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KCIC appoints new chief to speed up delayed Jakarta-Bandung railway project
KCIC is banking on its new president director, Dwiyana Slamet Riyadi, considered somewhat of a "Renaissance man" in railway services, to speed up the problem-addled Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway project toward a 2022 completion date.
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Workers inspect a tunnel section of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway project, led by consortium PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC), in this undated handout photo. (Courtesy of/KCIC)
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T Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC), the consortium responsible for the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway project, has appointed as its new president director Dwiyana Slamet Riyadi, a well-known figure in Indonesia’s railway services sector who has a solid track record with state-owned train operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI).
Prior to his new appointment, Dwiyana was the acting president director of PT Reksa Multi Usaha (RMU), a KAI subsidiary that provides onboard catering services. He was also president director of KAI’s property arm, and before that, the operations and marketing director of KAI’s logistics arm.
Dwiyana replaces Chandra Dwiputra, whose three-year term has ended and will be appointed as a director at KCIC.
“The change was made by a shareholders’ decision. This also aligns with the start of the pre-operational step in which [project] operation and maintenance readiness is the priority issue. That is why [the shareholders] have appointed a new president director who has extensive background with PT KAI,” KCIC corporate secretary Mirza Soraya said in a press statement on Monday.
Mirza said that Dwiyana was expected to accelerate the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway project, which was scheduled to finish by 2022. She added that the project was 70 percent complete to date.
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The project has been beset by several problems including an oil pipe accident and land acquisition problems, as well as COVID-19 restrictions, that delayed it from starting operations early last year as planned.
