Kalla, The Shinkansen
Vice President Jusuf Kalla started his official visit to Japan today, just few weeks after visiting China. One of his agenda will be to renegotiate the on-and-off Jakarta MRT system with Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).
Kalla is the like of Shinkansen, Japan's bullet train. He's fast, in action and talk. He's everywhere, easy to entertain journalist's question however controversial the topic. Just days before he left Jakarta for Beijing, Kalla made clear to everybody that it would be costly to let the Japanese funding the MRT project even though JBIC offered zero interest loans. He supported the establishment of a consortium of state-owned companies to work with China's companies instead.
Yesterday, just before the aircraft off the ground to Japan, state minister for national development planning Paskah Suzetta admitted one of the agenda during the visit will be a meeting between Kalla and JBIC governor on MRT funding.
For ordinary citizens and commuters, it's not a problem if Japan or China will finance the MRT as long as the ticket would be fair and could be in operation ASAP considering the crazy traffic jam in the city. Jakarta needs the kind of Shinkansen. Kalla should match his Shinkansen-speed-statements and actions, I think.
Other projects to be discussed are, among others, the Asahan hydropower plant project and infrastructure for Tanjung Priok seaport. Kalla will also meet executives of car manufacturers, Mitsubishi and Toyota. Kalla's family business hold the agency of both cars for East Indonesia region, but I do believe he will talk about family business there. He would try to lure them into the country, produce more cars in Indonesia for export market. I believe both Mitsubishi and Toyota are prepared to drive in more investments. But they need Shinkansen-speed of bureaucracy to settle the pending problems.
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Kalla is the like of Shinkansen, Japan's bullet train. He's fast, in action and talk. He's everywhere, easy to entertain journalist's question however controversial the topic. Just days before he left Jakarta for Beijing, Kalla made clear to everybody that it would be costly to let the Japanese funding the MRT project even though JBIC offered zero interest loans. He supported the establishment of a consortium of state-owned companies to work with China's companies instead.
Yesterday, just before the aircraft off the ground to Japan, state minister for national development planning Paskah Suzetta admitted one of the agenda during the visit will be a meeting between Kalla and JBIC governor on MRT funding.
For ordinary citizens and commuters, it's not a problem if Japan or China will finance the MRT as long as the ticket would be fair and could be in operation ASAP considering the crazy traffic jam in the city. Jakarta needs the kind of Shinkansen. Kalla should match his Shinkansen-speed-statements and actions, I think.
Other projects to be discussed are, among others, the Asahan hydropower plant project and infrastructure for Tanjung Priok seaport. Kalla will also meet executives of car manufacturers, Mitsubishi and Toyota. Kalla's family business hold the agency of both cars for East Indonesia region, but I do believe he will talk about family business there. He would try to lure them into the country, produce more cars in Indonesia for export market. I believe both Mitsubishi and Toyota are prepared to drive in more investments. But they need Shinkansen-speed of bureaucracy to settle the pending problems.
Labels: Infrastructure, MITSUBISHI
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