Australian envoy to visit East Timor

DILI, East Timor: Australian Ambassador Allan R. Taylor will start a five-day visit here today, during which he will meet with, among others, Governor Abilio Jose Osorio Soares and Dili Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo.

Antara reported yesterday that Taylor will also visit a number of development projects financed with Australian aid. The news agency said the visit will also be a farewell from Taylor whose term in Indonesia will soon end.

The agency also quoted the Canberra Times as reporting that Taylor will be replaced next month by senior diplomat, Indonesian-speaking Geoff Forrester, who, in the period 1971 to 1973, was an interpreter for former prime ministers William McMahon and Gough Whitlam. (swe)