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Indonesian govt ‘not abandoning Jakarta’ for new capital | |
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The Indonesian government is not abandoning Jakarta after announcing plans to move the country’s capital and will spend $40 billion to save the slowly sinking city in the next decade, the planning minister said. | The Indonesian government is not abandoning Jakarta after announcing plans to move the country’s capital and will spend $40 billion to save the slowly sinking city in the next decade, the planning minister said. |
The current Indonesian capital will undergo a 571 trillion rupiah ($40.18 billion) urban regeneration in the next 10 years, more than the $33 billion expected to build a new capital city on Borneo island, Bambang Brodjonegoro told Reuters. | |
“Jakarta is the center of everything in Indonesia. What we are moving out of it is the center of administration, but finance [centers], businesses and trades will stay,” Brodjonegoro said. Jakarta is home to more than 10 million people and three times that number when counting those who live in surrounding towns. | |
The government expects to begin moving to the new capital city in the East Kalimantan province in 2024. | The government expects to begin moving to the new capital city in the East Kalimantan province in 2024. |
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