Preventing Javancentric, Gibran Will Build Maluku Through Music

Vice Presidential Candidate number 2, Gibran Rakabuming with his wife and Raffi Ahmad when he heard Millennials' aspirations in Ambon City, Monday, January 8. (Between-DedyAzis)

MALUKU - Candidate for vice president (cawapres) number 2, Gibran Rakabuming Raka is ready to build Maluku, especially Ambon City, through music. This was said by Gibran to overcome the development in Indonesia which is Javancentric.

"It's time for development to start from eastern Indonesia, one of which is Ambon Maluku City," said Gibran when meeting Millennials in Ambon City, Monday, January 8, which was confiscated by Antara.

According to Gibran, Maluku, especially Ambon City itself, has quality human resources and is qualified in the arts, especially singing.

Therefore, he continued, the development that must be carried out in Ambon is not only from infrastructure. More than that, the development of Ambon as the world's music city needs to be favored and become a characteristic and attractive for the city.

"Ambon is similar to Solo, there are many creative things that can be developed to encourage development here, the difference is that Solo does not have the fisheries, marine sectors, such as in Ambon," he said.

Therefore, he said, Ambon needs special attention using the World Music City label by displaying regional musical talents through routine activities held per week.

That way, continued Gibran, it can help promote many other sectors, one of which is tourism, thus opening up investment space for Maluku itself.

On that occasion, creative industry activists in Ambon also mentioned environmental problems, the creative industry and MSMEs that are being faced by youth, such as the lack of talent show space, the high cost of shipping goods, and unresolved waste management in Ambon.

Gibran's arrival to Maluku was accompanied by his wife and public figures such as Raffi Ahmad, Marcello Tahitoe and Awkarin. After listening to Millennials' aspirations, Gibran left for Liang Maluku Village to distribute packaged milk.