Housing experts' meeting

Housing experts' meeting

JAKARTA (JP): The East Asian Regional Organization for
Planning and Housing is scheduled to hold its 28th executive
committee meeting and a seminar to discuss integrated urban
infrastructure and planning strategy tomorrow.

Vice president of the organization, Parulian Sidabutar, said
Tuesday evening that about 400 government officials,
professionals and business executives from 10 East Asian
countries will take part in the two-day meeting. It will be
opened by the organization's president, Hou Jie, who is also the
Chinese minister for construction.

Speakers at the meeting will include Lance Leikis from the New
Zealand Institute of Planners, Stephen Hamnett from the
University of South Australia, Hong Sung Woong from the
Construction and Economic Research Institute of Korea,
Indonesia's Ferry Sonneville, the president of the International
Real Estate Federation, and Z.X. Weng from the Tongji University
of China. (31)