Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Tito Karnavian expressed his hope to make Jakarta the center of Indonesia’s economy after no longer being the capital of the country. He hopes that Jakarta can become a global business city like New York in the United States (US) or Sydney and Melbourne in Australia. “We also want the city of Jakarta to become one of the main centers in the field of economy, services, banking, and others. The point is roughly the same as New York Is America or Sydney, Melbourne is Australia,” Tito said as quoted from Antara, Wednesday (13/3/2024). However, a joint commitment is needed between the House of Representatives (DPR), the House of regional representatives (DPD), and the government to be able to build Jakarta to become a world-class city or a global city. “Which not only compete or have competitiveness at the regional level of Southeast Asia, but also on par with other developed cities in the world,” he said. Read also: profile of Tito Karnavian appointed by Jokowi as acting Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and security affairs replaces Mahfud MD rearranging the role of veterinarians: between agriculture and health articles Kompas.id the government approved the discussion of the DKJ bill further, Tito, who represented the government, approved the discussion of The Jakarta special Regional Law (DKJ bill) as an implication of Law Number 3 of 2022 on the National Capital (IKN law). “We, on behalf of the government, agree to conduct further discussion jointly on the proposal or initiative of the bill on the Special Region of Jakarta while still paying attention to harmony, as a whole, with related legislation,” he said. Meanwhile, Chairman of the legislative body (Baleg) DPR RI Supratman Andi Agtas said Jakarta needs to be designed so that it is not only limited to being a national economic center and a global city.
According to him, the government also needs to make Jakarta able to grow as a megapolitan City at the national, regional, and global levels. This condition is supported by the formation of agglomeration areas as a support for integrated buffer areas, namely Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi, and Cianjur. Also read: the capital of Indonesia is still Jakarta, when did you officially move to IKN Nusantara? Currently Jakarta is still the capital of Indonesia to be known, currently Jakarta still bears the status of the capital of Indonesia before President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) issued a presidential decree (Keppres) moving the capital to Kalimantan. The Special Staff (Stafsus) of the president for Legal Affairs Dini Purwono conveyed that the provision was as stipulated in Law Number 21 of 2023 concerning amendments to Law Number 3 of 2022 concerning the National Capital (IKN law).
“Based on Article 39 of the IKN law, DKI Jakarta remains as the capital of the country until the issuance of the presidential decree on the transfer of IKN to the archipelago,” Dini said quoted from Kompas.com (7/3/2024). Read also: Jokowi will have an office at IKN in July 2024, How is the development progress? Peek at New York, the center of the U.S. economy See Photo illustration of New York in the United States (USA).(Doc. Pixabay / Leonhard_Niederwimmer) New York City was not the big city it is today. The city only got the name “New York” and began to develop rapidly in 1760. In 1790, New York had 18,000 inhabitants, surpassing Boston, becoming the second largest city in the American colonies. Despite having been involved in wars, in the 19th century, the city recovered quickly. In 1810, New York became one of the most important ports in the United States. As the city grew, other infrastructure improvements were also made. By 1811, the” Commissioners ‘Plan” established an orderly network of streets and highways for the undeveloped portion of Manhattan north of Houston Street.
In 1837, the construction of the Croton Aqueduct began, which provided clean water to the growing population of the city. Eight years later, the city established its first municipal body, The New York City Police Department. Increasing numbers of immigrants from Germany and Ireland between the 1840s and 1850s and later from Southern and Eastern Europe, changed the face of the city. Immigrants settled in different ethnic neighborhoods, started businesses, joined trade unions and political organizations, and built churches and social clubs. At the turn of the 20th century, New York became the city we know today. Today, more than 8 million New Yorkers live in the five boroughs, of which more than a third were born outside the United States. Thanks to its diversity and dynamic intellectual life, the city remains the cultural capital of the United States.