Private firm eyes Kramat Tunggak<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Private company PT Nuansa Jasa Realtindo has
\nplans to build a shopping complex where the popular Kramat
\nTunggak red-light district now stands in North Jakarta, one of
\nthe firm's executives said yesterday.<\/p>\n
The company's director, Muhizar Chaidir, said the company
\nwould start with the construction of shop-houses early next year.<\/p>\n
\"The shop-houses will be followed by the construction of
\nhotels and other supporting facilities by early 2000,\" Muhizar
\nsaid without giving details on funding for the project.<\/p>\n
\"It will be arranged by a special team established by the
\nadministration,\" he said on the presentation of his firm's
\nproject in front of high-ranking city officials and members of
\nthe Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian Ulemas Council.<\/p>\n
The city administration has pledged to close down the flesh
\ntrade establishments by the end of this year following protests
\nfrom local residents who strongly oppose their existence.<\/p>\n
The plan to relocate the 10.4-hectare prostitution complex,
\nwhich now houses about 1,600 prostitutes, has been discussed
\nintermittently since the 1980s.<\/p>\n
The administration has become increasingly confused as its
\nplan to relocate the red-light district, which was established in
\n1970, have been strong opposed from residents of planned
\nrelocation sites.<\/p>\n
The administration, for example, was forced to cancel its
\nplans to relocate it to Rawa Malang and the Thousand Islands
\nchain, both in North Jakarta. (ind)<\/p>",
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