House sets up population forum

House sets up population forum

JAKARTA: Members of the House of Representatives from various
factions and commissions declared on Wednesday the establishment
of a parliamentary forum for population and development.

The forum will help the House conduct its legislation,
budgetary and oversight functions, chairman Surya Chandra
Surapaty said.

The forum affiliates itself to the Asian Parliamentary Forum
for Population and Development, the UN Fund for Population
Activities and the National Family Planning Coordinating Board.

Surya said the forum bore a mission to create quality
generation through a sustainable development program. -- JP