Jakarta's development

Jakarta's development

From Koran Tempo

The Jakarta administration, under Governor Sutiyoso, is trying to turn Jakarta into a city without slums.

It is also trying to ease acute traffic congestion in the capital city by introducing a mass rapid transportation system, known as the busway.

Of course, the Jakarta administration can build hundreds of high-rise buildings, overpasses and busway lanes but it must never forget that problems facing poor people in Jakarta must be solved properly to pave the way for these development undertakings. The Jakarta administration should stop bulldozing the homes of some of its residents in the name of development at the expense of some of its residents, who have often shed blood in defending their rights.

Jakarta does not need a facelift. The problems that it currently faces must be solved properly and patiently before anything can be done to beautify it.

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