JAPANESE 150 BILLION YEN LOAN FOR INDONESIA
Indonesia signed an agreement to borrow
up to 150 billion yen in an untied yen loan from Japan's
governmental Export-Import Bank, a bank spokesman said.
    The accord on the loan for Indonesia's 21 development
projects was signed by the visiting Indonesian Finance Minister
Radius Prawiro and Ex-Im President Takashi Tanaka, the
spokesman said.
    The loan will be the bank's first untied loan to an Asian
country in co-financing with the World Bank, but it will not be
tied to purchase of Japanese goods or services, he said.
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