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)