Foreign investors eye Seram

AMBON, Maluku: A number of investors from China and Japan as well as European countries have reportedly expressed interest in doing business in Seram Island in Maluku province, an official said here on Wednesday.

"Besides foreign investors, Indonesian businessmen have also been seeking information on making investments in Seram Island," Maluku Governor Karel Alberth Rahalahu said.

Most of the investors are interested in the island's fishing, agricultural, plantation and mining industries, said the newly appointed governor.

These investments, if carried out, would have a good impact on the local people's lives in particular, and in Maluku in general, Karel said.

Maluku has begun rebuilding after it was wracked by a four- year bloody sectarian conflict, which broke out early 1999.--Antara