Indonesia plans to begin construction of a new Jakarta-Bandung rail project this year, a cabinet minister said on Friday, a day after the president scrapped the nation's first high-speed railway linking the two cities.
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Government hopes to start building new railway this year
Details of the new project are expected to be finalised this month.
Indonesia hopes to start building new railway this year- minister
"The government hopes it will start building this year," state-owned enterprises minister Rini Soemarno told reporters, adding that a consortium of Indonesian firms would be involved.
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