No comment on Rp 1b swimming pool<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Bekasi regency officials are keeping quiet about
\nthe construction of a Rp 1.2 billion (around US$6m) swimming pool
\nat the regent's official residence.<\/p>\n
The head of the local development agency, who is believed to
\nbe involved in the project, has been playing hide and seek with
\nreporters. One of his staff members told reporters on Thursday
\nthat he was attending a legislative council meeting.<\/p>\n
The source of the lavish pool's funding remains a mystery, and
\nmany, including legislative council members, are questioning the
\nlocal administration's commitment to social issues such as the
\neradication of poverty.<\/p>\n
The head of the regency information office, Atang Sudjana,
\nsaid earlier that the money was coming from the regency budget.
\nAtang denied yesterday the rumored cost of the project, but would
\nnot reveal the regency's figures.<\/p>\n
Chief of the United Development Party faction on the Bekasi
\nlegislative council, Aminulloh Muchtar, said he had no knowledge
\nof the pool project, adding that the project was never proposed
\nin the 1995 budget. \"Wallahualam\" (God only knows), he muttered
\nwhen asked where the money was coming from.<\/p>\n
The vice speaker of the Bekasi legislative council, Makmun
\nHaspy, said that if true, the money would be better spent on
\ndeveloping poor villages. (12\/sur)<\/p>",
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