Hatta Radjasa Project Opens MP3EI Dumai

DUMAI - Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Hatta Radjasa, inaugurated the use of the Dumai-Pelintung that are part of the project MP3EI in Riau, Monday (19/8) in Dumai.

Present in Dumai with Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan and Deputy Minister of Public Works, Achmad Herman Dardak, Hatta said that Riau is an area of ​​investment interest. To that end, he said, the central government will give attention to infrastructure development, industrial and port.

Expresses, Project Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesian Economic Development (MP3EI) which has started since 2009 and has given a very positive economic impact for the County. It is increasingly good economic growth, increasing employment opportunities and continued growth of industry areas.

MP3EI project is divided into six corridors, the corridors of Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Bali-Nusa Tenggara and Papua - Maluku Islands, the project was intended to spread economic development to not only accumulate in Java alone. Total budget for the six corridors that reached Rp60 trillion.

Dumai-Pelintung road project is part of 20 other projects in Riau incoming MP3EI program in 2012 until 2015 with a budget of Rp27 trillion. For projects in Dumai only budgeted 650 million. (dev)