English course for Navy officers

English course for Navy officers

JAKARTA (JP): Rear Admiral Abu Hanifah Hasanuddin, a personnel
affairs assistant to the Navy commander, opened a nine-day
English course for 11 of the Navy's high-ranking officers
yesterday.

Abu Hanifah said in his speech that the course, the third
conducted by the Navy, was intended mainly to enable the
participants to hold meetings, discussions and negotiations as
well as to make written reports and presentations in English.

It is being held at the RE Martadinata Tooth Medical Institute
on Jl. Bendungan Hilir, South Jakarta.

"The course program has been designed jointly by the Navy and
the Business Management and Technology Research Center over the
last six months," he said.

The previous two courses were successful and warmly welcomed
by the participants, he said.

Fourteen officers attended the first course in August and 15
the second in November.

The instructors have included John W. Rawkins, a lecturer at
Queensland University, Australia, and Mrs. Nuriana Sapto, a
graduate of the Malang Teachers Training Institute in East Java.
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