{"id":42160,"date":"2016-01-21T13:33:41","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T23:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=42160"},"modified":"2020-01-09T16:19:04","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T02:19:04","slug":"uh-hosts-the-sultan-of-tidore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/01\/21\/uh-hosts-the-sultan-of-tidore\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> hosts the Sultan of Tidore"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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From right, The Sultan of Tidore, Professor Karl Kim and the Assistant to the Sultan M. Iskandar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Sultan of Ternate, His Excellency Husain Syiah, visited the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> campus on January 20, 2016. His visit was part of a United States Agency for International Development<\/a> funded project, in cooperation with Hope Worldwide<\/a> and led by National Disaster Preparedness Training Center<\/a> Executive Director Karl Kim.<\/p>\n

The sultan was accompanied by Hope Worldwide’s Director of Disaster Operations Charles Ham and the Rector of Khairun University Husen Alting. <\/p>\n

The visit to Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> included meetings with scientists and emergency managers from the National Weather Service<\/a>, International Tsunami Information Center<\/a> and the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument<\/a> at the Inouye Resource Center on Ford Island. A seminar on disaster risk reduction and resilience in North Maluku was also held on the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa<\/a> campus. The group also held meetings to plan further research and educational programs focused on disasters, social conflict and resource management. <\/p>\n

The visit builds on ongoing research, education and training at UH<\/abbr> with many universities, governmental agencies and philanthropic organizations working in Indonesia. Last summer, the sultan received a delegation of UH<\/abbr> researchers and scientists at his palace in Tidore. UH<\/abbr> conducted workshops on small island disaster risk reduction at Khairun University. Research and training will be conducted during the summer of 2016 in East Indonesia.<\/p>\n