Bob Hawke scheduled to speak at seminar

Bob Hawke scheduled to speak at seminar

JAKARTA (JP): Former Australian prime minister Robert J. Hawke
is scheduled to speak at "the Indonesian Capital Market's 19th
Anniversary Conference" here next month.

The chairman of the Capital Market Supervisory Agency
(Bapepam), I Putu Gede Ary Suta, told journalists yesterday that
Hawke will discuss global perspectives on Asian values.

"It is widely-known that any country's economic growth is
based on its social values. And we choose Hawke to elaborate this
issue because he once made a good presentation on the issue in
Singapore," said the conference's organizer John Prasetio from
Prasetio Utomo & Co.

Other speakers at the conference, to be held on August 8 and
August 9, will include Minister of Finance Mari'e Muhammad, Bank
Indonesia Governor Soedradjad Djiwandono, Vice Governor of the
National Resilience Institute Juwono Sudarsono, Director General
of State-owned Enterprises Bacelius Ruru and Merrill Lynch's
president, Mitchell Shriver.

Karen Koh from ABN television, Richard Borsuk from The Asian
Wall Street Journal and Henny Senders from Far Eastern Economic
Review will act as moderators.

Putu said that around 1,000 people are expected to attend the
conference, including 300 foreign investors and fund managers.

"We will also make use of this event to promote Indonesian
companies, both privately-owned and state-owned," Putu said.

John said that the companies registered to give presentations
at the conference are Bank Negara Indonesia 1946, PT Krakatau
Steel, PT Tambang Timah, PT Jasa Marga, PT Perusahaan Listrik
Negara, PT Rajawali Nusantara, PT Aneka Tambang, Texmaco Group
and Sinar Mas Group. (alo)