Interview with the Deputy Ambassador (Now Ambassador of Romania)

Her full name is Nuni Turnijati Djoko, married with 2 children. Ibu Nuni, with which is she used to be called, is also a holder of Law degree from the University of Padjadjaran Bandung. The Deputy Ambassador entertained us in some minutes of answering our queries in her neat working room. The most important points are excerpted below:

How long have You been here in the Netherlands?
I’ve been here for one and a half year.

To which countries have you been assigned as a diplomat?
I had been assigned for the first time a young diplomat to Wellington (New Zealand), the successfully to Beograd (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) and Singapore. My current post (in the Netherlands) is the fourth. (We heard good news that she would be promoted as an ambassador in a European country. We wish her luck and let’s pray for her best. We think she deserves for such promotion).

Which country is favourite to you?
I think that all of the country that I’ve been posted to are nice places, as long as we are in the position of duty, we get along with the government quite well and as long as we do are best for our job.

So how about the Netherlands?
I think the Netherlands is a nice place because law enforcement is established here. We see that everybody obey the rules, and because of the sense of citizens’ discipline makes this country seen well-managed. Moreover, as an Indonesian woman, food is very important. Here we can find Indonesian food easily.

What are your opinions on how to develop SIN even further?
We have a commitment to develop SIN, to make it better. Some improvements in certain aspects can be seen now. Of course, we need gradual steps in so doing. The most important key for this development is 3M: management, manpower, and money. Good management is vital to every organisation. Manpower especially the teachers are also very important to SIN. Last but not least, the financial factor.
It is factual now that not all diplomats here send their children to SIN; some send them to local or international schools. Nowadays they are free to make their decision and to do so.

Isn’t sending kids to SIN might help them to interact with Indonesian environment and could guard them from the surrounding liberal culture?
You should look at the positive aspects of local and international schools e.g. in terms of discipline, way of learning, ability to discuss various topics with the teachers nicely, etc. Let’s select and take those positive values and learn from them. The negative impacts, however, must be minimised.