Overly Ambitious?

The government is to construct 1,600 kilometers of toll roads within a five-year period. It has its eyes on funds belonging to Jamsostek, the state social security service.

November 30, 2004

THIS is not the legend of Bandung Bondowoso, who tried to build 1,000 temples in a single night. It's the story of the government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, which is planning to construct a total of 1,600 kilometers of toll roads divided up into 49 sections on the island of Java, as well as several areas on the islands of Sumatra and Sulawesi, within five years.

This grand plan was revealed by President Yudhoyono far away in Sant

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