Many buildings on Pulau Seribu unlawful<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Many buildings in the privately owned Seribu
\nislands are unlawful as they have no permit, and the owners do
\nnot have a certificate granting them the right to use them, an
\nofficial said.<\/p>\n
\"Many of them do not have the documents because they (the
\nowners) never applied for the papers,\" Head of the Association of
\nSeribu Islands Tourism Djafar Tirtosentono told Antara on Sunday.<\/p>\n
He called upon the city administration to pay serious
\nattention to the issue, especially as the status of the islands
\nwill be upgraded, from a district to a regency, beginning Aug.1.<\/p>\n
He said that a total of 44 out of 110 islands in the district,
\nlocated north of Jakarta, are owned by business magnates,
\nincluding Probosutedjo, Bambang Trihatmojo and Siti Hardiyanti
\n\"Tutut\" Rukmana, who are all closely related to former president
\nSoeharto, and Pontjo Sutowo, Tommy Winata, Ciputra and Surya
\nPaloh.<\/p>\n
The government should take firm measures against the
\nviolations, which have been so far been ignored, especially by
\nthe New Order administration, he said.<\/p>\n
As for those who own the right to use the land or buildings,
\nDjafar said that in the future, the government should be very
\ncareful in extending the validity of the documents, which usually
\nlast for 10 years.<\/p>\n
The authorities should ensure that they can recover their
\nrights to the islands and use them for the benefit of the public.
\n\"Don't repeat past (mistakes),\" he said.<\/p>\n
Even though it is called \"seribu\" or \"a thousand\" islands,
\nthere are only 110 islands in the site, which covers a total of
\n69,976 square kilometers, including 9,214 square kilometers of
\nland.<\/p>\n
Only 60 percent of the area could be developed, Djafar said.<\/p>\n
According to a decree issued by the Ministry of Forestry, the
\narea is divided into four zones: main, protected, supporting and
\nutilized.<\/p>\n
The main zone should not be developed at all, the protected
\nzone could be developed under special circumstances, while the
\nsupporting zone covered islands which are inhabited. Only the
\nlast one, the utilized zone, could be developed.<\/p>\n
\"There are only 44 islands in that zone, which all belong to
\nconglomerates,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Most of the islands have been developed into holiday resorts.<\/p>\n
To develop the islands, the owner should have made an
\nenvironmental impact analysis and asked the city's urban planning
\ndepartment for approval of the block plan, and sought a permit
\nfrom the governor to utilize the land before he could obtain the
\nbuilding and use permits.<\/p>",
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