Work on a new deepwater port for container ships on an island between Batam and Bintan is set to begin next year, creating a potential rival to Singapore’s port. The port, on Tanjung Sauh, aims to be a major transshipment center for Indonesia, and is part of the country’s overhaul of its transport infrastructure to cope with growing domestic demand.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/21/deepwater-port-near-batam-set-rival-singapore.html
Well in 2005, Indonesia annced a major expansion of the port on Batam. It even awarded a contract to a French company. Err nothing ever happened. Wonder if this time, it will be anything different. And remember that Batam has one unused int’l airport. It was built to rival S’pore’s airport in the late 1970s.
Readers will know I’m bullish on Indonesia. But that is despite, not because, of its officials or the government planning agencies.
But here’s one talking cock project that works: using social media to help farmers get info they need http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18193993
This reminds me of the Kra Canal project in Thailand,we are all South East Asians.this is actually one of the main reasons why PAP leaders think they are the best,not only in South East Asia,but the world!