Housing complex residents rally

Housing complex residents rally

JAKARTA (JP): Some 200 residents of the Angkasa Pura housing
complex in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, rallied at the Kemayoran
New Town Authority (DPPPKK) offices on Monday, demanding the
right to buy their houses.

The protesters, who were mostly employees of the state airport
management company Perum Angkasa Pura, said they were worried
about the actions of DPPPKK workers, who since Wednesday have
been affixing yellow stickers to their homes reading "This house
is the property of the State Secretariat".

Spokesman for the group Santoso Kurnia said the residents were
afraid that management would finally sell the area and force them
to move.

"We want to buy our houses, but the officials won't allow us.
They always come up with different reasons, but recently they
have being claiming that the city administration needs the land,"
Santoso said.

Since the affixing of the official stickers to the houses,
many people have been seen examining the houses and even
photographing them.

"We believe that management could sell the land to a private
developer because we can all see that there are even new golf
courses being built in the neighborhood," Santoso added.

DPPPKK director Haryono told the protesters his office would
set up a small team to discuss the matter with them. (dja)