-ing Form (softskill)

1,085 motorists ticketed
on second day of ‘Operation
Zebra’

The Jakarta Traffic Police announced they had ticketed 1,085 motorists for driving against the traffic flow on Thursday, the second day of “Operation Zebra”. The Jakarta Traffic Police's traffic enforcement head, Adj. Sr. Comr. Hindarsono, added that they also ticketed 501 public transportation vehicles that stopped arbitrarily to pick up and drop off passengers. “We ticketed 4,764 motorists in total today for all kinds of traffic violations,” he said.

The traffic police officers ticketed 3,418 motorcyclists, 443 cars and 389 public minivans. On the first day of the operation, the police ticketed 790 motorcyclists for driving against traffic and 411 public transportation vehicles for picking up or dropping off passengers arbitrarily.  The "Operation Zebra" traffic inspection will last until Dec. 9 and is aimed at reducing traffic violations.

Military to help clean
up Ciliwung

The Jakarta administration is planning to conduct a massive clean-up of the degraded and dirty Ciliwung River starting in December, in order to mitigate the flooding that plagues the city annually. Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama claimed that the city would be relentless in cleaning up the Ciliwung and its banks. “We will start cleaning up the river in December. The operation will go on for at least a year,” Ahok said on Friday.

The governor explained that the city would cooperate with soldiers from the Jakarta Military Command (Kodam) in cleaning up the river, adding that the soldiers would not only help to clean up the river, but also make sure that residents stopped throwing their waste into it. He went on to say that the city would also hire scavengers to help with the operation.
The Ciliwung River is 120 kilometers long with a 387-square kilometer watershed. The river runs through South and East Jakarta and also through Depok, Bekasi and Bogor in West Java. Thousands of squatters have built homes on the banks of the Ciliwung, decreasing the river’s water-catchment area when it overflows. The river is also filled with trash.

The city administration has on numerous occasions made efforts to clean up the river and widen its water-catchment area. For example, the city administration plans to“normalize” the river by dredging and widening it where it runs through Kampung Pulo and Condet in East Jakarta. The city is currently building a rusunawa (low-cost apartment building) to house relocated Kampung Pulo residents. The city is also developing a 1.27-kilometer underground tunnel connecting the Ciliwung to the East Flood Canal (KBT) in order to lighten the river’s load. However, the city’s efforts have been hampered by the issue of land acquisition, with many residents refusing to be relocated, causing efforts to be delayed. Meanwhile, the city’s most indigent continue to squat on the banks of the Ciliwung and residents continue to dispose of their waste in the river. “We must stop this habit of disposing of trash in the river. This is what degrades our rivers and causes annual flooding,” Ahok said. Meanwhile, Kodam Jakarta chief of staff Brig. Gen. Teddy Laksmana said that more than 1,100 soldiers were ready to help the city administration to clean up the Ciliwung. “As a regional military command, we must help the city administration. We will help the city to clean up the Ciliwung River starting in December,” Teddy said.  He added that the military command headquarters would deploy 1,155 soldiers in the operation and also enlist 2,000 residents to help them.

Ahok explained that once the river was clean, the city administration intended to develop it as an ecotourism destination.“We will build piers along the river and procure boats so people can tour or travel on the river. We will also develop jogging tracks along the Ciliwung, like on the KBT in East Jakarta. These projects will be included in the 2015 city budget,” he said.

 

      1.    –ing form as noun

·         They had ticketed 1,085 motorists for driving against the traffic flow on Thursday. (the –ing form in the word “driving” is called noun, because it stands after preposition “for”)

·         Residents stopped throwing their waste into it.

(the –ing form in the word “throwing” is called noun, because it’s position as object in the sentence)

      2.   –ing form as verb

·         The city is currently building a rusunawa.

(the –ing form in the word “building” is called verb, because it is present participle (continous form))

·         The Jakarta administration is planning to conduct a massive clean-up.

(the –ing form in the word “planning” is called verb, because it is present participle)

      3.   –ing form as adjective

·         We will also develop jogging tracks along the Ciliwung.

(the –ing form in the word “jogging” is called adjective, because it modifies noun “tracks”)

·         causing efforts to be delayed.

(the –ing form in the word “causing” is called adjective, because it modifies noun “efforts”)

Indonesia president says Islamic State 'embarrassing' Muslims

The president of the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, Indonesia, on Thursday called the actions of Islamic State militants "embarrassing" to the religion and urged Islamic leaders to unite in tackling extremism.
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the scale of the slaughter wrought by the extremists in overrunning large swathes of Iraq and Syria and the level of violence being used was appalling.
"It is shocking. It is becoming out of control," he said in an interview with The Australian, a day after IS released a video showing a masked militant beheading US reporter James Foley, provoking worldwide revulsion.
"We do not tolerate it, we forbid ISIS in Indonesia," he added, referring to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, as IS was formerly known. "Indonesia is not an Islamic state. We respect all religions."
He urged international leaders to work together to combat radicalisation. "This is a new wake-up call to international leaders all over the world, including Islamic leaders," he said, adding that the actions of IS were not only "embarrassing" to Islam but "humiliating", the newspaper reported.
"All leaders must review how to combat extremism. Changing paradigms on both sides are needed -- how the West perceives Islam and how Islam perceives the West."
Indonesia is home to the world's biggest Muslim population of about 225 million and has long struggled with terrorism. But a successful clampdown in recent years has seen the end of major deadly attacks.
Jakarta has estimated that dozens of Indonesians have travelled to Syria and Iraq to fight and Yudhoyono said he was concerned about their return, adding that he had tasked agencies to oppose the spread of extremist ideology in the sprawling nation.
"Our citizens here in Indonesia are picking up recruitment messages from ISIS containing extremist ideas," said the president, whose decade in office comes to an end in October.
"The philosophy of ISIS stands against the fundamental values we embrace in Indonesia. Last Friday, in my state of the union address to the nation, I called on all Indonesians to reject ISIS and to stop the spread of its radical ideology.
"My government and security agencies have taken decisive steps to curtail the spread of ISIS in Indonesia, including by prohibiting Indonesians to join ISIS or to fight for ISIS, and also by blocking Internet sites that promote this idea." (***)

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/08/21/indonesia-president-says-islamic-state-embarrassing-muslims.html

Direct and Indirect Speech

1.  Direct Speech (Statement)

"Our citizens here in Indonesia are picking up recruitment messages from ISIS containing extremist ideas," said the president

(to change direct speech into indirect speech we must put the subject in the begining omit semi colon and add the word “that”. After that we change the tense from present continous tense into past continous tense, and also change possessive pronoun our into their)

Indirect speech

President said that their citizens there in Indonesia were picking up recruitment messages from ISIS containing extremist ideas.

 

Direct speech

"We do not tolerate it, we forbid ISIS in Indonesia," he added

(to change direct speech above into indirect speech we must put the subject in the begining omit semi colon and add the word “that”. After that we change the tense from present tense into past tense, and also change pronoun we into they)

Indirect speech

He said that they did not tolerate it, they forbade ISIS in Indonesia.

 

            2.  Direct Speech (Question)

"Where have you been?" he said.

(to change direct speech (question) above into indirect speech we must put the subject in the begining omit semi colon without add the word “that”. After that we change the tense from present perfect tense into past perfect tense, and also change pronoun you into I)

Inderect speech

He asked me where I had been.

Direct speech

The girl said “Where did Ali go last night?”

(to change direct speech above into inderect speech we must put the subject in the begining omit semi colon without add the word “that”. After that we change the tense from past tense tense into past perfect)

Inderect speech

The girl asked me where Ali had gone the night before.

 

         3.  Direct speech (Imperative)

Mr. Yudhie said to the boy “come in”

(to change direct speech above into inderect speech we just change the statement imperative into infinitive)

Inderect speech

Mr. Yudhie told to the boy to come in.

 

 Direct speech

My mother said to me “Clear your room”

(to change direct speech (Imperative) above into indirect speech, we just change the statement imperative into infinitive)

Indirect speech

My mother asked me to clean my room.

Active and Passive voice

A sentence is written in active voice when the subject of the sentence performs the action in the sentence.

·         The following sentences are the active sentences

1.   The Indonesian pair had only beaten their opponents once in their previous six meetings.

(explain : the sentence above is active voice from past perfect tense (S + Had + V3). The indonesian as subject, and beaten as Verb 3 from beat)

2.   Indonesia moved to 14th with two gold.

(explain : the sentence above is active voice from past tense (S + V2). Indonesia as subject, and moved as verb 3 from move)

3.   China surpassed the century mark with 102 gold medals.

(explain : the sentence above is active voice from past tense (S + V2). China as subject, and surpassed as verb 2 from surpass)

4.   The currency has weakened 2.4 percent this month.

(explain : the sentence above is active voice from present perfect tense (S + has/have + V3). The currency as subject, and weakened as verb 3 (weaken + ed) from weaken)

5.   The rupiah was trading at 12,007 per US dollar.

(explain : the sentence above is active voice from past continous tense (S + was/were + Ving). The rupiah as subject, and tranding as Ving (trade + ing) from trade)

A sentence is written in passive voice when the subject of the active verb becomes the “agent” of the passive verb. The agent is very often not mentioned, or the subject of the sentence has an action done to it by someone or something else.

·         The following sentences are the passive voice

1.   They [Hendra and Ahsan] were affected by the breeze.

(explain : the sentence above is passive voice from past tense (S + was/were + V3). They as subject, and affected as Verb 3 (affect + ed) from affect)

2.   taekwondo is set for Tuesday.

(explain : the sentence above is passive voice from present tense (S + is/am/are+ V3). Taekwondo as subject, and set as verb 3 from set)

3.   Indonesian bonds were also rated as the cheapest.

(explain : the sentence above is passive voice from past tense (S + was/were + V3). Indonesian as subject, and rated as verb 3 from rate)

4.   The US Federal Reserve is expected to increase interest rates next year.

(explain : the sentence above is passive voice from present tense (S + is/am/are + V3). The US federal reserve as subject, and expected as verb 3 (expect + ed) from expect)

5.   Indonesia’s central bank was seen as indecisive in tackling external imbalances.

(explain : the sentence above is passive voice from past tense (S + was/were + V3). Indonesian’s central bank as subject, and seen as verb 3 from see)