BIMP-EAGA to hold seminar in Manado<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Businesspeople from Indonesia, Malaysia, the
\nPhilippines and Brunei Darussalam will meet in Manado, the
\nprovincial capital of North Sulawesi, later this week to promote
\nbusiness relations.<\/p>\n
The businessmen grouped under the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia
\nMalaysia-the Philippines-East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) will
\nhold an economic seminar and trade exhibition in the four-day
\nmeeting which will open on Saturday.<\/p>\n
BIMP-East ASEAN Business Council (BIMP-EABC) country director
\nDatuk Hakim Thantawi said on Monday the business meeting was
\nintended to boost economic development, especially in the eastern
\nregions of Indonesia.<\/p>\n
\"We hope to make Manado the Indonesian business gateway in the
\neastern region,\" he said. The meeting will try to explore
\nbusiness opportunities for trade and investment, tourism and
\nservices, Datuk said.<\/p>\n
Some 150 foreign businesspeople from the BIMP-EAGA members and
\nthe Australia-Indonesia Development Area (AIDA), as well as from
\nThailand, Korea, China-Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Canada and
\nArgentina will also be participating.<\/p>\n
More than 700 local small and medium enterprises will also
\njoin the meeting representing 13 provinces in Kalimantan,
\nSulawesi, Maluku, Irian Jaya, Nusa Tenggara and Bali.<\/p>\n
\"We are focusing on the small and medium enterprises because
\nthey were the ones who turned the wheels of economy during the
\ncrises,\" Hakim said.<\/p>\n
BIMP-EAGA, one of sub-regional economic cooperation forums
\nestablished by members of the Association of Southeast Asian
\nNations in March 1994, links Brunei, eastern Malaysia, the
\nsouthern Philippines and eastern Indonesia.<\/p>\n
A seminar will also be part of the four-day event and will
\nfeature Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Finance, and
\nIndustry Kwik Kian Gie and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Alwi
\nShihab as keynote speakers. (10)<\/p>",
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