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67760
Thu, 06/25/2009 - 21:10
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ASEAN MINISTERS SIGN MOU ON GOODS TRANSPORTATION
Manado, N Sulawesi, June 25 (ANTARA) - Four ASEAN transport ministers here on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on goods transportation within their region.
The MoU was signed during the 4th BIMP EAGA (Brunei-Indonesia- Malaysia-Philippines - East ASEAN Growth Area) Conference in Kalasey, Minahasa, North Sulawesi.
Ministers signing the MoU were Jusman Syafii Djamal of Indonesia, Pehin Abubakar Apong of Brunei Darussalam, Annely Loncoc of the Philippines and Datuk Abdullah Rahim bin Bakri of Malaysia.
With the Philippines, Indonesia specifically agreed the sending of goods with Roro (roll-on-roll off) ships through Bitung in North Sulawesi to General Santos, the Philippines.
Indonesian Transport Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal said that the MoU would serve as a legal umbrella for goods transportation among signatory countries from Brunei to Indonesia through Malaysia or vise versa from Malaysia to Indonesia or to Brunei.
"This would serve as a legal umbrella. Later it would be decided which lanes that would be passed on by goods both from land and the sea," the minister said.
Besides signing the MoU, the ASEAN ministers visited Bitung to have a close look at the container port and fishery industries in the port city.
At Bitung, the ministers group was welcomed by Bitung Mayor Hanny Sondakh and the general manager of PT Pelayaran Indonesia (Pelindo).
Bitung Regional Government spokesman Erwin Kontu said that the visit of the ASEAN ministers to Bitung was to explore Bitung's potentials that could be developed.
He said that Brunei even was interested in the Bitung fishery sector.
"They also took a close look at what Bitung needs from their respective countries, or potentials that could be exported to Bitung," he said.
The conference in Minahasa (North Sulawesi) was expected to provide an opportunity for the BIMP-EAGA countries to exchange views and information concerning the status of transport infrastructure facilities and progress in logistics services with the aim of streamlining cooperation.***2***
The MoU was signed during the 4th BIMP EAGA (Brunei-Indonesia- Malaysia-Philippines - East ASEAN Growth Area) Conference in Kalasey, Minahasa, North Sulawesi.
Ministers signing the MoU were Jusman Syafii Djamal of Indonesia, Pehin Abubakar Apong of Brunei Darussalam, Annely Loncoc of the Philippines and Datuk Abdullah Rahim bin Bakri of Malaysia.
With the Philippines, Indonesia specifically agreed the sending of goods with Roro (roll-on-roll off) ships through Bitung in North Sulawesi to General Santos, the Philippines.
Indonesian Transport Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal said that the MoU would serve as a legal umbrella for goods transportation among signatory countries from Brunei to Indonesia through Malaysia or vise versa from Malaysia to Indonesia or to Brunei.
"This would serve as a legal umbrella. Later it would be decided which lanes that would be passed on by goods both from land and the sea," the minister said.
Besides signing the MoU, the ASEAN ministers visited Bitung to have a close look at the container port and fishery industries in the port city.
At Bitung, the ministers group was welcomed by Bitung Mayor Hanny Sondakh and the general manager of PT Pelayaran Indonesia (Pelindo).
Bitung Regional Government spokesman Erwin Kontu said that the visit of the ASEAN ministers to Bitung was to explore Bitung's potentials that could be developed.
He said that Brunei even was interested in the Bitung fishery sector.
"They also took a close look at what Bitung needs from their respective countries, or potentials that could be exported to Bitung," he said.
The conference in Minahasa (North Sulawesi) was expected to provide an opportunity for the BIMP-EAGA countries to exchange views and information concerning the status of transport infrastructure facilities and progress in logistics services with the aim of streamlining cooperation.***2***
