Jokowi Mulls Delaying Move to New Capital, Technoz Reports

Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo signaled that plans to shift to its new capital this year could be delayed, Bloomberg Technoz reported on Tuesday.

A presidential decree that will designate Nusantara, the name of the new capital city being built from scratch in the middle of Borneo’s jungle, could be issued before or after October depending on the situation on the ground, Technoz said, citing Jokowi, as the president is better known.