Security system blamed over lack of visitors to Indocomtech<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The promoter of the computer exhibition
\nIndocomtech 2000 complained over tight security measures at the
\nexhibition venue on the final day of the five-day exhibition on
\nSunday, describing the arrangements as preventing people from
\nvisiting the event.<\/p>\n
Soehoed Kosasih, the operational director of the event's
\norganizer Dyandra Promosindo, told The Jakarta Post on Sunday
\nthat the committee had earlier targeted some 100,000 visitors for
\nthe exhibition since its opening on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
"But up until this afternoon, there have only been some 75,000
\nvisitors.<\/p>\n
"The decline was especially noticeable on the final day,"
\nSoehoed said.<\/p>\n
"It's probably because we have to share the arena with the
\nInter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) conference," he added.<\/p>\n
The six-day IPU conference, the first of its kind to be hosted
\nby Indonesia, was opened by President Abdurrahman Wahid on Sunday
\nand is being attended by 1,300 delegates from 120 countries.<\/p>\n
The computer exhibition had occupied a part of the Jakarta
\nConvention Center (JCC) in Senayan, Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the IPU conference will occupy most of the center,
\nfrom the lobby to the main hall, and almost all of the parking
\narea.<\/p>\n
Dozens of security officials were seen in the area,
\nprohibiting cars from coming near the conference venue. As a
\nresult, visitors to the exhibition were forced to park their cars
\nfar from the exhibition hall.<\/p>\n
"Many visitors have complained that the parking lot was too
\nfar from the hall. They had to walk farther and it was a big
\nproblem for those who bought something here," Soehoed said.<\/p>\n
As a result, he added, some officials of the organizing
\ncommittee were tasked with helping visitors carry their purchases
\nto their cars.<\/p>\n
"We have assigned 15 people to help the visitors. They were
\nactually liaison officers and sales staff," he said.<\/p>\n
A visitor, identified only as Ian, said that security
\nofficials had overreacted.<\/p>\n
"I was only walking across the parking area nearby, but they
\ntold me to turn around. I had to walk farther to come here," he
\ntold the Post, citing that the visitors should have been informed
\nabout the arrangements earlier.<\/p>\n
"I can understand it if we were not allowed to go past the
\nhall, but in the parking lot? That's ridiculous. Aren't they
\n(Indonesian delegation members) supposed to be our
\nrepresentatives?" he asked.<\/p>\n
But, Soehoed said, such tight security measures did not hamper
\npromotional activities.<\/p>\n
"We don't know how much the overall sales turnover was as yet.<\/p>\n
"But, I heard that some 1,000 printers had been sold. And when
\nwe asked the traders, they said they were happy with their sales
\nfigures," he said. (09)<\/p>",
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