Word: soetrisno
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...message to manufacturers is clear: head for greener, safer pastures. Benny Soetrisno, head of the Indonesian Textile Association, says the industry is suffocating. Last year, Indonesian textile exports fell by 7%, to $7.6 billion. Soetrisno expects another 10% drop this year. "If we don't find a solution soon, the textile manufacturing sector could be dead by 2005," he warns, adding that 1.3 million jobs would be lost with it. "At this point, we're not growing at all. We are only trying to survive." Anton Supit, chairman of the Indonesian Footwear Association, tells a similar story. He expects exports...
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