Jokowi Is Scheduled To Formalize The Medan Amplas Terminal After The 28th Anniversary Of National Press Day

President Jokowi at the World Leaders Summit on Climate Change or COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday 1 November 2021. (BPMI Setpres-Laily Rachev)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is scheduled to inaugurate the operation of the Medan Amplas Type A Passenger Terminal, North Sumatra (North Sumatra), next week.

"President Jokowi continues his agenda to inaugurate the Amplas Passenger Terminal," said Medan City Secretary Wiriya Alrahman in Medan, North Sumatra, February 5, as reported by Antara.

Jokowi is planned to inaugurate the terminal with a land area of 20,162 square meters after the peak commemoration of the 2023 National Press Day (HPN) which was centered at the Multipurpose Pancing Building, Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatra.

The head of state attended the 28th anniversary of HPN 2023 on Thursday 9 February.

It is known that the revitalization of the Medan City Type A A passenger terminal will be carried out for three years starting in 2020 to 2022 with the concept in the Minister of Transportation Regulation No. 132/2015 concerning the Implementation of Road Transportation Passenger Terminals.

This terminal revitalization focuses on the Mix Use concept, namely terminal development that is integrated with economic centers, such as malls, hotels, and so on, as well as electronic ticket purchasing systems.

This is expected to improve services at the terminal through a pattern of entrepreneurship to support the realization of national economic recovery.

"After that, we just made a visit to one of the traditional markets in Medan City," he said.

His party also emphasized that the Medan City Government is ready to support and make President Jokowi's visit to North Sumatra Province a success.

"In principle, we support the President's working visit to Medan City, especially in inaugurating passenger terminals in Amplas," said Wiriya.