Councilors disappointed over company's disparaging attitude

Councilors disappointed over company's disparaging attitude

JAKARTA (JP): City councilors expressed disappointment over
the representation of PT Jaya Property's management by a low
ranking employee at a hearing on alleged negligence by the firm
yesterday.

The hearing was held at the City Council building at the
request of a member of the commission on housing affairs, who
believed the firm had failed to fulfill its obligations as
developer of the Bintaro Jaya real estate complex.

The firm, which is jointly owned by a private agency and the
city administration, reportedly has failed to transfer the
authority over all of the public and social facilities it has
built on the 50-hectare real estate to the city administration.

Aware that the management sent only a low ranking employee to
represent them at yesterday's hearing, the councilors immediately
canceled the meeting and sent the employee away.

"We regret that the management only sent someone who did not
really represent the firm to the scheduled hearing," Saud Rachman
of the United Development Party faction was quoted by Antara as
saying yesterday.

Saud said the firm has only transferred authority over an
elementary school and 146 street lamps to the administration,
although it had constructed many other facilities.

"The other facilities it has yet to hand in include some
parks, neighborhood roads, bridges, tennis courts and swimming
pools. We hear they have commercialized the tennis courts and
swimming pools which they in fact should have handed over to the
city administration," Saud complained.

Saud also said the firm had committed irregularities in
building the roads in the housing complex. He did not specify the
violations.

"The firm also violated its license by building the house of
worship outside the housing complex. According to the location
permit, the house of worship was to have been built inside the
complex," Saud said. (jsk)