Plans for a new capital

INDONESIA is considering a plan to move its capital away from sprawling megalopolis Jakarta, officials said, but any jump to a new city could still be years away.

The idea of moving Indonesia’s seat of government from an urban conglomeration of nearly 30 million people with some of the world’s worst traffic jams and annual flood problems has stretched on for decades.

Local media have reported that a possible new capital would be Palangkaraya city on the island of Borneo.