City to have one-stop lifestyle center

JAKARTA: PT Summarecon Agung Tbk, the largest developer in Kelapa Gading, East Jakarta, officially began the groundbreaking ceremony to create a new concept of town square on Wednesday.

The town square, to be named La Piazza, will be built on a one-hectare plot of land near Kelapa Gading circle, where Jl. Bulevar Utama and Jl. Bulevar Barat-Timur meet, said the company's director Paul Nio during a press conference.

Paul said that the town square concept would only have 30 selected outlets, leaving a very big open space for visitors.

"This is a new concept (for Indonesians), a one-stop lifestyle center," he said.

La Piazza plans to provide upmarket restaurants, a dance club, a billiard club, stores with popular foreign brands, bookstores, a spa and karaoke lounges.

Paul said that all sorts of entertainment would be available at La Piazza, which will target well-heeled families, and therefore he guaranteed that the plaza would be a "clean" place suitable for all members of the family.

La Piazza is expected to cost around Rp 60 billion (US$7.15 million) to build is scheduled to open in April 2004. -- JP

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23 fined in public order operation

TANGERANG: The Tangerang District Court fined 23 people caught in a public order operation Rp 10,600 (US$1.27) each on Wednesday.

The 23 were netted in the operation on Tuesday for failing to produce identification cards.

The court ordered the 23 to pay the fine or serve three days in jail.

Twenty of the people paid the fine while three chose to serve the three days in jail.

Some of those arrested told the court that they had produced valid ID cards but were still detained by public order officers. -- JP