Council supports int'l circuit

Council supports int'l circuit

SEMARANG (JP): Members of the Central Java provincial council
threw their weight behind an idea to construct an international
racing circuit some 35 kilometers from the capital.

The idea was proposed by the Central Java Administration and a
group of investors with a budget of more than Rp 29 billion (US$
3.29 million). It's planned to be built on a 50-hectare plot of
land in Tlogo village of Tuntang district.

"I support the idea because the investors will provide the
funds meanwhile the provincial administration provides the land,"
chairman of the United Development Party (PPP) faction, Hisyam
Ali told The Jakarta Post on Friday.

"The construction, however, must also take into account
councillors' aspirations to ensure residents support."

A similar response was voiced by chairman of Commission B on
budget affairs, Noer Achmad.

"It's fine as long as the budget comes from the investors so
that our own money can be used to eradicate poverty and improve
education," he said.

"It's also important to be very careful in acquiring the land
because it's such a sensitive issue." (har)