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@Indos I read the news few years ago that Indonesia is planning to relocate the capital city. How is the progress on it? And what is the reason for Indonesia to initiate this idea? Thanks.
It is being halt due to pandemic related economic recession we are currently experiencing. I think the project will not be started until we are getting back to normal again economically. Despite so, I am against the plan at least until 2030 since in my opinion the fund can be better spend for improving Sumatra infrastructure and also agricultural project in Kalimantan. These are pressing issue at the moment and can give more multiplier effect than building a new capital city in Kalimantan island. Sumatra is ideal for manufacturing company with export orientation since the location is next to Malacca strait, so building Sumatra infrastructure is vital for our country to become more competitive in this very competitive region (RCEP).
The reasons to move our capital city have been given by Jaka45 above and the main reason is to balance economic development between Java and non Java and also put our capital city in a more neutral location (right in the center of our archipelago). Kalimantan island (Borneo) is also still less populated with most land there are still in the form of jungle.
Here the proposed designs :
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