REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, TANJUNG SELOR -- Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimoeljono said he hoped 600,000 units of new houses could be built this year.

"My target is to build 600,000 units of houses this year," Basuki Hadimoeljono said after inspecting the construction of new road at Tou Lumbis in the regency of Nunukan, North Kalimantan on Thursday.

He said until now 498,000 units of house have been built by both the government and the private sector.

"The private sector also helped build low cost houses," he added.