Jakarta Prioritizes Six Issues for Global City Planning
- U-Report
VIVA – The Jakarta Provincial Government is prioritizing addressing six priority issues to support the planning of development programs and activities as a Global City.
"In addition to address congestion, the priorities of Jakarta's development plan in 2024 are in line with the resolution of six national priority issues," Acting Governor of Jakarta, Heru Budi Hartono said in his statement after the 2024 regional work plan (RKPD) development planning meeting in Jakarta, on Monday.
Hartono explained six issues prioritize include flood prevention, recovery from the economic slowdown, poverty reduction, stunting handling, strengthening democratic values, and also traffic jams handling.
"We will make sure the people's aspirations will become inputs in preparing programs and activities that could bring benefits to the community," Hartono said.
Therefore, he asked all regional officials to strive for increased innovation and breakthroughs in development programs and activities. This is because, it could help accelerate quality development in the economic, social, and environmental sectors.
"We must continue to strive for innovation and breakthroughs. In 2024, we must be optimistic that our economy will grow. We must also prepare concepts to overcome troubles and accelerate economic growth with cooperation from the government and business entities," Hartono stated.
The Jakarta provincial government is preparing to transform the city into a global city as stipulated by Law Number 3 of 2022 concerning the Capital City. Jakarta will lose its tag as Indonesia's capital city to the new capital city (IKN) Nusantara in East Kalimantan.
Therefore, he has invited the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) and the Ministry of Home Affairs to prepare Jakarta as a global city through several programs and activities.
In addition, he said that his administration is committed to fulfilling the achievement index for the transformation of Jakarta into a global city and asked for support from all development policy stakeholders in Jakarta.
Earlier, President Joko Widodo said that Jakarta would continue to be improved as a business and tourism city, while IKN Nusantara would become a government city.