Deng's daughter welcomed

Deng's daughter welcomed

JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday extended an
official welcome to China's Junior Minister of Science and
Technology Deng Nan, the third daughter of the deceased Chinese
leader Deng Xiao Ping.

Deng Nan, 52, arrived on Sunday for a one-week visit to
promote cooperation in the fields of science and technology. The
electrical engineer was accompanied by Indonesia's Minister of
Research and Technology B.J. Habibie when he paid a courtesy call
on Soeharto yesterday.

Deng later told reporters that Indonesia and China are
prepared to work together on projects including agriculture,
forestry, remote sensing, medicine and energy.

She said that Indonesia-China cooperation in those fields
would be considered at a meeting with the Research and Technology
Commission in Beijing in September.

Habibie expressed particular support for cooperation in
medicine, which he said, was feasible because of China's
experience in various forms of treatment including acupuncture.

Deng said, during her visit of the state-owned aviation
company PT IPTN, that Indonesia was ready for a "strong take-
off."

Her father, Deng Xiao Ping, who was suffering from advanced
stages of Parkinson's disease, died on Feb. 19 at the age of 92
from complications of a lung infection.

Deng Xiao Ping is credited the economic reforms which have
transformed China into a major regional force. He has been
succeeded by his heir Jiang Jemin, 70. (01)