Jakarta,
Aug 10 , 2017(Antara) - North Kalimantan (Kaltara), the Indonesia's 34th
province, is located in the northern part of Kalimantan Island and was
separated from East Kalimantan Province in 2012.
The
country's youngest province shares its border with the Malaysian states
of Sabah and Serawak in its north and west; the Makassar Strait and the
Sulawesi Sea in the east; and East Kalimantan in the south.
Thanks to its strategic location, North Kalimantan is expected to be a
gateway to Malaysia, the southern Philippines and Brunei Darussalam.
In
the past, it's remote villages located along the border were almost
untouched by development because of the great distance from the center
of the East Kalimantan provincial administration in Samarinda.
At present, the development of projects has been accelerated in Kaltara to catch up with other provinces.
To
carry out development, the province needs foreign and domestic
investment in the infrastructure sector, in particular.
Some
14 foreign diplomats visited North Kalimantan recently at the
Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry's initiative to evaluate and obtain
first-hand information on the tourism and economic potential of
Indonesia's youngest province having abundant natural resources.
Foreign
envoys from Oman, Serbia, Egypt, Vietnam, Brunei Darussalam, Croatia,
Venezuela, Bosnia Herzegovina, Laos, Sweden, Romania, India, Nigeria,
and Ukraine were personally received by Kaltara Governor Irianto
Lambrie, who first briefed them on the history of the province formed
five years ago.
The
governor invited the foreign countries to invest in his region, which
has been gearing up for massive development by constructing a nine
thousand-megawatt hydropower plant in the Kayan River area, an
industrial zone, and an international seaport in Bulungan District.
