1,000 executives to join study programs in Taiwan
1,000 executives to join study programs in Taiwan
JAKARTA (JP): The government will send 1,000 executives from small businesses and cooperatives to Taiwan this year for apprenticeship and comparative study programs, a minister said.
"The programs, made in the spirit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), will enable our young business people to study Taiwan's success in developing small industrial entities," Ministry of Cooperatives and Small Enterprises Subiakto Tjakrawerdaya told Commission VII of the House of Representatives in a hearing yesterday.
The programs, which will be held every year, will be fully financed by the Taiwanese administration and private business parties, he said.
He explained that the programs will take several months of in- house apprenticeship and management studies.
"We require candidates, who will take part in these programs, to have a high standard of education and business experience," he said.
"The candidates should be university graduates, not more than 30 years old," he said. "And we prefer unmarried candidates."
Subiakto said he had instructed provincial offices of the Ministry of Cooperatives and Small Enterprises throughout the country to send in their potential candidates for preliminary screening of the programs.
"We have so far finalized the applications of 50 candidates," he said.
The minister said that upon completion of the preliminary screening of candidates, his ministry will sign a memorandum of understanding on the apprenticeship and comparative study programs with the Taiwanese parties.
Taiwan, a member of the 18-member APEC forum, plans to provide capital for the participants of the apprenticeship programs.
The APEC forum groups Australia, Canada, China, Chile, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States as well as the six members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations -- Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. (fhp)