(Jakarta Post-Indonesia) Rendi A. Witular - The lndonesian government will utilize advanced technology from Israel to build roads in the country's most eastern and poorest province of Papua, the chief expert of the Presidential Unit to Accelerate the Development of Papua and West Papua, Doddy Imam Hidayat, said on Tuesday. "With the technology, we don't need to spend money for road hardening. A certain chemical substance imported from Israel will be used to ensure the road is hard enough for cars and trucks for a long period of time." The government intends to construct at least 290 km. of mostly new access roads to connect remote areas in Papua. A presidential decree in May authorized the lndonesian military to deploy more than 700 soldiers from the Army's engineering detachment to do the work.
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