Multinational business council welcomes Indonesia's decision to move capital to Kalimantan

Vehicles sit in traffic during rush hour in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday, May 10, 2019. Indonesia plans to relocate its administrative capital from Jakarta, with the move set to take up to a decade and cost as much as US$33 billion. Photographer: Muhammad Fadli/Bloomberg

KOTA KINABALU: The Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) Business Council (BEBC) has welcomed Indonesia’s decision to move its capital into the "heart of Borneo".

BEBC national chairman Datuk Roselan Johar Mohamed said Indonesia’s future capital - proposed as Kalimantan - has the potential to become a green city if properly planned but noted it was no easy task.