Top business and govt leaders to meet in May
Top business and govt leaders to meet in May
JAKARTA (JP): High-ranking domestic and foreign government
officials and business leaders will meet at the Indonesia Summit
in Jakarta this May 13 and May 14.
Coordinating Minister for Production and Distribution Hartarto
said yesterday that the government will use the summit to explain
the direction of its economic policy and its commitment to
continuing its deregulation measures.
"We expect that the summit will help promote Indonesia and
attract more foreign investment to propel economic growth in the
future," Hartarto said.
President Soeharto is scheduled to open the two-day event,
which is being held by the American daily International Herald
Tribune and the office of the Coordinating Minister for
Production and Distribution.
Hartarto and the daily's publisher, Richard McClean, yesterday
met with Soeharto to explain the summit.
Hartarto said Soeharto welcomed the initiative to conduct the
summit but expressed his concern with foreign press accounts of
corruption in Indonesia.
Through the Indonesian Summit, McClean said, participants will
be afforded a chance to explore partnership possibilities.
Speakers at the two-day summit will include senior government
officials, Indonesian and international business leaders as well
as international dignitaries.
Foreign speakers at the summit will include President of World
Bank James Wolfensohn, Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs G.J.
Wijers, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada on
International Trade Roy MacLaren, Philippine Secretary of Trade
and Industry Rizalino Navarro, Chinese Vice Premier Zhu Rongji,
Chairman of Peregrine Investment Holdings Ltd. Philip Tose,
Chairman of Ssangyong Corporation S. Joon Tose.
Wolfensohn will talk on Sustainable Development: Indonesia's
Experience; Wijers will present a paper on Indonesia: A Strategic
Link to Asia Pacific Trade and Investment; while MacLaren will
discuss Indonesian Potential as a Production Base for North
American Investors.
Meanwhile, Indonesian speakers will include Hartarto,
Coordinating Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs Saleh
Afiff, State Minister of Investment Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo,
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas, Minister of Finance
Mar'ie Muhammad, Minister of Industry and Trade Tunky Ariwibowo,
Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto, Minister of
Public Works Radinal Moochtar, Minister of Mines and Energy Ida
Bagus Sudjana, Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications
Joop Ave, Bank Indonesia Governor Soedradjad Djiwandono,
businessmen Iman Taufik and Yusuf Kalla and a number top
executives from state-owned oil firm Pertamina, Freeport
Indonesia and Pacific Satellite Nusantara.
Hartarto will talk on Indonesia's Initiative in Free Trade and
Investment; Ali will discuss Regional Peace and Sustained
Economic Development; Tunky will address Economic Reform:
Promoting Trade and Manufacturing Based Industry; Afiff, Mar'ie
and Soedradjad will discuss the Indonesian Economy and its
Prudent Macroeconomic Policies; while the other ministers will
discuss opportunities in infrastructure development in Indonesia.
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