Staying 'green' in the crisis

SEMARANG, Central Java: Six cities from five Asian countries with inter-city cooperation are scheduled to take part in an international seminar and workshop here on the importance of environmental management during an economic crisis.

Head of the local environmental impact management agency, Lilin Buditi, was quoted by Antara as saying that experts from Japan and Indonesia were expected to present their papers.

To be held here from Nov. 23 - 26, the event will work to reach common perceptions on environmental management among the participants from Semarang, Surabaya, Malaysia's Penang, the Philippines' Cebu, Japan's Kitakyushu and Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City.