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BERITA SUBANG - Ketua Umum Partai PPP Suharso Monoarfa menghadiri Musyawarah Daerah Kalimantan Utara, Minggu, 30 Mei 2021.
In addition to opening the Muswil of North Klimantan, Chaieman has opened a number of Regional Conference of Sumatra Island, among others, Aceh, North Sumatra, Riau and the Riau Islands.
The Kaltara Provincial PPP Muswil II which was held in Balikpapan was also attended by Chairman, Chairperson of the Advisory Council, Chair of the Sharia Council, General Secretary, Bendum, DPW and DPC PPP leaders throughout North Kalimantan.
When opening his remarks, Chaieman appreciated the Province of North Kalimantan. Although it is classified as a new province, it is in the highest order of GRDP,
"Until Kaltara was formed, Jakarta was number one, followed by East Kalimantan, Kaltara, Riau and Riau Islands. If classified as equal to high economic countries. East Kalimantan today is the same as Jakarta, the same as European countries in terms of GDP per capita. Likewise for Kaltara, which is almost 9.000 dollars per capita, 12.400 is already high economy, "said Ketum.
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As a province located on the border of Indonesia, Chairman who is also the Minister of National Development Planning reminded him of the dangers of drug smuggling there.
"But it is very important about narcotics, I want to remind you that it is a very loose entrance. Yesterday, the Governor of Riau Islands also told me about the Tanjung Pinang traffic to Malaysia and drugs again. So they entered from mainland China, into Vietnam, Malaysia entered Indonesia. The biggest market is Indonesia, and it will be one of the topics in the school curriculum for party politics, "he said
In addition to talking about challenges, Ketum also explained the opportunities that exist in North Kalimantan, namely trade traffic and the Kayan River which holds opportunities for up to 10 gigawatts of hydropower.
"But the regions have relatively similar income levels, why are they a little more prosperous than Tarakan, because of the trade route from Malaysia. there is an entrance there, that's amazing that Nunukan, "continued Chairman.
On this occasion, Chaieman also discussed the New National Capital called IKN which will make economic growth expand.
"So this IKN, God willing, don't look at it only at the IKN. The IKN that we will see first, later there will be a triangle, Samarinda, Balikpapan, and IKN. Later he will spread downwards to Banjarmasin, to the middle to enter Palangkaraya, later connecting to Pontianak, that must be seen, "he said.
Chairman explained that the government wants to put gravity into such a center, because if it is stretched further, it will become a centric Indonesia, which does not want its gravity to be too heavy in the West, but provides opportunities to the East.
"When will it be formed, maybe 2-3 or 5 years, maybe 10 years 15 years or 20 years from now it will grow like that," he concluded.
