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HEAD of the Ibu Kota Nusantara (IKN) or new capital city of Indonesia, Bambang Susantono said investment requests for IKN development projects reached 39 times the available capacity.
“After the market survey, there has been tremendous interest from investors who have contacted us. So that it is almost 40 times, to be precise 39 times the areas that we have prepared for investment for this first phase,” said Bambang after a closed meeting chaired by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in the Presidential Palace area, Jakarta, Monday (11/28 ).
The first stage being prepared to attract investment, said Bambang, is development in the central government core area (KIPP).
Bambang said that the high investment interest in IKN had been seen before the market survey was conducted. When the government conducted pre-market sounding, investment requests reached 25 times the available capacity.
Because of this, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) requested that the investment area in IKN be re-opened and expanded to meet unfulfilled investment demands from capital owners.
At present, there are many investment requests that have been accommodated in the central government core area or also known as area 1A.
“Now we are opening again in areas 1B and 1C. We will immediately open the total area of the central government core area to investors who are interested,” he said.
In addition to the KIPP area, Bambang said, the government is also opening investment faucets for tourism areas, financial center areas, economic centers, education and health in IKN.
“The point was that the President’s directive opened the widest possible opportunity for investors to join in and as soon as possible build in the IKN area,” Bambang concluded. [antaranews/photo special]
