API appoints new board

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Textile Association (API) announced yesterday the members of its executive board for the 1998/2000 period.

The new board includes Bambang Riyadi Soegomo as the association's chairman and Irwandi Muslim as the secretary- general.

Bambang Riyadi said he expected the new board would improve the performance of Indonesia's textile industry, especially in coping with the current monetary turmoil hitting the country.

API's new board of patrons includes President Soeharto's son Bambang Trihatmodjo as chairman, and The Ning King, Sukanta Tanudjaja, M. Sinivasan, Noorbasha Djuaid and Handoko Tjokrosaputro. (das)