PT Waskita Karya (Persero) Tbk won the tender for the Noefefan – Oenuno Road project in Oé-Cusse, Timor Leste worth US$ 22.1 million or around Rp322 billion. This is the pride of state-owned companies because they continue to contribute to the country. This project is not Waskita’s first project in Timor Leste. Previously, Waskita had completed several large infrastructure projects such as Suai Airport and Jalan Sakato – Noefefan which were completed in 2020.
Waskita Karya I & QSHE Director of Operation I Ketut Pasek Senjaya explained that the work that Waskita was doing included improvement/rehabilitation and maintenance. This project is expected to support the connectivity of road infrastructure which will also connect with the Indonesian border. Thus providing benefits to the people of Oé-Cusse, Timor Leste.
“We are targeting this project to be faster than the planned completion in the 18-month contract, and to be able to complete this project on time even faster than the contract, we sent the best team as a form of responsibility and gratitude to the Special Economic Social Zone no. Merkadu (ZEESM Timor 4 Leste) for trusting Waskita Karya as the implementing contractor,” explained Pasek in his statement, Sunday (21/8/2022).
Pasek hopes that the company can contribute further to the development of infrastructure and other public infrastructure facilities in Timor Leste.
Waskita Karya SVP Corporate Secretary Novianto Ari Nugroho added that until July 2022 the company had obtained a new contract value (NKB) of Rp9.90 trillion, an increase of 130.98% compared to last year’s Rp4.29 trillion.
NKB revenue comes from government projects by 75.21%, private projects by 10.95%, business development of the company’s subsidiaries by 9.80%, and projects by State-Owned Enterprises and Regional-Owned Enterprises by 4.05%.
August 21, 2022, detikFinance
(https://finance.detik.com/infrastruktur/d-6246170/top-bumn-ri-bangun-jalan-di-timor-leste)