'30 Minutes with a Friend' looks to boost foreign trade<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): PT Cipta Televisi Pendidikan Indonesia (TPI) in
\ncooperation with PT Pentas Berlian Bersama celebrated on
\nWednesday the launch of a new talkshow program called 30 Minutes
\nwith a Friend, aiming at boosting Indonesia's foreign trade.<\/p>\n
The marketing director of the privately-owned television
\nstation, Dewi Fadjar, told journalists the English program will
\nfeature dialogs with foreign ambassadors concerning business
\nopportunities in Indonesia and their respective countries. \"It
\nwill be aired every Tuesday from 8:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.,\" she said.<\/p>\n
She said that 13 ambassadors from Austria, Bangladesh,
\nBritain, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, India, Marocco, Mexico,
\nSlovak, Switzerland and Thailand, had confirmed their
\nparticipation in the weekly talk show.<\/p>\n
The first guest taking part in the premiere on Tuesday, June
\n20 was Finland's Ambassador Hannu Himanen.<\/p>\n
PT Pentas Berlian Bersama's Chief Commissioner, Herman
\nTampubolon, said that each interview on the program is expected
\nto generate about 15 new businesses.<\/p>\n
\"We hope in a year the program will create around 780 new
\nbusinesses with an expected total investment of US$780 million,\"
\nHerman said, noting that the program is not solely for business
\nas it will also help the television audience, especially
\nstudents, to become more knowledgeable about international
\neconomics. (bnt)<\/p>",
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