Jakarta to host philately expo<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will host the Asian International
\nPhilately exhibition, from Aug. 19 to Aug. 25, Director General
\nof Post and Telecommunications Djakaria Purawidjaja said.<\/p>\n
He said on Monday that 44 countries, including Hong Kong,
\nTaiwan, India, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, South Korea, Mongolia, the
\nPhilippines, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, Turkey, Nepal, Papua
\nNew Guinea and Egypt, will participate in the expo which, will be
\nheld at the Jakarta Fairgrounds, Kemayoran.<\/p>\n
Other countries, which will participate in the event, include
\nFiji, the United States, Hungary, the Netherlands, Canada,
\nBrazil, Kiribati, Britain, Germany, Swede, Spain, France and New
\nZealand.<\/p>\n
\"Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands is scheduled to visit the
\nexhibition on Aug. 22,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said that the event is expected to help raise the number of
\nIndonesian philatelists because the figure is far below those of
\nother Asian counties.<\/p>\n
\"The number of philatelists in Indonesia reached only 5,000 in
\n1987 and increased to some 225,000 in June this year. Ideally the
\nrate is about one percent of the total population,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's population, according to existing data, is about
\n180 million. (icn)<\/p>",
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