Coordinating Minister Airlangga Says Sanur SEZ Will Save IDR 86 Trillion In Foreign Exchange Until 2045

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto said the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) of Sanur, Bali, will save foreign exchange reaching IDR 86 trillion until 2045, with additional foreign exchange in the same period reaching IDR 19.6 trillion.

The proposal for the development of the Sanur SEZ has received approval from the SEZ National Council chaired by Coordinating Minister Airlangga at the SEZ National Council Session, Friday (22/7/2022), then the SEZ National Council will recommend to the President to establish the SEZ through a government regulation because it has met the requirements for SEZ success development.

"With this, the SEZ National Council has approved the proposal for the Sanur SEZ and will soon finalize a government regulation related to the Sanur SEZ," said Coordinating Minister Airlangga as quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, July 23.

In the development of the first health SEZ in Indonesia, said Airlangga, the government is building the Sanur SEZ located in Denpasar City, Bali.

SEZ of Sanur will be the answer to the current challenge, where many Indonesians prefer to get medical treatment abroad due to the limited health facilities in Indonesia.

In addition, with the construction of the Sanur SEZ, it is estimated that it will be able to absorb labor and bring new investment.

In 2030, it is expected that around four percent to eight percent of the Indonesian population who previously had treatment abroad could go to the Sanur SEZ with a total number of patients in the range of 123,000-240,000 people.

Airlangga said that the Sanur SEZ was designed to become a health and tourism SEZ with a business plan for health facilities in the form of hospitals and clinics, hotel and MICE accommodation, ethnomedicinal botanic gardens, and commercial centers.

The total proposed land area is 41.26 hectares with an investment value of IDR 10.2 trillion and a target for employment of 43,647 people.