More than 30 million people live in existing capital Jakarta that suffers from frequent flooding, air pollution, a shortage of drinking water, and traffic.
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Indonesia s House of Representatives adopts a bill that will see the government relocate the nation s capital from congested Jakarta on Java Island to Borneo, the world s third largest island.