Sutiyoso slams subordinates over illegal billboard<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso slammed his subordinates on
\nFriday for allowing the erection of a billboard in a restricted
\narea of the capital and ordered the officials who had allegedly
\nissued the permit to return the billboard owner's money.<\/p>\n
Speaking to several high-ranking city officials, under the
\nwatchful eyes of journalists, in his office, Sutiyoso expressed
\nhis concern that some of the officials had intentionally violated
\nthe regulation on billboard permits.<\/p>\n
\"I really do not understand these people. Why are you so
\ndesperate? You all know that the erection of billboards is
\nprohibited in that area.<\/p>\n
\"Now, I'll have to be responsible for all this mess,\" Sutiyoso
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
A huge billboard advertising a well-known toothpaste brand on
\nJl. Sisingamangaraja in South Jakarta has generated a polemic in
\nmany local newspapers over the past few days as Gubernatorial
\nDecree No. 702\/1992 clearly stipulates that this street is one of
\nthe six streets in the capital prohibited for billboards.<\/p>\n
The billboard, measuring 10 meters by 20 meters, was erected
\nlast month. It is reported that the company had paid its
\n2000\/2001 fee, amounting to Rp 109,500,000 (US$11,526), to the
\ncity administration.<\/p>\n
\"We have to return the fee that was paid and take the
\nbillboard down as soon as possible,\" Sutiyoso said heatedly.<\/p>\n
The Suara Pembaruan afternoon daily has reported that Kemal,
\nthe President Director of PT. Cinggar Indo Galba, the advertising
\ncompany that paid for the advertisement, said that the company
\nhad given the money to the Jakarta Soccer Association (Persija).<\/p>\n
He, however, declined to disclose the amount of money he had
\npaid to Persija officials.<\/p>\n
Recommendation<\/p>\n
Kemal said that he had received the recommendation from the
\nCity Planning Agency chief Ahmadin Ahmad, who is also a Persija
\nofficial, after handing over the money.<\/p>\n
He said that he had also paid the city government's fee for
\nthe erection of the advertisement.<\/p>\n
\"I had been informed that Jl. Sisingamangaraja was a
\nrestricted area for billboards.<\/p>\n
\"However, the City Planning Agency guaranteed that we were
\nallowed to place the billboard there as long as we paid a certain
\namount of money,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"It is a fact that the billboard is there right now and if the
\ncity administration is planning to take it down, I will sue
\nthem,\" Kemal said.<\/p>\n
Ahmadin could not be contacted on Friday as he was on vacation
\nin the United States.<\/p>\n
It is widely known that the City Planning Agency has long been
\n\"used\" to provide funds for Persija because many of the city
\nofficials are executives of the soccer organization.<\/p>\n
Sutiyoso and Deputy Governor for Administrative Affairs Abdul
\nKahfi are members of the Persija board of patrons. (dja)<\/p>",
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