Kahfi nominated as vice governor

JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta Mayor Abdul Kahfi has been nominated by the city council to be deputy governor of welfare affairs, replacing Museno who has just retired.

The council also nominated Maj. Gen. Djaelani, an assistant to State Minister of Population/Chairman of the National Family Planning Board, to be deputy governor of administrative affairs, replacing Idroes who is to join the House of Representatives.

The council's deputy speaker, Sugeng Supriyatna, said after a meeting with the two nominated candidates yesterday that the nominees would be approved by the council in Friday's plenary session.

"The result will be then presented to the President for approval," he said.

When asked to comment on his nomination, Kahfi replied: "I am ready to do any assignments ordered by my superiors."

Fifty-five-year-old Kahfi is a 1966 graduate of the military academy and Djaelani, 51, earned a medical degree from the University of Indonesia in 1966. (07)