Apartment for workers mulled

Apartment for workers mulled

TANGERANG: Regent Ismet Iskandar plans to build low cost
apartments for industrial workers in Cikupa, Pasar Kemis and
Balaraja districts.

"The factory workers are the regency assets ... they deserve
healthier living places," he said on Friday.

Currently there were 270,000 workers at 2,950 firms in the
regency, whose presence had apparently contributed to the rapid
growth of slum areas around the industrial zones.

The regency was now holding a feasibility study for the plan
before submitting its proposal to the Ministry of Settlement and
Regional Infrastructure. -- JP