12,000 Australians learning Indonesian

12,000 Australians learning Indonesian

SEMARANG: Visiting Queensland Premier Bob Borbidge has said at
least 12,000 Australian students are learning Indonesian.

At a dinner hosted for the premier by Central Java Governor
Soewardi here Friday, Borbidge said that in the Australian
Federal State of Queensland, Indonesian teachers had been
recruited from Central Java.

He said the recruitment was done through a teacher-exchange
program, one of the initiatives created by Queensland and Central
Java following the establishment of the special sister-city
relations between the two.

The dinner was also attended by 68 Queensland businessmen.