Agency goes ahead on Bekasi's capital

Agency goes ahead on Bekasi's capital

JAKARTA (JP): A realtor, in a bid to make its housing complex the capital of the Bekasi regency, has set aside a 3,500-square- meter plot for the Bekasi Land Agency to build a new office on.

The agency, which oversees the issuance of land titles, is currently accommodated on the third and fourth floors of the Flatted Factory building owned by developer PT Lippo Cikarang, before the construction of its new office is completed in 1998.

PT Lippo Cikarang's managing director in charge of the company's master plan, Yuke Susiloputro, told The Jakarta Post yesterday that the relocation of the land agency to its complex is part of the company's scheme to accommodate as many government institutions as possible.

According to Yuke, the presence of many government institutions and offices in Lippo Cikarang housing estate could be an opportunity for the area to become the capital of Bekasi regency, which is located some 30 kilometers east of Jakarta.

The Bekasi regent said early last year that Lippo Cikarang estate, which covers an area of 5,000 hectares and consists of industrial areas, business centers, public facilities and a housing complex, is likely to be made the regency's capital.

But Yuke said that it remains to be seen whether the company's ambition can be realized as it is up to the government to decide whether the estate could be developed into the capital of the regency.

An official of the West Java Land Agency, Masry Asyik, said yesterday that the local land agency needed a new office building as the old one lacks the space to cope with the growing number of people coming to the office to arrange land titles. (03)