Few islanders have land title<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Only about 20 percent of 1,180 plots of land in
\nthe Thousand Islands have been titled, a local senior official
\nsaid over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Deputy subdistrict chief Kusno said few people on the
\nsprawling islets were aware that legal land documents were
\nneeded.<\/p>\n
On the islands, residents get a receipt when they buy a plot
\nof land, while the regulation requires a certificate from a
\nnotary, he said.<\/p>\n
The local government has been conducting an information
\ncampaign for the islanders on the need to title their land, and
\nhas set up an easy and cheap bureaucratic procedure for them to
\nobtain the documents, Antara reported.<\/p>\n
The Thousand Islands subdistrict is made up of 110 islets
\ncovering a 6,997-square-kilometer area north of Jakarta.
\nAccording to latest official statistics, it has a population of
\n16,224. (pan)<\/p>",
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