Jakarta, Sept. 15 -- Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto announced that five government priority programs are projected to generate more than 3 million jobs nationwide.

The five programs cover village cooperatives, fishing villages, aquaculture pond revitalization, smallholder plantation replanting, and fishing vessel modernization.

At a press conference on Monday, Hartarto said the programs had been discussed with President Prabowo Subianto during a limited meeting earlier in the day.

He explained that the village cooperatives program alone is expected to create between 681,000 and 1 million jobs by December 2025. Meanwhile, the establishment of 100 fishing villages this year is projected to creat...