BI Reminds Young Generation To Love, Be Proud, And Understand Rupiah

DGS BI Destry Damayanti (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Senior Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia (BI) Destry Damayanti conveyed the importance of the younger generation to understand, love, and feel proud of the national currency.

"We at BI have this program, if we heard what these younger siblings said, we have met the requirements to become BI Employees, I think because you already understand the rupiah very well. We have the concept or we have the program Love, pride, understanding rupiah," he said at the Leading Indonesian Financial Literacy (Like It) event, Thursday, August 14.

According to Destry, loving the rupiah means taking good care of and taking good care of banknotes, so that money should not be squeezed, crossed out, disabled, wetted, let alone burned.

"Why love? If we love someone or our parents, we have to love the money. So don't give it a break, don't scribble, Don't stake it, Don't wet it, What else is burned," he explained.

He also gave an example from a Japanese country, where the people have great respect for money because it displays the image of the Emperor, so that the money there is always clean and well maintained.

Destry added that pride in the rupiah is important to be instilled from an early age.

"Well, if you look at our money, paper money, especially those are pictures of various heroes from all corners of Indonesia. There are from Maluku, there are from Java, there are from Sumatra, there are from Kalimantan and so on, so you have to have pride," he said.

He reminded that not all countries have their own currency, where Rupiah was officially used on November 2, 1949, and previously people still used Dutch and Japanese money.

"The rupiah only took effect on November 2, 1949, so even though we were independent in 1945, at that time we didn't have any rupiah. We still use Japanese money and the money from the Netherlands. Not barter, barter is the past. So you have to be proud and that hero is what allows us to celebrate the 80-year independence anniversary," he said.

Destry said that the last part of this program is the importance of understanding how to use rupiah wisely.

"Well, the third, understand. What does that mean? We know how to use rupiah like that So don't let us buy what we don't need. We understand that this has value. We save part of it as needed," he said.

He invites the younger generation to realize that the future of the nation is in their hands and it is important to maintain the rupiah so that it remains of value and sovereignty.

"You young people, you are the next generation of this nation, this country belongs to you. Because it is your future and the rupiah currency will still have sovereignty if you are guarded. So from now on, brothers and sisters suggest to all children, let's love, we are proud of the rupiah and we understand how to use the rupiah," he concluded.