Integrated service system plan

Integrated service system plan

JAKARTA (JP): Deputy Governor for Administrative Affairs Idroes said on Tuesday that he will order all of the capital's five mayors to establish an integrated service system for processing building permits.

"I will ask all the mayors to establish the integrated service system to help provide better service in the processing of building permits," Idroes said.

Last week, Suharto, head of the City's Development Supervision Office, said that Governor Surjadi Soedirdja has already agreed with a proposal on the establishment of an integrated system for building permit processing at the mayoralty level.

Suharto said that the processing of building permits is not as simple as it sounds because the office still has to check the plot of land on which the building will be constructed and measure it.

He said that the integrated system will involve four related offices, the City's Development Supervision Office,the City Planning Office, the National Land Agency and the tax office.

"The integrated service system is a very positive idea. But, it depends on every mayoralty's policy. The development supervision office has already assigned a number of its officers to the related offices," Suharto said.

"The five mayoralties have already prepared for the introduction of the integrated system," Idroes said.

Suharto said that the development supervision office has already applied a computerized system to support the efforts at integrated service.

He said that in 1993/1994, the office issued 15,771 building permits out of the 16,113 applied for. In 1994/1995, 16,766 permits were issued of the 17,209 applied for.

In a related development, Suharto said that he will take stern action against any developers who do not pay attention to the sanitation at their project sites.

"I will revoke their development permits if the companies are found guilty of disturbing the environment at locations near their project sites," Suharto said.

Last week, the municipal administration reprimanded seven large-scale developers for constructing luxury apartments, shopping centers, office buildings and other projects without permits.

Each of the seven companies were fined between six to 12 times the normal fee for processing a building permit.

"We are not just threatening the developers. We are serious, especially in relation to developers in Pluit, the Casablanca area, Taman Rasuna and Jl. Satrio," he said.

Suharto said that in the current 1995/1996 fiscal year, which started last month, his office has already collected Rp 4.67 billion (US$2.1 million) in building permit processing fees. This year's target is Rp 36 billion. (31)