BPGS to present assets to DPR

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)