=Menbudpar opened the Indonesian Festival in Melbourne Sydney

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On Thursday, August 28 2008 09:48 WIB

Menbudpar opened the Indonesian Festival in Melbourne Sydney -- noodles: Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik and the RI Ambassador to Australia and Vanuatuan TM Hamzah Thayeb it was confirmed attended and opened the Indonesian Festival 2008 in Melbourne. The festival that took place in the Exhibition building, Karlton, the Melbourne city from Friday (29/8) to Sunday (31/8) that will be livened up with the trade exhibition and the career, the promotion of tourism, the food bazaar, and the performance of Indonesian Archipelago cultural art. At least delegation's 250 members from West Java and several other areas in Indonesia were present at the activity that was supported by 150 local artists and the invitation from the Motherland as well as hundreds of students and the Indonesian student that pursued knowledge in Melbourne.

In the Indonesian Festival that became the annual activity of the Consulate General RI Melbourne since 2005 this the Director General of Diplomacy of the Public Foreign Affairs Department RI Andri hadi and three People's Representative Council-RI members from the Golkar Faction, the National Mandate Party and Democratic Party Indonesian Perjuangan also was present. From the official's circle of the government and the Victorian member of state parliament also will be present. Several of the him was the Secretary of Parliament for the cultural affair, Liz Beattie MP and Melbourne Mayor, John So. The Indonesian festival 2008 that featured the potential for economics, investment, and this West Javanese cultural art was preceeded with the implementation of the forum for investment that in part was focussed on the sector of the iron ore industry and the manufacture industry of the steel.

In the exhibition of the trade, there were 64 supreme product counters was put forward heterogenous the company, the regional government and non-the government, like the West Javanese Regional Government, NTB, Bali, East Kalimantan, West Sumatra, Kementrian Pemuda Sport, Depbudpar, BKPM, Depdag, Deperin, HIPMI Jaya, BHP Billiton, and Mercedes Benz. The consul general RI Melbourne, Budiarman Bahar, said, the Indonesian Festival grew into the terminal for the strengthening of the Indonesia-Australia co-operation in developing relations in the level of the people. Beforehand, Consellor Bidang Ekonomi Konsulat Jenderal RI Minister had in Melbourne, Jahar Gultom, said, KJRI Melbourne with the Garuda Indonesia and the Centre of the Promotion of the Indonesian Trade (ITPC) Sydney will make use of the Indonesian Festival site 2008 to catch the Australian businessman in order to participates in the Exhibition of the Ekspor Product in Jakarta Oktober came.

The agenda that his implementation was supported by the Indonesian Bank, Bank Mandiri, and BNI 1946 this last year was held in the Waterfront City Dockland tour region, Melbourne. Belasan thousand the person came, and they were not only entertained with a series of agenda art-culture the Indonesian Archipelago, but they could also enjoy the exhibition of the trade and the food bazaar. The data of trade statistics showed the total Indonesia-Australia value of the trade 2006-2007 reached almost 10,5 billion Australian dollar, and made Indonesia the 13th Australian country of the trade partner. At this time at least was gotten by 400 Australian companies that operated in Indonesia, and the investment opportunity outside the mining field and the infrastructure in Indonesia still was open the area for the Australian investors. Aim countries of the export and the main Australian import uptil now were China, the United States, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, and Germany. Totally the Australian value of the export reached 210 billion dollar (2006) and each year received approximately 5.5 million foreign visitors. (Ant/OL-02)