REI to host conference on public housing

DENPASAR: The central board of the Indonesian Real Estate Developers Association (REI) is scheduled to hold a three-day national working conference on public housing in Nusa Dua, Bali, beginning Wednesday.

The conference will discuss various subjects including the provision of housing, said head of REI Bali chapter AA Made Sukadam Wendha on Monday.

The conference will coincide with the national coordination meeting of the Public Housing Ministry and the commemoration of World Habitat Day 2008, Wendha said.

World Habitat Day stresses the need to provide decent housing for all layers of society and is a reminder that future housing requirements are a joint responsibility, he said. -- JP