Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono conveyed this at a press conference here on Tuesday after a limited meeting with the President.
"The President wants the development of eastern Indonesia, especially Papua, to be a major focus, especially with the creation of new autonomous regions — the four new provinces — which need the government's attention and support for infrastructure," he said.
According to him, the four new provinces currently lack proper government centers.
Therefore, the government wants to boost development, thereby providing important infrastructure like land, housing, and transportation.
In addition, the transmigration program is expected to help create new economic opportunities in these areas.
"This is where the regional governments are expected to prepare the land and then ask the central government, in this case, the Ministry of Public Works, to build the government centers," he said.
He informed that the government center development will include the governor's office, the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD), and the Papuan People's Assembly (MRP).
The aim of the development is to create sufficient infrastructure so that local governments in the four regions can work optimally, he said.
On Tuesday, President Prabowo called Yudhoyono and several other ministers to discuss infrastructure issues.
Minister of Transmigration, Iftitah Sulaiman Suryanagara; Minister of Public Works, Dody Hanggodo; and Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas, Maruarar Sirait, among others, also joined the meeting.
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