AFL Launch in Indonesia attended by Kangguru
A mid-morning flight took Kevin to Jakarta on June 19th. In Jakarta Kevin appeared on TVRI’s English
News Program on that same day. On Saturday Kevin attended a very special Australian Football League (AFL)
event at Buperta, Cibubur near Bogor sponsored by the Australia Indonesia Institute (AII) and the Jakarta
Bintangs Football team making the sporting ties between Australia and Indonesia even stronger. Over the
next few days Kevin spent time with Gene Sugandy working on a new Busy Letter format (20th Anniversary
edition) and the cover for KGI’s 20th Anniversary edition of the magazine. Kevin also visited the ms
Nieuw Jakarta training establishment in Cikarang for young Indonesians who want an international career
working on Holland America cruise ships all over the world.
On Tuesday, Kevin began a 2 day teacher workshop at the University of Jakarta. Sue joined Kevin to present
these workshops to 110 English language teachers.
On Friday night Kevin was special guest on the English News program on TVRI to talk about KGI's 20th Anniversary
in Indonesia. Many thanks to Ibu Magda at TVRI and also to the TVRI news presenter, Pak Dony. It is hoped
that even more people will now know about KGI n all parts of Indonesia.
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On Saturday Kevin attended an Australian Football League (AFL) event at Buperta,
Cibirbur near Bogor sponsored by the Australia Indonesia Institute (AII) and the Jakarta
Bintangs Football team making the sporting ties between Australia and Indonesia even stronger. it
was the Australian Rules Football Junior Carnival in Jakarta. Eight junior Indonesian teams from various
locations in Jakarta, including Bogor, Bintaro and Depok, competed in the one day carnival organised by
the Jakarta Bintangs Australian Rules Football Club. The winning team won the inaugural Alan
Taylor Cup. The Jakarta Bintangs will also conduct an Auskick training session on the day giving all
interested boys and girls a chance to try Australian Rules Football.
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Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Bill Farmer, Oceania Australian Football League (AFL) Development Manager
Andrew Cadzow and former professional AFL player Craig Starcevich will attended the carnival. They officially
launched AFL Indonesia.
“This Carnival commemorates the late Allan Taylor, a former Australian Ambassador to Indonesia,
who loved sport and was a passionate advocate of strengthening people-to- people links between Australia and
Indonesia” said Bill Farmer, who is also a Patron of the Jakarta Bintangs.
“We are looking forward to working with the Jakarta Bintangs to set up a fully fledged junior football
league for the kids of Jakarta and further promote the game to other parts of Indonesia, starting with Bali
and Balikpapan”, said Andrew Cadzow.
It was interesting to find out from officials at Cibubur that the Jakarta Bintangs have visited hundreds of
schools throughout Jakarta promoting Australian culture and sport and developing around 200 committed junior
players over the past 18 months. Check out the June 2008 KGI magazine for more information about Chris Bandy
and the work he and his team have down.
The ultimate aim of the program is to have an adult Indonesian AFL team ready to participate in the International
AFL Cup in Melbourne in 2011.
As KGI has mentioned many times over the past years the AII is an Australian Government initiative, which
has been promoting the development of people-to-people links between Australia and Indonesia for the past
two decades. AYAD is an AusAID initiative to assist young
Australians to promote sustainable development and skills exchange in the Asia Pacific region see June 2008
KGI magazine.
MS Nieuw Jakarta
On Monday Kevin visited ms Nieuw Jakarta, the training
establishment for the Holland America Line in Indonesia.
Many thousands of young Indonesians have, and are, working on cruise ships all around the world. MS Nieuw
Jakarta is well known as the best training school in Indonesia for students who want a career at sea. They
train specifically for the Holland America Line. The school is in Cikarang an hour outside of Jakarta.
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Kevin met with Robert W Nichols, Academic Director of the training school. Robert took Kevin on a tour
of the school. From the outside the building is quite impressive but on the inside it is even more impressive.
It was interesting to see the students hard at work as if they were really on board a cruise liner - there
were even passenger cabins in which students trained. Their trainers at ms Nieuw Jakarta, including Robert
Nichols, were dressed as they would be on ship - in full uniforms.
The school is also home to the students for the 5 - 6 weeks that they are in training. Facilities at the school
really make sure that students also enjoy their time there. There is a modern gym, a music room and entertainment
area plus a variety of sporting facitilties. Read more in the September 2009 KGI magazine.
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Samuel H Pandeirot is one of the Skills Trainers at ms Nieuw Jakarta and is currently on dry land to
assist with training new crew members for life working on board a Holland America Line vessels.
Hear Samuel's interview on KGI radio all over Indonesia on 170 radio stations soon.
For more information about employment opportunities on Holland America please contact http://www.sbimanning.co.id/ |
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Award winners after the Alan Taylor
Cup was presented
Robert Nichols, Academic Director
at ms Nieuw Jakarta
Mahesa (far right) was the Number 1 student at the school and KGI interviewed him - listen to KGI radio to hear him talk abou this course and his career.
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