Presidential Palace’s construction in Nusantara is on target: Jokowi
Published on: Sunday, September 24, 2023
By: Antara News
A computer-generated image shows the design of Indonesia’s future presidential palace at its new capital in East Kalimantan. Inset Widodo.
JAKARTA: President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) stated that construction of the Presidential Palace in the new capital city Nusantara is still running in accordance with the government’s set plan.
“I looked at the schedule and target. I think it (the construction) is still on target,” Jokowi remarked after reviewing the construction of the Presidential Palace in the Nusantara area, East Kalimantan, on Friday, according to a statement of the Presidential Secretariat.
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He emphasised that there are no problems regarding the budget for the construction of several basic infrastructures in the new capital city area.
“Especially for the palace, ministries’ (buildings), for basic infrastructures, there are no problems,” he clarified.
President Jokowi affirmed that the government will continue to encourage the construction of several infrastructures of the private sector and businesses. It includes the construction of hospitals, universities, malls, and restaurants.
“We will encourage all, so that a crowd emerges that will certainly bring the Nusantara City to life,” he remarked.
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On that occasion, the president planted weeping fig trees (Ficus Benjamina) in the Presidential Palace area.
“Especially for these two twin weeping figs, I think these are a symbol of majesty,” he remarked.
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He expressed hope that other plants would be planted at the earliest after the rains fell in the new capital area, such as grass on the field for the Independence Day ceremony, plants endemic to Kalimantan, and flowers specially designed for the Nusantara Presidential Palace.
“Everything will be green, and especially for the palace, the colors of the flowers will be red and white (Indonesia’s national flag colors),” he stated.
The president remarked that the field of the Presidential Palace in Nusantara was twice the area of the Palace in Jakarta. In fact, the field can accommodate up to eight thousand people for the 2024 Independence Day anniversary commemoration ceremony.
Communication and Informatics Minister Budi Arie Setiadi has urged public relations (PR) practitioners to support two national priority agendas in 2024, namely, peaceful general elections and the relocation of the national capital to Nusantara.
“Considering the strategic role of public communication, I invite PR practitioners to join collaboration to support the 2024 national agendas, namely peaceful general elections and capital city Nusantara,” he said, according to a press release issued on Friday.
He made the statement at the eight-year anniversary commemoration of PR Indonesia here on Thursday (September 21, 2023).
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