Noted figures to attend Bali business meeting

Noted figures to attend Bali business meeting

JAKARTA (JP): Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim,
the founder of USA Today, Allen Neuhart, and a member of the
Japanese Keindanren business association, Kazuo Nukazawa, will be
among the speakers at the Bali Business Conference (BBC) at Nusa
Dua, Bali, next month.

The conference director, Aldo Tobing, said over the weekend
that the conference, to be held by Indonesia Junior Chamber (IJC)
from Sept. 7 to 10, is expected to attract 2,000 local and
international entrepreneurs.

The conference, with the theme "Global Economic Development
with Environmental Concern", is included in the agenda of the
Junior Chamber International (JCI).

IJC groups young Indonesian entrepreneurs who are also members
of Hipmi (the Association of Young Indonesian Businessmen).

Participation

Tobing said JCI, which has 400,000 members in 90 countries,
has registered 1,300 members around the world to participate in
the Bali conference, including 1,000 from Japan, 100 from South
Korea and the other 1,000 from various countries, such as
Malaysia, Hong Kong, the United States, Germany, Australia,
Belgium, France and Italy, as well as several African countries.

Hipmi's chairman, Adiputra Tahir, said Indonesian businessmen
are encouraged to attend the conference because it can provide
business contacts.

Handoyo, chairman of the committee for the meeting, said the
conference is also expected to produce recommendations for the
leadership meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC), which will be held in Bogor, south of here, in November.

He said the Bali conference would also formulate a resolution
to be brought to the North-South talks, which will be held in the
United Nations headquarters in New York early next year. The
resolution will also be presented at JCI's world congress. (05)