Foreign investors eye Sunda Kelapa harbor<\/p>\n
Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Numerous foreign businesspeople have expressed interest in
\ninvesting in and managing potential tourist attractions in
\nnorthern Jakarta, but first want the city administration to
\ndemonstrate its commitment to infrastructure development.<\/p>\n
Bandar Jaya Foundation deputy chairman Setiawati said
\nbusinesspeople from the United States, the Netherlands, Portugal
\nand Singapore were looking into opportunities to manage heritage
\nsites currently controlled by the Sunda Kelapa Maritime Tourist
\nManagement Board (BP Sunda Kelapa).<\/p>\n
The Bandar Jaya Foundation is a nonprofit organization dealing
\nwith the development and preservation of heritage sites. Its
\naffiliated company, PT Segara Siti Cunda Celapa, markets
\nheritage sites to potential investors.<\/p>\n
Setiawati declined to identify the businesspeople, but said
\none U.S. firm was interested in investing in the restoration of
\nSunda Kelapa port and its surrounding area in Penjaringan
\ndistrict, North Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"If the administration is serious about developing the area, I
\nam optimistic the project will be successful because there are
\nmany heritage sites that can be developed into points of interest
\nfor tourists,\" Setiawati told The Jakarta Post on Monday.<\/p>\n
The head of BP Sunda Kelapa, Martono Yuwono, announced earlier
\nthat Governor Sutiyoso's administration would begin a renovation
\nproject on Sunday Kelapa port in conjunction with the city's
\n477th anniversary on June 22.<\/p>\n
City Secretary Ritola Tasmaya confirmed the project, saying
\nthe administration and the City Council would discuss funding for
\nthe project when they deliberated the 2005 city budget.<\/p>\n
Setiawati said the project had also received vocal support
\nfrom the central government. She said Coordinating Minister for
\nthe Economy Dorodjatun Kuncoro-Jakti had met with city officials
\nto discuss the issue.<\/p>\n
Separately, the head of the preservation division at the
\nOffice of the State Minister for Culture and Tourism, Hardini
\nSumono, welcomed the plan, but stressed that the administration
\nhad to have a clear concept of how to develop the area.<\/p>\n
She said any development of Sunda Kelapa and the surrounding
\narea must not ignore the preservation of old sites, which were
\nthe selling points for the area as a historical and cultural
\ntourist destination.<\/p>\n
\"I hope the city has a comprehensive concept for the proposed
\nrestoration. I think everyone welcomes the plan, although
\nprogress has been very slow compared to other countries,\" she
\ntold the Post.<\/p>\n
The plan to develop Sunda Kelapa port began in 1990 when the
\nJakarta governor issued Decree No. 1072\/1990 on the restoration
\nand development of heritage sites on the 81 hectares of land
\nencompassing the port and its immediate surroundings.<\/p>\n
In 1993, another decree was issued to include the 200-year-old
\nLuar Batang Mosque and the 9.6 hectares of land on which it sat
\nin the Sunda Kelapa Maritime Tourist restoration and development
\nproject.<\/p>\n
Among the heritage sites and points of interest in the Sunda
\nKelapa maritime tourism area are Sunda Kelapa port, the Fish
\nMarket (Pasar Ikan), Lookout Tower (Menara Syahbandar), numerous
\nhistoric buildings and the other heritage sites in the Thousand
\nIsland regency.<\/p>\n
I-Box<\/p>\n
Chronology of the legal basis for Sunda Kelapa restoration plan<\/p>\n
1. Gubernatorial Decree No. 1070\/1990 on the restoration of
\nheritage sites and the development of maritime tourism on 81
\nhectares of land in northern Jakarta. The area includes Sunda
\nKelapa port and the islands of Onrust, Cipir, Bidadari, Kelor and
\nUntung Jawa.
\n2. Gubernatorial Decree No. 1621\/1991 on the establishment of the
\nSunda Kelapa Maritime Tourist Management Board.
\n3. Gubernatorial Decree No. 1622\/1991 on the membership of the
\nSunda Kelapa Maritime Tourist Management Board.
\n4. Gubernatorial Decree No. 120\/1993 on the addition of the 9.6
\nhectares of land containing the Luar Batang Mosque to the Sunda
\nKelapa Maritime Tourism Zone.<\/p>",
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