Committee seeks clarification on Tanah Abang<\/p>\n
Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
A special committee of the City Council investigating a disputed
\nplan to renovate the Tanah Abang textile market will ask 12
\ninstitutions and individuals to appear and answer questions.<\/p>\n
\"The special committee is expected to seek clarification (from
\nthese institutions and individuals) so it can help resolve the
\ndispute,\" Muhamad Gunawan, the chairman of the Prosperous Justice
\nParty (PKS) faction in the council, said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Democratic Party faction chairman Johny Wenas Polii said:
\n\"Before we go ahead with the renovation, we have to track down
\nall of the relevant details on the plan.\"<\/p>\n
The special committee includes 23 members representing the
\nseven factions of the council and another member from the
\ncouncil's secretariat.<\/p>\n
The PKS faction, which has five councillors on the committee,
\nis eager to hear from the civil engineering team from the Bandung
\nInstitute of Technology (ITB) that performed a study on the
\nstructural soundness of blocks B, C, D and E of Tanah Abang.<\/p>\n
\"We want to know if the team really recommended the total
\nreconstruction of the market's four blocks,\" PKS faction
\nsecretary Selamat Nurdin said.<\/p>\n
City-run market operator PD Pasar Jaya has repeatedly claimed
\nthat the four blocks had to be torn down and completely rebuilt
\nbased on a recommendation by the City Construction Supervision
\nand Regulation Agency. The agency reportedly based its
\nrecommendation on a study by the ITB team, which said the blocks
\nwere no longer structurally sound and were in danger of
\ncollapse.<\/p>\n
The planned reconstruction of the market has been strongly
\nopposed by vendors, who have demanded the administration conduct
\nanother study on the soundness of the buildings.<\/p>\n
Vendors won a temporary victory when the Central Jakarta
\nDistrict Court issued an asset preservation order barring PD
\nPasar Jaya from renovating, selling or tearing down the market
\nuntil the dispute had been settled.<\/p>\n
Selamat said Edi Yuwono, the president director of developer
\nPT Sari Kebon Jeruk Permai, would also be summoned to explain the
\ndirect appointment by the administration of his company to
\nrenovate the market's four blocks.<\/p>\n
Edi was recently detained by the city police over his alleged
\ninvolvement in a lottery graft case, but was released after 20
\ndays in detention.<\/p>\n
\"That is why the faction also suggested the committee summon
\nformer Jakarta Police chief Comr. Gen. Makbul Padmanagara for
\nquestioning,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Governor Sutiyoso reiterated on Tuesday that his
\nadministration would go forward with renovation plans.<\/p>\n
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\nInsitutitions\/individuals to be summoned by City Council:
\n1. PT Andilou Tobatama, developer of 600 kiosks in the market's
\nBlock B
\n2. Abdul Kahfi, former deputy governor
\n3. Sahril Tanjung, former PD Pasar Jaya president director
\n4. Comr. Gen. Makbul Padmanagara, former city police chief
\n5. Edi Yuwono of developer PT Sari Kebon Jeruk Permai
\n6. Consultant at the Bandung Institute of Technology
\n7. City Architects consultant
\n8. Tanah Abang vendors' association
\n9. PD Pasar Jaya
\n10. City Public Works Agency
\n11. City Construction Supervision and Regulation Agency
\n12. City Spatial Planning Agency<\/p>",
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