JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Transportation minister, Budi Karya Sumadi, said the government plans to build Ambon New Port in Maluku with total costs up to Rp5 trillion (US$347.22 million). The city, he said, would become a national fish barn and become an industrial areas.
“The (project) is a cooperation between the government and the private sector, which requires an investment of approximately Rp5 trillion and the initial stage is Rp1.3 trillion,” he told reporters after limited meeting at president office on Monday (03/29).
He continued, the government will first acquire 200 hectares of land for port construction and prepare basic infrastructure. Sumadi explained, the port has the potential to be expanded from to 900 hectares. Then, the port will be integrated with the industrial area.
Indonesian government prepares new 89 National Strategic Projects (NSP) worth of Rp1,422 trillion throughout 2020 – 2024. Among them, are drone projects that would be developed by state firm PT Dirgantara Indonesia, bridges, airports, industrial zones, tourism, transportation hub, irrigation, dams, sea dikes, rice fields, biofuel and salt projects.
Coordinating minister for economic affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, revealed from a total of 89 NSPs, 15 road and bridge projects also five airport projects worth of Rp5.66 trillion, five industrial estate projects totaling Rp327.2 trillion, 13 dam and irrigation projects, one sea embankment project of Rp5.68 trillion, two smelter projects, and one food estate in Central Kalimantan.
Then, five port projects, six railroad projects, 13 border area projects, 13 energy projects, soz clean water projects, one waste treatment project, and three technology development projects including drone technology worth Rp7.17 trillion.
The projects, said Hartarto, were spread across several regions, including seven projects in Sumatra worth Rp117 trillion, 25 projects in Java worth Rp462 trillion, 17 projects in Kalimantan worth Rp144 trillion, eight projects in Sulawesi worth Rp208 trillion, 12 projects in Bali and Nusa Tenggara worth Rp28 trillion, and Maluku to Papua worth Rp111 trillion.
Due to COVID-19 outbreak, he said, some investments in smelter development have been delayed between four months to a year. However, for oil and gas construction is expected to start before 2024. Then, the development of smelters in Weda Bay, Morowali, Konawe also will continue and potential devisions around $6 billion to $10 billion and a workforce of 40,000.
The country also build new industrial areas in Brebes, Central Java for relocation from Japan, South Korea and the United States to Indonesia. The country also in the process to build food estate in Central Kalimantan and North Sumatera in the land areas 164,598 hectares which has been has productive land 80,856 hectares.
Then, Jakarta – Bandung – Surabaya fast train will continues and will be followed up by the state own ministry. Other projects are smelter such as Obi Island Industrial Estate run by Harita Group. The smelter project is currently in phase 2 with an estimated investment of around $1 billion. The Phase 1 of the smelter project had been operating since 2016.
Then, Weda Bay Industrial Park with total investment around $5 billion. Initially, the inauguration of the commercial operation of the smelter will be carried out in April 2020 and the export share is estimated to reach $2 billion. In addition, there are nine other project proposals that have been evaluated and could be completed before 2024.
The nine projects consist of six smelter projects, one coal processing project into methanol (Methanol Industrial Estate project) in East Kalimantan, and the construction of the Kediri – Tulungagung toll road in East Java.
US$1: Rp14,400
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