Abstract
The goal of the Policy in Indonesia is early industrization like other ASEAN countries. A distinctive feature of the Policy is the strong leadership by the Minister Habibie who guided science and technology in this country for more than 15 years. There are three major elements in the Policy: (1) the training and development of industry people and manufacturing industry through a concentrated investment to a model strategic national company in each industrial field, (2) the massive investment to the "research parks" as an incubator of the future hi-tech industries, and (3) the large-scale study-abroad program. The key factor to succeed in the Policy lies in the in-time supply of a sufficient amount of trained technical experts. The shortage of them is one of the serious problems in Indonesia.
