ASEAN railway companies meeting or Toward Optimizing Our Commonalities for the Mutual Benefits of The ASEAN Railways is held in Nusa Dua Bali on July 14-15 2010.

Public Relationship of Indonesia Railway Company Sugeng Priyono to ANTARA Denpasar, on Monday says that Indonesia in 2010 will become the host for 32nd ASEAN railways companies leaders.

“The result of that meeting is expected could give knowledge and suggestion in train management in our country,” he said.

It is said that this annual activity attended by at least 150 participants of ASEAN members.

“The delegations ascertain their attendance are from Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Philippine, Myanmar and Indonesia,” he explained.

In that meeting also, he said, scheduled to attend are Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of State Enterprise, ASEAN Secretary General, Head of National Planning and Development Agency, Bali Governor, Director General of railways and academicians.

Managing Director of Indonesian Railway Ignasius Jonan said that through the meeting all participants are expected could help each other to build strength in transportation.

“We look forward to the joint strength optimization for the progress of railway world among ASEAN countries,” he said.

It was already known well that every countries of ASEAN member have different demography, railway network, service coverage and human resources.

“Through this meeting we could share various ideas so that we could see each other short of, in order to create collective improvement,” he said.

It is the time for nowadays railways following its present demand and tracking the steps of developed countries by producing fast railway in accordance with the development of modern technology and placing it as the backbone of land transportation.

ASEAN Railway CEO (ARCEO) Forum initialed for the first time by Indonesia, in its continuation held change between the ten countries member.

Thus, stand as a friendship realization among ASEAN countries, especially for railway management in developing and increasing their performance as well as their technology in each respective country.

News by Antara Bali