Indonesia is doing its best to develop. But, only yesterday I read a news in "Japan Today" about Indonesian fast train project being built by China and your country is also now asking Japan to improve a longer not-so-fast train lines. Japan seems to be reluctant to participate. It has cited the cause as the lack of compatibility between the two systems.
My point is, why Indonesia with more than 250 million population is unable to build a little faster rail lines when Japan completed the building of its 1st Subway line in 1921 by its own people. It manufactured all the railway coaches and other related parts as well. It means by doing such a project Japan built up its industrial production capabilities. This is a continuing process.
Involvement of China and Japan shows your govt people are unable to perceive the process of industrial development. It lacks proper planning which to me is almost like what I can see in BD. Indonesia is doing a little better because of its natural resources. Otherwise, the projects show your country's development concept is no better than BD's.
Borrow money by two hands and build technology projects is no recipe for development.
Nope, it is wrong to say that China build our High Speed train project. It is a consortium project with 60 % of the stake are owned by Indonesia state owned company. Indonesia state owned constructor companies do most of the work with Indonesian worker as well. The reason China comes is more due to the fund that it can provide abundantly on the project without government guarantee. We lack of fund since we have massive infrastructure project going on in the country and this Jakarta-Bandung High Speed project is not economical if we build it alone without foreign participation.
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Here is the explanation:
Jakarta to Bandung High-Speed Rail
Jakarta to Bandung is a proposed high-speed rail project in Indonesia, connecting the capital city of Jakarta to the textile hub of Bandung.
China have been selected by the Indonesian Government over Japan to build the country’s first fast-train rail link.
Commencing in 2016, construction on the $5.5bn project will last for three years, with completion scheduled for 2019. The project will be developed by PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia China, a joint venture formed in October 2015 between a consortium of Indonesian state-owned companies, and China Railway International.
The project will be carried out on a business-to-business basis, with Indonesia having 60% interest in the joint venture, while China has 40%.
https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/jakarta-to-bandung-high-speed-rail/
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More about China proposal:
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary
Yoshihide Suga termed the Indonesian move "difficult to understand" and "extremely regrettable".
[22] The situation "can only be described as extremely deplorable," Suga also said.
[27] According to Indonesia's State-Owned Enterprises Minister Rini Soemarno, Chinese bid was picked due to its financial structure – because the Chinese had not required any Indonesian government financing or a government guarantee, unlike the Japanese plan.
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China's victory over Japan in this bid seems to owe mainly to Chinese willingness to accept the financial risk of the project. Which is to forego an Indonesian government guarantee and also, thereby, possibly to finesse international ODA norms, in contrast of Japan's inability or unwillingness to do so.
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China has also sweetened its deal in other ways, including committing to establish a joint venture with Indonesian firms to produce rolling stock for high-speed rail, electric rail, light rail systems, not only for Indonesia, but also for export to other Asian countries – to transfer related technology – and to renovate and rebuild train stations. It seems that Indonesia has benefitted from Japan-China competition.[5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_Indonesia
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Here the example that our state owned companies can make standard rail way and win a tender in Laos-Vietnam railway. This is Indonesian state owned consortium with all of the Indonesian companies involved are state owned.
Indonesia announces start date for $1.9bn Vietnam–Laos rail link
22 October 2019 | By GCR Staff |
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The Indonesia Railway Development Consortium has announced plans to begin work in 2021 on a 400km rail line between Vietnam and Laos for a price of $1.9bn
The consortium is made up of INKA, Indonesia’s state-owned train maker, and Indonesian Railways Company, its main operating company. It also includes electronics company Len Industri and contractor Waskita Karya.
The consortium has signed a cooperation agreement with Vietnam’s HT Construction company and Laos’ PetroTrade.
The deal was first proposed during a 2017 bilateral meeting between Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith in 2017. The project is now scheduled to begin on site by the end of 2021 and to be complete in 2024.
One of the main investors will be INKA, which plans to raise $640m for the scheme. Budi Noviantoro, the chief executive of INKA,
said his company was waiting for PetroTrade to complete its survey of the route before announcing more definite plans.
The partners aim to run trains at up to 120km/h between Thakhek in south-central Laos and Vung Ang Port in Vietnam’s central province of Ha Tinh.
https://www.globalconstructionreview.com/news/indonesia-announces-start-date-19bn-vietnamlaos-ra/
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The other reason we try to bring Japan for semi speed train from Jakarta-Surabaya is also more about fund. And this project is not yet started. For me I believe we should do it alone and I also predict we will do it alone after Jokowi finish its final term in November 2024. It is also not HSR by the way.
Indonesia has prepared to build its own train for this semi speed train.
BPPT (Government research agency) and PT INKA is collaborating in 250 km speed train prototype program. PT INKA is aimed to produce such train starting at 2025.
https://bppt.go.id/layanan-informas...a-kembangkan-industri-perkeretaapian-nasional