Bambang wants govt offices moved to his township
Bambang wants govt offices moved to his township
JAKARTA (JP): Bambang Trihatmodjo, President Soeharto's second
son, said he would try to get the central government to move some
of its offices to a township his company will build in Jonggol,
near Bogor, West Java.
Bambang, the chairman of the widely-diversified Bimantara
Group, said over the weekend he would also ask the government to
move the Senayan sports complex in Central Jakarta to the
township.
In addition, he said, he would ask the government to relocate
the Safari garden near the 30,000-hectare site of the planned
township.
"We will soon propose the township project to President
Soeharto," he told Bisnis Indonesia daily.
State Minister for Housing Affairs Akbar Tanjung said
yesterday that he was unaware of Bambang's proposal to relocate
the central government's offices to his planned township.
"I have not heard about the plan," he told journalists after
the opening of the national congress of the Association of
Indonesian Developers.
A consortium of Bambang's company and the Kaestindo business
group will develop the Bukit Jonggol Indah (BJI) township.
No details on the massive project or the possible relocation
deal are available.
Kaestindo group president Haryadi Kumala said the consortium
had planning permission to develop the town, some 40 kilometers
west of Jakarta.
He said that half of the 30,000 hectare site would contain
residential and office buildings.
"The remaining 15,000 hectares will be appropriated for
tourist resorts, forests and farming," Haryadi said, adding that
the master plan of the township was being drafted.
He said the site had been cleared, but refused to say when
construction would start.
Besides the planned township in Jonggol, Bimantara and several
local companies are developing a large residential project in
Sentul, also near Bogor.
The government has permitted several other property developers
to develop residential projects near Jonggol.
Ciputra Group, for example, has been awarded a license to
develop a 12,000-hectare township, Sinar Mas Group (600
hectares), Putra Surya Perkasa (350 hectares) and Gunung Subur
Sentosa (200 hectares). (hen)