Governor Ganjar Meets Kwok Ambassador, Both Discuss Green Energy Central Java-Singapore Cooperation

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo received a visit from the Singapore Ambassador (Dubes) to Indonesia Kwok Foong Seng at the Puri Gedeh Office House, Wednesday 12 April. The two discussed several things related to the sustainability of cooperation in the economic field in Central Java, including the potential for green energy cooperation. "This is my first visit to Central Java, in Semarang. We discussed many things about the future of the two countries, and the ongoing cooperation includes potential for further cooperation in several things such as renewable energy and economic sustainability," said the Singapore Ambassador to Indonesia, Kwok Foong Seng, after meeting Ganjar Pranowo.Kwok said, Singapore and Central Java have a special relationship. Among them are collaborations in the industrial sector, where there is a Singaporean company that has a factory in Kendal Industrial Park. He also appreciated the growing Kendal industrial area. "We have involvement there (Kendal Industrial Park) and we visited yesterday. The location is not only well concerned with the issue of climate change. We thank the Governor for his support and attention to this project. We hope to continue as a symbol of the closeness of relations between two neighboring countries, between Indonesia and Singapore," he said. Meanwhile, Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo said his meeting with Kwok Foong Seng discussed many things. The focus of discussion, of course, is about the potential for new and renewable energy cooperation. Moreover, in the meeting Ganjar also found the fact that Kwok Foong Seng really cares about the issue of climate change. Welcome a new friend, Mr Kwok. He is interesting, because he introduced that he is very hobbyic with the issue of climate change. We discuss related to renewable energy and potential cooperation between Indonesia and Singapore, including potential energy supply that can be sent to Singapore, this is interesting," he said. Ganjar explained that the cooperation in the economic and industrial fields with Singapore has been running well. The Singapore government this time offered the same work to provide training for state civil apparatus (ASN) related to government management, secular economic issues, to waste management. "In my opinion, this is part of the future needs. Of course, information, we will include information, and so on. We will encourage the goodness of the two countries," he said.

Finally, Ganjar explained the response from the Singapore Ambassador to the great potential that Indonesia has, including Central Java, in terms of carbon credit, solar power use, and others. "He gave many descriptions of the potentials that exist in Indonesia, including those in Central Java. Our potential is to use solar power in floating areas, such as reservoirs or maybe the sea, which we can really use as one potential energy industry, which we can encourage later," said Ganjar.