RI, Malaysia to hold seminar

RI, Malaysia to hold seminar

BOGOR, West Java: Amid their strained bilateral ties, Indonesia and Malaysia will hold a seminar on language and literature here between Sept. 14 and Sept. 16, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

The three-day event will be organized by the Bogor-based Pakuan University, the Kuala Lumpur-based Language and Literature Council (DPB) and the Malaysian Writers Association (Gapena), organizing committee chairman, Ade S Natawiria, said.

The seminar is aimed at proving that education sector has nothing to do with political discrepancy between Indonesia and Malaysia, said Ade, who is also the deputy rector of Pakuan University.

President Megawati Soekarnoputri was slated to open the seminar but since she is on an overseas trip until mid-September, the organizing committee has asked West Java Governor Nuriana to open the event. -- Antara