On this excellent opportunity, let me greet all of Sail Banda Delegation, welcome to the Moluccas, either from domestic or foreign country. Your attendance enlivens this important event. To all of international participant, from Canada to New Zealand, from UK to Japan, I invite you to enjoy the beauty of nature, tradition, and culture in Indonesia that uniquely and typical. [more...]

Indonesian delegation on advanced meeting about climate change at Bonn, Germany centralized marine issue on discussion text. As an archipelagic country that dominated by waters, Indonesia discern on inclusion of marine dimension on climate change regime. This issue still argues and Indonesian delegation and other state still strive for stated Eddy Pratomo the Counselor Senior on Indonesia Delegation. [more...]

Improve welfare and alleviate poverty of coastal communities and small islands likes fishers, fish farmer, fisheries product processor etc became main topic on 8th national convention of coastal, marine, small islands management at Ambon. In The Minister speech that represented by representative director general of Marine, coastal, and small islands H.E Sudirman Saad stated that as regulate on laws, coastal and small island area are state owned property. So that, coastal and small island have to keep the sustainability and exploit for whole people welfare, either present generation or future generation. [more...]

The president of Republic of Indonesia, H.E Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono asked for Banda Islands Reconstruct, especially on tourism infrastructure. More care from Banda is the culture heritage and nature tourism, because this is giving economy contribution for Banda on teleconference with Banda?s community at Governor residence. [more...]

The President for Republic of Indonesia H.E Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono stated on top agenda of sail Banda 2010 Event that Supporting Moluccas development as national fish banks. Ensure that we have to be host in our country. Improves domestic vessel crew and famous fisheries producer. Continually, the President asked for marine and fisheries sector make sure able to be leading sector, so that can grow national economy, national employment improvement, poverty alleviation, and people welfare improvement [more...]

After 23 days have started, Sail Banda 2010 event has the top of agenda on 3 August 2010. Several agenda had held showing that Moluccas is a safety, peaceful, and potential region for investment, especially in tourism and fisheries. The main ceremony of this event attended by The President of Republic of Indonesia, H.E Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at Yos sudarso port, Ambon. Sail Banda at a glance have been resurgence Moluccas? economy and development activity. As illustrations, 9 hotels which new build and launched officially get 100% occupancy level instantly. [more...]