Kalla to open Bugis trade event

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Dato Sri Mohd. Najib Bin Tun Abdul Razak is scheduled to attend the 7th Bugis Makassar Entrepreneurs Conference here this weekend.

Event organizing committee chairman Halim Kalla said Najib would be among the foreign guests of Bugis Makassar origin attending the event from Friday through Sunday. Around 1,000 people have registered to attend the conference, which will be opened by Vice President Jusuf Kalla, who is a native Bugis.

Other prominent people at the event would be Minister of Trade Mari E. Pangestu, Minister of Transportation Hatta Radjasa, Minister of Justice and Human Rights Hamid Awaluddin and State Minister of State Enterprise Sugiharto. -- Antara