Jakarta, May 1 -- President Prabowo Subianto reaffirmed his commitment to providing decent and affordable housing for workers.

In his remarks, the President said the government has developed hundreds of thousands of houses for the public and plans to scale up construction in the future.

"We have built quite a lot this year, up to 350,000 houses. But our target is to build one million houses, starting this year," Prabowo said at the International Workers' Day commemoration in Jakarta on Friday.

"These houses will-as you suggested-be built in clusters close to industrial areas, close to workplaces," he added.

The President also revealed plan to develop new cities that will be designed to be worker-friendly.

Each city, according to him,...