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)