Tycoon tells graduates to find jobs in villages<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Business tycoon Ciputra told fresh university
\ngraduates on Saturday to seek jobs in villages and areas outside
\nJava as many of those places were less seriously affected by the
\nsevere economic crisis.<\/p>\n
In his speech during the graduation of 1,567 students of the
\nprivately-run Tarumanegara University, Ciputra, who is chairman
\nof the university's foundation, explained that development and
\nbusiness activities were still running well in those areas.<\/p>\n
\"During my visit last week to Kalimantan, I found that
\nconstruction materials were still selling well, meaning that
\ndevelopment there is still happening,\" said Ciputra, who was once
\nknown as one of the country's biggest property tycoons.<\/p>\n
He predicted that development in many cities in Java would be
\nimpeded while villages in Java and cities and towns outside Java
\nwould continue to bloom for years.<\/p>\n
Under such conditions, he added, many people in the cities
\nwould flock to the villages and areas outside Java.<\/p>\n
Such areas have not been so seriously affected by the
\nprolonged crisis since their major business activities were based
\nin the agriculture and mining sectors, Ciputra said.<\/p>\n
\"So, the future promising businesses are agribusiness and
\nmining. So you have to find jobs in those sectors,\" Ciputra,
\nchairman of Jaya property group, added.<\/p>\n
And those aiming to be entrepreneurs must have an export-
\noriented vision, he said.<\/p>\n
He cited as an example the successful story of garment tycoon
\nThe Nin King, whose business was still robust in the midst of the
\nabundant number of bankrupt firms.<\/p>\n
The could survive under the current time of hardship purely
\nbecause his production was geared heavily toward exports, Ciputra
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The, a donor to the university, also attended the graduation
\nceremony.<\/p>\n
Ciputra then referred to Burhan Uray, the chairman of the
\nDjajanti group who had also donated of the university.<\/p>\n
Burhan could still generate a huge profit because his business
\nwas based on agriculture and natural resources.<\/p>\n
\"We (today's businesspeople) are like old trees which were
\nbadly destroyed by the heavy crisis while you are the young trees
\nwhich will replace us,\" he told the graduates.<\/p>\n
But Ciputra did not disclose his own story and the fate of his
\nbusinesses.<\/p>\n
He only said: \"Although my companies have dismissed some of
\ntheir employees, we're still able to raise the meal allowance for
\nthe university staff here by some 20 percent.\"<\/p>\n
The university, he said, had also given scholarships to 280
\nstudents whose parents faced serious financial shortages after
\ntheir businesses were ruined during the mid-May riots.<\/p>\n
At the beginning of his speech Ciputra asked the graduates to
\ncheer up by clapping their hands.<\/p>\n
\"I didn't hear any hand clapping when the rector announced the
\nbest graduates. Although it's a crisis, come on, cheer up and
\nclap your hands,\" he told the graduates, who enthusiastically met
\nhis request.<\/p>\n
The university has graduated 22,962 students since it was
\nfounded in 1962. Saturday's ceremony took place at the Jakarta
\nConvention Center. (jun)<\/p>",
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