Population growth

Population growth

Although President Soeharto is reportedly not going to attend the World Conference on Population scheduled for early September, 1994 in Cairo, Indonesia will surely be represented in the forum and hopefully become an important resource and will relate its experience in curbing population growth. Indonesia has been very successful in this area in spite of the fact that Indonesian is third largest in terms of population in the world.

One of the factors that causes poverty is rapid population growth. That's why, the effort to curb world population through family planning programs is essential. Indonesia has a moral obligation to share its experience with other countries. The problems of unemployment, health, education and many other social issues can be closely linked with population growth. So, due attention is needed to overcome the problem.

-- Pikiran Rakyat, Bandung