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Indonesia passes law to relocate capital
    2022-01-19  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

INDONESIA’S parliament has approved a bill to relocate the nation’s capital from Jakarta to a jungled area of Kalimantan on Borneo island, the planning minister said yesterday.

The new state capital law, which provides a legal framework for Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s ambitious US$32 billion mega project, stipulates how development of the capital will be funded and governed.

“The new capital has a central function and is a symbol of the identity of the nation, as well as a new center of economic gravity,” planning minister, Suharso Monoarfa, told parliament after the bill was passed into law yesterday.

The new center will be called “Nusantara,” a Javanese name for the Indonesian archipelago chosen by the president, Monoarfa announced Monday.

Plans to relocate the government from Jakarta, a bustling megacity of 10 million people that suffers from chronic congestion, floods and air pollution, have been floated by multiple presidents, but none have made it this far.

Joko Widodo first announced the plan in 2019, but progress was delayed by the pandemic.

Southeast Asia’s largest economy has envisioned the new capital as a low-carbon “super hub” that will support pharmaceutical, health and technology sectors and promote sustainable growth beyond Java island.

But critics say the law was rushed through with limited public consultation and environmental consideration.

Nusantara — which follows the creation of new capitals in countries like Brazil and more recently Myanmar – will be led by a chief authority whose position is equivalent to a minister, deputy chair of the bill’s special committee, Saan Mustofa, said Monday.

Among those being considered for the position, according to local media reports, are former research and technology minister Bambang Brodjonegoro or Jakarta’s former governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama.

(SD-Agencies)

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