Land ownership documents needed

Land ownership documents needed

JAKARTA (JP): The city inventory office must speed up the
processing of title documents for 2.5 hectares in Kemanggisan,
West Jakarta, to prevent ownership disputes, a councilor said.

Three schools owned by the municipality have stood on the land
since 1974. The land originally belonged to the immigration
directorate general office.

"The office granted it to the Jakarta administration early
this year so the city could manage the schools properly," Achmad
Suaidy, chairman of the United Development Party (PPP) faction
said over the weekend.

"I'm afraid the land will be taken over by speculators or city
officials who want to benefit, if the processing is to slow," he
said.

The grant must be publicized to prevent misunderstandings or
possible land disputes in the future, he said.

"I don't want the children and teachers in those schools to
suffer because of the uncertain status of the land."

The land status came into question after Achmad made a spot
inspection Friday of the land which supports junior high school
SMP 111, elementary school SD Bhakti and senior high school SMU
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