THIRTY units of heavy-duty equipment were racing on the construction site of Samarinda Baru Airport, Sungai Siring subdistrict, East Kalimantan, Friday noon last week. In the former swampy area, the subcontractor appointed by PT Nuansa Cipta Realtindo was filling the land to complete the building of a 2,100-meter runway.

The new airport is constructed to replace Temindung, the old one now overcrowded by settlements. The business firm owned by Su