Growth triangle talks in Batam

Growth triangle talks in Batam

JAKARTA (JP): Some 300 executives from the region are expected
to take part on Wednesday in a meeting on the industrial island
of Batam to promote cooperation in the context of the Indonesia-
Malaysia-Singapore Growth Triangle (IMS-GT).

Participants will come from the three countries as well as
from Hong Kong and Brunei, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said
on Monday.

Minister of Industry and Trade Rahardi Ramelan and State
Minister of Investment/chairman of The Investment Coordinating
Board (BKPM) Marzuki Usman will be the main speakers.

Governors from West Sumatra, Riau, Jambi, Bengkulu, South
Sumatra, Lampung and West Kalimantan, and leaders of trade
organizations have also been invited to the event.

The meeting at Novotel Hotel is jointly sponsored by the
ministry's Directorate General of Foreign Economic Relations and
the Batam Island Development Authority.

The agenda is expected to cover business opportunities in
trade, banking and tourism in Indonesia, the ministry said.

The IMS-GT is one of several existing growth triangle
arrangements among Southeast Asian countries designed to promote
closer business cooperation between neighboring territories and
provinces within the region.(02)