TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The government is offering private companies the opportunity to develop investments in Kalimantan. Housing Minister Djan Faridz said the investments would speed up the Acceleration and Expansion of the Indonesian Economic Growth (KP3EI) program in the corridor. Private companies will build a bauxite smelter, run a gasification program and start other mining projects, he said.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The domestic economy will grow by up to 7 percent in the next few years if investment in infrastructure development increases, National Development Planning Minister Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana said. "Although infrastructure investment is going down, the economic growth remains above 6 percent, fueled by strong domestic consumption," she said in a written statement issued on Tuesday.