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View all search resultsWeeks of flooding in Riau and ensuing damage to transportation networks have set off alarms over Indonesia’s spotty disaster preparedness, leading to calls for authorities to reevaluate the safety of public buildings and transportation networks amid expectations of more extreme weather to come.
A lack of financing and the country’s age-old issues with land acquisition have delayed the development of the government’s strategic toll road projects, namely the 2,800-km trans-Sumatra toll road and the 62 km Cileunyi-Sumedang-Dawuan (Cisumdawu) toll road in West Java.
The much-anticipated presidential election has finally ended with, according to quick count results, the incumbent Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Ma’ruf Amin leading by approximately 10 percent over the other duo, Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno. Jokowi’s victory, however, is being plagued by a substantial defeat in many provinces in Sumatra.
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