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Banjarmasin

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Ban·jar·ma·sin also Ban·djar·ma·sin  (bnjr-mäsn, bän-)
A city of Indonesia on a delta island of southern Borneo. An important deep-water port, Banjarmasin was part of a Hindu kingdom in the 14th century and passed to Muslim rulers in the 15th century. Population: 589,000.
Banjarmasin, Banjermasin, Bandjarmasin, Bandjermasin [ˌbændʒəˈmɑːsɪn]
n
(Placename) a port in Indonesia, in SW Borneo. Pop.: 534 600 (1995 est.)


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A valuable account of local responses to political control (first by the Banjarmasin Sultanate, then the Dutch after the Banjarmasin War of 1859-1862) in chapter 9, emphasizes the relative autonomy of local populations in making decisions about production and conservation (via sacred groves), despite interventions.
Forests of Fortune: The Environmental History of Southeast Borneo, ... by Cooke, Fadzilah Majid / Pacific Affairs
In the Banjarmasin plant, informal on-the-job training (OJT) is currently used to train new employees on the wood products assembly line, where they learn to assemble various kinds of wood products by working alongside an experienced worker, with little help from supervisors.
A conceptual study of visual training methods by Aik, Chong-Tek / Academic Exchange Quarterly
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