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  • Farmer Dahlan Musrifan, 68, outside his house in Semoi village. He does not relish the idea of living in a tall building, and says he "just wants a simple life, and to have neighbours who are like family". Left: East Kalimantan Governor Isran Noor is
  • Farmer Dahlan Musrifan, 68, outside his house in Semoi village. He does not relish the idea of living in a tall building, and says he "just wants a simple life, and to have neighbours who are like family". Left: East Kalimantan Governor Isran Noor is
  • Kaltim Kariangau container terminal in Balikpapan, among East Kalimantan's largest cities, has world-standard facilities to handle direct overseas shipments.
  • Farmer Dahlan Musrifan, 68, outside his house in Semoi village. He does not relish the idea of living in a tall building, and says he "just wants a simple life, and to have neighbours who are like family". Left: East Kalimantan Governor Isran Noor is
  • Above and below: The road to Semoi village in East Kalimantan. Many people in the province were resettled there in the late 1970s as part of a transmigration programme to reduce poverty and overpopulation in Java.
  • Farmer Dahlan Musrifan, 68, outside his house in Semoi village. He does not relish the idea of living in a tall building, and says he "just wants a simple life, and to have neighbours who are like family". Left: East Kalimantan Governor Isran Noor is
  • Housewife Hasnah, 36, with her coal miner husband Sila, 38, at their house in Bukit Merdeka in the Samboja district of East Kalimantan. She worries about being evicted while her husband is happy that the city is coming to his village.
  • Far left: Boats lined up in Samarinda Seberang with the Mahakam Bridge in the background.

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