Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked Indonesian National ANTARA News Agency to disseminate balanced, constructive and objective information in the nation`s and people`s interest.
"In my opinion, our common goal is for ANTARA News Agency to disseminate balanced, constructive and objective information in the nation`s and people`s interest," Yudhoyono said in his address at the peak event of the news agency`s 69th anniversary commemoration here on Tuesday.
According to the president, the state and its people had a common desire to face the present with confidence and to look into the future with assurance.
Therefore, Yudhoyono noted that ANTARA`s role and function were to develop its business to enhance its assets for the sake of its employees` welfare.
"This is a twin role. Do it well, the government will support and encourage both missions," he said.
The head of state said it was about time that the Indonesian press could audit that the state institutions have done in an objective, constructive and balanced manner.
"If they have shortcomings, tell them, and if they have done well, tell them, too. So, there will be no lies among us," he said.
In the current reform era, the government would not tell ANTARA what to write, because ANTARA should know by itself what to do, Yudhoyono said.
"So, I am not going to give any advice but only views in the interest of ANTARA`s progress. I particularly congratulate ANTARA on its 69th anniversary," he said.
He recalled the valuable and heroic contribution of ANTARA during the struggle of Indonesian independence. Yudhoyono expressed hope and optimism for ANTARA to be a world-class multimedia company in the future.
The President also asked the nation to support ANTARA`s plan of hosting the next General Assembly of OANA (Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies) in December 2007.
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