AGAS ANDREAS SH.MHum

Vice Regent East Manggarai

AGAS ANDREAS

The Human Resources Have an Important Role

Wherever, developing culture and tourism sector may not be stripped of aspects of the improvement of the quality of human resources. Infrastructure it is important, but the development of human resources are also may not sidelined. So it is Agas Andreas, SH, MHum., Vice Regen East Manggarai, said to JN Guide in Borong, early last July.

According to the man that was born on Setember 1959, in Lamba Leda, East Manggarai Regency, however, lovely attractions if the human not ready to manage it, then it will be useless.

Graduated Postgraduate Airlangga University, it assess that the government of province Bali is in the right direction that accentuate aspects of the construction personnel in developing efforts in tourism and culture also tourists interested to visit.

Former Chief Representative Office of the National Ombudsman Areas NTT and NTB realized that improve the quality personnel indeed necessary need such a long time, but the foundation is to be put since beginning, concurrent with the infrastructural construction. In consequense, husband of Dra. Theresia Wisang emphasize The Master Plan Development Tourism has to be right.

How did the Lecturer Law Studies Graduate Program in Nusa Cendana University (Undana), Kupang, assess that synergy in the sectors to the county other on the Flores Island also important role of the mass media in promoting potentials which is in the county? Following excerpt interview with Sapto Adiwiloso and Kushala, from JN Guide at Borong, early last July.

How do you see potential culture and tourism in East Manggarai?

Potential very much. Problem now is how to develop the potentials that could draw people developing potentials in the Region East Manggarai. Because we do is the development of infrastructure priority first.

Which potential is built from?

We begin to develop the potential is in the city Borong, it’s the beach Cepi Watu. Due in the city, that the infrastructure has arranged in a good. Whereas an out as Watu Payung, how we’d like to promote if the carrying capacity infrastructure not sufficient. It’s just the same we sell the deficiency. In sense tourists come in but infrastructure not available, it shall only disappoint.

Therefore step Region Government now is set infrastructure especially street, potable water and electricity. After all good, the promotion of the potential tourism mat optimized.

What breakthrough was carried out in the sectors?

Breakthrough made up of infrastructure priority. This because of our term of office remains one year. Therefore we focus on infrastructure to complete term of our first.

Thereafter, we will make a grand design contained potential object tours. So that, we develop well of The Master Plan Development Tourism (RIPP). In consequent, budget from the central government shall we pour in priority construction in accordance RIPP.

Preparatory steps towards compilation of grand design do we have. Our initiate it has. Especially in prepare personnel (SDM). However lovely tourist objects if personnel not ready it will be useless.

As government of province Bali as conducted was accentuated the development of personnel beforehand so much interested tourists.

Our compares the attractions are sugar. The people also sugar. Sugar is sweet. Unity and personnel parables sugar to draw ants infest attractions are among. With a lot of ants incoming it will be there is an increase in welfare. We chase this.

How do county government efforts in pushing the potential of creative economy in particular weaving?

Later it shall handled by the Department of Industry, Trading and Cooperative. We are having groups of weaving scattered over six sub district. Now is how to improve their product to become increasingly nice and much in demand tourists weaving.

Not only that, we also wanted to civilize planting vegetable. We look like Labuan Bajo vegetable sold is not of Manggarai but precisely from the outside. Sector of agriculture is also need to be prepared. Because of the creative economic development also shall support the tourism sector.

For example, in Cepi Watu this year may the budget for the rectification hawkers. We made them the wagons and place on the scene tourism. Because it master plan tourism development must be good. That always we talked is not sectored ego. The aim is one, increasing economic society, only the view differ.

How far is cooperation interwoven in the development this culture and tourism sector?

We hope that will make synergies in building potential culture and tourism on the Flores Island where East Manggarai become of the part.

We need support of the local up to the central government. Also society and the mass-media. We are glad to your media like to promote potential tourist contained in East Manggarai. We also strongly support efforts other media in promoting the potential.

Don’t look this as trivialities. Anyhow the role of media very large in this sector development. Why so. Whatever lovely potential in those sectors if there is no promote that it will be just useless. It is market opportunities.

Conjunction with the central government, we still rely on the funds of the central government. Our PAD is very small. The contributions to the State Budget about 2,8 percent of our PAD. If we have developed this tourism sector this shall be improve the PAD. Thus expected to the level of dependence slowly dwindling.

How far is role Swisscontact and TMO for accelerating the development of the culture and tourism sector here?

It’s positive. Ecpecially unites the head some region on the Flores Island to develop potential tourism. The first meeting the facilitated Swisscontact in Surabaya, there is not present namely Regent Nagekeo. At the meeting is seven declaration agreed upon. We all agreed meet every four months for coordinating, consolidating, how should “sell” Flores in intact.

All Regents has signed the declaration except Nagekeo. Neverthless our colleage in the east trying to socialize it. The meeting of the next planned on the Ngada Region. Regent of Ngada has provided oneself as host. When and how has not been certainty. The Ngada government region still prepares.

How is that potential having attraction for tourists?

Shall be developing good master plan tourism. So that budget plots may enter there. I optimistic tourism sector may raise welfare of the people. Because we facing moving around people, economic turnover is caused by the turnover mutation of human beings. Many people come here thus the money spent here. Our economic developed. Public welfare escalated.

What is your expectation?

We are glad of growing number of people who come to East Manggarai. We also glad if many our society out introduce East Manggarai. Because of the branding still far to the county stem. That’s the name of the point of view.

During this people only remember Manggarai. Becouse it’s our task now is how to promoting the East Manggarai through own the ambassador. We also instruct to Units of Employment of Region (SKPD), whoever guests come to welcome. With good give the impressions then they will come back. We wait for the arrival of their second and third.

We hope mass media could be mediators because potential big enough. If sometimes there is agenda of the routine, or vision and mission in the same promoting the Flores, then attractions in Flores well known. I am sure Flores tourism shall be booming. With booming Flores tourism, then potential attractions particularly in East Manggarai will be getting known.**