Life vest
I hereby send my condolences to the family of Lativi cameraman who died on duty when he tried to get the best picture of sinking ship Levina I to his viewers. I pray also for the survival of SCTV cameraman and two police officers who are believed missing along with the sinking ship. As a reporter myself, I think the journalism community and the society as a whole need to learn something out of the tragedy.
I'm talking about addherence of rules of the game. Everytime I went to the field reporting, especially on places like steel or chemical factories, both domestic & overseas, the factories obliged me to use safety helmets or jackets and gloves.
Sometimes we're annoyed, but since the factories officials insist with 'take or leave it' stance, we have no choices. From my experiences, some of the time, especially at home, we, the journalists simply ignore and the hosts also permissive because they're afraid of being rude toward us.
Such permissiveness, ignorance, and 'try to be nice' situation cost lives, as we're now experienced with Levina I reporting tragedy. (PS: Most of us do not pay attention when cabin crews display air safety procedures, busy to read fancy magazines or novels; and very few probably remember where exactly are the life vests located!)
Minister of transportation Hatta Radjasa, without intentions to blame the casualties, said there were briefings to the journalists, policemen, and officers from National Committee for Transportation Safety (KNKT) before they went on board of Levina I, the ship that blown out and killed 42 people, that they should wear life vests. But they didn't and the officers let them go without life vests. When they're on board of Levina I and the ship started to sink then it's all been too late to realize the importance of life vests. So, it needs two sides of the isle to impose discipline and both should learn the importance of rules of the game for their own good. No matter who you are or what kind of job that you're in, we gotta live by the rules.
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I'm talking about addherence of rules of the game. Everytime I went to the field reporting, especially on places like steel or chemical factories, both domestic & overseas, the factories obliged me to use safety helmets or jackets and gloves.
Sometimes we're annoyed, but since the factories officials insist with 'take or leave it' stance, we have no choices. From my experiences, some of the time, especially at home, we, the journalists simply ignore and the hosts also permissive because they're afraid of being rude toward us.
Such permissiveness, ignorance, and 'try to be nice' situation cost lives, as we're now experienced with Levina I reporting tragedy. (PS: Most of us do not pay attention when cabin crews display air safety procedures, busy to read fancy magazines or novels; and very few probably remember where exactly are the life vests located!)
Minister of transportation Hatta Radjasa, without intentions to blame the casualties, said there were briefings to the journalists, policemen, and officers from National Committee for Transportation Safety (KNKT) before they went on board of Levina I, the ship that blown out and killed 42 people, that they should wear life vests. But they didn't and the officers let them go without life vests. When they're on board of Levina I and the ship started to sink then it's all been too late to realize the importance of life vests. So, it needs two sides of the isle to impose discipline and both should learn the importance of rules of the game for their own good. No matter who you are or what kind of job that you're in, we gotta live by the rules.
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posted by yosef at 8:03 AM
2 Comments:
You are right Yosef, society really needs to wake up to these potential 'accidents' just waiting to happen.
Unfortunately improvement can not happen while our society values money and profit higher than human life itself.
Sad but true.
In other countries it takes one major disaster to get the government to act. Unfortunately in our country, one disaster after another, and the goverment is standing still.
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