Journalists trained in East Timor

Journalists trained in East Timor

DILI, East Timor: One hundred and four journalists and public
relations officials from Indonesia's 27th province of East Timor
joined a three-day training program which started here last
Thursday.

The program was meant to prepare them to become members of the
Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI), according to secretary
of East Timor's PWI Justin Herman.

Association chairman Sofyan Lubis and head of East Timor
Family Planning Coordinating Board A Budiyato spoke at the event.

In Bandung, West Java, three veteran journalists received
awards for their work from the West Java branch of the
association. The three were Atje Bastaman, 85, MO Koesman, 70,
and Rohdi Partaatmadja, 80, who were considered to have made very
important contributions to the growth of the Indonesian press in
its early days.

The presentation ceremony of the awards were led by West Java
Deputy Governor Ukman Sutaryan, Antara reported. (swe)