Jokowi urges China to expedite Surabaya HSR feasibility study: Retno - Regulations


by The Jakarta Post

The Jakarta Post— Foreign minister Retno said the President had met with her Chinese counterpart on Thursday to discuss economic cooperation between their two countries, including Whoosh and the joint feasibility study initiated late last year on extending the HSR track to Surabaya.

Santa Rosas Press Gazette—Commission tables feasibility study for aquatics center. The Santa Rosa Board of County Commissioners voted Thursday to table an agenda item related to a feasibility study for a new aquatics center.

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