JAKARTA (JP): The City Police will get a new 20-story building
JAKARTA (JP): The City Police will get a new 20-story building under a land barter agreement with a privately-owned company.
However, police officials refuse to name the company or give details regarding the project.
The new, multi-storied office building will be constructed on the same plot where the existing City Police Headquarters stands, on Jl. Gatot Subroto. It will be built by a privately-owned company, which will receive four hectares, or one-third of the 14-hectare plot, as compensation.
When asked by reporters here yesterday about the land barter agreement, City Police chief Maj. Gen. Mochammad Hindarto refused to comment, explaining that "silence is the policy of my superior, so I have to abide by it."
Rumors are spreading that the 4-hectare site has been given to a firm jointly controlled by tycoon Liem Siu Liong and another noted businessman.
On Monday, National Police Chief Gen. Banurusman told reporters that he had received a "green light" from the Armed Forces (ABRI) Commander Gen. Feisal Tanjung, signifying that the proposal on the land barter agreement with the privately-owned company was moving ahead.
The City Police headquarters is located in the strategic site at the southern part of the Semanggi cloverleaf bridge, facing both Jl. Jendral Sudirman and Jl. Gatot Subroto.
The four-hectare plot to be given to the private company is the area facing Jl. Jendral Sudirman. This land is now occupied by the offices of the City Police chief and his staff, the crime investigation unit, the rapid response team, the information service, the personnel directorate, the military police and crime-desk reporters.
A huge field usually used for many police exercises and other events will also have to be cut under the agreement.
Deal
Based on a compensation deal, the private party will build a 20-story building in the area, which is currently occupied by the Traffic Directorate. The proposed building will integrate whole units and other related institutions at City Police Headquarters.
Next to the area to be developed by the private firm, a giant project called Sudirman Business Center (SBC), whose equity is partly owned by the Indonesian Army foundation named Kartika Eka Paksi, is still under construction on a 40.4-hectare area.
The mega project of SBC is being developed at a total cost of Rp 6.5 trillion (over US$3 billion) and will integrate business centers, hotels, social service and entertainment halls in one area.
Banurusman, who is also a former Jakarta City Police chief, said that the idea to have a new building for the city police headquarters had been discussed for years and violated no existing regulations.
Along with the planned construction of the City Police headquarters building, Banurusman also said that two police precinct offices in the city and the Police College (PTIK) on Jl Tirtayasa in South Jakarta are also scheduled to have new buildings but on different sites.
The West Jakarta police precinct office on Jl. Gatot Subroto will get a new office in Kebon Jeruk, a fast growing suburb in the west of the city, while the East Jakarta office on Jl. Matraman will be moved to a new building in Pondok Kopi in the east of the city. The police college will get a new building in Serpong, Tangerang. (bsr)