Experts needed for development

Experts needed for development

PADANG, West Sumatra: The country needs at least 250
researchers in the fields of health, agriculture, plantation,
marine, forestry and the environment in a bid to speed up the
development process, an expert said.

"Due to a lack of researchers, the country for several years
has been unable to solve various problems ... or even unable to
find solutions to certain issues," said Pratiwi Soedarmono, a
biotechnologist from the University of Indonesia. The Indonesian
candidate for NASA during the 1980s spoke at the annual
scientific meeting of the Indonesian Association of Biologists,
Antara reported.

She said the country only had about 50 medical researchers,
with some of them dividing their time between government offices
and foreign companies. (edt)