ILDEX 2013, Ahok Usulkan Babel, Kalimantan jadi `Pusat Logistik`

ILDEX 2013, Ahok Proposes Babel, Kalimantan become `Logistics Center`

Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani


ILDEX 2013, Ahok Usulkan Babel, Kalimantan jadi `Pusat Logistik`
Basuki T Purnama (ke-2 kiri) bersama Ketua FMPI Don Utoyo (kiri), Wamentan Rusman Heriawan (ke-3 kiri), Dirjen Peternakan Syukur Iwantoro dan Kepala Balitbang Haryono (kanan) Foto: B2B/Mya

Jakarta (B2B) - Wakil Gubernur DKI Jakarta Basuki Tjahaja Purnama menegaskan bahwa DKI Jakarta tidak bisa layak menjadi pusat logistik untuk pengembangan peternakan unggas dan sapi. Wilayah yang potensial untuk mengembangkan hewan ternak adalah Bangka Belitung (Babel) dan Kalimantan.

"Mumpung ketemu sama Wakil Menteri Pertanian, saya mau bilang tidak mungkin investasi peternakan di Jakarta. Begitu pula untuk pengembangan rumah pemotongan unggas maupun rumah pemotongan hewan," kata Basuki TP yang akrab disapa Ahok saat memberi sambutan dalam pembukaan International Livestock and Dairy Expo (ILDEX) Indonesia 2013 di  JIExpo Kemayoran Jakarta, Kamis (3/10).

Turut hadir Wakil Menteri Pertanian, Rusman Heriawan; Direktur Jenderal Peternakan dan Kesehatan Hewan, Syukur Iwantoro; Kepala Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Kementerian Pertanian, Haryono;  Ketua Umum Gabungan Pengusaha Perunggasan Indonesia (GAPPI) Anton J Supit; Ketua Federasi Masyarakat Perunggasan Indonesia (FMPI), Don P Utoyo.

Ahok mengharapkan, ILDEX Indonesia 2013 dapat menjadikan DKI Jakarta sebagai kota aspirasi dan bukan sekadar kota eksibisi, khususnya dalam mendorong pencapaian swasembada daging ayam, telur dan daging sapi.

"Tapi tidak mungkin investasi dilakukan di Jakarta, harus di geser. Harus ada pusat logitik, yang bisa menjamin sembako di Jakarta bisa terjaga," kata Ahok.

Ketua ILDEX Indonesia, Fitri Nursanti mengatakan, pameran serupa telah diselenggarakan di beberapa negara sejak 2006 antara lain ILDEX Vietnam, ILDEX India, dan ILDEX China. Eksibisi di Jakarta tahun ini merupakan penyelenggaraan pertama di Indonesia.

"Pameran ILDEX Indonesia 2013 sifatnya customized dan disesuaikan dengan kebutuhan negara setempat. Pameran ini diikuti 120 peserta dan 19 negara termasuk Indonesia," kata Fitri dalam sambutannya.

Jakarta (B2B) - The Deputy Governor of Jakarta Tjahaja Basuki Purnama confirms that Jakarta is not worthy of being a ´logistics center´ to developing poultry and cattle farm. Potential areas for developing livestock is Bangka Belitung (Babel) and Kalimantan.

"Coincidentally met at The Deputy Minister of Agriculture, I would say it is impossible for livestock investments in Jakarta. Similarly, for the development of slaughterhouses," said Basuki TP is familiarly called Ahok in his speech at the opened of International Livestock and Dairy Expo (ILDEX) Indonesia 2013 in JIExpo Kemayoran Jakarta, Thursday (3/10).

Also attended The Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Rusman Heriawan; Director General of Livestock and Animal Health, Syukur Iwantoro; Head of Research and Development of the Ministry of Agriculture, Haryono; Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Poultry (GAPPI) Anton J Supit; Chairman of the Federation of Indonesian Poultry Society (FMPI), Don P Utoyo.

Ahok expects, ILDEX Indonesia 2013 can make Jakarta as the city of aspirations and not just a city of exhibitions, especially in promoting the achievement of self-sufficiency in chicken meat, eggs and beef.

"But it is not possible investment in Jakarta, there must be a logistic center, which can guarantee the food supply to Jakarta," Ahok said.

ILDEX chairman of Indonesia, Fitri Nursanti said similar exhibitions have been held in several countries since 2006, among others ILDEX Vietnam, ILDEX India, and ILDEX China. Exhibition in Jakarta this year is the first in Indonesia.

"ILDEX Exhibition Indonesia 2013 its customized and adjusted to needs of the country where the exhibition. Exhibition was attended by 120 participants and 19 countries include Indonesia," Fitri said in her remarks.