Seven top businessmen named as special business envoys<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie will appoint seven of the
\ncountry's top businessmen as special envoys with ambassadorial
\nrank to help promote the Indonesian economy abroad and improve
\nforeign investor confidence.<\/p>\n
Chairman of the Indonesian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
\n(Kadin) Aburizal Bakrie told reporters after meeting with the
\nPresident yesterday that the new envoys would be James Riady,
\nHashim S. Djojohadikusumo, A.A. Baramuli, Suryo Sulistio,
\nMarimutu Sinivasan, Iman Taufik and Muchrim Hakim.<\/p>\n
James Riady, chairman of the country's widely-diversified
\nLippo Group, will become a special envoy to China, Hong Kong,
\nTaiwan, Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n
Hashim Djojohadikusumo, son of senior economist Sumitro
\nDjojohadikusumo and chairman of the Tirtamas Group, will be in
\ncharge of Europe.<\/p>\n
A.A. Baramuli, a businessman and current chairman of the Asian
\nChambers of Commerce Committee, will be a special envoy to East
\nAsia, including Japan and South Korea.<\/p>\n
Marimutu Sinivasan, chairman of the country's giant Texmaco
\nGroup, will handle South Asia, including India.<\/p>\n
Iman Taufik, Kadin's deputy chairman, will be responsible for
\nmember countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
\n(ASEAN).<\/p>\n
Suryo Sulistio, also the chamber's deputy chairman, will be in
\ncharge of the United States and Muchrim Hakim. also a Kadin
\nexecutive, will handle the Middle East and Africa.<\/p>\n
Aburizal said yesterday that all the ambassadors had good
\nrelations with the business communities in the countries to which
\nthey would be assigned.<\/p>\n
\"But the business ambassadors will pay their travel expenses
\nout of their own pockets because the government does not have
\nenough money to finance their missions,\" Aburizal said.<\/p>\n
When asked about the country's mounting private sector debt,
\nAburizal said that most companies were facing problems meeting
\ndebt payments because their value had quadrupled in rupiah terms.<\/p>\n
\"There is not a single major company that is free from
\nproblems relating to their foreign debts,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The government announced on Monday that Indonesian private
\nsector debts due to mature in the current fiscal year totaled
\nUS$29.2 billion. But their repayment will be rescheduled to eight
\nyears, including three years of grace period. (aly\/prb)<\/p>",
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