Cilacap regency seeking new investors<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The administration of the Cilacap regency,
\nCentral Java, launched a business presentation yesterday to
\nattract more investors to the area.<\/p>\n
In a business luncheon attended by Coordinating Minister for
\nPolitical Affairs and Security Soesilo Soedarman, Minister of
\nCooperatives and Small Enterprises Subiakto Tjakrawerdaya and a
\nnumber of noted businessmen, officials from the regency said that
\ninvestment opportunities in Cilacap include the sectors of
\ntourism, sea transportation, horticulture, fishery, husbandry,
\ntimber, trade and manufacturing.<\/p>\n
While Cilacap was once an important cultural attraction
\noutside of Yogyakarta, the area is now less developed than
\nYogyakarta, Soesilo told reporters after attending the luncheon.<\/p>\n
A trip between Cilacap and Yogyakarta takes about 4.5 hours by
\nland.<\/p>\n
\"But there's a good chance now offered by Cilacap. The
\ncountry's seaports in Jakarta and Surabaya are getting crowded.
\nCilacap has a natural seaport which can be developed to link with
\nthe Middle East, Australia and other countries,\" Soesilo said.<\/p>\n
\"In the tourism sector, facilities for tourists are being
\ndeveloped in areas between Pangandaran in West Java and Cilacap,
\nboth at the southern coast of Java,\" he said. \"In Pangandaran,
\nvisitors can see both the sunrise and sunset.\"<\/p>\n
The executive manager of the Cilacap office of the Investment
\nCoordinating Board, Rahardjan Sudjani, said that companies
\ninterested in investing in the hotel industry will have several
\nincentives.<\/p>\n
\"We are ready to support hotel investors. Especially foreign
\ninvestors, who will be able to import supporting equipment such
\nas elevators and electricity generators without any levies,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
He said that in the future, Cilacap will need more three-star
\nrated hotels because the town's tourism industry and commercial
\nbusiness will be progressing rapidly.<\/p>\n
Currently there are six star-rated hotels in Cilacap in
\naddition to 34 non-star-rated ones.<\/p>\n
Cilacap is about 197 kilometers from Yogyakarta and some 435
\nkilometers from Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Merpati Nusantara serves the Jakarta-Cilacap route four times
\nper week, while the government is considering increasing the air
\nservice.<\/p>\n
The administration of Cilacap launched a similar measure here
\ntwo years ago after completing a potency study in 1992.<\/p>\n
Data from the Investment Coordinating Board show that in the
\nperiod between 1967 and July 1995, the government approved 13
\ndomestic investment projects worth Rp 2.3 trillion and four
\nforeign investment projects worth US$1.6 billion in Cilacap.
\n(icn)<\/p>",
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