Singapore anxious over MPR session

Singapore anxious over MPR session

JAKARTA (JP): The final week of the General Session of the
People's Consultative Assembly appears to be an uneasy spell of
time for not only the country, but its neighbor Singapore.

A number of Singaporean business circle told Antara in Batam,
Riau on Thursday how they were watching the course of the session
through all available media.

They said they were aware of President B.J. Habibie's
accountability speech before the Assembly on Thursday and the
presidential election next Wednesday the most.

Their ears were glued to a local radio station Warna Singapura
which broadcast a talk show on presidential candidates recently.
The radio interviewed political observer Mochtar Pabottingi and
Assembly speaker Amien Rais.

"If the analysis comes true, we will lose interest in capital
investment in Indonesia," a businessman Lee Sau Wee said after
hearing the broadcast.

Mochtar told the radio that Habibie's reelection would
generate political instability, while Amien suggested that
Indonesian leave the issue to the Assembly. (amd)