World Class Research to Support Industry: New Minister

Jakarta (Antara) - Muhammad Nasir, the new research and technology minister in President Joko Widodo's Working Cabinet, has said he would create world-class researches in Indonesia to support the development of industry. "World-class researches that we are going to do should be better in order to support the progress of industry in the country," Nasir said here on Monday. He noted that the blue print of work in the Research and Technology and Higher Education Ministry has been made ready. "The blue print has been made ready but we are waiting for a directive from the president to explain it in detail what it is like," he remarked. (*)