RI to host journos' meeting

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)