10 gas stations to be removed

10 gas stations to be removed

JAKARTA (JP): The South Jakarta mayoralty has set the end of 1997 as the deadline for ten owners to move their gas stations built on park areas to different locations.

"The deadline was set in line with Jakarta Governor's instructions to return the city's park areas to their original function," said H.M. Mustari, assistant for the mayoralty's economy, development and welfare affairs office.

The gas stations to be removed include those built on Jl. Pakubuwono II, Jl. Melawai Raya I, Jl. Mataram II, Jl.Kebalen Senopati I, Jl. Lapangan Ros II Jl. Tebet I and Jl. Raya Sudirman.

Mustari was quoted by Antara as saying that the function of many park areas in South Jakarta has been changed into other purposes such as markets and residential sites.

Several plots of park lands have changed hands so many times that many occupants presently do not realize that their housing sites have actually been designated by the city administration only for park areas, Mustari said.

The altered park areas are located in Pondok Labu (covering 2,500 square meters), Tebet Dalam VIII (3,000 M2), Panglima Polim II (1,500 M2), Perdapa Tebet Barat (980 M2), Taman Puring (5,400 M2) and Taman Cisanggiri (3,000 M2). (hhr)