Bogor to develop a cyberpark

Bogor to develop a cyberpark

Theresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, Bogor

The Bogor municipal administration is planning to develop a
cyberpark on a nine-hectare plot of land in a bid to help
government agencies, organizations and private companies develop
their online systems.

Bogor Mayor Diani Budiarto said at a recent seminar that his
administration would cooperate with a Shenzen cyberpark company
in China to develop and manage the project.

He said the cooperation would cover information exchange,
human resources development, software development and market
development of information technology products.

According to Diani, the cooperation with the Shenzen company
was a follow-up to his visit to the Chinese city in March.

Deputy head of the information technology division at the
Ministry of Communications and Information Cahyana Ahmadijaya
said on the same occasion that the development of a cyberpark in
Bogor was an appropriate step to turning the municipality into a
service city.

"Information technology is a basic requirement for a service
city," said Cahyana.

He said a cyberpark would grow well if it was supported by
research centers and universities to develop it and industries
that would use its products for developing their online systems.

Head of the Bogor Municipal culture and tourism agency Yamin
M. Saleh, meanwhile, said the cyberpark would be developed in
Mulyaharja subdistrict, South Bogor.

The project will be financed with a grant from the Chinese
government, said Yamin, who did not reveal the value
of the project or when construction of the cyberpark would start.

He said the cyberpark would become the Internet provider for
the central government and the regional administrations in a bid
to develop an e-government.

"We hope Bogor will become a center of IT service for officers
of central and regional administrations across the country," said
Yamin.