INDUSTRY.co.id - Wonosari - Government commitment continues to build infrastructure especially outside Java Island in an effort to increase transportation connectivity that ultimately boosts growth and equity of the economy, said Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi.

"Infrastructure development even also formed in the forefront and outer regions of Indonesia, and it will continue," said Minister of Transportation during Socialization and Dialogue with the theme Synergy Building Nation, in Wonosari, Gunung Kidul Regency, Yogyakarta, Saturday (12/08/2017 )

It is said, the government assess infrastructure development should continue to run because with the infrastructure of both the highway, seaports, and air ports the economy will grow and move evenly.

In Entikong, West Kalimantan, which is the border of Indonesia and Malaysia, for example, Indonesia has improved the good roads so that people no longer have trouble in traffic on the highways that deplete a number of cities in Kalimantan.

Likewise, the construction of the airport on Miangas Island which was inaugurated by President Joko Widodo in October 2016, able to improve the economy of local residents.

As an island geographically closer to the Philippines, said the minister, the government wants to show it has been present in the foremost and outer islands.

"Surely the hope of the local community can take advantage of the existence of the airport, given that there are currently airlines that serve the route Miangas to Manado," he said.

Community figures of Miangas Hibor said the existence of the airport directly can be felt by the local community, because the trade transaction becomes more.

"Before there was an airport, the local people found it difficult to get basic needs," he said.

It is said, as a remote island located in the middle of the sea, transportation constraints are often perceived as the vessel that serves from and to the island is often hampered, because the high and big waves hit.

He hopes to get more infrastructure development on the island, considering that the foremost island must be maintained so that people can live a decent life.

The area of ​​Miangas Island is 6.7 square kilometers with a population of only 213 families and 802 inhabitants.