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The upcoming three-day "Indonesia Infrastructure Conference
and Exhibition 2006" will not only showcase major investment
opportunities, but also the government's progress in improving the
country's investment climate.
At least 10 infrastructure projects, involving the construction of
power plants, toll roads, seaports, municipal water systems and
telecommunications facilities worth an estimated US$4.5 billion, will
be put up for grabs during the event, which starts Wednesday and will
be opened by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
On top of that, Public Works Minister Djoko Kirmanto also plans to
present another 20 projects worth Rp 30 trillion ($3.2 billion), during
the event's first day of meetings with investors, said Suyono Dikun,
the deputy for infrastructure to the coordinating minister for the
economy, on Monday.
Meanwhile, Transportation Minister Hatta Radjasa may offer another 17
projects, while further projects will be put on the table by
Communications and Information Minister Sofyan A. Djalil.
On the second day, Energy and Mineral Resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro
will outline four power plant projects.
Coordinating Minister for the Economy Boediono, Finance Minister Sri
Mulyani Indrawati and State Minister for State Enterprises Sugiharto
are each scheduled to present updates on what the government has done
to improve the investment climate.
The conference follows on from last year's "Infrastructure Summit
2005". It was originally scheduled to be held last November, but was
then rescheduled to February and later to November due to the then
unfavorable economic situation in the wake of last year's fuel price
hikes.
Projects to be put on the table:
Telecommunications
sector:
1. The "Palapa Ring" fiber optics network........US$1.5 billion
Power
plants:
2. 2x600 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant...US$1.2 billion in
Central Java
3. 500MW coal-and-oil-fired power plant..........US$275 million in
Pasuruan, East Java
Toll
roads:
4. 165-km Solo-Kertosono.............US$928 million toll road in
Central Java
5. 60-km Medan-Kuala Namu-Tebing Tinggi..........US$142 million toll
road in North and West Sumatra
Sea
ports:
6. Surabaya's Tanjung Perak port expansion.......US$280 million
7. Margagiri-Ketapang ferry terminal.............US$ 97 million
Water
projects:
8. Dumai, East Kalimantan........................US$ 44 million
9. Tangerang, Banten.............................US$ 37 million
10. Bandung.......................................US$ 26 million
Source: National Development Planning Board (Bappenas).
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