Japanese firms win RI jobs

Japanese firms win RI jobs

TOKYO (AFP): Three major Japanese trading firms have each won
orders from the Indonesian government to build thermal power
plants in Java by 1997 worth a total 180 billion yen (US$1.8
billion), company spokesmen said yesterday.

Marubeni Corp. will build a 80 billion yen power station with
a capacity of 1,100 megawatts in Muara Tawar, West Java, jointly
with Asea Brown Boveri AG, a Swiss-Swedish venture and the
largest heavy electrical machinery maker in Europe.

Mitsubishi Corp. has won a 60 billion yen contract with
Siemens AG and Cockerill Mechanical Industries of Belgium for a
800 megawatt plant in Grati in East Java.

Sumitomo Corp., with General Electric of the United States,
was awarded a 40 billion yen order to build additional facilities
at Tambak Lorok in Central Java.

The Indonesian government is trying to cope with a serious
power shortage in Java due to delays in a a large-scale private
electric power project.