W. Australia's mission

W. Australia's mission

JAKARTA (JP): Western Australia's Primary Industry Minister
Monty House is expected here this weekend in a mission to boost
Western Australia's exports of food, agricultural and fisheries
products, the Australian embassy said yesterday.

The Minister will be joined here next week by Premier Richard
Court, who will launch "Focus Indonesia" program in Jakarta.

This program will be attended by Indonesian agribusiness, food
company, government and political representatives as well as some
50 Western Australian companies.

Focus Indonesia is an intensive 12 month project which will
develop stronger relationships between Western Australia's
agriculture, fisheries and food companies and Indonesian firms.

The minister said the main aim of the project was to increase
the value of agricultural, fisheries and food exports to
Indonesia from A$440 million last financial year to A$650 million
in 2000/2001.

While in Indonesia, House will meet the country's largest
supermarket chains, representatives of the local feedlot
association and the Djajanti Group's fishing company, PT Daya
Guna Samudera. (08)