JP\/5\/HOUSE<\/p>\n
Construction of governor's residence queried<\/p>\n
Rusman
\nSamarinda<\/p>\n
A councillor has lashed out at the ongoing construction of the
\nofficial residence of the East Kalimantan governor, saying that
\nthe decision to go ahead with it had bypassed the East Kalimantan
\nlegislative council.<\/p>\n
Rikmo Kuswanto, a councillor and a member of the budget
\ncommittee of the provincial legislative council, also regretted
\nthat the construction had proceeded without approval from the
\nprovincial legislative council.<\/p>\n
\"The old official residence has already been demolished,
\nwhile, at the same time, we were never notified about the budget
\nof the building construction.<\/p>\n
\"We regret it. The executive should have proposed the budget
\nto the council and it had to be approved by us before they
\nproceeded further with construction of the new building,\" Rikmo
\nsaid on Monday.<\/p>\n
He also questioned the staggering amount of money that was
\npoured into construction of the building, totaling Rp 41 billion
\n(US$ 4.3 million). The amount was far from normal for the
\nconstruction of an upmarket house in the province, which normally
\nstands at Rp 3 billion (US$ 315,789); thus there were suspicions
\nthat the project was marked up.<\/p>\n
Rikmo went on that the construction of the house should have
\nbeen approved by the legislative council.<\/p>\n
\"There should have been a transparent budget, because the
\nbuilding will be a state asset and its construction is using
\npublic money,\" said Rikmo.<\/p>\n
Construction of the building will be carried out by PT Total
\nBangun Persada, which presented the design of the building to the
\nEast Kalimantan government on May 22 in Jakarta. The presentation
\nwas attended by East Kalimantan provincial administration
\nsecretary Syaiful Teteng.<\/p>\n
Rikmo suggested that, in order to avoid controversy, the
\nprovincial administration had to explain properly the
\nconstruction and the budget for it to the provincial legislative
\ncouncil.<\/p>\n
\"We agree that the house had either to be renovated or
\ndemolished and then replaced by a new one, but the executive has
\nto be transparent and follow the procedures in this matter,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Separately, Syaiful said that the provincial government
\naccepted the criticism. He admitted that the government had
\nprepared a draft budget for the construction, but it had yet to
\npresent it to the council.<\/p>\n
He added that the government was ready to present the final
\ndraft to the provincial administration in a week's time.<\/p>\n
Residence Draft Budget
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\n1. Feasibility Study Rp 108.6 million
\n2. Building Demolition Rp 465.5 million
\n3. Building Construction Rp 8.6 billion
\n4. Water and Electricity<\/p>\n
Installation Works Rp 5.4 billion
\n5. Architectural Works Rp 15.6 billion
\n6. Ornamental Works Rp 949.6 million
\n7. Landscape Works Rp 2.6 billion
\n8. Interior and Furniture Rp 2.5 billion
\n9. Furniture Modification Rp 822.6 million
\n10. Tax (10 percent) Rp 3.9 billion
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\nTotal Rp 41 billion<\/p>\n
Source: East Kalimantan provincial administration<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/jp5house-1447899208", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }