Officials vow to fight against defiant builders<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Public Housing Akbar Tandjung
\nwill soon gather officials from Jakarta and its surrounding areas
\nto discuss ways of preventing illicit practices by developers.<\/p>\n
"I will soon invite the officials to discuss ways of
\npreventing delinquent developers from offering 'fictitious
\nhouses' to the public, the minister told reporters yesterday.<\/p>\n
As of August, police reported the sales of nine houses that
\nwere paid for but never built.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, the office of a real estate company with the
\ninitials PT MS, was attacked by angry buyers, who had paid down
\npayments for their houses-to-be.<\/p>\n
Almost 1,000 people paid between Rp 300,000 and Rp 1.5 million
\neach to the developer, who disappeared after collecting Rp 1
\nbillion ($449,400).<\/p>\n
Tandjung said that the local authorities in Jakarta, Bogor,
\nTangerang, and Bekasi, need to be more selective in issuing house
\nbuilding permits to developers.<\/p>\n
Speaking to reporters during an inspection of 580 low-cost
\nhouses in Bekasi, the minister said that he would take stern
\naction against the developer and notify the National Housing
\nBoard.<\/p>\n
He said the National Housing Board and its regional offices
\nacross the country plan to intensify their control.<\/p>\n
The board, an agency overseen by the State Minister of Public
\nHousing, was set up in October last year. Its members include the
\nministers of public works, home affairs, social services and the
\nstate ministers of national development planning (chairman of the
\nNational Development Planning Board or Bappenas) and agrarian
\naffairs (chairman of the National Land Agency).<\/p>\n
It is in charge of supervising private, state-owned and
\ncooperative developers without interfering in the companies'
\nactivities.<\/p>\n
One way suggested to control dishonest developers, he said, is
\nto ban them from making transactions with buyers before they
\nobtain licenses for construction. (03)<\/p>",
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