan for the extension of this highway to Tebing Tinggi and to Binjai has been completed, and the central government is currently seeking investors to build the extension. Railroad tracks connect Medan to Binjai and Tanjungpura to the northwest, to port of Belawan to the north, and to Tebing Tinggi and Pematang Siantar to the southeast.

One of the unique features of Medan are the motorized becak that are found almost everywhere. Unlike traditional becaks, a motorized becak can take its passenger anywhere in the city. There are also more common transport like taxis and minibuses, known as sudako. Is has 2 long chair on the left and right, so the passengers will face to face to the onthers. Commonly, they say “86”, it’s mean that 8 passengers sit on the left and 6 passengers on the onther side.

Transportation system in a city can establish how fast the economy growth of the city is. Medan is one of quick development cities. It has complete transportation system, as airport, seaport, terminal and toll access.

A little 'bout Kuningan

507 years ago Pangeran Aria Kamuning was inherited an area from his father, Sunan Gunung Jati, which then he called the place Kuningan. Kuningan is one of 16 Kabupaten (regency) in West Java Province which located at the most eastern of West Java. At north side of Kuningan is border on Cirebon, Brebes at east, Ciamis at south and Majalengka at west. Read map of West Java, and you can barely see that Kuningan is a little regency which have no beach but just mountainaous area within. It's about nine hundred people live in Kuningan Regency. Not very big city but I love it very much.

There are two ways to go to Kuningan. You can pick public transportation through Cirebon or Majalengka, and both ways journey take 5 hours from Bandung. Once you came to Kuningan you can feel fresh air and see that there was no traffic jam, because there's not many people have vehicle. People usually go by public transportation such as angkot, angdes and ojeg maybe to reach their destination. Beside motorized public transportations, there also traditional transportation called delman. Delman is kind of two wheeled buggy that pulled by animal, or horse exactly.

There are few industries that can be found in Kuningan, home industries and craftsmans only. Lack of potency in industry and commerce aspect make a lot of people leave this town to earn living, most of them go to Jakarta and Bandung. But I think Kuningan have big potency at tourism. There are so many beautiful places in Kuningan such as unharmed mountains and jungle, reservoir and basin, caves and also waterfalls that located at the edge of city. I would like to describe some places that you can visit in Kuningan.

If you fond of hiking, I suggest you to visit gunung Ciremai. Gunung ciremai is the highest mountain in West Java. It's about 3078 metres high above sea surface. To reach the peak of this mountain climber must passing through one of three routes available, two of them are located within Kuningan. The first route is Palutungan route, Cisantana Kuningan, the most known and smoothest route of all. From the downtown you can use angdes to Cisantana village then you can continue on foot or ride in farmer vehicle to Palutungan. There is a beautiful waterfall name Curug Putri in Palutungan, you can just rest there or collecting water for your journey. There are eight resting posts between Palutungan and Peak of Ciremai, and the last fresh water source that we can find during journey is at second post, Cigowong. Another route from Kuningan is Linggajati Route, you can access this route from desa Linggajati. If You intersted in seeing historical site you can visit Gedung Perundingan Linggajati (Linggadjati Agreement 15th november 1946) for a while then. There are 10 resting posts in Linggajati route, it's because this route is route.

If you fond of fishing or you just wanna see fish, I suggest you to visit Talaga Remis, Waduk Darma, and Darmaloka. Talaga Remis is located at desa Cipaniis, you can reach this place by elf Kuningan Cirebon from Kuningan to Cilimus then by angdes to Cipaniis. Main purpose of Talaga Remis is to water the rice fields around Cilimus and Pasawahan. Waduk Darma is located at kecamatan Darma. You can reach this place by angkot 01 or by elf Cirebon Cikijing. Main purposes of this basin is to irrigate rice fields in Kuningan and some places at cirebon, and also for city consumption. You wanna fish as long as you want, or you just wanna eat grilled fish while enjoying scenery. You can do both at both place. Darmaloka is located near waduk darma. In Darmaloka you can see sacred fish "Nila Putih". The history said that these fish are incarnation of Siliwangi soldier who did penance at Darmaloka, and the fish must not be eaten or you’ll be unlucky for your whole life.

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INTERESTING PLACE IN MAKASSAR

Makassar or mangkasara is capital city of south Sulawesi where I was born. The city was formally named ujung pandang, It’s a largest and beautiful city on southwest coast of island of Sulawesi. In Makassar there are many interesting place.

One of them, famed losari beach, losari is located on west Makassar city, in afternoon on this place we can enjoy sunset, and at the same time we can enjoy special food of Makassar for example sara’ba or pisang epe’. Not far from losari beach we can find Fort Rotterdam. Fort Rotterdam is built in 1545 by the king of gowa, now this place become an arts centre and “La Galigo” museum, in late afternoon and evening we can often find young people playing music or rehearsing for thetre performances. Fifteen minutes from Fort Rotterdam on north of Makassar we can find Paotere Harbor, where traditional buginese sailing boats,it’s called “pinisi”, This place become trade center for sea crop.Makassar also famed with tanjung bira, Bira lies at shouth-eastern of south sulawesi, 3 hours from Makassar city, bira is famous for white sand beaches.bira is suitable place for relaxing on the beach, snorkeling, diving and walks in the area.

Besides beach, we can also make a trips to the group of small island in Makassar. Makassar have many beautiful islands, and we fe can find more a great place for snorkelling and diving with many variety of colourful fish and beautiful coral reefs . For example Samalona island, kodengareng keke island, lanyukang island, kopo’posang island,and more beautiful island, for arrive to this islands we can rent a boat at paotere harbor.

Makassar is excellent place to make a trips and confortable place to go on vacatuion. For you who like beach ambience, snorkeling, or diving to enjoy your vacation.

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Hot Leaves from Aceh

Blessed with fertile soil, Aceh becomes a very good land to grow plants. That is why the main part of the region is used for farming, which most villagers do for their living. Plants grow easily, due to nature climate. But some of them are illegal. The plant is called marijuana. The marijuana fields have spread all over this rural area. This is a controversial fact, since Aceh has the most amount of Moslem in Indonesia.

People can get the weed everywhere, because it’s easily to find. They mix it in cigarettes to make them feel fly, fantasizing happiness. The addictive agents of the marijuana make them cannot stop from using it.

The police have try many methods to distinguish the marijuana fields. But they are keep coming up from the earth. The land of Aceh is too fertile and the marijuana has so many spores to reproductive. It seems impossible to make it disappear.

Instead of throwing it, villagers use the seed in their cook, to make the food tastes more delicious. Just like the Monosodium Glutamate, only it’s natural. Marijuana also has benefits, if it is not disfunctioned by human.

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Bandung and Traffic jam

Bandung city is the one of big cities in Indonesia. It has more than 3 million people who live as local civilian. Bandung is known as a famous industry of factory outlet. Most of outsiders who’s going to Bandung always have plan for buying clothes as a gift for someone they liked. If the day was a long holiday, there will be an increasing number of people in Bandung city. Because of it, almost all the time people was really hard on mobilizing from one place to another place. When it becomes worse, there’s not only one aspect that could be disturbed but also the progress of all activity in Bandung would get effect, such as a cycle of goods distribution will be delayed for one day or even one week.

Bandung is also a city which have good condition for living. It still have more fresh air than the other in west java except Bogor. Because of it, there will be people from outer city who will move their living to Bandung, because of attracted by that condition. Finally, it will increase amount of civilians in bandung city. If it still keep on that condition, there will be crowded place everywhere which would impact the cycle of activation in Bandung. And the next problem is traffic jam which is caused by that condition would be everywhere too. We can see it now, when people go out for doing their activity in the morning and go home in the evening, there must be a traffic jam on that time. As long as the increasing number of people could not be stopped by local government in the future, the traffic jam will be happened every day in Bandung.

Actually, Bandung was a good city which have good condition for living and also have big area for living area. But it could be a worst city if the local government can not arrange efficiently. So, there should be an rearrangement for this city in the future.

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About My Hometown

About My Hometown

My hometown is Jakarta, the city that never sleeps. Jakarta is the largest city and capital of Indonesia. Formerly known as Djakarta, Sunda Kelapa, Jayakarta and Batavia. Located on the northwest coast of the island of Java. Jakarta is a densely populated city with 44.283 people per square mile. Jakarta is a crowded city with an area of 661.52 km² and a population of 8.792.000. It has a metropolitan area called jabodetabek.

Jakarta has a governor, Fauzi Bowo that won the election last august. Jakarta is divided into five cities, Central, East, West, North, and South Jakarta. Jakarta is the leading commercial and industrial zone in Indonesia. And it served by the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport for the air, and Tanjung Priok Port for the sea. Nowadays Jakarta have a new transportation which is known as “Busway”, and will establish the newest one, Jakarta Monorail. All of this alternative or public transportation was built because all this time Jakarta suffers from severe traffic jams that occurs almost every days, especially in the central business district.

Since long time ago, Jakarta has often been chosen as the vanue for some international sport games. The biggest stadium in Jakarta is the Bung Karno Stadium with a capacity of 100.000 seats. Jakarta is also the home for many universities, such as University of Indonesia, and many others. There are large number of students in Jakarta is from various parts of Indonesia, many of them reside in dormitories or home-stay residences.

But despite all those good things, Jakarta also have environmental problems, such as flooding during the rainy seasons. Jakarta usually have the heavy downpour from January to May, and some rains in December and June, but mostly dry from July to November. This flooding problem occur because of many sewage pipes and waterways clogged. Besides flood problem, there’s also shortage of clean drinking water problem, and atmospheric pollution.

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Surabaya oh Surabaya

I would like to tell you about my hometown Surabaya. It’s located on the most dense populated Island of Indonesia. This city is the second largest city in Indonesia and it’s also the capital city of east java. This city has grown rapidly in and also you can find a lot of interesting things such as foods, tourism objects and also education institutions and universities.

The first interesting thing of Surabaya is its food. There are two kinds of foods that can only be found in this city. The first food is Rujak Cingur. This kind of rujak is different from the kind of rujak found in Bandung because it doesn’t only contain fruits but it also added with various kinds of vegetables and meat. Its sauce is also a bit different too, because its added by Petis. The second food is Semanggi Surabaya. By its name we can guess that this food comes from Surabaya. It’s made of semanggi leafs that is mixed together with peanut sauce and added with chips. But unfortunately, recently these foods has become quite rare because almost no body sells it anymore.

The second interesting thing in Surabaya is a submarine on land. Actualy this submarine is already unoperational. Then the government of Surabaya decided to locate it in the centre of the city next to Delta Plaza mall and named it as Pasopati. It became one of surabaya’s most popular tourism object. this is interesting because we can enter and see the interior of the submarine. If you want to visit this object then you will have to pay 15.000 rupiah for each person.

The last interesting thing that I would like to tell is about its education institution. As one of the most rapidly growing cities, Surabaya has two of the best university in Indonesia. The first is Airlangga University (Unair). This university is one of the oldest unversity in Indonesia, and since the 1970’s Unair has become a member of the top five university of Indonesia because of its medical faculty. The second is Surabaya Institute of Technologi (ITS). Even though it is not as old as Unair but it also one of the best institute in Indonesia because its graduated students have given a lot of contribution for the rapid growth of technology in Surabaya.

I think that is a bit about my hometown Surabaya, and I hope you will be interested to visit Surabaya because you will not regret it. Have a nice visit.

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Keraton Kanoman Cirebon

KERATON KANOMAN CIREBON

Keraton Kanoman is one of royal palaces in Cirebon. It was built in 1588 by Sultan Badarudin who separated himself from the main royal palace of Cirebon because he had a different opinion with his brother about Cirebon Royal Palace inheritor.

Keraton Kanoman Cirebon is just like another royal palaces in Java island, the entire buildings are face to the North. Outside the palace there’s also a beautiful building called Balai Maguntur. It was constructed by red rock and was adopted from Bali style for the art of the building. The function of Balai Maguntur is for Sultan place when he attending ceremonies like Soldier Ceremony or Gamelan Saketan Ceremony on 8^th Maulid, etc. There was also an opinion from society that told about the function of Balai Maguntur is for “balai mangun tutur” which meaning is for Sultan place to take a speech or talk to society about rule of the law and religion.

Keraton Kanoman also has a museum with antique carved doors. This museum has two very important collections, they are war carts Paksi Naga Liman and Jempana. Both of them are similar with carts in Keraton Kasepuhan, but they are older than carts in Keraton Kasepuhan. The museum also has various weapons collections like creeses and harpoons. The weapons are very old and have high value in history so many people tried to stole them for their magic rituals. The museum also has gamelan collections, just like the weapons their are very old, antique, and have a high value of history.

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Cirebon, My Shrimp City

My hometown is Cirebon. I was born and grew up in there. Cirebon is actually located at the north coast of Java Island, close to the border of West Java and Central Java. Because of that, Cirebonese have their own dialects, combined from elements of Sundanese and Javanese. The name of Cirebon, meaning the water of tiny shrimps, is derived primarily from “Ci” or “Cai” meaning water and “rebon” meaning tiny shrimps. Because of that, Cirebon as known as “Kota Udang” (The Shrimp City). Most people in Cirebon live from trade sector and work in harbour, government, private sectors as in home industry batiks, famous with batik from Trusmi, Plered in western of Cirebon and rattans industry, oil industry, cement industry, and as a fisherman as a traditional livelihood. Cirebon has a great resource of sea, especially shrimps. Cirebon has a great resource of sea, especially shrimps. These shrimps are exported abroad to get so much income for city development and education.

Cirebon like other cities, has some historical places that can be visited. Cirebon has two major keraton (palaces), there are Keraton Kasepuhan (Kasepuhan Palace) and Keraton Kanoman (Kanoman Palace). Keraton Kesepuhan (Kasepuhan Palace), the traditional residence of the Sultan of Cirebon, was built in the year of 1529. Behind the Kasepuhan palace is Cirebon earliest keraton, Pakungwati, built by Prince Cakrabuana the Cirebon's Founder in 1445. The first Kasepuhan Sultan was Sultan Syamsudin. Where as the present is Sultan PRA Maulana Pakuningrat, SH. Kerat. Kasepuhan Palace has a large square field with road surrounding it. Formerly, the square used for public gathering and traditional ceremony. Another Keraton (palace) is Keraton Kanoman (Kanoman Palace) was built in 1588. It is located on the north side of Kesepuhan Palace with distance is not more than 100 m. This palace has the twin of Singa Barong train had named Paksinagaliman. The first sultan was Sultan Badriddin. At the present is Sultan Jalaludin. Near to the palace is the Mesjid Ageng (Grand Mosque), one of the oldest mosque in Java. Cirebon also has the great mosque. It’s Sang Cipta Rasa Mosque. It is was built on the order of Sunan Gunung Jati and followed the model of Demak Mosque. The unique one of this mosque is adzan pitu (seven adzan), adzan pitu is adzan by seven people. Another famous places to visit, there is Plangon. It’s located at the south of Cirebon. This place has so many monkeys. These monkeys can attract people to come and watch them. But you have to remember not to give them any food, because they can chase you for food if you do that. Cirebon has historical building, it is built as a fortress in 1702 and used as a base fro resistance against the Dutch, this stone and coral folly was cast in its present form in 1852 by a Chinese architect to serve as a pleasure palace cum hermitage for Cirebon’s rajas. This building is “Gua Sunyaragi” (Sunyaragi Cave). One of the remains of Dutch Colonialism in Cirebon is Balaikota. Now it is used as the office of the mayor of the city who called walikota. So, we have to ask for his permission before entering this building.

Cirebon also has many unique foods. Such as “nasi jamblang” (rice wrapped in wood leaves), “nasi lengko” (rice with bean-sprouts, tahu-dish of fried soya beans-, tempe-a cake of fermented soya beans-, and soy sauce), “empal gentong” (meat that mixed by kari and “kunyit”,it’s cooked in gentong -pot from clay-), “tahu gejrot” (tahu with brown sweet sauce and red onion), “sayur asem” (a typical Javanese sour soup which tastes a little bit sweet), and many more. The local cultures or local arts of Cirebon are "tarling" (combining the names of two of the gitar-guitar- and suling-bamboo flute-), “sintren” (dancing performance by dancer who possessed by the devil and if we threw logam money at her, she fall down, like this picture).

I’m sure that many people haven’t know this city yet.The city is almost always be passed every time any one wants to go to West Java or Jakarta from Central Java and any east cities of Java. Because of the weather of Cirebon is hot and windy. It’s better for borrow sunglasses, hat, and wear T-shirt or cotton clothes. I’m very proud with my city because it has many kind of culture and historical place

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MALINO – MY WONDERFUL SMALL HOMETOWN

Maybe this place is not familiar but beside its name, Malino have some natural properties. In east region of Indonesia, the city’s name is more popular because it have been place of “Conference of Poso and Ambon Conflict”. Malino is located about 90 km from Makassar city (Capital City of South Sulawesi), precisely in Tinggimoncong district and Gowa sub-province, reside in height 1500 m from sea surface , one of high area in South Sulawesi. Malino know as city of tourism since Netherland colonization.

Malino is one of really interesting place in South Sulawesi. It offers you plenty of thing to fade your tired with city life such noisy and pollution because you can enjoy beautiful natural view, cold weather, and interesting villa and hotel to enjoy your sweet night with cool air. If you visit it start from Makassar, nature will offer you increase and turn of road pass the beautiful mountain, valley, Bili-Bili DAM, enjoy the line of pine tree. There are some fruit garden such as strawberry fruit garden, marquissa fruit garden, and tea garden, vegetable garden, and we can find some flower seller who offer kinds of beautiful flower such as Edelweiss and Orchid. All of them will make us refresh.

There are many nicely places in Malino such as Pine forest, Takapala and Ketemu Jodoh Waterfall, a history building where which became symbol of Indonesia freedom fighters, traditional market where we can find Malino traditional food and some souvenir, Bawakaraeng mountain where climbers usually every week at week end have a trip to reach the top of mountain.

Finally, Malino is a wonderful place that offers nature view complete with its facility and its friendly public.

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