Computers for museums

Computers for museums

JAKARTA (JP): Following up on a sister city agreement signed
in September, the Rotterdam Mayor Ivo W. Opstelten has
contributed four sets of computers and a photocopier to museums
in Jakarta.

The donations were handed over symbolically by Dutch
Ambassador Baron Schelto van Heemstra, to the head of the City
Museum and Conservation Agency, Robert P. Silalahi, on Thursday.

"I'm very impressed with the enthusiasm of these people. We'll
do what we can do. We're willing to cooperate and to establish
links with museums in the Netherlands," the envoy said.

Rotterdam is among several of Jakarta's "sister cities" based
upon agreements that encompass various cooperation programs.

The computers will be donated to the Maritime Museum, the
Jakarta Historical Museum, the Puppet Museum, and the Arts and
Ceramics Museum, while the photocopier will be given to the
Jakarta Historical Museum.

The Mayor and Governor Sutiyoso have signed an accord covering
three main areas to maintain their sister-city agreement.

The accord covers management information systems, waste and
river management, and the revitalization of the city's older
sections in the Sunda Kelapa area of West Jakarta, and will be
effective for four years from 2001.

The sister city agreement between the two cities started in
1986 and there have been several projects undertaken over the
years. (07)