New buses presented for APEC

New buses presented for APEC

JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto
yesterday presented 105 buses to be used by delegates of the Asia
Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, participants of the
APEC Ladies' Program and to carry the delegations' luggage.

Most of the fleets of Mercedes-Benz buses, owned by the state-
owned PPD and DAMRI bus companies and the private PT Hiba Utama
firm, were initially used during the Tenth Non-Aligned Movement
Summit two years ago.

Some, however, were newly imported less than six months ago.

Some of the air-conditioned PPD buses used for the APEC
delegates were taken from fleets regularly used for Jakarta's
public transportation system.

Haryanto said to fill the vacuum, PT Mayasari has been asked
to deploy more buses in Jakarta for the duration of the APEC
meetings.

"This is not an easy task because great discipline and
responsibility are needed... You will be serving the country's
honorable guests and some of the world's most important people,"
he told the drivers and other operational personnel during the
presentation.

"We will be the focus of the world's attention during these
few days so we must give a good image...So (the delegates) also
have a positive impression of Indonesia," he added. (pwn)