Fisheries committee  Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the Indonesian delegates of Parliament, again I want to thank you for the nice meeting here in Canada. You country is very nice, of course, but very cold for Indonesian people. Again, we're very sorry about our clothes and our problem with our luggage.

Fisheries committee  Yes. They are in the space, in an exclusive economic region. There are so many illegalities, even in what they call it, in their....

Fisheries committee  Yes, they are from Thailand, Vietnam, and China. It's a big problem.

Fisheries committee  Yes, thank you very much for that. That's right. We'd like to see the text of the acts, and know how to implement and enforce the acts. There are some problems. In Indonesia, we have an environmental protection act, but the big problem is how to implement it, how to enforce it

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much. Mr. President, my colleague from Indonesia would like to ask some questions.

Fisheries committee  Merci beaucoup. In Indonesia, the first priority now is what we call the revitalization of agriculture and fisheries. Why? Because there's a very big problem in Indonesia with poverty and with the unemployment rate. Poverty is extremely bad in Indonesia, with unemployment and u

Fisheries committee  With the recent big-bang reform we've had in Indonesia, we've changed the special management, and of course we've had to change many acts in Indonesia. With big-bang reform has come more and more decentralization, more autonomy for our provinces and counties, and then more democr

Fisheries committee  Of course, that is why I'm here, to learn from you. In the Indonesian Parliament, our commission for dealing with the fisheries and oceans management is going to finish what they call a bill about the coastal area management and small islands. We have many problems regarding wha

Fisheries committee  It's 60% of the 220 million people of Indonesia; 60% of them stay in the coastal areas and in the small islands.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to apologize because we had a problem with our luggage with Air Canada from Toronto this morning. I'm very sorry about the not-so-polite clothes. I'm very sorry about that.

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chairman, first of all, we would like to express our thanks for your very nice welcome. It is our pleasure to be here in Canada. We come here not only to strengthen the friendship between the people of Canada and Indonesia, but also to present our Commission IV, dealing with