Is Everyone’s Responsibility

KOMPAS/RADITYA HELABUMI

People walk past a billboard and red-and-white paraphernalia for the 74th anniversary of Independence Day on Jalan Merdeka Barat, Jakarta, on Aug. 4 (4/8/2019). The 74th Independence Day commemoration focused on human resources.

Human resource development (HRD) will be the government’s focus for the next five years. New hope was raised in marking the 74th anniversary of Indonesian Independence. In his state address on 16 Aug. at a joint session of the House of Representatives (DPR) and the People\'s Consultative Assembly (MPR), President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo heavily emphasized the importance of HRD.

Kompas noted that the President mentioned “HRD” 14 times in his speech – more than any other word – followed by science (11 times) and technology (eight times). In contrast to the 2018 speech, the most frequently used words were economy (24), development (20), and infrastructure (11).