Mining key to RI economy<\/p>\n
SYDNEY (Dow Jones): Indonesia's mining and energy sector will
\nbe one of the key contributors to the Indonesian government's
\nefforts to spur the reconstruction of the country's economy,
\nSabam P. Siagian, chairman of the Indonesia-Australia Business
\nCouncil, said Thursday.<\/p>\n
Sabam, director of The Jakarta Post and a former Indonesian
\nambassador to Australia, was speaking to reporters in Sydney.<\/p>\n
\"The role of the department of mines and energy is to maintain
\nthe budget contribution of the oil and gas sectors, of the coal
\nand mining sectors, in order to speed up the rehabilitation of
\nthe Indonesian economy, without discarding the principles of
\nenergy conservation and environmental principles,\" Sabam said,
\nrelating a brief he had from the new Mines and Energy Minister
\nSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono<\/p>\n
Bambang was the Indonesian military's (TNI) former Chief of
\nStaff of Territorial Affairs and belongs to the reformist group
\nin the Indonesian army, Sabam said.<\/p>\n
Sabam was invited to Sydney by the Sydney Mining Club to speak
\nat the Club's monthly luncheon.<\/p>",
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