Minister installs 64 new commissioners<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Agriculture Sjarifudin Baharsjah
\nyesterday installed six new advisers at his ministry and 64 new
\nstate-owned plantation firm commissioners.<\/p>\n
The newly installed executives consist of 14 chief
\ncommissioners and 50 commissioners for the 14 plantation
\ncompanies under the agriculture ministry.<\/p>\n
\"I hope that the new commissioners will cooperate with the
\nmanagements to boost the performance of the companies,\"
\nSjarifudin said in his inaugural speech.<\/p>\n
Yesterday's appointments were a follow-up to the restructuring
\nof state-owned plantation firms, which was completed last month.<\/p>\n
Under its restructuring program, the government merged 26 PTP
\nNusantara plantation firms into 14 entities last month.<\/p>\n
PTP Nusantara I-VII are based in Sumatra, PTP Nusantara VIII-
\nXII in Java, PTP Nusantara XIII in Kalimantan and PTP Nusantara
\nXIV in Sulawesi. Each company has a paid-up capital of between Rp
\n300 billion (US$128 million) and Rp 1.7 trillion.<\/p>\n
The minister installed the new boards of directors of the 14
\nfirms on April 9.<\/p>\n
The new advisers appointed yesterday include Soedjarwo for
\nregional agricultural development, Farid A. Bahari for
\nagricultural conservation, Suherman Muljodihardjo for manpower
\nand farm mechanization, Nelson P. Hutabarat for economic and
\ntrade cooperation and commodities, Djunaedi Tossin for food crop
\ndiversification and Achmad Saubari Prasono for institutional
\nrelations.<\/p>\n
Director General of State-owned Companies Bacelius Ruru was
\nappointed as chief commissioner of PTP Nusantara IV.<\/p>\n
Sjarifudin urged the plantation companies to improve their
\nperformances to face global competition.<\/p>\n
Sjarifudin, however, declined to elaborate on the plan to
\nprivatize several plantation companies.<\/p>\n
\"I prefer not to make further comments because any statement I
\nmake will be considered as my promise,\" he contended.<\/p>\n
Ruru also declined to comment.<\/p>\n
\"I would say that the planned initial public offerings by
\nseveral plantation companies are still under preparation,\" he
\nsaid. (08)<\/p>",
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