---------------------------------------------------------- FREE for JOIN Indonesia Daily News Online via EMAIL: go to: http://www.indo-news.com/subscribe.html - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - Please Visit Our Sponsor http://www.indo-news.com/cgi-bin/ads1 ++ Pemilu Online: http://www.indo-news.com/pemilu/ ++ ---------------------------------------------------------- Antara, June 21, 1999 Japanese Students Inquire Situation in Indonesia Tokyo, June 21 (ANTARA) - Many Japanese people, particularly those who want to visit Indonesia, are very interested in the present political situation in the country. A number of students who study Southeast Asia affairs and the Indonesian language inquired at ANTARA here about political stability and social situation in Indonesia after the June 7 general election. The students want to obtain the information because they want to spend their summer holidays in August and September in Indonesia. Most students in Japan want to spend their holidays by going abroad, while studying the local culture and language in accordance with their disciplines. Several universities in Japan have cooperation programs with the University of Indonesia for the tour of study program. However, in the past two years some programs have been frozen, because the political situation in Indonesia has not been stable. The University of Nihon, which has given the opportunity to students to spend their summer holidays in Indonesia, has shifted to Malaysia this year. In addition, some people wanting to visit Indonesia for the holidays and business purposes inquired ANTARA through telephone. Tanaka, a Japanese woman, inquired about the political situation and security in Jakarta, Bandung and Bali, while another telephone caller inquired about the situation in Manado. Tanaka is a Batik fan. She wants to visit Indonesia to hunt for Batiks. "Is it safe for us to conduct travel in September?" asked a telephone caller who wants to visit Sumba island. The telephone caller relate the security in Indonesia to the results of the general election on June 7, 1999, because they inquired about the final result of the general election on June 7, 1999 on Monday, June 21. (T.LTK-01/INT-KT/15:20/INT-TA/nn02/TB06) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 25 Jun 1999 jam 07:06:34 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
