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A general view shows the business district in the capital of Jakarta, Indonesia, May 2, 2019. Willy Kurniawan, Reuters
Indonesia will allocate 35 trillion rupiah ($2.29 billion) for construction of its new capital city in 2024, its finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said on Wednesday.
Indonesia is building a new capital on Borneo island, named Nusantara.
($1 = 15,280.0000 rupiah) (Reporting by Bernadette Christina and Stefanno Sulaiman, Ananda Teresia; Editing by Martin Petty)