The webinar was opened directly by the Vice Dean for Academic, Research, and Student Affairs FISIP UNS, Dra. Prahastiwi Utari, M.Si, Ph.D. In her remarks, Dr. Utari said that the event was a valuable and useful opportunity because FISIP UNS students can get detailed information regarding education in Malaysia if they plan for further study in this country.

During the event, FISIP UNS students received extensive material from Ms. Haryanty regarding the governance structure and politics in Malaysia, as well as tourism aspects that currently become Malaysia’s priorities. Furthermore, Ms. Haryanty said that Indonesia is one of the most important market shares in Malaysian tourism due to its large population. According to her, there are several reasons why Indonesians love visiting Malaysia during vacation. The first is because the two countries are adjacent geographically, which facilitates accessibility. Secondly, similarities in cultural clusters between Indonesia and Malaysia lead to a minimal ‘lag’ in terms of culture and daily life. It is not surprising that tourists from Indonesia choose Malaysia as a tourism destination when traveling abroad.

“The two countries have identical language since it is both rooted in Malay, which makes tourists or expatriates from both countries do not experience many obstacles,” explained Ms. Haryanty. She also added that the exchange rates between the two countries were not significantly different. This means that the currency value is more affordable for Indonesian and Malaysian people who want to travel to either country.

Following Ms. Haryanty’s presentation, Mr. Mohd. Mubarak bin Shamsuddin explained why Malaysia could be an alternative for UNS FISIP students who want to continue their studies. First, he considers Malaysia to have a world-class quality of higher education. This claim is proved by the many universities in Malaysia listed in the QS Top 100 Universities list. “There is Universiti Malaya (UM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), and Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM),” Mr. Mohd. Mubarak bin Shamsuddin.

Another reason was the cost of education in Malaysia is considered “more friendly” for Indonesian students who want to pursue further studies abroad. He explained that Malaysia has several scholarship schemes available to students from Indonesia. Based on this reason, he considers Malaysia is favorable in terms of education costs. Concluding his presentation, he encouraged FISIP UNS students to stay enthusiastic about continuing their studies in Malaysia since they could apply for a scholarship from the Malaysian Government. For this reason, he encourages students to periodically check the Malaysian Government’s official website or social media to find out the schedule, requirements, and registration mechanism for the scholarships. Humas UNS

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This facility has improved people’s awareness of financial management as stated by Reza Sukma Nugraha, S.Hum., Faculty Member from the Faculty of Cultural Studies (FIB) Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta. “In the digital era, there are large potential and opportunities for us to manage finance. Not only managing, but we could also develop our assets and finance to gain future profit that will support and better our life,” Reza Sukma explained as a speaker in the Digital Literacy Webinar Literasi on Thursday (22/7/2021).

In the webinar, he also invited the community to start investing in the digital world because, in his opinion, the advanced digital era will create a digital culture that shapes people’s behavior and habit and form norms and regulations in the digital age. He thinks the current view of most people who only live for today needs to be changed.

However, digital development should also be accompanied by knowledge of digital safety. This knowledge could protect the community from digital crimes. “We need to follow the technology development and educate people around us,” he added.

Tips for Building Investment Culture in the Digital Era

Besides providing access for an investor in gaining capital or assets, investment also reduces the risk of inflation. Therefore, Reza Sukam shared tips for new investors in building the investment culture. The first tip is learning investment instruments by discussing with the experts, watching videos, and participating in investment seminars. Secondly, investors need to collect information from credible sources and actively ask and learn from experts of practitioners. Third, new investors should start from the most accessible and safest option and a guaranteed investment scheme.

Reza also explained digital banking as one of the investment options because it offers investment scenarios such as deposits and gold savings. However, he emphasized that new investors should not jump into new popular investment schemes without fully understanding the risks. Another important culture is getting used to investing by setting aside income and not investing to chase the returns.

“Let’s start investing through the existing platforms. Understand the creditability of the platform, read the review, and discuss it. Secondly, read how it works, adjust it to our needs, and make sure it is safe and guaranteed,” Reza Sukma concluded. Humas UNS

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