Govt to adopt new development approach<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The government will introduce a new approach to
\neconomic development by promoting zones with high potential for
\ninvestments, a minister said yesterday.<\/p>\n
\"We will apply a new concept by setting up 111 investment
\npromotion zones in the country, instead of developing areas on
\nthe periphery of towns,\" State Minister of National Development
\nPlanning Ginandjar Kartasasmita said in a hearing with members of
\nthe House of Representatives yesterday.<\/p>\n
Ginandjar, who is also chairman of the National Development
\nPlanning Board (Bappenas), said the new approach will account for
\nthe human and natural resource potencies in the planned zones.<\/p>\n
\"The new concept will synchronize business activities with
\nlocal spatial planning,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said that the government will soon announce the 111 zones
\nand their individual business focuses.<\/p>\n
\"Some of the zones, for example, will be good for investments
\nin tourism, others for agriculture or manufacturing,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"The proposed zones will be supported with appropriate
\ninfrastructure facilities, such as irrigation networks for
\nagriculture or electricity for industrial activities,\" Ginandjar
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a deputy chairman of Bappenas, Herman Haeruman,
\nsaid the government will propose that Jambi, a province in
\nSumatra, be included in the subregional economic cooperation area
\ninvolving Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.<\/p>\n
\"After a discussion with Coordinating Minister of Production
\nand Distribution Hartarto, such a proposal will be submitted in
\nthe coming senior official meeting of the three countries,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The subregional cooperation area, called the Indonesia-
\nMalaysia-Singapore Growth Triangle (IMS-GT), currently involves
\nWest Sumatra and Riau, the Negeri Sembilan, Johor Bahru and
\nPahang states in Malaysia and Singapore.<\/p>\n
Riau, covering 94,561-square-kilometers, has a population
\ndensity of 41.5 people per square kilometer. Jambi, covering
\n44,800 square-kilometers, has a population density of 53.2 people
\nper square kilometer. (icn)<\/p>",
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