Private company to procure vehicles for APEC<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A private company will manage the purchasing of
\na number of luxurious vehicles for the transportation of
\ndelegates for the November leadership meeting of the Asia Pacific
\nEconomic Cooperation (APEC) here and in Bogor, West Java.<\/p>\n
Minister\/State Secretary Moerdiono told reporters at Bina
\nGraha here yesterday that the purchasing of the vehicles will be
\narranged in the same way as that for the 10th Non-Aligned
\nMovement Summit held here in 1992.<\/p>\n
Moerdiono, who is also chairman of the organizing committee of
\nthe APEC leadership meeting, refused to disclose the name of the
\ncompany and how many vehicles will be prepared for the November
\nevent.<\/p>\n
\"I forget the name of the company,\" he said, adding that he
\ndid not know whether the vehicles have already been delivered or
\nnot.<\/p>\n
A source at the organizing committee, whose secretariat is on
\nthe 17th floor of Hotel Atlet Century Park in Senayan, Central
\nJakarta, said that the vehicles, Volkswagen Caravelles, BMW
\n740is, Nissan Infinity and Patrols and Mercedes S-600s, will
\nlikely total 160.<\/p>\n
The source said that a company run by one of President
\nSoeharto's children will import the cars. However, Achmad Fuad
\nAfdal, the corporate secretary of Bimantara Citra, which is owned
\nby Bambang Trihatmodjo, denied that it was assigned to import the
\nvehicles.<\/p>\n
In the NAM summit, 860 luxury cars were purchased for the
\ntransportation of some 100 visiting heads of states. The cars,
\nincluding 105 Mercedes 500 SELs, 200 Volvo 960s, 220 Nissan
\nPatrols, 315 Nissan Cedrics and 450 units of 500cc motorcycles
\nwere imported by Indo Citra, a consortium of Salim Group's
\nIndomobil and Bimantara Citra.<\/p>\n
Accommodation<\/p>\n
Chairman of the Jakarta Chapter of the Indonesian Hotel and
\nRestaurant Association Arman Rachman Iskandar told The Jakarta
\nPost that all of five-star hotels in the city have been listed to
\nhost APEC's delegates.<\/p>\n
Leaders of the APEC members will likely stay at Hilton
\nInternational Hotel, where senior official and ministerial
\nmeetings will be held.<\/p>\n
The forum groups Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the
\nPhilippines, Thailand, Brunei, the United States, Mexico, Canada,
\nJapan, New Zealand, Australia, China, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea,
\nHong Kong and South Korea.<\/p>\n
According to Arman, who is in charge of accommodation affairs
\nfor the committee, all the five-star hotels in Jakarta are
\nscheduled to submit reports on the availability of their rooms
\nfor the APEC delegates next Monday.<\/p>\n
There are nine five-star hotels here with some 5,000 rooms.
\nArman said that the hotels should not have to cancel
\nreservations.(yns\/icn)<\/p>",
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