Social Media Activist Delivered Public Apology to Maluku People

JAKARTA, LELEMUKU.COM - Social media activist named Shafiq Pontoh publicly apologizes to Ambonese in particular and Maluku people in general. He apologized, after making a mistake in conveying information related to social media users in the city.

This apology was delivered in one program on a national television, Kompas TV, on Tuesday (28/8).

"This is a reminder that I will save. This is a lesson for me so that I am more careful in speaking," he said.

Shafiq stated that he made this apology because the information submitted to the television program a few days ago was not in accordance with the facts in the field.

He hopes Maluku people can forgive this mistake.

Ambon Mayor Richard Louhenapessy responded to the apology by revealing that this slowed their efforts to shape the image of Ambon which is technology-friendly.

"Because Ambon is far from the eastern edge of Indonesia, people sometimes give wrong perceptions. But now we are developing and the government is pushing for that development by adding public facilities with a limited budget," he said.

Louhenapessy stressed that this event must be a lesson. He hopes, everyone can control themselves in giving opinions.

"From the events we face, we have to be more careful in commenting because it can be a joke, but it can be accidentally viral. If it is viral, it can be responded positively, it can also be responded negatively and it can create a split in understanding , "he insisted. (Albert Batlayeri)

Tanimbars Improve Literacy Movement to Local Schools

SAUMLAKI, LELEMUKU.COM - West Southeast Maluku Library and Archive Departement will improve service to literacy movement on local schools.

According to Head of Public Library of the departement, Yulianus Batlayeri, the movement will targets to all school libraries in Saumlaki town.

"We will instruct all of school librarian to provide students needs of the books. If they didnt have the books, the student should find public library," he noted.

Batlayeri also hoped  the local schools to budget money for more books to their library by goverment funds or bantuan operasional sekolah (BOS).

"The funds also add list to buy books for the student. So they should't depent to us," he added. (Laura Sobuber)

Modern Express Bank Support Education in Tanimbars

SAUMLAKI, LELEMUKU.COM - Maluku's Credits Bank, BPR Modern Express will support West Southeast Maluku government policy via corporate social responsibility (CSR) to needed peoples.

According to the head of Modern Express branch in Saumlaki, Stepanus D. Leunupun, they will support all government priorities agenda for education for elementary  school equipments.

"Our programs is a forms of our participation and support to the local government. It means our presence cannot abide social relationship with any communities in Tanimbars," he claims.

He also include all of support for other departements of the Regent Petrus Fatlolon mission to make Tanimbars become a educated, healthy, wisdoms and self support regency. (Laura Sobuber)