Business centers near completion
Business centers near completion
JAKARTA: Two business centers in Muara Karang and Pluit, North
Jakarta, which will cost an estimated Rp 26.35 billion (US$2.53
million) to build, will be finished in the first quarter of 2002.
"Construction on the 5,201-square-meter plot of land in Muara
Karang is 80 percent complete, while the center on Jl. Pluit
Sakti is 90 percent built and nearing completion," said the
senior secretary manager of PT Jakarta Propertindo (Jakpro), Budi
Sulistiyo, as quoted by Antara on Monday.
Both centers are being built on land owned by PT Jakpro, a
city-owned enterprise focusing in construction, in cooperation
with the private sector.
The company is cooperating with PT Pondok Permata Indah Permai
(PPIP) in building the center in Muara Karang, which will house a
44 shop/house complex valued at Rp 10.7 billion. The center will
also feature a Rp 600 million tennis court.
PT Jakpro is also cooperating with PT Kencana Megah Dian Abadi
to build the other center on a 7,313-square-meter lot in Pluit.
"The center will contain 61 shops/houses worth Rp 15.05
billion," said Budi.
PT PPIP and PT KMDA are obliged to submit Rp 14.95 billion and
Rp 20.427 billion respectively to PT Jakpro in the 30-year Build-
Operate-Transfer project. -- JP
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Paintings shown for Australian Day
JAKARTA: To commemorate the anniversary of Australia, which
falls on Jan. 26, the Australian Alumni Association and the
Australia Indonesia Institute are cooperating with Prime Global
Link Pty. Ltd. to stage a painting exhibition.
The Friendship through Art exhibition will be officially
opened on Jan. 28 and will continue until Feb. 3 at the lobby of
the Gran Melia Hotel on Jl. HR Rasuna Said, South Jakarta.
The Australian Embassy Jakarta Counsellor for Cultural
Affairs, Geoffrey Leach, said in a release Tuesday that the
exhibition, which will display 70 paintings, was the second
following the successful initial show at the World Trade Center
on Jl. Jend. Sudirman, Central Jakarta, last year.
Among the painters are Sumadi S. (formerly Indonesian
Ambassador to Mexico), Totong R. Oesman, Sugiapto Trisna of
Indonesia and Michael J. Summers, Nelson Nurse and Todd J. Cutten
of Australia. -- JP
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Traffic mishap kills two
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BOGOR: Two motorcyclists were killed and two others were
seriously injured in a chain reaction accident involving three
motorcycles and a truck on Thursday night.
An eyewitness said that the truck, which had engine trouble,
was parked at the roadside when the Suzuki motorcycle hit it. He
said the driver might not have seen the truck as it was quite
dark.
Both people on the motorcycle were killed instantly.
Two other motorcycles traveling behind the Suzuki also hit the
truck.
The three motorcycles were all being ridden at high speed,
according to the eyewitness.--JP