Nuuk Abelsen, the Minister for Social Affairs in the Government of Greenland. Although only a small town, Nuuk has developed trade, business, shipping and other industries. It began as a small fishing settlement with a harbour but as the economy developed rapidly during the 1970s and 1980s, the fishing industry in the capital declined. The port is nevertheless still home to almost half of Greenland's fishing fleet. The local Royal Greenland processing plant absorbs landed seafood amounting to over DKK 50 million (US$7 million) per annum, mainly (80%) shrimp but also cod, lumpfish and halibut. Seafood, including seal, is also sold
Indonesian future capital city proposal Jakarta by reviving the idea of relocating its political and administrative center elsewhere. In 2010, debate continued about the creation of a new capital city that would be separated from the urban, economic, and commercial center of the country. Former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono supported the idea to create a new political and administrative center of Indonesia, due to Jakarta's environmental and overpopulation problems. Bandung, the planned capital of the Dutch colonial era, was ruled out however, since the capital of West Java province itself is currently overpopulated and suffering ecological breakdown. In April 2017, the Joko Widodo administration contemplated