MPI has new chairman

MPI has new chairman

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesia Forestry Society (MPI) has
appointed Sudrajat D.P. as its chairman for the 1998/2003 tenure,
replacing Abbas Adhar, who has held the position for only three
months.

The organization said yesterday that the replacement was
decided at the organization's national meeting Monday.

Sudrajat pledged to help the government lift the nation out of
its severe economic crisis by boosting foreign exchange earnings
from forest-product exports and to give more attention to
improving local people's welfare.

Sudrajat replaced Abbas, MPI's former vice president, who took
the position after the resignation of Mohammad "Bob" Hasan in
March.

MPI is a holding (umbrella) grouping of nine forestry-related
organizations, the Association of Indonesian Wood Panel Producers
(Apkindo), the Association of Indonesian Concessionaires (APHI),
the Indonesian Saw Mill Association (ISA), the Indonesian Pulp
and Paper Association (APKI), the Indonesian Flora and Fauna
Traders Association (HAPFFI), the Association of Furniture and
Handicraft Producers (Asmindo), the Association of Formaldehyde
and Thermosetting Adhesive Industries (AIFTA), the Association of
Indonesian Wood Preservation Industries (APKIN) and the
Federation of Indonesian Forest Consultant Companies (Hikkindo).
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