Waiting for Good Luck from the Industrial Estates

How has the performance of industrial areas been so far? Have they met the principles of sustainability and being environmentally sound?

Kompas/Heru Sri Kumoro

President Joko Widodo along with a number of ministers and Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo inspected the Batang Integrated Industrial Estate land in Ketanggan Village, Grising District, Batang Regency, Central Java, Tuesday (30/6/2020).

During his recent visit to Central Java, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo took the opportunity to have a look at the location of an industrial area in Batang regency that was expected to accommodate the relocation of seven industrial firms from China and hundreds of foreign companies from a number of other countries.

The president was deeply disappointed that the 33 industrial firms that left China some time ago preferred Vietnam as a place for relocation and none of them looked at Indonesia. Batang Industrial Estate is one of 27 industrial areas that will be developed by the government until 2024.