Development and openness

Development and openness

In his speech during the opening ceremony of the Congress of
the Association of Newspapers Publishers on July 9, 1994,
President Soeharto emphasized that newspapers often presented
reports and articles which are not in compliance with the law,
nor in line with professional ethics, nor the norms acceptable to
society. The national press still needs to deepen its perception
and enhance its practice of the commonly agreed regulations.

In this era of globalization which demands openness of the
national media, the press should become an institution reflecting
the Pancasila values of identity. We already have the
philosophical, ethical and judicial basis for carrying out the
task. But the press still requires the support of the government
and society to realize the ideal, particularly pertaining to
quality of human resources.

Enhancement of openness should be taken to mean that the press
should become a free and responsible institution, taking the
government and society as partners. Freedom and responsibility
are two sides of the same coin.

-- Suara Karya, Jakarta