17/10/2019 Page 1 The Atoll Cocos (K) Islands News Berita Pulu Cocos (K) 2 Public Notices Notis-notis Umum 5 Sports & Rec Olahraga & Hiburan 5 Games Kemainan 19 Community Events Acara Masyarakat 22 In this edition Isi Kandungan You can subscribe to The Atoll electronically by contacting: [email protected]The Cocos (Keeling) Islands comprises of 27 coral islands forming two atolls—situated 2768km north-west of Perth and 3685km due west of Darwin — and is an isolated speck in the Indian Ocean. $2.00 per issue Thursday 17th October 2019 – Wednesday 30th October 2019
Consumer Protection Awards 2020 nominations are open!
Do you know someone who promotes consumer or tenancy rights and provides communi-ty support?
If you do, nominate them for the Consumer Protection Awards 2020.
The CP Awards recognise the efforts of individuals, groups, businesses, advocates, local government and the media in educating the community about their rights and obligations, as well as providing advice and assis-tance.
There’s a lot of hard work being done by various groups and individuals that could be recognised by these awards. Categories include the:
• Rona Okely Award – for an individual who has given their time, energy and experience for the better-ment of others;
• Richard (Dick) Fletcher Award – for a local government, non-government organisation or group of individuals for their services,
initiative or project;
• Kidsafe WA Award which focuses on promotion of product safety and injury prevention for children and acknowledges an individual, local government, non-government organisation, business or group of individuals; and
• Ruby Hutchison Award to acknowledge a journalist or media outlet for raising awareness and improv-ing understanding of consumer issues.
Nominations close at 5pm, Friday 29 November 2019, and the forms can be downloaded at www.dmirs.wa.gov.au/cp-awards.Winners will be announced at a luncheon function on Wednesday 18 March 2020. They will receive a cash prize and a trophy, with their names to be engraved on a perpetual shield.
If you would like to put a nomination together, but feel a bit unsure about where to start, please let me know at [email protected] and I’ll give you some advice and assistance.
The Australian government, in collaboration with the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, provides consumer protection services to the IOTs.
Nominasi Konsumer Protection Awards 2020 telah terbuka!
Apakah Anda kenal seseorang yang mempromosikan hak-hak konsumen atau sewa dan memberikan dukungan komuniti?
Jika iyah, anda boleh menominasi mereka untuk Konsumer Protection Awards 2020.
Penghargaan CP mengakui upaya individual, kelompok, bisnis, advokat, pemerintah daerah, dan media dalam mendidik masyarakat tentang hak dan kewajiban mereka, serta memberikan saran dan bantuan.
Ada banyak kerja keras yang dilakukan oleh berbagai kelompok dan individul yang dapat diakui oleh penghargaan ini. Kategori termasuk:
• Rona Okely Award - untuk individul yang telah memberikan waktu, energi, dan pengalaman untuk kemajuan orang lain;
• Richard (Dick) Fletcher Award - untuk pemerintah daerah, non-government organisasi atau seke-lompok individul untuk layanan mereka, inisiatif atau projek;
• Kidsafe WA Award - yang berfokus pada promosi keselamatan produk dan pencegahan cedera untuk anak-anak dan mengakui seorang individul, pemerintah daerah, non-government organisasi , bisnis atau sekelompok individul; dan
• Ruby Hutchison Award - untuk mengakui wartawan atau outlet media untuk meningkatkan kesadaran dan meningkatkan pemahaman tentang masalah konsumen.
Nominasi ditutup pada jam 17:00, Jumat 29 November 2019, dan form dapat di amik di www.dmirs.wa.gov.au/cp-awards. Pemenang akan diumumkan pada acara makan siang pada hari Rabu 18 Maret 2020. Mereka akan menerima uang tunai hadiah dan piala, dengan nama mereka terukir pada perisai abadi. Jika Anda ingin menyatukan nominasi, tetapi merasa agak tidak yakin harus mulai dari mana, beri tahu saya di [email protected] dan saya akan memberi Anda beberapa saran dan bantuan.
Pemerintah Australia, bekerja sama dengan Departemen Pertambangan, Peraturan dan Keselamatan Industri, menyediakan layanan perlindungan konsumen kepada IOT.
Cocos (Keeling) Islands News (cont’d) Berita Pulu Cocos (Keeling) (seterusnya)
COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2019: At the time of writing, we are gearing up for the Local Government Elections on Saturday 19 October. By the time this Atoll is published and distributed we will be in the midst of election day so I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge all candidates for their interest in serving their community. Whatever the outcome, it is heartening to see people willing to give their time and expertise via this important role. Best wishes to you all. New Councillors will be sworn in at a Special Council Meeting on 23 October at which time Council will also elect a Shire President and Deputy Shire President.
It is also important to acknowledge and thank outgoing Councillors and this will be done more thoroughly in the next Atoll.
UNDIAN KONSEL 2019: Pada saat menulis, kami sedang bersiap untuk Undian Local Government pada hari Sabtu 19 Oktober. Pada saat Atoll ini keluarkan, kami akan berada di tengah hari pemilihan, jadi saya ingin menggunakan kesempatan ini untuk mengakui dan berterimah kasih kepada semua calon atas keminatan mereka dalam bertugas untuk masyarakat mereka. Apa pun hasilnya, ini sungguh menggembirakan melihat orang yang bersedia memberikan waktu dan keahlian mereka melalui tugas penting ini. Saya mengharapkan yang terbaik untuk anda semua. Memba konsel baru akan di resmikan pada Mitingan Istimewa Konsel pada tanggal 23 Oktober di mana memba konsel juga akan memilih seorang Shire President dan Wakil President Shire.
Yang jugak sanggat penting ialah ucapan terima kasih kepada Memba Konsel yang turun dan ini akan jugak dilakukan secara lebih menyeluruh di Atoll berikutnya.
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION: Along with other RDO members, Rik Soderlund and Levi Fowler, I attended the RDO Committee meeting and Annual General Meeting on Christmas Island last weekend. During this time, I also participated in a panel to assess tenders for the review of Tourism on the IOTs and a tourism sub-committee meeting. At the invitation of the RDO Chair and Administrator, Mrs Natasha Griggs, the Chair of Regional Development Australia Northern Territory and the Northern RDA Alliance, Mr Steven Edgington attended several of our meetings and presented on economic development initiatives at the Barkly Regional Council. Mr Edgington, who is also the Mayor of the Barkly Regional Council, also spent three days on Cocos and met with the Shire President and Deputy Shire President.
ORGANISASI REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Bersama dengan anggota RDO lainnya, Rik Soderlund, Levi Fowler dan saya telah menghadiri pertemuan RDO Committee meeting dan Annual General Meeting di Pulau Christmas minggu yang lalu. Dalam waktu ini, saya juga mengambil bahgian dalam panel untuk menilai tender untuk pemeriksaan Tourism di IOT dan pertemuan sub-komiti Tourism.
Atas undangan Ketua RDO dan Administrator, Mrs Natasha Griggs, Ketua Regional Development Australia Northern Territory dan Northern RDA Alliance, Mr Steven Edgington, menghadiri beberapa pertemuan kami dan mempersembahkan inisiatif pengembangan ekonomi di Regional Barkly. Mr Edgington, Mayor kepada Regional Barkly, juga telah datang ke Cocos untuk tiga hari dan bertemu dengan Shire President dan Wakil President Shire. BUDGET 2019/20: Continuing our budget series and following on from the RDO update, we are pleased to advise that we have funds to partner with the RDO to develop an investment prospectus for Cocos (Keeling) Islands. The intent of the prospectus is to highlight and promote investment opportunities on Cocos. We will work with Council and the community in the development of this document to ensure it reflects community aspirations and the Maju Pula Kita vision. The prospectus will leverage from the RDO’s work on an IOTs prospectus and the Cocos CV. If you would like to know more about this project or want to be involved, please contact me to discuss it in more detail. BUDGET 2019/20: Melanjutkan rangkaian keuwangan kami dan sebagai lanjutan dari pembaruan RDO, kami dengan senang hati ingin memberitau bahawa kami mempunyai simpanan untuk bekerjasama dengan RDO untuk membangunkan peluang ‘investment prospectus’ untuk Pulu Cocos (Keeling). Niat prospektus adalah untuk mementingkan dan mempromosikan peluang investment di Cocos. Kami akan bekerjasama dengan Konsel dan masyarakat dalam pengembangan dokument ini untuk memastikan ia mencerminkan impian masyarakat dan visi Maju Pula Kita. Prospek ini akan memanfaatkan kerjaan daripada RDO pada prospektus IOT dan Cocos CV. Jika anda ingin tahu lebih banyak tentang projek ini atau ingin terlibat, silakan hubungi saya untuk bincangkan lebih lanjut.
COMMUNITY FUNDING PROGRAM: A reminder that our community
funding program is now open for applications from community groups
wishing to undertake projects or activities that benefit the community.
Applications close on Monday 4 November - contact Isa Minkom at
the Shire for more information or advice.
PROGRAM DUIT BANTUAN MASYARAKAT: Sebuah peringatan bahwa program duit bantuan masyarakat kami sekarang telah terbuka untuk aplikasi dari kumpulan masyarakat yang ingin menjalankan projek atau kegiatan yang bermanfaat bagi masyarakat. Seurat pemohonan ditutup pada Senin 4 November - hubungi Isa Minkom di Shire untuk keterangan lebih.
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands News (cont’d) Berita Pulu Cocos (Keeling) (seterusnya)
FROM CEO’S DESK - 17 OCTOBER 2019
STAFFING UPDATE: Congratulations to Thomas Battcher on being
successful in his application to work at the Shire in the Parks and
Gardens team. Thomas will bring his passion for horticulture and his
wealth of experience in the field to the role. Thomas will be focusing
on re-instating the public grounds around Oceania House, so they
are a welcoming and useable public space for the community to
enjoy. Thomas will also look after our Nursery and propagate plants
for re-vegetation projects and investigate and implement a
composting program for Home and West Islands.
BERITA PEKERJA: Taniah kepada Thomas Battcher yang telah
berhasil dalam aplikasi untuk bekerja di Shire bersama dengan tim
Perkas dan Kebun. Thomas akan membawa kesungguhannya untuk
hortikultur dan pengalamannya yang sanggat banyak ke posisi ini.
Thomas akan berfokus pada pembangunan kawasan umum di
sekitar Oceania House, supaya lebih menarik dan dapat digunakan
dan di nikmati oleh masyarakat. Thomas juga akan menjaga Nursery
kami dan menanam tanaman untuk projek penanaman kedepan dan
menyelidiki program ‘compost’ untuk Home Island dan Pulu Panjang.
MAJU PULU KITA MASTERPLAN: Sandy Point: The shelter at Sandy Point has been completed and looks great. When the sheets for the shed for storage of the beach wheelchair arrives we will commence construction on the shed. We are also delighted to be working with Lisa Moser, Steve Boase, and Nek Neng on the Jukong inspired public art for Sandy Point. Home Island School Fence: The fence at the front of the school on Home Island has also been completed and looks sensational. Another great partnership between the School and the Shire. Jalan Pantai: Jalan Pantai is a hive of activity at the moment with the resurfacing of the existing road which is progressing. We are also using this opportunity to finish the aprons at each boat ramp along the way. We are also constructing a shelter on the foreshore at the intersection of Jalan Pantai and Jalan Raya, which will be fitted with solar lighting. Truck Service: We are very lucky to have qualified mechanics working for the Shire. Here is one of our mechanics, Amal, carrying out the scheduled service on the Home Island rubbish truck.
MAJU PULU KITA MASTERPLAN: Ujung Gamam: Tempat berlin-
dung di ujung garam telah selesai dan kelihatan sangat bagus. Bila-
masa pekakas untuk rumah penyimpanan kursi roda pantai sampai,
kami akan memulai pembinaannya. Kami juga sanggat gembira untuk
bisa bekerja sama dengan Lisa Moser, Steve Boase, dan Nek Neng
membuat art umum yang di inspirasikan oleh jukung di Ujung Garam.
Pagar Sekolah Home Island: Pagar sekolah di Home Island juga
telah selesai, dan terlihat sangat baik sekali. Perkerjasama yang he-
bat antara Sekolah dan Shire.
Jalan Pantai: Jalan Panti adalah tempat yang banyak dikerjaan saat
ini dengan mempelapisan jalan yang sedang berjalan dengan baik.
Dimasa ini jugak kami menggunakan waktu ini untuk menyelesaikan
aprons untuk setiap ramp sekoci di sepanjang jalan. Kita juga sedang
membuat tempat perlindungan ditepi pantai dan persimpangan Jalan
Panti dan Jalan Raya yang akan disiapkan dengan lampu solar.
Serbis Truk: Kami sangat beruntung memiliki mekanik berkualifikasi yang bekerja untuk Shire. Ini salah satu mekanik kami, Amal, yang menjalankan serbis yang di jadwalkan dengan truk sampah Home Island.
These are a few items that I think may be of particular interest but we
are always willing to meet with members of the community who are
interested in knowing more about Shire activities.
Ini adalah berberapa perkara yang saya ingat mungkin jadi keminatan
tetapi kami selalu sanggup untuk bertemu dengan penduduk
masyarakat yang berminat untuk mengetahui lebih tentang aktiviti-
aktiviti Shire.
Andrea Selvey
Chief Executive Officer
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands News (cont’d) Berita Pulu Cocos (Keeling) (seterusnya)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands News (cont’d) Berita Pulu Cocos (Keeling) (seterusnya)
PHARMACIST VISIT
Tuesday 5th– Friday 8th of November 2019
The Christmas Island Pharmacist (Laura Trillini) will be visiting the Cocos Keeling Islands from the 5th till the 8th of November.
If you would like a private consultation about your medications, or the Island Pharmacy services in general, you can book an ap-pointment by contacting the pharmacy (9164 8337), Mazuana on Home Island (9162 6553) or the Health Clinic on West Island
(9162 6655).
Looking forward to seeing you soon!
LAWATAN FARMACIS
Selasa 5hb Jumaat - 8hb November 2019
Ahli Farmasi Pulau Krismas (Laura Trillini) akan melawat ke Pulu Cocos dari 5hb Novemba hingga 8hb Novemba.
Sekiranya anda ingin mendapatkan nasihat peribadi mengenai ubat-ubatan anda, atau servis Farmasi Island secara amnya, anda boleh membuat appointmen dengan menghubungi farmasi (9164 8337), Mazuana di Home Island (9162 6553) atau Klinik
Kesihatan di West Island (9162 6655).
Saya tidak sabra untuk berkenalan dengan anda semua.
Laura Trillini
Pharmacy manager
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands News (cont’d) Berita Pulu Cocos (Keeling) (seterusnya)
KONGSI CONNECT Kongsi Connect is a project of the Cooperative which seeks to inform the community as to what is
happening in the Cooperative’s world.
BREAKING NEWS
Virgin Australia Contract with Cooperative After approximately 8 years of providing ground handling services to Virgin Australia, on September 27, 2019, Virgin Australia appointed CI Removal as their ground handlers for the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. The Cooperative in addition to the provision of ground handling services had provided full logistical support to Virgin when flights where cancelled, delayed or otherwise disrupted. These services included the provision of accommodation, catering, storage of passenger’s lug-gage, bus transport, ferry services and the provision of assistance to Virgin guests who had non-Virgin connecting flights. Although the Cooperative does not want to lose any contracts, the impact of the loss of the Virgin Australia contract upon the Cooperative is not financially significant. The audited financial statements of the Cooperative for the year ended, June 30m 2018, disclosed the revenue of the Cooperative as $9,262,984. The revenue from the ground handling contract for Virgin Australia was approximately $288,000, approxi-mately 3% of the Cooperative revenue . The Cooperative had invested heavily into the training of its ground handling and quest services employees, and it was disappointing that a number of these employees gave less than three days’ notice when they resigned. To those employees that remained with the Cooperative their loyalty is appreciated and will not be forgotten. The Cooperative will still continue to provide ground handling and guest services for aircraft operations. On Friday, October 4, 2019, it provid-ed such services for the Toll freighter, and on Monday, October 7, 2019, it will be providing ground handling services to Universal Aviation Australia.
Toll Global Express Toll Global Express who provide the two weekly air freighter service to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands have confirmed that they will retain the service of the Cooperative as their ground handlers for the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Thank you Toll Global for your continued support of the Cooperative for ground handling. Virgin Australia Virgin Australia is planning to cut 750 head office and corporate roles to slash $75 million a year in costs, as it seeks to rebound from a $349 million full-year loss. The airline's new boss, Paul Scurrah, attributed the rapid descent in profits to subdued trading conditions in the second half of the financial year, combined with rising fuel and foreign exchange costs and increased operational costs. The airline is also engaging in a substantial cost-cutting program, with a back-office "simplification" to merge the corporate and operational functions of its domestic, regional and Tiger Air operations. Virgin is also reviewing its fleet, network and capacity levels in order to manage costs and meet weaker market demand. "We intend to further reduce flying across elements of our short-haul international and our domestic network to match our strategic positioning and the market conditions as well as to maximise route profitability," Mr Scurrah said. "This may involve potential withdrawals from certain markets which are uneconomical for us, however we will be reviewing all routes in detail." Chinese Film Group From October 1, 2019 to October 11, 2019, the Cocos Beach Resort of the Cooperative will be providing accommodation, catering and logistical support, to a film crew in excess of 41 persons, the majority who are Chinese, who will be involved in making a documentary of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands, “The Islands that Time Forgot” will therefore receive a significant international exposure from their film. The Cooperative, with its Cocos Beach Resort, as the largest accommodation provider on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, is well placed to service any tourism growth that may flow from this film.
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands News (cont’d) Berita Pulu Cocos (Keeling) (seterusnya)
WA Government and Muslim Friendly Tourism Guide
The Cooperative is actively working on Muslim Friendly Tourism as part of its Gateway to Asia strategy. In is well aware of what is happening in Western Australia. in relation to the promotion of Muslim Friendly Tourism. The Cooperative’s Gateway to Asia strategy was developed before the WA Government began its promotional campaigns. Wednesday, 10 July 2019 Officially launched by Tourism Minister Paul Papalia in Malaysia, the guide promotes Western Australia as a Muslim-friendly travel destination, providing information about halal food and mosque locations as well as an overview of the many attractions WA has to offer.
• New Tourism WA Muslim Guide to Western Australia officially launched in Malaysia
• Guide to help Muslim visitors plan ideal WA holiday
• Exploring the State on a road trip included in guide The guide will be distributed to agencies across Malaysia that promote Western Australia. Popular Malaysian actor and social influencer Elfira Loy, who has more than four million social media followers, worked with Tourism Western Australia to produce the guide and shared her holiday experiences at the launch event. AirAsia and WA Government While AirAsia is a low-cost airline, it has over 130 routes in its mostly regional network. The Group has airlines in a number of ASEAN countries and Japan. Air Asia X is their international airline. Western Australia is in the same, or similar time zone to most of their destinations and travellers through Kuala Lumpur can easily transfer via their fly-thru option. In their statement issued 3rd July 2019, the airline identified plans to carry more holidaymakers to Western Australia. The AU$1 million fund-ing is part of the Western Australian State Government’s A$12 million International Marketing fund. The signing follows the successful launch of Tourism Western Australia’s Muslim Travel Guide. The guide features stunning road trip routes, itineraries, must-visit attractions, restaurants and Muslim-friendly facilities in the State. The Cooperative has begun, through GPTD, its agent in Malaysia, a dialogue with Air Asia to provide an air service from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands as part of its Gateway to Asia strategy. Very early days yet, but with the upgrade of the Cocos Runway, this will happen as Muslim Friendly Tourism develops. The Cooperative is well placed to provide a range of services for the inflow of tourists from Malaysia, from accommodation to aircraft ground handling services.
Governor General Visits Perth Mosque
How times have changed! Governor-General David Hurley has defended the role of Islam in Australian society and championed the importance of “faith in people’s lives” amid a national debat-e on religious freedom protections. The former defence force chief, sworn in as Governor-General on July 1, told Islamic leaders at the Perth mosque that he held “enormous respect for Islam” and its contribution to the nation. Mr Hurley, a devout Christian, delivered the speech on the weekend in front of an audience including Australian Federation of Islamic Coun-cils president Rateb Jneid, federal Labor MP Anne Aly and former Labor MP Gary Gray. Such changes in attitudes support the Cooperative’s Gateway to Asia Strategy for Muslim Friendly Tourism
VISITORS Warren Snowdon Visit Warren Snowdon, member for Lingiari, and his Electoral Officer, visited the Cocos (Keeling) Islands recently. Warren is Shadow Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians, Shadow Assistant Minister for Northern Australia, Shadow Assistant Minister for External Territories.
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands News (cont’d) Berita Pulu Cocos (Keeling) (seterusnya)
GATEWAY TO ASIA As part of the Cooperative’s Gateway to Asia strategy it has entered into memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with Malaysian organisations to assist it with developing education, training, research, tourism, aqua business and purchasing from Malaysia. These form part of the Cooperative’s 5-year strategy to make the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia’s first Muslim Friendly tourism destination, and as an aqua culture supplier for Malaysia and Singapore. Malaysia is now the second-biggest source of tourists to WA, behind only Britain. According to Tourism WA chief executive Gwyn Dolphin, most new visitors came to WA purely for a holiday. The WA Government’s actions support the Cooperative’s Gateway to Asia strategy, for it seeks, like the Cooperative to develop Muslim Friendly Tourism for Western Australia. Some of the initiative taken by the WA Government include:-
• New Tourism WA Muslim Guide to Western Australia officially launched in Malaysia
• Guide to help Muslim visitors plan ideal WA holiday
• Exploring the State on a road trip included in guide
• Muslim Guide to Studying in Perth
• Marketing agreement with Air Asia
The time has come to support Gateway to Asia as a pathway to the future. Focus on MOUs: Selayang Community College The Cooperative has an agreement, through GPTD their agents in Malaysia, with Selayang Community College. Selayang Community College has on two occasion sent trainers to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands to work with Cooperative employees. These have been in the areas of Hotel Management and Restaurant Operations. Selayang Community College offer two-year courses in Hotel Operations and Restaurant Operations. The Cooperative’s Winds of Change Sub Committee will shortly be providing more information on this alternative. Why not invest in a future? WORKPLACE, HEATH AND SAFETY Score Card For September 2019 there no reportable incidents with the Cooperative workforce. No loss time due to reportable incidents. Focus October 2019 will see the Cooperative focusing upon the protection of hands in the workplace. Why is Hand Protection needed in the workplace? In the workplace, hands and fingers can get caught, jammed, pinched and even crushed in machinery. Sharp tools can lacerate, tear and jab the skin. Along with this, hands and fingers come in contact with many chemicals and solvents. Flammable liquids and acids cause burns and injuries. All of these safety hazards make the need for good hand protection (safety gloves) absolutely necessary.
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands News (cont’d) Berita Pulu Cocos (Keeling) (seterusnya)
KONGSI CONNECT Kongsi Connect adalah projek Kongsi yang bertujuan untuk memberi keterangan kepada masyarakat
tentang apa yang sedang berlaku di dunia Kongsi.
BERITA BARU
Kontrak Virgin Australia dengan Kongsi Setelah sekitar 8 tahun memberikan serbis ground handling kepada Virgin Australia, pada 27 September 2019, Virgin Australia telah melantik CI Removals sebagai ground handlers mereka untuk Pulu Cocos (Keeling). Kongsi di samping penyediaan serbis penerbangan ground handling telah memberikan sokongan logistik penuh kepada Virgin dimasa penerbangan di mana dibatalkan, ditunda atau terganggu. Serbis-serbis ini termasuk penyediaan tempat tinggal, katering, penyimpanan barang-barang penumpang, transport bus, serbis ferry, dan penyediaan bantuan untuk para tamu Virgin yang memiliki penerbangan yang tidak terhubung dengan Virgin. Meskipun Kongsi tidak ingin kehilangan kontrak apa pun, hasil kerugian daripada kontrak Virgin Australia pada Kongsi tidak besar dalam segi keuwangan. Statement keuwangan Kongsi yang di audit untuk tahun yang berakhir pada 30 June 2018, menyatakan pendapatan Kongsi sebagai $9,262,984. Pendapatan dari kontrak ground handling untuk Virgin Australia adalah sekitar $288,000, kira-kira 3% dari pendapatan Kongsi. Kongsi telah banyak menginvestkan dalam trainingan pekerja-pekerja ground handling dan guest services, dan Kongsi sangat kecewa bahawa berberapa pekerja-pekerja memberikan notis yang kurang daripada 3 hari bilamana mereka mengundur diri. Kepada pekerja-pekerja yang tetap menahan diri dengan Kongsi, kesetiaan mereka dihargai dan tidak akan dilupakan. Kongsi akan terus menyediakan ground handling dan guest service untuk operasi penerbangan. Pada hari Jumat, 4 Oktober 2019, ia menyediakan serbis seperti itu untuk kapal terbang Toll, dan pada hari Senin, 7 Oktober 2019, ia akan menyediakan serbis ground handling kepada Universal Aviation Australia. Toll Global Express Toll Global Express, yang menyediakan serbis air freight dua kali seminggu ke Pulu Cocos (Keeling) telah memastikan yang mereka akan tetap menahan serbis Kongsi sebagai ground handlers mereka untuk Pulu Cocos (Keeling). Terima kasih Toll Global atas sokongan anda yang berterusan untuk groundling Kongsi.
Virgin Australia Virgin Australia sedang merancangkan untuk memberentikan 750 opis besar dan pekerjaan-pekerjaan corporate untuk memotong $75 juta setahun dalam ongkos mereka, dalam mencari jalan untuk bangun daripada kerugian $349 juta dalam setahun. Bos baru airline ini, Paul Scurrah, mengaitkan kerugian cepat ini dengan kondisi perdagangan yang lemah dalam sebahgian tahun keuwangan, dicampur dengan meningkat ongkos minyak dan pertukaran mata uang asing dan peningkatan ongkos operasional. Airline ini juga terlibat dalam program pemotongan ongkos yang besar, dengan "penyederhanaan” kejaan belakang untuk menggabungkan fungsi corporate dan operasional dari operasi domestik, regional, dan Tiger Air. Virgin juga mengkaji kapal-kapal, network, dan tingkat kapasitasnya untuk mengurusi ongkos dan memenuhi keperluan market yang lebih lemah. "Kami bertujuan untuk mengurangi terbang melintasi elemen internasional jarak pendek dan network domestik kami agar sesuai dengan posisi strategi kami dan keadaan market serta untuk memaksimumkan keuntungan jalan penerbangan," kata Mr Scurrah. "Ini mungkin melibatkan kemungkinan untuk menarik keluar daripada market-merkat tertentu yang tidak ekonomi bagi kami, walaubagaimanapun kami akan memeriksa kembali semua jalan penerbangan secara terperinci.”
Chinese Film Group Dari 1 Oktober 2019 hingga 11 Oktober 2019, Cocos Beach Resort Cooperative akan menyediakan tempat tinggal, catering dan dukungan logistik, kepada keru film lebih dari 41 orang, kebanyakkan adalah orang Cina, yang akan terlibat dalam pembuatan film dokumenter Pulu Cocos (Keeling). Pulu Cocos (Keeling) “The Islands that Time Forgot” akan menerima paparan internasional yang besar dari film mereka. Kongsi, dengan Cocos Beach Resort, sebagai penyedia tempat tinggal terbesar di Pulu Cocos (Keeling), ditempatkan dengan baik untuk melayani setiap pertumbuhan pelancongan yang mungkin dihasilkan dari film ini.
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands News (cont’d) Berita Pulu Cocos (Keeling) (seterusnya)
Kerajaan WA dan Panduan Pelancongan Sesuai-Muslim Kongsi secara aktif bekerja pada Muslim Friendly Tourism sebagaian dari strategi Gateway to Asia. Ini sangat sadar dengan apa yang terjadi di WA dalam kaitannya dengan promosi Muslim Friendly Tourism. Strategi Gateway to Asia Kongsi dikembangkan sebelum Kerajaan WA memulai promosinya. Rabu, 10 Juli 2019 Peresmian oleh Tourism Minister Paul Papalia di Malaysia, panduan ini mempromosikan Australia Barat sebagai tujuan perjalanan sesuai-Muslim, memberikan keterangan tentang makanan halal dan tempat-tempat masjid serta ringkasan dari banyak atraksi yang ditawarkan WA. • Panduan Pelancongan Muslim ke Australia Barat baru secara resmi dikeluarkan di Malaysia • Panduan untuk membantu pengunjung Muslim merencanakan cuti ke WA yang terbaik • Menjelajahi Negara dalam perjalanan yang termasuk dalam panduan Panduan ini akan berikan ke agen-agen di seluruh Malaysia yang mempromosikan WA. Pelakon populer Malaysia dan influencer laman sosial Elfira Loy, yang memiliki lebih dari empat juta pengikut media sosial, bekerja dengan Tourism Western Australia untuk menghasilkan panduan ini dan berbagi pengalaman cutinya di acara peresmian. AirAsia dan Kerajaan WA Walaupun AirAsia adalah persawat penerbangan berharga rendah, ia memiliki lebih dari 130 jalan penerbangan di sebagian besar network regionalnya. Kumpulan ini memiliki kapalterbang dalam berberapa negara ASEAN dan Jepun. Air Asia X adalah airline internasional mereka. Australia Barat berada di zon waktu yang sama, atau serupa dengan sebagian besar tujuan mereka dan pelancong melalui Kuala Lumpur dapat dengan mudah memindah melalui pilihan fly-thru mereka. Dalam pernyataan mereka yang dikeluarkan 3 Juli 2019, airlin ini menyatakan rencana untuk membawa lebih banyak pelancong ke Australia Barat. Duit bantuan A$1 juta ini merupakan sebagian dari duit bantuan A$12 untuk duit bantuan International Marketing dari Western Australian State Government. Penandatanganan ini mengikuti keberhasilan peresmian Tourism Western Australia’s Muslim Travel Guide. Panduan ini menampilkan jalan perjalanan yang menarik, rencana perjalanan, tempat-tempat yang harus dikunjungi, restoran, dan fasilitas sesuai-Muslim di state.
Kongsi telah bermula, melalui GPTD, agennya di Malaysia, dialog dengan Air Asia untuk menyediakan serbis penerbangan dari Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ke Pulu Cocos (Keeling) sebagai bagian dari strategi Gateway to Asia. Masih sangat awal, tetapi dengan peningkatan Cocos Runway, ini akan terjadi ketika Muslim Friendly Tourism berkembang. Kongsi ditempatkan dengan baik untuk menyediakan berbagai serbis untuk arus pelancongan yang datang dari Malaysia, dari tempat tinggal hingga serbis ground handling untuk pesawat. Governor Jenderal Mengunjungi Masjid Perth Bagaimana waktu telah berubah! Governor Jenderal David Hurley telah membela peranan Islam dalam masyarakat Australia dan menykong kepentingnya "iman dalam kehidupan manusia" di tengah debat nasional tentang perlindungan kebebasan beragama. Dahulunya defence force chief, dilantik sebagai Governor Jenderal pada 1 Juli, mengatakan kepada para pemimpin Islam di masjid Perth bahwa ia memegang "sangat besar menghormatan Islam ”dan kontribusinya bagi bangsa. Mr Hurley, seorang Kristen yang taat, menyampaikan ucapan pada akhir minggu di depan umum termasuk Presiden Federasi Dewan Islam Australia Rateb Jneid, federal MP Anne Aly dan Labo MP dahulu Gary Gray. Perubahan sikap semacam itu menoyokong Strategi Gateway to Asia Kongsi untuk Pelancongan Sesuai-Muslim
PELAWAT Pelawatan Warren Snowdon Warren Snowdon, memba untuk Lingiari, dan Opisa Pengundinya, baru-baru ini melawati Pulu Cocos (Keeling). Warren adalah Shadow Assistant Minister untuk Indigenous Australians, Shadow Assistant Minister untuk Nothern Australia, Shadow Assistant Minister untuk External Territories.
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands News (cont’d) Berita Pulu Cocos (Keeling) (seterusnya)
GATEWAY KE ASIA Sebagaian dari strategi Gateway to Asia Cooperative telah memasuki memorandum kesepahaman (MOU) dengan organisasi Malaysia untuk membantu mengembangkan pendidikan, pelatihan, penelitian, pelancongan, bisnis aqua dan pembelian dari Malaysia. Ini merupakan bagian dari strategi 5 tahun Kongsi untuk menjadikan Pulu Cocos (Keeling), Australia tujuan pelancongan sesuai-Muslim pertama, dan sebagai pemasok aquaculture untuk Malaysia dan Singapura. Malaysia sekarang adalah sumber pelancongan terbesar yang kedua ke WA, di belakang hanya Inggris. Menurut kepala eksekutif Tourism WA Gwyn Dolphin, sebagian besar pengunjung baru datang ke WA semata-mata untuk liburan. Tindakan Kerajaan WA menokong strategi Gateway to Asia Kongsi, untuk itu berusaha, seperti Kongsi untuk mengembangkan Muslim Friendly Tourism untuk Australia Barat. Beberapa inisiatif diambil oleh Kerajaan WA meliputi: - • Panduan Leancongan Muslim WA baru ke Australia Barat secara resmi dikeluarkan di Malaysia • Panduan untuk membantu pengunjung Muslim merencanakan cuti WA yang terbaik • Menjelajahi tanah besar dalam perjalanan yang termasuk dalam panduan • Panduan Muslim untuk belajar di Perth • Perjanjian pemasaran dengan Air Asia Waktunya telah tiba untuk mendukung Gateway to Asia sebagai jalan menuju masa depan. Fokus pada MOU: Community College Selayang Kongsi memiliki perjanjian, melalui GPTD, agen mereka di Malaysia, dengan Selayang Komunitas kampus. Selayang Community College pada dua kesempatan mengirim pelatih ke Pulu Cocos (Keeling) untuk bekerja dengan pekerja-pekerja Kongsi. Ini telah di bidang Pengurusi Hotel dan Operasi Restoran. Selayang Community College menawarkan kursus dua tahun di Hotel Operations and Restaurant Operations. Sub Komiti Kongsi Winds of Change akan segera menyediakan lebih banyak informasi tentang alternatif ini. Mengapa tidak ber-invest di masa depan? WORKPLACE, HEALTH AND SAFETY Kad Score Untuk September 2019 tidak ada kejadian yang dilaporkan dengan workforce Kongsi. Tidak ada kergian waktu bersebabkan sebuah insident yang bisa dilaporkan. Fokus Oktober 2019 akan melihat Kongsi berfokus pada perlindungan tangan di tempat kerja. Mengapa Perlindungan Tangan dibutuhkan di tempat kerja? Di tempat kerja, tangan dan jari bisa tersangkut, melengket, terjepit, dan boleh tertimpa mesin. Alat yang tajam boleh bela, koyakan dan menumbak kulit. Seiring dengan ini, tangan dan jari bersentuhan dengan banyak bahan kemikal dan obat-obatan. Alat yang gampang tebakar dan acid menyebabkan tebakaran dan kecederaan. Semua hazard keselamatan ini membuat keperluan untuk jagaan tangan (sarung tangan) tentu diperlukan.
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands News (cont’d) Berita Pulu Cocos (Keeling) (seterusnya)
A remarkable book of 105 year old photographs of the battle and land-ing party on Cocos in WWI. The book includes the story of the daring escape on Ayesha of fifty German sailors, from Cocos and the inter-view by Banjo Paterson with the Captain of HMAS Sydney. To purchase your book for only $44.95 + P&H $15 email: [email protected]
Sebuah buku yang luar biasa yang menghadiri foto-foto berumur 105 tahun tentang kedatangan pertempu-ran dan pendaratan di Cocos waktu WWI. Buku ini berisi kisah pelarian berani di Aisyah lima puluh pelaut Jerman, dari Cocos dan wawancara oleh Banjo Paterson dengan Kapten HMAS Sydney.
Untuk membeli buku dengan hanya $ 44,95 + P&H $15 email:
Cocos (Keeling) Islands News (cont’d) Berita Pulu Cocos (Keeling) (seterusnya)
Community Update Pulu Keeling National Park
Update on the blue tailed skink release on Pulu Blan It has been 5 weeks since the successful conservation translocation of close to 300 of the Christmas Island en-demic blue-tailed skinks (Cryptoblepharus egeriae), on to Pulu Blan. 150 of the animals released made the long journey from the captive breeding facility at Taronga Zoo in Sydney and were joined by 150 captive-bred animals from Christmas Island the following week. It was a very rewarding experience for the team involved on the day, which included Brendan Tiernan and Kent Retallick from Christmas Island National Park, Trish Flores and Siddiq Juljali from Pulu Keeling National Park, Dean Purcell from Taronga Conservation Society, Andrea Selvey Shire of Cocos CEO, Haji Zaitol (Nek Fifi) and his family and Kristen Schubert from the University of Western Australia. Since their release, Kristen has been monitoring the survival of the Critically Endangered blue-tailed skinks on Pulu Blan as part of her Master of Research. The skinks appear to be in good condition, and are already showing signs of breeding! They have also been seen foraging and eating, interacting with one another and basking in the morn-ing sun. Kristen has been surveying the skinks over the past week to get an estimation of their survival and is get-ting good results so far, suggesting the high rates of survivorship. Kristen will also be looking at how the skinks dis-perse across the island and the type of habitats they occupy to learn more about the species for managing future releases. If you would like to visit the skinks on Pulu Blan, we gently request you check your boat before you arrive to en-sure rats, wasps, geckoes or other unwanted pests are not brought to Pulu Blan. Keeping these pests off Pulu Blan (and Pulu Blan Madar) is critical to the survival of the blue tailed skinks. To increase your chance of seeing the skinks, visit on a sunny morning and look in the open coconut forest in the centre of the island. Please mind where you step as they may be hidden in the leaf litter as well as on the sunlit coconut trunks. Thank you for your cooper-ation.
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands News (cont’d) Berita Pulu Cocos (Keeling) (seterusnya)
Community Update Pulu Keeling National Park
Biosecurity protocols for visiting Pulu Blan
• Check your boat and bags before arriving on Pulu Blan for any rats, geckos, wasps or other un-
wanted pests.
• It is critical for the survival of the blue-tailed skinks to keep these pests off Pulu Blan and Pulu
Blan Madar.
• Mind your step as the blue-tailed skink may be hiding in the leaf litter.
• Please don’t attempt to catch the blue-tailed skinks.
• Please report any signs of rats on Pulu Blan and Pulu Blan Madar to Parks Australia on 9162
6678.
• Visit in the morning when skinks are out sunning themselves on coconut logs!
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Keeping cool indoors Here’s some other tips for staying cooler indoors wi thout a i r conditioning:
• The use of ceiling and pedestal fans while on its own doesn't reduce temperature, the movement of air over your skin evapo ra tes pe rsp i ra t ion causing a cooling effect-making the temperature feel up to 8 degrees cooler.
• Gaps around doors and windows should be sealed to prevent hot air entering.
• All electrical appliances generate heat; particularly refrigerators and TV’s. plasma screens in particular are known to create a great deal of heat.
• If you’re not watching the TV, switch it off. Do not have the refrigerator door open for extended periods and don’t overload it. Turn off any appliance at the wall you’re not using (this will also reduce standby power consumption).
• Switch from incandescent bulbs to LED or Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL’s) as 80% - 90% of the energy consumed by incandescent lighting is wasted through heat.
• Try to confine physical activity to the early hours of the day or late in the evening.
• Try to prepare foods that require the least amount of cooking as possible and use a microwave where you can. Ensure your range hood exhaust fan is on while cooking.
• Wear clothing that breathes, such as cotton. Avoid wearing shoes as our feet are also designed to be efficient heat exchangers.
• Curtains and shades should be a light colour and of heavy material to help reflect/block the heat.
• Keep rooms you don’t use often closed off.
• Plant trees around your house to provide a shade buffer between the sun and your walls.
• Discourage family from coming in and out of the house excessively. Each time the door is opened, a substantial blast of hot air will follow.
• Drink plenty of fluids, but steer clear if alcohol and sugar laden drinks.
more tips in next edition…….
Green Living Tips Cocos (Keeling) Islands News (cont’d) Berita Pulu Cocos (Keeling) (seterusnya)
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands News (cont’d) Berita Pulu Cocos (Keeling) (seterusnya)
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Games Page Halaman Kemainan
Did you know?
“ A lobsters blood is colorless but when exposed
to oxygen it turns blue.”
“ M&M’s chocolate stands for the initials for its
inventors Mars and Murrie”.
Brainteaser Challenge
A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediate-ly crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?
Put a coin into an empty bottle and in-sert a cork into the neck. How can you remove the coin without removing the cork or breaking the bottle?
Two boxers are in a match scheduled for 12 rounds. (Pure boxing only - no kicking, UFC takedowns, or anything else). One of the boxers gets knocked out after only six rounds, yet no man
throws a punch. How is this possible?
What is unusual about the following words: revive, banana, grammar, voodoo, assess, potato, dresser, uneven?
What makes this number unique -- 8,549,176,320?
Cocos Malay Words
Buat - Do, Make
Jangan - Do Not
Kadang-Kadang-Sometimes
Selalu - Always
Sekali - Once
Belom - Haven’t
Sudah - Done
Lupa - Forget
Ingat - Remember
Joke of the Week
Jogging shoes
Deciding to take up jogging,
the middle - aged man was
astounded by the wide se-
lection of jogging shoes
available at the local sports
shoe store. While trying on a
basic pair of jogging shoe,
he noticed a minor feature
and asked the clerk about it.
“what’s this little pocket thing
here on the side for?” “Oh,
that’s to carry spare change
so you can call your wife to
come pick you up when
you’ve jogged too far.”
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Games Page (cont’d) Halaman Kemainan (seterusnya) Solutions
Suduko Brainteaser Challenge
1. Take the first letter of each word and place it at the end. It will spell the same word backwards. 2. contains each number, zero through nine, in alphabetical or-der. 3.A frozen river. 4.Push the cork down into the bottle. Then shake the coin out. 5.Both boxers were female.
“At every party there two kinds of
people - those who want to go
home and those who don’t. the
trouble is, they are usually married
to each other”.
- Ann Landers
Quote of the Day Thought for the Day
Sometime you need to take a break from everyone and spend time
alone, to experience, appreciate
and love yourself.
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