Mr. Hermanto Dardak, Vice-minister of the Ministry of Public Works, Indonesia visited PWRI
(From the third person on the left of
the front row, Chief Executive Uomoto,
Vice Minister Hermanto, Director-General
Sakai, and Director Vaza)
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Discussion in the laboratory
(from the right: Vice Minister Hermanto,
Director Vaza, and Leader of
the Pavement Team, Kubo)
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Technical tour for laboratory
(center: Vice Minister Hermanto)
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- The 12th Japan-Indonesia Joint Workshop
The 12h Joint Workshop for the technology and policy research of Road and Transport was held in Tsukuba by National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (NILIM), Public Works Research Institute (PWRI), Japan and Institute of Road Engineering (IRE), Indonesia on Mar. 13, 2014. A total of seven researchers and engineers including Mr. Hermanto Dardak, Vice-minister of the Ministry of Public Works, Indonesia, and Mr. Herry Vaza (IRE) visited PWRI. They exchanged opinions with Chief Executive Uomoto (PWRI), Director-General Sakai (NILIM), and researchers and engineers of both sides. They also observed research facilities. Indonesia is the nation with a land area of about 1.92 million square kilometers and a population of 238 million people, making it the fourth most populous nation in the world. Indonesia is a very long country, extending 5,110 km in the east-west direction and consisting of 18,110 islands. Main industries include agriculture and forestry (cacao, coconut, palm oil)and mining (gold, oil, natural gas). Indonesia is one of the Southeast Asian countries which are developing stably.
- Technical tour for laboratory
This visit was carried out based on the memorandum on research coordination signed between NILIM and IRE in 2009. "AsButon Project for Eco-Friendly Technology" was also added as a theme of the joint project in 2011. Research on utilization of AsButon, a natural rock asphalt produced in Buton Island, Indonesia, has been conducted in this project. Indonesian side, especially Vice Minister Hermanto, has high expectations for the Japanese side in this joint project. They were eagerly listening to the explanations of research outcomes in the observation of the AsButon experiment and actively discussed with researchers. Both sides are going to carry out research as scheduled and exchange opinions to make practical use of the technology.
(Contact: Pavement Research Team)