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The government's latest attempt to kick start development in
the country's infrastructure sector has attracted 114 domestic and
foreign exhibitors, including ones from Japan, India, China, Hong Kong,
Singapore and the U.S., in addition to a host of high-profile speakers.
With some 13,000 square meters of exhibits, the "Indonesian
Infrastructure Conference and Exhibition 2006", which was opened
Wednesday by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, is the largest and the
most comprehensive event of its kind ever held in Indonesia, organizers
say.
The exhibitors are made up of companies involved directly or indirectly
in the infrastructure and support sectors.
They include oil and gas corporations, power generation and
distribution firms, telecommunications and information providers, and
transportation and logistics firms.
Also, side-by-side with the private-sector stands are those of
state-owned enterprises and the country's autonomous regions.
The European Business Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia (EuroCham) has a
300-square-meter pavilion housing exhibitors from Europe.
"The European pavilion will facilitate direct business networking with
the target groups in order to actually close deals," EuroCham chairman
Jean-Francois Fichaux said after the opening of the three-day event.
To mark the event, EuroCham launched the first edition of its
Europe-Indonesia Investment Catalog, which lists nearly 200 European
firms ready and willing to participate in Indonesia's infrastructural
development.
Meanwhile, the Canadian pavilion hosts such companies as Husky Energy
(oil and gas), SNC-Lavalin and McElhanney (consulting engineering), SBB
(power transmission) and Intelcan (aviation infrastructure).
Indonesia is currently Canada's second largest investment destination
in Asia, with investments totaling more than C$5.5 billion (about Rp
44.6 trillion).
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