Jakarta - President Prabowo Subianto said he had given a tough task to Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY), one of which was to build a giant sea wall on the north coast of Java Island.
"Mr. AHY, I give a heavy task (in the field of) infrastructure, one of the most important infrastructures is the giant sea wall . The giant sea wall that will save the north coast of Java," said the President to AHY at the closing ceremony of the 6th Democratic Party Congress in Jakarta, Tuesday (25/2) evening.
The President then mentioned several locations where the giant seawall would be built, including the north coast at the tip of Java Island, precisely in Banten, up to Gresik, East Java.
"We have to build hundreds of kilometers. Can we do it?" Prabowo said.
The Democratic cadres participating in the Congress then shouted: “Yes, we can!”
“Yes, we can!” continued the President.
The President said he did not know how long it would take to complete construction of the giant embankment.
“God willing, with determination, we will achieve it, and this is one of the heavy tasks on the shoulders of the Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure.