VOI - Voice of Indonesia | RRI - Radio Republik Indonesia

Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) Arsjad Rasjid assessed that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) had made a new history. Especially when the President said he would move the State Capital (IKN) from Jakarta to East Kalimantan.

Arsjad said that the big agenda of moving IKN provided a better and modern picture of the future. This is according to the President's presentation to businessmen and investors at the Balairung Djakarta Theater in mid-October.

"Mr. President is very enthusiastic," said Arsjad, seen from the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube channel, Tuesday (25/10/2022). "He immediately explained and presented directly to investors and businessmen."

IKN development, said Arsjad, in addition to moving towards a new civilization, also welcomes Indonesia at the age of one century.

Thus, IKN will become a highly civilized city for the Indonesian people.

"This is history, the history of a new civilization," he said. "Because this new capital city is a symbol of Indonesia for 2045, 100 years of Indonesia's independence."

Previously, President Jokowi said, IKN Nusantara is a form of changing Indonesian civilization by presenting the concept of Indonesia-centric development. Through the development of IKN, development and high regional economic figures will no longer be concentrated in Java.

"Indonesia needs economic justice, once again there are 17 thousand islands, not just one island," said the President. "We need equality of development, we need equitable development."

The President said, Nusantara was built with the concept of a smart city of the future. The concept is also nature-based, with 70 percent of the area in IKN being a green area.

Furthermore, the President said, the work culture that will be built at IKN will be a productive work culture. This culture can be realized with the support of good governance and management, as well as the implementation of qualified technology.

“Smart living, smart city, community service through applications, birth certificates, marriage certificates via cellphone, paperless. This is what we want to build," said the President. (RRI)