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SRI LANKA INDONESIA Vol. 13 No: 13 (April 2016 / January 2017 Edition) SLIFA Magazine SLIFA Magazine SLIFA Magazine All articles published in this Magazine represent the be liable for accuracy and contents of articles in this publication. The Publications Committee reserves the right to reject articles deemed unsuitable, and edit length, style, and content. views of the individual writers. S.L.I.F.A shall not FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION Message from the President of the Sri Lanka Indonesia Friendship Association IQRAM CUTTILAN It is with pleasure that I publish this message in the SLIFA Magazine being published for the year 2016/2017. Being elected as the President of the Sri Lanka Indonesia Friendship Association for 2016/2017 is indeed a great honour. This is a great responsibility placed on me in leading this institution which brings together people who have great interest in Indonesia. SLIFA is a friendship association where the main objective is to create friendship, network and have fellowship. We work very closely with the Embassy of Indonesia. We are most grateful to His Excellency HarimawanSuyitno and the Embassy staff for all the support rendered to SLIFA. This year too, the Executive Committee along with the Indonesian Embassy will be organizing several activities and projects for the benefit of Members, their families and guests. This being the 65th year of diplomatic relations between Sri Lanka and Indonesia, the committee hopes to have a special event to commemorate this historic milestone. Through this we look forward to communicating the activities of SLIFA to the membership and the general public. We invite you to be a part of this prestigious Association where we can build our links with Indonesia,create better networking amongst members, the Indonesian community and all stakeholders. Terima Kasih / Thank you Iqram Cuttilan President Sri Lanka Indonesia Friendship Association Magazine It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the latest edition of SLIFA Magazine. As this year we celebrate the 65th Anniversary of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Sri Lanka, this edition will focus on strengthening the Sri Lanka and Indonesia community in Colombo. Last year, the Indonesian Government has given a visa exemption for citizen of Sri Lanka to visit Indonesia. This policy hopefully will encourage more interaction and people to people contact between the two great nations. With the growing interaction, I am hopeful that SLIFA will expand its membership, bringing in more new members and young generation. I am pleased with SLIFA contribution in promoting friendship between Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Last year SLIFA has organized many programmes and activities that aim to foster friendship and close interaction between the members. For this achievement, I would like to thank all members of SLIFA for active contribution and participation, especially the President and Executive Committee. Dear Reader, 2017 will also mark my last year as the Ambassador of Indonesia to Sri Lanka, after serving more than four years. My wife and I have spent memorable and wonderful years in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is a beautiful country with so much potential, which I will surely miss. Finally, I would also like to take this opportunity to wish you all the very best for the new year. I hope 2017 will bring us all blessing and success. May God bless you with good health, prosperity and happiness. Bohoma istuti His Excellency Harimawan Suyitno Ambassador for Indonesia Message from the Ambassador for Indonesia HIS EXCELLENCY HARIMAWAN SUYITNO

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SRI LANKA INDONESIA

Vol. 13 No: 13 (April 2016 / January 2017 Edition)

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All articles published in this Magazine represent the be liable for accuracy and contents of articles in this publication. The Publications Committee reserves the

right to reject articles deemed unsuitable, and edit length, style, and content.

views of the individual writers. S.L.I.F.A shall not

FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION

Message from the President of theSri Lanka Indonesia Friendship Association

IQRAM CUTTILAN

It is with pleasure that I publish this message in the SLIFA Magazine being published for the year 2016/2017.

Being elected as the President of the Sri Lanka Indonesia Friendship Association for 2016/2017 is indeed a great honour. This is a great responsibility placed on me in leading this institution which brings together people who have great interest in Indonesia. SLIFA is a friendship association where the main objective is to create friendship, network and have fellowship. We work very closely with the Embassy of Indonesia. We are most grateful to His Excellency HarimawanSuyitno and the Embassy staff for all the support rendered to SLIFA.

This year too, the Executive Committee along with the Indonesian Embassy will be organizing several activities and projects for the benefit of Members, their families and guests. This being the 65th year of diplomatic relations between Sri Lanka and Indonesia, the committee hopes to have a special event to commemorate this historic milestone. Through this we look forward to communicating the activities of SLIFA to the membership and the general public. We invite you to be a part of this prestigious Association where we can build our links with Indonesia,create better networking amongst members, the Indonesian community and all stakeholders.

Terima Kasih / Thank you

Iqram CuttilanPresidentSri Lanka Indonesia Friendship Association

Magazine

It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the latest edition of SLIFA Magazine. As this year we celebrate the 65th Anniversary of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Sri Lanka, this edition will focus on strengthening the Sri Lanka and Indonesia community in Colombo.

Last year, the Indonesian Government has given a visa exemption for citizen of Sri Lanka to visit Indonesia. This policy hopefully will encourage more interaction and people to people contact between the two great nations. With the growing interaction, I am hopeful that SLIFA will expand its membership, bringing in more new members and young generation.

I am pleased with SLIFA contribution in promoting friendship between Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Last year SLIFA has organized many programmes and activities that aim to foster friendship and close interaction between the members. For this achievement, I would like to thank all members of SLIFA for active contribution and participation, especially the President and Executive Committee.

Dear Reader, 2017 will also mark my last year as the Ambassador of Indonesia to Sri Lanka, after serving more than four years. My wife and I have spent memorable and wonderful years in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is a beautiful country with so much potential, which I will surely miss.

Finally, I would also like to take this opportunity to wish you all the very best for the new year. I hope 2017 will bring us all blessing and success. May God bless you with good health, prosperity and happiness.

Bohoma istuti

His Excellency Harimawan SuyitnoAmbassador for Indonesia

Message from theAmbassador for Indonesia

HIS EXCELLENCY HARIMAWAN SUYITNO

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thAnnual General Meeting of SLIFA held on 17 June 2016 at Riptaloka hall.

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Farewell to His Excellency Harimawan Suyitno – Ambassador and Ms Alana Cecilia Warandy – Counsellorthheld on 6 Jan 2017 at Grand Oriental Hotel, Colombo.

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Company. The colonizers often found that the locals did not A Historical background and the Origins of take kindly to their rule. The best solution to stifle rebellion Sri Lankan Malays – By TinazAmith – was banishment. The kings, rulers, princes and other chiefs

Extract from the Malays.lk website. who posed the biggest threat to colonial authority were therefore exiled to Ceylon and to South Africa. Some of

Archeological findings as well as literary records suggest them who were thus banished to Ceylon included namely, that relationships between Sri Lanka and countries of South SusunaMankurat Mas – former king of Java, Javanese East Asia; the Malay Archipelago, extends into several prince PengeranAdipathiAmangKurat III, Chief Minister centuries. In S. L. Kekulawala’s account it is said that Danuraja, Arya Mankunegara – a brother to King ancient iconographical findings in West Java dating as back Pakubuwana, RadiniAdipati Nata Kusuma – a Javanese as the 6th or 7th century point to connections between Java nob le SusananKuning – King o f Java and and Sri Lanka (Kekulawala, 1979). The Directory on Sri BataraGowaAmanMadina II – former king of Gowa. In Lankan Malays (2008) also states that Kalinga Magha most instances families of these exiled rulers accompanied arrived with 24,000 Malay soldiers in 1214. Yet the most them to Ceylon. Along with the royalty large groups of cited earliest recorded reference to people of Malay origin rulers and rebels were also exiled.is in the Culawamsa which narrates the invasion by Chandrabanu, the Buddhist king of Tambralinga near the The present Sri Lankan Malays can trace their roots to Isthmus of Kra in the Malay Peninsula in the 13th century; either these royal exiles or the mercenary soldiers who were during the reign of King Parakramabahu II (AD 1247). Two brought from these countries to serve under the Dutch and invasions have been recorded and the Malay king is said to later the British armies. Malay troops were brought to have ruled Jaffna for a short while (Hussainmiya, 1990). Ceylon as early as 17th century. The Malay Company was

formed in 1763 consisting of deportees and 31 slaves. More Chandrabanu and his Javaka army are a familiar fact in Sri regiments were formed later with Malays which included Lankan history. It is important to note that before the the Ceylon Malay Regiment and the Ceylon Rifle invasion Chandrabanu as well as the rulers of his Regiment. Malay soldiers were brought to reinforce the neighbouring countries had relationships with Sri Lanka battalion in numerous occasions. Some of them brought through religion. A Pali chronicle of Siam, according to their families with them who settled down in and around the Saldin, has recorded that Chandrabanu and the king of Siam camps. The Malay troops served under Dutch governance sent a joint envoy to Sri Lanka and obtained a famous for almost 150 years until the Dutch surrendered their Buddha image. Parakramabahu himself sent envoys to the colony to the British. The British East India Company took king of Tambralinga and persuaded the latter to send a over in February 1796. Under Article 21 of the Terms of saintly thera to Sri Lanka (Saldin, 2003). Paranaviatana Capitulation, the Dutch stipulated that “Malays who do not also claims that the Kalinga dynasty which ruled from the choose to remain in Ceylon shall be transported on English capital of Polonnaruwa (1184-1235) had originated from ships with their women and children to the island of Java”. Kalinga in the Malay Archipelago (Paranavitana, 1961). But the British replied that “Malay troops shall be sent

home with their wives and children…they shall be The latest discovery which connects Malaysia and Sri subsisted whilst they remain prisoners and if not taken into Lanka as Saldin notes in Portrait of a Sri Lankan Malay is the British Service”. Except for a few, most Malays the discovery that Veddahs of Sri Lanka and the Senoi preferred to join the British army in Ceylon rather than go tribesmen of Malaysia belong to the same blood grouping back to the Dutch rulers in Java once more”. Thus the as mentioned in the Royal Anthropological Institutes report Malays opted to continue in Ceylon which they had by now (Vol. 93, 117-125, 1963) on ‘The Blood groups and begun to accept as their home. The British formed four Haemoglobin Types of Veddahs’. The occurrence of the Malay regiments; the first in May 1802, the second in abnormal haemoglobin viz. Haemoglobin E in these two January 1803, the third in November 1805 and the fourth in ethnic groups located geographically so wide apart, and the February 1811. The Malays later on joined the Police, the total absence of this among tribes in South India, would Railway, the Tea Plantations and the Civil Service. They indicate that the Veddah stock received contributions from were at an advantage because they were fluent in English.South East Asia and not India (Saldin, 2003). Saldin cites Apart from these two methods a smaller number of Malays this information from R. L. Wickremasinghe’s article also voluntarily migrated during the colonial period. The ‘Origins of the Veddahs’ published in The Daily News, 29th Malays therefore have an origin (or origin myth) which is January 1994. distinctive from any other ethnic group in Sri Lanka. Their

origin hence becomes one of the main factors in However the ancestors of the present Sri Lankan Malays determining them as a separate ethnicity.are those who were forcibly brought during the Portuguese and mainly the Dutch period. The earlier arrivals like the Referencesdescendants of Chandrabanu’s army probably assimilated

Hussainmiya, B. A. Orang regimen: The Malays of the Ceylon Rifle into the indigenous population. One should remember that Regiment. Malaysia: PenerbitUniversitiKebangsaan, 1990they too were Buddhists whereas the Malays brought from

South East Asia from the 16th century onwards were Paranavithane, S. “The Dambadeniya Dynasty”. Concise History of Muslims. A majority of the Malay Archipelago had Ceylon from the EarliestTimes to the Arrival of the Portuguese in 1505.

Colombo: University of Ceylon Press, 1961undergone a religious change, first from Buddhism to Hinduism and then to Islam.

Saldin, B.D.K..Portrait of a Sri Lankan Malay:WarisanMelayuHidup Di Sri Lanka (MalayHeritage is still alive in Sri Lanka).Kurunegala: Nihon

Sri Lanka and the Malay Archipelago were under the same Printers, 2003colonial master in the 16th century; the Dutch East Indies

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Indonesian IGP endorsing the visitor's book:First ever Indonesian Police visit to Sri Lanka

History unfolded when a first ever high level Indonesian Police delegation paid a courtesy call on the IGP, Mr. Pujitha Jayasundara at the Police Headquarters, Colombo on October 3rd, 2016, on the sidelines of a regional South Asian Police gathering, organized and hosted by the Sri Lanka Police department titled “Future Policing Prospects and Challenges for South Asia” at the Kingsbury hotel in Colombo. The regional law enforcement gathering is significant in the context of the local Police department celebrating its 150th Anniversary this year. The visiting Head of Indonesian National Police was accorded a Guard of Honor and a Police parade, which included sectionsof the uniformed Police and the elite Police Para – Military arm, the Special Task Force (STF).

The Kingsbury Conference in Colombo, also saw many other nations participate both as participants and observers IGP Pujitha Jayasundara and Senior DIG and Commandant from the SAARC and ASEAN countries and other entities STF, M. Ruwaiz Latiffwelcoming the Indonesian IG:and the resultant harvest of enforcement 'returns' for all countries, especially Sri Lanka and Indonesia must be noteworthy and a source of strength and direction for the future of our region and regional stability.

The Indonesian delegation was led by Indonesian Police General, Tito Karnavian (Chief of Indonesian National Police), Police Inspector General KetutUntung Yoga Head of International Relations, Police Inspector General Agung Budi Maryoto Head of Traffic Police, Police Brigadier General Eddy Hartono – Chief of Detachment 88 Anti-Terror, Police Brigadier General AgusAndriano CID and four other senior Police Officials.

The two delegations meet in the IG's Conference room:

The Guard of Honor accorded to the visiting Indonesian IGP:

The Sri Lankan Police delegation which met up and conferred on this visit to the Sri Lankan Police HQ, led by IGP Pu j i t ha Jayasunda ra we re Sen io r DIGs ChandanaWickramaratne and RuwaizLatiff and other DIGs.

SLIFA congratulates the IGP for the excellent hosting of the The Sri Lanka Indonesia Friendship Association (SLIFA), foreign police delegations, including the Indonesian whose ideals are the promotion of friendship and close ties delegation and trusts the Police Agencies of both Indonesia between the two countries, notes with pleasure this unique and Sri Lanka will grow from strength to strength.interaction between the two National Law enforcement

Agencies of Sri Lanka and Indonesia. With increasing M. Wazir. Sourjahintensity of crimes, such as Human Smuggling, Narcotics, Honorary Secretary SLIFANarco – Terrorism, Islamic Fundamentalist aggression and

Money laundering taking place over transnational boundaries and borders, this interaction is of strategic and operational significance and in fact a milestone of achievement for the Police Agencies of both countries.

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SEMARANG SAMARINDA The Exotic Gateway to East Kalimantan

Semarang city, the capital of Central Java province is located on the north Coast of Java Sea. Semarang is situated on Java's northern coast and is called the capital of Central Java, as it lies just about halfway between the extreme east and west coasts of the island. From Candi Hill we get amazing scenery of the port, the lowlands and green paddy fields, the city itself and the surrounding mountains. The environs around Semarang are perfect for clay trips side-excursions. Semarang is the five major cities in the nation. It is situated on Java's normally flat northern coast and appropriately called the capital of Central Java.

The city of Samarinda sits upon Borneo's majestic Mahakam River, and is the provincial capital of Indonesia's East Kalimantan. It is home to half a million people, and an excellent jumping-off point for a cruise up the mighty Mahakam River into Borneo's primal heart.

Samarinda's city centre is certainly not be one of the Republic of Indonesia's most distinguished, or visually arresting – and the city's small handful of decent hotels and malls are offset by thousands of dilapidated, tin-roof shanties that sprawl haphazardly over the surrounding hills. However, there's a good choice of eating options, souvenir

Semarang is a busy administrative and trading city, most of shops and points of interest to keep you occupied for a

the offices, business centers, industrial estates are couple of days before the call of the Mahakam River proves

concentrated in the low land, where as in the hilly side, there irresistible – and you head upstream into Borneo's glorious

are many houses with the beautiful gardens with a superb rainforests.

view to the town and the sea. The old records of this city date back to the 15th to the 18th century AD in where

The History and Geography of Samarindacaptivating ancient and colonial monuments still standing to present date.

Samarinda began life as a small Bugis settlement. Ethnic Bugis settlers crossed over to Borneo from Indonesia's There is an older part of the city, close to its ocean harbor, neighbouring island of Sulawesi in the late 17th century. where we can still find an interesting collection of odd-The city was officially founded on January 21, 1668 – a date looking buildings dating back to the Dutch colonial era and now celebrated annually by the city's nearly 800,000 further back still, to the time of the Dutch East Indies residents.Company. The old city has colonial era buildings (Dutch)

and is well worth a stroll. If have time we can try and catch a Located some 50 kms upstream from the mouth of the vast traditional Wajang puppet performance.Mahakam River, Samarinda has been a vibrant trading hub for almost three centuries.The population of Semarang is predominantly Javanese,

though with smaller numbers of people from many regions The city is surrounded by rivers, and in addition to the in Indonesia. The city is known for its large ethnically capacious flow of the Mahakam itself, the KarangMumus Chinese population. The main languages spoken are can be found to the east of town – while the waters of the Indonesian and Javanese. As a result of its large ethnically Karangasem lie to the west. Both waterways empty into Chinese population, the city boasts several Chinese Mahakam's sizable estuary downstream of the city. Noisy temples. These include Sam Po Kong (KedungBatu), built motorised canoes ply the rivers alongside the city's in honor of the Chinese Great Admiral Zheng He who 200,000-hectare forests, giving Samarinda a totally unique visited the area in 1405, and TayKakSie Temple. Blenduk vibe.Church, a 1753 Protestant church built by Dutch, is located

in the old town (called "Oudstad"). Tugu Muda (Youth Ever wondered what's in a name? Samarenda means 'equal Monument), a monument to heroes of Indonesia's in height' in the local Bugis language, and describes the independence struggle, is located in front of LawangSewu traditional river-houses that were built on rafts. As all were Building, at the end of Pemuda Street, one of the city's generally the same height, this was an important, visual major shopping streets.social symbol to remind its residents that no-one is born higher – or lower – than his neighbour.

Long Iram and Long Bangun – and eventually to some Exploring the City and Shoppingtraditional Dayak longhouses.

But before you put on your safari suit and leap into the great Tours don't come cheap – but most offer an intoxicating unknown of Borneo's rainforests, take a day or two to blend of boating, trekking, wildlife-spotting and local explore the city and see what it has to offer. First up is the culture. If you're lucky, you might even join some Dayaks CitaNiaga market boasting a wealth of souvenir and food on a hunting trip. Just make sure that you're well prepared vendors. This large, commercial area is chilled out and for this amazing experience – with plenty of money, clean – and some thought has clearly gone into its eye-clothes, wet-weather gear, strong footwear and first-aid catching design.supplies (including anti-malarial tablets). Along the way, see if you can spot any of the exotic flora and fauna unique There are also regular shows and exhibitions to enjoy at the to the area – from black orchids to freshwater dolphins, weekend. Meanwhile, mall-lovers will be kept happy with orangutans and a myriad of bird species.the Mesra Indah Mall and the Ramayana Mall.

The Kutai National ParkMesjid Raya Darussalam

A three-hour bus ride from Samarinda, this park is On a more religious note, the Mesjid Raya Darussalam orangutan central – and covers a huge 200,000-hectare area mosque boasts some startling missile-like minarets, while that encompasses everything from mangrove swamps to the city's Islamic Centre was opened in 2008. The Mesjid highland forests. As well as orangutans – sadly now Raya Darussalam is reputed to be the largest mosque in endangered by illegal logging and mining – you'll also Southeast Asia, and the second largest in the southern come across lorises, proboscis monkeys, leaf monkeys, hemisphere. The tower here boasts the highest point in the dear, sun bears and sea eagles. Wildlife spotters can trek or city, and offers superb views over the Mahakam. Hop on the traverse the park via its many waterways. elevator and head for the heavens.

Attractions Outside the CityRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN If you're after some authentic textiles, head for

SRI LANKA AND INDONESIASamarindaSeberang on the south bank of the river and check out the sarongs and local songket there. A little The relationship between Sri Lanka and Indonesia began earlier in further afield, Pampang Cultural Park lies some 25km west 5th century CE, marked by the coming of Hinduism and of town and is famous for its Dayak kenyah ceremonies, Buddhism influences from Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka to performances and rituals. Indonesian archipelago.The Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms of ancient

Indonesia and Sri Lanka nurtured contacts in the 9th to 12th century CE, during the era of the Srivijaya Empire. During this There are plenty of photo-opportunities, and visitors can time, Buddhism was the principal religion of both nations. enjoy dance performances in a traditional Kalimantan long-According to the Sri Lankan Ambassador to Indonesia, an house. Also worth a look is Tanah Merah Indah Lempake, a Indonesian king visited Sri Lanka presented a baby elephant as a

popular recreational park that lies 16 kms from the centre of gift. The interactions between them grew in the 17th and 18th

town. The park features a waterfall and playgrounds – as centuries, as both nations fell under the control of the Dutch East well as camping facilities, swimming and fishing. India Company (VOC). Sri Lanka was part of the VOC during

Dutch period in Ceylon from 1656 to 1796. In the 17th-century, Beyond Samarinda Indonesia was under the control of the Dutch East India Company

as well as housing the headquarters for the VOC. It later became a But Samarinda is only a beginning, of course – with the Dutch colony in the Dutch East Indies until World War II. During ultimate goal being to set sail up the magnificent Mahakam 18th century, multiple of kings, princes, and warriors from River on a rainforest tour to remember. If you're already on Javanese Mataram, Madura and Sulawesi, who opposed to the the ground, your hotel should be able to help arrange a Dutch rule of the Indonesian archipelago were exiled to Sri Lanka.

guide. Three-day tours usually follow an established route The descendants of Indonesian exiles has created the

through the historic town of Tenggarong, as well as the Indonesian—Malay community in Sri Lanka that can trace their Dayak settlements at TanjungIssuy and Mancong. If you ancestry to Java, Madura and Sulawesi. For example, a warrior have a week-to-10 days free, you can head further upstream who fought for Kandy Kingdom named Karaeng Sangunglo was a into the heart of jungle darkness and follow the Mahakam to Bugis nobleman....... To be Continued in next SLIFA issue....

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**THIS R & D Compilation by gkdm/mci (Colombo Sri Lanka) is Continued on the Next page

PRELUDE: Worldwide R&D (Research and Documentation)/Studies also Focus onTHE HISTORIC ENVISIONING AND REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT FOR

“MERDEKA” FOR THE PEOPLES OF THE VAST REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA**(This R&D Compilation below have Authentic Reproductions from “LUKISAN” on the

MERDEKA REVOLUTION for Posterity / Future Generations Inspiration / and R&D Studies Worldwide)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT–for data /visuals etc. are from the Official Primary Source historic publication "LUKISAN" on Merdeka Revolutionary Movement

(R&D) Compiler gkdm/mci humbly DEDICATES this APPRECIATION - to the Pioneers, Leaders, Nations and Activists etc. SUPPORTING this Merdeka Revolutionary Movement.

(Pix 2) is "PROKLAMASI KEMERDEKAAN" in Bahasa Indonesia being pictured as History was being created in 1945 August 17th at 10.00am (Source: LUKISAN)

(Pix 1) A Historic reproduction of those Pioneers who conceptualized and realized the “Spirit of Merdeka” for the Peoples of the Republic of Indonesia.

(2.1) Historic “PROKLAMASI” of Indonesia's Merdeka (in English) – reproduced below. “We the people of Indonesia do hereby proclaim the independence of Indonesia. All matters pertaining to the transfer of power etc. will be carried out expediently and in the shortest possible time.”

Jakarta August 17, 1945 On behalf of the Indonesian people Signed: SOEKARNO – HATTA”

Pix (3) Map of Asia with graphic superimposition of the REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA

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(continued)“LUKISAN” in this full page EVIDENCES PIONEER ACTIVISTS/GROUPS AND COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INDONESIA'S “MERDEKA …. IN PARTS OF THE WORLD. (4.1) CEYLON'S early support was through the pioneering of Ceylon's branch of “KERIS” (Indonesia's International Information Link) with Headquarters in25 Rifle Street Colombo 02 which was also the upstair of the Medical Clinic of KERIS Patron & Leader Dr M.P Drahaman (Seated in center of pix 4).

(Pix 6) Publication in LUKISAN shows the Indonesian flag flying from Ceylon's KERIS Headquarters in 25 Rifle Street in late 1940s

(7) CEYLON'S SUPPORT FOR INDONESIA'S MERDEKA MOVEMENT WILL BE THE FOCUS OF THIS (R&D) COMPILATION (PART 2) IN NEXT SLIFA MAGAZINEFOCUSSING ALSO ON THE FOLLOWING -(Original reports from LUKISAN and other authentic sources will also feature - Ceylon PM's and other leaders' support/Ceylonese mass support at Meetings/ SPECIAL supportive Resolutions etc for "MERDEKA" REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT .

Compiled by GKDM of M Consulting International, Rumah MerdekaColombo 7, Sri Lanka. To mark the 65th (Saphire Jubilee Aniversary) of "Diplomatic Relations between Indonesia and Sri Lanka."

Indonesian Rep Mr. Ramali in on his left

and other KERIS Committee Members.

(“LUKISAN”) includes this in its

documentation around 1945.

Also refer Pix (6) below of Ceylon's KERIS

flying Indonesian Flag in late 1940s

(5) REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS win support

In Indonesia & over-Seas. (5.1 pix)

Dr. Soetomo on his worldwide trip, was

In Egypt felicitated by Indonesian

Students supporting the Revolution

(5.2)”ANTARA” A National News

Agency by dynamic Journalists

Like Adam Malik & Others promoted

Revolution world-wide also through-

Press / Radio & Key-Oversea Contacts

(-this was despite Dutch NIROM News)

ROLE OF MEDIA & INFORMATION was

VITAL for this REVOLUTION'S SUCCESS***

NOTE THAT PART 2 OF ARTICLE WILL BE CONTINUED IN NEXT SLIFA ISSUE/* Compiler GKDM of / “M”Consulting International (SL)

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Farewell For Mr Paulus Langitan – Counsellor of the Indonesian Embassy / Vice President – SLIFA was held on 25th July 2016 Mr. Langitan was completing his tenure in

Sri Lanka and returning to Indonesia.

The 71st National Day Celebrations of Indonesia was commemorated at the Indonesian Embassy on 17th August 2016. The President and Members of

SLIFA were invited to attend the event.

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The Annual SLIFA Members Outing was held at the Malima, Naval Club House, Uswetakeiyawa on 29th October 2016,

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The Annual SLIFA Members Nite was held at the Sasakawa Hall,thColombo on 16 December 2016.

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