Kepulauan Seribu gets deputy regent

Kepulauan Seribu gets deputy regent

JAKARTA: Governor Sutiyoso called upon the newly installed top
officials at Kepulauan Seribu (Thousand Islands) on Thursday to
get along with the islanders, who are mostly poor.

"I hope that you will feel at home in the new regency and get
along with the locals, who mostly live in poverty compared to
Jakarta residents," he said.

The governor installed M. Djoko Ramadhan and Fadjar A.
Pandjaitan respectively as the deputy regent and secretary for
the new Kepulauan Seribu regency.

Sutiyoso urged the new officials to give serious attention to
improving infrastructure in the islands, such as education,
transportation, housing and clean water.

Djoko Ramadhan is the former secretary of the Central Jakarta
Mayoralty, and Fadjar Pandjaitan is the former development
assistant in the East Jakarta Mayoralty.

The governor has yet to install the regent as approval from
the City Council is required. He has nominated the secretary of
the South Jakarta Mayoralty, K. Abdul Kadir, to hold the
post.--JP