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All Systems Not-Quite-So Go For Nusantara

Made Supriatma, Journalist & Visiting Fellow, Indonesia Studies Programme, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute

14-Aug-24 07:30

All Systems Not-Quite-So Go For Nusantara

Despite Indonesia’s outgoing president Joko Widodo convening is first Cabinet meeting in the country's planned new capital on Monday, Nusantara is still some way away from being completed. Made Supriatma, Visiting Fellow, Indonesia Studies Programme at the ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute shares his insights into the challenges this ambitious project to carve a new city from the jungles of Borneo and the future fate of the current capital, Jakarta, which is one of the fastest-sinking cities in the world.

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Produced by: Natalie Tan

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Keith Kam


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