RI to host journos' meeting

PADANG, West Sumatra: The second ASEAN journalists conference will be held in Bukittinggi, about 100 kilometers north of here, from July 2 to July 6, Antara reported yesterday.

The head of the Indonesian Journalists Association's local chapter, Sahar B.S., said that up to 120 journalists from Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries and Australia would participate.

The meeting is expected to cover problems faced by ASEAN journalists.

"The topic was agreed on in the ASEAN journalist's first meeting at Port Dickson in Malaysia in 1995," Sahar said. (swe)