Govt to open gate for tourists with vehicles<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The government will soon open a gateway for
\nforeign tourists coming into Indonesia with vehicles through the
\nStrait of Malacca, Coordinating Minister for Industry and Trade
\nHartarto said yesterday.<\/p>\n
"A joint decree of four ministers and the national police
\nchief will be issued in the near future to allow ferries carrying
\ntourists with their vehicles crossing the strait," Hartarto told
\na seminar on the natural resource potential of Aceh province.<\/p>\n
He said Aceh, on the northern-most of Sumatra island,
\ntherefore, should determine which of its ports can be used as the
\ngateway.<\/p>\n
Aceh is one of the two provinces in Sumatra, which are
\ninvolved in the subregional growth triangle, which also includes
\nnearby provinces of states in Malaysia (Kedah, Perak, Penang and
\nPerlis) and Thailand (Satun, Songkha, Yala, Narathiwat and
\nPattani).<\/p>\n
The other province involved in the triangle is North Sumatra.<\/p>\n
Business cooperation in the growth triangle include five
\nprojects in trade, agriculture and fisheries, industry and
\nenergy, tourism, telecommunications and transportation.<\/p>\n
Hartarto also said that the National Development Planning
\nBoard, the Ministry of Public Works, the Ministry of
\nTransportation and the Ministry of Tourism, Post and
\nTelecommunications will review the plans on the development of
\ninfrastructure in northern Sumatra, including Aceh, to facilitate
\nbusiness cooperation in the triangle, officially called the
\nIndonesia, Malaysia and Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT).<\/p>\n
Hartarto and Malaysia's Chief Minister Perlis Abdul Hamid
\nPawanteh and Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Supachai
\nPanitchpakdi, in a meeting in Medan, North Sumatra, in June 1994
\nagreed to eliminate any obstacles to economic cooperation in the
\narea.<\/p>\n
He urged executives of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and
\nIndustry to cooperate with local businesspeople in Aceh to
\nestablish new businesses in cooperation with partners from
\nThailand and Malaysia.<\/p>\n
The IMT-GT area, including Aceh, according to a study of the
\nAsian Development Bank, promises profits to investors because it
\nhas abundant resources, while the countries involved have a high
\ndegree of complementarity for cooperation with each other.<\/p>\n
The bank has identified some 50 projects, policies and
\nprograms which are feasible for cooperation in the IMT-GT areas.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Aceh Governor Syamsuddin Mahmud told the seminar
\nyesterday that his province needs total investments of Rp 2.1
\ntrillion (US$924 million) to support its target of 7.5 percent in
\neconomic growth in the 1996 to 1997 period.<\/p>\n
He said that 45 percent of the investment will be provided by
\nthe government and the local administration, while the remaining
\n55 percent is expected from the private sector. (kod)<\/p>",
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