The Financial Club opened

The Financial Club opened

JAKARTA (JP): The Financial Club, a gathering place for
financial sector executives, was officially opened on Tuesday
night by Coordinating Minister for Economy and Finance Saleh
Afiff.

The club formed by the Indonesian business community is
located on the top floor of the Niaga Tower on Jl. Jenderal
Sudirman, Jakarta.

The club's board of governors consists of prominent people,
such as Adrianus Mooy, former governor of Bank Indonesia, Omar
Abdalla, former president of the state-owned Bank Bumi Daya,
Robby Djohan, president of Bank Niaga, and Trenggono
Purwosuprodjo, chairman of the Association of Private Domestic
Banks. It is chaired by Ali Wardhana, a former coordinating
minister for economic, financial and industrial affairs, who is
now a advisor to the government for economic affairs.

"This club will help bankers to hold meetings and to negotiate
with their partners," Wardhana said in his opening remark.

A number of top level bureaucrats, such as Minister of Finance
Mar'ie Muhammad, Minister of Trade Satrio B. Joedono and Minister
of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave, attended the
opening ceremony.

The response to the membership registration for this club was
overwhelming, forcing the management to close the founding
membership list earlier than scheduled last year. Now the club
has 400 founding members and 100 ordinary members.

"A lot of people from the non-financial world applied for
membership because they said they need to have relationships and
to interact with financial-sector people," Ali said of the fact
that there are a number of executives from other sectors who have
joined the club.

The club offers meeting and business, as well as recreation,
facilities, to members. Among them are restaurants, conference
lounges, a business center, a library and a fitness center. (yns)