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Jack Moore with Marchio Gorbiano in Jakarta

Unfinished Business: Indonesia's New Capital Has Long Way To Go

Danis Sumadilaga, Nusantara's head of infrastructure, told AFP construction was 'on track' but that it was 'only the first stage of a long-term development' (Credit: AFP)

It was supposed to be the jewel in the crown of the 10-year presidency of Joko Widodo, but Indonesia's capital-to-be, carved out of dense jungle in Borneo, is a vast building site just weeks before being due to open.

Bar the centrepiece presidential palace -- winged like the national emblem, the mythical Garuda bird -- Nusantara is a series of unfinished buildings and bumpy access tracks, shrouded by clouds of dust kicked up by trucks and excavators.

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