Prabowo pitches seawall project to Japanese firms


A barge is anchored off a reclamation project in Jakarta Bay, part of the controversial National Capital Integrated Coastal Development (NCICD) that includes a seawall, in this undated file photo first published circa 2015-2016. - Jakarta Post

JAKARTA: President Prabowo Subianto has invited Japanese companies to take part in constructing a giant seawall spanning 600km that aims to address land subsidence along the northern coast of Java, according to Investment and Downstream Minister Rosan Roeslani.

The president made his pitch last Thursday at a meeting with a business delegation from the Japan-Indonesia Association at his offices in Jakarta, Rosan said in a statement.

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