Apjati has new chief

Apjati has new chief

JAKARTA: The Ministry of Manpower's Secretary-General, Baroto
Sardadi, installed Abdullah Puteh as the chief of the Association
of Labor Export Companies (Apjati) on Wednesday.

The two-day congress also elected Rusdi Bahasuan and Adi
Putera Taher as Puteh's deputies, Anton Sihombing as the
secretary-general and Adri P.H. Nelwan as treasurer.

It also appointed Soeramsihono as the association's board of
advisors chief, with I. Ahmad Ganis and Suwoso as his deputies.

Baroto told the new executives to meet the country's target to
export 1.25 million workers in a couple of years and contribute
US$12.5 million in foreign exchange.

Puteh promised to reach the target by expanding the market and
sending more workers. "We plan to simplify the export's
bureaucracy," Puteh said. (ste)