City to host seminar on drug

City to host seminar on drug

JAKARTA (JP): The city will host a five-day course about drug prevention beginning Tuesday next week.

The April 25 - 29 course at the Graha Kencana BKKBN guest house in East Jakarta will be attended by 12 reporters from Jakarta, 18 from other provinces and 10 media representatives from all the ASEAN countries, Syam, an organizer, told The Jakarta Post yesterday.

Among the speakers to be featured are representatives from the United Nations for Drug Control Program office in Thailand and the International Cooperation on Alcohol and Addiction office in Switzerland, said the Ministry of Information's Kundrat, who is in charge of helping manage the course.

Such local scholars and experts as professor Dadang Hawari from the University of Indonesia, Satya Yuwana from the Hospital for Drugs Addicts, Brig. Gen. Rusdihardjo from the Crime Investigation Directorate of the National Police and Willy Karamoy from the Ministry of Information will also be present.

Organized by the local non-governmental organization Badan Kerjasama Sosial Usaha Pembinaan Warga Tama (Bersama), the course will be opened by Minister of Information Harmoko. (bsr)