Journalists leave for Australia

Journalists leave for Australia

JAKARTA: Ninety Indonesians departed for Australia on Sunday
to attend the second Indonesia-Australia Specialized Training
Project (IASTP).

The participants included dozens of journalists, the
Australian Embassy said in a statement.

They will take part in five different workshops on small and
medium enterprises development; surveillance and social research
on drugs; human rights; district and provincial planning; and
business journalism.

Some 14,000 Indonesians have participated in the A$54 million
training program, which began in 1998.

The training project is aimed at improving the skills of
workers from private and government institutions, as well as non-
governmental organizations.

The Jakarta Post is represented by Johannes Simbolon, the
daily's business editor. -- JP