Jakarta offers seaport, sewage projects at summit<\/p>\n
Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The Jakarta administration will propose several vital projects
\nduring the Infrastructure Summit 2005 here on Jan. 17 and Jan.
\n18.<\/p>\n
\"Several projects top the priority list, including a seaport,
\ntap water and sewage system projects,\" Jakarta Deputy Governor
\nFauzi Bowo said over the weekend.<\/p>\n
The development of a new international port in the city is
\nnecessary to help boost the city's revenue, Fauzi said.<\/p>\n
He said Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta, which is managed
\nby state port operator Pelindo II, failed to provide good
\nservices because it was not integrated with other supporting
\ninfrastructure in the city, including roads and a clean water
\nsupply.<\/p>\n
Fauzi said the only way to make a port competitive was to
\ninterconnect its infrastructure with supporting infrastructure in
\nthe city.<\/p>\n
\"We have to try to provide services on the same level as other
\nports in Southeast Asia,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The administration and city-owned developer PT Marindo Bahtera
\nDevelopment have discussed plans to construct a US$500 million
\nmultipurpose port in East Ancol, North Jakarta.<\/p>\n
In addition to port infrastructure, Jakarta also is facing
\nproblems providing clean water for about 10 million people in the
\ncity, as most of the pipe network is old and in poor condition.<\/p>\n
The city also has been unable to solve its liquid waste
\nproblems given the absence of an integrated sewage system in the
\ncity.<\/p>\n
Fauzi said these priority projects would be addressed by
\nPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during the summit.<\/p>\n
Governor Sutiyoso said earlier the President had also promised
\nto bring the development of an ambitious Mass Rapid Transit
\nsystem for the capital to the summit.<\/p>\n
\"The National Development Planning Agency has said that the
\nsubway has been put on its shortlist of projects,\" said Sutiyoso,<\/p>\n
The Jakarta administration and the central government will
\njointly finance the US$767 million project beginning next year.<\/p>",
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