Few islanders have land title

Few islanders have land title

JAKARTA (JP): Only about 20 percent of 1,180 plots of land in
the Thousand Islands have been titled, a local senior official
said over the weekend.

Deputy subdistrict chief Kusno said few people on the
sprawling islets were aware that legal land documents were
needed.

On the islands, residents get a receipt when they buy a plot
of land, while the regulation requires a certificate from a
notary, he said.

The local government has been conducting an information
campaign for the islanders on the need to title their land, and
has set up an easy and cheap bureaucratic procedure for them to
obtain the documents, Antara reported.

The Thousand Islands subdistrict is made up of 110 islets
covering a 6,997-square-kilometer area north of Jakarta.
According to latest official statistics, it has a population of
16,224. (pan)