Indonesia picks area on Borneo island as site of new capital: Widodo

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Indonesia picks area on Borneo island as site of new capital: Widodo
Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/world/indonesia-picks-area-borneo-island-site-new-capital-widodo

Indonesian President Joko Widodo said moving Indonesia's capital from Jakarta would cost 466 trillion rupiah (S$45.49 billion).
 

JAKARTA — Indonesia plans to move its capital to Borneo island from Jakarta, a crowded, polluted city on the north coast of Java island which is slowly sinking, the president said on Monday (Aug 26).

President Joko Widodo said it was urgent that relocation plans commence, although the capital would not physically begin to be relocated until 2024

The new capital, which does not yet have a name, would be located in Borneo's East Kalimantan province, near the existing Samarinda City and the port city of Balikpapan, important for coal and oil shipments.

"It is a strategic location at the centre of Indonesia, close to growing urban area," Mr Widodo told a news conference at the Jakarta state palace.

Mr Widodo said moving the capital would cost 466 trillion rupiah (S$45 billion), of which the state would fund 19 per cent, with the rest from public-private partnerships and private investment. The price tag includes new government offices and homes for about 1.5 million civil servants.

The president had earlier this month proposed to parliament to move the country's administrative centre to Kalimantan, the Indonesian side of Borneo island, a region known for rainforests, coal mines, orangutans and home to just over 16 million people.

Environmentalist groups, however, have expressed fears that building a new capital amid swaths of forests in Borneo could imperil the habitats of endangered wildlife.

The jungle island is home to numerous endangered species, including orangutans, sun bears and long-nosed monkeys.

Jakarta is one of the world's most densely populated cities, home to more than 10 million people and three times that number when counting those who live in surrounding towns.

The city is prone to floods and is sinking due to subsidence, caused by millions of residents using up groundwater.

Mr Widodo said the burden on Jakarta and Java island was already too heavy, with the island home to 54 per cent of the 260 million population and generating 58 per cent of Indonesia's gross domestic product.

The government will submit a bill, and the result of a feasibility study, to parliament soon to obtain approval for the new capital, Mr Widodo said. Planning Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro said land acquisition would start in 2020.

Indonesia is not the first South-east Asian country to move its capital. In 2005, Myanmar's ruling generals moved to Naypyidaw, a town in hills some 320km away from the colonial era capital, Yangon. In the 1990s, Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad built an administrative capital in Putrajaya, about 33km from Kuala Lumpur.
Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/world/indonesia-picks-area-borneo-island-site-new-capital-widodo

[Vid]

Pls move Shenton Way to Yishun

[Wt_know]

Yishun no $3000psf no talk

must wait until T2 move to Yishun lol

[Playtime]

Hmm... 

After all the losses in building China industrial park and India city..

I hope temasek pump a few billion in.. sure 10x this time.. 😂

[Wt_know]

business opportunity

 

Mr Widodo said moving the capital would cost 466 trillion rupiah (S$45 billion), of which the state would fund 19 per cent, with the rest from public-private partnerships and private investment. The price tag includes new government offices and homes for about 1.5 million civil servants.

[Jamesc]

I think its really a good idea.

Well done Mr Widodo. 👍

I always liked him. 

😀

[Karoon]

1 hour ago, Playtime said:

Hmm... 

After all the losses in building China industrial park and India city..

I hope temasek pump a few billion in.. sure 10x this time.. 😂

please don't give them ideas. Look at purtajaya where all the MY govt offices are. Dead town after office hours. Later can only retire at 90.

 

[Philipkee]

37 minutes ago, Jamesc said:

I think its really a good idea.

Well done Mr Widodo. 👍

I always liked him. 

😀

When I was in kalimantan recently, I learned of this decision.   Of cos the main reason is java is crowded and so on.  And jakarta is overcrowded.

But the other reason is kalimantan is a big empty space and there is the hope that by moving the capital there, investments and development will also happen so the standard of living there (infrastructure wise)can also go up.

I am not sure if the side benefit is the indonesian population becomes more spread out rather than clustered ina few big cities.

[Wt_know]

3 minutes ago, Philipkee said:

When I was in kalimantan recently, I learned of this decision.   Of cos the main reason is java is crowded and so on.  And jakarta is overcrowded.

But the other reason is kalimantan is a big empty space and there is the hope that by moving the capital there, investments and development will also happen so the standard of living there (infrastructure wise)can also go up.

I am not sure if the side benefit is the indonesian population becomes more spread out rather than clustered ina few big cities.

good point

but must solve the “haze” problem

else will be a haze capital with 10,000 psi

[Throttle2]

Move orchard Road to punggol, shiok

yishun, just let it wither ...

 

muayhahahahahah

[Mockngbrd]

Move geylang to sembawang

[Victor68]

I think moving is good but location seem isolated. I thought Sumatra island would be better. Maybe the earth quakes are the key problem. 

[Jamesc]

20 hours ago, Philipkee said:

When I was in kalimantan recently, I learned of this decision.   Of cos the main reason is java is crowded and so on.  And jakarta is overcrowded.

But the other reason is kalimantan is a big empty space and there is the hope that by moving the capital there, investments and development will also happen so the standard of living there (infrastructure wise)can also go up.

I am not sure if the side benefit is the indonesian population becomes more spread out rather than clustered ina few big cities.

Did you buy any land there? 

Change Singapore money you could have bought millions of Rupiah of land there and sell when they build the new city there. Then you live there no need to work.