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. (hhr)