City councillors take brain course

City councillors take brain course

JAKARTA: Taking part in comparative studies overseas and
studying under a postgraduate program here were not enough for
city councillors, as some 60 of them took part in a short course
known as "Brainware Management Training" on Thursday to improve
their "brain power".

Council chairman Edy Waluyo told reporters the councillors
were expected to improve their emotional intelligence and adopt
productive and efficient habits.

The training program's consultant Taufik Baharudin refused to
say what was the cost of the training, which took place at 9:30
a.m. to 4 p.m. at the council building.

"But I'm not a cheap consultant. People say that I'm an
expensive one," Taufik, who is also a lecturer at the University
of Indonesia's school of economics, said.

The city councillors had previously been criticized for
spending billions of rupiah in taking comparative studies courses
overseas and enrolling in local postgraduate education, financed
by the city. --JP