Mamuju, Sulbarkita.com -- The election of East Kalimantan as the National Capital does not disappoint the West Sulawesi Government. Because West Sulawesi has the potential to shift the position of Makassar, South Sulawesi as the gateway to Eastern Indonesia.
"We have long warned of the plan. We will prepare all supporting facilities in welcoming this new capital city," Governor of West Sulawesi, Ali Baal Masdar told the media crew after attending a budget discussion meeting at the West Sulawesi DPRD building, Monday, August 26, 2019 evening.
According to the former Regent of Polewali Mandar, the readiness of Human Resources (SMD) is also very much needed so that the people of West Sulawesi have the supplies to get work opportunities in the capital later.
"Our workforce must be skilled, we will hold business trainings," said the elder brother of the Polewali Mandar Regent, Andi Ibrahim Masdar.
Some time ago, West Sulawesi was also mentioned as a candidate for the capital city along with three others, namely Central, South and East Kalimantan. The government also began trying to make the special area carried by the area nicknamed Bumi Malaqbiq.
Including attending the capital transfer meeting at the presidential staff office, Jakarta, Monday, May 6, 2019 ago. "Among the four candidates for the National Capital, Sulbar has the most criteria than the others," Ali Baal said on Monday, May 20, 2019.
Responding to that, Commission 2 member, West Sulawesi DPRD, Sukri Umar, argued that the relocation of the capital city was very beneficial for West Sulawesi, including being the gateway to Eastern Indonesia. To get to the predicate, the government must plan carefully and proactively to the required infrastructure development.
"We have to prepare a lot of things including doing political will by preparing all supporting facilities such as improving air and sea transportation facilities," he said.
Therefore, said Sukri, future economic activities in West Sulawesi will be more active, so the government must also prepare basic needs that can be supplied to the capital city. "For example, activities in the agriculture, fisheries and animal husbandry sectors and agricultural products for export needs," he said.
The construction of facilities and infrastructure in this capital city will also require a lot of materials or materials, such as sand, cement, gravel and stone. "West Sulawesi has the material, we can get a lot of money there. Local revenue plans should be directed there," said Sukri.
The central government chose East Kalimantan Province precisely in Kutai Kartanegara Regency and North Penajam Paser Regency to become the new National Capital. The decision was announced by President Joko Widodo on Monday, August 26, 2019. The transfer of the capital will begin in 2020.
Reporting from Tempo.co, President Joko Widodo President said, the location of East Kalimantan was in the middle of Indonesia. The area is also considered to be close to developing cities, namely Balikpapan and Samarinda.
Not only that, Jokowi also said that this location was classified as having a relatively complete infrastructure compared to other prospective locations. The last consideration is the availability of 180 thousand hectares of government-controlled land.
West Sulawesi and East Kalimantan are connected in the Makassar strait waters in the Indonesian Archipelago Sea Channel (ALKI) 2. The distance between these two islands is about 400 kilometers.
To get there, the means of transportation used are ships at the ferry port, Simboro with a travel time of approximately 12 hours. While on the air route, the travel time is 45 minutes from Tampa Padang, Mamuju airport to Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman airport, Balikpapan.
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