Dozens sat on rows of sofas facing the station where buyers select apartment units at the Meikarta Marketing Gallery in Cikarang, Bekasi Regency, last Thursday. A man among them would occasionally raise his voice to get the attention of Meikarta staff. “How long do we have to wait for?” said the man, annoyed.

These people had purchased apartment units in Meikarta, a new city to be built by the Lippo Group in the Cikarang region, West