The Jakarta Bay Battle

Developers working on the Jakarta Bay’s reclamation are lobbying Jakarta’s new governor, Anies Baswedan, to resume the project. Anies is yet to make his position clear.

October 23, 2017

The meeting that took place at the home of Gerindra Party chair Prabowo Subianto in Hambalang, Bogor, West Java, early in August, was no ordinary lunch event, as Prabowo had invited those involved in the Jakarta Bay reclamation project.

Two of Prabowo's guests included Artha Graha Group head Tomy Winata and the owner of the Agung Sedayu Group, who owns five reclaimed islands, Richard Halim Kusuma. The Jakarta Council deputy speaker from Gerindr

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