Sugar Market Operation Tomorrow Friday clerics in Three Points

In response to rising sugar prices, the Office of Trade and Industry in East Java with the eight major distributors spread sugar market operations, Friday (28 / 8) in the three markets, namely markets Bendul Merisi, PUCANG Market, and Market Rejo Pond. With the expected market operations, the price of sugar stabilized

Head of Domestic Trade Department of Industry and Trade of East Java, Arifin T Hariadi said, at every operating point the sugar market will be supplied approximately 3.5 tons to 5 tons. The distributor agreed to throw the price of sugar at the end of the level of consumer (end user) Rp 7,500 per kilogram, said Arifin, Wednesday (26 / 8) after the coordination meeting with the businessmen of sugar in Surabaya.

Benchmark price of sugar Rp 7,500 per kilogram at the market operation is much cheaper than the tender price of sugar during the sugar factory with a distributor, which is USD 8371 per kilogram. In fact, the price of sugar in the market rate has now reached the level of Rp 9500 per kg to Rp 9700 per kg.

Assistant II, Economic and Regional Development Secretariat of East Java Djaelani Chairul said, with operations expected to market the cheaper the price of sugar because the sugar distribution chain trimmed.

We cannot do something like rice price increases. Therefore, we would urge the sugar distributors to apply a minimum price with a minimum benefit to society not burdened, he said.

One of the distributors of sugar as well as Chairman of the Indonesian Sugar Association Entrepreneurs (APGI) Pieko Nyotosetiadi states, distributors dare sell sugar more cheaply than the tender price. We do have social programs for the community, especially when the price of sugar rises like this, he said.

To avoid re-sale sugar, Department of Industry and Trade of Java limits the maximum purchase of two kilograms of sugar during the market operation.

Foreign Influence

Company Secretary Company PT Nusantara (PTPN) XI Adig Suwandi said, the increase in domestic sugar prices rising influence of foreign sugar prices. Sugar price increases occurred abroad, including in India and Brazil.

In India, crop failure, initially 26 million tons per year dropped to 16 million tons per year. While in Brazil occurred sugar into ethanol substitution for ethanol prices higher, he said.

According to Adig, sugar production in 2009 is predicted to reach 2.7 million tons. This production will be consumed as approximately 2.6 million tons. But, because the price of sugar on expensive overseas reached U.S. dollars 550 dollars per ton, so much food and drink manufacturers to lower middle initial use of refined sugar turns to a local sugar.

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East Java DPRD - MOS

The period of orientation or MOS school basically has three purposes, namely introduction, familiar, and socialization. Therefore, do not come out until the MOS's first goal, let alone put to shame and potentially frightening students.

Therefore expression of the Vice Commission E East Java DPRD Rofi Munawar, Thursday (16 / 7) on the sidelines Jatim Legislative Assembly plenary, at Surabaya. "What is feared many people were actually not his but MOS MOS improvised in the field to senior Yunior," he said.

The period of orientation or MOS school basically has three purposes, namely introduction, familiar, and socialization. Therefore, do not come out until the MOS's first goal, let alone put to shame and potentially frightening students.

Therefore expression of the Vice Commission E East Java DPRD Rofi Munawar, Thursday (16 / 7) on the sidelines Jatim Legislative Assembly plenary, at Surabaya. "What is feared many people were actually not his but MOS MOS improvised in the field to senior Yunior," he said.

According Rofi, MOS basically do three things, namely introduction, familiar, and socialization. Introduction in the sense that children need the introduction of new conditions of schools, intimate relationships associated with the establishment of harmony between students and senior Yunior, and socializing, the introduction of a number of school policy.

Therefore, according to Rofi, do not have activities until MOS that three out of this framework. So that activities can be up to the MOS goal. So do not have activities until the MOS mempermalukan and potentially frightening students because this is two things that will lead to stress among students.

"Stress is among the students vary in terms of quality and quantity. There are students who are installing a turban while no dot anything. But there are also students who sres for treatment like this," said Rofi.

Rofi states, MOS activities need to be adjusted with the students psychological history. That is, a MOS panit must see historical record of each student. So that the form and approach of the students in accordance with the conditions their own.

In addition, Rofi assert, teachers must be firm in overseeing the implementation of the MOS. Given that, the occurrence of cases of violence in MOS often appear because of weak supervision.

Governor of East Java Soekarwo add, every local authority and the policy of each related field aksanaan MOS. However, according to Soekarwo, should implementation of the MOS on activities that are productive, such as tree planting.

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