APEC kicks off with committee and working group meetings<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A pre-senior officials meeting began here
\nyesterday, marking the beginning of a chain of meetings by the
\nAsia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum which will
\nculminate in the all important gathering of the economic leaders
\nin Bogor on Nov. 15.<\/p>\n
Yesterday's meeting at the Jakarta Hilton Convention Center,
\nis part of a series of committee and working group meetings prior
\nto the fourth Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) from Nov. 8 to Nov.
\n10.<\/p>\n
The chain of meetings began at 9 a.m. yesterday with a Customs
\nand Procedures group meeting attended by some 50 delegates. It
\nwas followed by the Investment group meeting after lunch.<\/p>\n
APEC groups Australia, Brunei, Canada, China, Hong Kong,
\nJapan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New
\nGuinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, the United
\nStates and Indonesia as host.<\/p>\n
Chile will make its formal entrance as a member after the APEC
\nMinisterial Meeting on Nov. 11 and Nov. 12. It has participated
\nin APEC activities since the third SOM in Yogyakarta last
\nSeptember.<\/p>\n
Overall, six working groups and committees are scheduled to
\nhold meetings in the run-up to the Senior Officials Meeting.<\/p>\n
The other group and committee meetings scheduled are the
\nStandard and Conformance working group, the Committee on Economic
\nTrends and Issues, the Committee on Trade and Investment and the
\nTariff Data Base group.<\/p>\n
These meetings are expected to lay the groundwork for the
\nsenior officials, who will formulate the agenda for the ministers
\nmeeting next week.<\/p>\n
Some 400 participants are expected to be involved in the
\nfourth SOM, which will take place at Assembly Hall 2 of the
\nJakarta Hilton Convention Center.<\/p>\n
The chairman of the SOM who is also the director general of
\nforeign economic relations at the Indonesian foreign ministry,
\nWisber Loeis, said that the fourth SOM will involve the
\nfinalization of topics to be deliberated at the ministerial
\nmeeting.<\/p>\n
On the eve of the Ministerial Meeting, a working dinner for
\nthe ministers will be held hosted by Coordinating Minister of
\nIndustry and Trade Hartarto.<\/p>\n
The inaugural session of the Ministerial Meeting on Nov. 11
\nwill take place at the State Palace. It will be opened by
\nPresident Soeharto.<\/p>\n
At the end of the Ministerial Meeting on Nov. 12, the chairman
\nof the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce, Abu Rizal Bakrie, will
\nhost a dinner in the guests' honor.<\/p>\n
The nearly two-weeks of APEC meetings here will reach a peak
\nwhen the economic leaders of the forum gather for a one-day
\n\"informal\" meeting at the Bogor Presidential Palace on Nov. 15.
\n(mds)<\/p>",
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