City planning needs support

City planning needs support

Governor Surjadi Soedirdja has asked universities in Jakarta
to support Jakarta's nine planning strategies established in 1992
in order to alleviate the city's population problem, especially
in the most impoverished areas.

"It is important that universities help and support the city
programs with their knowledge," Surjadi told university rectors
Wednesday evening.

He explained that the city plans to build low-cost apartments
to improve slum areas. The apartments will be part of an effort
to beautify Jakarta and to provide green spaces for social
activities.

Last week the governor laid the cornerstone for the
construction of four low-cost apartment projects in Bendungan
Hilir, Karet Tengsin and Jati Bunder in Central Jakarta and
another one in Tebet Barat in South Jakarta.

The nine strategic plans aim to eradicate slum areas, reduce
high population growth rate, manage the growing private sector,
improve public services for the poor, upgrade civil servant
performance, develop a better transportation infrastructure,
increase regional revenues, implement integrated development
policies and improve sanitary conditions of the environment.
(yns)