Jakarta, March 20 -- President Prabowo Subianto is planning to establish special economic zones (SEZ) in each province of Indonesia to boost investment and create jobs.

"Ideally, we want to develop one SEZ in each province. Thus, we must have 38 SEZs," he told the press after inaugurating the Batang Industropolis SEZ in Batang, Central Java, on Thursday, according to a voice recording received here.

The President lauded the Batang Industropolis SEZ, which, he said, has very good development planning.

He highlighted that many large companies are already involved at the SEZ, with seven companies starting operations there, seven others in the construction stage, and 13 others in the industrial development planning stage.

He further under...