W. Java mission to Japan

W. Java mission to Japan

BANDUNG, West Java (JP): A delegation of businessmen and
government officials from West Java will go to Fukuoka, Japan,
next week to promote investment in agribusiness and other
industries, Governor of West Java H. Nuriana said yesterday.

"Japan has technology, capital and markets, while West Java
has land and farmers," Nuriana said, adding that much of the
province's land was still uncultivated.

Nuriana said Japanese investors could lease land from local
farmers and then employ them as farm workers.

The delegation will be in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, from Nov. 4 to
Nov. 9, after an Asia-Pacific meeting on investment there
closes. The meeting runs from Nov. 1 to Nov. 4.

The governors of West Java and Sumatra, 26 governors and two
mayors from Asian-Pacific countries will attend the meeting.
(17/jsk)