Housing project halted over permit

Housing project halted over permit

JAKARTA (JP): The disputed construction of the Buaran Regency
housing complex in East Jakarta has been suspended until the
developer obtains the necessary permits, sources at the company
said yesterday.

The developer, PT Agung Sedayu Metropolitan Development, has
yet to obtain the building and land use permits from the city
administration.

A marketing official who spoke on condition of anonymity
told The Jakarta Post by telephone yesterday that the developer
was now marketing some of the houses already completed but that
all building activities had been temporarily halted.

The source said that the developer would continue the project
as soon as it had met with all the administrative requirements,
which the source said were "being processed."

"There is no indication that we have problems about obtaining
the permits," the source said, adding that "everything is going
smoothly".

The company suspended construction work following a strong
warning from the city administration last week.

"It is a must for the developer to obtain the official
permits, otherwise the administration will take firm action
against it," said Idroes, the deputy governor in charge of
government affairs.

Besides the absence of the building permits, the city
administration has also objected to the project on the ground
that the company failed to report on its procurement of a land
use permit from another company, PT Bhumyamca.

Idroes said that such assignments require the governor's
approval. (32)