Governor urged revision of 1994/95 budget

JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja has proposed a revision of the city's budget for the 1994/1995 fiscal year, which started in April, from an estimated Rp 1.82 trillion to Rp 2.09 trillion to the City Council.

Surjadi said over the weekend that the revision was proposed after a calculation by the city administration estimated that the city's own revenues, including tax collection, in the 1994/95 fiscal year will increase from an estimated Rp 1.05 trillion to Rp 1.15 trillion.

The extra is expected to be derived from a central government subsidy in the form of sharing tax revenues and non-tax collections.

Surjadi said that the revision of the budget is badly needed to enable the city to accelerate the completion of its various development projects, thereby enabling the city to meet the increasing public demand for facilities.

"A large number of projects, being built in the city during the current fiscal year, range from the construction of new roads and their repairs and widening, low-cost apartments, flyovers and underpasses, such as in Buaran and Tanah Abang, as well as sanitary and beautification projects in a number of areas," Surjadi said.

He explained that the city administration requires more funds to be earmarked for financing the development of low-cost apartments, including those in Bidara Cina and for financing a land appropriation to build a flyover in Tendean and the establishment of a new waste dumping site in Tangerang.

Training

Soedirdja said that a bigger amount of fund is also needed to sponsor training programs for small-scale traders.

"The city administration also needs more funds to appropriate land in Palmerah, Galur and Menteng Pulo for the relocation of the small-scale traders from other areas," Surjadi said.

He said that the city is currently launching a pilot project on low-cost apartments with the aim of eradicating poverty in a number of slum areas. The poverty eradication projects will be partly financed by the central government, he said.

Surjadi said that the revision of the city's own revenues to Rp 1.15 trillion from the previous target of Rp 1.05 trillion in the current fiscal year was sparked by bigger incomes from tax collections.

The city's tax collections, for example, are expected to increase from the previous target of Rp 839.31 billion to Rp 914.51 billion, while the city's commission collections from Rp 162.84 billion to Rp 166.49 billion.

The city's revenues from city-owned companies' profits, such as the city water company PAM Jaya and the city market firm PD Pasar Jaya, are expected to increase from 12.86 billion to Rp 16.96 billion.

Other revenues are expected from other sectors, including from the compensation of the city's assets, like road improvement projects at Karet Kuningan, Karet Setiabudi and Menteng Dalam subdistricts. These revenues are expected to reach Rp 60.66 trillion, up from Rp 36.97 billion.

Surjadi also said that the city's land and building taxes are expected to rise from Rp 196.87 billion to Rp 201.74 billion. (yns)