Lt. Governor meets with Indonesian Delegation
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Building on the Administration's efforts to work with partners in the Asia-Pacific region to improve disaster preparedness, the Lt. Governor met Tuesday with a delegation from the Republic of Indonesia to focus on tsunami awareness.
The Lt. Governor and Indonesian delegation focus on tsunami awareness.
The Lt. Governor was joined in the meeting at the State Capitol by State Adjutant General Major General Robert Lee.
The delegation was led by Kusmayanto Kadiman, Indonesia’s State Minister for Research and Technology. His group was in Hawai‘i to visit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, State Civil Defense and other agencies.
Their official visit was in preparation for the commissioning of the Indonesia Early Warning System in November.
It comes almost one year after the Governor and Major General Lee traveled to Indonesia to meet with tsunami officials at the Indonesia Tsunami Warning Center. During that trip, a National Guard State Partnership was formalized between Indonesia and the Hawai‘i National Guard. The initiative was designed to improve regional security and disaster preparedness. Hawai‘i and Indonesia are archipelagic entities in the Pacific that face common challenges such as the threat of natural disasters.
The state’s efforts to help Indonesia develop its early warning system and position more tsunami-sensing buoys in its part of the ocean are expected to benefit Hawai‘i and the entire Pacific region, including providing Hawai‘i with additional early warning and detection systems.
The deadliest natural disaster in Hawai`i's history occurred on April 1, 1946 when an earthquake near Alaska triggered a tsunami that killed 159 people. To raise awareness, Governor Lingle and Lt. Governor Aiona declared April as Tsunami Awareness Month.
In May, the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies will host a delegation of military and civilian disaster relief leaders from Indonesia for a disaster relief workshop.
The delegation was led by Kusmayanto Kadiman, Indonesia’s State Minister for Research and Technology. His group was in Hawai‘i to visit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, State Civil Defense and other agencies.
Their official visit was in preparation for the commissioning of the Indonesia Early Warning System in November.
It comes almost one year after the Governor and Major General Lee traveled to Indonesia to meet with tsunami officials at the Indonesia Tsunami Warning Center. During that trip, a National Guard State Partnership was formalized between Indonesia and the Hawai‘i National Guard. The initiative was designed to improve regional security and disaster preparedness. Hawai‘i and Indonesia are archipelagic entities in the Pacific that face common challenges such as the threat of natural disasters.
The state’s efforts to help Indonesia develop its early warning system and position more tsunami-sensing buoys in its part of the ocean are expected to benefit Hawai‘i and the entire Pacific region, including providing Hawai‘i with additional early warning and detection systems.
The deadliest natural disaster in Hawai`i's history occurred on April 1, 1946 when an earthquake near Alaska triggered a tsunami that killed 159 people. To raise awareness, Governor Lingle and Lt. Governor Aiona declared April as Tsunami Awareness Month.
In May, the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies will host a delegation of military and civilian disaster relief leaders from Indonesia for a disaster relief workshop.
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