Try laments RI's human resources<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Try Sutrisno expressed concern
\nyesterday about the worrisome quality of Indonesia's human
\nresources development.<\/p>\n
Citing a 1997 United Nations Development Program report on
\nhuman development, Try said Indonesia ranked only 99th out of 175
\ncountries in the world in the human development index.<\/p>\n
The human development index ranks countries based on a
\ncomposite of, among other things, a nation's life expectancy,
\nadult literacy and education.<\/p>\n
\"However, we do not need to feel discouraged because when we
\ntake into account our people's strong determination and spirit,
\nour human resources development is not as bad as described,\" Try
\nsaid during the opening of the congress of the Association of
\nEngineering Experts at Merdeka Selatan Palace.<\/p>\n
The country has no recourse but to prepare strong and skilled
\nhuman resources in anticipating the free trade era and economic
\nglobalization in the coming millennium, Try said.<\/p>\n
He said a thorough consolidation is needed as the Association
\nof Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Free Trade Area will be fully
\nimplemented in 2003.<\/p>\n
\"In such a short time, we must continue our consolidation,
\nevaluation and self-introspection on our preparedness to face the
\nchallenges ahead,\" Try said.<\/p>\n
The Vice President also called for vigilance in the face of
\nthe financial crisis, urging people to brush aside any sense of
\ndesperation.<\/p>\n
He said he was confident the nation would be able to find a
\nway out of the turmoil.<\/p>\n
\"We are quite experienced in facing even the most critical
\nsituations, and we are always able to solve the crisis,\" he said.<\/p>\n
According to Try, people must work shoulder to shoulder and
\nremain united to jointly work for better a situation.<\/p>\n
\"Technical experts and engineers have a leading and strategic
\nrole in the mastery and development of technology, especially in
\nanticipating competition during the global market era,\" Try said.
\n(prb)<\/p>",
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