Garuda's new chief sworn in

Garuda's new chief sworn in

JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto
swore in yesterday Supandi, 58, as the new president of Garuda
Indonesia, the country's air carrier.

In his speech, Haryanto said that the replacement of
executives at state-owned firms is a normal event but is always
worth observing.

Supandi replaced Wage Mulyono, who became Garuda's president
in January 1992. Yesterday's ceremony was not attended by Wage
who stayed working at his office. Wage's driver told The Jakarta
Post yesterday that during the last few days his boss repeatedly
expressed relief at the sudden replacement.

Together with Supandi, there were 18 executives sworn in by
Haryanto as commissioners and 15 others as executives of state-
owned firms overseen by the Ministry of Transportation.

The newly sworn in executives included Herman Prayitno, who
was installed as commercial director, Thanthawi Hamid as finance
director and Suprihat as technical director of PT Pelabuhan
Indonesia (Pelindo) II, a company assigned to managed several
sea-ports in West Java, including the Tanjung Priok port in
Jakarta.

Eko Suwaryo was sworn in yesterday as Garuda's personnel and
general affairs director, while Yatoen Wahyoe Wargakusumah and
Muskul Firdaus were inaugurated as PT Angkasa Pura II's directors
of operation and finance respectively. Angkasa Pura is the firm
managing nine airports in the western part of the country,
including two in Jakarta.

Baharuddin Wahab was appointed as president of PT Pengerukan
Indonesia, a dredging firm, while Bambang Istidjab, Wahyono
Bimarso and Chalid Thahir were inaugurated as new directors of
finance, technology and commerce of Pelindo IV, respectively.
(icn)