REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JEPARA -- Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono said he would support plan of the Jepara district administration to build a big port that could serve ocean going ships in the Central Java's coastal district.

Basuki visited the location in the village of Tubanan, sub-district of Kembang together with Industry Minister Saleh Husin on Saturday.

He said the port would serve as an alternative to the Tanjung Mas port of Semarang which has been too overcrowded.

He said he would also build a housing complex in that area for the port workers and those of factories in the industrial estate, which is also to be built in that area.