Tampaksiring, Bali (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked Indonesian young enterpreneurs grouped in HIPMI to be involved in programs under the Master Plan for the Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesian Economic Development (MP3EI).

"He asked HIPMI to be active in MP3EI programs. We will keep communicating with the ministers concerned," the chairman of the Advisory Board of the Association of Indonesian Young Enterpreneurs (HIPMI), Erwin Aksa, said after meeting with the President at the Tampaksiring presidential palace here on Saturday evening.

"The President gave a lot of advice to young enterpreneurs to keep playing an active role in the country`s development. We from HIPMI are ready to be directly involved in MP3EI programs," he said.

Erwin met with the President for about 45 minutes to present the newly elected board members of HIPMI chaired by Raja Sapta Oktohari.

"The meeting went well and I presented the HIPMI chief-elect Oto and several board members to him," he said.(*)

Editor: Ruslan Burhani
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