IKN Will Imitate Finland, Become A Smart And Modern City

The Post-IKN Jakarta Future Seminar (doc. Public Relations HPN 2024).

JAKARTA - The head of the IKN Authority (the capital city of Nusantara), Bambang Susantono, revealed that in his concept IKN will become a smart and modern green city in the future.

In addition, Bambang continued, IKN will also be used as a city that is liveable and loving or a city that is fun, like Finland, which holds a state title with the number one happiness index in the world.

He revealed this when he was a keynote speaker at the Jakarta Post-IKN Future Seminar in Ancol, Jakarta, Saturday, February 17, 2024.

According to Bambang, IKN will not only be suitable for a staycation or vacation location, but can also be a comfortable workcation destination.

"Not only public facilities and government offices. There is also a place for MSMEs, hangouts, sports, and stand-up comedy. In addition, we have an international study. Incidentally, we are assisted by the Asian Development Bank to make a study of how we become a beloved city," said Bambang.

Currently, said Bambang, one of the steps that the IKN Authority has taken in realizing IKN into a fun city is to sign a memorandum of understanding between the IKN Authority and Finland.

"Finland is the happiest country in the world based on several indexes. We learn from them how to make the population happier," he said.

"DKI Jakarta after IKN is built, of course it will become a central city of business or become a sister city that will correlate with IKN as the center of the Government."

On that occasion, Bambang displayed a number of photos through a monitor related to the current condition of IKN. In the image, there are a number of development developments at IKN.

"The initial stage of the city of IKN has been built. Here we build hotels, hospitals, offices to hangout places. Including we will also prepare health facilities and social security in it," said Bambang.

"This ecosystem continues to be built. Once again, IKN will later become a smart city, which uses digital in every activity."

"IKN will also be a tough city with health facilities and others that have been prepared. IKN will become a modern city and world class (world class) in the future," he said.

Meanwhile, Assistant for the Economy and Finance of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Secretary, Sri Haryati, who is also one of the speakers, revealed that Jakarta is the second largest metropolitan area after Tokyo (Japan).

"Since 2019, Jakarta will be prioritized as a city of development, developed as a city of business, a city of finance, and a regional and global scale trading center," said Sri.

Sri further does not question the problem of Jakarta post-IKN. He appealed to the public not to worry about moving the country's capital city from Jakarta to IKN.

According to him, Jakarta will still be a priority for development in the globalization era.

"Of course, Jakarta is still a special magnet, which will still develop. In addition, Jakarta also has high economic value for various parties, both the government, the private sector, and the community," he said.