City speeds up process of 63,000 land titles<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The National Land Agency (BPN) will speed up the
\nprocessing of some 63,000 land certificates in 12 of Jakarta's
\nsubdistricts, an official said over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Head of BPN's city office, Rizal Anshari, told reporters that
\nthe move was part of the office's plan to improve services for
\nlow-income land owners who do not have sufficient legal land
\ndocuments.<\/p>\n
Rizal said that the land certificate program, called the
\nAdministration Land Project, started last July. The project had
\ncompleted its first 1,000 land certificates in the Srengseng
\nSawah and Jagakarsa subdistricts in South Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"Jagakarsa and Srengseng Sawah are our pilot project areas.
\nThere are wide plots of land there and most of the owners do not
\nhave sufficient documents, because most of them... do not care
\nabout land documentation,\" Rizal said.<\/p>\n
A total of 63,000 certificates are projected to be processed
\nby December 1998. The 12 subdistricts are currently being
\nstudied, he said.<\/p>\n
The Administration Land Project in Greater Jakarta is co-
\nsponsored by the World Bank and the Australian government.<\/p>\n
The project had already processed certificates in Tangerang,
\nBekasi and Bogor starting in 1994. Jakarta was the last area to
\nstart the program, Rizal said.<\/p>\n
\"The project is aimed to help people get legal documents
\nthrough a quick, easy and affordable service,\" he said.<\/p>\n
People only had to pay Rp 11,500 (US$3) for the processing of
\na land certificate from their old land document called Girik and
\nRp 26,000 for a certificate allowing rights to build from the
\nolder Hak Guna Bangunan certificates.<\/p>\n
Officials have been recording over the last two years
\nprospective residents who want to process land titles.<\/p>\n
\"All of the expenses from measuring the plot to the final
\nmapping of the land are paid by the office,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The program aimed to erase public impressions that processing
\na land document was time consuming and expensive, he said.<\/p>\n
\"We really want to help low-income people who cannot afford
\nprocessing their land documentation.\"<\/p>\n
\"Basically we want to concentrate on documenting land in
\nsuburban places in Jakarta, such as the Kalisari area in East
\nJakarta. Why suburban? Because most of the villagers who live
\nthere are blind about the importance of having a legal land
\ndocument.<\/p>\n
\"They are targets of land brokers or developers who can easily
\ncheat them,\" Rizal said.<\/p>\n
Land documentation has become a serious issue due to rising
\ncases of land document manipulation.<\/p>\n
\"Land has become so expensive in Jakarta. The rapid growth of
\nthe city's development encourage people to do anything -- even
\nthrough illegal actions such as forging documents -- to get a
\nplot of land,\" Rizal said.<\/p>\n
Recently President Soeharto ordered State Minister of Agrarian
\nAffairs Soni Harsono to step up efforts to eradicate increasingly
\nrampant land title forgeries and punish those found guilty of the
\ncrime.<\/p>\n
Reports have indicated that in Bekasi alone at least 200
\ndocuments had been falsified through sophisticated forgery
\ntechniques.<\/p>\n
Rizal admitted that it was difficult to deal with the culprits
\nbecause it was hard to prove the illegal action.<\/p>\n
He also urged people to be brave enough to report any
\nmanipulative actions and promised to punish guilty parties.<\/p>\n
\"We are trying to improve our professionalism. Hopefully, with
\nthe land titles project we can manage to give the best service to
\nthe public,\" he said. (edt)<\/p>",
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