Developers faulted on promotional acts<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Housing developers overexpose their promotional
\noffers compared to more important information on housing
\nprojects, a consumer advocate said.<\/p>\n
Ideally an exhibition should present visitors with
\nproportional and adequate information, Sudaryatmo said at the
\nsite of the Indonesia House Exhibition '96.<\/p>\n
\"An exhibition is a kind of consumers' instrument to obtain
\ntheir rights, among others the right to information,\" Sudaryatmo
\nof the Indonesian Consumers Foundation said Saturday.<\/p>\n
The foundation has a stand at this year's Indonesia House
\nExhibition '96, organized by private firm Debindomulti
\nAdhiswasti. The event runs through Aug. 18.<\/p>\n
\"Important information concerns the developer's legal status,\"
\nSudaryatmo said, citing public housing ministry regulation No.
\n09\/ 1995.<\/p>\n
\"While supplying information, the developers can tell
\nconsumers their promotional offers such as air conditioners or
\ncars or anything else used to attract consumers,\" said
\nSudaryatmo, who works in the organization's complaint department.<\/p>\n
After all, he said, consumers want a house -- not an air
\nconditioner or a car.<\/p>\n
The advocate was commenting on a statement by State Minister
\nof Public Housing Akbar Tandjung when opening the event on Friday
\nafternoon.<\/p>\n
Akbar said hundreds of consumers have sent letters to a
\nspecial post office box set up by his office for complaints
\nregarding housing.<\/p>\n
Akbar said the government would not hesitate to revoke the
\nlicenses of developers in Bogor, Tangerang and Bekasi who fail to
\nimplement their housing development plans.<\/p>\n
The licenses would then be given to more trustworthy
\ndevelopers, he said as quoted by Antara on Friday.<\/p>\n
From thousands of hectares allocated to developers in the
\nthree areas, only a few houses have been built, Akbar said.<\/p>\n
\"The government is now evaluating whether or not those
\ndevelopers are implementing their plans,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He further said that in house purchasing contracts there is
\nalways a clause which mentions the penalty consumers face if they
\ndo not fulfill requisites, \"while there is no sanction imposed on
\na developer which reneges on its promise\", Akbar said.<\/p>\n
Akbar expressed hope that developers do not solely seek short-
\nterm profits, which might impair their reputations.<\/p>\n
Yosef, a bank officer who visited the exhibition Saturday,
\nsaid he would rather see the location of a house first before he
\ndecided to buy it.<\/p>\n
\"I would not be easily convinced just by seeing and hearing
\ninformation given by developers in this exhibition,\" he said.<\/p>\n
This year's housing exhibition features 119 developers which
\nare offering 170 housing, office, and resort projects in Jakarta,
\nBogor, Tangerang, Bekasi, Depok, Serang, Batam Island,
\nYogyakarta, Bali, Karawang, Anyer Beach and Carita.(26)<\/p>",
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