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Indonesia is constructing a new, high-tech capital city to symbolise the country's newfound prosperity


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Indonesian President Joko Widodo promised a clean, green, high-tech utopia when he revealed his proposal to establish a new capital city in 2019.
The new capital, which would be located on Borneo's island, would be a rainforest metropolis with meandering canals and bold, contemporary buildings tucked beneath a tropical forest canopy.


Residents would be whisked between urban clusters intended to foster innovation in high-value industries such as education, health, and technology by a sleek, high-speed transportation system.

 

Jokowi, as Indonesia's president is known, was elected in 2014 on a promise to transform the country's economy, which has long been hampered by red tape and corruption, into a modern, market-oriented system with world-class infrastructure, which will enhance the country's appeal to foreign investors.
The sparkling, $32.5 billion centrepiece of Jokowi's great vision for Indonesia's future was to be Nusantara, the name chosen for the new capital.

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