Singapore Chamber of Commerce Visits South Sulawesi

Tempo Interactive, Tuesday, 20 April, 2010 | 16:07 WIB

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Singapore Chamber of Commerce is visiting Indonesian Province of South Sulawesi today (20/4) for a meeting with the regional chamber of commerce on raw material trade and between the country and the province and opportunities in manufacturing sector in the province.

The Singapore side proposed to open direct air and sea transport service that connect the province and the city state to facilitate export-import traffic.

A member of the Singapore delegates Jimmy Michael said the direct link will open a better access for Singopre to commodities in the region.

Head of South Sulawesi Chamber of Commerce Zulkarnaen Arif said “Singapore is expecting the direct import before 2015”. The meeting followed a visit by South Sulawesi Governor Syahrul Yasin Limpo to Singapore to promote the region's commodities like cocoa and corn.

ICHSAN AMIN