IKN Authority Seeks Experience From CLC Singapore To Build A Habitable City
JAKARTA - The Nusantara Capital Authority (OIKN) has studied various experiences of the Center for Livable Cities (CLC), an organization under the Ministry of National Development of Singapore. Where, in building a habitable city to be adapted in the development of the archipelago.
"I hope we can have more sessions with CLC going forward. Singapore is a city and also a country that is an inspiration to many cities in the world including Indonesia," said Deputy for Facilities and Infrastructure of the IKN Authority Silvia Halim quoting Antara.
CLC Singapore shared its experience with OIKN in building a habitable city in line with the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between OIKN and CLC which was signed in March 2023.
Silvia explained that Singapore is an excellent example for the IKN Authority to build the archipelago, East Kalimantan, to become a sustainable, intelligent, and green city.
"A lot of hard work is needed to build a city from scratch in the middle of the forest, but we believe that learning and efforts don't have to start from scratch," he said.
According to Silvia, learning from the experiences of other countries such as Singapore is the best way to learn. Various knowledge and experiences can be learned and then improved.
"Hopefully we have the opportunity to do better and then build a city for the future, not only for Indonesia but we are talking about the world," he said.
CLC Executive Director Hugh Lim has directly reviewed the progress of IKN development.
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"As Mr. Bambang (Head of the IKN Authority) said repeatedly seeing is believing, so coming here is a privilege for us to be able to see firsthand the extraordinary progress of projects that are very important for our neighbors and good friends. Indonesia," he said.
On the same occasion, the CLC group had the opportunity to see firsthand from a number of points in the IKN area, such as the Sepaku Semoi Dam, Nusantara Zero Point, West National Axis, and Construction Workers Residential.
"And today we are much more understanding of the terrain and stages of project development, and we can see very comprehensive plans for that," Lim said.
Lim also hopes to exchange knowledge from development experience in Singapore to OIKN ranks.
"This is a rare opportunity to bring all the resource persons here to share experiences with us, for us to look forward to active discussions," added Deputy Silvia.
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