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)