The year has changed, and it's around this time that the cold is seeping through our bodies along with the fresh air. When I'm going through this cold weather, I miss Tokonatsu Indonesia where I used to stay.
The Land Area of Indonesia is about 5 times larger than Japan, and its population is about 270 million people, the fourth largest in the world. It is a young country where 50% of the total population is under the age of 30, and half of them live on the island of Java. Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, is the political and economic center, and is a large city with over 10 million people. Skyscrapers are lined up, and while there is an urban aspect that evolves, there are many old towns with buildings from the Dutch colonial period, local markets, and food stalls. Also, Jakarta is plagued by urban issues such as “ground subsidence,” “chronic disease,” “traffic pollution,” “overpopulation,” and “air pollution.” There is a plan to transfer the capital function (government function) to the new capital “Nusantara” in order to resolve this issue.
This new capital is located in the eastern part of Kalimantan Island, about 2,000 miles northeast of Jakarta. Kalimantan Island is famous as a habitat for rare animals such as orangutans, where the jungle stretches. Currently, basic infrastructure development is currently being developed, such as land construction and road construction, with the aim of completion by 2045. It is a huge project with a total land area of 250,000 areas and a central area of 50,000 areas.
Speaking of urban issues, unipolar damage is still progressing in Tokyo, and there are differences about the spread of damage when caused such as major earthly consequences and the Suspension of Central Functions of Politics, Economy, Culture, etc. Discussions on the Transfer of Capital Functions were exciting for a while, and last spring, the Agency for Cultural Affairs was the first central ministry and agency to relocate its headquarters in Kasumigaseki, Tokyo to the region and operations carried out to be carried out in Kyoto, but after that, I didn't I often hear about that topic.
However, Jakarta is also considering the presidential election this year, and since the term of office of the current president has expired, it is undenshrined that there is a sense of Comments about this grand plan. In fact, I feel that the traffic problem, which has been an issue for many years, has been discussed quite a bit with the opening of Indonesia's first subway MRT (Jakarta Metropolitan Rapid Railway) and the airport link connecting Soekarno Hatta International Airport to Jakarta city.
Sidewalks have also been discussed, and construction of new skyscrapers and the opening of shopping malls have progressed, making it easy to live in. There also seems to be discussion about the advantages of reconsidering the capital, but it is expected that Jakarta will develop more and more as an economic center in the future even if Government functions are beneficial in Indonesia, where economic growth is surprising, supported by steady private consumption.
Reprinted from “Weekly Building Management” by Building Management Institute Co., Ltd. (with permission)
