Construction of plants regulated<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The government announced a ban yesterday on the
\nconstruction of plants outside of industrial estates located in
\nthe Tangerang area of West Java for environmental reasons.<\/p>\n
"Industrial plants have been crowded in Tangerang and
\nconstruction of new factories outside industrial estates will
\ndamage the environment," Minister of Industry Tunky Ariwibowo
\ntold journalists after meeting with President Soeharto at Bina
\nGraha here yesterday.<\/p>\n
Tunky, who has been assigned by the president to coordinate
\nindustrial estate development in the country, said that West Java
\nalone currently has 19 industrial estates with a total area of
\n7,300 hectares, of which 2,400 hectares are ready for the
\nestablishment of industrial facilities.<\/p>\n
"But only 440 factories have been established on a total area
\nof 1,300 hectares in the industrial estates," the minister said.<\/p>\n
He said the President instructed investors planning to operate
\nin West Java to construct their industrial facilities in
\nindustrial estates.<\/p>\n
"The government is offering easy processing of licenses to
\ninvestors planning to set up plants in industrial estates, while
\noperators of industrial estates will help them deal with
\ngovernment institutions in license processing," Tunky said.<\/p>\n
He said investors can also set up their plants in industrial
\nestates in other provinces, which generally offer lower prices
\nfor their areas than their competitors in West Java.<\/p>\n
Paper<\/p>\n
Tunky said he also reported to the President on the latest
\ndevelopments in the country's paper industry.<\/p>\n
"Because prices on the world market are increasing, the
\ngovernment will gradually lower the duty on paper from its
\ncurrent level of 20 percent to support the development of
\nindustries using paper as feedstocks," the minister said.<\/p>\n
He explained that the price of HVS (printing) paper on the
\nworld market has now increased to US$1,100 per ton from merely
\n$550 early last year and newsprint to $750 from $480.<\/p>\n
He said the government will ask paper producers to guarantee
\nadequate supplies on the domestic market and encourage downstream
\nplants to increase their exports, so that the country's paper-
\nbased industries will get higher added value and create more
\nemployment.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's 60 paper plants currently have a total production
\ncapacity of 3.72 million tons per annum, while its paper
\nutilization last year reached only 2.26 million tons, he said.<\/p>\n
Indonesia has a much room to increase exports of paper
\nproducts, which in 1993 reached only $77 million, or 1.01 percent
\nof the world's total imports worth $7.6 billion, he added.<\/p>\n
According to Tunky, the country currently has 6,400 printing
\ncompanies, of which 87 percent are small in size.<\/p>\n
The minister said he also reported to the President on the
\nrising prices of motorcycles and scooters due to sharp increases
\nin demand.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's four motorcycle and scooter companies produced
\n780,000 units last year, he said. (riz)<\/p>",
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