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Dutch to study new dike for Jakarta Bay
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Esmeralda Hendrix
The Jakarta Post
Jakarta |
Wed, July 27 2011
| 10:11 am
PREMIUM
The Netherlands says it will give US$4 million for a feasibility study to build a dike on Jakarta Bay to solve the city’s water and flooding problems.
During a recent visit, Ben Knapen, the Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation, said that experts from the Netherlands would develop a project master plan after the feasibility study was finished.
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