In Batang, Indonesia takes steps to improve investment
Simplified licensing process among reforms as govt woos foreign firms to industrial park
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Vehicles crossing a bridge on the toll road between Batang and Semarang in Indonesia's Central Java province. A 4,300ha industrial estate in Batang is slated to open for business in the near future, tapping into demand from manufacturers diversifying away from China.
PHOTO: THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
Jeffrey Hutton Regional Correspondent In Jakarta, Jeffrey Hutton
For now, it is a dusty red patch of degraded plantation, a short drive west of Semarang on the north shore of Central Java.
But if everything goes to plan, the 4,300ha Batang Industrial Estate will be open for business in the near future, tapping into demand from manufacturers diversifying away from China.