STORY: Jakarta-Bandung HSR outstanding example of Indonesia-China cooperation: KCIC President Director
DATELINE: Sept. 5, 2023
LENGTH: 00:02:35
LOCATION: Jakarta
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of HSR
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Indonesian): DWIYANA SLAMET RIYADI, President director of PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia-China (KCIC)
3. various of HSR
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DWIYANA SLAMET RIYADI, President director of PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia-China (KCIC)

STORYLINE:

The Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR) project is an outstanding example of bilateral cooperation between Indonesia and China, the executive of the railway operator said.
   
Dwiyana Slamet Riyadi, president director of PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia-China (KCIC), a joint venture consortium between Indonesian and Chinese state-owned firms that constructs and runs the HSR, told Xinhua in an interview that the project has been progressing smoothly from the planning, implementation, finalizing to the joint commissioning stage.
   
SOUNDBITE 1 (Indonesian): DWIYANA SLAMET RIYADI, President director of PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia-China (KCIC)
"I think the project is truly a reflection of how bilateral cooperation between the two countries can go very well, starting from planning to project implementation. 

The cooperation between the Chinese and Indonesian governments, us and our Chinese contractor members as well as us and our sponsors from China are going well.

This really shows that the respect and appreciation of each other between the two countries.

As a flagship project under the Belt and Road Initiative and pragmatic cooperation between Indonesia and China, the 142-kilometer-long Jakarta-Bandung HSR, with a maximum design speed of 350 kilometers per hour, connects Indonesia's capital city of Jakarta and West Java Province's capital Bandung. 

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DWIYANA SLAMET RIYADI, President director of PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia-China (KCIC)
"This is to raise our pride, the people of Indonesia, that this is the first high-speed railway in ASEAN.

We hope that the fast train will not only be an alternative mode of transportation but will also be able to revive the regional economy.

This really opens up employment opportunities for the people of Indonesia. Especially in the communities around the stations, around the project location. Nearly 13,500 project employees are local employees. So this really provides job opportunities, and opportunity for knowledge transfer from Chinese friends to Indonesian workers."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jakarta.
(XHTV)