And North Kalimantan province will have the biggest green industrial park in the world, in Bulungan regency, where electricity could be sourced from hydropower plants as well as solar panels, he said in his annual State of the Union speech to Parliament yesterday.
He also proposed a 3,042 trillion rupiah (S$284 billion) spending budget for next year to finance everything ranging from energy subsidies to project development and civil servants’ salaries.
He also said the planned capital in East Kalimantan will continue and pledged to end corruption.
Kalimantan, the Indonesian portion of Borneo Island, is home to most of Indonesia’s largest rivers.
Investors are currently building several cascade hydropower stations on Kayan river in North Kalimantan.
This story is from the August 17, 2022 edition of The Straits Times.
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