Arpindo's executives

Arpindo's executives

JAKARTA (JP): The newly-established Association of Indonesia Radio Paging Operators (Arpindo), which held its first conference here last week, will announce its executives next week.

Committee chairman of the conference, Pong Prasetyo, told The Jakarta Post yesterday that the conference selected three candidates for the association's top executives, including Sukoyo of PT Duta Pertiwi Santosa, Ady Soewondo of PT Motorollain Corporation and Pong Prasetyo of PT Persada Komindo.

Pong, who got the most votes for the chairmanship, said that the three candidates, respectively, will become chairman, vice chairman and secretary general of the association.

"We have 15 days from March 31 to determine the executives of the association and coordinators of its local chapters," he said, expressing his hope that the names would be announced before April 14.

"We will afterwards hold a workshop to arrange Arpindo's programs," he said.

The government expects the number of radio paging subscribers to increase to one million by the end of this year, from some 300,000 at present, despite the fact that telephone lines still do not cover all the areas in the country.

There are 74 radio paging operators in Indonesia, half of which are located in Jakarta.(icn)