---------------------------------------------------------- FREE for JOIN Indonesia Daily News Online via EMAIL: go to: http://www.indo-news.com/subscribe.html - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - Please Visit Our Sponsor http://www.indo-news.com/cgi-bin/ads1 ++ Pemilu Online: http://www.indo-news.com/pemilu/ ++ ---------------------------------------------------------- New Straits Times Press, June 9 1999 BRITAIN WELCOMES HISTORIC ELECTIONS IN INDONESIA LONDON, June 9 (AFP) - Britain on Wednesday hailed Indonesia's first free elections in 44 years as an "historic step", which it hoped would usher in further political and economic reforms. British Foreign Office Minister Geoff Hoon, said: "I welcome the holding of Indonesia's first genuinely multi-party democratic elections since 1955. "This is an historic step, taking the country into the next millenium as the world's third largest democracy. "Our hope is that the momentum of political and economic reforms started by President Habibie will be maintained," he said in a statement as the count dribbled in from Monday's polls. Hoon also announced that Britain would be dispatching seven police officers to East Timor next week. They will form part of the first contingent of international civilian police advisers to be deployed in the disputed province under the auspices of the UN Assistance Mission to East Timor (UNAMET). ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 11 Jun 1999 jam 09:10:32 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
