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The plan to move Indonesian capital city has been around since Sukarno's era (1957) [0]. I hope that it will really happen this time. [0] https://en.wikipedia.

• forgot-my-pw 7y ago
  It better, they only have 3 decades left... > Jakarta faces massive challenges. As the BBC has reported, it's the fastest-sinking city in the world, with almost half of its area below sea level. > "If we look at our models, by 2050 about 95% of North Jakarta will be submerged," Heri Andreas, an expert in Jakarta's land subsidence at the Bandung Institute of Technology, told the broadcaster.