Makassar to host major business expo

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi; The regional development board of South Sulawesi province will hold a tourism, trade and industrial expo here in September.

"The expo will exhibit main products from the five provinces on Sulawesi island," the board's secretary-general, Ikrar M Saleh, told South Sulawesi Governor Amin Syam on Thursday night.

The five provinces are North Sulawesi, Gorontalo, Central Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi and South Sulawesi.

The Makassar expo will be the after those in Manado, North Sulawesi and in Gorontalo, he added. --Antara