Urbanites hopeful, indigenous people concerned about new capital plan

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For many people in Balikpapan, the government’s plan to build a new capital city in resource-rich East Kalimantan is seen as a second chance at survival after the city suffered an economic recession around the mid-2010s because of a bearish oil and gas market. (JP/I Gede Dharma JS)

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(JP/Kharishar Kahfi and N. Adri)