Task force proposed for estates<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The government should set up a special task
\nforce to coordinate the development of the country's industrial
\nestates, a member of the House of Representatives said yesterday.<\/p>\n
Golkar legislator Tadjudin Noer Said said a task force was
\nurgently needed because there seemed to be little coordination
\nbetween government offices in charge of infrastructure
\ndevelopment and those handling investment proposals.<\/p>\n
\"I am worried that if this condition does not improve, we will
\nnot reach our investment target for the second long-term
\ndevelopment program, which will end in 2019. We may also fall
\nbehind other countries when the global economy is completely
\nliberalized,\" Tadjudin was quoted by Antara as saying.<\/p>\n
\"Our market, which has great potential, may become a market
\nfor other countries' products,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The government estimates that Rp 815 trillion (US$3.54
\nbillion) in investment is needed for the second long-term (25-
\nyear) development plan which began in 1994. The private sector is
\nexpected to contribute 80 percent of this.<\/p>\n
There are 178 proposed industrial estates, covering a total of
\n53,000 hectares in 17 of the country's 27 provinces.<\/p>\n
But only 3,921 hectares (7.4 percent of the planned industrial
\narea) have come on the market. Forty-eight other industrial
\nestates, covering 17,995 hectares, are ready to be developed,
\nwhile the land for the remaining estates is yet to be acquired.<\/p>\n
Tadjudin said poor coordination by government offices has
\nconfused prospective investors, and caused many to cancel their
\nprojects here in favor of other countries.<\/p>\n
He said that although investment figures in Indonesia continue
\nto rise, officials should compare them with other countries'
\nfigures, especially with Indonesia's competitors.<\/p>\n
\"We should calculate how far behind our competitors we are,
\nnot how far ahead we are on last year,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Tadjudin was also concerned by the poor ability of provincial
\nadministrations to promote industrial estate development.<\/p>\n
\"Many things that should be done by the local authorities are
\nnot carried out, so the development of estates becomes very
\nslow,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Tadjudin said that local authorities should prevent problems
\nthat may arise between businesses and local residents when land
\nis acquired for industrial estates.<\/p>\n
\"Friction happens because businessmen must often confront
\nlocal residents themselves. The situation becomes worse when the
\nland is already controlled by land speculators and middlemen,\" he
\nsaid. (pwn)<\/p>",
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