House passes into law Jakarta special status bill

Jakarta will remain Indonesia's capital until the president issues a decree officially naming Nusantara the new capital. - AFP This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title "". Click to read: https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2024/03/28/house-passes-into-law-jakarta-special-status-bill.html. Download The Jakarta Post app for easier and faster news access: Android: http://bit.ly/tjp-android iOS: http://bit.ly/tjp-ios

JAKARTA: The House of Representatives on Thursday (March 28) designated special status for Jakarta, keeping the metropolis as the country's economic epicentre, amid plans to move the capital city to Kalimantan.

Indonesia plans to move its capital city away from congested and sinking Jakarta, to Nusantara, a US$32-billion city under construction in the jungles of East Kalimantan on Borneo, the island that the country shares with Malaysia and Brunei.