Jakarta Governor, Basuki “Ahok” T Purnama stated that the island reclamation does not only in the capital, but also applied in many countries due to the population continues to solid.

I want ask you did you do reclamation near Jakarta? This is for additional land, population continuous to rise but land and food are low

Ahok cited those countries are Singapore, Tiongkok, Netherland, Hongkong, Vietnam and Europe. They have been applying reclamation and do not need to replace the reclaimed sea.

“ I want ask you did you do reclamation near Jakarta? This is for additional land, population continuous to rise but land and food are low ,” he said, Thursday (9/17).

Nevertheless, he was reluctant to argue about the planned reclamation of these 17 islands. He asked those who oppose reclamation to ask the experts.

He was only wondering, because there is no protest for residents who reclaimed the river. Whereas, it is very harmful and caused flooding, like as Ciliwung River that was previously having 20 meters width, but now left up to 5 meters.