IKN Records Total Entertainment Investment Reaches IDR 20 Trillion
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Jakarta – The Nusantara Capital City Authority (OIKN) stated that private business actors' investment in the entertainment sector in Indonesia's new capital city Nusantara (IKN) has reached IDR20 trillion.
"Private business actors have invested IDR 20 trillion in the entertainment sector, which includes hotels, green open public spaces, and others," the OIKN's Deputy for Funding and Investment, Agung Wicaksono said after attending the ASEAN Investment Forum (AIF) Day 2, in Jakarta on Sunday.
Moreover, Wicaksono revealed that his party has received as many as 270 letters of intent from domestic and foreign investors looking to partake in the development of the new capital city in East Kalimantan Province.
"Indonesian companies account for more than half of the number, followed by ASEAN member countries, like Singapore and Malaysia, as well as Japan and South Korea," Wicaksono remarked.
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Especially for ASEAN, two companies from Malaysia have stated their commitment to participating in developing 20 towers of flats in IKN, "They are currently undertaking feasibility studies," he added.
Meanwhile, investors from Singapore are mostly interested in renewable energy and waste management.
Then, Wicaksono reveals on the 2020-2024 National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN) lists the funding needs of IKN at ID R466 trillion, which is divided into three indications of funding, such as the State Budget (APBN) of IDR 90.4 trillion, Business / Private Entities of IDR123.2 trillion, and Government and Business Entity Cooperation (PPP) of IDR 252.5 trillion.
He said that most private business actors dominated by domestic investors, invested in the development of IKN's 1A zone that covers the Presidential Palace and several ministerial offices among others.
"The 1A zonecovers the Central Government Core Area (KIPP), we have alloccated 6,000 hectares of land for that area," he informed.
