Note: This article was originally published in Arab News on 23 October 2019. The 8th ERIA Editors' Roundtable which organised by the ERIA and Bangkok Post, was featured.

JAKARTA: Having heard for months from the media about government plans to move the administrative capital from Jakarta, Indonesians got a clearer picture when President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo formally placed the idea before the country’s parliament in August. (Read the full article by using the link above).