{"id":859394,"date":"2026-08-18T08:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T08:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/859394\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T08:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T08:06:16","slug":"indonesias-lido-sez-and-trump-linked-golf-clubhouse-resume-construction-after-months-of-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/859394\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia&#8217;s Lido SEZ and Trump-linked golf clubhouse resume construction after months of uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SEZ SUCCESS FACTORS\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Made Supriatma, a political analyst and visiting researcher at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore, said Lido SEZ has a shot at success because it is near Jakarta and there is now a new highway connecting it with the capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt could become an integrated entertainment centre for Indonesia&#8217;s elites,\u201d said Made.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIts location, just an hour from Jakarta, its prestige as a \u2018Trump property\u2019 and its various entertainment options (golf resort, music concert venue and so on) will satisfy Jakarta\u2019s elites.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Wawan Mas\u2019udi, dean of the faculty of social and political sciences at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, said that designating an area as a special economic zone typically means the state provides supporting infrastructure, simplifies licensing, and creates a more favourable business environment.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe state allocates resources to support it, licensing becomes simpler, and there are other forms of facilitation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He said that the institutional set-up matters because SEZs are designed to reduce bureaucratic bottlenecks and support investments.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But he added that while the state may create the enabling environment, the development&#8217;s actual business success depends on investors and market conditions.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt could be things like the business model or (potential) social problems that the developers could prevent beforehand,\u201d Wawan said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Environmental property expert Syarifah Syaukat from property consultant Knight Frank said Lido has commercial appeal because of its green landscape, large land area and accessibility through a new toll road.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">She added that Indonesia could be an attractive market for golf resorts and clubhouses because the segment targets high-income consumers, and Indonesia has a growing wealthy class, but there are several things developers must consider.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cDevelopers must consider the local culture, prevailing policies, the stability of national economic growth, and applicable spatial planning regulations (for the resort to succeed),\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThey must also consider the benefits of regional development for the surrounding communities, both in terms of environmental sustainability and livelihood sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This was perhaps an issue with a Trump-linked golf resort on the Indonesian island of Bali.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEZ SUCCESS FACTORS\u00a0 Made Supriatma, a political analyst and visiting researcher at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in 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