George Soros on the Rahai'i Pangun

George Soros & party aboard the Rahai'i Pangun, moored in Tundai Village

Here's the official Antara Indonesian News Agency report on George Soros' visit to Central Kalimantan. The Rahai'i Pangun was used by the party to overnight on the Kahayan River during the group's excursion to the down river village of Tundai.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Soros visits Kalimantan forest

Antara News, Sunday, July 25, 2010 02:37 WIB

Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan (ANTARA News) - Noted US fund manager George Soros conducted a natural tourism visit to a number of tropical forest locations in Central Kalimantan.

Soros was welcomed by Central Kalimantan Governor Agustin Teras Narang at Cilik Riwut airport on Saturday noon.

"I am visiting Central Kalimantan to observe its forests and peat land in my capacity as a United Nations envoy for the environment," Soros said.

He said that he would obtain a lot of information directly in the fields. Not only that, Soros said he would also get information directly from the locals staying in the forest surrounding.

"During my tropical forest trip I will get information directly from the field. I myself is a United Nations envoy for the environment and was assigned by the UN secretary general," Soros said.

In the meantime Central Kalimantan governor Agustin Teras Narang said Soros was interested in the local government`s policy, particularly on forest and peat land.

"Soros admitted that the Central Kalimantan government pay attention to the sustainability of forest and peat land," the governer said.

from http://cempaka-nature.blogspot.com/2010/07/soros-visits-kalimantan-forest.html