Beddu named ASAE chief

Beddu named ASAE chief

JAKARTA (JP): Beddu Amang, the chairman of the National
Logistics Agency, has been elected president of the Asian Society
of Agricultural Economists (ASAE) for a three-year term.

Masykur Sulaiman, a spokesman for the agency, announced on
Monday that Beddu had been unanimously elected at the second ASAE
conference in Denpasar, Bali last week.

The conference, which discussed prospects for the Asian
agriculture sector in the 21st century, was also attended by
Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Economy and Finance Saleh
Afiff.

Masykur said that the Federation of Indonesian Agricultural
Economists, which also held their ninth congress in Denpasar last
week, also unanimously elected Beddu as its chairman for another
three-year term, which will end in 1999. (hen)