The High Price of the High-Speed Train Ambition
The Whoosh fast train project continues to burden the state budget. It is Jokowi’s ambition to develop a flagship project worth hundreds of trillions of rupiah.
Caesar Akbar
July 29, 2024
WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024. At around midday, three officials who work on the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train project or Whoosh met President Joko Widodo at the State Palace. They were Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Pandjaitan, Deputy Minister for State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Kartika Wirjoatmodjo, and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC) Dwiyana Slamet Riyadi.
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