Asmindo holds national meeting

Asmindo holds national meeting

YOGYAKARTA: The Association of Indonesian Furniture Manufacturers
(Asmindo) will hold its 2003 national meeting here on Saturday to
elect a new chairman for the 2003-2008 term, and to formulate the
association's program for the next five years.

Supriyanto, the deputy chairman of the meeting's organizing
committee, told The Jakarta Post some 250 Asmindo members from
its 17 provincial executive boards were expected to participate
in the meeting, which will be opened by Minister of Industry Rini
Soewandi.

"We will also discuss strategies on how to win a bigger share
of the global market for furniture and handicrafts, especially in
competing with China and Thailand in producing furniture. We are
far behind those two countries in terms of human resources,
techniques, designs and equipment," Supriyanto said. -- JP