RI to host APEC construction conference

JAKARTA: Indonesia will host an international conference featuring building design, construction, construction management and building maintenance in Bali on March 27 and 28.

Titled APEC Construction 2002, the conference will be attended by some 300 participants from Asia-Pacific countries, including Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia, and is expected to be opened by President Megawati Soekarnoputri.

"Indonesia will promote innovative construction design suitable for countries prone to natural disasters such as earthquakes," conference organizing committee chairman Wiratman Wangsadinata said on Thursday.

The two-day conference, jointly organized by the Ministry of Settlement and Regional Infrastructure, the Jakarta-based Tarumanegara University, the Surabaya-based Petra Christian University, the Bandung Institute of Technology, and the Asian Institute of Technology, will present about 70 papers delivered by domestic and foreign experts. --JP