HYDROGRAPHY INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR

The main Secretary of the Geospatial Information Agency (BIG) Budhy Andono (right) along the Chairman of the Implementation of Seminars and the International Workshop of Hydrography (SWIH) Samsul Bachri (2 left) and Head of the Research Group of Hydro Oseanography TNI AL, the Marine College (KH) Dede Mulyadi (2 right) combined with the Australian representative of SWIH activities in Batam, Kepri, Tuesday (27/8). The activities attended by several representatives of the country of Malaysia, Singapore and Australia and Indonesia discussed the role of hydrography for Indonesia which is the world’s largest archipelago with 17.508 islands, 81.000 km coastline, and 3,1 million km2 maritime territory so that with this activity Indonesia can utilize the potential of the sea as a sustainable national development policy. ANTARA PHOTO/Jafkhairi/Koz/pd/13.