Mega to kick off fishermen meeting

MANADO, North Sulawesi: President Megawati Soekarnoputri, who is seeking reelection this year, is scheduled to open the national meeting of the Fishermen Farmers Mainstay Group on June 5 in Tondano, Minahasa regency here.

The head of the economic bureau at the North Sulawesi provincial administration, Abdi W. Buchari, said on Saturday 15,000 people were expected to attend the meeting.

Several other high-ranking officials are also expected to attend the meeting, including Vice President Hamzah Haz and vice presidential candidate Siswono Yudohusodo, who chairs the Indonesian Farmers Association. -- JP