Bappenas denies plan to move administration<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the National Development Planning
\nBoard (Bappenas) Ginandjar Kartasasmita denied yesterday there
\nwere plans to relocate the center of administration to Jonggol,
\nBogor, West Java.<\/p>\n
The Board had not yet thought about the relocation of the
\nadministration from Jakarta to the Jonggol regency, he said.<\/p>\n
\"The board and consortium PT Bukit Jonggol Asri has discussed
\ndeveloping a self-sufficient city in Jonggol,\" Ginandjar said
\nafter addressing a cultural meeting at the Taman Ismail Marzuki
\nArt Center in Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The consortium plans to develop a new city on 30,000 hectares
\ncovering 24 villages in Jonggol. There are rumors the consortium
\nplans to relocate the center of administration from Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Jonggol's self-sufficient city would be the biggest private
\nproject in Jakarta and its surrounding areas of Bogor, Tangerang
\nand Bekasi.<\/p>\n
According to the Kontan tabloid, the consortium's plan
\nallocates land for presidential and several ministerial offices.<\/p>\n
Ginandjar said the plan for a self-sufficient city was good
\nbecause it would reduce Jakarta's burden.<\/p>\n
\"However, the Board has not yet thought about or planned to
\nconvert Jonggol into a new capital of Indonesia,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"The plan is to develop Jonggol into a self-sufficient city
\nlike Cikarang and Serpong,\" said Ginandjar, who is chairman of
\nthe national spatial planning coordinating agency.<\/p>\n
Ginandjar said the consortium must respect the local
\nadministration's rules about land appropriation in Jonggol.<\/p>\n
\"The sale of land from the owners to the consortium must be
\nbased on mutual agreement, without pressure from any party,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Forestry<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Achmed B. Suhanda, the Ministry of Forestry's
\nDirector for Forest Planning said the consortium had proposed
\n3,100 hectares of land to replace the forest it will take over
\nfrom the government.<\/p>\n
Suhanda said the consortium claims the proposed sites, in the
\nCianjur, Ciamis and Sumedang regencies, West Java, can be
\nconverted into forest.<\/p>\n
Government regulations state private companies that want to
\ntake over state forests must replace forests elsewhere in the
\nprovince.<\/p>\n
In this case, Bukit Jonggol Asri should be able to provide
\n6,100 hectares of forests to replace the Jonggol area it plans to
\nacquire.<\/p>\n
Suhanda said because people already lived in the Jonggol
\nforest area, the area provided by the consortium would be exactly
\nthe same as the one it got from the government.<\/p>\n
\"If the forests were unoccupied, for instance, the ratio would
\nbe different; the private company would have to look for a larger
\narea in exchange for what they get from us,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The government stipulates areas proposed for replacement
\nshould be non-forested areas suitable for conversion into forests
\nand should border with existing forests.<\/p>\n
\"The replacement can either be forests, or they can be barren
\nbut productive land. In the latter case, the private company has
\nthe responsibility to reforest the area,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Suhanda said government officials were double-checking and
\nmeasuring the 3,100-hectare forest proposed by Bukit Jonggol
\nAsri.<\/p>\n
\"The consortium has obtained our principle permit for this
\n3,100 hectares. But only after the measurements are complete, can
\nwe give them our final approval,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said the consortium had proposed another 3,000-hectare area
\nnear Bogor for its project. This proposal has not yet got a
\nprinciple permit. (sur\/pwn)<\/p>",
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