Governor Zainal Explains Strategic Issues At The Kaltara Border

PHOTOS OF SPECIAL/Governor of North Kalimantan H Zainal Arifin Paliwang attended the Borneo Business Roundtable meeting at the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN BAC) forum at the Sultan Hotel, Jakarta.

TANJUNG SELOR - Governor of North Kalimantan H Zainal Arifin Paliwang attended the Borneo Business Roundtable meeting at the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN BAC) forum at the Sultan Hotel, Jakarta.

The Governor Of Kaltara Was Accompanied By The Chairman Of The Kaltara Chamber Of Commerce And Industry, Killing Laing And Managing Of Investment, Young Experts DPMPTSP, Rahman Putaryani

Zainal said the Borneo Business Roundtable event or the cooperation forum for economic improvement cooperation was for all regions on the island of Borneo which included Kalimantan, Serawak and Sabah Malaysia, Labuan and Brunei Darussalam.

"I convey a number of strategic issues in Kaltara, namely the issue of trade at the border, the issue of trans-borneo infrastructure development and the issue of the development of the Indonesian Green Industrial Park (Indonesia Green Industrial Park) in Bulungan district," he said, quoted Thursday, September 7.

Including efforts to reduce emissions to land use management (REDD+) through the heart of birtheo covering an area of 1.2 million ha in Malinau district.

"Sufficient trading issues, let alone caltara, carry out trade activities or export agricultural products (pisang, coconut and ada rice), food and fisheries such as crabs, fish and in the future large amounts of seaweed to Sabah Malaysia," he added.

It is hoped that trade at this border will be able to increase common economic growth and community welfare. Then, the North Kalimantan Provincial Government is also building a connecting road on the border to Krayan from Malinau for about 196 km.

This infrastructure is to open isolation and connect Kaltara with Malaysia and Brunei, if it is connected, our economic activities will also increase through commodity trading and even tourism.

Furthermore, to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Kaltara is also building the largest Indonesia green industrial area (KIHI) in the world, which is targeted at 30,000 Ha.

"KIHI is currently starting to run and in the near future we are targeting Kaltara to produce 500 thousand tons of aluminum Ingot per year by 2025," he explained.

The Governor of Kaltara explained that in the KIHI area, many investors will enter. It is hoped that the FDI Kaltara will increase, even predicted to reach USD 132 billion.

"We also hope that with the Kayan Mentarang National Park (TNKM) covering an area of 1.2 million Ha in Malinau district, in the future there will be compensation funds from the international community related to climate change through carbon trading, at least they can help Kaltara with infrastructure development at the border," he concluded.