Jakarta, Oct. 2 -- Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment Muhaimin Iskandar voiced support for East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Province to become Indonesia's hub for creative economy development.

"It is time for all of us to rise and develop NTT as a powerhouse of the creative economy. In fact, we hope this region will emerge as the nation's capital of the creative economy," he noted in a statement cited here on Thursday.

The minister highlighted Indonesia's vast creative economic potential during the inauguration of a Christian Evangelical Church in Timor (GMIT) building in Kupang City, NTT. He called on the people to help Indonesia fully tap into its creative economic strength in hopes of boosting national economic growth, citing se...