Here’s an excerpt from the podcast:
Teresa Tang:
One takeaway I have so far is that Nusantara is very far away. We know it sits on an old timber plantation, you know, and I think, Lewa, you mentioned more than 1000km away from Jakarta. So Saiful, what’s going to happen to Jakarta once Indonesia officially moves its capital, whenever that may be? What does it mean when the seat of political power and the centre of wealth are separated?
Saifulbahri Ismail:
Earlier in March this year, lawmakers designated special status for Jakarta to provide a legal framework for the city’s position after Nusantara became the country’s capital. Now under that framework, Jakarta will remain as the country’s economic hub and a global city. Now the question is, will relocating the country’s capital to East Kalimantan help to solve Jakarta’s many problems…
