Hamzah launches VP center

Hamzah launches VP center

JAKARTA: Vice President Hamzah Haz inaugurated on Tuesday the
Vice President Center, a non-governmental organization which will
provide an alternative forum for communication between the
government, people and private sector in dealing with problems
facing the nation.

The center's major program, called the People's Solidarity for
National Assets (Superiman), will seek to raise by the end of
this year Rp 100 trillion (US$11.7 billion), which will be used
to help the national economic recovery program. As of Tuesday the
center had collected Rp 325 million, including Rp 25 million from
Hamzah.

Chaired by Hamzah, the center named President Megawati
Soekarnoputri its chief patron, vice presidential secretary
Priyono Tjipto Harijanto, Bank Indonesia Governor Burhanuddin
Abdullah, businessman Aburizal Bakrie, former finance minister
Bambang Sudibyo, Muslim scholars Komaruddin Hidayat and Azyumardi
Azra and Maluku leader Des Alwi the advisors. The day-to-day work
of the center will be conducted by Hamzah's aide Laode M.
Kamaluddin,

The activities of the center are announced to the public
through its homepage www.istanawapres.go.id. -- Antara