ABRI learns retail business<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): About 120 personnel from the Armed Forces'
\ncooperatives in Jakarta, Tangerang and Bekasi are taking part in
\na two-week management course here.<\/p>\n
The course, opened Monday by Jakarta Military Command Chief of
\nStaff Brig. Gen. Sudi Silalahi, aims at providing the personnel
\nwith basic skills of retail and accounting.<\/p>\n
The course was decided upon after Minister of Cooperatives and
\nSmall Enterprises Subiakto Tjakrawerdaja appointed ABRI's Jakarta
\nCooperative as coordinator in the distribution of basic
\ncommodities to the needy.<\/p>\n
ABRI cooperatives previously helped distribute staple foods
\nsold at reduced prices nationwide to help alleviate people's
\neconomic burden during the economic crisis.<\/p>\n
In March, Defense Minister\/Armed Forces Commander Gen. Wiranto
\nsaid that ABRI cooperatives helped control the prices of staple
\nfoods.<\/p>\n
The cooperatives will also distribute staple foods produced in
\nan agriculture project initiated by ABRI, which involves local
\npeople and students.<\/p>\n
Last month, 300 soldiers from the Jakarta Military Command
\ninitiated a farming project in which idle plots of land in Bekasi
\nand Tangerang are used to produce crops. (ivy)<\/p>",
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