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)