Joint-venture water park project approved
Joint-venture water park project approved
BEKASI (JP): The Bekasi Regency Legislative Assembly has
approved a joint-venture project between the regency
administration and a private company to develop a water park and
sports center.
Masyhuri, the spokesman for a committee set up by the
assembly, was quoted by Bisnis Indonesia as saying yesterday
that the joint-venture agreement was endorsed by the assembly at
its plenary session on Monday.
Masyhuri said the regency administration has allotted a 7.9-
hectare plot of land in the Karang Kitri scout camping ground in
Margahayu, East Bekasi, for the tourism project.
Under the agreement, Bisnis Indonesia reported that the resort
project will be built by PT Reka Pastika Asri (RPA), a private
company, with an estimated cost of Rp 12 billion (US$6 million).
Bekasi Regent Djamhari said the development of the resort,
which will include sports facilities, will be conducted in three
stages. The first phase will include a sports center and swimming
pool while the second phase will consist of a water park similar
to that at Ancol Dreamland in North Jakarta.
The third and final phase will include the development of
cottages and other facilities, such as parking plots.
"The water park is expected to be the biggest in the country,"
Djamhari said.
Earlier Hayati Katoppo of PT RPA said that,"Bekasi residents
will no longer have to travel to Ancol because the park will
resemble the Jakarta resort."
Thus far, the Bekasi regency does not have a single
entertainment park for its population of two million.
PT RPA will reportedly cooperate with its partners from
Malaysia and the United States, who specialize in water park
projects.
The Karang Kitri area, located in the heart of Bekasi, is
considered suitable for the development of a recreational area
because it is easily accessible.
Djamhari said the regency administration will build a new
scout camping ground in the Settu district to replace the Karang
Kitri compound, which has been closed for the water park and
sports center project. (has)