Jokowi hails policy successes in final state of nation address

Indonesian President Joko Widodo highlighted his economic, infrastructure and development successes in his final state of nation address on Aug 16, delivered months before he steps down after a decade as head of South-east Asia's biggest economy.

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Mr Widodo, also popularly known as Jokowi, called attention to his success in building roads, bridges and ports across the world's largest archipelago.

"We have been able to build a new foundation and civilisation... building from the peripheries, building from villages, and building from outermost areas," he told the nation's Parliament.

To date, his government has built 2,700km of new toll roads, 50 new ports and airports, and 1.1 million ha of irrigation canals, he said.