There will be a International Diving Competition in Sail Banda 2010. The tournament will be competed by divers from Indonesia and countries all over the world. They will try to do their best to win the competition. Sail Banda 2010 held this tournament because the ocean and the sea in Banda Islands is very clean and beautiful that’s why they held this tournament to let people know how beautiful the ocean and the sea in Banda Islands. The event will be supported by PB POSSI and Cimas France.

Yacht Rally Race is he most awaited entertainment in Sail Banda 2010. This event is a Yacht Rally and Yacht Racing, but they merger it together to become Yatch Rally Race. Banda Islands is surrounded by seas and river and it will make a good condition to held the event. Yacht Rally Race exploit the yearly event of “Sail Indonesia”. The race will start from July 24 2010 from Darwin, Australia.

There are 2 routes for the rally, they are :

• Route 1 : Darwin – Banda – Ambon – Wakatobi – Labuhan Bajo – Bali – Kumei – Karimun Jawa – Jakarta – Belitung – Singapore

• Route 2 : Darwin – Kupang – Alor – Labuhan Bajo – Bali – Kumei – Karimun Jawa – Jakarta – Belitung – Singapore

The are 3 phase for the Yacht Race, they are :

• Race 1 : Darwin – Banda

• Race 2 : Banda – Ambon

• Race 3 : Ambon – Wakatobi

Yacht Rally Race will be participated by more than 150 yacht from countries all over the world.

The Banda Islands are a group of ten small volcanic islands in the Banda Sea, about 140km south of Seram island and about 2000km east of Java, and are part of the Indonesian province of Maluku. Ambon is usually the starting point for visitors to the Banda Islands. The Banda Archipelago is a cluster of 13 tiny islets spouting out of the deep Banda Sea. Located only eight hours away south east from Ambon (capital of Maluku Province, Indonesia) on a regular passenger sea liner. While direct flight in a small 18-seats airplane takes about 60 minutes.

Location : South East Asia
Coordinates : 4°35?S 129°55?E / 4.583°S 129.917°E / -4.583; 129.917
Archipelago : Maluku Islands
Area : 180 km²
Country : Indonesia
Demographics Population : 15,000

Ambon (ANTARA News) – Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono dianugerahi gelar adat kehormatan tertinggi Maluku “Upu Latu-Rat Maran Siwalima.” Penganugerahan gelar oleh Gubernur Maluku Karel Albert Ralahalu sebagai Ketua Adat Maluku akan dilakukan di Gedung Baileu Siwalima, Ambon, Selasa malam.

Penganugerahan gelar adat tertinggi Maluku kepada Presiden didasari keputusan forum majelis adat maluku yang terdiri atas para tetua adat atau Latupati.

Proses adat penganugerahan gelar diawali oleh pengambilan kapur sirih dan pinang oleh Presiden sebagai simbol.

Setelah itu, gelar adat dikukuhkan melalui pemasangan baju adat kepada Presiden berupa jubah kebesaran, kain ikat pinggang dan bahu, mahkota atau topi kebesaran, serta pemberian tongkat adat kehormatan oleh Ketua Adat Maluku.

Prosesi penganugerahan gelar adat tertinggi Maluku kepada Presiden diakhiri oleh bunyi-bunyian alat musik khas etnik Maluku, ahuri dan tifa.

Presiden Yudhoyono yang didampingi Ibu Ani berada di Ambon selama tiga hari hingga Kamis 26 November 2009.

Setelah menghadiri acara penganugerahan gelar adat pada Selasa malam, Presiden Yudhoyono pada Rabu 25 November 2009 dijadwalkan menghadiri peringatan Hari Perdamaian Dunia di Taman Pelita, Kota Ambon, sekaligus meresmikan monumen gong perdamaian.

Setelah itu, Presiden meresmikan beberapa proyek infrastruktur di Provinsi Maluku senilai total Rp149,251 miliar dan menyaksikan penyerahan secara simbolis Kredit Usaha Rakyat senilai Rp93,221 miliar dari tiga bank BUMN, yaitu Bank BNI, Bank Mandiri, dan Bank BRI.

Presiden dijadwalkan kembali ke Jakarta pada Kamis 26 November 2009.

Turut serta dalam kunjungan Presiden ke Maluku antara Menko Polhukam Djoko Suyanto, Menko Kesejahteraan Rakyat Agung Laksono, Menteri Dalam Negeri Gamawan Fauzi, Menteri Pertahanan Purnomo Yusgiantoro, Menteri Perumahan Rakyat Suharso Monoarfa, Menteri Kelautan dan Perikanan Fadel Muhammad, Menteri Komunikasi dan Informatika Tifatul Sembiring, dan Menteri Pemuda dan olahraga Andi Mallarangeng.(*)

~Rio

To be called Sail Banda 2010, the event would be the brainchild of Maritime and Fisheries Minister Freddy Numberi, Alex Retraubun, director general of coastal area and small island affairs at the maritime and fisheries ministry, said.

“The Banda Islands are known worldwide for their historical significance and undersea natural beauty, and therefore Maluku will host Sail Banda 2010,” Retraubun said in the eastern Indonesian city of Ambon recently.

Banda is known as the original and only source of the once precious spices, nutmeg and mace, trade commodities that had a significant impact on world developments in the 15th century.

Early European reports described the tropical Banda Islands as a jewel-like cluster surrounded by crystal waters and brilliant coral reefs, and the most beautiful cluster of islands in Maluku.

Banda is made up of eleven small volcanic islands namely
Neira, Gunung Api, Banda Besar, Rhun, Ai, Hatta, Karaka, Manukan, Nailaka, Syahrir and Batu Kapal.

Syahrir island or formerly known as Pisang Island, and Batu Kapal Island which combine well for a morning dive, a picnic on the beach, and an afternoon dive are just 20 minutes by boat from the hotels on the town of Banda Neira.

All those Banda islands offer stunning tropical scenery, a remarkable history, friendly villages, and some of the globe`s most pristine, biologically diverse corral reefs which are good for that international event later next year.

Therefore members of Sail Banda 2010 international committee from various maritime countries will soon arrive to survey three locations in Maluku for consideration as the event`s venue.

Maluku provincial administration`s communication and information spokesman, Bakrie Lumbessy said in Ambon recently that the committee members would in the near future survey three locations, namely Lucipara islands in the Banda Sea, Banda Islands, and a diving site in Southwest Maluku district.

“Soon the international committee of Sail Banda 2010 will visit Maluku to survey the three locations in the province,” Lumbessy said.

He said the same committee had successfully organized the Sail Bunaken event in
North Sulawesi which was participated in by hundreds of sail boats and yachts from various countries last August.

According to Lumbessy, all the three locations for the Sail Banda 2010 offer undersea panoramas featuring many coral reefs and ornamental fish.

“Especially for an undersea flag raising ceremony, it will be conducted in one of the outlying islands in Southwest Maluku district,” Lumbessy said referring to Wetar, Kisar, Romang, or Maupora islands.

He said Sail Banda 2010 was scheduled to run from July 27 to August 28, 2010 and to be participated in by hundreds of sail boats and yachts from various countries around the world.

The Banda Sea which is known to have the deepest basin in the world also had areas abounding in colorful coral reefs and ornamental fish on which visitors could feast their eyes.

Banda islands also had various cultural tourist spots and famous historic sites that had been named by UNESCO as one of the world`s cultural heritages.

The Maluku provincial administration`s information and communication office had also asked for the active role of the press in the province and all elements of the public to jointly make Sail Banda 2010 a success.

Meanwhile, the national shipping company PT Pelni is also ready to help make the Sail Banda 2010 event a success by putting more ships into service on its route to the Banda Islands in Central Maluku, a spokesman said.

Bachtiar, head of PT Pelni`s Ambon branch office, said in Ambon that the national shipping company felt it bore the moral responsibility to support the international maritime event in Banda.

“The exact date of Sail Banda 2010 has actually yet to be confirmed but we at PT Pelni are ready to help make the event a success,” Bachtiar said.

He said the company was currently operating MV Ciremai and MV Kelimutu on its route to Banda in Central Maluku, Tual in Southeast Maluku, and a number of ports in West Papua and Papua.

Asked if the number of ships for Banda would be increased in the runup to Sail Banda 2010, Bachtiar said it was the responsibility of PT Pelni`s head office to decide.

“But because Sail Banda 2010 is an international event, I think there will be a good coordination between the transportation ministry and PT Pelni to increase the number of ships sailing to Banda,” Bachtiar said.

Meanwhile, Maluku Culture and Tourism Office spokesperson Florence Sahusilawane said Sail Banda 2010 is expected to reflect an international shipping expedition.

She said the international event is being designed by adopting the past period of “hongitochten”, punitive expeditions conducted by the Dutch to suppress uprisings in Seram, particularly in the clove-rich peninsula of Hoamoal and nearby islands with traditional boats.

Therefore, Sahusilawane called on villages across Maluku which have typical traditional boats to take part in and liven up the Sail Banda 2010.

She said the promotion of Sail Banda 2010 would not be very difficult because Banda islands had been known worldwide since the past as spice islands, and even UNESCO has named the islands one of the world heritages.

Maluku Governor Karel Albert Ralahalu said recently that some 150 sail boats from
various countries had been registered to take part in Sail Banda 2010.

“I met Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik in Jakarta recently and he said about 150 sail boats have signed up for the international maritime event in Maluku next year,” the governor said.(*)

Source: Antara News

Members of Sail Banda 2010 international committee from various maritime countries are expected to survey three locations in Maluku for consideration as the event’s venue in the near future.

Maluku provincial administration’s communication and information spokesman, Bakrie Lumbessy said here on Friday that the committee members would survey three locations, namely Lucipara islands in the Banda Sea, Banda Islands, and a diving site in Southwest Maluku district, soon after Lebaran or the Idul Fitri festivity.

“Soon after Lebaran , the international committee of Sail Banda 2010 will visit Maluku to survey the three locations in the province,” Lumbessy said.

He said the same committee had successfully organized the Sail Bunaken event in North Sulawesi which was participated in by hundreds of sail boats and yachts from various countries last August.

According to Lumbessy, all the three locations for the Sail Banda 2010 offer undersea panoramas featuring many coral reefs and ornamental fish.

“Especially for an undersea flag raising ceremony, it will be conducted in one of the outlying islands in Southwest Maluku district,” Lumbessy said referring to Wetar, Kisar, Romang, or Maupora islands.

He said Sail Banda 2010 was scheduled to run from July 27 to August 28, 2010 and to be participated in by hundreds of sail boats and yachts from various countries around the world.

The Banda Sea which is known to have the deepest basin in the world also had areas abounding in colorful coral reefs and ornamental fish on which visitors could feast their eyes.

Banda islands also had various cultural tourist spots and famous historic sites that had been named by UNESCO as one of the world’s cultural heritages.

The Maluku provincial administration’s information and communication office had also asked for the active role of the press in the province and all elements of the public to jointly make Sail Banda 2010 a success.

Therefore it is being introduced to the villages in Maluku which still have the traditional fishing boats (kora – kora, colepaku, semang, kole – kole and belang) according to their respective cultural characteristics need to be reported to the regency/city administrations for presentation during Sail Banda.

Source : Antara.

Dinas Infokom Provinsi Maluku akan membentuk “Media Centre” Sail Banda 2010, yang direncanakan berlangsung 27 Juli – 28 Agustus 2009. “Kami telah mengundang seluruh pimpinan media massa di Maluku untuk menyamakan persepsi dalam mempromosikan event internasional ini,” ungkap Kepala Dinas Infokom Provinsi Maluku, Bakri Lumbessy kepada wartawan di ruang kerjanya, Jumat (11/9).

Ambon – Dinas Infokom Provinsi Maluku akan membentuk “Media Centre” Sail Banda 2010, yang direncanakan berlangsung 27 Juli – 28 Agustus 2009.

“Kami telah mengundang seluruh pimpinan media massa di Maluku untuk menyamakan persepsi dalam mempromosikan event internasional ini,” ungkap Kepala Dinas Infokom Provinsi Maluku, Bakri Lumbessy kepada wartawan di ruang kerjanya, Jumat (11/9).

Dijelaskan, Sail Banda 2010 akan dilaksanakan pada tiga lokasi yaitu Pulau Banda, Pulau Lucipara dan salah satu pulau lagi di Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya (MBD).

“Pulau di Kabupaten MBD tersebut akan dijadikan lokasi untuk upacara bendera dibawah laut,” jelasnya.

Sewa Satelit

Disisi lain, Lumbessy juga mengaku pada tahun 2010 Maluku telah siap untuk menyewa satelit untuk melaksanakan program cyber dan juga akan disatukan dengan TV uplink.

“Program ini telah diekspos oleh Dinas Infokom Provinsi Maluku bersama tim PT Telkom Regional dari Makassar kepada gubernur dan kini tergantung waktu dari gubernur untuk menandatangani memorandum of understanding (Mou),” ungkapnya.

Dikatakan, Dinas Infokom Maluku akan menyewa satelit senilai Rp 1,5 miliar/tahun untuk menunjang program ini. (S-21)

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