Tangerang faces border woes alone<\/p>\n
Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang<\/p>\n
The Tangerang municipal administration continues to face problems
\nregarding the public services and facilities the city shares with
\nJakarta, due to the two cities' common border.<\/p>\n
Municipal secretary Harry Mulya Zain told The Jakarta Post on
\nSaturday that during his visit to Tangerang General Hospital on
\nthe eve of Idul Fitri last week, he found that many of the
\npatients were Jakarta residents.<\/p>\n
He added that most of the patients at Tangerang's public
\nhealth centers in Larangan and Cileduk districts, which share a
\nborder with South Jakarta, are Jakarta residents living in
\nUlujami, and Pesanggrahan subdistricts.<\/p>\n
\"We will write to the Jakarta administration requesting that
\nGovernor Sutiyoso pay attention to this matter and work hand-in-
\nhand with Tangerang to improve public health services,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Harry said the administration would propose that more of its
\nbudget be assigned to the health sector next year. While Jakarta
\nwould allocate city budget funds for the alleviation of the
\nmedical expenses of poor Jakartans who were being treated or
\nhospitalized in Tangerang.<\/p>\n
He said the municipal administration also planned to recruit
\nmore health workers in a bid to improve health services after it
\nhad established dozens of public health centers in 13 districts
\nover the past few years.<\/p>\n
Separately in the day, Tangerang Mayor Wahidin Halim said that
\nthe municipality had to bear a number of social problems emerging
\nfrom Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"It would do no harm if the Jakarta administration cooperated
\nwith us to cope with such problems,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n
He said that one of the problems regarded the eviction of
\nTanjung Duren residents in West Jakarta last year.<\/p>\n
\"The evictees moved to Batu Ceper district, creating more
\npopulation problems for us.\"<\/p>\n
Garbage problems in the capital also gave Tangerang a headache
\nthe past several months, since many garbage trucks entered the
\nmunicipality after midnight and illegally disposed of garbage at
\nRawa Kucing dump in Neglasari district.<\/p>\n
\"The garbage truck drivers played hide-and-seek with us,\"
\nWahidin said.<\/p>",
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