Aussie directory to be launched

Aussie directory to be launched

JAKARTA (JP): A new directory listing some 250 Australian
companies and joint ventures operating in Indonesia will be
launched by Minister of Trade and Industry Rahardi Ramelan at the
Australian Ambassador's residence in Jakarta on Tuesday.

The Millennium edition Australian Directory of Business in
Indonesia, which will also include 60 Indonesian and Australian-
based services, reflects the growing trade and economic relations
between the two countries in spite of the economic crisis.

The list of companies in the new book shows a 10 percent
increase over the previous 1997 edition.

"Our aim has been to make the directory a relevant, practical
and helpful business tool," Austrade's Senior Trade Commissioner
in Jakarta Bruce Wallace said in a statement.

The aim was for the directory to help the networking between
Australian and Indonesian companies in building stronger
commercial partnership, Wallace said.

Two-way trade between the two countries rose by 4.5 percent
period in 1997/98 to A$5.6 billion (US$3.7 billion), with
Indonesia running a surplus, according to the Australian Embassy
in Jakarta.

The directory, published by PT Citra Buana Masindo in
cooperation with the Australian Trade Commission, was compiled by
the Gold Group of Australia and Masindo.(02)