JAKARTA (Bloomberg): Indonesia wants to return its state builders to solid footing after a decade-long spending spree saddled them with debt they’re now struggling to repay.
President Joko Widodo’s infrastructure drive has burdened the country’s four-biggest listed construction firms with roughly 130 trillion rupiah (US$8.6 billion) worth of debt, and PT Waskita Karya and PT Wijaya Karya have asked creditors to defer payment. Waskita, the largest, then said earlier this month it couldn’t pay a maturing bond.
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