Building Investment (January-February 2021)

NEWS & EVENTS
CREC holds open day event on Jakarta-Bandung
high-speed railway project
(Source: globalconstructionreview.com)
China Railway Group Limited (CREC) held an open house event
online at the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway project site in
Indonesia on 15 January 2021, which livestreamed progress of the
railway’s construction.
With a designed maximum speed of 350 kilometres per hour,
the 142-kilometre railway is the first of its kind in Southeast
Asia and is being built to Chinese standards with China-made
machinery. Once operable, it is expected to relieve traffic pressure
between Jakarta and Bandung by shortening travel time to 40
minutes.
According to Indonesia Ambassador to China Mr Djauhari
Oratmangun, who addressed the event, the railway is the most
outstanding infrastructure project in Indonesia and CREC is
the largest investor and contractor. He then added that the
project would not only boost electrified railway technology
upgrading in the country, but also improve employment and drive
manufacturing and infrastructure development in affected areas.
At the open day event, CREC released a report on its social
responsibility in Indonesia, which included fulfilment of social
responsibility and sustainable development. The company has
provided more than 5,000 jobs and technical training for local
employees.
It’s worth mentioning that CREC played a role in local fighting
against the COVID-19 pandemic while guaranteeing progress of
the project. It provided anti-pandemic medical materials valued
about Rp1.2 billion (approx. US$84,920) to residents in affected
areas of the project, gave lectures on the COVID-19 pandemic
Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo at the 2016 groundbreaking ceremony
for the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway line.
(Source: Reuters via scmp.com)
control and prevention in nearby communities, and distributed
10,000 handbooks on the virus prevention to villages along the
railway.
After a number of delays, including a stoppage owing to the
COVID-19 pandemic, the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway
project is said to be 63.9% completed as of December 2020 and is
scheduled to begin operating in the second half of 2021.
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