FOOD SNACKS ON SAMARINDA: MANY CONTAIN HARMFUL CHEMICALS

Samarinda residents should be ready to eat foods selectively purchased at any place. Because the Food and Drug Administration (POM) Samarinda still find the existence of hazardous materials containing borax, formalin, until Rhidomin B is sold at roadside stalls and markets.
Samarinda POM reports during the year 2011 has conducted testing sampling of food on a regular basis. Testing was conducted from February to December. Targets tested include snack foods of school children, food additives, Ramadan snacks, fatty oils and oil emulation, fruits and vegetables, confectionery, sweets, meat, to fish and fishery products.
test results, some of which are still detected contain hazardous materials. Imagine, a hazardous materials such as borax is mixed in a favorite food people eat, such as meatballs, crackers, dumplings, and cireng. In fact, formaldehyde is also found in bananas molen, noodles, banana sauce, seasoning pangasius eggs, and ote-ote.
Borax or boric acid is an ingredient for the manufacture of detergents, reducing the water hardness, and is antiseptic. Dangers posed by inhalation of borax, the eyes and swallowed the respiratory tract is irritated, skin irritation, eye irritation, kidney damage, shock and death.
other names formol formalin, methanal, karsan, or paraforin, is a pungent colorless solution that contains 37 percent more kurng formadehid in water. Usually 10-15 percent methanol water was added as a preservative. This material is often diberfungsi as washing pest, fly repellent, and various other insects.
It could even be mixed in artificial silk, dyes, glass mirrors and explosives. When formalin is used in the long term, will result in effects on body organs, such as injury to the kidneys, lungs, cancer, and can cause death.
Rhodamin B (dye sistetis) are intended for textile and paper industries, but mixed in food. Rhodamin B dye synthesis is often perch on crackers, layer cake, syrup, cendol, coconut ice, slurry ice pearl, ebi (dried shrimp) and cotton candy.
Rhodamin B-shaped purplish-red crystalline powder and in solution will glow bright red. Rhodamin danger posed by inhalation, the skin, the eyes and swallowed the irritation of the respiratory tract, skin irritation, eye irritation, irritation of the gastrointestinal tract and liver cancer hazard.

FIRE IN SAMARINDA

FIRE re-occur in Samarinda, Tuesday (13/3). At least 11 homes and two motorcycles on RT 33 Sam Ratulangi street, Sungai Keledang Village, Samarinda Seberang, vanished in the flames devoured. The information gathered, a fire broke out at 13.30 pm.

Several witnesses said, the first fire from one female dorm room. Head of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPPD) Samarinda: Dadang Airlangga said it deployed 12 fire engines. Total loss was inventoried. At least 200 people, mostly homeless students. Separately, police chief Samarinda Seberang Commissioner Ade Permana said, while the alleged cause of the fire from electrical short circuit in one room in the White Kos. Residents of the fire loss is estimated at IDR 1.2 billion.

For information, this fire occurred less than a week of fires in Gastric Mangkurat RT 85 Jalan Sungai Pinang in the Village which destroyed six homes.

COPING WITH UNEMPLOYMENT IN SAMARINDA

As one step to reduce unemployment in Samarinda, Social Welfare Department re-distributing aid based on the type of business form. Aid distributed in four groups. The source of this aid actually comes from the Provincial Social Service. The four groups are clearly scattered in the four villages, namely Village Sidomulyo, Sungai Dama ,Pelita and Sidodadi, one group consisted of 5 persons. Aid disbursed varied, ranging from basic food forms which will be sold, the equipment to set up a cafe, chip-making equipment, up to a tool for washing motor. It is hoped this assistance will be fully utilized by each group as a step to self-development in entrepreneurship. Before getting help, these four groups had been trained for three days in managing business management. This assistance also we expect to reduce unemployment. The assistance has been channeled in order not to be distributed for free or own consumption, but rather an obligation to be developed as a first step diving business world.

THE SUNGAI KUNJANG SAMARINDA TERMINAL

Convenience is a coveted one word for people who use public facilities. Especially the facilities built by the government. Such as hospitals, tax offices, regional banks, including the terminal. Then how the condition of Sungai Kunjang Terminal? TERMINAL is inaugurated mayor Samarinda Waris Hussein June 24, 1989, now no longer comfortable. Starting from the ticket booth that is obsolete, the building roof is leaking here and there, until the waiting room with a perforated floor. Seat passenger space was damaged. Not to forget, wc which seemed dirty and rarely cleaned and some even dirty. During the 22-year-old built, the Sungai Kunjang terminal only once renovated in 2008 but only a few .. Head Office Terminal appear shabby and unkempt. When it rains, the office is leaking. Not to mention, in the passenger waiting room area and the introduction, many benches are broken, dirty and litter strewn everywhere apparent. Inter-city terminal is the only terminal in Samarinda and serves 14 destination cities throughout the East Kalimantan. There are hundreds to thousands of prospective passengers: and fro There are three passenger waiting room, but his condition was no longer feasible and require major renovations to handle it. The city government should be able to give samantha better public services. Inter-city terminal is a region that was first seen by the newcomers who come to the city of Samarinda, should be greeted with better public services and can provide imaging of Samarinda is better anyway.

SEGIRI TRADITIONAL MARKET

Market development projects Segiri stopped for a while because the government assess the construction project is in violation of regulations on the limit of 3.5 meters along the border road. This major project is run after the big fire in Segiri Market. As a result, the project contractor should dismantle most of the existing building.

Segiri Market is the oldest and largest traditional market in Samarinda. The existence of this market is the wholesale and trade center for basic food needs of Samarinda and surrounding areas. Along with the development and advancement of existing cities, then the existence of Segiri increasingly important market but the location is narrowed, that's what Samarinda Regional Government plans to develop and expand the market area to be changed for the better and neat.

CITY GOVERNMENT SAMARINDA LOITERER AND BEGGAR OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES

Samarinda is the capital of East Kalimantan. Small town which became a satellite city to city around. The development of the city of Samarinda is very fast and economic growth among the highest in Indonesia. Employment opportunities and business opportunities are: coal mining, cement and various other natural resources. This has become a source of attraction of immigrants to try his luck in the Samarinda city . Most of the migrants who come from educated people and low skills so that failure in business life in the Samarinda city . Potential vagabonds and beggars be increased.

Samarinda City Government considered helpless facing homeless people and beggars (flat), which is becoming increasingly mushrooming in various street corners in the Tepian City. The development of sprawl that continues to increase every day, a thing that needs to get serious attention from the municipal government.


Difficult handling of sprawl, also exacerbated the lack of budgetary support they received. In response, the House of Representatives will Samarinda sharing with the authorities and relevant departments to resolve the issue.


Handling was flattened as if there is no end. Evidence, it is not a few who have been caught flat still roam. Yet efforts to arrest, coaching, until repatriation is often done.

UNEMPLOYMENT IN EAST KALIMANTAN: DECREASING

The unemployment rate in East Kalimantan continues to decline since 2008. In 2008 the unemployment rate reached 11.11 percent. This number has declined 10.83 percent in 2009 and to 10.10 percent in 2010. That is, from about 3.5 million inhabitants, there were 350,000 unemployed in East Kalimantan. East Kalimantan provincial government to target poverty and unemployment down to reach the level of 7% in 2013 from the current position of 7.66%.

It is expected that through regional coordination meeting was to formulate a program to expand employment opportunities hinga reducing unemployment. At least decreased to below the average national unemployment rate of 8.24 percent. Reduced unemployment will reduce the number of poor people in East Kalimantan.

Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the number of poor people in East Kalimantan in 2010 reached 243,000 people. This figure was ranked the fifth lowest in Indonesia. One effort to reduce unemployment is to maximize seven Training Center (VTC) owned by the provincial government. Currently seventh BLK capacity is only reached about 800 workers. Looking ahead, the provincial government will add three BLK again, each in Bontang, Berau and Kutai Barat.

PROMOTING POTENTIAL OF CITY SAMARINDA - WITH - VIDEOTRON

The city administration to target local revenue (PAD), which can be absorbed in 2011 IDR 175 billion. This figure is a preliminary estimate which may be can be realized with the help of several parties concerned. And to enhance potential as a city of Samarinda suitable to invest properly and safely, then the Regional Investment Agency to place a videotron Samarinda (video electronics) in the form of a large-sized LCD TVs and in place in front of Samarinda City Hall office. Videotron is sized Flat screen TV is quite large and easily seen by people passing through the area around the videotron. Videotron is a means of promoting the city. It held 2009 and then by using the budget in 2008 at a price of about IDR 200 million.

With videotron it, can promote the potential of the area. Including the activities of each SKPD (regional work units). Which he explained, it was not for business. In the city of Samarinda there are 2 videotron and one placed in front of the Mall Lembuswana, and videotron is intended for business advertising and can be a source of original income of Samarinda.

SAMARINDA CLEANING PROGRAM

Dispel street hawkers (street vendors) are still selling at a post-straightening Pasar Pagi, Satpol PP install a fence in that area. The fence is installed around the bridge crossing stretches people (JPO). This method seems to steps taken Satpol PP is quite effective. Because, look no more traders who sell in the region. This condition is different from the prior given the fence.

Installation of the fence as one of the main way of sterilizing the area from street vendors. So traders are still stubborn to be working. For street vendors who often make the problem of Samarinda become slums can be resolved properly and the city government has prepared a new relocation space that can accommodate more traders street vendors.

CHILDREN PRISONERS STILL JOIN WITH ADULT PRISONERS

The focus of rehabilitation of inmates based on Human Rights (HAM) in Samarinda seems still far from expectations. Especially for children prisoners most likely to be contaminated criminal acts of adult inmates.

How not, if you see the condition of Detention (Rutan) Class II A Sempaja, Samarinda, the lack of separation of child detainees block by block adult detainees fact that even the psychological harm the child during a period of detention.

Rutan condition is now very urgent for the addition of a special block for children, especially girls prisoners. While the boys prisoner, already available, although there is only one block.

Provincial and city government's desire to help block the addition of the discourse beginning in 2010, according to him just a discourse. There is no concrete evidence of assistance provided. When inirumah prisoners are doing rehabilitation for 33 boys and one daughter.