BPGS plans to reclaim ex-Asian Games land
BPGS plans to reclaim ex-Asian Games land
JAKARTA (JP): The Gelora Senayan Management Board (BPGS) aims
to reclaim its rights to ex-Asian Games land in Rawa Bilal area,
Tebet, in South Jakarta, most of which is being used for housing
complexes.
"I checked the land last year and it was still empty. But now
the land is occupied and I sent a letter to the National Land
Agency (BPN) asking them to stop the occupation," said chairman
of the Gelora Senayan Executive Directors (DPGS), Yasidi Hambali,
in a press conference Thursday.
BPGS director of facilities, Mahdar, said there was a change
in the usage of the land to low-cost apartments and Vila Tebet
Mas real estate.
"Due to Presidential Decree number Keppres/4/1984 saying that
all BPGS assets belong to the country, we must work hard to
reclaim the land."
BPGS has hired lawyer Mangara Sitompul to initiate the
reclaiming procedure.
"Only 4.5 hectares of the original 11 hectares, that legally
belongs to BPGS, remains empty. Although some people have made
spaces on the lot. We are trying to reclaim the land through
legal procedures," he said.
Mangara said there were two steps in the initial procedure.
"We have sent a letter to halt the certification procedure of
the mentioned area unless on the recommendation of the BPGS."
"We also will stage an on-the-spot hearing to prove BPGS
ownership of the land," he said.
Some land, that was developed as a real estate complex by PT
Sarana Wisesa Propertindo, has been sold for Rp 3 million
(US$375) per square meter.
"As an example, a 450 square meter house was sold for Rp
1,769,040,000," Mangara said.
The land was used to accommodate house owners from Senayan,
whose land was changed into the Gelora Senayan sports complex,
prior to the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta.
Based on decrees made by former president Sukarno and former
War Commander Abdul Haris Nasution in 1959, the land in Tebet was
to compensate house owners in Senayan.
Yasidi rejected the allegation of being ignorant of the land
occupation.
"We have reported the occupation to the Jakarta administration
on the BPGS gray area, including the lot in Tebet and Ciledug,
Tangerang which is used for housing. We are seeking a win-win
solution to this problem," he said.
However, Yasidi said BPGS would legalize land used for public
facilities including mosques, public health clinics and
government offices.
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Yasidi said that should the land be reclaimed by BPGS, it will
likely be used to realize the five-year plan to meet the existing
Gelora Senayan sports complex standard for the Asian Games
requirements.
"We want to make Gelora Senayan a technically accredited
sports complex to the Asiad standard up to 2005. We can build
another indoor sports facility on the Tebet land. Should we have
the building, we can provide home base for many sports
organizations."
"We also can provide an athletes village on the land in
preparation to host Asiad."
BPGS, which was set up by the government in 1984, owns a 279
hectare lot in Senayan that includes the House of
Representatives, state-owned TVRI, Manggala Wanabhakti, the
ministry of national education, Plaza Senayan and Senayan golf
course and of course, the sports complex itself. (yan)