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he Batam Free Trade Zone Management Agency (BP FTZ) touted a number of infrastructure projects to 24 ambassadors to Indonesia visiting Batam in Riau Islands province on Saturday.

One of the projects being offered is a 25-kilometer toll road linking Batu Ampar Port, Hang Nadim Airport and Muka Kuning industrial estate on the island. The management agency assured that the project would not be hindered by land acquisition problems as in other regions across Indonesia.

The visiting ambassadors were expected to convey information about the investment opportunities to investors from their countries.

BP FTZ chairman Mustofa Wijaya said: “We’ve conducted a feasibility study for the project, which is badly needed to help speed up transportation from the seaport and airport to the industrial centers in Batam.”

Mustofa hoped that the project could be completed by 2017.

The Indonesian Foreign Ministry’s director general of information and public diplomacy, Abdurrahman Mohammad Fachir, said that the diplomatic tour was intended to inform the ambassadors of the potentials in regions throughout Indonesia.

“The ambassadors need up-to-date information on the potentials in the regions, not only in Jakarta,” said Abdurrahman.