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Public works minister ready to provide employees to IKN Authority
The public works minister met on Tuesday with his predecessor, now the incumbent head of the IKN Authority, to discuss a variety of related matters, including the possibility of relocating the ministry's employees to the new capital being developed in East Kalimantan.
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Construction on Garuda Palace and other structures in the Central Government District (KIPP) continues on Sept. 13, 2024, in Nusantara, North Penajam Paser, East Kalimantan. (Antara/M Risyal Hidayat)
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ublic Works Minister Dody Hanggodo says he is ready to accommodate a manpower request from his predecessor Basuki Hadimuljono, who now heads the Nusantara Capital City (IKN) Authority.
Dody said he had a meeting with Basuki in Jakarta on Tuesday, the day Basuki was installed as IKN Authority head, to discuss the development of the future capital city in East Kalimantan, including employee relocation.
“The Public Works Ministry is ready to allocate 1,000 to 2,000 [employees to the IKN Authority],” he said on Wednesday at the Indonesia Convention Exhibition in BSD City, Tangerang, as quoted by Bisnis.com.
Nusantara is slated to replace Jakarta, the current capital of 10 million, which is overcrowded and plagued by massive traffic jams as well as chronic flooding and land subsidence.
The government has been pushing for completion of the necessary infrastructure to accommodate civil servants, but a plan to relocate the first batch of 12,000 bureaucrats in September was delayed.
The megaproject, seen as a political legacy of former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, relies heavily on private sector funding but many potential investors have been reluctant to engage so far, partly because of uncertainty in a year marked by political transition.
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