Tunky revamps ministry
Tunky revamps ministry
JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Industry and Trade Tunky Ariwibowo yesterday shook up his ministry, which is a merger of former ministries of industry and trade, by installing first and second echelon officials in a hastily-prepared inauguration ceremony.
"I kept the names of the new officials in my personal diskette until the last minute," Tunky said in his unprepared speech at the ceremony at his office here.
President Soeharto merged the former ministries of trade and industry by decree early last month with the aim of improving coordination for Indonesia's preparations to face trade liberalization and industrial globalization.
Under another decree, the President also streamlined the newly-merged Ministry of Industry and Trade into 11 first-echelon departments, consisting of five directorate generals, four agencies, one secretariat general and one inspectorate general.
The directorate generals are in charge respectively of agricultural and forestry industry; light industry; metal, machinery and chemical industry; domestic trade; and international trade.
The four agencies consist of the Small Industry Development Board, the National Agency for Export Development, the Agency for Industry and Trade Development and Research as well as the Indonesian Commodity Exchange Executive Agency.
Tunky yesterday installed Aidil Juzar, a former chief of the Agency for Industry research and Development, as secretary general.
Anang Fuad Rivai was installed as Director General for International Trade, Djoko Moeljono as Director General for Domestic Trade, Firdaus Ali as Director General of Light Industry, Effendi Sudarsono as Director General of Basic Metal, Machinery and Chemical Industries and Sujata as Director General of Agricultural and Forestry Product Industries.
Rosediana Suharto was assigned as chief of the Agency for Industry and Trade Development and Research, while Atih Surjati Herman was reappointed to head the Small Industry Development Board.
Zulkifli Siregar was installed as chairman of the National Agency for Export Development, Arifin Lumban Gaol as chairman of the Indonesian Commodity Exchange Executive Agency and R. Pramono as the ministry's inspector general.
Anang Lukmana and Tommy Poedjhiar were appointed as expert assistants to the minister of industry and trade.
Anang Lukmana told reporters before the inaugural ceremony that he was surprised to learn yesterday that he had lost his position as director general of the agricultural product industry.
Saut M.P. Hutauruk, a second echelon official, also acknowledged that he was surprised to be invited to yesterday's ceremony without knowing his new position. He was then sworn in as chief of the ministry's data and information center.
Tunky assured that the decision to appoint the new officials was taken with wisdom and caution. (kod)