72nd ANTARA Anniversary- Vice President Boediono (middle) flanked by State Minister of BUMN, Mustafa Abubakar (right) and President Director of Perum LKBN ANTARA, Ahmad Mukhlis Yusuf (left) entered Adhiyana room at Wisma Antara in Central Jakarta, on Monday (14/12) before presenting his speech at the 72nd ANTARA Anniversary. (ANTARA/R.Sukendi/Kunto)
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - LKBN Antara, the national news agency of Indonesia, signed two cooperation agreements in news exchange with Radio Taiwan International (RTI) and the Central News Agency in a bid to intensify the dissemination of information in Indonesia and Taiwan.
"We have to expand the wings of cooperation with many media either representating radio stations or news agencies of other countries in order to give color to the news being handled, so that the promotion of Indonesia to foreign readers will run as expected," Dr Ahmad Muchlis Yusuf, president director of LKBN Antara, said after the signing ceremony here on Tuesday.
Antara as a news agency had the right to expand its cooperation with other media in other countries, and as long as the cooperation benefits the promote of Indonesia, let it run unhampered, he said.
"Our company will also be friendly to whoever wishes to cooperate with us," he stressed.
In the meantime, Sunshine Kuang PhD of Radio Taiwan International said warmly welcomed the cooperation in news exchange with Antara, as her radio station had a broadcasting program in the Indonesian language.
"The number of Indonesian listeners in Taiwan is quite big and therefore we have to provide an Indonesian broadcasting service," she said.
Hung Chien-chao, Ph.D, of the Central News Agency, said that the cooperation in news exchange has long been awaited, but the dream came true today. Indonesia with a vast land and sea territory, has a better implementation of democracy which should be informed to its people.
"Opening the door to information from Indonesia to Taiwan is better than closing it to outsiders. At least, such misunderstanding could be avoided," he said.
In a global era, many media need to be proactive, to enable them to easier handling hardship and competition.
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