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Changing places: Why countries decide to move their capitals
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25th August 2019
This BBC News report and short video looks at plans by the Indonesian government to move their capital sinking from Jakarta to the island of Borneo. Jakarta is literally sinking and more than half of the city is now below sea-level.
Jakarta is sinking into the sea. Indonesia’s president wants to spend at least $30 billion to move the capital to a forest on the island of Borneo https://t.co/7XP3E5rIwc
— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) August 25, 2019
President Joko Widodo has officially proposed to relocate #Indonesia’s capital from Jakarta to the island of Borneo. The move could cost more than US$32 billion. https://t.co/gkp9GDZvSZ pic.twitter.com/4duWTQY08l
— SCMP News (@SCMPNews) August 21, 2019
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