#Infrastructure
Prabowo unveils US$30 billion investment to create 8 new million jobs
President Prabowo Subianto has announced the government's massive investment plan that includes 30 strategic projects in various sectors targeted at creating around 8 million new jobs for Indonesians.
I Squared Capital, Macquarie vie for US$1 B stake in Indosat's fiber optic business
I Squared Capital and Macquarie, a global asset manager, are said to be competing to acquire a stake in the fiber optic business of PT Indosat (ISAT) or Indosat Ooredoo Hutchinson (IOH), which is estimated to be worth up to US$1 billion (Rp16.43 trillion).
President Prabowo plans to build island prison for corruptors
President Prabowo Subianto has revealed his intention to build a prison for corruptors, which will be built on an isolated island.
Indonesia eyes urban cable car network, investors show strong interest
Minister of Transportation, Dudy Purwagandhi, reveals that the government has received offers and designs for the construction of a cable car for domestic transportation.
Govt prioritizes NCICD project for Northern Java coastal region’s flooding prevention
Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY), said the government would prioritize the National Capital Integrated Coastal Development (NCICD) project to protect the northern coast of Java from threats of tidal flooding and land subsidence.
Ridwan Kamil
Mohammad Ridwan Kamil called Kang Emil or Ridwan was born in Bandung in 1971. Kamil is the Governor of West Java since 2018. He is the son of a husband and wife Dr. Atje Misbach, S. H. and Dra. Tjutju Sukaesih. Ridwan is the second of five children. Ridwan has a family, he is married to Atalia Praratya Kamil and has children Camillia Laetitia Azzahra and Emmiril Khan Mumtadz.
Mochamad Basuki Hadimuljono
Mochamad Basuki Hadimuljono was born in Surakarta, Central Java in 1954. Basuki is the current Minister of Public Works and Public Housing. Basuki is the fourth of eight children. His father was a soldier from the Army. As a child he often moved around following his father's duties.
Maruarar to visit confiscated land in Bekasi as part of 3 million houses program
Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas, Maruarar Sirait, is scheduled to visit plots of land in Bekasi, West Java, that have been confiscated under the Bank Indonesia Liquidity Support (BLBI) program which are planned to be used as sites for the contruction of the government’s 3 million housing program.
Budi Karya Sumadi
Budi Karya Sumadi was born in 1956 in Palembang to a husband and wife, Abdul Somad Sumadi and Kusmiati. He is the current Minister of Transport. Since childhood he has been helping his parents, at the age of 10 he helped his parents in selling candles, dry food and banana jam. He sells through two methods, namely: leaving it at the shop and selling it himself to potential buyers. His father, Abdul Somad Sumadi worked at the Regional Office of the South Sumatra Ministry of Education (1962), previously working as a teacher who was sent by Soekarno. While his mother was a kindergarten teacher who was a member of the South Sumatra DPRD in 1956-1959, his mother had also been the editor of the People's Torch published in 1962.
Maruarar to visit confiscated land in Bekasi as part of 3 million houses program
Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas, Maruarar Sirait, is scheduled to visit plots of land in Bekasi, West Java, that have been confiscated under the Bank Indonesia Liquidity Support (BLBI) program which are planned to be used as sites for the contruction of the government’s 3 million housing program.
Budget efficiency policy opens doors for infrastructure investment: Arsjad
The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has assessed that the budget efficiency policy set by President Prabowo Subianto could open up investment opportunities for the private sector as it provides a bigger role to the private sector in infrastructure development.
Boy Thohir's consortium to begin Safari Park construction in IKN by end of 2025
Garibaldi Thohir, or Boy Thohir, and his consortium have ensured that the construction of the Safari Park in the Nusantara Capital City (IKN), East Kalimantan, will begin no later than the end of 2025, with the government having prepared 225 hectares (ha) of land for this project.