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Norobiik @[email protected]Jun 4, 2024

It doesn't look good for this USD $32B dollar flagship project.
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#JAKARTA – President #JokoWidodo has made a trip to #EastKalimantan and reassured the public that #indonesias planned new capital there is on track, just a day after the bombshell announcement that leaders of the body overseeing the project have resigned.

Jokowi says Indonesia’s new capital city is on track despite project leadership resignations
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/jokowi-says-indonesia-s-new-capital-city-is-on-track-despite-project-leadership-resignations

Jokowi says Indonesia’s new capital city is on track despite project leadership resignations

Questions swirled about the status of Nusantara after the head and deputy head of the project resigned. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times

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mike805 Jun 4, 2024

@Norobiik How's that futuristic city in Saudi Arabia doing? Most of these projects are a waste of money (if not an actual scam.)

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Norobiik @[email protected]

@mike805 Not well. Saudi Arabia had to scale it back drastically. While I wouldn't call it an outright scam, I read somewhere that the buildings shown in the initial presentation were designed and made by 3D artists with no background in architecture (or engineering).