Your comments about the idea to move the
capital city as revived by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, from
overburdened Jakarta to elsewhere in this country.
Why should
the government have its own brand new city? This is a typical example
of a government that views itself as more important than the people it
is supposed to serve.
It is also an admission of failure by
this government that cannot seem to bring about any improvement in the
quality of living in the cities and elsewhere.
A new government
city would drain financial resources that should be spent on educating
the idiots who voiced their support in this newspaper for this idea.
It’ll be another corruption-infested mismanaged fiasco.
Diederik
Jakarta
I
totally agree to move the official seat of government to the area such
as Jonggol or Sentul, in which Jakarta is still the capital city of Indonesia.
It
would be like Den Haag and Amsterdam in the Netherlands. In terms of
budget, it is not realistic to move the official seat of government
outside the Java Island.
The distance between Jonggol/Sentul (as a
new government seat) and Jakarta, as a financial hub of the country,
will be on par compared to what other countries have experienced long
before Indonesia, namely Australia, the United States, Malaysia and the
Netherlands. Jakarta will be fine, not lose its charm and could
organize itself much better with new infrastructure.
If doing so,
I expect Jonggol/Sentul to have a fresh start (like Putrajaya,
Washington DC, Den Haag) in which the central Government is going to
build it with better design, well-planned infrastructure (subway/tram,
train, buses, roads, highways, sidewalks), beautiful parks, rivers. It
will represent Indonesia to the world for the next century. Let the
central Government realize this beautiful vision.
Krido
Jakarta
Personally,
I think the money involved in building a new capital could as easily be
spent putting in better infrastructure in Jakarta. Otherwise, in the
future all the energy and funding will go into the new capital and
Jakarta will become a “black hole of Calcutta” which would be a great
shame for such a vibrant place.
Evah N
Canberra
Don’t try to
move Jakarta even in your dreams. Jakarta’s location is the most
strategic and secure. Jakarta is covered and surrounded from
earthquakes, tsunami and enemy attacks.
If we move to the capital
to Padang, Yogya or Maluku there will be the danger of tsunami and
earthquakes. If we move to Kalimantan or Papua or Sulawesi, the capital
will be closer to enemy combatants and missiles.
Maman Sudarmaji
Jakarta
