Govt provides homes for journalists

Govt provides homes for journalists

JAKARTA: At least 1,000 low-cost houses will soon be built in
Tambun, Bekasi, to accommodate journalists.

Officiating at the ground-breaking for the project on
Wednesday, Ministry of Settlement and Regional Infrastructure
director general of housing, Syarifudin Akil, said the project
was part of the government's campaign for a million low-cost
homes.

"We have also signed a memorandum of understanding with the
Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI) on the construction of
housing for journalists in Cibinong and Sawangan, Bogor," he
said.

Hundreds of other houses will also be built in Tambun for
people who are not journalists.

Chairman of the government-backed PWI, Tarman Azzam, said the
project was the first phase of the construction of 8,000 houses
for journalists affiliated to the PWI, as well as non-PWI
members.

A 36-square-meter house cost about Rp 26 million (US$2,888),
with a down payment of Rp 3 million, said Budi Kartika, a
director of property developer PT Sinar Indo Jaya. --JP