President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will meet with the chief executive officers of 200 big companies during his visit to the US on September 23-30, MS Hidayat said here on Monday.

The chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) made the statement after a meeting at the presidential office to discuss preparations for the president`s visit to the US.

"I was asked to come to the meeting because the President will go to the US. (And) On September 26 there will be a business forum to be attended by 200 US CEOs," he said.

Hidayat said he was the one who had organized the planned meeting with the CEOs.
He declined to disclose what would be discussed in the business meeting.

President Yudhoyono would be in the US from September 23 to 30 in the framework of attending a G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh on September 24-25.

On September 26 he would visit Boston to attend the meeting with the 200 CEOs and also give a lecture at Harvard University on September 29.

Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda said the subject of the lecture had not yet been determined as it was still being formulated.

President Yudhoyono`s eldest son, Agus Harimurti, is right now studying at Harvard.
Hassan said while in Boston, President Yudhoyono would possibly also hold a meeting with experts on renewable energy resources.

The meeting on Monday was also attended by Finance Minister Sri Mulyani, Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu and Environment Minister Rachmat Witoelar.

Witoelar said the meeting had also discussed efforts to make climate change issues remained the concern of the G-20 forum.

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Incessant heavy rains on Monday afternoon had caused disaster in Pesisir Selatan regency, West Sumatra Province, where 850 families in Jurai subdistrict became isolated because the road to the area had been blocked by 800 meters of dirt from a landslide in Bukit Parik.

A Jurai subdistrict official, Al Ermon, said the landslide occurred at 6 p.m local time when local moslems broke the fast.

"It happened so quickly, many residents panicked and immediately contacted me, after which along with local security personnel went to the site of the landslide," Al Ermon said Monday night.

The landslike occurred at Bukit Parik in Lumpo Timur covering three villages, including Taratak Tangah, Limau Gadang and Batu Kunik.

"The three villages are occupied by 850 families, which are now completely hopeless, because the road to the villages had been conpletely cut off by the landslide," he said.

However, the latest information did not mention any fatalities, except that three houses were covered by rocks of the landslide.

According to Ermon, until 9 p.m local time, no heavy equipment had reached the site of the disaster.

"We are still waiting for the heavy equipment, which were reportedly still on their way to the disaster site," he said.(*)