BPGS to present assets to DPR

JAKARTA (JP): State Secretary Ali Rahman said on Thursday he would present the Gelora Senayan Management Board's (BPGS) assets in a hearing with Commission I of the House of Representatives (DPR).

"The House invited us to discuss BPGS' assets. We don't want to talk about anything else because we haven't made any decision on who should manage the Gelora Senayan complex," said Ali, who is also the chairman of BPGS.

However, he declined to mention the date of the hearing.

He reiterated that President Abdurrahman Wahid would decide whether the central government should manage the 279-hectare complex or the Jakarta authorities would take it over under the new Regional Autonomy Law No. 22/1999 and Intergovernmental Fiscal Balance Law No. 25/1999, which define a greater role and authority for provincial administrations. (ivy)