Developer promises to comply with rules

Developer promises to comply with rules

JAKARTA (JP): PT. Modernland Realty Ltd. has promised to give away public and social facilities worth Rp 1 billion to East Jakarta's mayoralty, its director Samadikun Hartono said.

"We have no intention of neglecting our obligations to build public facilities, as required by the administration, in the housing complex we are building now," Samadikun said over the weekend.

He apologized to City Council for being unable to show up for a meeting with several city councillors last week. "I could not fulfill the invitation simply because it was given at short notice," Samadikun said. He reiterated that his company would comply with the regulation requiring all developers, licensed to build housing complexes, to set aside part of the developed areas for public and social facilities, including parks, schools and mosques.

"We promise that within two years the facilities, including parks, water drainage, schools and sport facilities in 18 hectare of land, will be built completely," he added.

But he refused to go into details as to when the facilities will be handed over to the mayoralty.

Earlier it was widely reported that the developer had been repeatedly criticized by city administration for refusing to build public and social facilities worth Rp 1 billion.

Modernland is building about 1.400 houses on 47 hectares of land in Cakung, East Jakarta. (31)