City denies report on reclamation study<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Deputy Governor of Economic and Development
\nAffairs Tb. M. Rais denied reports that an environmental impact
\nstudy of the North Jakarta Reclamation Project had been rejected.<\/p>\n
He said Wednesday both the municipality and the agency were
\nstill working on the final report of the project's regional
\nenvironmental impact study.<\/p>\n
Rais was responding to a report on the rejection of the study
\nby the Environmental Impact Management Agency, as first reported
\nby the Bisnis Indonesia daily on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\"I never heard of it (the rejection),\" Rais said.<\/p>\n
It quoted the agency's deputy chairman in charge of
\nenvironmental impact studies, P.L. Coutrier, as saying the study
\nwas rejected because it failed to meet necessary technical
\nrequirements.<\/p>\n
The chairman of the North Jakarta Reclamation Project board,
\nM. Sidharta, said he was informed Wednesday by the head of the
\ncity's environmental office, Aboejoewono Aboeprajitno, that the
\nreport was untrue.<\/p>\n
\"He (Aboejoewono) met Coutrier this morning, who said the
\nreport was not true,\" Sidharta told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
So far, the outline of the regional environmental impact study
\nhad been approved. The final study was expected to be completed
\nby the end of this year.<\/p>\n
The regional environmental impact study for a project planned
\nto reclaim 2,700 hectares, was made compulsory by a 1995
\npresidential decree.<\/p>\n
The project is predicted to be completed by 2010. (ste)<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/city-denies-report-on-reclamation-study-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }