No empty promises, please!

SERANG, West Java: Members of the local branch of the ruling political group Golkar were reminded not to lure the people with empty promises during the 1997 election campaigns.

Amin Ibrahim, General Secretary for Golkar's West Java chapter, urged local Golkar members to refrain from giving promises which are impossible to keep.

"People are more critical nowadays," he said, as quoted by the Antara news agency. He added that instead of deceiving the people with such promises, Golkar should focus on concrete, useful actions.

He also asked Golkar members to improve public services by making bureaucratic procedures more simple.(pwn)