CIMAHI - Indonesian
Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Jacob Nuwawea
said he will campaign for a boycott the use of Sony
products from all over Indonesia if Sony Electric
Indonesia (SEI) closes its plant in this country next
year.
Speaking to the press here Monday,
Minister Jacob Nuwawea said: "As a citizen I will
campaign in all Indonesian towns for abandoning the
Indonesian people's tendency to using Sony products if,
once again, Sony Electric Indonesia decides to close its
plant next year". Minister Nuwawea was here Monday to
open a Trauma Center, a special facility for treatment
of victims of occupational accidents, at Mitra Anugerah
Lestari Hospital at Cibaligo.
According to
Nuwawea, it would be unjust for Sony to sell its
products in the Indonesian market after they close their
plant in Indonesia. The minister said he knew exactly
that SEI had experienced a manpower problem at the end
of year 2000, but he added that it would be unreasonable
for the Japanese company to close its plant under the
pretext of a manpower problem.
He said he had
invited the management of Sony Corporation to come to
his office on Wednesday to discuss matters related to
the planned closure of their plant. He said he would
raise the question as to what brought them to such a
decision. "If the problem relates only to that of
manpower, I will try to solve it," he said.
