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Vested interests have been actively reclaiming land from Jakarta Bay for speculative real estate development since the mid-1990s. Widespread institutional reforms and a changing urban political economy have invited greater contestation over these plans. However, one prominent developer’s recent success in developing two islands into upmarket properties highlights the resilience of such interests today, writes Henrico Saeran
Several newly established tourist attractions on two artificial islands reclaimed from Jakarta Bay in the extended…