Joop Ave appoints new director general

Joop Ave appoints new director general

JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications
Joop Ave installed here yesterday Sasmito Dirdjo and Maj. Gen.
Djoko Pramono as the ministry's Director General and Inspectorate
General, respectively.

Dirdjo replaced Djakaria Purawidjaja while Pramono replaced
Oentoeng Sarwono. The two outgoing officials have retired.

Joop also swore in yesterday a number of officials to new
positions after an executive reshuffle at his office and offices
of state-owned enterprises supervised by the ministry.

The minister appointed Acep Hidayat as head of the ministry's
education and training division; Mardany as chairwoman of the
Tourism Institute in Bali; and Bagus Panuntun Waginan Sigiarso as
president of PT Taman Wisata Candi Borobudur dan Prambanan.

Azhari Abdullah and Jodi Sulistioadi Soesilo were assigned
respectively as secretary to the ministry's inspectorate general
and director of tourism international marketing.

Djamhari Sirat was appointed to Joop's staff of experts while
Sambudo Parikesit became director of tourism service affairs.

Joop said at his office yesterday that seven state-owned
companies under his supervision had booked Rp 2.29 trillion in
profits this year.

He said PT Indosat and PT Telkom, which are partly owned by
the public, had booked profits of Rp 1.6 trillion and Rp 609.2
billion, respectively, by the third quarter this year.

PT Pos Indonesia's profit was Rp 80.17 billion, up from Rp
72.67 billion in 1996; while PT Bali Tourism Development
Corporation made Rp 10.72 billion, up from 6.84 billion in 1996,
he said.

Hotel operator PT HII is the only firm to book a loss -- of Rp
5.55 billion in 1997 -- down from Rp 6.1 billion in 1996.

Natour, another hotel operator, made a Rp 502 million profit
this year, down from Rp 884 million last year. (icn)