Bambang Wiyogo elected as new Hipmi chairman

Bambang Wiyogo elected as new Hipmi chairman

JAKARTA (JP): Executives of the Association of Indonesian
Young Businessmen (Hipmi) elected Bambang Atmanto Wiyogo, son of
former Jakarta governor Wiyogo Atmodarminto, as the association's
chairman for the 1995 to 1998 term at the end of their congress
Saturday.

Bambang defeated two other candidates, Ketut Suardhana Linggih
and Eddy Kuntadi, in the election that was broadcast live on
ANteve.

Bambang, Ketut and Eddy, who were then assigned by the 135
congress participants to elect the other Himpi executives for the
1995 to 1998 term, decided to appoint themselves as well as Reza
Kamarulah, Andree M. Nasution and Indah Wasono as chairpersons.
They also appointed 15 other people to lead the 23-year-old
association's departments.

The 135 participants represented association chapters from all
27 Indonesian provinces.

Bambang said after the three-day congress was closed by State
Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Hayono Isman, that he would
promote provincial and regency level activities to enhance the
country's economic growth.

Hipmi will also provide more information about business
opportunities in the provinces, he promised.

Hipmi has 8,200 members, whose annual earnings range from a
few thousand dollars to millions of dollars.

Bambang, a former deputy chairman of Hipmi's Jakarta chapter,
owns 11 companies operating in oil, property, construction and
telecommunications.

A graduate of the Faculty of Economics at Gajah Mada
University in Yogyakarta, Bambang is concurrently chief of
cooperatives and enterprises of the Communications Forum for the
Children of Indonesian Retired Armed Forces Officers, as well as
treasurer of the Youth Forum of Kosgoro, a business institution
established by Armed Forces veterans. (riz)