Now, please open the youtube and type: Meikarta. Choose the video shows you galleries of Meikarta. Watch, then, go back to this page.
“ …In recent decades, the world has experienced unprecedented urban growth. In 2015, close to 4 billion people — 54 per cent of the world’s population — lived in cities and that number is projected to increase to about 5 billion people by 2030.” -United Nation
Urban nowadays has increased periodically time by time based on it density. It can also build because of either the high migration or the growth population by the urban citizens itself.
In 2020–2030, Indonesia has been predicted will have 180 millions people in productive ages, and others 60 millions are in unproductive ages. Means that the portion of dependency ratio is 3:1, describing each 3 productive ages have to endure 1 unproductive age. This is kind of great opportunity to be an investment both for human resources and national finance (BKKBN, nd).
“2020 will be the most decisive year for Indonesia. We can opt: Better or worse”
Hasanuddin Ali, Founder and CEO Alvara Strategic Research, concludes that Indonesia in 2020 will have 3 points to face and consider: Urban-Rural composition (How many people living in cities), Middle-class (Citizens with a middle-class earnings), and Millenials. — By the way, i will not present any data refers to those 3 points, in order what i want to write today is about Millenials (only). So, if you wanna see the data, you can boost your click here or here.
Demographic bonus as a trending phenomenon today, shouldn’t be just to node yes or no. There will be so many things to think about and plan for the action. Indonesia’s climax on demographic bonus will be in 2020, while Japan has been experienced it since 1950. So, if we want to see the next 2020 Indonesia, just face toward Japan. Planning our strategic ones to become the most ready millenials is the right thing to do.
How is Japan’s today?
Amazing. Hi-tech. Very good spatial planning. High awareness. Educated. Respect. Intellect.
But,
Busy. High suicide-rate. Low fertility numbers.
Opportunities and challenges. Rhenald Kasali in his book, ‘Strawberry Generation’ describes millenials as a strawberry: looks tough, but fragile. Millenials usually born when their parents settled already, then, it implicates in how parents treat them. Parents then tends to over-protect their children, children then asleep in ease, conduce tactless and afraid to come out from comfort zone.
Therefore, Rhenald in his book often give an emphasize for parents to give challenges for their children. Giving all of their trust to their children, believe they can decide their life by theirs.
Prepare A 2020 Urban Millenials
Millenials shouldn’t limit their sight. They have to set their power of eagle eyes. Brave to face what toward, being welcome for any suggestion, any opinion, anything new to meet the hidden opportunities.
2. Critical thinking
This help us to shape our thoughts. For any news, any issues, try to criticize. Even you are absolutely agree with the statement, but before spread the influence wider, make sure you have criticize it well: why did you agree, what should be that, what if…., etc.
3. Explore anywhere new
Relates to networking and mentality test. Avoiding negative impacts of being so busy with your activities (like Japan’s: High suicide and flow fertility numbers), we have to be active both: real world and social media. Balance them. Try to go for anything makes you happy and find your love. This will keep you enjoying your life.
4. Be creative
Creative thinking, creative working, creative doing. Creative has a wide meaning. One i want to share: creative working. Next, in 2020, this world will be a hi-tech world, less conventional jobs, more virtual jobs. Maybe, there will be no janitor, office boy in an office. It will be substituted by internet of things in smart office, smart building. That’s why millenials should be creative both in making or looking for a job. If you couldn’t find any jobs, then, why don’t you try for start-up?
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Written by Ulfah Choirunnisa
www.medium.com/@ucgeolife
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What do you think about Meikarta? Is it awesome? Is it amazing? Or does it worry you? Or even no tends at all?
To be honest, my first impression when i watched the ads was very amazed how brave the developer built the new city with full of high-tech facilities and best services atmosphere to live.
But, then, is that so?
Meikarta is the biggest mega project for this 67 years held by Lippo Group, one of the big company in Indonesia owned by Mochtar Riady. In the beginning, this group was known with its Lippo Bank (But now it turned as ‘CIMB Niaga’). Lippo then chose the consent, and develop itself into property matters. The properties had spread in Indonesia, Tiongkok, etc.
James Tjahaja Riady, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lippo Group, explained that Meikarta will built on the 500 acres ground as wide. Located in the corridor of Jakarta and Bandung, with the (very big) amount of investment: Rp278 Trilliuns! Let’s look this case with the geography perspective. We gone through the location.
Meikarta is the biggest mega project for this 67 years held by Lippo Group, one of the big company in Indonesia owned by Mochtar Riady. In the beginning, this group was known with its Lippo Bank (But now it turned as ‘CIMB Niaga’). Lippo then chose the consent, and develop itself into property matters. The properties had spread in Indonesia, Tiongkok, etc.
James Tjahaja Riady, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lippo Group, explained that Meikarta will built on the 500 acres ground as wide. Located in the corridor of Jakarta and Bandung, with the (very big) amount of investment: Rp278 Trilliuns! Let’s look this case with the geography perspective. We gone through the location.
Meikarta as we see in the picture has the very strategic location: Built beside Cikampek Toll, Near the Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport, Majalengka (Kertajati) International Airport, Patimban Deep Seaport, and MRT/LRT/Express Train. It nears the centers of the agglomeration people! which means that it nears the happening of the capital flow. Does it? Yes!
Regional economy problem worries will happen: If Meikarta success in pulling at least almost half of Jakarta’s human resources, the center of capital flow (Jakarta) would move into Meikarta’s hand. Meikarta is a foreign-owned company, so, those capital flow will move to Meikarta’s owner, which is foreigner. If it was foreigner, Indonesia would not get any benefits at all or if it get, it would be sooo the small percent of!
Lippo then offers others attracting facilities like: there will be 250000 houses in the first phase of development (1 million households capacity), 12–25 years apartment credit (started from 8.2% of interests), 200 skyscrapers (35–46 floors), 7 malls (1.5 Million square meters wide), International financial and hospital centers, 5 5 stars-hotels, National library, 3 Top Universities, Opera and art center, 10 International elementary and national plus school, 50 junior/senior high schools (International/National), Industrial research center, International exhibition center, and Indonesia Silicon Valley! (Haven’t heard Silicon Valley yet? just ask google!).
Imagine, those all will be found in Meikarta, the New City claimed as the most completed infrastructure in South-east Asia. This will be likely that by August, 17th 2017 Meikarta has 99300 units booked!
But, have you know the fact behind it awesome offers?
Alamsyah based on the information from Kementerian Agraria dan Tata Ruang(Eng: Agriculture and Spatial Planning) to Ombudsman, Meikarta’s Izin Peruntukan Penggunaan Tanah (IPPT) (Eng: Land use permit) only registered 84.6 acres of 164 acres proposed by Meikarta. In addition, Meikarta also has not completed other permits such as Izin Mendirikan Bangunan (IMB) (Eng: Building Permit) and AMDAL (Environment Effects Analysis).
Could you imagine, the biggest mega project which only have 84.6 of 164 acres permission has brave enough to launch their property and success pulling 99300 booked units? One of the customer once in an interview even said that she was not worried the permission matters at all. She knows that Lippo haven’t finished it yet but she was so optimistic that the government will not reject this very big mega project, even though Deddy Mizwar, West Java Vice Governor had told Lippo for many times, asked them paused the project until the permission get done. But Lippo keep heading forward their mega project.
Could you imagine, the biggest mega project which only have 84.6 of 164 acres permission has brave enough to launch their property and success pulling 99300 booked units? One of the customer once in an interview even said that she was not worried the permission matters at all. She knows that Lippo haven’t finished it yet but she was so optimistic that the government will not reject this very big mega project, even though Deddy Mizwar, West Java Vice Governor had told Lippo for many times, asked them paused the project until the permission get done. But Lippo keep heading forward their mega project.
The phenomenon of new artificial city built, actually ever happened in these recent years. BSD (Bumi Serpong Damai), Monaco Bay, Maja, stopped in uncontrolled condition. In the other countries, this phenomenon also happened: Arab Saudi (The world Island, Kingdom City, Dubai Meydan), Malaysia (Putra Jaya) but it was successfully built.
Then, we will asked to ourselves: If they could make it, why could not (or it haven’t reach the time yet) Indonesia?
Marco Kusumawijaya, City Observer, in live streaming discussion held by Nekropolis told that he didn’t agree in building a new city. He prefers to grow, develop the recent cities better. If there will be a new city, it would take civil’s land. Even though it was an empty land. Because an empty land is null, it wasn’t really ‘empty’. It has a function made inhabited.
Talking about urban development, Marco shared his principles: 1) It is better to build a building with 3,4,5,6 floors than 30 or more than 30 floors. It related into Indonesia’s local wisdom and to get chance of getting space, 2) An empty land is not the real empty land. It has functions and purposes. Seizure of an empty land will trigger into 2 problems: functional and administrative boundaries. Marco then also said, If Meikarta successfully built, there would be 4 big threats: environmental aspects, large increase in land prices, price speculation, and overall productivity.
One of Meikarta’s vision is providing apartment rent start from Rp127.5 Millions each. Minimizing land use, solution offered by Marco was building houses in vertical concept. This is so, because vertical concept of housing could make infrastructure development become easier. This also could minimizing big problems in Indonesia: housing and public transportation. Living in vertical house will tends to use public transportation as the main thing to go and this will lesser the use of private transportation. It will lesser the pollution and traffic jam too.
Behind those, we also have to look at the social sight. Vertical houses based on my lecture’s research: easy bringing up the conflict. Either among neighbor or conflict in their own family itself. This shows that building and developing the city cannot be done by urban and regional planning expertise only, but also from the other major like sociology, architect, physical engineering, civil engineering, geography, etc.
Behind those, we also have to look at the social sight. Vertical houses based on my lecture’s research: easy bringing up the conflict. Either among neighbor or conflict in their own family itself. This shows that building and developing the city cannot be done by urban and regional planning expertise only, but also from the other major like sociology, architect, physical engineering, civil engineering, geography, etc.
Closing statement by Marco was giving the emphasis on the important of multidisciplinary teamwork in developing the city. In the great of teamwork, collaboration, the prosperous city expected will come true.
And Meikarta, for me myself, haven’t implemented this yet. They still need an expertise from law major (or other regional consent-major) to give them education about how dangerous is building the mega project with uncleared permissions. It will not only give the problems in law, but also in environmental matters because of the uncleared AMDAL. Meikarta brings a very good innovation, it was futuristic. But unfortunately, they did not understand the basic issues.
And Meikarta, for me myself, haven’t implemented this yet. They still need an expertise from law major (or other regional consent-major) to give them education about how dangerous is building the mega project with uncleared permissions. It will not only give the problems in law, but also in environmental matters because of the uncleared AMDAL. Meikarta brings a very good innovation, it was futuristic. But unfortunately, they did not understand the basic issues.
- Written by Ulfah Choirunnisa on September 10, 2017 after Nekropolis discussion on September 8, 2017. www.medium.com/@ucgeolife
