Cheap apartment for factory workers

Cheap apartment for factory workers

TANGERANG: The Tangerang municipal administration has completed construction of low-priced apartment building for factory workers at the Manis industrial plant in Manis Jaya subdistrict, Jatiuwung district.

The project, in cooperation with state housing company, Perumnas, cost Rp 8.6 billion, municipal resettlement and infrastructure agency chief Roostiwie said on Tuesday.

The four-storey building comprises four blocks with a total of 192 rooms. Each room is equipped with four beds, a bathroom, a closet, tap water and electricity supplies.

The monthly rent fee is between Rp 125,000 and Rp 149,000.

Rental fees are most expensive in the basement where businesses can operate. The cheapest rooms are on the top floor.

Although the administration will officially open the building in conjunction with the municipality's 9th anniversary on Feb. 28, all rooms are fully occupied by factory workers.

Haliman, the worker of a textile firm, said he would share a room with three other workers.

"Not bad, this place is right behind the factory where we work and we have to spend no more money for transportation. But the problem is, the tap water is yellow and dirty," he said.--JP