Gapensi Guarantees Construction Market Improves this Year

By : Dina Astria And Aldi Firhand | Monday, January 15 2018 - 23:41 IWST

Secretary General of Gapensi, Andi Rukman (Foto Dina)
Secretary General of Gapensi, Andi Rukman (Foto Dina)

INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta - Gapensi Secretary General, Andi Rukman stated this year, the construction market will improve. This is triggered by political factors namely the Presidential Election (Presidential Election) and the Election of Regional Head (Pilkada).

Another factor, the construction market will be strengthened by the growth of property investors, because in this political year investment in other sectors such as mining, land concessions and others will still observe.

"The incumbent government not only strengthens the infrastructure budget but also accelerates the realization to encourage economic growth in 2018" Andi said when it was announced at Gapensi National Leadership Meeting in Jakarta (15/1/2018)

Indonesia's construction market reached US $ 267 billion and is the largest construction market in Southeast Asia. This surpasses other neighboring countries such as Malaysia which has only the potential of US $ 32 billion and Singapore worth US $ 24 billion. Meanwhile, in Asia, Indonesia is ranked fourth after China.

"We will actually grow better than the year 2017," lid Andi Rukman.

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