The Peak event of
Sail Raja Ampat will be held on June 21, in Waisai Torang Cinta (WTC)
beach, Waisai city, Raja Ampat, West Papua. The Government of Indonesia
has already organized the coordination meeting with all of the
associated ministries, Indonesian Army (TNI), the local governments, and
the state-owned enterprises and regionally owned enterprises.
Sharif
C. Sutardjo, the Minister of marine Affairs and Fisheries, who serves
as the chairman of the national organizing committee of the Event,
states that the Sail Raja Ampat is ready to kick off. To ensure the
success of the entire activities on the Event, all of the participating
ministries/institutions has allocated the budget to support each
ministry's activities on the Event. The participating ministries include
the Coordinating Minister for People Welfare, the Ministry of Marine
Affairs and Fisheries, Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Public
Work, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of State-owned Company,
Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Public
Housing, Ministry of Social Services, and Ministry of Tourism and
Creative Economy.
Sail Raja Ampat will stop over in a number
of spots including Waisai Torang Cinta beach, Rumah Pintar, the Office
of National Organizing Committee Secretariat, The Fishery Academy of
Sorong, and the Grouper Fish Culture Center. Sharif said that Sail Raja
Ampat is the sixth event of the Sail series, after the Sail Bunaken on
2009, Sail Banda on 2010, Sail Wakatobi-Belitung on 2011, Sail Morotai
on 2012, and Sail Komodo on 2013. "The Sail series aim to increase the
regional economy development on the island and remote areas,
particularly through the marine tourism sector," explained the Minister.
Sharif continued, the Sail is one of the implementation of
Masterplan for Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesia's Economic
Development (MP3EI), which is an ambitious plan by the Indonesian
government to accelerate the realization of becoming a developed country
of which the fruits and prosperity will be enjoyed equally among the
people.
In addition to aiming to accelerate the economic
development of the island and remote areas, the Sail series are also
established to reaffirm the identity of the Indonesia nation as the
maritime nation living in an archipelago. Sail Raja Ampat will bring
theme 'Building the Maritime, Bringing Raja Ampat to the World Tourism.
It
is always proven that all of the Sail series give a great, significant
impact to the regional economy, especially the coastal and small
islands' people. For example, Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi
which was the host city of Sail Bunaken 2009, has currently been a
business center on the eastern part of Indonesia ever since.
A
number of activities that has already been included into the agenda of
Sail Raja Ampat such as the Flag Raising Ceremony of the 69th
Independence Day of Republic of Indonesia in one of the outermost
islands, social and health services, the Sail of Lingkar Nusantara IV,
the Marine Expedition Rally, Yacht Rally, and the national and
international seminaries, to name a few.(Antara)
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