Vice President Jusuf Kalla said that Indonesia might be able to save its budget up to Rp200 trillion in the coming two years in line with increasing use of coals as fire power plant fuel."The budget could be saved up to hundreds of trillions of rupiah in line with the use of coals to fire steam-power plants (PLTU)," Kalla who is also general chairman of the Golkar Party said here on Sunday.
The vice president said that the coal deposits in the country had the potentials to produce power and to develop PLTUs as one of the relatively cheap energy sources.
"The development of PLTUs continue to increase in the country from time to time so that it is not impossible for the country to save a huge amount of its budget and spendings," he said.
Touching on the economic growth in Indonesia, Kalla said that the economic growth was encouraging which at present had reached 6.3 percent.
He said that Indonesia`s economic growth was better than other countries in Asia like India, Bangladesh, Thailaind and Vietnam.
The vice president said that the level of the Indonesian people`s income also seemed better than those of other Asian nations like the Philippines, Vietnam and India.
Therefore, he called on all elements in the country to remain optimistic that Indonesia would become a strong nation in Asia.
"Looking objectively at the conditions and potential sources in a number of Asian nations, one would find that none of them was strong but that of Indonesia," he added.
He cited as an example the need for staple. "If several years in the past Indonesia had to import rice, now in a year`s time, it is now self-sufficient," the vice president added.
source: Antara | 22 June 2008
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