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Jakarta steps up infrastructure programme

Move comes despite govt budget coming under strain; work to build at least 335.6 km of toll roads to start soon

Published Fri, Jul 1, 2016 · 09:50 PM

    Jakarta

    INDONESIA'S government is speeding up an infrastructure rollout programme that President Joko Widodo has made a hallmark of his administration, despite its budget coming under strain.

    Even with a reduced allocation this year, the Public Works Ministry has spent a bigger proportion of its budget in the first half compared with 2015.

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