[Swprograms] RRI to Relay Radio Australia

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Apologies if this is old news to some, but I have not seen it  
published anywhere else to date.

John Figliozzi

> Indonesia/Australia: Radio Republik Indonesia to relay Radio Australia
>
> 20/08/2005 Indonesia/Australia: Radio Republik Indonesia to relay  
> Radio Australia
>
> Text of report by Indonesian newspaper The Jakarta Post website on  
> 20 August
> Sanur, Bali: State-owned radio station RRI [Radio Republik  
> Indonesia] signed here on Friday [20 August] a cooperation  
> agreement with Radio Australia.
> Under the agreement, Indonesian audiences will have access to the  
> daily broadcast of Radio Australia's regional current affairs  
> program, Asia Pacific, scheduled to be aired from 1.30 p.m. to 2  
> p.m. Jakarta time [0630 to 0700 gmt].
> "I am very delighted to be able to cooperate with RRI. This is a  
> breakthrough in media relations between Australia and Indonesia,"  
> said Radio Australia head Jean Gabriel Manguy.
> He said the agreement, effective on 1 September, highlighted the  
> new openness in Indonesia toward the international media.
> "Until recent years, international broadcasters have faced  
> significant barriers in reaching Indonesian audiences. The new  
> agreement will open a new era between Indonesia's and Australia's  
> public broadcasters," Manguy asserted.
> Radio Australia has been broadcasting for over 60 years in  
> Indonesia since 1942.
> "We have signed agreements with several private stations in  
> Indonesia, but the deal with RRI is very significant," Manguy said.
> RRI programme director Gun Sukmagunadi said the agreement would  
> enable the station's staff to improve their skills. "RRI is now in  
> the transition stage of becoming a public broadcaster. We have to  
> reorganize our institution and allow for any improvements and  
> changes," he added.
> Source: The Jakarta Post website, Jakarta, in English 20 Aug 05

As reported to me by Roger Broadbent of Radio Australia.
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