Apartments for fire victims

Apartments for fire victims

Victims of the fire which gutted hundreds of houses at
Bendungan Hilir, Tanah Abang subdistrict, Central Jakarta, on
Friday, have supported the municipality's plan to build
apartments on the old fire site.

The support was contained in a formal statement submitted by
15 neighborhood chiefs of the area and a number of the fire
victims to Mayor Abdul Kahfi who previously had disclosed the
plan to them.

The fire left a total of 465 families homeless. They were
given the sum of Rp 400,000 each to rent houses pending the
completion of the apartments.

Kahfi said when completed, all the fire victims will be
entitled to own the apartments. (bas)