Reelected head of chamber

Reelected head of chamber

Aburizal "Ical" Bakrie was reelected chairman of the Chamber
of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) for the 1999/2004 term at the
end of the chamber's national congress on Friday.

Anyone has the right to be elected to the post of the
chamber's chairman. But the most important thing is how to mold
the association in such a way that it eventually becomes a
partner of the government in making economic policies.

Business and the wider community alike hope that the chamber
can support the creation of a sound and fair business climate
that is free from economic malpractice.

The prolonged economic crisis has devastated the pillars of
the national economy, while at the same time we are facing
numerous demands for total reform in the sociopolitical sector,
which sometimes gives rise to upheavals.

The Kadin leadership should be able to anticipate the numerous
challenges. The role and function of the chamber as the
government's dialog partner in making economic policies will
increasingly become more important to enable Indonesia to get out
of the economic crisis.

-- Bisnis Indonesia, Jakarta