Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Rini Soemarno is in Beijing, China, to ensure the commitment of China Railway Corporation to support the acceleration of construction of the Jakarta-Bandung, West Java. Jakarta-Bandung high speed rail project. Minister Rini Soemarno in a press release of the Ministry of SOEs in Jakarta on Thursday ( 5/4) mentions that this rapid train project should be immediately accelerated in May 2018, especially in critical construction areas. Including transfer of technology and strengthening of Indonesia's human resource competency to have the expertise of fast-track project construction.
The construction is planned to be massive at 21 points deemed most critical starting in early May 2018. At the meeting, China Railway Corporation declared its commitment to accelerate the development of tunnels for fast trains, including the Walini tunnel. Walini will be designed into a new city in Bandung West with an area of 1,270 hectares. --KemenBUMN.5.4'18.mar