Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, May 18
19 May 2021, 02:30 GMT+10
NEW DELHI -- The local government in the Indian capital New Delhi on Tuesday announced it will provide 50,000 Indian rupees (684 U.S. dollars) in compensation to each family that has lost a member to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The announcement was made by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.(India-Pandemic-Relief)
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JAKARTA -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Tuesday the construction progress of the Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Railway (HSR) has reached 73 percent, hoping the railway will operate by the end of 2022.
Widodo said in a statement released by KCIC, a joint venture consortium between Chinese and Indonesian state-owned firms that runs the 142.3-km HSR, that he hopes the HSR can connect to light rail transit (LRT) and mass rapid transit (MRT) to save the travel time, improve efficiency and enhance international competitiveness of the Southeast Asian country.(Indonesia-President-Railway)