“THE high-speed train is new to us. The technology is new, the speed is new, the construction is new. The financing model is also new. We shouldn’t be afraid to learn and try new things.”

This was President Joko Widodo’s statement when he launched Whoosh, the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train, at the Halim Perdanakusuma Station in Jakarta, Monday, October 2. According to Jokowi, Whoosh’s name was inspired by the soun