Maritime ministry gets officials

Maritime ministry gets officials

JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Maritime Exploration Sarwono
Kusumaatmadja swore in seven officials to his newly established
department on Friday.

After more than one month without an office or officials, the
ministry now has five director generals, an inspectorate general
and a secretary general. The officials come from various
backgrounds but most have experience in maritime issues.

Those that were sworn in are Indroyono Susilo as director
general of research compatibility and maritime exploration,
Untung Wahyono as director general of fisheries and Tommy Purwoko
as director general for development of marine potential and
organization.

The vice rector of Bogor Farming Institute, Rokhmin Danuri was
sworn as the director general of coasts and small islands while
Rear Adm. Busran Kadri was sworn in as director general of
supervision and maritime protection.

The post of secretary general will be held by Sapta Nirwanda
and the inspectorate general of the ministry is Mustofa Abubakar,
a former fisheries officer in Aceh.

Sarwono said the most immediate concerns would be to establish
a new office behind the president's office at Bina Graha, Central
Jakarta, and to send the directorate generals across the country
to survey maritime situations and needs.

"We will set up the policies and programs after each official
has reported their finds," Sarwono said after he swore in his new
officials.

Sarwono stressed his office's policies will be based on four
factors -- ecology, economy, community and politics. (04)