ADB official due here

ADB official due here

JAKARTA (JP): The Asian Development Bank's (ADB) vice chairman
for the east Asia region, Henry Sullivan, who arrived in Bali
Thursday to attend a seminar on capital markets, will hold
meetings with senior government officials here next week.

The Ministry of Finance said in a statement here yesterday
that Sullivan, during his stay in Jakarta on Monday through
Thursday, is scheduled to meet a number ministers, including
Coordinating Minister for Economy and Finance Saleh Afiff,
Minister of Public Works Radinal Moochtar and Governor of Bank
Indonesia Soerdradjad Djiwandono.

The statement said that after the meetings with the ministers,
Sullivan will proceed his 10-day Indonesian visit to see several
projects financed with ADB loans in West Nusa Tenggara, including
"Micro Credit" and "Nusa Tenggara Agriculture Development"
projects.

The planned visits to the projects, according to the
statement, are aimed to get on-the-spot evaluation on the
effectiveness of ADB loans.

As of Jan. 31, ADB had been committed to providing US$9.7
billion in soft loans to Indonesia.

Sullivan made a similar visit to Indonesia in March last year
following his appointment as ADB's vice chairman in January 1995.
(alo)