RI to attend market meeting

JAKARTA (JP): The president of the Jakarta provincial administration's market firm PT Pasar Jaya, Syahriar Tanjung, will attend the Council Meeting of the World Union of Wholesale Markets in Annapolis, Maryland, United States from April 1 to 6.

Tanjung said in a statement it was the first participation of an Indonesian representative in the meeting.

"This is a great moment for the Indonesia wholesale and vegetable industry as Indonesia now has full voting rights in the World Union," Tanjung said.

The Indonesian position in the World Union was sponsored by the Melbourne Market Authority (MMA), Victoria, Australia, the statement said.

"This is a major step in bilateral cooperation between Indonesia and Australia by having Australia as Indonesia's sponsor at the World Union," MMA's chairman Jeremy Gaylard said. (jsk)