Indonesia Inaugurates $3B Strategic Port
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo - (File Photo: Indonesian Presidency)
Indonesian President Joko Widodo inaugurated the Patimban sea port in West Java on Sunday, saying the new gateway would have a strategic role in boosting the nation s pandemic-hit economy.
The 43.2 trillion rupiah ($3.07 billion) port in the town of Subang, 140 km (90 miles) east of the capital Jakarta, is one of the government’s priority infrastructure projects, designed to boost Southeast Asia s largest economy and relieve pressure on Jakarta’s congested Tanjung Priok port.
Speaking via link from the state palace, the president, widely known as Jokowi, said the first of three phases of the strategic project in Indonesia’s most populous province had been finished.
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JAKARTA/SINGAPORE Dec 15 (Reuters) - Indonesian motorbike driver unions for ride-hailing and food delivery firms Grab and Gojek say they will kick off protests across the country if merger talks between the firms proceed without them, fearing it could result in mass job losses.
“We are concerned that a merger will result in the termination of drivers,” said Igun Wicaksono, who heads “Garda Nasional”, a union of more than 100,000 Grab and Gojek drivers, who called for government and driver involvement in the negotiations.
“If we are ignored, then our last resort will be to conduct mass demonstrations across Indonesia.”
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