A Muslim man walks for Friday prayers through Balikpapan-Samarinda toll road construction site in Kutai Kertanegara regency, East Kalimantan province, Indonesia, August 30, 2019. - Reuters
JAKARTA, March 25 (Reuters): Indonesia aims to kickstart President Joko Widodo's ambitious plan to relocate the capital city to the island of Borneo by offering property contracts to investors this year and starting construction work on a state palace, a minister told Reuters.
The US$33 billion plan was put on the backburner last year due to the pandemic, but National Development Planning Minister Suharso Monoarfa said accelerating the project now should help a post-crisis recovery of Southeast Asia's biggest economy.
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